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New Song on The FuMP [Nov. 27th, 2009|07:49 am]
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The angry women are in, and I was able to use all the recordings that were submitted. The new song, Ho Is On The Rag, is now available as a free download over at The FuMP.

The song is a parody of Throw It In The Big by Fabolous and features me singing! OK, so it's heavily AutoTuned thanks to Chris Mezzolesta, but it's me singing none the less. Go check it out. And please listen to the song before just assuming that I'm a sexist jerk. :)

Originally posted at DevoSpice.com. You can comment here or there.
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Devo Spice Update - last minute show in Philly [Nov. 24th, 2009|10:29 am]
Hey everyone,

Last night I was invited to perform at a fund raiser in Philadelphia to help save the 941 Theater. The show is this Friday (yes, Black Friday, but you should be done shopping by then I would hope). This is an 18 and over show taking place at The Starlight Ballroom. Admission is $20.

Here's the full line up:
The Old Souls, Sideshow Prophets, Three Four Tens, Anchor Boys, Devo Spice, Tsunami Rising, a performance by Christa Dagger and Scott Johnston of the Peekaboo Revue, Comedy by The Pickle Man

LATE NIGHT: DJ Dev79, Flesh Hook suspensions by Disgraceland Hook Squad, Bikini Oil Wrestling and more TBA

Flesh hook suspensions and bikini oil wrestling. What more could you want? Tickets can be purchased here:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/90961

In other news I will have a new song appearing on the FuMP very shortly, so be on the look out for that one.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! And for those of you not in the US, um, Happy Thursday!

->Later.....Spice
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Comedy CDs for sale [Nov. 7th, 2009|03:30 pm]
I have some comedy CDs I'm selling. I'll take $5 per CD, or best offer, plus shipping.

SOLD 1. Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes 7
- shrink wrapped, track list here: http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/album_details.aspx?AlbumID=94

SOLD 2. Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes 11
- I have 3 copies of this, 2 are shrink wrapped, track list here: http://www.discogs.com/Various-Dr-Dementos-Basement-Tapes-11/release/1832111

SOLD 3. Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes 14
- track list here: http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/album_details.aspx?AlbumID=5850

SOLD 4. Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes 16
- shrink wrapped, track list here: http://dmdb.org/discographies/demento.disco.html (about 3/4 of the way down the page)

5. Tom Perri - Alone At Last

6. Chaston & Groditski - Rugged Hoarhadees

7. Bob Rivers - More Twisted Christmas
- shrink wrapped, track list here: http://music.barnesandnoble.com/More-Twisted-Christmas/Bob-Rivers/e/075678304323

SOLD 8. C.W.A. - Straight Outta Wisconsin
- track list here: http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Straight%20Outta%20Wisconsin:1921461285

1 SOLD, 1 left 9. Pizzano's Presents April Fools 2004
- I produced this CD for a pizza restaurant in Pennsylvania called Pizzanos. They gave away 100 of them. I have 2 1 copy left.

SOLD 10. Star Trek - Sound Effects From The Original TV Soundtrack
- 69 tracks of sound effects from the original show

Comment here to claim a CD. Email me at spice at suddendeath dot org.

->Later.....Spice
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I Should Be Writing Interview [Oct. 30th, 2009|01:32 am]
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Author and podcaster Mur Lafferty interviewed me for her podcast I Should Be Writing while we were at Dragon*Con last month. That episode is now live on her podcast. You can listen and download here: http://bit.ly/4kkgc1

On the episode we talk about how songwriting compares with fiction writing, the marketing aspects of being an indie musician, and of course I plug the crap out of everything I'm involved in.

I need to give a big thank you to Mur Lafferty for having me on her show. It was great fun and I hope to do it again some time.

Originally posted at DevoSpice.com. You can comment here or there.
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Devo Spice Update - 10/29/2009 [Oct. 29th, 2009|03:18 pm]
Greetings people who claim to enjoy my music!

I just have a few things I want to pass on to you quickly, then I will leave you to return to your Mafia Wars or FarmVille or whatever you happen to be doing.

--== ALL YOU CAN TWEET ==--
First of all, in case you missed it The Great Luke Ski posted a new song on The FuMP the other day and this one heavily features me. It's called All You Can Tweet and is a parody about All You Can Eat by The Fat Boys (a classic from the 1985 film Krush Groove). The song is about how The Fat Boys are back and are now posting on Twitter.

The really cool thing about this is Tuesday night The Fat Boys were streaming live on the net and their manager Uncle Louie played the song on the cast. Prince Markie Dee of The Fat Boys was there and heard it for the first time as Louie played it and he really liked it! Luke got to witness this live and his head damn near exploded from the excitement. Check out Luke's LiveJournal posting for all the details here: http://lukeski.livejournal.com/515757.html

--== THE INSIDER ==--
Second, episode 3 of The Insider video podcast is now posted. On this episode I give some behind the scenes info on All You Can Tweet, talk about NACA, spoof Paranormal Activity, and talk about a new project I'm working on with Insane Ian. Subscribers to The Spice Rack can watch the video here: http://www.devospice.com/insider_play.php?id=4

If you're not a subscriber you'll see a shorter teaser version of the video. If you're interested in subscribing and getting access to this video, plus now a free DVD, go here for all the information: http://www.devospice.com/spicerack.php

--== NEW ENGLAND FAN EXPERIENCE ==--
Finally I just wanted to plug my next live show which is November 13th at the New England Fan Experience in Boston. I'm told my show will be Friday night at 10:00. For more info on the con visit: http://www.nefanx.com

That's the only show I have lined up until spring at the moment. There are a couple shows coming around that I'm going to approach to try to be an opening act, (Jonathan Coulton/Paul & Storm, MC Lars, maybe one at BB King's in NYC). If anyone thinks they can help me out with this efforts please let me know. I'm kind of shooting in the dark here.

That's all, folks!

->Later.....Spice
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Another October Birthday [Oct. 29th, 2009|08:23 am]
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Today, our middle child, and oldest boy, turns 4. I still remember when he was born he had to stay in the hospital for a few days to be treated for jaundice. They were also afraid he might have a hearing problem because he failed his hearing test. Well it turns out 8 other kids in the hospital failed their hearing test because the hospital's equipment was failing. I proved to myself that his hearing was fine the day I sneezed and startled him. From across the hospital room I saw tiny arms and legs flailing after my sneeze and I couldn't help but laugh.

Now, at age 4, his hearing is fine. It's his sense of pain that is a little dull. He routines runs head-first into hard objects, laughs, and then gets up and runs the other way. I think he has that Homer Simpson Syndrome, where there's the extra layer of cushioning around his brain or something. Anyway, Happy Birthday, Stripe!



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All You Can Tweet [Oct. 28th, 2009|07:28 am]
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The Great Luke Ski has a new song up now at The FuMP which heavily features me. The song is a parody of All You Can Eat by The Fat Boys from the 1985 movie Krush Groove. It's called All You Can Tweet and is about the fact that The Fat Boys are now back together and posting on Twitter.

And since they're on Twitter Luke was able to get their attention and get them to hear the song. He received a reply yesterday from the @TheFatBoys account: " @thegreatlukeski just listened to All You Can Tweet on www.TheFump.com -----> make me laugh, thanks!"

In addition to that later that night The Fat Boys did their weekly (or so) live video Q&A and right at the end of it their manager Uncle Louie played All You Can Tweet. Prince Markie Dee heard it for the first time live on the show with Luke watching. I can just picture Luke's head about to explode from that one. The show is available at FatBoysTV.com. Luke has the episode in question embedded in his blog post here. Check it out. It's awesome.

And of course the song is available as a free download for the next month or so over at TheFuMP.com.

Originally posted at DevoSpice.com. You can comment here or there.
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Live Concerts Being Broadcast on WUSB [Oct. 22nd, 2009|01:45 am]
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WUSB in Stony Brook, NY will be broadcasting several of my concerts on their radio station in the next few weeks. Howard Margolin recorded the shows at I-CON in 2007 and 2008 and will be airing the shows on his show Destinies-The Voice Of Science Fiction. WUSB streams their broadcast online so everyone can listen. Tune in at http://wusb.fm.

The broadcast schedule is as follows:
10/30 - 2008 Solo Concert
11/6 - 2007 FuMP Concert
11/13 - 2007 FuMP Concert
11/20 - 2007 FuMP Concert
11/27 - 2007 FuMP Concert

All shows begin at 11:30 PM on 90.1 FM, WUSB, Stony Brook, netcasting at http://wusb.fm, with post-show archives at http://www.captphilonline.com/Destinies.html.

The 2007 FuMP Concert features myself, The Great Luke Ski, and Rob Balder.

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NACA Report [Oct. 21st, 2009|07:39 am]
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The NACA conference can be summed up quite well with two words: "cold" and "wet." It rained all weekend. Actually, that's not true. It started out as snow as I left my house in New Jersey and headed for Amish country in Pennsylvania.

The event itself wasn't quite what I was expecting. I was expecting to be manning my booth the entire weekend, so Thursday night I got set up and started passing out my sampler DVD to the unsuspecting students, and then an hour and a half later they announced that CAMP was closed. CAMP is their cute term for the trade show floor - The College Activities Marketplace. They kicked out all the students so they could go watch the next round of showcases and the place emptied out like a bunch of little toys getting sucked down a drain. So I was free for a few hours until CAMP opened up again later that night. And that's pretty much how it went all weekend.

In my booth I had my rig set up showing the video of the show I taped in New York City and absolutely nobody watched it. Nobody. Not a single person gave it more than just a passing glance. I'm so glad I spent the past few weeks killing myself getting that thing edited. I could have shown episodes of Danger Mouse and gotten a better response. However, I also had a laptop set up with my DVD in it and once I got people talking I could usually get them to put on the headphones and watch a minute or two of my video. I was told that candy is "always popular" for getting people into the booth. I have proven them wrong. I bought a huge bag of Hershey Miniatures and Kisses and set them out and I was the one who ended up eating most of them. I printed up post cards with a photo and bio on one side and my contact info on the back, sort of like an oversize business card. That worked out pretty well, but I printed up too many of them. I also made up too many DVDs, so I'll be giving the extras to subscribers.

So now I need to follow up with the schools who showed interest in bringing me to campus. NACA provided me with an Excel spreadsheet of all the college kids who were there so that will make it easy for me. Now if I could just get all this real work and freelance work out of the way maybe I'll actually have some time to actually contact these people. In the mean time life goes on. And these non-music-related projects I'm involved in go on and on and on and on.

This is an abbreviated report. The full report will be available in the Fall 09 newsletter for subscribers.

Originally posted at DevoSpice.com. You can comment here or there.
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On Video Games and Horror [Oct. 13th, 2009|08:58 pm]
It should come as no surprise that I love video games. Really, if you couldn't figure that out then you haven't really been paying much attention to my music. I grew up on the Atari 2600. After the crash I migrated to the NES and have been a Nintendo fanboy ever since. I have owned (and still do, actually, most of the systems are still working and hooked up) a SNES, N64, Dreamcast, GameCube, and Wii. And for the record I am still furious that Microsoft bought Rare because they made some of the best games for Nintendo's systems.

If you've also been paying attention to my music you should know I also love horror movies, ie. Blood Guts and Boobs. As a kid I was a huge fan of the Nightmare On Elm St. series, and Friday The 13th, and all of those. (Jason Goes To Hell is the only one I didn't enjoy, not counting the recent remake which sucked.) In high school I worked in a video rental store and since I got free rentals I went alphabetically through the horror section until I had seen all but about 12 of the movies before going off to college, which is right about the time my subscription to Nintendo Power expired.

About a year ago on a whim I resubscribed and have been enjoying the hell out of it. A tech geek using old media? I know, right? But I can't help it. I love it.

This month's issue featured a lot of games in the horror genre and while reading it occurred to me that I haven't played many horror games during my lifetime. Honestly I can't think of a good reason why this is the case. It just is. The only possible thing I can think of is that for whatever reason I could never get into first person shooters, and I think a lot of the survival horror games fall into that category as well so they just never captured my interest.

I have played a few. Dating back to the Atari there was a game called Haunted House which actually made me jump a few times. On the NES there were games for A Nightmare On Elm St and Friday The 13th, both of which I beat, but they never scared me. There was also the Castlevania series which was awesome, but not scary. On the GameCube I played Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem for a while which was fairly scary, but I didn't get far. I got stuck at one point and never went back to it. There was also the Buffy The Vampire Slayer game if you want to count that. It was awesome, but not really scary.

But both Eternal Darkness and Buffy were more adventure games than first person shooters, which is probably why I gave them a try. And yes, I beat Buffy. That's probably the only way I could ever beat Buffy as I'm sure Sarah Michelle Gellar could kick my ass. I'd be too busy stammering and babbling like a psycho fanboy to defend myself if, for whatever reason, she attacked me.

This month's Nintendo Power has articles on Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles and Dead Space Extraction, plus a review of JU-ON: The Grudge. Last month they also reviewed Cursed Mountain which looks interesting. Reading all these articles and reviews about horror games made me realize just how few I've actually played, and that really surprised me for a guy who loves horror.

Other than 5 minutes here and there at friends' houses I've never played Resident Evil, Silent Hill, or House Of The Dead, or any of the other popular horror games. Although, I have seen all the movies that were made based on those games. (My thoughts: Decent, good, and awful, respectively.)

So, knowing what you know about my tastes and my systems, what games would you recommend I pick up? Remember, I like adventure games and don't like first person shooters. I'm really tempted by Cursed Mountain. The Resident Evil game is probably too much of an FPS for me. The Grudge game looks interesting, and I know they're making a new Silent Hill game for the Wii. That game looks really interesting in that you have no weapons and can't kill the creatures. That plus it makes you fill out a profile at the beginning of the game and then the game changes because it now knows what scares you. Those two things should make that game terrifying unless they completely bungle it, but the preview in Nintendo Power made it sound like they did it right.
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Happy Birthday! [Oct. 2nd, 2009|09:49 am]
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Our youngest son, who we affectionately call Fluffy, turns 2 today. Generally when I say that people's first reaction is "Oh no! The Terrible Twos!" Well I don't think we have to worry about that. He started his Terrible Twos right around the time he was 10 months old. We've already begun with the teenage angst. I figure by this time next year we'll be well into a mid-life crisis.

Anyway, happy birthday, Fluffy! Daddy loves you.



And if you haven't seen the sickeningly cute picture of Chewie kissing Fluffy that my wife took last year click here.

Originally posted at DevoSpice.com. You can comment here or there.
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Devo Spice Update - 9/29/2009 [Sep. 29th, 2009|05:41 pm]
What's up?

Just a quick update with a couple things.

--== INSIDER EPISODE 2 ==--
--== PLATFORM WARS ON DR. DEMENTO ==--
==-- DELAWARE SHOW FRIDAY ==--


--== INSIDER EPISODE 2 ==--
Subscribers to The Spice Rack can now view Episode 2 of my video podcast The Insider. The video is available here: http://www.devospice.com/insider_play.php?id=3

If you're not a subscriber (what are you waiting for?!) you'll see a short teaser for the episode.

In this episode I recount some Dragon*Con experiences including the Parsec Awards, and why Adam Savage of Mythbusters almost made me late, talk about the end of Manic Mondays, and give you an update on the song I previewed last month.

--== PLATFORM WARS ON DR. DEMENTO ==--
Last weekend was the Top 10 countdown for September on The Dr. Demento Show and for the second month in a row Platform Wars (featuring The Great Luke Ski and Dual Core) is on it! This month we were number 5. Last month we were number 2. Thank you so much to everyone who requested the song. I think this means that the song should make the Funny 25 countdown at the end of the year but I'm not sure yet.

If you'd like to help out the cause head over to http://www.drdemento.com and click on Request A Song to request Platform Wars.

==-- DELAWARE SHOW FRIDAY ==--
Finally, I'll be performing at the after party for the Wilmington Fringe Festival in Delaware this Friday. My show starts at 10:00 at the Christiana Cultural Arts Center (705 Market St., Wilmington, DE). If you're in the neighborhood come by and check out the show.

--====--

That's all for now! Enjoy your week. It was weird not having to record the podcast Sunday night. I'm sure I'll get used to it.

->Later.....Spice
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The Insider - Episode 2 [Sep. 29th, 2009|08:37 am]
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Episode 2 of The Insider - my new video podcast for subscribers to The Spice Rack - now live! You can watch it here. Members of The Spice Rack will see the whole video. If you're not a member you will see a short preview to give you a taste of what you're missing.



The Spice Rack is just $2.49 a month, and besides getting to see The Insider you also get 3 high quality downloads per month, the quarterly newsletter, and all your subscription fees become store credit. Click here to sign up now.

Originally posted at DevoSpice.com. You can comment here or there.
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Platform Wars on Dr. Demento\'s Top 10 Again [Sep. 29th, 2009|08:33 am]
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For the second month in a row Platform Wars has appeared on Dr. Demento's Top 10 countdown- his monthly countdown of the most requested songs of the month. For September the song was #5. In August the song was #2! Thank you so much to everyone who has requested the song.



If you'd like to help me out and keep the song on the countdown for October (and hopefully earn it a spot on the Funny 25 for the year) please continue to request the song on Dr. Demento's web site here.

Originally posted at DevoSpice.com. You can comment here or there.
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Devo Spice Update - 9/22/09 [Sep. 22nd, 2009|09:33 am]
Hey everyone!

I have some good news, some bad news, and some other news. And today is my anniversary- 8 years. I'll let you determine on your own whether that's good, bad, or other.

--== OTHER NEWS: SHOW THIS SATURDAY IN NYC ==--
--== BAD NEWS: MANIC MONDAYS HAS COME TO AN END ==--
--== GOOD NEWS: THE FUMP WINS THE PARSEC ==--


--== OTHER NEWS: SHOW THIS SATURDAY IN NYC ==--
Yes, I like starting with Other News. I'm in one of those moods.

This Saturday, the 26th, I'll be performing at Don Hills, 511 Greenwich St, in New York, NY. The show starts at 8:00. Admission is $10.

I'm performing along with Machinebird, Cudzoo & The Faggettes which apparently features Schaffer The Darklord's ex-wife on drums, and the amazingly energetic and entertaining sock puppet rock band Uncle Monsterface. You haven't lived until you've seen Mashed Potato Vs. Vampire.

If you're still not going at least check out this picture of them doing that song at Nerdapalooza. http://www.flickr.com/photos/63721124@N00/3721549512/in/set-72157621461027126/

I will be filming this concert. OK, not me personally, but I have people coming who will be filming the show so I need as many Devo Spice fanboys and fangirls in the crowd as possible. I'll be using the footage at an upcoming trade show and may or may not be releasing it.

In other gig news I haven't updated my web site yet but I've been invited to perform at the New England Fan Experience in Boston November 13-15, and KeyCon which is next May in Canada. I'm sure there will be more in between there so keep an eye on the web site.


--== BAD NEWS: MANIC MONDAYS HAS COME TO AN END ==--
If you've read my web site, follow me on Twitter or Facebook, or listened to this week's show already then this isn't news. For the rest of you, yes, Manic Mondays has come to an end. After 228 episodes and 4 1/2 years I've decided to end the show so I can move on and focus on other things.

I've already blabbed about this a lot in other places so rather than repeat myself here I'll just link you to the blog post about it. http://www.devospice.com/news.php?id=173

The final episode can be downloaded here: http://www.manicmondays.net/mp3/manicmondays0228.mp3

Thank you all for 4 1/2 great years!


--== GOOD NEWS: THE FUMP WINS THE PARSEC ==--
This is also old news for people who follow me elsewhere (really people, if you're not following me on Twitter or Facebook you're falling days behind in the news, plus you're missing out on all my incredibly insightful updates about what I had for lunch or the latest thing my children threw up on me) but for those who may not have heard The FuMP has won the Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction Music Podcast.

The award was given out at Dragon*Con. Here's a link to a press release about it, along with a photo of me accepting the award. http://www.prlog.org/10344746-the-funny-music-project-wins-new-media-award.html (Photo by JayeKitty.)

After the announcement someone asked me what exactly makes the FuMP "speculative fiction." My reply was "well, how many of our songs are true stories?" After thinking about that response it occurred to me that a disturbing number of our songs are actually true stories. But I don't care. It's still awesome. And again, I want to thank everyone involved in the Parsec Awards, all my fellow FuMP artists, and whoever nominated us in the first place.

--==X==--

That's all for now, folks. If you'd like to follow me other places online you can find me here:
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/devospice
Facebook: Search for "Tom Rockwell" and click on the one with the Transformers face.
Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/#/pages/Devo-Spice/116693183739

Speaking of which, if anyone knows how to make a custom URL for the Facebook fan page please let me know. I think I have enough fans now.

->Later.....Spice
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Manic Mondays Coming To An End [Sep. 15th, 2009|08:05 am]
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Ever since I resumed doing the show after my hiatus earlier this year I've felt like I haven't been putting my all into it. The scripts have been rushed, often the recordings were rushed, and overall I just felt like the quality wasn't there. I decided to take the show live to try to breathe some life into it, but that has been one technological nightmare after another. I was up until 1:00 am doing the show last week and I began to question whether it was worth continuing the show. After having a long discussion with my wife yesterday about my time and what I'm doing with it I decided that it wasn't.

The show has been great. It did what I originally set out for it to do which was provide me with a creative outlet for some ideas that I had. But after 4 and a half years and 227 episodes it doesn't feel creative anymore. It's just one more thing I have to do. Get some news. Find some songs to play. Record. Repeat. I really feel that at this point my time could be better spent on other things. I also think it's a good idea to end the show before it languishes on too long and people begin to say that I should have ended it years ago.

So with all that said the next episode of Manic Mondays, episode 228, will be the last. It will not be live because I'll be out of town this weekend. But it will show up in the feed as usual and I'll post a link to the MP3 on Twitter.

I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped out with the show over the years. To Grant Baciocco and Tony Goldmark who provided the initial inspiration for the show. To all the various people who filled in for me on days when I couldn't do the show. To everyone who sent in content like news articles, especially Cary Whitney who has sent in thousands of articles. To all the artists I've interviewed over the years. And most importantly to everyone who listened to the show. Thank you for listening.

It has been a fun ride but I think it's time to get off now.

Originally posted at DevoSpice.com. You can comment here or there.
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The FuMP Wins The Parsec [Sep. 11th, 2009|07:44 am]
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The FuMP (The Funny Music Project) has won the Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction Music Podcast! This means a lot to us and we want to thank everyone involved who helped make it happen.

Big thanks to the creators of the Parsec Awards: Mur Lafferty, Michael R. Mennenga, and Tracy Hickman. Big thanks to the steering committee and the Parsec judges. And of course a big thank you to my fellow FuMP artists who make this whole thing the awesome beast that it is.

I am woefully late reporting this but Dragon*Con put me behind schedule with some things and then some other things hit and it's just been one of those weeks. So, sorry for the delay.

The Parsec Awards are given out each year at Dragon*Con to science fiction, fantasy, and horror authors who make their work available via podcast. In 2009, the awards added a category for music. Also nominated in the music category were FETIDUS (The Foundation for the Ethical Treatment of the Innocently Damned, Undead and Supernatural), The GeekSpin, Radio Free Hipster, and Wander Radio.

I'm planning on sending out a full press release about this soon, so if anyone has any media contacts please get in touch with me. Thanks!

Originally posted at DevoSpice.com. You can comment here or there.
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Devo Spice Update - 9/3/2009 [Sep. 3rd, 2009|12:24 pm]
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Hey folks,

Sorry I've kind of fallen off the radar lately. I've been really busy with a few things and haven't had much time to do much of anything. Unfortunately I don't think that's going to change any time soon (especially today, ugh) but I wanted to take some time to update you on a couple things.

First of all, I WILL be at Dragon*Con this weekend. I do not have my own performance slot with the rest of the musicians and will not be selling my stuff at a band table. So why am I going? I'm going to represent The FuMP at the Parsec Awards! The FuMP has been nominated for Best Speculative Fiction Music Podcast. The award ceremony is Saturday night at 7:00. (I don't know where. Check the schedule if you're going.) I will be performing a few songs during the ceremony itself, but that'll be my only official event of the weekend.

The other big news was that my latest song Platform Wars was #2 on The Dr. Demento Show's monthly Top 10 countdown last weekend! Thank you so much to everyone who requested my song. It feels great to be back on the countdown. If you'd like to request that he play it again head over to http://www.DrDemento.com and click on Request A Song. Thanks!

Also, in case you missed it the first episode of The Insider video podcast is now live! This is a special video available only to subscribers of The Spice Rack. So far it has gotten a great response. If you're not a subscriber you can view a 3 minute teaser video on my web site here: http://www.devospice.com/insider_play.php?id=2 If you want to see it, and get the latest PDF newsletter, some high quality downloads, and store credit, you can still join The Spice Rack for just $2.49 per month. Go to http://www.devospice.com/spicerack.php for all the details and to sign up.

Finally, one last thing. I just booked a gig with Uncle Monster Face in New York City for September 26. We're performing at Don Hills in Manhattan. I'll post more details to my web site as I get them.

Thanks guys!

->Later.....Spice

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The Insider - Episode 1 [Aug. 27th, 2009|10:58 am]
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Hey everyone! I'm excited to announce that the first episode of The Insider is now live! You can view the first episode here: http://www.devospice.com/insider_play.php?id=2

If you're not a subscriber to the Spice Rack you're only going to see a 3 minute teaser video. Subscribers get the full 19 minute video where I talk about my notebook, and a new song, along with playing a demo recording of the new song.

Enjoy!

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Manic Mondays 224 [Aug. 23rd, 2009|09:18 am]
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This week's episode of Manic Mondays is posted. Download the show here: http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-54323/TS-260001.mp3

This week we explore music about drugs and G.I. Joe, and learn why you need to take the role of Dungeon Master in a game of Dungeons and Dragons very seriously.

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