The Logan Awards have started accepting nominations for songs for the 2012 awards.  Any comedy song or video that was released in 2011 qualifies, so here is a list of what I produced in 2011 that qualifies (listed alphabetically):

Outstanding Original Comedy Song

- Earworm (featuring MC Lars) (http://www.thefump.com/fump.php?id=1403)

- I Am The Doctor (http://www.thefump.com/fump.php?id=1496)

- Nerds Rule (http://www.devospice.com/song.php?id=155)

- Romantic Interlude (http://www.devospice.com/song.php?id=156)

- The Dumbest Song On Rock Band (http://www.thefump.com/fump.php?id=1415)

- Weird Al Didn't Write This Song (http://www.devospice.com/song.php?id=158)

- Written On Twitter (http://www.devospice.com/song.php?id=154)

Outstanding Parody Song:

- Enhanced (http://www.thefump.com/fump.php?id=1392)

- How To Sing (http://www.thefump.com/fump.php?id=1480)

- Not Amused (http://www.devospice.com/song.php?id=157)

Outstanding Comedy Music Video

- How To Sing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQbns_QFqnQ)

Unfortunately the rest of the songs on Gnome Sane were released on The FuMP prior to 2011 so they don't qualify, and they didn't add an Oustanding Album category this year, so the album as a whole can't win anything.

Personally I think "The Dumbest Song On Rock Band" and "I Am The Doctor" probably have the best shot.  So if someone would be so kind as to head over to http://www.loganawards.com and nominate a song or two of mine I would greatly appreciate it.  

In other news, it's time to update the songs of the month over at http://www.devospice.com.  This month I posted "I Am The Doctor" and "Devo, Are You Shoebox?" as the songs of the month.  Head over and give them a listen or download them for free.

// Adds a row to the featured table so the user can select a featured artist.  Called when the user clicks on the + button.

function addFeature() {

// Find the featuring table and get its row count so we can add a new row to it.

var featureTable = document.getElementById("featuring_table");

var rows = featureTable.getElementsByTagName("tr");

var numRows = rows.length;

window.rowCount++;  // Store the number of rows so we can access it later from other scripts.

var newRowNum = window.rowCount; 

// Populate the select list with an AJAX call.

var fAJAX = create_ajax();

fAJAX.open("POST", "ajax_feature_artists.php", false);

fAJAX.send();

// If you want to see the results of this go to http://www.thomasrockwell.com/fump/ajax_feature_artists.php and view the source.

// Create the row and its 3 cells.

var newRow = featureTable.insertRow(numRows - 1);

var c1 = newRow.insertCell(0);

var c2 = newRow.insertCell(1);

var c3 = newRow.insertCell(2);

var response = fAJAX.responseText; // For some reason I have to use responseText even though the data is XML.

// Create the select list.

var theSelect = document.createElement("select");

theSelect.name = "featuredArtists[]";  // So I can access the data as an array when I parse the form.  But I never see this variable.

theSelect.onchange = "otherFeaturedArtist(this);"; // This is to add a new artist who isn't yet in the database. It's untested.

// Create the XML parser object.

if (window.DOMParser)

{

parser=new DOMParser();

xmlDoc=parser.parseFromString(response,"text/xml");

}

else // Internet Explorer

{

xmlDoc=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.6.0");

xmlDoc.async=false;

xmlDoc.resolveExternals = false;

xmlDoc.loadXML(response);

}

// Find all the "artist" nodes in the XML.

var node = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("artist");

for (i=0; i<node.length; i++) 

{
// For each artist get their name and ID and create the option for the select.

var artistID = node[i].childNodes[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;

var artistName = node[i].childNodes[1].childNodes[0].nodeValue;

var theOption=document.createElement("OPTION");

var theText=document.createTextNode(artistName);

theOption.appendChild(theText);

theOption.setAttribute("value", artistID);

theSelect.appendChild(theOption);

}

// var theForm = document.getElementById("fump_form");

// I was using this when I tried the appendChild and insertBefore calls.

// Add the select to the first cell.  The middle cell is a text input for other artists.  The third is a delete button.

c1.appendChild(theSelect); // This works.  The select list is displayed on screen, but its variables are never parsed.

c2.innerHTML = "<input type=\"text\" name=\"genre_other_" + newRowNum + "\" id=\"other_feature_field_" + newRowNum + "\" style=\"display:none;\" />";

c3.innerHTML = "<input type=\"button\" name=\"delete_feature\" value=\"-\" onclick=\"removeFeature(this);\" />";

}