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And So It Begins... [Jan. 28th, 2010|11:30 am]
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Tomorrow I begin work on a secret project, code named... er, actually it doesn't have a code name. Why the hell didn't we give it a code name? It totally should have one.

Anyway, tomorrow morning I'm leaving to go meet some people for the weekend and do some things. I know that's rather vague, but use your imagination. Although now that I think about it that can be interpreted a number of ways. The most extreme interpretation would probably win me an Adult Film Award. The most mundane is probably what I do on a daily basis when I'm not doing music. The truth is somewhere in between, although pretty far from the adult film industry. Although, actually... uh, never mind.

This has been a long time coming. My co-conspirators in this project and I have been working on this on and off for several years now, so it's nice to see it finally coming together and happening. Subscribers to The Spice Rack know what I'm talking about because I talked about it on Episode 5 of The Insider.

Hopefully within a few months you all will get to see the fruits of our labor. Although there will be very little fruit involved. Probably very little actual labor, too, because we're lazy, but you'll see something in some form or sure. So keep an eye out for some form of official announcement from someone at some point in the future. Or something.

Originally posted at DevoSpice.com. You can comment here or there.
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Blogger and RSS Help Needed [Jan. 26th, 2010|01:38 am]
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OK, I figured it out. For some reason the videos in episodes 4 and 5 weren't actually being defined as enclosures, which is necessary for the files to be transmitted. There was a setting on the Blogger feed called Show Link Fields (under Formatting) that was set to No. When I changed that to Yes I was able to manually tell the site to attach the videos as enclosures. That did it.

Thanks, everyone, for your feedback and suggestions!


I need some help. I don't know what's going on but the RSS feed for my video podcast The Working Indie Musician stopped working after episode 3. Episode 4 was posted on September 23rd, and episode 5 was posted on January 22nd.

For reasons of time and resources I'm not creating my own RSS feed, hosting the files, or anything. I'm simply using a Blogger account and posting the videos as part of the content. This worked fine with the first three posts but the last two aren't showing up and I can't figure out why.

I have submitted the show to iTunes and they picked it up just the other day, but now it looks like the show hasn't been updated since August.

The main blog is at http://workingindiemusician.blogspot.com. I don't see any difference between the first three episodes and the last two. I know iTunes is picky about feeds. The FuMP feed breaks occasionally if the artists put ampersands or parentheses anywhere in the content, or the MP3 file has spaces in the file name. It doesn't like smart quotes either. But I don't see any of that stuff in the last two posts.

If you look at the feed in a browser it shows all five episodes, but only the first three have media attachments. I know the feed fails to validate, but since I'm using Blogger I don't have any control over the generation of the feed. It's created automatically based on the content.

Please, if anyone has any idea what the problem could be either leave a comment or email me. I'm stumped.

The direct feed created from the blog is:
http://workingindiemusician.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

The feed I submitted to iTunes is:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/workingindiemusician
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IT Guy On The FuMP [Jan. 22nd, 2010|08:55 am]
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I'm Not Your Personal IT Guy

I'm Not Your Personal IT Guy is now available as a free download at The FuMP.

This song, like so many others, is ripped right out of my daily life. And it's not that I mind helping people. I really don't. I used to be a teacher and I enjoyed it quite a bit. But after the 5th time I had to explain to my boss how to get the voice memos off his iPhone I thought maybe it was time to write a song about it.

This is the first song in about 3 years for which I've done the music myself. The Professor was busy working on music for his other band Burnkit 2600 so he wasn't able to help me. I have to say I really enjoyed composing the music again and I'm looking forward to doing more songs in the future. The Professor will still be helping me, of course. I love the music that he comes up with. But he won't be doing every song anymore.

Originally posted at DevoSpice.com. You can comment here or there.
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New Jersey Gave Me A Big Butt [Jan. 20th, 2010|07:41 am]
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11 years ago I moved from Rochester, NY to northern New Jersey. We decided we wanted to be closer to our families so I took a job in Parsippany. This meant that instead of teaching for 10 to 12 hours a week, being on my feet most of the time, and then going for bike rides along the Erie Canal on my off days that I would be sitting at a desk for 40 hours a week and sitting in my car for another 10. All that sitting was, ironically, not good for my butt. Sitting that much tended to make it bigger. The first year I lived in New Jersey I gained 15 pounds. I would still exercise periodically and we still went for bike rides when we could but it never seemed to be enough to offset the massive amounts of sitting that I was doing.

Then my wife got pregnant, and as she gained weight I gained weight. Then she got pregnant again, and again I gained weight. I managed to lose some of it between pregnancies but I think I gained the most weight while she was pregnant for the third time.

About a year and a half ago I got on the scale and saw that I had hit my HOLYCRAP weight. The scale read 225. I didn't know that was my HOLYCRAP weight until I hit it, which I guess is normal. I know there are people reading this who would kill to be 225, but for a guy who was 185-190 for most of his adult life it was quite a shock. And I know everyone has a different HOLYCRAP weight- the weight at which you decide to get serious about losing weight. 225 was mine. It amazes me when I watch some of these programs on TLC that show people who are 700 and 800 pounds and I realize that some of them have not yet hit their HOLYCRAP weight. It's like they say to them selves "Heck, I can go another 300 pounds before I have to worry!"

So I signed up for The Daily Plate's web site. They have since been bought out by LiveStrong and are now at livestrong.com, but basically it's a calorie counter. I put in my age, weight, and goals, and then enter my food as I eat it. It's tedious and annoying, but it works. I started losing weight. The problem is I have no self-control and if there is junk food in the house I will eat it. I used to buy mini Peppermint Patties from BJs and if I had any calories left after dinner I would have a few. The problem is few people know this but the white stuff in the middle of the Peppermint Pattie is actually crack cocaine, and I couldn't just eat the 3 that I was allotted. 3 became 6, then 10, then 15, then holy crap the box is empty I have to go back to BJs and get more NOW! It's only a 30 minute drive. Screw it, Jen can put the kids to bed, if I leave now I can be back by midnight... I don't buy Peppermint Patties anymore.

So I lost some weight. Then I would gain some of it back as I would get lazy about tracking my food, which usually meant I would blow my calorie limit for the day. Then I'd start tracking my calories again and start losing weight again. And this cycle went on until last Friday morning when I got on the scale and it leveled out at an even 200 pounds.

I celebrated by eating half a bag of chocolate chips. I didn't track those calories. I really don't want to know. But I've been pretty good since then! Hopefully by the time MarsCon comes around I'll be back down in the mid 190s where I'm supposed to be. No resolutions, but here's to a thinner 2010!

Originally posted at DevoSpice.com. You can comment here or there.
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New Song, New Nerdcore Compilation [Jan. 13th, 2010|12:39 pm]
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RhymeTorrents volume 9 (disc 1) was released yesterday. RhymeTorrents is a free compilation of nerdcore hip hop which is released periodically. The latest version features a brand new Devo Spice song called I'm Not Your Personal IT Guy. This song will also be posted on The FuMP on Friday, January 22nd.

RhymeTorrents 9 can be downloaded now for free at rhymetorrents.org. Disc 2 and Disc 3 of volume 9 will be released shortly.



Originally posted at DevoSpice.com. You can comment here or there.
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Happy New Year! [Jan. 4th, 2010|07:57 am]
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Hey everyone,

I hope everyone had a great new year. I played some Wii Sports Resort and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories and then fell asleep at 11:45 because I PARTY THAT HARD.

As I mentioned on the last episode of The Insider (to subscribers to The Spice Rack) I will have a new song coming out shortly. I submitted a song to the upcoming Rhyme Torrents 9 compilation which will be available starting on the 12th over at http://www.rhymetorrents.com. It will be posted on The FuMP on the 22nd. I'm going to try to get the next episode of The Insider posted before the Rhyme Torrents compilation comes out so I can give Spice Rack members a sneak peak.

This is the first song in 2 years for which I've done the music myself. The Professor has gotten busy with his other band BurnKit 2600. We're still going to be working together, but I'm going to be doing more of the music myself going forward. After winning a raging battle with my sound card I had a lot of fun doing the music, so I'm looking forward to doing more.

Speaking of The Spice Rack, I still haven't nailed down the credits problem, so I'm just going to disable the code that updates it automatically and just start updating your balances manually as payments come in. I'm going to audit everyone's account first to make sure everyone has the right amount of credit before I do that, though. So everything should be sorted out in a few days.

2009 was great. 2010 is off to a great start. Let's keep this momentum going and kick some dementia butt this year!

Originally posted at DevoSpice.com. You can comment here or there.
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Platform Wars At Number 4! [Dec. 29th, 2009|09:53 am]
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Platform Wars- my I'm A Mac/I'm A PC commercial spoof featuring The Great Luke Ski and Dual Core- ended up being the 4th most requested song of 2009 on The Dr. Demento Show! Thank you so much to everyone who requested it!

Also on the list, at number 14, is Vampires Suck by Odd Austin, featuring me!

To see the whole playlist click here. To listen to the show for a nominal fee head to DrDemento.com.

Thanks again, everybody! And here's to a safe, fun, and prosperous 2010!

Originally posted at DevoSpice.com. You can comment here or there.
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NSFW Shirts Now Available [Dec. 16th, 2009|10:55 am]
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I've been selling these at shows for some time now, but I finally got around to adding them to my web site. Behold! The NSFW shirt!



The shirts are $15 (plus shipping) and come in sizes ranging from S to XXXL. Go here to order yours.

Originally posted at DevoSpice.com. You can comment here or there.
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Netrikulator - Beta Testers Needed [Dec. 12th, 2009|07:54 am]
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Hey folks,

A few years ago I released a puzzle game called Netrikulator. I actually developed it at my old day job for a client. I got the game play done and showed it to my boss. Three hours later when I went back to ask him a question he was still playing the demo. I figured I was on to something. Once it was all done, with his blessing, I rebranded the game and released it as shareware.

That was several years ago. Earlier this year I decided it was time to update the game. I brought it up to date to run on modern operating systems, replaced the stock gameplay music with music from real indie bands I found on SonicBids, and changed the high score list so it's stored online and encompasses all players.

The game play is simple. Move the piece around the screen with the mouse. Use the space bar to rotate it, and click to place it down. Your goal is to use the pieces to connect the two network nodes together.

I have posted a public beta on the FIDIM site here. Please download it and pound on it a bit and let me know if anything breaks. You can email bug reports to support@fidim.com.

Thanks!

Originally posted at DevoSpice.com. You can comment here or there.
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Devo Spice Update - 12/8/2009 [Dec. 8th, 2009|12:50 pm]
What's up, everyone?

Your friendly neighborhood comedy rapper here with a quick update which will probably turn out to be much longer than I initially thought or in fact want it to be. But I need to get this out, so here we go:

--== NEW SONG ON THE FUMP ==--
--== THE FAILED CITIES: HATH A DARKNESS ==--
--== DEVO SPICE NEWSLETTER ISSUE 2 ==--
--== MARSCON FUNDRAISER CD ==--
--== NEW PODCASTS I'M NOT INVOLVED IN ==--


--== NEW SONG ON THE FUMP ==--
In case you missed it (and hey, I did give you advanced notice this time so no excuses) I released a new song on The FuMP recently called Ho Is On The Rag. This song is a parody of Throw It In The Bag by Fabolous which is a song about how he's so rich and successful he doesn't check price tags when he's buying clothes for his women, he just "throws them in the bag." (The clothes, not the women.) My version is about a guy who is so full of himself that any girl who turns him down at the club is obviously "on the rag."

This song features cameos by several of my female fans (and one male fan with a voice synthesizer) as well as ME SINGING, although that may change as I'm still not 100% sold on how I sound on the song. As Chris Mezzolesta of Power Salad says "even AutoTune has its limits."

Download the song now at http://www.thefump.com


--== THE FAILED CITIES: HATH A DARKNESS ==--
Back in 2006 I voiced the part of Sterne on Matt Wallace's audio drama The Failed Cities Monologues. This year Matt is releasing another story set in the dystopian future of the Failed Cities called The Failed Cities: Hath A Darkness and I have reprised my role as Sterne. In fact, my episode was just released today, so if you go to http://www.variantfrequencies.com you can download it and listen to it.

You don't need to have heard the entire Failed Cities Monologues to appreciate Hath A Darkness (although it helps, and it is a damn cool story so I recommend it), but you definitely want to start with episode 1 of Hath A Darkness before listening to my part on episode 3.


--== DEVO SPICE NEWSLETTER ISSUE 2 ==--
Issue #2 of my PDF newsletters was sent out to subscribers to The Spice Rack the other day. This issue features full report from Dragon*Con and NACA, a Manic Mondays Retrospective, a report on the upcoming Dr. Demento Funny 25 countdown, and of course another Useless Haiku.

If you'd like to join The Spice Rack and get this PDF newsletter membership is just $2.49 per month. For that you get the quarterly newsletter, a monthly video podcast, download credits, and all your payments become store credit.

Speaking of which, I had one subscriber recently ask about the possibility of using the store credit on the purchased MP3s. (He wants to buy the old Sudden Death albums which are availalble on tape and as MP3s only.) I looked into it and for technical reasons I can't do this through the site. However, if anyone wants to do this I will honor the credits on MP3 purchases. Just email me after you've made your purchase and let me know how much of your credit you want to use. I'll refund you that amount and deduct the credits from your account.


--== MARSCON FUNDRAISER CD ==--
The Great Luke Ski has put together anther set of music to help raise money for the MarsCon Dementia performances. Specifically the money made from this CD will help offset the hotel costs of the 17 or so artists who are performing at MarsCon next March.

The compilation contains roughly 4 hours of music on 3 CDs and sells for $30 (or $20 for an MP3 only version). It features music recorded at past MarsCons including my songs "Written On Twitter" (which is currently available nowhere else, I should mention), "Give It To Everybody," "The Geeks Come Out At Night," and my cover of Tom Smith's "Domino Death."

Please consider helping out this awesome convention and picking up a copy of the compilation. You can order your copy here: http://marscondementia.com


--== NEW PODCASTS I'M NOT INVOLVED IN ==--
Since ending my own podcast Manic Mondays TWO new podcasts have appeared to fill the gaps.

The first is Luke And Carrie's Bad Rapport featuring The Great Luke Ski and Carrie Dahlby. This show runs 45 minutes to an hour, features several funny songs, and also includes the ever popular News Of The Stupid segment. http://www.badrapport.com

The second is the Dementia Radio Podcast, which is a new podcast started by the good folks over at Dementia Radio. (Duh.) This show will be hosted by several different people (including me at some point) and runs about 20 minutes. http://dementiaradio.org/podcast


That's all, folks. I don't have any shows coming up until MarsCon, but that may change, so keep an eye on the web site. Or follow me on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/devospice) or Facebook (search for Tom Rockwell and find the one with the Transformer face).

->Later.....Spice
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The Failed Cities Monologues - Hath A Darkness [Dec. 3rd, 2009|07:29 am]
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Back in 2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace put out a series of short audio dramas called The Failed Cities Monologues on their sci-fi/fantasy/horror podcast Variant Frequencies. It was one story told from multiple perspectives and they asked me to do the voice of one of their characters- Sterne.



In 2007 Matt Wallace wrote a new story set in the Failed Cities for Christmas of that year called Hath A Darkness. This year they have decided to produce new audio for Hath A Darkness and have asked me to reprise my roll of Sterne.



Episode 1: Ethan was posted on December 1st. The stories will continue to come out twice a week until Christmas Day. I believe my story is episode 3.



You can download this story at http://www.variantfrequencies.com or look them up on iTunes. Definitely check it out. The Failed Cities Monologues was an awesome story. I can't wait to hear what he did with Hath A Darkness.

Originally posted at DevoSpice.com. You can comment here or there.
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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!



Originally posted at DevoSpice.com. You can comment here or there.
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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.

Originally posted at DevoSpice.com. You can comment here or there.
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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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