So Tom asked me awhile ago if I could supply the tablature for my instrumental piece, “Candles”, which was heard at the end of Deadpan episode 5. Thank you for asking, Tom, and I apologize. . . . I just haven’t had the time. Here is a Cliff’s Notes description:

Standard tuning, mostly standard chords. The repeated hook throughout out the song is a pull-off (po) on the first fret of the high string (F po to E) followed by a hammer-on (h) from fret 1 to fret 3 on the B string (C to D). Do this while playing a staggered arpeggiated pattern on a standard Dminor chord (Dm), switch to C, then back to Dm. The change drops the hook, but continues the arpeggiated run through a standard F, C, and Dm. Repeat a few times.

Dm (xx0231), C (x32010), Dm (xx0231), F (133211), C (x32010), Dm (xx0231)

The outro chords are Dm (xx0231), Dsus4 (xx0233), G major (320033), A (X05650), then finish with Dsus2 (xx023x).

Sorry  -  this is all I gots for ya. . . Hey, if any guitarist/tablaturist out there is looking for a project. . . . Contact me. I’ll send you a file or two.

Hey, you know that song at the end of the most recent Deadpan?

Well there’s a music video for it. circa 2002. I’m not in it all that often, but hey, it’s cool. This was Matt’s show.

Big file, so if everyone clicks at once, you may have a long “Buffering” lag. . . .  And Mac users should also note that it’s .wmv.

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It’s late into the evening, my friends, and the gears of the machinery are still grinding away, churing out a fresh new Deadpan.

I’m going to sleep, and will get the episode out there when I wake up. A thousand apologies for the brief delay.

The “M.C.” before my name is now official:

I am going to be Master of Ceremonies for the Coppercon 26 Masquerade! I guess I’ll have to rise slighlty above Deadpan timbre for the task. So if you’re not going to Dragon Con, then come to Coppercon! Make a costume, enter the Masquerade, and have some fun. First weekend in September.

Remember when .mp3 players were for music AND podcasts?

Here my Top 25 Most Played songs in iTunes for June 6, 2006:

1. Vanity Fair ~~Mr. Bungle 43
2. Is There Love In Space? ~~Joe Satriani 35
3. Wine ~~Jack Mangan 29
4. Organ Donor ~~DJ Shadow 27
5. Dad and Dog ~~Fredo Viola 25 (Great stuff. Go have a look and a listen)
6. Saddam A Go-Go ~~GWAR 25
7. Did My Time ~~KoRn 25
8. playing with spiders-skullkrusher ~~Overkill 24
9. Slaughter of the Soul ~~At the Gates 23
10. Miss Misery ~~Elliott Smith 22
11. Rumble ~~Link Wray & His Ray Men 22
12. Spirit Man ~~Mango 22
13. Defender ~~Manowar 21
14. Asteroid Speed Highway ~~Matt Mango 21
15. Lost In Space ~~Aimee Mann 20
16. The Enemy ~~Anthrax 20
17. Microphone Fiend ~~Eric B & Rakim 20
18. Tears of Liquid Mercury ~~Jack Mangan 20
19. Nuthin But a G Thang ~~Dr. Dre 19
20. Hallowed Be Thy Name ~~Iron Maiden 19
21. Solfeggietto ~~CPE Bach ~~Leslie Bridges 19
22. Time Is Running Out ~~Muse 19
23. Red Right Hand ~~Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 19
24. West End Girls ~~Pet Shop Boys 19
25. First Time Ever I Saw Your Face ~~Roberta Flack 19

The files are not modified, but I’ve updated their posts here with the in-browser player. Now you can go back and listen to the Tee Morris interview in episode #3, the Mike J. Nelson interview in #2, and/or the podcast mess brilliance that was the first episode.

— I should also point out that those download numbers don’t reflect all kinds of downloads, and also, only reflect web-downloads as of the date we installed that plugin (one day last week).

Holy Fire! Mystic Ninjas! Mason Rockets! I didn’t realize they were going to post the episode that quickly.When you’re done listening to Deadpan Episode 8 (see below), head on over to the Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas site to download KAMN #13. I made a guest appearance to butt in on their discussion of Bruce Sterling’s postmodern post-cyberpunk novel, “Holy Fire”. The podcast was actually released on Tuesday; I was just a bit too slow to catch it until today. Of course, it will help to have read the book first — but the Ninjas’ extra content is always good.

So the day is drawing closer. The Spherical Tomi chapbook is at the printer. The e-book and the podiobook will still be available — but you’ll soon also have access to the dead-tree-and-ink version!
I don’t have a release date yet, but we’re closing in fast. Stay tuned for more info as it develops…. Best guesstimate: first week of June.