Tonight's show we discuss office politics, problems with co-workers, wish fellow podcasters congratulations and discuss the Church of Mac. Come along for the ride!
Seems like a cheap marketing ploy by Sony to give their next gen system an edge over the Wii and XBOX 360, but whatever. Check it out.
Coming pretty late in the day, here is the Visual Thing A Week for Jonanthan Coulton's song, I'm Your Moon. Jonathan's description of the song makes note that Pluto's moon Charon, is actually about half the size of Pluto, and that they revolve around each other. For artistic purposes, I decided to make Charon more of a motherly figure.
In other new, I just bought a new Mac Pro. Woo-hoo!
Mike AKA Halcyconsnow, one of the 700 hobo artists has immortalized me as a hobo. Words escape me. Thank you, Mike. Thank you all to hell.
Well, not really. But it is an apartment close by to where Scott is. See the horrifying photos here.
Via BB: "Pes, a gifted short-film maker, has produced a video-game tribute called "Game Over". He's recreated scenes from classic arcade games in stop-motion, using household objects and synching it all to the original game sound"Too cool!
Critical mass is on its way. For those of you who can't get enough of me and my Hobo Art, you can pick up the August 14th edition of Publishers Weekly. There you will find a story by none other than FoJ, John Hodgman giving some valuable lessons on how-to become a published author. Included in the article is a hilarious reference to Ape Lad, The 700 Hobes Project and my illustration of "Hobo Zero" on Flickr.
Thanks to Shelly for this disturbing image of Katherine Harris. And the possum looks pretty bad too. Have at it kids!
We're on vacation in the Congo. So, while I'm here, I decide to go searching for the mystical creature known as Apelad. I find him, talk to him and make him confess about himself and the origin of his alter ego. Come along for the ride!
This is for the song "You Ruined Everything" by JoCo. I think this is more of a personal image for me. I equated having children to leaving behind some of the other stuff I had enjoyed pre-kid. It's the same transformation that any parent has to go through. As my kids get older, I can start to enjoy some of the things I enjoyed as a kid and they can appreciate it more. Except for the Star Wars figures. Those are totally off limits.
Got this in the tubes today from FoJ John Hodgman. If you are in the Massachusetts area, this will be worth checking out:JONATHAN COULTON WILL PLAY GUITAR NEXT TO A LOUD RIVERFor information, please visit Coulton or Lady Killigrew.
The Montague Bookmill/Lady Killigrew.
Sat., Aug. 19, 8 PM
FREE
Local author and impresario John Hodgman will soon leave the Pioneer Valley area after a summer of residency and internet-theft at the Lady Killigrew Cafe and the Montague Bookmill of Montague, MA.
But before he goes, he wishes to introduce the western counties to the song stylings of JONATHAN COULTON in a night of SONGS ABOUT ZOMBIES, MATH, AND FEELINGS.
JONATHAN COULTON, in addition to his masthead position of "Contributing Troubadour" at Popular Science magazine (absolutely true), is featured prominently on the audio edition of Hodgman's bestselling book THE AREAS OF MY EXPERTISE, and his many many songs (A NEW ONE EVERY WEEK!), including "Mandlebrot Set," "Re: Your Brains," and "Baby Got Back", have been heard on PODCASTS THROUGHOUT THE LAND.
Hodgman will introduce Coulton, and following the show, he will guest-bar tend at the Lady Killigrew while Coutlton will sit at the bar and guest-drink. EVEN IF YOU LOATHE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, COME WATCH THIS STRANGE BIT OF THEATER DEVOLVE TO ITS INEVITABLE, TRAGIC CONCLUSION!
Both will sign books and CDs and discuss TOPICS OF INTEREST.
Three copies each of Hodgman's as-yet-unreleased PAPERBACK and AUDIO EDITION of his book will be given FREE to the first six people to purchase Coulton materials.
A new show. Whee! Lots of zombie talk, black toes, and much more. What else do you want in a podcast? Enjoy!
It's been a while since I've done a link dump of any note, so what better what to get back on the bandwagon then by just jumping into the dump with two feet.
Maybe it's too much Dead Rising on the XBOX, or it's just my Monster Art pushed to a new level. But I just started a new Flickr group called "Zombie Army". In much the same way as the 700 Hoboes Project, I am encouraging artists of all skill levels to contribute images of zombies to the ever-growing Zombie Army. Pictured here is Catherine, The Zombie Gal, a homage to the female undead in WoW. Keep on the lookout for more zombies as I draw them. And please, feel free to contribute to the project.
This song was the reason I started doing the VTAW, and I never got a chance to draw it. So here it is. The song Re: Your Brains by Jonathan Coulton done for the upcoming karaoke CD. if you check my Flickr set, you will also see a badge I did of Bob the Zombie for a possible T-shirt design.
His pants are fancy. And the people love him. What can I say?
"Remember the feeling when you were in elementary school and you realized that today was the day the Scholastic books came in? The heightened anticipation of imminent MadLibs!Thank you to the blogger who loves our show enough to compare us to MadLibs. We love them too!
That’s the way I feel every time iTunes starts to download a new Jawbone Radio. Jawbone is that rare breed of “Couplecast” which is actually about a couple, not pandering to the lowest common demoninator."
Hey gang! Very cool news from FoJ (Friend of Jawbone) Dave Devries. Dave has been hard at work developing a new video game based on his Monster Engine concept. And we've got some exclusive preliminary images from the game! "The Monster Engine Massive Multi-player Online Game (MMOG) is a place where kids rule and straight lines aren't welcome. Why? Because every last 3D piece of this world is built from actual kid's drawings."Totally rockin! Talking to Dave about this, the game is in very early developmental stages, but promises to be very cool. You can see the whole preview right here. If you scroll down about midway, you can see some of the preliminary artwork that my oldest boys helped create for the game. How cool is that? If I were 9 or 11 and I was helping develop a video game, I think my head would have exploded. So, we thank Dave for affording our kids the opportunity to contribute to such a unique project. Be sure to listen to Jawbone and watch the blog for updates as it moves forward.
Neil joins us tonight for a show, where we discuss more catchphrases, including "Snakes On A Plane!" and "Bees In A Basket!" We also fill in our listeners about the rest of the turkey incident, and we go searching for the best fried chicken in the country. All on one show, folks! That's entertainment, I tells ya! Plus, we welcome our first real sponsor to Jawbone Radio: Chillpak. All this and Jonathan Coulton's Thing A Week. 
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