Evil Genius Chronicles (mp3)

EGC Introduction and Disclaimer

dave — Sun, 14 Nov 2004 03:42:08 +0000

A welcome to this podcast and an introduction to what this is all about

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for January 10, 2009 – “Ringing in a New Year”

dave — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:54:25 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for January 10, 2010. I take a moment of silence for the loss of Natalie Morris; I play the promo George Hrab did for the JREF; I play a song by Retribution Gospel Choir; I talk about what I hope for 2010 and what I did wrong and right in 2009; I play a song by Fleet Foxes; I talk about using Calibre with my Kindle and also how I both succeeded and failed simultaneously in NaNoWriMo; I play a song by AFCGT and get on with my year.

You can subscribe to this podcast feed via RSS. To sponsor the show, contact BackBeat Media. Don’t forget, you can fly your EGC flag by buying the stuff package. This show as a whole is Creative Commons licensed Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5. Bandwidth for this episode is provided by Cachefly.

Links mentioned in this episode:

R.I.P, Natalie Morris
James Randi Educational Foundation
Retribution Gospel Choir
Buy the album 2 from Retribution Gospel Choir from Subpop or Amazon!
AmigoFish podcast recommendation engine
The Peakecast
Fleet Foxes on Myspace
Buy the EP Sun Giant from Fleet Foxes from Subpop or Amazon!
Calibre, an ebook management tool for many devices
AFCGT on Myspace
Buy the self-titled album from AFCGT from Subpop or Amazon!
Gentle Readers
My FriendFeed
Sign my Frappr Map!

Tags: afcgt, amigofish, fleetfoxes, jref, nataliemorris, peakecast, retributiongospelchoir, teemorris

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for November 8, 2009 – “Punk and NaNoWriMo”

dave — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:31:44 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for November 8, 2009. I play multiple songs from the 1970s San Francisco punk scene; I talk about why I decided to do NaNoWriMo this year even though I wasn’t really ready for it; I talk about discovering interesting facts about the late 70’s San Francisco and the luck that Gimme Something Better was released just in time for me to write this book; I lay out the plan I think gay activists should use to get gay marriage if they really want it. With that, I skank to the beat on out of here.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Tags: gimmesomethingbetter, nanowrimo, punk, sanfrancisco

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for September 27, 2009 – “Goodbye Thomas Peake”

dave — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:39:38 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for September 27, 2009. I play a song from Fugazi; the bulk of this show is an extended eulogy to the late great Thomas Peake; I play a song by my friends in Stovall and try not to weep my way out.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Tags: fugazi, stovall, thomaspeake, wrek

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for September 15, 2009 – “Loving the Boring Things”

dave — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:42:32 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for September 15, 2009. I play a song from Chad VanGaalen; I talk about post-Dragon*Con longings; I play a snippet from George Hrab’s Geologic podcast; I talk about my desire to pursue Collection Drawer as a sponsor; I discuss how the boring clerical parts of comic book collecting makes me happy and how you know when you’ve picked the right hobby; I play a song by Blitzen Trapper and say good bye to a good dog.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Buy an Evil Genius Chronicles Stuff Package
Chad VanGaalen
Buy Chad’s album Soft Airplane
George Hrab
Geologic Podcast
CollectionDrawer.com
Blitzen Trapper
Buy Blitzen Trapper’s Black River Killer EP
XCon Myrtle Beach, my local comic book convention
Gentle Readers
Dragon*Con
My FriendFeed
Sign my Frappr Map!

Tags: blitzentrapper, chadvangaalen, collectiondrawer, dragoncon, geologicpodcast, georgehrab, xconmyrtlebeach

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for September 8, 2009 – “Dragon*Con 2009 Wrapup”

dave — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:38:31 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for September 8, 2009. This show is my wrap up for Dragon*Con 2009, at which I had one fantastic time. I start out with an anecdote about the late great Thomas Fuller of the Atlanta Radio Theater Company; I talk about the panels I was on and the fun time I had interviewing Keith R.A DeCandido; I talk about the fan things I did and the demography of the con; I discuss the bad vibe I get from aggressive jock guys in the Dragon*Con space; I talk about playing my first ever game at a con at a table of strangers; I retell the writing of my song collaboration with Beatnik Turtle and the wacky hijinks around its release; I play the song itself and then laugh myself out of the show.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Tags: areyouthetraitor, artc, atlantaradiotheatercompany, beatnikturtle, bobburden, darwyncooke, dragoncon, ewanspence, keithradecandido, scotchcast

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for August 31, 2009 – “Conversation with James Patrick Kelly”

dave — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:41:14 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for August 31, 2009. This show is entirely a conversation I had with science fiction author James Patrick Kelly about this upcoming panel at Dragon*Con and how the podcast world can be useful to the writing world. We discuss how he got started podcasting his fiction, what information would have let him make different and better decisions, ways writers can use new media to their advantage, how repeatable the early experiments are at scale and much much more.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Tags: dragoncon, jamespatrickkelly, pod4writers, pod4ww

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for August 20, 2009 – “Fifth Podiversary”

dave — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:23:45 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for August, 2009. I play a brand new song by Rocket City Riot; I talk about the first five years of this podcast, how I got here and where I want to be and where I want to go in the future; I play a special song from the Gentle Readers; I celebrate our medium in my own special way; one more brand new song from Rocket City Riot and it’s on to the second five years of this show.

My MP3s didn’t have an album name in the metadata, but in fact the Rocket City Riot album is titled Saturday Night Angels.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Tags: dragoncon, gentlereaders, rocketcityriot

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for July 26, 2009 – “The Alan Bean of Podcasting”

dave — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:41:35 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for July 26, 2009. I play a song by Wolf Parade; I play a sponsorship announcement from Bob’s Institute of Time Control; I talk about vacationing in the North Carolina mountains and trying to refocus on what is important; about enthusiasm for and history of new media as it waxes and wanes; I talk about conventions I have and will attend; once again I take a dump on podcasting awards and then play some angry lo-fi punk from Pissed Jeans to seal the deal. Take that!

Links mentioned in this episode:

Tags: balticon, churchofthesubgenius, dragoncon, gentlereaders, heroescon, pissedjeans, subgenius, subpop, wolfparade

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast Extra: Balticon 43 Panel, “Peer Media vs Broadcast Media”

dave — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:51:54 +0000

I’ve been having a hard time getting the show produced lately. I had planned to do an episode this weekend but my MacBook is fighting me every step of the way lately. Because of all these problems, I’m filling in the gaps with the audio of a panel I was on at Balticon 43 a few months ago. The panel was conceived of and moderated by Thomas Gideon, and my co-panelists were Patrick McLean and Earl Newton. If I recall correctly, this was the morning after I had met Earl for the first time and hung out with him for a few hours late into the previous evening.

I enjoyed being on this panel and I’d like to thank the other three guys and all the attendees for making it a good one. Here is the audio for your enjoyment.

Tags: balticon, earlnewton, patrickmclean, thecommandline, thomasgideon

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for May 22, 2009 – “CREATE South and Balticon, 2009 Style”

dave — Mon, 25 May 2009 07:28:32 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for May 22, 2009. This is my first ever episode recorded in a car. I give a wrapup to our 2009 CREATE South conference; I play my goto song for this kind of topic by Alana Davis; I then talk about Balticon and why from here on out I will be attending science fiction conferences with a podcast track and probably not any pure tech-centric or commercially organized new media conferences.

Links mentioned in this episode:

CREATE South
Alana Davis
Buy Surrender Dorothy from Alana Davis at iTunes!
Balticon
Dragon*Con
This podcast’s Ustream channel
My FriendFeed
Sign my Frappr Map!

Tags: alanadavis, balticon, createsouth, createsouth2009

Balticon Is Nearly Here

dave — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:45:18 +0000

Next weekend, I’ll be a guest at Balticon in Hunt Valley, Maryland. I’ve never actually been to Maryland so this will be a big adventure to me. If you are wondering what to expect from the con, this promo should give you some idea.

I’ve got my first science fiction interview for Reality Break lined up and I hope to get a few more. I’m gearing up for my Friday night talk “Amateur Means You Do It For Love” (10 PM Friday night in the Chesapeake Suite). It’s kind of a reworking of the talk I gave at the Podcast Expo/New Media Expo in 2006. Back then, we were in the thick of the new media gold rush. I was trying to play Cassandra to warn that hitching your financial wagons to the podcast horse was not only a bad idea financially, it was a bad idea artistically. I tried to provide a framework for people to do their work without the “get rich quick” mentality that so pervaded the medium at that time.

Nowadays, the persuasive part of that talk is no longer necessary. History has born out what I was saying, so now the talk shifts to the idea of how we can do our work and find it valuable even if we know for certain we will never ever make a nickel off of it. This is why I like to focus inside out in this talks. The whole idea is to find a way that you are have succeeded in what you want to do by sitting at the microphone, and you’ve succeeded even better when you publish. Listeners and feedback and enthusiasm after the fact is great, but it is possible to consider yourself the victor before you get there. Take out the “have one million listeners and make a plush living at this” from the equation because if that’s what it takes to make you happy, you are pretty much doomed to sadness. There is no reason we can’t do what we do in podcasting, in videoblogging entirely for the fun of it and my talk is a celebration of that. Come celebrate with me!

Tags: balticon, podcasting, realitybreakpodcast

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for April 6, 2009 – “Starting is Easy, Finishing is Hard”

dave — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:25:27 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for April 6, 2009. I play a song from Glass Eye; I talk about CREATE South and Balticon and Dragon*Con, about organizing a conference and what we are trying to do with CREATE South in Myrtle Beach; I play a solo song by Kathy McCarty, talk about my Kindle and my social media timeout; I close out with another Glass Eye song.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Tags: balticon, createsouth, createsouth2009, dragoncon, glasseye, kathymccarty, kindle

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for February 11, 2009 – “Manufacturing Joy”

dave — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:10:26 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for February 11, 2009. I play a song from Amy Ray and another from 3canal; I talk about the dichotomy of thinking of oneself as a happy person but not actually being happy that much; I discuss Poppy Z. Brite’s Liquor books; about joining the Minicomic of the Month club; about collecting comics and about Danger Woman; I play one more 3canal song and then exit before my CF card fills.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Amy Ray
3canal
3canal’s Joy + Fire at TrinidadTunes
Poppy Z. Brite
I’m a big fan of Liquor, Prime, and Soul Kitchen
Liz Baillie’s Minicomic of the Month Club is available at her store
The documentary about Danger Woman
This podcast’s Ustream channel
My FriendFeed
Sign my Frappr Map!

Tags: 3canal, amyray, dangerwoman, lizbaillie, poppyzbrite

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for January 4, 2009 – “The Start of Something Good”

dave — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:12:43 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for January 4, 2009. I play a song from the Jody Grind; I talk about the new year, about being too fat and deciding where to spend my time; I talk about how I am getting back to collecting comic books; I talk a little about Saul Griffith and lifestyle wattage; I play a song by John Cameron Mitchell and then drag race out of town.

Links mentioned in this episode:

The Jody Grind’s One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure
Saul Griffith’s presentation via IT Conversations
My ComicBookDB public collection
My FriendFeed
Sign my Frappr Map!

Tags: comicbookdb, friendfeed, jodgrind, saulgriffith

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for December 7, 2008 – “Gentle Readers Fiesta”

dave — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:36:55 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for December 7, 2008. I play songs from my friends the Gentle Readers, and then I do it again and again until the clock runs out. Really, that’s enough.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Tags: gentlereaders

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for November 27, 2008 – “Thankful For You”

dave — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:17:48 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for November 27, 2008. I play a song from Camper Van Beethoven; I discuss what I’m thankful for; I talk about the fragile first few minutes of a podcast and how you can lose me in them; I talk about trying and failing to get organized with GTD and how Google and Android phones work into this; I play a breaking story from the Onion Radio News; I talk about how Twitter could have failed to screw up the I Want Sandy acquisition if they thought about it for 3 minutes; I talk about comic books and how they make the nerd in me really happy; I play a Siderunners song and then put myself in the oven for 3 to 5 hours.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Camper Van Beethoven
Buy some Camper CDSs for Xmas
SEQALAB podcast
Android phones
The Onion Radio News
The Get Satisfaction page for the Twitter/Sandy debacle
ComicBookDB
The Siderunners
Buy the Siderunners CD for Xmas. I’m not kidding here, people!!!
Sign my Frappr Map!

Tags: android, campervanbeethoven, comicbookdb, gtd, iwantsandy, onion, onionradionews, scad, seqalab, shannonwright, siderunners, twitter

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for November 23, 2008 – “Indie Band Survival Guide – Part 2″

dave — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:03:22 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for November 23, 2008. I play songs by Beatnik Turtle and present the second half of an interview I recorded at Dragon*Con with Jason Feehan and Randy Chertkow about their book the Indie Band Survival Guide. “I Don’t Want to Work Today” is my favorite Beatnik Turtle song!

Links mentioned in this episode:

Tags: beatnikturtle, dragoncon, indiebandsurvivalguide

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for November 11, 2008 – “Indie Band Survival Guide – Part 1″

dave — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:53:39 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for November 11, 2008. I play songs by Beatnik Turtle and present the first half of an interview I recorded at Dragon*Con with Jason Feehan and Randy Chertkow about their book the Indie Band Survival Guide.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Tags: beatnikturtle, dragoncon, indiebandsurvivalguide

EGC Clambake for August 19, 2008 – “Fourth Anniversary, Big Whoop”

dave — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:17:14 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for August 19, 2008. I play a song from Rocket City Riot and then try and fail to read some user mail; I play a song by the Harvey Girls; I discuss this being the fourth anniversary of this podcast, why I started doing this show and why I continue and how I feel about the state of our medium; I mention New Media Expo and Michael Geoghegan and the “death of podcasting”; I play a song by Glass Eye and then groove my way on into the night.

This turns out to have been an unusually foul-mouthed episode. I guess it happens when you wind the monkey up. That’s why I disclaim this up front, kids.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Rocket City Riot
The Harvey Girls
New Media Expo
Michael Geoghegan’s presentation on the death of podcasting
Nicola Griffith
Kelley Eskridge
Glass Eye
The Gentle Readers
Sign my Frappr Map!

Tags: glasseye, harveygirls, kelleyeskridge, michaelgeoghegan, nicolagriffith, rocketcityriot

EGC Clambake for August 4, 2008 – “Vacate”

dave — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:31:20 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for August 4, 2008. It’s a short show, as I talk about going on vacation and play some Amy Ray. See you on the flipside, tanned and relaxed like Richard Nixon.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Tags: amyray