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Square Root Day 2009

Posted January 3rd, 2009
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Show #022: Suck on That, Old Media!

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ads/2008/12/bilbo.jpg” alt=”Bilbo” width=”200″ />The twenty-secondth episode of our podcast, Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average), is now online.

In this episode: Harems and soups and frequent flyer miles; The Hobbit and terrible English folk singing; Adam Savage, and the undistilled nature of Twitter; ruminations on our burgeoning geek fanbase, geekdom in general, and the past 12 months; and the Million Pound Shithammer.

Audience participation alert! Don’t forget to vote in Geek Madness and spread the word; also, a) tell us what your first 45/single you ever purchased was; and b) complete the following: “For Paul and Storm, 2009 will be ‘The Year of…'”

Featured post-show song: “Fly” – Eddie from Ohio

Show #022: Suck on That, Old Media! (Some content NSFW)

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Posted December 31st, 2008
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Show #021.5: Hug It or Kill It (Video)

Hug It or Kill ItThe twenty-first-and-a-halfth episode of our podcast, Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average), is now online.

Puppet hosts your new favorite game show, “Hug It or Kill It”.

Show #021.5: Hug It or Kill It (Video) – Quicktime Video (16.9 MB)

Our regular audio podcast will be available sometime tomorrow (Tuesday) night, possibly Wednesday.

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Posted December 29th, 2008
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GEEK MADNESS: Jor-El Region, Round 1

Voting is closed for Bombadil Region, Round 1—results are posted on the main Geek Madness page, along with the Do’Urden Region, Round 1 results.

But the action is just heating up in the Battle for Secretary of Geek Affairs, as voting for Round 1 of the Jor-El Region is now open, and will close on Sunday, Jan. 4th at 8 pm EST, at which point the last preliminary round (Lobot Region, Round 1) will begin.

Read about all the matchups and go vote, after the break. Spread the word!

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Posted December 28th, 2008
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We’re In a Pixar Movie!

That is, if by “Pixar” we mean “computer animation not actually done by Pixar,” and by “movie” we mean “43-second short film.”

But we couldn’t be more excited if it were a Pixar film; animator Bonnie Rose—some among you may be familiar with her work, as she won the original Colbert Report Green Screen Challenge—has gone and animated our song “If James Taylor Were on Fire“. Check it:

We especially love how she took the time to get the chords and finger-picking correct. Awesome. Bonnie has done other great work as well; check it out, and tell her how great she is.

Posted December 28th, 2008
By Paul and Storm | Posted in Look what YOU did! | Comments (5)

One Last Newman

ClerksOkay, so we weren’t quite finished; in celebration of Boxing Day (what?), we’ve got one last bonus round of The 25 Days of Newman:

Day 26 – Clerks

At least for the time being, the song is available exclusively at Quick Stop Entertainment (a site sponsored by Kevin Smith; ah, now it makes sense), as a part of their “Holiday Havoc” feature. We’re in some very good company there; check out the other entries, including Jonathan Coulton, Mitchell & Webb, and The Venture Bros. Henchmen 21 & 24.

Now we’re done.

Posted December 26th, 2008
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The 25 Days of Newman: Finished!

Thanks, Rand...If you had asked us back on November 30th to describe how would feel tonight, finally having completed this silly, fun, infuriating little project called The 25 Days of Newman, we might have gotten somewhere in the right ballpark, but nowhere near the same section or row of bleachers. In short, we’re relieved to be finished, a little wistful that it’s over, and totally thrilled with the response it’s gotten. In one short month, the theme songs have been played over 36,000 times and counting; to quote Jonathan Coulton, “Suck on that, old media!”

And yet, we’ve indeed come to the 25th and final song in the series; and to continue the strained baseball analogy, we decided to throw you all a little change-up…

Better Off Dead (Randy Newman’s “Theme from ‘It’s a Wonderful Life'”)

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Posted December 25th, 2008
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Show #021: Ramps to Nowhere

GastonThe twenty-firsth episode of our podcast, Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average), is now online.

In this episode: Whedon Watch makes possible progress; Storm leads us through a very thorough relaxation visualization exercise; we ponder the evolution of geekdom; and we brainstorm a new set of combination sports.

Audience participation alert! Don’t forget to vote in Geek Madness and spread the word; also, discuss when and how “geek” lost its social stigma (or has it?), and suggest new sport/game combinations.

Featured post-show song: “The Last Trumpet Christmas” – Unknown

Show #021: Ramps to Nowhere (Some content NSFW)

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Posted December 22nd, 2008
By Paul and Storm | Posted in Podcast, UK Tour | Comments (17)

Dexter the Credit Debt Badger

DexterIn the spirit of the season, we’ve got another new song, and we’re giving it away until New Year’s Eve.

We wrote most of this song about two years ago, but never quite finished it off or recorded it; then, earlier this month, we took part in a Masters of Song Fu Holiday-themed exhibition songwriting match (over at Quick Stop Entertainment—thanks, Plumey!), which was a perfect excuse to dust this one off, sand down the edges and slap some paint on it.

It’s basically a rough demo—we hope to have a full-on studio version finished before next December (gotta set aggressive goals if you want to get anywhere in life.) But in the meantime, we proudly present the next big holiday mascot…

Dexter the Credit Debt Badger

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Posted December 22nd, 2008
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GEEK MADNESS: Bombadil Region, Round 1

Voting is closed for Do’Urden Region, Round 1—results are posted on the main Geek Madness page.

But the Battle for Secretary of Geek Affairs rages on and voting for Round 1 of the Bombadil Region is now open, and will close on Sunday, Dec. 28th at 6 pm EST, at which point the next round (Jor-El Region, Round 1) will begin.

Read about all the matchups and go vote, after the break. Spread the word!

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Posted December 21st, 2008
By Paul and Storm | Posted in Geek Madness | Comments (29)