Random Signal

Welcome to the sixth annual Random Signal Halloween show! Here's the track list (full links to be updated shortly): 1. Night Creatures - Superchunk (from Tossing Seeds: Singles 1989-91) 2. Graveyard Ghoul - The Ills (demo track) 3. Invisible Man - Thee Spivs (from Taped Up) 4. Zombie Dance Party - Beware The Dangers Of A Ghost Scorpion (from Undead In the Fallout Shelter) 5. Blue S

Hello! After a long break...we're back! If you came here looking for the annual Halloween show, have no fear (yet)! IT LIVES...SOON!!! Song 1: Ready To Start - Arcade Fire (from The Suburbs) [Emusic] [iTunes] [Merge] So what have I been up to these last many months? (Not podcasting, obviously.) I have discovered, and become slightly addicted to, Tumblr! Check out my many (too many?

Well, it turns out that this podcast is only mostly dead, and, as we all know, mostly dead means slightly alive! I'm actually incredibley excited that I now have clearance from Chapel Hill's Merge Records to podcast both their new releases and back catalog! A lot of my favorite bands are with Merge, and I never thought I'd ever have the opportunity to feature artists like The Magne

Aprilween (observed) was three days ago, and I have finally managed to overcome a vertiable Rube Goldberg machine of technical annoyances that was keeping me from getting this show finished. In grand Aprilween fashion, I have ten frightening tunes for your post-Tax day listening pleasure. I also muse about the future, if there is one, of the podcast. With shows coming so few and fa

It's the 5th Annual Random Signal Halloween Music Show!!! It's also been Halloween Week over at my Indie Squid Kid blog, so check it out if you want to experience the holiday from the cephalopod's perspective. Here's the play list for today's show: Song 1: Halloween - Artichoke (from Evaporation) [Emuisc] [MySpace] [iTunes] [CD Baby] Song 2: Diggin' Graves - Thee Gravemen [Em

We are pleased to finally announce that Paul Fischer, of the Balticon Podcast, is winner of the Great Random Signal Name Our RoombaTM Contest! His winning submission is...*drumroll*...3-Sweepio! Paul's prize is a plush robot by Futuregirl (Leah Riley). Thanks to everyone who sent in suggestions.This episode is not only the first official Father's Day episode, but it also marks the

Random Signal crawls it's way out of the grave once more, proving that it is the Podcast That Wouldn't Die!!!News In Brief: It's a boy!And now, the music...Song 1: I Kicked Dracula's Ass - The Creeping Cruds (from Tennessee Bloodbath)[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes]Song 2: Cool Coffin Kids - Dark Torch Anthem (from The Preamble)[MySpace] [Podsafe Music Network]Song 3: Re: Vos Cerveaux -

It's the last day of 2008! It is also, somehow, the first day of 2009...weird. I never will get used to all this "time shifting." Ryn and I cover all manner of interesting topics, and play some songs by my favorite bands of 2008. Enjoy! Song 1: All Night - Countdown Quartet (from Party With! The Countdown Quartet) [MySpace] [Emuisc] [iTunes] Toxoplasmosis/Giant Microbes

The Great Random Signal Name Our RoombaTM Contest is still open for submissions! So, to get your creative meat juices flowing, here is an assortment of robot-y songs. The supplier of the winning name will receive an piece of original hand-made robot art and/or craft by Futuregirl (Leah Riley) ! Stay tuned for further details. Song 1: Pathways to Progress - Eyes To Space (from From

Better late than never I suppose... Real show notes to follow. 1. Zombie I - CALABRESE 2. Shoot The Zombies - songstowearpantsto.com 3. Creature From The Black Lagoon - the Happy, Happy Jihads 4. Roy O'Bannon vs. The Mummy - Get Three Coffins Ready 5. When They've Come For You - Beatnik Turtle 6. Ghost With The Most - B-Movie Britz 7. Zombie Swamp - Thee Strawberry Mynde 8. Zombie