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November 13, 2006

Bravery, Bravado, Bravo

Some guy dressed in a V costume (yes, from the graphic novel; there was a movie?) walked up to the White House and other DC buildings dropping off “Petitions for Redress of Grievances relating to the Government’s violations of the war powers, tax, privacy and money clauses of the Constitution, and to inform key Government officials that at least 100 more “Vs” would be at their doorstep on November 14th expecting a response to the Petitions.”

He was confronted by police, homeland security and secret service. He calmly stated his case with intelligence and preparation.

There’s an essay, and two videos.

Brave, brave, brave.

And bravo.

November 13, 2006

DarkCon 2007

I will be a Special Gaming Guest at DarkCon 2007.

Also there will be Jewel Staite (Kaylee from Firefly), Liz Danforth, and Ken St. Andre (yeah for both!).

You’ll want to be there.

November 13, 2006

Weekend Update

The Awful Lot
Recording is finished. Clean-up for the second half of today. Cleaning up tracks, fixing small gaffs or moments we overlooked.

If you’ve never heard of Pro Tools, let me explain this funny little thing. Imagine having all the commands offered by a word processor–Cut, Copy, Delete, Paste, etc.–and apply them to sound. It’s an amazing program. So amazing, it allowed us to record six songs in less than 48 hours.

Our first EP–it isn’t a demo anymore–will be available at GenCon, on my own website, and on The Awful Lot’s MySpace. We’ll have samples up as early as Tuesday.

I cannot tell you how excited and impressed I am with the people I’ve been working with. Sheldon, Patrick, Amber, Scott, and Neil (our engineer) all make me feel like the talentless hack in the room. And I don’t feel that way often.

Tom Waits
Over the weekend, Tom (via his record company) uploaded a video for the forthcoming Orphans boxed set. It’s Tom “goofing on Elvis,” and it’s called “Lie to Me.” Check it out:

November 12, 2006