I listen to everything from heavy metal to folk, so hit me with what you've got. My email is in my profile.Just listened to #2, working on #1.
Jade - is there any place I can find your music online?
Much appreciated!
The stuff I once had online is offline these days, but I can always just send you some stuff, Shiny. What's your musical preference? I have a wide range of stuff. BTW, thanks for the interest!
Coolness. That will givs me a excuse to collect everything in one place.:) I've got stuff in too many disconnected places.
If you have a Facebook account, you can join the Atomic Array group here:
Atomic Array Group on Facebook
Atomic Array Podcast on Facebook
I'm not a professional "Facebooker," so if there is something I missed on that group, let me know. For instance, I'd really like to embed the podcast on the group page.
If you have a Facebook account, you can join the Atomic Array group here:
Atomic Array Group on Facebook
Atomic Array Podcast on Facebook
I'm not a professional "Facebooker," so if there is something I missed on that group, let me know. For instance, I'd really like to embed the podcast on the group page.
Dude. That's like a who's who of luminaries. Monte Cook? WTF?
I finally Facebooked. I didn't wanna have to but I did. I even Linked In today so I could say hi to Bart Epstein, an old friend from high school. At this point, if I sign up for one more social media site I'll probably turn cyborg.
Remember when life was non-tech and easier? When no one could reach you because there were no cell phones? When the Pepperidge Farm man handed out free snacks to all the little children as we all ran down the street with a stick with which to roll along a cooper's hoop?
Ah, what I wouldn't give for a penny candy and a cruise around the park with my best gal in a crankable horseless carriage.
Archie and Edith Bunker sing: "Thoooooooooooose were the daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaays."
Meathead.
But, ARCH!
This one does not like FaceBook / MySpace / MyFace / BookFace / etc... I don't want no stinkin' iPoo or Lame System. Gimme a bloody tape deck and a book, and I'm fine.
f&&*ing new technology. Bah! If this is the future, where's my g#@@$~n jetpack?
I hear you. I'm always going to be on the outside looking in on whatever the state of the art is, but I have a strange feeling I'll somehow survive.
Another man who doesn't IPod? I think we're the last two holdouts on Earth.
[/godfather voice] A gamer who does not listen to Atomic Array, cannot call himself a gamer [/godfather voice]
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This one does not like FaceBook / MySpace / MyFace / BookFace / etc... I don't want no stinkin' iPoo or Lame System. Gimme a bloody tape deck and a book, and I'm fine.
f&&*ing new technology. Bah! If this is the future, where's my g$~&@~n jetpack?
I hear you. I'm always going to be on the outside looking in on whatever the state of the art is, but I have a strange feeling I'll somehow survive.
Another man who doesn't IPod? I think we're the last two holdouts on Earth.
Yeah. Just you, me, and Old Man Rollins.
Add me to the list of those what ain't got no cycloptic pods.
That's three of us. The way you put it, I see us like the crones around the simmering cauldron, passing back and forth our single shared eye... only it's an IPod.
Bah! If this is the future, where's my g&*$%@n jetpack?
I want to do my clone.
I want to do my clone.
Then you must be damn sexy.
Another man who doesn't IPod? I think we're the last two holdouts on Earth.
Ipod? Who needs a stinking Ipod? I have an MP3 player, which does not require you to convert all of your music into Apple's proprietary format.
Add me to the list of those what ain't got no cycloptic pods.That's three of us. The way you put it, I see us like the crones around the simmering cauldron, passing back and forth our single shared eye... only it's an IPod.
Of course, you are producing things that bring value to having a portable electronic device, eh Mr. Barton? Look at your hands--they're covered in the electrons of the innocents you have corrupted! ;-)
Ipod? Who needs a stinking Ipod? I have an MP3 player, which does not require you to convert all of your music into Apple's proprietary format.
Another man who doesn't IPod? I think we're the last two holdouts on Earth.
Really? Every day I hear something everyone else on Earth knows, only for me it's the first time. The perpetual birth of a fool on his journey.
Of course, you are producing things that bring value to having a portable electronic device, eh Mr. Barton? Look at your hands--they're covered in the electrons of the innocents you have corrupted! ;-)Add me to the list of those what ain't got no cycloptic pods.That's three of us. The way you put it, I see us like the crones around the simmering cauldron, passing back and forth our single shared eye... only it's an IPod.
LOL!
::Stares at hands in incredulous shock as if they were a sudden tumorous outcropping sprung ugly from normally clean-stumped wrists::
What... what have I done? Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabachthani?!
Episode Three of the Atomic Array podcast came out yesterday and the world did not go up in flames. Rivers did not boil. Children still whistle their merry tunes. I take that as a positive sign for the future of the show.
We interviewed Greg Hancock from Relentless Games, and talked about Prophecy. It's a gorgeous box set game, and it, along with the standlone Player Manual, are well worth checking out.
We’re giving a complete set of Prophecy products, including the core box set, and the Player Manual to one creative listener, and anyone interested in scoring a discount on the box set or Player Manual need only listen to Episode Three to get the discount code. Hint: it is not abracachupacabrassiere.
We announce the winner of our $100 Album Design Contest (and mention our favorite alternates), and we give away, by way of hat draw, $25 to four people who Dugg our show on Digg.com. If you didn't win this time around, your Digg, left standing, will give you automatic entry in our Digg It 2 contest (held in a few months from now).
We gave away two copies of Darrin Drader's sci-fi core setting book Reign of Discordia a couple of guys who left voicemail messages detailing which characters in science fiction they most disliked and why. Clever, fun answers.
We're holding our Stumble Upon an Ipod contest and giving away two silver shuffle Ipods with 1GB memory. Get in on that.
My rant is called All Quiet on the Western Multiplex and it's about the sheer number of people who won't keep quiet in movie theaters these days.
Oh, and, on-air, we soundly butcher a drifter with a oaken table leg from Huffman Koos. No wait. That was just a dream. Sorry.
How many entries did you get for the contest?
By the way, did you find any of that music?
22 entries and I mentioned yours on-air as one of my few favorites. You're "my friend Dave..." :) Ed said to me, in private, that when we do promo materials he'd like to get you on board.
I actually did find a lot of my music, and I thank you for sending me after it because there were CDs over here and CDs over there and nothing was labeled. I'm a horror. That said I have this nifty new 300 GB portable drive and I'm going to dump everything on there for safe keeping. To give you an idea about my state of disarray, I was listening to one CD that had two crunchy songs from a rock opera I wrote, intermixed with a 9 inch nailsy kind of thing I did back when Reznor's nails were only six inches, and two country songs I recently demoed for Martina McBride's husband who is toying with the idea of opening up a music publishing house. Trying to listen start to finish is an exercise in schizophrenia.
Me doing country? Gotta be one of the seven signs of the apocalypse type deals. According to people who listen to country, the stuff has good strong hook, though I'm clearly a big faker with that Nashville accent. Alas, that's why they're demoes and nobody's paying me to stand on stage in cowboy boots.
Since you mentioned having eclectic tastes I'm just gonna mix up something bizarrely diverse for you. And again, seriously, thanks for the interest.
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Just listened to the show, guys! Good work yet again. I know I should have totally called in and offered my worst Sci-fi character. I debated, and ended up not doing it, obviously, because I was unsure the thing counted as a character.
When I heard your call for worst character ever I immediately, for some unknown reason, thought of that glowing ball of light called Bohdi from the terrible mid-80s movie, Solarbabies. Telepathic, counter-apocalyptic, glowing balls found by rollerskating kids escaping through a waterless Mad Max/fake Empire rip-off is where I draw the line. Weird how I still remember the rain soaking Jamie Gertz at the end though.
Again, great job and I look forward to seeing y'all at GenCon!
Just listened to the show, guys! Good work yet again. I know I should have totally called in and offered my worst Sci-fi character. I debated, and ended up not doing it, obviously, because I was unsure the thing counted as a character.
When I heard your call for worst character ever I immediately, for some unknown reason, thought of that glowing ball of light called Bohdi from the terrible mid-80s movie, Solarbabies. Telepathic, counter-apocalyptic, glowing balls found by rollerskating kids escaping through a waterless Mad Max/fake Empire rip-off is where I draw the line. Weird how I still remember the rain soaking Jamie Gertz at the end though.
Again, great job and I look forward to seeing y'all at GenCon!
Call anytime! That's what those contests are for. :) Solarbabies passed through me like a bullet. I remember so little about it except the lasting flavor of cheese. Back when it came out I thought it was a movie adaption of The Starlight Express (halfway through they all start skating).
Thanks for the review! Can't wait to hang out again on the streets of Indy.
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How many entries did you get for the contest?
By the way, did you find any of that music?
22 entries and I mentioned yours on-air as one of my few favorites. You're "my friend Dave..." :) Ed said to me, in private, that when we do promo materials he'd like to get you on board.
I actually did find a lot of my music, and I thank you for sending me after it because there were CDs over here and CDs over there and nothing was labeled. I'm a horror. That said I have this nifty new 300 GB portable drive and I'm going to dump everything on there for safe keeping. To give you an idea about my state of disarray, I was listening to one CD that had two crunchy songs from a rock opera I wrote, intermixed with a 9 inch nailsy kind of thing I did back when Reznor's nails were only six inches, and two country songs I recently demoed for Martina McBride's husband who is toying with the idea of opening up a music publishing house. Trying to listen start to finish is an exercise in schizophrenia.
Me doing country? Gotta be one of the seven signs of the apocalypse type deals. According to people who listen to country, the stuff has good strong hook, though I'm clearly a big faker with that Nashville accent. Alas, that's why they're demoes and nobody's paying me to stand on stage in cowboy boots.
Since you mentioned having eclectic tastes I'm just gonna mix up something bizarrely diverse for you. And again, seriously, thanks for the interest.
I just listened to #3, and I actually was wondering if you were referring to me... cool. Thanks.
And again, you're welcome for the interest.
Better late than never. Episode Four:
Paizo's own Wes S. and James S. were having a perfectly delightful conversation with one another when I stormed in and jammed my mic down their throats. The atmosphere of the Con really comes through as we talk about PF beta selling out and the Ennie wins. I lost some of James' words due to a file corruption. Sorry about that chief. 'The missing tapes' revealed that this was his first Gen Con, that he was stoked to be there at the Paizo booth and he was talking about all how well it was all going for the company.
I have the best interview with a wandering Con guy that has ever gone down in the history of man on the street interviews.
We interviewed Sean Patrick Fannon from Talisman Studios about his company and their products Suzerain, Shaintar and Gamescape maps tiles. Links on our site show off this stunningly gorgeous line.
We gave away $100 in Prophecy swag from Relentless for the best prophecy left on our voicemail, and we also handed out two silver shuffle Ipods.
I had a chance to speak to John Velonis, creator of Venus Needs Men, a boardgame I demoed to thoroughly enjoyable result (and I was at a table with rules lawyers who proved just how complex this game could get, if you wanted it to, despite its perfectly balanced simplicity). A link to the product site and a photo of my playtest are available on our site.
When I arrived in Indiana I realized my cat stole the fuzzy mic protector off my Senheiser. He's always doing that. So, please forgive the occasional detonation that is people banging into my defenseless mic. Next year I'll bring one better suited for the job, and Mike Stackpole (esteemed writer and the first RPG podcaster) gave Atomic Array a lot of serious recording/mixing equipment gratis. Why? Because he rocks!
Great timing. I'm just about to clean the basement/office/dragon's den and prefer to listen to Atomic Array while I do.
My wife thanks you as well. She wants this basement clean.
The spiders, not so much.
Hey, my FLGS for the last couple decades has been Dragon's Den.
So glad to hear that AA may have a positive effect on your home's cleanliness and your wife's arachnophobia!
I hope you enjoy it. :)
My prophecy came true! Rock!
Congrats Greengrunt!
The Rambling Scribe
Yours prediction was hilarious. Now if only the Gods had told you that you were going to win!
Keep bringing the funny to these contests and you're going to win something good, because, though the AA sponsored cash and equipment contests are random hat draws, the product giveaways are all judged based on creativity.
We didn't do rant/pick/or new contests because it was our special Con show and it was a lot harder to get our act together.
Yay! Another episode, another fabulous way to brighten up my dreary office at work with Ed & Rone. Thanks guys! :D
Yay! Another episode, another fabulous way to brighten up my dreary office at work with Ed & Rone. Thanks guys! :D
Thank you! :)
Poor Wes and James. I'll have to figure out how to really scare them next year.
LINK: AA005 Interface-Zero
Rone and I grabbed Matt Conklin (Great Green God) and Pat Smith to talk about Interface-Zero, the new cyberpunk setting from RDP.
And my rant in episode 5 is called The Troll Test, a test you can take to find out if you're an internet troll.
As always gentlemen, a very enjoyable podcast. Great to hear from He-of-the-Triple-G as well!
As always gentlemen, a very enjoyable podcast. Great to hear from He-of-the-Triple-G as well!
Thanks, Lil. :)
Yes, the Great Green God has finally spoken to the trembling masses. Will the world ever be the same?
This episode was a week late but I was off remodeling bathrooms and kitchens. At one point, my business partner decided to throw a heavy segment of cast iron pipe full of crap water into a dumpster without telling me, while I was holding the other end. The jagged edge tore my arm, pouring the (can we still call it water?) spillins onto my fresh bloody gash. So expect me to contract a third world disease sometime soon. Ah, the sweet glamor of it all.
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As always gentlemen, a very enjoyable podcast. Great to hear from He-of-the-Triple-G as well!Thanks, Lil. :)
Yes, the Great Green God has finally spoken to the trembling masses. Will the world ever be the same?
This episode was a week late but I was off remodeling bathrooms and kitchens. At one point, my business partner decided to throw a heavy segment of cast iron pipe full of crap water into a dumpster without telling me, while I was holding the other end. The jagged edge tore my arm, pouring the (can we still call it water?) spillins onto my fresh bloody gash. So expect me to contract a third world disease sometime soon. Ah, the sweet glamor of it all.
Wait... And you didn't even sell the pipe for scrap? That's, like, selfless, man...
Wait... And you didn't even sell the pipe for scrap? That's, like, selfless, man...As always gentlemen, a very enjoyable podcast. Great to hear from He-of-the-Triple-G as well!Thanks, Lil. :)
Yes, the Great Green God has finally spoken to the trembling masses. Will the world ever be the same?
This episode was a week late but I was off remodeling bathrooms and kitchens. At one point, my business partner decided to throw a heavy segment of cast iron pipe full of crap water into a dumpster without telling me, while I was holding the other end. The jagged edge tore my arm, pouring the (can we still call it water?) spillins onto my fresh bloody gash. So expect me to contract a third world disease sometime soon. Ah, the sweet glamor of it all.
Funny you mention that. My partner takes all the discarded copper we tear out and sells it on Mongo. I don't take a cut. Meanwhile a Jamaican guy pulled up in a van and took away all the iron, like the tub we sledgehammered. The only think metal left in that dumpster was a broken Dethklok CD.
The bathroom rip-out we did was a nightmare. Took an entire day, where normally 90 minutes is about what it takes. Behind the plaster walls, two inches thick concrete and mesh wire. It was like two guys trying to break out of solitary confinement with hammers.
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Funny you mention that. My partner takes all the discarded copper we tear out and sells it on Mongo. I don't take a cut. Meanwhile a Jamaican guy pulled up in a van and took away all the iron, like the tub we sledgehammered. The only think metal left in that dumpster was a broken Dethklok CD.
The bathroom rip-out we did was a nightmare. Took an entire day, where normally 90 minutes is about what it takes. Behind the plaster walls, two inches thick concrete and mesh wire. It was like two guys trying to break out of solitary confinement with hammers.
I had to do some minor demolitions this summer in the basement of the library I work in.
Namely, removing a section of metal shelving that some dumb-f!#% had molly-bolted to a stone wall. It took me four hours with a Sawzall, a pipe wrench, and a sledgehammer to get the motherf$#&ing bolts out of the f@~+ing rock.
Just finished the listen gentlemen! Yet another great job!
Thank ye kindly. :)
The bathroom rip-out we did was a nightmare. Took an entire day, where normally 90 minutes is about what it takes. Behind the plaster walls, two inches thick concrete and mesh wire. It was like two guys trying to break out of solitary confinement with hammers.
I had to do some minor demolitions this summer in the basement of the library I work in.
Namely, removing a section of metal shelving that some dumb-f@~! had molly-bolted to a stone wall. It took me four hours with a Sawzall, a pipe wrench, and a sledgehammer to get the motherf@~!ing bolts out of the f@~!ing rock.
It amazes me at how shoddy some of the previous work I uncover is.
When doing demolition, I am always grateful for lazy, cheap individuals who worked with softwoods and didn't invest too much energy in popping in the right number of nails.
I loathe taking out plywood.
If I have the area properly sheeted and taped, I love taking out plaster and lathe. "RAAAR!!! DESTROY!!!"
Putting back together, I'm not so good at.
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Funny you mention that. My partner takes all the discarded copper we tear out and sells it on Mongo. I don't take a cut. Meanwhile a Jamaican guy pulled up in a van and took away all the iron, like the tub we sledgehammered. The only think metal left in that dumpster was a broken Dethklok CD.
I've become a professional scavenger once I learned what kinda prices metals were going for these days. So much to the point that my co-workers call me a "copper whore". I ask the electricians that are working around us, "Are you gonna just throw that away?", pointing to the random 6" to 2' long lengths of wire they leave laying around. They never collect it, so I add it to my pile, as electrical wiring weighs much more than the Cat 5 and Cat 6 I'm slinging all day. I also pick up any discarded copper pipe that the plumbers leave laying around. I'd get a little more involved, but I don't want to look desperate.
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Funny you mention that. My partner takes all the discarded copper we tear out and sells it on Mongo. I don't take a cut. Meanwhile a Jamaican guy pulled up in a van and took away all the iron, like the tub we sledgehammered. The only think metal left in that dumpster was a broken Dethklok CD.I've become a professional scavenger once I learned what kinda prices metals were going for these days. So much to the point that my co-workers call me a "copper whore". I ask the electricians that are working around us, "Are you gonna just throw that away?", pointing to the random 6" to 2' long lengths of wire they leave laying around. They never collect it, so I add it to my pile, as electrical wiring weighs much more than the Cat 5 and Cat 6 I'm slinging all day. I also pick up any discarded copper pipe that the plumbers leave laying around. I'd get a little more involved, but I don't want to look desperate.
Oh, by the way, I have about sixty feet of 1/4 inch coated copper wire lying in my basement (I shanghaied it from a construction site- don't worry, I asked). Problem is, the scrap yard won't take it with the f++~ing plastic on. Any suggestions on stripping it?
When doing demolition, I am always grateful for lazy, cheap individuals who worked with softwoods and didn't invest too much energy in popping in the right number of nails.
I loathe taking out plywood.
If I have the area properly sheeted and taped, I love taking out plaster and lathe. "RAAAR!!! DESTROY!!!"
Putting back together, I'm not so good at.
Now that makes complete sense, but I'm never so lucky when it comes to other contractor's shoddiness. For every level wall I find to work with, there's ten out of square in my way.
And yeah, getting to hulksmash stuff is almost hard to charge for because it's often so much fun. Carrying the junk out, not so much.
Funny you mention that. My partner takes all the discarded copper we tear out and sells it on Mongo. I don't take a cut. Meanwhile a Jamaican guy pulled up in a van and took away all the iron, like the tub we sledgehammered. The only think metal left in that dumpster was a broken Dethklok CD.I've become a professional scavenger once I learned what kinda prices metals were going for these days. So much to the point that my co-workers call me a "copper whore". I ask the electricians that are working around us, "Are you gonna just throw that away?", pointing to the random 6" to 2' long lengths of wire they leave laying around. They never collect it, so I add it to my pile, as electrical wiring weighs much more than the Cat 5 and Cat 6 I'm slinging all day. I also pick up any discarded copper pipe that the plumbers leave laying around. I'd get a little more involved, but I don't want to look desperate.
That collecting will really add up. A year of stopping to pick up discarded copper will pay for Gen Con (or my appetizer bill from PF Changs).
Oh, by the way, I have about sixty feet of 1/4 inch coated copper wire lying in my basement (I shanghaied it from a construction site- don't worry, I asked). Problem is, the scrap yard won't take it with the f*!!ing plastic on. Any suggestions on stripping it?
Would I get slapped if I said wire strippers? You could always use a razor knife. That's a lot of copper!
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Oh, by the way, I have about sixty feet of 1/4 inch coated copper wire lying in my basement (I shanghaied it from a construction site- don't worry, I asked). Problem is, the scrap yard won't take it with the f*!!ing plastic on. Any suggestions on stripping it?
Would I get slapped if I said wire strippers? You could always use a razor knife. That's a lot of copper!
This coating is easily another eighth of an inch thick, and the only wire strippers I have won't dig all the way through. Same goes for the razor knife- it just slides off (usually into my hand. Ow.)
Seriously, this is like Satan's own coated wire. I think he put it there just to taunt me.
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Hmm...It sounds like you have ground wire. As a guess I would imagine that it would have a green jacket. I've dealt with it before and while it was tough, my circular wire cutters didn't have too tough a time with it. If you are really having a problem with it, just ask the recycler to give you less per pound for it than their usual going rate. 60ft of quarter-inch wire can't be more than a couple pounds, so in all actuality, you're looking at a few dollars.
We bring stuff into the scrap yard/recycler in either truck beds or 50gal barrels. The last load we brought in yielded about $700. The going rates around here are between 90 cents and $1.15 a pound for copper.
Edit: Rone's gonna kick my ass if I keep talking salvage in his podcast thread. Email me, brother, if you want to continue to talk shop.