Show #003: Hello, Future!

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

In this pre-recorded episode (due to Storm’s impending vacation): Storm’s head is already halfway out the door; the show format continues to evolve; the boys shamelessly grovel for cash; we fret over our next writing assignment; and we build, then tear back down, the fourth wall.

Intro music: "The By Cracky Beat" - Lowney’s Chocolates
Outro music: "A Taste of Honey" - Olaf Sveen; "You Will Go to the Moon" - Moxy Fruvous

Show #003: Hello, Future! (Some content NSFW)

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Posted August 18th, 2008
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The UK Tour is Still Coming…

Still trying to create more buzz about our upcoming shows in England with Jonathan Coulton this October…

More to come…

Posted August 18th, 2008
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Spiff WoW Video - “Live”

Our ongoing campaign to be Jonathan Coulton continues apace…

Spiff has made numerous music videos for Jonathan’s songs, using images from World of Warcraft. (Find all his videos here) Well, now he’s done a WoW video for our song "Live". (Which is appropriate, seeing as the song was meant to sound as if Coulton had written it)

The video is currently entered in a contest to be judged by the folks at WeGame. Spiff says he’ll post it on his YouTube channel once the contest ends.

Not only did he perfectly capture the spirit of the song, but Spiff managed to add an extra layer of pathos to the ending. Plus a big fight scene. (Fight scenes are awesome) Now we feel that much more like geek rock stars. Kudos—both the conceptual and the granola bar versions—to Spiff!

Also, there’s some references to a previous video he made for JoCo; go watch that, and then feel extra-proud for getting all the inside jokes.

Posted August 18th, 2008
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Our Podcast is More Popular Than We Are

So this is just weird…in only two episodes, "Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average)", is, as of this moment, the #6 "Comedy" audio podcast on iTunes. In the process, we’ve edged out You Look Nice Today, and are whupping the Kevin Smith/Scott Mosier SModcast’s ass. Plus, we’re only one slot behind Ricky Gervais. Ricky-effing-Gervais, people! While this is all eminently cool (and we dance a celebratory Fishstick), it also seems like something’s amiss with the very fabric of the universe.

Nonetheless, thanks to everyone who’s been downloading and/or subscribing. We feel very much like the Oneders right now; look for us to be joining the Play-Tone roster of artists this Wednesday, and to break up late next week. But in the meantime, be sure to tell all your friends who the new popular kid in school is!

(NOTE: Our ranking may have, to some degree, been influenced by our being listed on the first page of the "What’s New" section of the iTunes Podcasts listing, since we’re so brand-new. We discount this fact, however, as it tends to kill our buzz.)

Posted August 17th, 2008
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This Weekend: Free Shows!

We thought it would behoove us to mention that our shows this weekend (Fri/Sat, August 15-16) at the Diamond Jo Casino are ABSOLUTELY FREE. We’ll be appearing with the hilarious Larry Reeb. So if you’re anywhere near Northwood, IA this weekend, are over the age of 21, and don’t feel like going to the State Fair, the why not come out to the best free show* you’re gonna see this year? Full details here; first come, first served.

*Money-back guarantee!

Posted August 15th, 2008
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Song Fu #2: The Re-Fu-ening

We are once again taking part in the Masters of Song Fu songwriting challenge at Quick Stop Entertainment.

Some of the same old faces are around this time in the Masters’ Circle—Jonathan Coulton, Doc Hammer—but in keeping with the tradition of adding too many villains to the story in the sequel, there’s a new, even more unpredictable and potentially dangerous character in the mix: The RiffTones. That is to say, Bill Corbett, Kevin Murphy and Mike Nelson—the gang behind Rifftrax, and formerly of the legendary Mystery Science Theater 3000. Welcome to the party, fellas…

The challenge for Round 1 of Song Fu 2 is as follows:

"WRITE A SONG ABOUT THE MOON."

Don’t know what we’re gonna do yet, but we sure hope it’s good!

Posted August 14th, 2008
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New Gallery: Rejected Snack Foods

Please to be enjoying the latest in our ongoing array of photo galleries, Rejected Snack Foods.

This gallery is a bit self-referential, combining two existing works of ours: Rejected Commercial Jingles, and Snack Foods That Sound Like Sex Acts…

Although the snack food industry does seem to have a fetish for naughty-sounding brands, like the entertainment industry there are lines they will not cross. The following set of images are brands that were developed but never released to the public due to regulatory concerns.

Posted August 13th, 2008
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Show #002: Not Quite According to Plan

Hey, look: it’s the second episode of our now-weekly (theoretically) podcast, Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average)!

In this episode, not much is working entirely correctly; and Storm is nearly undone by technology and popcorn. Also covered: where we’re headed (both musically and podcastically), butter, jigsaw puzzles, lumpy bands, radish-based disappointment, our struggle to find the funny, and Paul’s fat head. All this and more in a podcast you can fit in during your lunch break down at Quiznos.

Intro music: "The By Cracky Beat" - Lowney’s Chocolates
Outro music: "Happy Days Polka" - Olaf Sveen; "The Popcorn Man" - The Tunetwisters

UPDATE: Click here to view the harvested heads mentioned in this week’s episode.

Show #002: Not Quite According to Plan (Some content NSFW)

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Posted August 12th, 2008
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The UK Tour is Coming…

We’re trying to create some buzz about our upcoming shows in England with Jonathan Coulton this October.

How’s this for a start?

Paul and Storm - Jonathan Coulton - Madness




Keep an eye out for more of these as the dates approach…

Posted August 11th, 2008
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Show #001: Where’s Poochie?

As promised, here’s the "Podcast News, Part II" we hinted at two posts ago…

Seeing as we appear to be the last two people on the planet without their own podcast, we’ve decided to finally drink the Kool-Aid and start one. Because what the world was missing was one more "two guys sitting around, talking about whatever" podcast, right?

So join us as we dive head first into the 128kbps waters with our brand new podcast:

Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average)

In this inaugural (and, who knows, possibly final) episode, entitled "Where’s Poochie?", we cover basic podcasting theory, our need for constant feedback, obsessions fantastic and mundane, eating habits, meat-generating technology, and other topics that might possibly be mildly interesting to we’re not sure who.

NOTE: the podcast plugin we’re using is not playing entirely nicely with the other .mp3-playing plugin we use elsewhere on the site. So far, this has manifested itself thusly: a) a number of extra little "play" buttons in this post (for some browsers, at least); and b) the streaming player, which should appear at the bottom of this post, doesn’t appear until you click the "Play Now" link below. We’re aware of the problem, and are working on fixing it. But the annoyance should be minor at worst. Thanks for withholding your vitriol over the matter.

Show #001: Where’s Poochie?! (Some content NSFW)

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UPDATE #2: In theory, the streaming player should now be visible above by default. If anyone is still having trouble with it, please let us know.

Posted August 8th, 2008
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