The Boot Camp Playlist

I think that a couple of these ended up not in the final mix but those are minimal. This was from one of my two monthly Boot Camp sets at Club Republik in Second Life. If you're not a Second Lifer, you can listen to my sets online live as well through the website. You can even join in on the conversation through the web chat interface.

And now the setlist:
1. CCC - Psychesmellica (Lulu vs. The Supremes vs. The Zombies) (4:01)
2. DJ Smash - Wild Rock Music! (Steppenwolf vs. Apollo 440 vs. Madonna vs. Ike & Tina Turner) (4:07)
3. The Tony Crackburn Orchestra - Road Kill (Canned Heat vs. The Doors vs. Wolfmother vs. Frank Zappa) (5:37)
4. Lenlow - Björn Slippy (Underworld vs. Peter, Björn & John) (4:57)
5. DJ Jay-R - Tom Fucks Sluts On Avenue D (Avenue D vs. C.H.A.O.S. Productions) (7:54)
6. Go Home Productions (with Loo & Placido) - Horny As A Dandy (Dandy Warhols Vs Mousse T) (3:16)
7. Aggro1 - Foo Fighters vs. Evil 9 (4:00)
8. Dunproofin' - Electro Sandman (6:50)
9. DJ Tripp - Don't You Want the Time (Human League vs. Benny Benassi) (5:17)
10. Pilchard - I Got Sex And Drugs And Rock And Soul (4:06)
11. DAW-GUN - Blue in the Face (Lady GaGa vs Eiffel 65) (3:58)
12. 10000 Spoons - This Charming Caravan (The Smiths vs. The Housemartins) (3:23)
13. CCC - La Fool D'Argent (Stone Roses vs. Marvin Gaye) (4:45)
14. GaraGara - Letter From Nick Cave (Eddie Pedalo Re-Edit) (4:08)
15. ToToM - 1 2 3 4 My Violent Heart (3:14)
16. dj BC - Ziggy's Lullabye (David Bowie vs Shawn Mullins vs The Beatles) (3:57)
17. DJ Le Clown - No More Walls (Pnau vs. Pink Floyd vs. John Lennon) (4:53)
18. DJ Earworm - The Night Of Kittin's Messy Dream (Miss Kittin vs. P.J. Harvey & Thom Yorke vs. Corey Hart vs. Human League) (4:56)
19. Eddie Pedalo - NYC Beatnik (3:17)
20. DJ Magnet - Girls on Film Freak Out (4:38)
21. DJ not-I - Ain't Got kNOw Home (2:40)
22. DJ Paul V. - Just D.A.N.C.E. (David Bowie vs. Justice vs. Lady Gaga) (5:19)
23. The Illuminoids - Funplex Pleasure Control (The B-52's vs. Peaches vs. The Gossip) (4:57)
24. AeKon - Misery Loves the Kill (30 Seconds To Mars vs The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus) (3:20)
25. ToToM - Hang on to the Highway (David Bowie vs Deep Purple) (6:05)
26. DJ Schmolli - In-A-Gadda-Blue-Monday (New Order vs. Iron Butterfly) (3:29)
27. DJ Schmolli - Fire, Smoke And Tone Loc (Tone Loc vs. Deep Purple vs. Mousse T. & Emma Lanford Mark Ronson feat. ODB vs. Too Kool Chris vs. The Tramps vs. Busta Rhymes feat. Pharrell) (3:32)
28. DJ Lance Lockarm - Bring the Muzik Back (Public Enemy vs. Ice T vs. Beastie Boys vs. M) (3:55)
29. DJ STV SLV - Shut Up, American Boy (The Ting Tings vs. Estelle feat. Kanye West) (4:44)
30. DJ not-I - Slow Down Gandhi You're Rutten Em (Sage Francis vs. Skream) (4:15)
31. ToTom - Seven Storm Riders (4:04)

Kevin Smith to Write The Green Hornet, New Batman Mini

Kevin Smith is returning to comics – in two ways.

According to Entertainment Weekly’ Popwatch column, Smith will be writing a new Batman miniseries as well as Green Hornet for Dynamite Entertainment.

Yes, Smith’s attachment to the Green Hornet does stir memories. The miniseries for Dynamite will be based on Smith’s screenplay for the unproduced Green Hornet movie that he wrote in 2004. 'It's the Hornet movie I'd make if I was making it today,' Smith told EW.com. 'And there's no better time to do that than before Seth Rogen and Michel Gondry's version defines the character for the mainstream.'

Indie Rock Relay For Life in Second Life

I'll be playing in this this Thursday at 3pm SLT. There will be mayhem, irreverent use of the Muppets and (if we're lucky) a little bit of blood shed will ensue.

More info will follow with a SLurl for the location.

The Tony Crackburn Orchestra - Road Kill

Play Loud!

Ric Estrada, R.I.P.

Comic book and animation artist Ric Estrada died this morning [Friday, May 1], the result of a long, losing battle with cancer.

Ric was born February 26, 1928 in Havana, Cuba and began selling his work at age 13 to a popular Cuban magazine called Bohemia. He attended University of Havana where, he always claimed, another student was Fidel Castro. Via a relative, he developed a friendship with Ernest Hemingway, who took an interest in the young artist's work and encouraged him to relocate to New York. Ric moved there at age 20 but never stayed in one place for very long, travelling the world and living briefly in dozens of other cities. Whenever he was back in Manhattan, he managed to work in comic books, including two of his proudest jobs...stories for the EC war comics edited and written by Harvey Kurtzman. Other companies that were glad to have his art included Hillman, Western Publishing, St. John and Ziff-Davis.

Dr. Strange Comics: The Lesser Book of the Vishanti

A Companion to the Dr. Strange Comic Books compiled by catherine yronwode

Kung Fu Monkey

A cool blog by Mark Waid, Michael Alan Nelson and John Rogers.

Wide Awake: Chapter 0

Click and enjoy.

PDQ#

I think that I've blogged about this system before, but even if I have it could stand repeating. I ran a few really fun PDQ games while still in Cleveland, one a zero-prep game with people who had never played the system and who helped create the setting, and the game will be one of my favorites for a while.

PDQ# (PDQ Sharp!) is a new version of the PDQ Core Rules, optimized for swashbuckling gaming. Designed for simplicity, speed, and flexibility in play, PDQ# is the engine for the upcoming Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies RPG.

This 28 page PDF is free!

And for those looking for a tie in to a geek favorite, perhaps one with an upcoming franchise revitalizing movie, look here.

IDW Announces Kaluta & Lee's Starstruck

This is coolness. I can't wait to see this series re-issued.

IDW is proud to announce the return of the science fiction classic, Starstruck, to comics. Debuting in August, the 13-issue series will showcase the fine writing of Elaine Lee and the remarkable art of Michael Kaluta. Scanned from the original art to ensure the highest quality, the entire series is being re-colored by fantasy artist, Lee Moyer, whose painted work has appeared on the covers of books by Iain Banks, H.P. Lovecraft and Marion Zimmer Bradley.

'Starstruck is a classic work, and some of Michael’s very finest art—it has been out of print for too long,' said Scott Dunbier, IDW’s Starstruck editor. 'Our series will present Elaine and Michael’s vision as never before. New readers will be astounded by it, while diehard fans will delight in seeing their old friend looking better than ever.'