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Funny Ha Ha's...an Insane Ian Update 10/10/08

2008-10-10T05:40:26Z

Holy crap...it was only after seeing Sudden Death & Luke Ski's updates that I realized...I completely forgot to do one last month! Not that anyone reads this...

-=New FuMP Sideshow=-
-=New DT20 Track=-
-=Album Progress Report=-
-=Upcoming Shows=-

-=New FuMP Sideshow=-

For those of you keeping track, Ian was in a LOT of comedy bands throughout his college years. One of those bands actually pretended it was ANOTHER band, performing songs the real band wouldn't. Songs that were written on a dare. Of the two songs they did, one will appear on the FuMP sideshow on October 18th! If that isn't obscure enough for you, I don't know what is!

-=New DT20 Track=-
A few weeks ago, Insane Ian was a challenger in the second "Masters of Song Fu" competition over at QuickStopEntertainment.com and was tasked to write a song about the moon. Unfortunately, he didn't make it to round two, but his song has been doing well on the Mad Music Dementia Top 20 instead! You can vote for his entry, entitled "Luna, See?" (or any of his other songs) by heading over to http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/top20voting.aspx and casting your vote! It helps if you're a member of the site, but it's free to join, and a fantastic resource for funny music and funny musicians!

Also, if you're in a song requesting mood, you can also hit up The Dr. Demento Show request page and help get double I back into the Top Ten! "Guitar Hero" has fallen out of the rankings, and with the new game GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR due out at the end of the month, it'd be a nice tie-in to have the song ABOUT Guitar Hero reach number one the DAY the new game is released! Head over to http://www.drdemento.com/request and let your voice be heard...literally! You can submit MP3 files with your requests to the good Doctor now too! If you don't have the ability (or just flat don't feel like making an MP3 request) you can just type it out too...just make sure you request it!

-=Album Progress Report=-

For those paying attention, you'll notice that I've gone from saying "due Summer 2008" to "due SOMETIME 2008". That's because recording for the new album has hit a bit of a snag. Still, we're about a third of the way there, and if all goes well, there should be a brand new single hitting the tubes and the airwaves in a matter of weeks. With any luck, the album will be finished by the time Ian's first full con performance happens.

-=Upcoming Shows=-

That's right! You might get a chance to see Insane Ian perform live! While it's currently still in the negotiating stages, there's a VERY good chance Ian will be performing at Farpoint in February! Farpoint is a fan-run sci-fi/fantasy convention in the Baltimore area, and Ian has been asked to perform at the upcoming event! Previous comedy musicians to play Farpoint include the great Luke Ski and Baltimore's own Boogie Knights! For more information on the con itself, checkout http://www.farpointcon.com and for more information on if Ian will be performing there or not, keep your eyes on www.InsaneIan.com too!

That's all for this update, kids. Stay tuned for more late breaking news, as some new songs may appear before the next month's update (with any luck, anyway)

-Insane Ian

Schedule shakeup...sorta...

2008-10-04T23:02:31Z

Byron and I have decided to cede parts of our timeslots for Con on the Cob

SATURDAY
6p-7p The Fun Zone
7p-8p POSITIVE ATTITUDE live from CotC
8p-9p Revenge of the Particle (Hour 1)
9p-?? more CotC concerts

SUNDAY
10a-11a Revenge rerun (Hour 1)
11a-2p more CotC concerts
2p-4p Revenge rerun (Hours 2 & 3)

CotC Saturday concerts

2008-10-04T16:24:43Z

My understanding is that concerts begin today at Con on the Cob at 2 PM with Soggy Potato Chips, then Carrie at 3PM and Rob Balder at 4PM. Another edition of Screw Your Neighbor is at 5PM, I am not sure what is after that. There is supposed to be a break from concerts 8-9PM for the masquerade, I am not sure if the concerts start again at 9 PM or 9:30. Either way that is during Emi's show so I will play it by ear what I cast after the afternoon concerts.

Edit: all times listed above are Eastern
Second edit: listing Rob as the 4PM concert

Positive Attitude will be on from 7 to 8 PM during Byron's show, so that concert will be broadcast only on the webcam here: http://www.justin.tv/cononthecob

Third Edit: The rest of the schedule for tonight

9:00 Dual Core
9:30 Worm Quartet
10:15 CRAP (warning, this group is well-named)
11:00 Mike & Ike (no idea who these are)
11:45 Sudden Death
12:30 Seamonkey

Scheduled breaks are 6-7 PM and 8-9 PM

dementiaradio @ 2008-10-04T02:14:00

2008-10-04T06:14:33Z

(I posted this to my LJ when I meant to post this here...)

It looks like the CotC concerts on Saturday will begin at 2 PM and go most of the time until 1 AM (there are some breaks here). I will definately cast the afternoon concerts since those don't conflict with anyone's show (Jayekitty, I need to know if you are casting Tom Smith's concert at 5 PM so I know to leave the stream at that time so you can take over). The evening concerts are at the same time as Byron's and Emi's shows (and one of the scheduled concert breaks is the first half of Emi's showtime). So I will be streaming concerts on the fly again but won't step on other plans already in place.

Co-ordinating concerts from CotC

2008-10-03T18:51:24Z

I am right now casting Luke's 2-3PM concert from Con on the Cob. I have been asked by Devo Spice to also cast his concert tonight at 11:45, which is 15 minutes before the scheduled end of BMZ's show. Also, I know Jayekitty will be casting some of the concerts from ConClave tonight. I would like to co-ordinate when I can cast concerts tonight from CotC without stepping on the other DJ's. BMZ, would you mind if I take over the stream when Devo Spice begins? Looking at the schedule, Worm Quartet is on before Devo Spice at 11PM.

This is totally unplanned, so this is NOT me trying to override scheduled DJs. So I will cast around planned stuff (like Jayekitty's casting of concerts from ConClave).

Holycrapholycrapholycrap

2008-10-01T00:05:21Z

So...Weird Al has been talking digital distribution for his new songs. To get them out to the public so they're still hot and fresh and topical.

Well, that was last month. Here's today's blog from his MySpace page:

------------

NEW SINGLE!

Remember when I said I was going to start releasing tracks to iTunes as soon as I finished recording them? Well, I'm in the studio this very moment – and the first track released from my next album will be available on iTunes a week from today (October 7)!

This is extremely exciting for me. One of the hardest things I've had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every 3 or 4 years. Now, with the advent and popularity of digital distribution, I don't have to wait around while my songs get old and dated – I can get them out on the Internet almost immediately. It kind of boggles my mind – I thought of the idea for this new song a week ago, and next week it's getting released!

I'm only supposed to "tease" this release right now – I'll post more info about it in a couple days. But I will say that it's a parody of a song that very recently was (or perhaps still is) the number one song in the country. That would be another first for me – I don't think I've ever released a parody of a song while the original song was still number one!

iTunes will have an exclusive on this song for two weeks, after which I guess it will be available wherever else digital downloads are sold. But I'm really kind of hoping this sucker will chart, so if you can, please buy it the first week it's out!

If this release goes well, there will be more to come. Thanks in advance for your support!

Al

HOLYCRAPHOLYCRAPHOLYCRAP!

Special Travcast!

2008-09-30T10:54:15Z

Tonight, I hereby dedicate tonight's Travcast to the new couple of Dementia Radio, Devo and DJ Sin! After meeting for the first time last week, the couple is a hit! I will be playing songs dedicated to them, songs they've introduced to Dementia Radio, and a few songs I feel exemplify their "coupleness", so to speak.

Also, the RPG Report will appeal especially to Devo: "The Oak Island Money Pit" by Dog Soul Publishing.

Tune in, tonight at 8 pm EST, on www.dementiaradio.org!

Your daddy who rules,

Trav

The New SUNDAY FUNDAY on Dementia Radio!!

2008-09-30T03:43:59Z

Times Eastern...adjust accordingly for your local time zone

1p-4p REVENGE OF THE PARTICLE recast (**new time**)
4p-6p DJ VLAD (**NEW SHOW**)
6p-7p RANTIN' & RAVIN'
7p-8p THE SHOW WITH THE FUNNY NAME
8p-9p "The Random Hour" (1 hour of randomcast)
9p-11p MALIGNANT THEATER

Rest in Peace, Richard Wright

2008-09-15T19:24:44Z

I will be interrupting the Talk Like a Pirate Day festivities between 8 and 9PM Eastern time on my upcoming show this Friday on Dementia Radio to air a special and serious tribute to the late Richard Wright of Pink Floyd. I asked Blaksmith for permission, and he gave it.

Music is music, whether it be funny or serious or thoughtful or just plain fun.

DJ Phoenix.

DT20 Ballot Updated!

2008-09-12T23:09:28Z

The voting ballot on the Mad Music Dementia Top 20 has been UPDATED!!!! WOOHOO!!! Vote for all the new stuff you haven't been able to vote for these past 2 months!!! :)

OMG!

2008-09-09T20:37:46Z

Just a quick thank you to all the people that were at D*C.
Awesome bumpers.
Today I got a UPS box full of merchandise from the various artists.
Cd's and a Shirt. WOW.
I'm totally shocked. I know it was probably more than one or two people. And i dont know who exactly to thank
BUT THANK YOU to EVERYONE!
TOTALLY awesome.
I am in total awe of how awesome people from #dementia are.
Everyday i find out how great it is to be part of the #dementia family.
I am grateful to have you all in my life!
Thank you for being such great people/friends/family.
I love you guys!

[DJ Vlad] Tonight on The Show With the Ever Changing Name

2008-09-08T00:06:50Z

They Might Be about an Hour or so... Some of my favorite They Might Be Giants tracks. Tonight's tracks were all selected from their albums respective Flood, Miscellaneous T, Apollo 18, John Henry, and Lincoln.

1. They Might Be Giants - Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had a Deal (3:48)
2. They Might Be Giants - Particle Man (1:59)
3. They Might Be Giants - Lucky Ball & Chain (2:46)
4. They Might Be Giants - Minimum Wage (0:47)
5. They Might Be Giants - Snail Shell (3:20)
6. They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng (3:23)
7. They Might Be Giants - Subliminal (2:45)
8. They Might Be Giants - Your Racist Friend (2:54)
9. They Might Be Giants - Kiss Me, Son Of God (1:52)
10. They Might Be Giants - We Want A Rock (2:47)
11. They Might Be Giants - Don't Let's Start [Single Mix] (2:34)
12. They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (2:38)
13. They Might Be Giants - Extra Savoir-Faire (2:48)
14. They Might Be Giants - Shoehorn With Teeth (1:13)
15. They Might Be Giants - O, Do Not Forsake Me (2:30)
16. They Might Be Giants - My Evil Twin (2:37)
17. They Might Be Giants - Cage & Aquarium (1:10)
18. They Might Be Giants - No One Knows My Plan (2:37)
19. They Might Be Giants - Nightgown of the Sullen Moon (1:58)
20. They Might Be Giants - A Self Called Nowhere (3:22)

It's Official ! Art Paul Schlosser has moved it's Headquarters !

2008-09-03T00:36:06Z

So if you want to write to me snail mail you'll have to write to:

Art Paul Schlosser
505 Conklin # 5
Madison, WI 53703

Send $12 and I'll send you a CD with an autogragh.

My current new CD is called Leftovers and you can listen to clips at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/artpaul28

Or request the Republican Song on Banjo or Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to be Star Trekkies or Scifi Fanboys on the Dr Demento radio show at http://www.drdemento.com/request/

Or check out all my other CD at http://www.cdbaby.com/artpaul

You can also get my songs on Apple iTunes

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=4087949

DJ Vlad spins Tom Lehrer (and a few other things)

2008-09-01T00:41:43Z

Tonight on my show I played:

Dementia Radio Jingle Standard Full with Full Intro (0:46)
Frank Zappa - Bamboozled, By Love (5:46)
NoFX - Hotdog In A Hallway (2:51)
Marvin the Paranoid Android - Marvin I Love You (3:49)
The Original Broadway Cast of "Avenue Q" - The Internet Is For Porn (3:03)
Weird Al Yankovic - Albuquerque (11:23)
Robert Lund - Hooked Up With A Bigfoot (2:22)
Tom Lehrer - Poisoning Pigeons In The Park (2:39)
Tom Lehrer - Bright College Days (3:02)
Tom Lehrer - A Christmas Carol (2:38)
Tom Lehrer - The Elements (2:18)
Tom Lehrer - Oedipus Rex (3:43)
Tom Lehrer - It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier (4:50)
Tom Lehrer - She's My Girl (2:52)
Tom Lehrer - The Masochism Tango (3:30)
Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go (5:30)
Tom Lehrer - The Old Dope Peddler (1:42)
Tom Lehrer - Fight Fiercely, Harvard (2:51)
Tom Lehrer - Lobachevsky (4:19)
Tom Lehrer - The Irish Ballad (5:13)
Tom Lehrer - The Hunting Song (1:59)
Tom Lehrer - My Home Town (2:58)
Tom Lehrer - When You Are Old And Grey (2:27)
Tom Lehrer - The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz (2:21)
Tom Lehrer - I Hold Your Hand In Mine (1:55)
Tom Lehrer - Be Prepared (2:39)
Tom Lehrer - National Brotherhood Week (2:35)
Tom Lehrer - MLF Lullaby (2:24)
Tom Lehrer - George Murphy (2:08)
Tom Lehrer - The Folk Song Army (2:11)
Tom Lehrer - Send The Marines (1:46)
Tom Lehrer - Pollution (2:16)
Tom Lehrer - So Long Mom (A Song For World War III) (2:23)
Tom Lehrer - New Math (4:28)
Tom Lehrer - Who's Next? (1:59)
Tom Lehrer - Wernher Von Braun (1:46)
Tom Lehrer - The Vatican Rag (2:14)

Shameless Plug Zone

2008-08-31T03:07:24Z

So i was on Revenge of the Particle on dementiaradio.org tonite...plugging away for my website and such...and they played a SUPER old and rare Insane Ian song!

If you want to catch me acting goofy, hearing my music, or even this old HORRIBLE gem, "Revenge of the Particle" will be played again Sunday at noon.

W00t! Thanks DJ Particle, for putting up with my crap!

Tom Smith Second Life Fundraiser - FINAL WEEK - FINAL TOTALS!!!

2008-08-29T07:32:18Z

We raised L$4927 tonight, making our FINAL TOTAL L$50,500 !!!!!
In US Dollars that's $177.86 !!!!

We have made our goal!!!!! Thanks to everyone who donated and helped out, you all rock so much!! :)

Thanks to Happy Clam Island for providing the venue over these last 12 weeks!

Thanks to Cataplexia Numbers for fundraising through her art sales! :) It was unexpected and very welcome, and went above and beyond! :)

Tom Smith Second Life Fundraiser - FINAL WEEK

2008-08-28T19:18:26Z

Thursday, August 28, 2008 - 10pm SLT (1am ET)

100% Proceeds will go directly into Tom's SL account. :)

We currently have just over L$45K on the tote board right now! Let's see if we can get that tote over the top at L$50K in this final official week! ^.^v

So if you're on Second Life, stop by The Clam & Bean Coffeehouse at 10pm SLT (PT) this Thursday to help out Tom Smith and listen (and virtual-dance) to some great comedy music! :) My name there is "Emi Halcali"

Thanks to DJ Blaksmith for the original code and to Nostrum Forder for the auto-forward tweaking on the donation jar! You guys rock! :)

Today on my show....

2008-08-25T01:32:04Z

Today on DJ Vlad's Live in the Lounge of Lizards, I played:

1. Richard Cheese - P***y (3:20)
2. Richard Cheese - Been Caught Stealing (1:55)
3. Richard Cheese - Baby Got Back (2:46)
4. Richard Cheese - Smoke Two Joints (1:30)
5. Richard Cheese - Insane In The Brain (3:17)
6. Richard Cheese - Hot For Teacher (2:38)
7. Richard Cheese - Brass Monkey (2:13)
8. Richard Cheese - Longview (2:08)
9. Richard Cheese - Gin and Juice (2:23)
10. Richard Cheese - Somebody Told Me (2:56)
11. Richard Cheese - Ice Ice Baby (2:38)
12. Richard Cheese - People Equals Shit (2:03)
13. Richard Cheese - Me So Horny (2:15)
14. Richard Cheese - Butterfly (1:43)
15. Richard Cheese - Down With The Sickness (2:10)
16. Richard Cheese - Nookie (1:46)
17. Richard Cheese - A Message from the Other Dick (Clark) (0:13)
18. Richard Cheese - Rape Me (1:55)
19. Richard Cheese - Imagine (1:47)
20. Richard Cheese - Closer (2:20)
21. Richard Cheese - Freak On A Leash (1:27)
22. Richard Cheese - Relax (1:55)
23. Richard Cheese - Chop Suey (2:25)
24. Richard Cheese - War Ensemble (1:52)
25. Richard Cheese - Crazy (1:49)
26. Richard Cheese - Another Brick In The Wall (2:13)
27. Richard Cheese - Do Me (1:31)

Apparently, i don't know what day it is...

2008-08-23T02:42:32Z

So yeah, voting ends NEXT Thursday...SO YOU STILL HAVE TIME!

My entry for round one is up and needs your votes! Go to
http://www.quickstopentertainment.com/2008/08/21/masters-of-song-fu-2-round-1-challenge-voting-begins/
And vote for Insane Ian!

Thank you all...again

Tom Smith Second Life Fundraiser - WEEK 10 OF 11

2008-08-22T07:48:20Z

We raised L$3473 tonight, making our total so far L$45,573.
In US Dollars that's $161.10

Next week is the final official week of the fundraiser, let's see if we can make that tote board read L$50,000 by the end of next Thurs. night!! :)

There is a group on SL called "Filk Fen"! If you're on SL, join that group!

Also, if you want a copy of the donation jar to run your own SL fundraisers, IM "Emi Halcali"! :)

Tom Smith Second Life Fundraiser - WEEK 10 OF 11

2008-08-22T00:13:29Z

Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 10pm SLT (1am ET)

100% Proceeds will go directly into Tom's SL account. :)

So if you're on Second Life, stop by The Clam & Bean Coffeehouse at 10pm SLT (PT) every Thursday to help out Tom Smith and listen (and virtual-dance) to some great comedy music! :) My name there is "Emi Halcali"

And if you want to hold your own SL fundraiser for him, just IM me for a copy of the auto-forwarding collection jar! Thanks to DJ Blaksmith for the original code and to Nostrum Forder for the auto-forward tweaking! :)

Song Fu Round One...VOTE!

2008-08-21T15:01:34Z

My entry for round one is up and needs your votes! Go to
http://www.quickstopentertainment.com/2008/08/21/masters-of-song-fu-2-round-1-challenge-voting-begins/
And vote for Insane Ian!

Thank you all!

Leftovers The CD is now available and hopefully soon at itunes

2008-08-20T00:55:00Z

Hey check it out at http://www.cdbaby.com/artpaul28

Playlist from today's show

2008-08-18T01:18:28Z

Today on the Tower of Power Hour, I played:

1. Frank Zappa - Elvis Has Just Left The Building (2:24)
2. Frank Zappa - Flakes (6:41)
3. Frank Zappa - Tinsel-Town Rebellion (4:43)
4. Frank Zappa - Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me? (4:57)
5. Frank Zappa - Baby Snakes (1:50)
6. Frank Zappa - Dancin' Fool (3:43)
7. Frank Zappa - Jewish Princess (3:16)
8. Frank Zappa - Purple Haze (2:27)
9. Frank Zappa - Sunshine Of Your Love (2:30)
10. Frank Zappa - Stairway To Heaven (9:21)
11. Frank Zappa - Whippin' Post (8:23)

So, I won't likely call the show the Tower of Power Hour all the time, but I think I will do an all FZ show once a month or so. The name Tower of Power Hour comes from the FZ Lyric, "I can't take about an hour on the tower of power, as long as I gets a little golden shower!" from the song Bobby Brown Goes Down. :-)

Tom Smith Second Life Fundraiser - WEEK 9 OF 11

2008-08-15T06:30:09Z

We raised L$3600 tonight, making our total so far L$42,100.
In US Dollars that's $148.27

We need to get the word out about this event, as there are only 2 more weeks left of the fundraiser! There is a group on SL called "Filk Fen"! If you're on SL, join that group!

Also, if you want a copy of the donation jar to run your own SL fundraisers, IM "Emi Halcali"! :)