July 2008 – Page 3 – John Joseph Adams

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Today’s Twittering

is driving to readercon with e datlow c cevasco and d cohen. #
is at Kit Reed’s house for lunch, with bonus guest Greg Frost. #
oh all the genre luminaries! Readercon rocks. #

just finished watching 1st episode of Joss Whedon’s new web project, Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. Awesome! Go watch: http://drhorrible.com #
@IreneGallo That IS odd. If I were talking to someone who was decomposing, I’d think it would be the number one topic of conversation. #

@JeremiahTolbert While you’re at it, maybe make sure that twittering and/or blogging about new employer won’t get you fired. :) #
@2muchexposition Zombie Strippers??? We should totally organize a group outing to that. I like my women like I like my fruit: putrescent. #
@IreneGallo Was it because he linked to your blog? Did you taunt him because he didn’t get a zombie makeover? #
has been afflicted with con-crud BEFORE going to Readercon this weekend. A pre-emptive strike, which I’m sure my travel pals will appreicate #
What the hell? The auto-complete suggestion for appreciate on my phone was spelled wrong. #

For one thing, it’s directed and co-written by Joss Whedon. For a second thing, it’s about a mad scientist. For a third thing, it’s about a mad scientist trying to take over the world who occasionally bursts into songs written by Joss (and Jed) Whedon.

It’s a (for now) web-only series. Episode 1 is up now (run time around 13 min.). Episode 2 will drop on July 17, with Episode 3 debuting July 19. You only have until July 20 to watch them all before they disappear from the web (though later they will be available on DVD with extras and stuff).

So, go watch. You’ll thank me later.

Turisas vs. Boney M.: "Rasputin" video

Here’s a video for the song “Rasputin” by the folk metal band Turisas. I saw them in concert a couple of weeks ago (with three other folk metal bands, on the “Pagan Fest” tour). They were awesome–in fact, the whole damn show was awesome, probably the best concert I’ve ever been to.

This song, “Rasputin,” was recently released as a single by the band, previously being something they only played live. Thing is, it’s a cover–of a disco song. I’d never heard of the disco version before, but it’s by an artist called Boney M. Here’s Turisas’s version:

Man, isn’t that violin player a bad-ass? Here’s the Boney M. version, in case you’re curious how it compares:

Not surprisingly, the Turisas version kicks a whole lot more ass, but I have to say–Boney M? Not bad.

@2muchexposition Are you kidding? I want to know. Any mention of ‘geek universe’ requires further elaboration. #
is waiting for an important phone call and so is too nervous to do anything productive. #
Some nice man just put a bunch of FREE BOOKS on my porch AND an envelope full of money! #
Important phone call went well, so now I’m happy. In fact, a feel a maniacal laughter overcoming me. Mwa-ha-hahahahahahaha! #

ELUVEITIE: "Inis Mona" video

I just discovered that the totally awesome band ELUVEITIE has several videos available on YouTube, including one for one of their best songs, “Inis Mona.”

You may recall me mentioning them earlier, when I said: “My favorite discovery included in this batch is a band called Eluveitie (pronounced El-way-tea). They’re Swiss, their name is a word in Etruscan, and some of their vocals are in Gaulish (the rest in English). They kind of sound to me like early In Flames, but with a bad-ass flute player. Seriously, this is the most metal a flute has ever been. They’re what you call “folk metal” or “pagan metal,” which blends the playing of traditional folk instruments (bagpipes, flute, hurdy-gurdy) with death metal.”