Delay story, short version: This episode wasn't coming together exactly like I'd wanted it to. I got discouraged. I set it aside for awhile. That "awhile" became a month.

I think I’ll release the next Nodeslam in several chunks to help cut down on the perfection paralysis. But enough of that.

I’m happy enough with this one now. The parts that don’t have my fingerprints all over ‘em are really quite good. Music-wise, [Scout Finch] came through for me in a big big way and I can’t thank her enough.

Download it here or listen below.

Nodes we got in this here:
Butterfly soup by grundoon
read by the noder
recorded by steev

When in doubt, choose wings not shoes by Chras4
read by RoguePoet

(prayer for the departed) by dem bones
read by Dimview

Music:
I’ve come to eat your brains
nodeslam1
2am on tuesday
and Enough to drink by The Union Pacific (a.k.a. E2’s [Scout Finch])
also, parts of La sixieme porte de Shanaaghar by Greg Baumont &
Last Year Hurts by Go Slowpoke

(the photo is also by (and of) Scout Finch :: theunionpacific.tumblr.com)

Thanks for stickin’ around. ~RP

On one, I’m still looking to get permission for more material. On the other, there’s a part that I want to field-record outside and each day I’ve planned to do it, it’s either been too windy, too rainy, or I’ve been otherwise too preoccupied.

My goal remains to release a Nodeslam each month, but I think the self-imposed deadline of promising them on a specific date was a bit more bluster than I can back up with my current skillz. Instead– until I get better at the basics of audio production– I’ll go with a more waffly schedule and say “a new Nodeslam will drop sometime between the 13th and the final day of every month”.

As always, two good ways to find out when a new Nodeslam arrives will be to add this link to your RSS reader of choice: http://nodeslam.com/?feed=rss2 or follow @Nodeslam on Twitter.

Thank ya!
~Rogue

So my plan is to release 12 episodes of Nodeslam this year– specifically, a Nodeslam on the 13th of each month.

Right now, I’m working on two: “Episode 02: Nanobot Rematch” (the noder-music-centric episode I mentioned last time) and “Episode 03: Feather Light Touch” (which will, hopefully, feature a reading of [When in doubt, choose wings not shoes] & other lovelies).

Tragically, neither of them are done.

So: I’ve decided to push Nanobot Rematch to next month, and finish Feather Light Touch this weekend. I’ll post up the final product on Monday.

Assuming I’ve learned my lesson, Nodeslam #3 will drop on February 13, #4 on March 13, and so on. WE SHALL SEE.

~RP

So! Here’s my audio challenge for next month’s Nodeslam: record a piece of original music (or just pick out a pre-recorded bit that you happen to have lying around) and send it to roguepoet@nodeslam.com.

(…and, of course, this challenge goes out to lady musicians too, despite the foolishness above.)

Do you sing? Do you play an instrument? Do you program digital loops & beats? Lovely. I want to hear it.

Next month’s episode is going to be a showcase of tunes made by noders. I propose this in the spirit of QXZ’s Nanobot Deathmatch, but really I just like an excuse for talented people to send me music.

The song (or track, or what-have-you) doesn’t have to be about E2, but choosing something E2-inspired or E2-related– or just something that you think an E2 audience would find particularly meaningful– would be a big plus. Let me worry about that, though. As long as its something you’re willing to have remixed and released under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license, please hit send. I’ll try hard to use every scrap of audio that people send my way.

Depending on the type of recordings I get, I’ll either present them straight (all Casey Kasem/Carson Daly/Garrison Keillor-style) or maybe attempt some kind of more complicated mix or ill-conceived mash-up.

The deadline for this challenge is January 6th, 2010. I’m excited to hear what you all create.

Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to send your audio my way:

1. Record an original piece of music (or a piece of music that someone else wrote, so long as you have permission to release it under CC or public domain). If you don’t have audio recording software, try Audacity. It’s free.

2. Export your recording to your choice of audio format: mp3, wav, ogg, or flac.

3. If you have your own webspace, upload your file there. If you don’t, go to Mediafire.com and follow their directions to create a free account and upload your audio file.

4. Send a /msg to RoguePoet on E2 with a link to your audio file, or email your link to roguepoet@nodeslam.com.

If you get your recording to me by January 6th, I’ll download your audio & mix it in to the next episode of Nodeslam, which I’ll be releasing around the second week of January. Thanks! Party on!

Download it here or listen below.

This didn’t come out at all like I’d expected, but it also came out better than I’d hoped– thanks largely to a fantastic reading that plunked down out of the blue from Rowan Lipkovitz (a.k.a. the illustrious [Pseudo_Intellectual]).

nodes recorded:
we by e2reneta
read by Pseudo_Intellectual

(music:
Regaining Dignity on the Tokyo Subway by The Ink Well [w/ dann on bass], followed by a mix of Night, Campfire, Kalimba (15 Tines) / Flute Solo-1 / Tribal Dance / The Shore + Vargan Solo by SaReGaMa)

next episode…
January’s Nodeslam will be Episode 02: Nanobot Deathmatch: the Rematch… many noder-musicians enter, one podcast leaves. I’ll post an official Nodeslam Audio Challenge about it in a day or two. So if you’re a noder and you rock (or sing, program drum-machines or, hell, play the bassoon) please check back later this week! (or, of course, you could just follow @nodeslam on Twitter.)

Look out for the next episode of Nodeslam, coming January 13th 2010. Thanks for tuning in. ~RP

RoguePoet says My idea is to get a bunch of people to read it, make an audio collage out of the resulting audio, and release the whole thing under Creative Commons as part of the next episode. Is that something you’d be okay with?

e2reneta says Re we. Awesome. Go for it! (I’d be interested in reading, too, if you need another voice).

Woo! Folks, here’s a repeat of my audio challenge for next month:

1. Read the E2 writeup we by e2reneta.

2. Record yourself reading all or part of it. (If you don’t have audio recording software, try Audacity. It’s free.) My one guideline: Please do your best to avoid background noise and don’t mix in any music. I’m going to be layering your audio together with other submissions so the cleaner the better.

3. Export your recording to your choice of audio format: mp3, wav, ogg, or flac.

4. If you have your own webspace, upload your file there. If you don’t, go to Mediafire.com and follow their directions to create a free account and upload your audio file.

5. Send a /msg to RoguePoet on E2 with a link to your audio file, or email your link roguepoet@nodeslam.com.

If you get your recording to me by December 1st, I’ll download your audio & mix it in to the first (real) episode of Nodeslam, which I’ll be releasing around the first week of December. Thanks! You rock!

Thanks to the fine people of Panel Awesome for voting for us, and congrats to the other winners, Timeshredder and Aerobe!

(For what it’s worth, I also thought Oolong’s rendition of “Let My People Code” was pretty great. Somebody buy that guy a pint.)

Two Sheds & are I going to split the fabulous prizes 50/50: the jaypea bunny and the copy of Lucy’s book to me, the bitchin’ poster and the Amazon gift cert to Sheds.

But most of all, thanks everyone for listening.

(Download here or listen below.)

No, I don’t plan to have many future episodes that are just me talking into a headset mic, but I had a lotta splainin’ to do.

(mea culpa: yes I know, around the 6min mark I am massively oversimplifying the E2 backstory, and made a couple factual errors in the process. Yes, I really should have mentioned CmdrTaco in there somewhere. Also IIRC, E2 went live on Nov 11, not Nov 15. Please remember: Nodeslam is definitive; reality is frequently inaccurate.)

(music: Habitual Ritual / Weekend Amnesia / Accelerated Lifestyle by Revolution Void)

nodes sampled:
more words of advice for young noders by lawnjart (read by the noder)
March 9, 2003 by sam512 (read by the noder)
welcome to role playing game by Igloowhite (read by RoguePoet)

Download here or listen below.

nodes recorded:
Yes, I am helloing into a box. There is an echo. by etouffee
read by RoguePoet

sampled nodes:
Down with this sort of thing! by futurebird (read by Oolong)
Words of advice for young noders by lawnjart (read by the noder)

(music: Invisible Walls / Habitual Ritual by Revolution Void)

(others sampled: OldMiner, Jet-Poop, Heisenberg, The Custodian, sam512, izubachi, Angela, eien_meru, spiregrain, BrooksMarlin)

I’ve been procrastinating like mad on this project, but J-P was still good enough to let my entry squeak in under the wire. The true, real-deal pilot episode/audio-collage/thingy of Nodeslam is about 75% done. I’m hoping to have it up within the next 24 hours.