There are few things I look forward to as much as working on Teen Titans. It’s fun, it’s relatively easy, and it’s incredibly satisfying. I’ve had such a great time doing it, and I had such a great time when I voiced several characters for the Xbox port of Crimson Skies, I’ve been making a sacrifice to the voice over gods nighty, and wishing for more VO work.
Today, I get my wish. (Which is a good thing, because all those frozen weasels were getting expensive.)Walt Disney Television Animation came to my voice over agent last week, and requested me for a new show they’re doing called — get this — Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
It reads like a crazy anime-styled show for younger kids, and I get to play “Skurg” the evil leader of a Soturix 7, who wears armor of bone.
Heh. It’s going to be a lot of fun.
In Dancing Barefoot news, I watched it climb Amazon’s charts yesterday, peaking at 188 (!) around midnight when I went to bed. I hear that it went all the way up to 177 after I went to bed. Right now, it’s at 210, with an average review of 4.5 stars!!! I am deeply grateful to everyone who has made this happen.
keep your pants on
If you’re as big a fan of Homestarrunner as I am, you’re anxiously awaiting Strong Bad E-mail number 100.
Yesterday at TotalFark (the best 5 bucks you’ll spend in any month), I found the Not The 100th Email.
UPDATE: Mars pointed out that The Real ahundred e-mail was just released.
On a scale of 1 to 10, I give it Totally Awesome.
Check it out, then celebrate with a Kick The Cheat The Cheat plush toy.
shuffle up
Good advice from Iggy, via Tao of Poker:
My three little low-limit online tips:
- Other players bad play will make me far more money than my fancy or brilliant plays.
- The guy that leads with a bet on the turn after not betting previously, typically has a big hand.
- Folding costs me nothing pre-flop. If it’s a close decision, I can’t go far wrong by folding.
inches on the reel to reel
The David Lawrence Show was quite possibly the greatest 3 hour radio interview I’ve ever done. Seriously. It was AWESOME.
David and Lili did an outstanding job of making me feel welcome. I felt like David and I had fantastic give and take, and he’d actually read my book! All the other shows I do have a pretty high standard to live up to, now.
David asked me if I’d come back another time, so we can talk about other stuff, and I agreed. I think we could have some awesome conversations.
When I drove home, I checked XM 152, and my interview was being rebroadcast. It was very weird to hear myself just a few hours ago, because I could still visualize the studio, but I’d already forgotten what I said — that’s a great thing, because when I can’t remember what I talked about, or I can’t clearly remember what happened during any sort of performance, it means that I was totally focused and “in the moment,” as Meisner would say.
This was the first official O’Reilly-version interview to support Dancing Barefoot, and it could not have gone any better. Thank you, David Lawrence, for putting me at ease, and guiding me though an amazing interview. I can’t wait to do it again.
And thank you also to everyone who tuned in, or sent IMs and e-mails, and stuff. Thank you for continuing to be part of this amazing . . . thing.
Programming note: If you’re in Seattle, you can hear me on the Bob Harris Rivers* Show on KZOK 102.5 radio at 8:40 tomorrow morning (That’s Tuesday)
*Too much Lost In Translation. Sorry, Bob.
UPDATE: As of 0725 PST on March 16, Dancing Barefoot is ranked 480 at Amazon.com.
Holy.
Crap.
Of all the books they carry, it’s at 480. It was in the 3,000 area just a couple of days ago.
This is just amazing, and I’m positive that my appearance on the David Lawrence Show last night contributed to this.
And on that “It’s better together” thing? It’s “better” with Neverwhere!!! NEVERWHERE!!
ROCK! \m/
radio is cleaning up the nation
The Dancing Barefoot publicity explosion officially begins today!
Well, tonight, to be more specific.
At 7PM PST, I’m going to be on a show called The David Lawrence Show to talk about
. . . acting, screaming Japanese girls, writing, screaming German girls, blogging, wedded bliss, belligerent Klingon fans, improv at ACME, Star Trek, open source and more; we take your calls at 1-888-488-DAVID, your emails at david@onlinetonight.net and instant messages at screen name Lawrence on America Online on anything you want to talk about.
You can listen live online, but it looks like they make you sign up for this bitpass thing. The good part is I think it costs 25 cents to listen for an hour. The bad part is, you have to sign up for this bitpass thing.
Update: Ana points out in the comments that KBNP in Portland simulcasts the show live, and they have a stream at their site that you can listen to. It’s annoying .wmv format, but it’s free. If anyone else finds other live stations, leave it in the comments, won’t you? You’ll be glad you did.
Update Two: Electric Boogaloo: David Lawrence himself says:
Some listening notes: we’re heard live in 55 markets, including Phoenix, Boston, Detroit, Phildelphia, Portland, Denver, Dallas, Minneapolis, Jacksonville and more, and we’re on both satellite radio networks (on XM, we’re on Extreme XM, Channel 152, and on Sirius, we’re on Talk Central, Stream 144)
Wil’s hour will also be repeated on both satellite channels (and on several of our stations that carry the first hour repeated) at 10p PT.
You can also listen, for free, online to the streams of several of our radio affiliates. Most people listen to KBNP in Portland, Oregon – www.kbnp.com. The BitPass is there only for downloading the show after the fact, and it’s 25c for the 9 meg MP3 file for Wil’s hour, and 50c for the 30 meg file of the whole 3 hour show.
BitPass rocks, by the way. They’ve really made micropayments (and macropayments, actually) a snap.
The toll free number to call in with questions at 7p PT is 888-488-DAVID (888-488-3284), and the lines fill up quickly when I announce the number, so set a reminder, and we’ll see you tonight!
The show is also broadcast live into a few radio markets. Check the site for details.
Tune in, if you can. It would be sofakingcool if WWdN readers called in tonight.
