I’ve always wanted to “officially” track a best of the year music list, and figured here would be the most appropriate place to do it. 1. Sad Man Happy Man — Mike Doughty I had huge expectations going in after an interview said this would sound like Skittish & Rockity Roll, and Doughty delivered in…
$14.50 – $1.45 = $13.05 in December
Lulu.com is running a holiday promotion. Â Use coupon code HUMBUG at checkout to get 10% off your order on anything, including the Timely Persuasion paperback. Â Valid through December 30th. Not only do you get to go back in time, but you can also go back in price! (Yup. Â That was a terrible joke. Â But I…
Ziggy for iPhone
I knew it was only a matter of time. Previously I’ve wished for an iPhone app that emulates the handlink from Quantum Leap. I even had Al using an iPhone-based Ziggy in my fanfic story for the Leap Back Convention, “Just Like Starting Over.” Ask and ye shall receive: Ziggy Lights-On The game itself is…
eBook Price Unification
After realizing that my eBook prices were starting to be all over the map, I decided to do something about it. Â Now all eBook editions of Timely Persuasion share the same $1.99 price tag. (My future self tells me this is a great deal. Â He also says thank you for buying one and he’s glad…
Halloween
Guess who? (Yes, I know the beard is lacking.)
Mike Doughty’s Hand(writing)
Had a couple of recent questions about the font on the setlists in the paperback, which caused me to realize I never blogged about the origin of that in any detail. Could have sworn I did, but a quick scan of the archives proves otherwise. Here we go: Once upon a time a designer named…
All About The Benji Hughes
Every once in a great while a record comes around that just plain blows your mind. One that lands in heavy rotation, building up steam and momentum with each listen. You may like or even love other albums, but the magical ones like this are few and far between. Music so good you can’t stop…
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Game Show
Last weekend I was the guest contestant for the premiere episode of Coverville: Musically Challenged, the quiz show style spin-off to Brian Ibbott’s popular Coverville cover song podcast. We gave away copies of Timely Persuasion to lucky winners, did a brief interview, and then I was challenged with a special trivia category called “Everyday I…
Farked
Well, sort of. Â Brief mention in the comments to a Fark.com post about The Time Traveler’s Wife being turned into a TV show. Thanks, Hit-Enter-Too-Soon Man!