Alright, it's Monday and that means it's time for me to briefly plug all the things.
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I run a record label, and we have albums out and we have more albums coming.
I really like this one: https://connordylan.bandcamp.com/album/borrowed-time-bush
by my friend Connor. It covers a lot of ground, but it hangs together really well as a complete piece of music.
Connor said this about it: Borrowed Time/Bush kicks off with I Am, a washed-out horseback ride through the depths of space and time, before fading into the A-side single, Borrowed Time. The first of the two title tracks, Borrowed Time is an Ecclesiastical warning about the futility of wealth and earthly treasures, in a surf-y, psychedelic package. Side A ends with Abraham Lincoln, Bearded Freak, a thundering sample of still-unreleased material from the Goop vault, laced with quotes from the Trial of the Chicago 8 press conferences.
I also really like this one: https://doctordeathray.bandcamp.com/album/51-miles-from-nowhere
from my friend Violet. Some of y'all know Violet as @DoctorDeathray. This album is the first from Doctor Deathray and her Implements of Destruction. There's also a second ( https://doctordeathray.bandcamp.com/album/nowhere )
Violet also has lots of solo work and demos and things. She's very talented.
She mostly does a kind of blues based punk-adjacent rock music.
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I also really like this one: https://doctordeathray.bandcamp.com/album/51-miles-from-nowhere
from my friend Violet. Some of y'all know Violet as @DoctorDeathray. This album is the first from Doctor Deathray and her Implements of Destruction. There's also a second ( https://doctordeathray.bandcamp.com/album/nowhere )
Violet also has lots of solo work and demos and things. She's very talented.
She mostly does a kind of blues based punk-adjacent rock music.
the label has lots of other stuff out too, like this one: https://elipopmusic.bandcamp.com/album/its-all-around
A psychedelic surf jam that is, at this point, more than a decade old.
Eli has another album in the works right now, and it should be out at some point this year.
I really love Eli's music, and he's a good guy.
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the label has lots of other stuff out too, like this one: https://elipopmusic.bandcamp.com/album/its-all-around
A psychedelic surf jam that is, at this point, more than a decade old.
Eli has another album in the works right now, and it should be out at some point this year.
I really love Eli's music, and he's a good guy.
I won't talk about the label anymore, but you can find more stuff from us on bandcamp: https://analogrevolution.bandcamp.com/artists
or on our website directly: https://analogrevolution.com
A couple of things are marked as out of stock that absolutely aren't so ... I guess I should fix that!
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I won't talk about the label anymore, but you can find more stuff from us on bandcamp: https://analogrevolution.bandcamp.com/artists
or on our website directly: https://analogrevolution.com
A couple of things are marked as out of stock that absolutely aren't so ... I guess I should fix that!
Moving on from music, I apparently also run a video game studio.
We have two games out right now, and a few more in the works.
You can find the better of the two here: https://ajroach42.itch.io/jupiters-ghost-away-mission-gbc
It's a game set in the universe of #jupitersGhost where you explore alien moons and catalog the lifeforms you find along the way. It is, and I say this with every bit of modesty I can muster, one of the best things I've ever been involved with in my entire life.
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Moving on from music, I apparently also run a video game studio.
We have two games out right now, and a few more in the works.
You can find the better of the two here: https://ajroach42.itch.io/jupiters-ghost-away-mission-gbc
It's a game set in the universe of #jupitersGhost where you explore alien moons and catalog the lifeforms you find along the way. It is, and I say this with every bit of modesty I can muster, one of the best things I've ever been involved with in my entire life.
That game is also available on cartridge for the gameboy color, analog pocket, FPGBC, etc.
https://www.mountaintowntoys.com/product/jupiters-ghost-away-mission-gbc-cartridge/
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That game is also available on cartridge for the gameboy color, analog pocket, FPGBC, etc.
https://www.mountaintowntoys.com/product/jupiters-ghost-away-mission-gbc-cartridge/
Of course, that game is based on my podcast #JupitersGhost which is a CC-BY-SA shared universe podcast that can be found at https://intergalactic.computer among other places.
The #JG universe is pretty big, and there's a lot of stuff in it, including our in universe wiki, two episodes of the podcast, and a cartoon!
At some point there will be other episodes, and other podcasts. I'm confident of this.
We're even working on a comic book. We'll see how it all goes.
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Of course, that game is based on my podcast #JupitersGhost which is a CC-BY-SA shared universe podcast that can be found at https://intergalactic.computer among other places.
The #JG universe is pretty big, and there's a lot of stuff in it, including our in universe wiki, two episodes of the podcast, and a cartoon!
At some point there will be other episodes, and other podcasts. I'm confident of this.
We're even working on a comic book. We'll see how it all goes.
In the meantime, there's my other podcast: Expedition Sasquatch.
I write #ExpeditionSasquatch with my buddy @Username_Here_ASAP who provides most of the voices.
You can find the show at https://expeditionSasquatch.org or you can get the game (also for the gameboycolor) from https://ajroach42.itch.io/expedition-sasquatch-gb or https://www.mountaintowntoys.com/product/expedition-sasquatch-the-game-gbc-cartridge/
I think Expedition Sasquatch is very funny. It's about a bigfoot hunter and the things he finds instead.
Other people also seem to think it's funny, we have regular listeners on at least 3 continents.
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In the meantime, there's my other podcast: Expedition Sasquatch.
I write #ExpeditionSasquatch with my buddy @Username_Here_ASAP who provides most of the voices.
You can find the show at https://expeditionSasquatch.org or you can get the game (also for the gameboycolor) from https://ajroach42.itch.io/expedition-sasquatch-gb or https://www.mountaintowntoys.com/product/expedition-sasquatch-the-game-gbc-cartridge/
I think Expedition Sasquatch is very funny. It's about a bigfoot hunter and the things he finds instead.
Other people also seem to think it's funny, we have regular listeners on at least 3 continents.
In addition to the Expedition Sasquatch podcast, of course, there's also the occasional Expedition Sasquatch TV show.
https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/p/gZRM5o243CznqRojZDGNj2?playlistPosition=1
Which uhhh... I mean, it's also very funny, honestly and more of those will come out eventually.
You get to see me in that. I yell at an intern. It's okay, they were actually the director.
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In addition to the Expedition Sasquatch podcast, of course, there's also the occasional Expedition Sasquatch TV show.
https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/p/gZRM5o243CznqRojZDGNj2?playlistPosition=1
Which uhhh... I mean, it's also very funny, honestly and more of those will come out eventually.
You get to see me in that. I yell at an intern. It's okay, they were actually the director.
But we don't just have a single television show!
My ass runs a whole television Network!
We broadcast live 24 hours a day right here: https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/hPrMTPpUuP8ZLoaqHTkLmd
It's called #NewEllijayTelevision because it's a new way to make television and I hope it will bring about a new version of my adopted hometown of Ellijay.
Don't let the name turn you off, though, it's got a bunch of stuff from all over the state and country and it is absolutely targeted at a national audience.
(To that end, we're working on some things! But I'll talk about those thing in Feb.)
You can find New Ellijay Television at http://newellijay.tv or @video
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But we don't just have a single television show!
My ass runs a whole television Network!
We broadcast live 24 hours a day right here: https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/hPrMTPpUuP8ZLoaqHTkLmd
It's called #NewEllijayTelevision because it's a new way to make television and I hope it will bring about a new version of my adopted hometown of Ellijay.
Don't let the name turn you off, though, it's got a bunch of stuff from all over the state and country and it is absolutely targeted at a national audience.
(To that end, we're working on some things! But I'll talk about those thing in Feb.)
You can find New Ellijay Television at http://newellijay.tv or @video
There are many programs on New Ellijay Television, like Shouting into the Void: https://newellijay.tv/shows/shouting-in-to-the-void/
Shouting into the Void follows a deep space telephone crew as they travel further and further away from home, laying interstellar communication line. (Please note that this series does contain ... rather a lot of explicit language.)
We're in the middle of rebooting Shouting into the void after 3 years of producing lots and lots of videos. We're much better at it now than we were when the pilot was released.
The show should just get better from here.
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There are many programs on New Ellijay Television, like Shouting into the Void: https://newellijay.tv/shows/shouting-in-to-the-void/
Shouting into the Void follows a deep space telephone crew as they travel further and further away from home, laying interstellar communication line. (Please note that this series does contain ... rather a lot of explicit language.)
We're in the middle of rebooting Shouting into the void after 3 years of producing lots and lots of videos. We're much better at it now than we were when the pilot was released.
The show should just get better from here.
You can find a good list of not nearly all of our original programming and archival work here: https://newellijay.tv/shows/
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You can find a good list of not nearly all of our original programming and archival work here: https://newellijay.tv/shows/
One program in particular that I want to highlight from our archival work is SPACE PATROL.
https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/p/fFA2rXWXUFgoLJyVnHzymY
Space Patrol was an American science fiction Space Adventure television program that aired from 1950 to 1955. For most of it’s run, it aired 6 days a week, producing a 15 minute episode every weekday in the tradition of the soap opera (or I suppose, the Space Opera), and a half hour episode every Saturday. It aired 52 weeks a year, producing more than a thousand episodes of television (in addition to several hundred episodes of the Radio Program!) All of these episodes were produced Live, with little rehearsal, and broadcast live out to the world.
You can see some the weekly shows bellow, or you can click through to this page for more info and a link to the daily shows https://newellijay.tv/shows/space-patrol/
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One program in particular that I want to highlight from our archival work is SPACE PATROL.
https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/p/fFA2rXWXUFgoLJyVnHzymY
Space Patrol was an American science fiction Space Adventure television program that aired from 1950 to 1955. For most of it’s run, it aired 6 days a week, producing a 15 minute episode every weekday in the tradition of the soap opera (or I suppose, the Space Opera), and a half hour episode every Saturday. It aired 52 weeks a year, producing more than a thousand episodes of television (in addition to several hundred episodes of the Radio Program!) All of these episodes were produced Live, with little rehearsal, and broadcast live out to the world.
You can see some the weekly shows bellow, or you can click through to this page for more info and a link to the daily shows https://newellijay.tv/shows/space-patrol/
I archive Space Patrol out of my own pocket. I pay for the original film elements and digitize them and put them up online for the world to see.
I *really* love this show. Digitizing old film is complicated and I don't do it super well, but they're kinescopes, so there isn't really a "super well" way to do it.
A kinescope was created by pointing a film camera at a TV. That's how we did re-runs before Bing Crosby brought the world video tape.
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I archive Space Patrol out of my own pocket. I pay for the original film elements and digitize them and put them up online for the world to see.
I *really* love this show. Digitizing old film is complicated and I don't do it super well, but they're kinescopes, so there isn't really a "super well" way to do it.
A kinescope was created by pointing a film camera at a TV. That's how we did re-runs before Bing Crosby brought the world video tape.
Other shows I'm really proud of include Working Class Music: https://vod.newellijay.tv/c/workingclassmusic/videos
Our live concert series: https://vod.newellijay.tv/c/music/videos
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Other shows I'm really proud of include Working Class Music: https://vod.newellijay.tv/c/workingclassmusic/videos
Our live concert series: https://vod.newellijay.tv/c/music/videos
There's also our politics and economics education curriculem including
General Strikes (How to Win a Rigged Election or Anything else the Working Class needs): https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/88wYmL8B1KcDjDjCJuxmcc
One Way Street: (Where Competition Really Leads & Why We Should Chart a New Course): https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/eL84zUYWFxzzgQBxoiHnDQ
The Last Half Acre: Capitalism at the End of its Rope - https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/83McEYqJpCqn1UmWXqGWq2
and really and truly so much more:
Coconut trees: https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/p/3syRcPb5Jo7uhwpFQT8dsA?playlistPosition=1
State of Denial: https://vod.newellijay.tv/search?search=state%20of%20denial%20&searchTarget=local
and a bunch of others https://vod.newellijay.tv/c/newellijaytv/videos?s=1
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There's also our politics and economics education curriculem including
General Strikes (How to Win a Rigged Election or Anything else the Working Class needs): https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/88wYmL8B1KcDjDjCJuxmcc
One Way Street: (Where Competition Really Leads & Why We Should Chart a New Course): https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/eL84zUYWFxzzgQBxoiHnDQ
The Last Half Acre: Capitalism at the End of its Rope - https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/83McEYqJpCqn1UmWXqGWq2
and really and truly so much more:
Coconut trees: https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/p/3syRcPb5Jo7uhwpFQT8dsA?playlistPosition=1
State of Denial: https://vod.newellijay.tv/search?search=state%20of%20denial%20&searchTarget=local
and a bunch of others https://vod.newellijay.tv/c/newellijaytv/videos?s=1
There's honestly a ton more original stuff up on #NewEllijayTelevision and that's without also getting into the programming we syndicate from other creators, much of which is *also* excellent.
But that's enough TV for now.
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There's honestly a ton more original stuff up on #NewEllijayTelevision and that's without also getting into the programming we syndicate from other creators, much of which is *also* excellent.
But that's enough TV for now.
In addition to our cable network, record label, podcasts, and video games...
I roast coffee!
We roast it for ourselves and for businesses around our community.
It's pretty good! Although the beans are getting hard to come by in the midst of ... everything.
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In addition to our cable network, record label, podcasts, and video games...
I roast coffee!
We roast it for ourselves and for businesses around our community.
It's pretty good! Although the beans are getting hard to come by in the midst of ... everything.
Alright, so we've covered the TV Network, the Record Label, The Podcasts, the Video Games, and the Roasting Coffee.
I guess that leaves the bookstore and the toys.
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Alright, so we've covered the TV Network, the Record Label, The Podcasts, the Video Games, and the Roasting Coffee.
I guess that leaves the bookstore and the toys.
I run a bookstore and cafe in the north GA mountains. We stock all manner of books from all around the planet.
https://www.hemlockbazaar.com/
We're a little short on stock right now, post holidays and during slow season, but there's some good stuff up on the website and we'll ship.
If you're ever in or around #ellijay come see us. It's a really neat spot and I'm proud of it.
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I run a bookstore and cafe in the north GA mountains. We stock all manner of books from all around the planet.
https://www.hemlockbazaar.com/
We're a little short on stock right now, post holidays and during slow season, but there's some good stuff up on the website and we'll ship.
If you're ever in or around #ellijay come see us. It's a really neat spot and I'm proud of it.
And then there are the toys!
https://www.mountaintowntoys.com/brand/mountain-town-toys/
I make toys! I work with lots of people (like @djsundog and @selfsame and other folks) to design toys and I manufacture them using injection molding in the north GA mountains.