Episode II begins with me bitching about the Oscars; it's all downhill from there.

You'll hear industrial, vampiric goth, rare recordings of the late, great Paul Frees, and my own miscellaneous musings on whatever comes to mind, along with a futile attempt to make more people into fans of anachronistic cowboy music.

I found out at the last second that the program I've been using has a time limit of exactly 1 hour and 6 minutes per episode, so unfortunately my roommate's Word Of The Day segment was cut off, and will have to be postponed until the next episode.

I'm beginning a new segment on the show called Ask Dr. Vertigo - he's kind of like Dear Abbey or any other advice columnist, only his advice isn't always sound.

So if you have a problem, dilemma, difficult decision, or need advice for any reason, write to me: zoenecrosis@yahoo.com, and I'll forward your questions along to Dr. Vertigo, who will be more than glad to... help.

Incidentally, I forgot to announce the last song I played on the show. I had to throw on something shorter than a minute. In case you're wondering, it's by Elliot Goldenthal, and it is called "Lestat's Tarantelle."

Enough introduction. Step all the way in please, and make room for everyone...

A few days ago I was a special guest DJ on Power Forge Radio.

Here you see me between NeilHateFuture (left) and Dominus Maximus (right)

I had a rollicking, bully-good time. And if you cruise over to their site and listen to episode 5, you will probably also have a good time (at least with the intermissions if you don't go in for aggro-music). I do alright on my own, but I'm ten times better when I have other people to riff off of - so you'll get to hear me in prime form on this show.

A brief disclaimer, though: white russians and hefe weizen were imbibed. And we (okay, I) got more than a little belligerent.

"So, Zoe, what am I supposed to do with this thing? How does it work?"

Actually, there are numerous ways to enjoy The Swinging Wake. You could listen directly from SwingingWakeRadio.com by simply clicking on the POD icon seen next to the title of the latest episode (see the header of the first entry, below). Even if this isn't your preferred option, this website will be in continuous development and feature whimsical mirth not found in the feed by itself, so it's worth it to check back often.

If you would like to listen with iTunes you can do so by opening it and then clicking right here. You will then be subscribed.

That's not the only option, however.

You can add it to your Zune (if Zune Marketplace 2.0 is installed) by clicking here
Add to Google Reader by clicking here
Add to Rojo by clicking here
Add to Newsgator by clicking here
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Or add it to anything that takes an rss feed by using the url swingingwakeradio.com/rss

What's the best way to enjoy this? That's a matter of personal preference, but I, being fussy, have an opinion. If you have decent speakers hooked up to your computer and spend time on the interweb, feel free to listen through this page. Otherwise? I would suggest treating said podcast in a literal sense and listening to it with your iPod. Synch it up from your iTunes and listen to it at night before you go to sleep (now everyone can take Zoe to bed with them!) I'm trying very hard to make the entire hour of each episode entertaining from front to back.

In other news: this morning I cooked up a very simple sort of flyer to use to pester my friends on the Myspace.

I'm sure most of you could do better. And if you feel so inclined, please do! I'm going to need banners and icons and things like that in the days to come. What you see above is the best I can do with the programs and ability at my disposal.

If you're not photoshop inclined, please feel free to pimp me out! The more I get the word out the more fun it will be.

Speaking of fun - many of my friends were once a part of my old radio show. You're invited to be a part of it once again; once I get a few more episodes under my belt and know what I'm doing a bit better.

Magical Neil and Dom had me over to guest DJ on their program, Power Forge Radio a couple days ago. However, due to the size of the show they won't be able to publish the episode until the 27th at the earliest. The show turned out fantastically, though, and as soon as it's online I'll let you all know.

Till then...

The Swinging Wake is not searchable in the iTunes Store at this time. I do not know if this will ever be remedied.

However, there is an absurdly easy and simple way to subscribe to The Swinging Wake with your iTunes. How, you ask?

Simply click here

Of course, you probably need to have iTunes already open (not to mention loaded) for it to work. You will not leave this webpage.

Now, I'm still experimenting here. But I'm pretty confidant that if you click this link you'll be set up such that new episodes of The Swinging Wake will automatically download into your iTunes. If you're new to the concept of subscribing to a podcast, don't worry, it won't eat up your hard drive space. Your default settings in iTunes are probably set to only keep the newest show and erase the previous. If you're not sure, just click on the 'Settings' tab on your iTunes Podcast menu.

If for some odd reason the above link doesn't do the trick, try these simple steps:

1. Open iTunes
2. Go to "Advanced"
3. Click on "Subscribe to Podcast"
4. Enter "http://www.swingingwakeradio.com/rss" into the text box that appears.
5. Click "OK"
6. Send nudes to Zoe Necrosis

[Edit: not only do I now have my very own url - swingingwakeradio.com - but I've also aquired a new, higher-quality microphone. My next show will sound a thousand times better. 2/22/08 13:23]

And so it begins.

To quote the phrase of our age, "this site is under construction."

You're here at the beginning. It will all be much prettier in time. The show, nonetheless, is something I've been waiting to put out into the ether for a long time, and I hope you'll enjoy it, and come back for more.

There's enough introduction in the show itself to explain what I'm doing here. I'll leave you to it.

Please remain seated until the program comes to a complete stop.

On with the show.