First off, my new custom-made theme for the Comic Book Pitt podcast is live! Tune into CPB #51 to hear it, and then stick around to listen to DanG and the Duke dig into some deep conversation about what they've been reading.

Secondly, I've got a new Nik Furious fan page, so if you're on Facebook, stop over and hit the Like button! In fact, you can just hit the Like button right here:

Also, if you dig the sound of my new theme for the Comic Book Pitt, you can hear the full song over on my new Facebook page. Just look for the song "Steel" on the left sidebar to listen to the whole thing.

And, as always, you can buy my 100% original album, Brilliant Shower, on iTunes, Amazon, Napster, and most other music download services.

But if you're too cheap to pay $9.99 or less to own Brilliant Shower, you're not out of luck -- you can still download some of my music for free. I'm releasing my mixtapes piece-by-piece here on my blog. I'm currently posting songs from Superior Tech.

Finally, I've decided on the name of my next album: 7 Star Sky Flash Kick. It'll feature the aforementioned Steel, as well as the theme to A Podcast with Ross and Nick and a bunch of other diverse instrumental songs.

Anyone out there know where the 7 Star Sky Flash Kick name comes from?

Personally, my favorite part of the song is what I call -- for lack of a better phrase -- the "trips," or rather the moments when the beat does little skips at the end of a phrase.

If you dig this, then check out my 100% original album, Brilliant Shower, on iTunes, Amazon, Napster, eMusic and most other popular pay-for-download sites.

I also dig the subject. I've been wanting to work with a personified cactus character for some time now, and I guess this is the culmination of my previous efforts.

I've made some earlier attempts here and there, but nothing quite so solid. Anyway, I'm thinking that this guy will be the subject of my 24 Hour Comics Day effort this year.

I'll be at:

- FanExpo Canada in Toronto, this weekend, August 27-29 at Artists Alley table A80 (CORNER TABLE!). I'll have the brand spanking new Project Basement ashcans, as well as copies of the first ever digital Super Haters Special Edition (which should be a pretty cool little package for only $3!), as well as copies of the Time Log one-shot, Zombie Palin ashcans, and ashcans of the first two Super Haters collections. And Justique will be there too!

- Pittsburgh's Small Press Festival on the city's North Side at AIR on September 25-26. I helped organize the comics end of this show, so I'm proud to set up and sell my stuff surrounded by comics friends and (hopefully soon-to-be-made) zine and small press lit friends.

- PIX: The Pittsburgh Indie Comics Expo in the Strip on October 16-17, a show that's a joint effort between the awesome Copacetic Comics Company and the Toonseum.

- I will soon lock down my plans for Mid-Ohio-Con in early November. While my attendance could change, chances are I'll be at the show.

- Not comics (but still an event), I'll be at Pittsburgh Podcamp on September 18-19, sharing about social media and hopefully learning a few new tricks for the AudioShocker.

- In the far-flung future, I'll be at SPACE in 2011. Don't let weddings, funerals, births, or serious accidents stop you from being there -- MARK YOUR MUTHER!@#$ING CALENDARS RIGHT NOW.

In terms of musical memory recall, I'll always remember when I made it because the drums on this track were heavily inspired by Big Boi's "I Like the Way (You Move)."

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I'd had the drum loop in my files for a while and never used it. But I suddenly felt the muse one Saturday, I wrote a bassline, and the rest just fell into place.

If you dig this, then check out my 100% original album, Brilliant Shower, on iTunes, Amazon, Napster, eMusic and most other popular pay-for-download sites.