And no, I didn't get an iPhone today. Those things are overpriced.

Providence Kickball plays weekly games in a dusty little dirt field, frequently muddy with rain, beer, and the blood of dozens of scraped knees. In case there was ever any doubt, it's about the most fun you can legally have. I'm pushing 40 years old soon and I'm playing kickball with about 120 other very immature (but mostly sane) adults. What else can I really say but "37 is the new 7." :o)

Anyway, my team is called "The Holy Rollers" (here's our MySpace page, for what it's worth), and the PKL website was made by none other than fellow Roller and friend Carl. Love the 1880s design. Check the complete schedule (if you're a local, that is) for Holy Rollers games and come on out & get drunk with me. My next game is Saturday, July 7th.

By the way... these classic old Sci-Fi Guys episodes, all 11 of 'em, are on a dandy (and cheap) DVD (scroll down a bit) for your televised viewing pleasure. Order soon... I really don't have very many of these collectors items left. My ex-wife threw most of them out...

Scroll down to all the thumbnails; there isn't a single bit of art there I don't love on some level. He incorporates not only zen-like composition, but I admire the way he patiently awaits the perfect line to occur to him before drawing it. The result is a very clean style, and his character comes through so well in the characters he creates.

He's also a very talented programmer at Left Brain Games, and has been entertaining all his friends for years and years with an exclusive invite-only email-slash-blog called The Chum. Here's to you, Ferris!

Admittedly, the Grand Prize winner's design was a lot cooler. Actually, a lot of the honorable mentions were a lot cooler, too. I particularly liked the Killbot and Geeko!

One thing the site doesn't keep track of (yet?) is how many Monthly Awards are accumulated (for the top five films in any given month). For what it's worth, I won one in April for Retarded Animal Babies 18, and another one in May for Virus Alert, bringing my total amount of Monthlies to about a dozen. So thanks for that too!

Sorry there was no new information or fun content in today's update except this long-winded "yay me" bullcrap linking to a bunch of flicks you've already seen. For what it's worth, I updated my Sold Synths page to include nine more synths that I owned once upon a time... but most of you won't really give a hoot. :o)

While I'm on the subject of vocal talent, the three main Sci-Fi Guys are all voiced by guys I still work with. Dudley the robot is actually Andy Keplinger, owner/prez of Left Brain Games. Greg Izzo plays Lenny the alien; he's a very talented programmer at LBG, and has a few of his own games showcased on his site, Random Neural Discharge. And then there's Bungi, voiced by my good friend Peter Bradley, 3D designer and filmmaker. His site is Trilobite Pictures. I feel compelled to mention that Pete is actually voicing Bungi's high-pitched voice that way completely naturally, with no artificial pitch changing the way I do the voices in Retarded Animal Babies!

It features my Access Virus kb synth. Hygrogyrum is just the snooty Latin word for mercury; a good song title for a slippery metallic puddle of notes and scales. It's the very last track on my first Parallax CD, "umop apisdn."

I've also created new pages (with embedded YouTube demo videos) for my Korg Microkorg and Metasonix S-1000 Wretch Machine! If you're into synths, you won't be disappointed. I've also got pages coming soon for two new keyboards I'm still waiting for the UPS guy to deliver: the Moog Little Phatty Tribute Edition, and an all-white custom Roland JX-3P made by CustomSynth in the UK! I traded my Pro One for it; that's how badly I wanted this thing. It's got a fabulous custom made wooden body, and the PG-200 Controller is built right into the unit. Amazing craftsmanship. I'm in synth hog heaven this month.