I really like Tom Waits

OK, so sometimes he does too much with dissonance, and sometimes he plays up the whiskey soaked vocal chords too much, but with lines like "I'm at the corner of 5th and vermouth" or "I don't do this for a living - I'm actually a labor organizer in a maternity ward" I can't help but laugh.

So thanks to my brother for providing me with some old recordings of his radio concerts.

Sorry there's no way to tie this into gaming.

More Sons of the Ether Madness

Those of you who have Pyramid subscriptions, point your browser at James Cambias latest article (http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/login/article.html?id=6162) the Sorcerer's Toolbox.

He keeps producing quality techno toys like this and I'll be forced to run that Sons of the Ether Mage campaign. It so neatly bridges the gap between magic and Ghostbusters, that realm of whacked out techno magic that so typifies the Sons of the Ether that I feel compelled (almost as if I'm targeted by an orb ital mind control laser) to do something with it.

Given how close we are to Christmas the concept of Scrooge as a Son of the Ether popped into my head: "Those look like heavy chains, Marley. Fortunately I have an ectoplasimic welding torch that can cut them off of you. I'll need them if I'm to bind up those damnable festive spirits... Hopefully the ghost of Christmas Present will have sufficient force to power my Plasm-Driven Steel Cornucopia!"