For all our new listeners, here's a refresher course:

Just click HERE and you'll be brought to our profile on iTunes. (If nothing happens, open iTunes and then click the link again.)

Then click subscribe. It's free, of course.

Bam - you're subscribed. Enjoy.

It's a proud, proud day.

iTunes has at long last accepted The Swinging Wake into the iTunes store.

That means we're now searchable. We're legit.

You can view our iTunes profile and subscribe to us right HERE.

I have a special, important request of everyone that likes this show and wants to see it continue...

If you are one of the people that has subscribed to this show via iTunes using one of the clever little links I cooked up in earlier posts, please delete it and re-subscribe from our iTunes profile.

Why on Earth should you do this? Because unless you are subscribed from our official iTunes page, it doesn't feed our stats. And iTunes has an intimidating auto-unsubscribe feature that could drop us if we don't keep our numbers up.

So if you are already using the iTunes and has love for Zoe, please do the following:

1. Open your iTunes>Podcast section.
2. Delete The Swinging Wake from your subscriptions. Delete. Do not just unsubscribe.
3. Go to this link: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=276813139 and click 'subscribe.' (You have to have iTunes loaded already.)
4. If you want to be especially awesome, leave us a glowing review while you're there. With lots of stars. I'll be your best friend.

Then again, if you're one of the people who listen directly from this page, continue to do so.

"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
Add to Bloglines by clicking here
Add to Netvibes by clicking here
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]