Thanks to Zeus Legion, once again, he has provided some savage voice work.

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**Note to Non-US residents; I'm working diligently to provide digital distribution of the Soundtrack beyond these silly borders, stay tuned**

It’s with a great deal of joy and enthusiasm that I’m releasing the first volume of the Crescent Soundtrack today. As many of you know, the soundtrack/score for Crescent was composed by me during the production of the Crescent podcast. Many of the songs were written and recorded in complete parallel to the production of the specific episodes where the tunes were featured. It was a pretty fantastic experiment, if not a little much to chew at times. I figured I was getting so little sleep as it was (thanks to Crescent’s demanding production), why not deprive myself entirely and make Crescent a dual experience?

The Crescent Soundtrack represents a departure from the smoky, dark, and slightly Americana vibe that has been the hallmark of my song writing in recent years. (you can get a taste those tunes with an upcoming Spring and Summer releases, for more info go to visit PhilRossi.net).

The Crescent Soundtrack will be released in multiple volumes. Volume one is live today and can be purchased from the following spots:

http://www.myspace.com/crescentstation

http://thephilrossiexperience.com/wp/?page_id=3

Crescent Soundtrack on Podshow

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Alright gang. Here's the Q and A from last November and another "go buy Sigler's book" so he doesn't fire bomb my house.

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Infected is just a couple days away.

Let's rally it up for Sigler, even though he is a little bitch that smells like flowers. Show Scott a little love. I'm not responsible if he tries for a reach around.

Infected's release is fast approaching, kiddies. April 1st. That's Tuesday. I've preordered my copy. Have you?

I lifted the following from Podiobooks.com.

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Crown Publishing is letting Scott Sigler give away the PDF of INFECTED from March 27 through March 31, leading up to the hardcover in-store release on April 1. So download it! Feel free to email the link to anyone you know.

Get INFECTED yourself! Grab your copy of the PDF NOW!

Please do not email the PDF, email the LINK. This is so Scott can prove to Crown the value in giving away content, and if your friends click on the link, that counts on their server stats - emailing the PDF doesn't count on the stats.

Infected is the first major print release from Internet phenom Scott Sigler, whose podcast-only audiobooks have drawn an immense cult following, with more than three million individual episodes downloaded. Now Sigler storms the bookstore shelves with this cinematic, relentlessly paced novel that mixes and matches genres, combining horror, technothriller, and suspense in a heady mix that is equal parts Chuck Palahniuk, Michael Crichton, and Stephen King.

Infected will crawl beneath your skin and leave fresh blood on every page.

I have much love for genuine people.

Christiana Ellis is one of those fantastic people who was (and still is, I hope) a big supporter of Crescent. Prior the Crescent's release, she assembled an all-star cast and made a parody of the Vignettes series that was wholly entertaining. I imagine a lot of you new (er) to the dance might not have had the chance to hear this, as in the end I never got around to finding it a good home--and shame on me.

Croissant Station

Thanks again, Christiana.

If you people haven't checked out Space Casey, what the hell are you waiting for?

Presenting the all new PhilRossi.net

Fans, friends, family, and all the rest--here's to a great 2008. Thank you for making 2007 such a monumental year.

-Phil

Many thanks to Podfinder UK for talking up Crescent! If you haven't checked out this great VidCast that really does showcase some of the hottest podcasts out there, you should.

For anyone who won't be listening in TalkShoe (for the Q and A) or Second Life for the Q and A and concert. Follow the link below.

http://slmusic.info:8920

I'll be putting together something a little more fancy for distribution, but this should be more than enough for planning purposes.


Date:
Saturday November 10th, 2007
Time:
9:00 pm EST, 6:00 pm PST

Where:
TalkShoe. Detailed instructions on using TalkShoe can be found at Techno Fodder
Call-in: (724) 444-7444 Talkcast ID: 27091

Second Life location (SLURL):
Podcast Island's Main Stage (157, 160, 22)

How:
If you want to be able to ask questions via phone, skype call, etc... you need to download the TalkShoe Software from the site. People listening from Second Life will be able to ask questions via text-chat only.

Download TalkShoe software | Download Second Life client

The End. Thanks to *everybody* who provided love, support, and feedback all the way. Crescent happened because of you.

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Come inside. The party is almost over.

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Two parts left!

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Crescent's End Celebration
TalkShoe and Second Life--Main stage at Podcast Island
Saturday November 10th, 2007 6:00pm PST; 9:00 EST

Featuring Suzen Juel

Thanks to Zeus Legion and Analog Missionary

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November 10th, 2007
9pm EST 6pm PST
Second Life and Talk Shoe
Featuring a Q and A hosted by Big O of the Technofodder podcast.
Live music from the soundtrack
Performance by Suzen Juel.

More details to come.

A little change is good. Gerald takes a moment to celebrate being alive. Crescent's latest guest arrives.

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What's hot?

Apparently, Crescent. Final three episodes start this week! Crescent Second Life/Talk Shoe event on Saturday Nov. 10th. Live QA, Live Music, Live Reading!

Thanks people--from the bottom of my slightly twisted heart.

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Intro: Dani Cutler, Zeus Legion
Fischer's Stuff (missing link, will update)
Firefly Talk


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Variant Frequencies

Gerald is, once again, alone in jail. Kendall goes for a stroll. The ball gets rolling. Gerald has a change of scenery and finds an old friend.

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Doc Cortez is feeling better. Ina and Mahila have a meeting.

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Nigel experiences the aftermath. Maerl makes a new friend. Gerald gets some neighbors.

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My eyes. They burn.

Here are the long awaited Crescent Forums. A place for news, discussion, etc...

Crescent is featured on the iTunes Podcast front page!



Marisa visits Gerald. Ina and Marisa have a chat. There's a party at Heathens.

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Albin finds Jacob. Nigel fills Marisa in. Gerald has a dream and a visitor.

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Guest host:
Steve of the Wicked Good Podcast. Thank you, Steve.

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Albin and Jacob run a few errands. Gerald and Marisa learn a thing or two. The shadows smile.

*sorry for the file error! I botched my own naming convention!*

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The serialization of novels, like the ones Charles Dickens used to do, have gone the way of general interest magazines and polio. When one trend dies, another is usually right on its heels. However, in this case it took a few decades.

With the popularity of television came the decline of periodicals and their seemingly endless number of blank pages that needed filling. Then the Internet popped up and provided writers, both rookie and veteran alike, with all the blank pages they could dream of.

Phil Rossi has not gotten his book “Crescent” published, but thousands of people have already listened to it.

Read the full article by following this link.

Thanks to Matt Van Tassel for writing a great article.

Gerald and the Mayor's boys have a sit down. Ina makes a diagnosis. Gerald and Bean go for a ride.

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Ina delivers some news. Donovan doesn't feel so hot. Fever dreams--they can be both vivid and unsettling.

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Part 14, Act II.

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Crescent contest closes on Friday!

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Nigel Swaren gets curious. He and Mayor Kendall have a heart-to-heart. Ina goes for a stroll in the shadows. Marisa Griffin does not like being backed into a corner. A special visitor arrives on the station.

Gang--from this point forward, episode entries will no longer contain chapter lead-ins. This is to prevent spoilers. I'll throw a synopsis out there each week, but I'll be keeping those vague :)

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Outcast Multimedia and Particle 9 Productions are starting the first podcast comic book. Check it out.

Bean was just ahead. Milky day light oozed around the hauler and made the ship’s lines and contours appear soft. The cold rain was beginning to come down with more insistency; the wind lashed out with brutal intent, each gust an icy whip crack.


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Gerald was a brave kid growing up. Without fail, it was always Gerald who was sent to check out the haunted house while his friends waited on the other side of some rusty fence or another, shaking in their hand-me-down boots.


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It was quiet in the auditorium. Their voices carried in the stillness. With no other bodies or obstacles to break the sounds of soft conversation, Gerald and Marisa's words drifted and reverberated with a gentleness that made them seem like they would hang in the auditorium forever.

"How long have we been sitting here, Marisa?"


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First ever Crescent contest announced in this episode. Listen for details.


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I was recently interviewed by On Tap magazine and on the podcast Dragon Page Cover to Cover. Check it out.

It wanted Marisa to look at it. To touch it. The goddamn thing thrummed every time she neared the place where she had concealed it. The hiding spot was foolish and it made her laugh. After all, only six year olds and cats hide shit underneath furniture. But that was the spot. Marisa didn't know why. It probably didn't even fucking matter.

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I had the honor of reading a Matt Wallace short story for Pseudopod. So you see, it's not like I totally took the week off. Go check it out. Thanks to Ben Phillips and Mur Lafferty (and you too, Steve Eley) for the invite!

The lack of episode this week has nothing to do with cavorting with Britney and Angelina.

Crescent is now featured on the iTunes Literature Store page (hopefully will be for a while) along with Sigler, Hutchins, Morris, Koontz, NPR, Pseudo and Escapepod....


Thanks everbody!!

The Crescent botanical garden was housed in an expansive atrium filled with vibrant, green foliage. Artificial sunlight leaked around thick, obscuring leaves of rubber tree plants that reached all the way to the glass ceiling. Hidden nozzles sprayed cool mist that clung to the greenery as trembling beads. Gerald seemed to get caught by the nozzles just as they would go active and, as a result, was getting fairly moist.

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No show intro and no promos due to the interweb not working at homebase.

Crescent nominated for the Podcast Peer Awards.

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Nigel Swaren wiped his hand across the mirror, leaving a wide streak in the condensation. He tilted his chin up and turned his head first to the left and then to the right. His stubble was shaved down low, but Nigel was cursed with a beard that grew like hellfire. In half-a-day, the shadow would be dark again.

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Seth Harwood. Check out Seth's Jack Palms series.

Thank you Zeus Legion for the disclaimer. You terrify me. Thanks Bill Segulin for pimping Crescent at Origins!

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Crescent will be at Origins this week, thanks to uber-fan, Bill Segulin. If you run into Bill, buy him a drink, for he is the shit. Bill printed a bunch of CDs and those fine looking inserts you see above. Bill--I totally appreciate your efforts in spreading Crescent.

Crescent has been hanging at #2 on Podiobooks Top 10, second only to Mur Lafferty, herself.

You people. You are something else. It's improtant to note that Crescent hasn't even been on Podiobooks for 30 Days.

"I just thought you'd want to know," Walter Vegan said and inhaled through his teeth, making a wet slurping sound. Donovan Cortez was trying his damndest not to breathe through his nose. Vegan smelled fouler than usual that afternoon. It was as if the ugly man had been crawling around in raw sewage.

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JC Hutchins. Snag Book 3 of the 7th Son Trilogy on July 7th!


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Hey gang,

Wanna help pimp the Crescent-goodness?

Go to Podcast Ready and sign up for a new account.

When you sign up for your sassy, sexy, new Podcast Ready account enter "crescent" as your promo code (sans quotation marks) and thats it. Should Crescent win this contest, it'll be distributed to 100,000 soon-to-be sleepless listeners.

I'll tell ya what. If you do that lil' favor for Crescent, I'll release Part 8 this week (okay, yeah yeah, I was going to do that anyway). Update: Also, if Crescent wins, one of you will win a free video iPod from Podcast ready.



Notice...it says, Gin Above. That's just awesome.

Second item:
New Crescent voicemail line. Don't be freaked out by the creepy fax guy, I haven't recorded the "greeting yet." Call in and hear your lovely-self on the upcoming listener feedback episode. I've got a ton of emails...but no voicemails. :( I'll am now accepting mp3 comments at crescentstation[AT]gmail.com

Voicemail: 206-339-5808

And lastly, don't forget to love on Crescent at Podiobooks.com. Hell, even if you're subscribed to the indie feed, you can still register, login, subscribe, and