So, we now have a phone number specifically for the Perpendicular Crosstalk podcast! We need you peoples to call and leave us messages which we might (quite likely will) feature in the podcast. Pranks, gags, stories, topic requests, questions, music suggestions, etc. Oooo… call up and sing us a song over the phone! Really, we’re just pathetic and need you to call. Show us love.

Anything goes really. So long as it’s funny/interesting. Or just weird. Aloof. Pontiferous. Ecclesiastically cantankerous. What have you. We don’t even know for sure what episode one is going to be about yet, so you could be leading us down a lovely path of destruction. We put our full faith in you.

The number is (651) 252-4642. But, in order to help you remember it (because we expect you to call it daily) we have some cool… remembering tips. (651) ALBINI2. Easy to remember, right??

There’s still those pesky area code numbers though. Fine.  Just remember OK1-ALBINI2. Like “Sure, 1 Albini is okay. But Albini to the 2nd power?! Awesome!!”

Or alternatively “Steve Albini is taking on the Oklahoma Sooners all by himself and the score is OK1-ALBINI2!” But if this show is anything, it is NOT a sports show. So, don’t call with your Fantasy Football picks and stuff like that. We’ll ban your ass. Andrea Kremer is not THAT Andrea Kremer. She is a far cooler, hipper Andrea Kremer. And me, Jimmy Ether, well… it’s well known the only sport I enjoy — aside from horse shoes — is cycling. And even so, I hate watching others do it. In fact, if everyone else could stay off the road while I wobble around on my bike, that’d be great. Thanks. I knew you would understand.

Seriously folks. Call us!

— Jimmy

We still don’t have episode 1 of our podcast, but we have a website. Maybe we are going about this half-assed? Or putting the cart before the horse? Or we need to put our whole ass in front of the cart? (Bonus points if you get that reference)

Anyway, @chidorio designed it, and it’s just awesome.

So, like most things odd and beautiful, out of some Twitter banter grew a silly little idea. A podcast and blog (this blog) dedicated to stuff and things called “Coaxial Flutter in your Perpendicular Crosstalk”. Or “Perpendicular Crosstalk” for short. Or @perpXtalk for micro-short.

It is to be loosely based around our friends who, in one form or another, are themselves at least loosely involved in the music business. We may bitch, moan and pontificate on the clusterfuck that is the music industry. We may talk about the involved process of cheese making. We may just make fun of one another and speak in our own made up language akin to Jodie Foster in Nell.

Only one thing is for sure. There will be music. And it will be awesome. Okay, two things are for sure. Oh wait, also that Andrea Kremer (of Boston live music promotion fame… not that blond sportscaster chick of the same name) and myself, Jimmy Ether, will play hosts to the festivities. That’s either three or four things that are for sure depending on your counting skill.

Likely our schedule will be erratic. We aren’t even sure when the first episode will be ready. But you’ll be the first to know. Really. We know where you live. You’ll first hear pebbles being thrown against your bedroom window at 3AM. Then a brick with a note wrapped around it will come rocketing through the glass. On that note will be a URL. You enter that URL into a web browser, and then, after a long security process requiring entering of all your personal banking information, social security number, mother’s maiden name and Facebook password, you will be able to enter the 32 digit captcha to download the podcast (those bots are vicious).

Nah, I’m just kidding. We don’t need your Facebook password. We got that already from the Farmville and Mafia Wars servers. If you want to verify that we have the right Facebook password though, you can simply become a fan of our Facebook Page.

Additionally, all the party people follow @andreakremer and @jimmyether on Twitter. Just sayin’.