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You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll take your Baby Robots out of their hermetically sealed, lead-lined vaults and give them a hug. This week on Monkey Vortex Radio Theater: “I, Baby Robot,” written by, er, um, me. And starring the likes of Jeff Green, Heather Gottschalk, Christian Crumlish, EB, Hans van Boetzelaerlaan, and M. Smith. Now … Read more

After nine months in the cooler, those nefarious Monkey Vortex Radio Theater-types are back with The Phone Call, Part I arguably their most sinister free-audio-download yet. Now available for your easy downloading good-times right here.

So let’s see: Iran has a new democractically elected leader that, well, he’s not nice. Iraq is in the process of putting together a new government that’s likely to end up far more pro-Iran and pro-fundamentalism than the Bathists, and now Gaza and the West Bank have elected Hamas as their majority party. I can … Read more

The thing about Fox is, they’re not subtle. And neither is this micro-rant.

Don’t look now — Monkey Vortex Radio Theater is back with an all-new featurette. This time out, it’s Quiet and Comfortable, a short short story, with words and music by, well, me. And starring Robert Birnbach. Enjoy! -CV.

I recently got to add some keys to a lovely country trance number by Yaniv Soha (formerly of “Yaniv Soha and the Bear”). The resulting tune — The Hillside — is now live and available for free and easy downloading in the popular MP3 format over on Yaniv Soha.com.

All this prurient Pynchon appears to have nudged me into a reactionary dander. Read the results (“The Mainstreaming of Vice“) over on the mighty, the mighty, the mighty Edgewise. Unless you’re intimidated by my clear-thinking, straight-shooting, uninhibited sense of moral superiority. In which case, you know. It’s cool.

After a longish, hard-drive induced hiatus, Monkey Vortex Radio Theater is back with our first new piece in about a month. This week: it’s a Koeneke/Soha transcontinental guitar/poem spectacular. I love it. My four-year-old loves it. And if you’re still the way I remember you being, and I’m pretty sure you are, you’ll love it … Read more

We’re getting back into the weekly swing of things over on Monkey Vortex Radio Theater. This Monkey Vortex Monday, it’s Letters, an insta-parody produced by our rapid reponse team, and featuring Eileen Dahl, Bleu Smith, K. Smith, and yers truly.

After nearly a month on hiatus, Monkey Vortex Radio Theater is back with