Weekend Playlist: Recent Geek Music
It’s been a little while since we’ve done a Weekend Playlist feature, which has moved to occasional status as we’ve drifted to various projects. [...]
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Weekend Playlist: New Geek Music
There’s been a bit of a flood of some new geek music on the internets lately, and a roundup is in [...]
SF/F Music in the Mainstream
Here’sa group of songs that are particularly well known from their films. You might hear them on the radio, and when you do, you’re pretty sure you know what [...]
Weekend Playlist: Music to Read To
Last week, I was laid up in bed with a nasty cold, unable to do much but prop myself up with a good book. If I’m going to be missing work, I might as well be somewhat [...]
Weekend Playlist: SF/F Songs About Love
We recently celebrated Valentine’s Day and while it’s a little behind the curve, it did get me thinking about what songs grab you by the [...]
Weekend Playlist: Steampunk!
…And we’re back! I had a couple of columns for Janauary that I’d been working on, and which were subsequently lost to computer problems. To kick off [...]
Weekend Playlist: Geek Christmas!
Happy holidays! There’s geek music from just about everyone out there, and I know that I’m completely sick of it already. (Some radio stations had begun November [...]
Weekend Playlist: Songs of The Mind (Inception/Dollhouse)
Welcome back to the Weekend Playlist! Last week, we looked at music inspired by William Gibson, and it seems only logical to jump to a couple of other modern cyberpunk-ish [...]
Weekend Playlist: Songs Inspired by William Gibson
Welcome back to the Weekend Playlist! This week, we’re going to take a look at something fairly specific: songs inspired by William Gibson’s various works. While [...]
Weekend Playlist: Songs About Mars
Welcome back to the Weekend Playlist! We hope that you had a good week off for Thanksgiving, and now that the holiday is over, we’re back to full swing. On Saturday, [...]
Weekend Playlist: Songs About Climate Change
Right now, I’m reading Rob Ziegler’s recently released novel Seed. You’ll have my review in a little while here on SF Signal, but the story has gotten me [...]
Weekend Playlist: War
We’re back after an unexpected break! In all of speculative fiction, there’s very little that captures the public’s imagination quite like stories of [...]
Weekend Playlist: ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic
The first real ‘geek’ musician that I really followed was “Weird” Al Yankovic. His fantastic Star Wars parodies opened me up to quite a bit of new [...]
Weekend Playlist: Songs about Moon
Not *the* moon, but Duncan Jone’s fantastic film, Moon. It’s remained one of my favorites, despite repeated viewings, and I fully believe that this will become a [...]
Weekend Playlist: Songs About Firefly
On to a new group of songs! The first block of music (five weeks, plus a break and reader feedback) saw songs about books, zombies, Star Wars, and more, and with this new [...]
Weekend Playlist: Reader Recommendations
The first part of the Weekend Playlist is over, and we’re already up to six weeks! Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve gotten a number of recommendations from [...]
Weekend Playlist: Songs About Zombies
This week, we get to a subject that’s been covered quite a bit, with a good variety of songs: zombies. One thing that I’m continually impressed with is the [...]
Weekend Playlist: Jonathan Coulton
Last week, Jonathan Coulton released his latest album, Artificial Heart, his first with a full backing band, produced by They Might Be Giants member John Flansburgh. The [...]
Weekend Playlist: Songs About ‘Star Wars’
Welcome to The Weekend Playlist, a regular look at science fiction references and popular music and a mix tape of music for you to tide you over until next week. This week, [...]
Weekend Playlist: Songs About Gaming
Welcome to a new feature here on SF Signal, The Weekend Playlist, a regular look at science fiction references and popular music and a mix tape of music for you to tide you [...]
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