Say It Ain't So Joe...

Joe Murphy was a podcaster on the Dragon Page family of podcasts. One of the first podcasts I ever discovered was Wingin' It. Joe Murphy was an irreverant personality who liked to use the term "Brilliant" whenever something impressed him. He passed away April 1, 2007 of a rare cancer. I never knew him but listened to his voice every week for a long time. I was surprised to find out about his death as I had not been listening to the podcast for a long time.

Just one word about Joe: "Brilliant"

From a Wikipedia entry on Joe Murphy:

Joe Murphy (July 10, 1972 - April 1, 2007) was an American book reviewer, XM Radio Personality, and podcaster. His other profession was that of a speech pathologist and audiologist, having received his MA from Western Illinois University.

He started out on the Dragon Page Cover to Cover podcast as a book reviewer. His comments were so concise and pithy that he quickly became a fan favorite. From there he joined with Summer Brooks as co-host of the Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas podcast and became one of the main contributors to the popular Slice of SciFi podcast and XM Satellite Radio show. He was also a frequent guest on the Wingin' It podcast and established himself as an integral part of the Farpoint Media family.

In 2006 the Kick-Ass Mystic Ninja podcast - its hosts being Joe, Summer Brooks and David Moldawer - was nominated for a Parsec Award for Excellence in Podcasting in the category of Best Fan Podcast. The award ultimately went to The Scapecast.

His contributions to the Wingin' It podcast inspired the Beatnik Turtle Song, Mason Rocket: Spy Extraordinaire, which was their Song of the Day on April 2, 2007.

Joe was diagnosed at the end of 2006 with Leiomyosarcoma, a very rare form of cancer that attacks the smooth muscles of the body and the inner lining of blood vessels, and passed away on April 1, 2007.

Go to Joe's Memorial Page for More info...

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PodioBooks.com Serves 1 Million Downloads

A free site that serves up podcasted novels hit a milestone the other day, it passed the 1 million download mark! Its good to see the worlds of audiobooks and podcasting starting to make some traction out there.

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Erosion on Podiobooks.com

Check out my new podiobook for Erosion.

See below for press release:

Release Source: Lon S. Cohen

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Lon S. Cohen's newest novel titled Erosion released.

Available on podiobooks.com.

And Print from Lulu.com.

Long Island, NY June, 2006.

"Canyon Park is bowed down under a relentless torrent of rain. The fields are flooded, the bridges crumble and the increasingly isolated town is host to a serial killer with a grudge against the wealthy Lollo family. Slipping between a small cast of characters; the killer, the tortured policeman hiding a dark secret, the returning son, the inquisitive librarian, the boy caught between cultures.... each of these marred, struggling humans a part of the threadbare fabric of the town. Throughout the story, secrets and motivations are slowly
revealed, people continue to die, and it continues to rain." – Emily from POD People

The story is about a Native American, driven to madness by his experience growing up in the small upstate New York town of Canyon Park being discriminated, molested and ostracized. In his mind, various characters of his tribe's mythology and American popular culture vie for his soul. He terrorizes the residents of Canyon Park, murdering those he judges guilty, to punish them for their crimes against him and his ancestors. Since the killing spree began, there has been a deluge of constant rain adding to the dismal mood and hampering efforts to stop him. Under these conditions, various characters gather from places as close as the local library, to as far away as New York City, to absolve their sins and stop their beloved town from being eroded away.

All the characters are eventually stripped bare in this trying time and face their naked souls, their dark inner parts that they are afraid to see and their true selves. America's national guilt over the destruction of the Native American culture is weaved through the
motivation of the characters as they struggle with the consequences of acts they committed in the past or the acts of their kin.

The Indian Boarding Schools and the Mythology of Iroquois Creation Myth were thoroughly researched and are based on fact though the setting and characters are all fictional.

ABOUT AUTHOR

Lon S. Cohen is a writer living and working on Long Island.

Cover image: Original mixed media pieces called Wire Face. Pastel
drawing on corrugated cardboard with metal wire. By Lon S. Cohen

This book is available for representation.

Product Details:
Printed: 181 pages, 6.00" x 9.00", perfect binding, 60# cream interior
paper, black and white interior ink , 100# exterior paper, full-color
exterior ink
ISBN: 978-1-4116-8492-8
License: Standard Copyright License
Copyright: 2006 by Lon S. Cohen
Language: English
Link to Publication*
Link to Podiobook.

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