I know this is only the fifth episode, so making qualitative comparisons and pronouncements at this point seems a bit strange, but I think this is the most enjoyable episode yet.

I know I like it best, and in the end, I'm doing this for my own amusement more than anything else.

This is the all-soundtrack edition of The Swinging Wake.

You'll hear Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, Yann Tiersen, Elliot Goldenthal, Howard Shore, and a myriad of mirthful surprises.

What's that, you say? Oh, that's just me doing my impression of Leonard Maltin.

Anyway. Kill the house lights and raise the curtain.

It's showtime.

This is my main squeeze, Violet DeMent.

She's the guest host this week on PowerForgeRadio.com- episode 9, to be precise. She infuses a much needed stompi-ness into the regular genre of what NeilHateFuture describes as "Righteous, Brutal" music.

If you've come here looking for Episode IV of The Swinging Wake, it can be found two entries south.

It's a proud, proud day.

iTunes has at long last accepted The Swinging Wake into the iTunes store.

That means we're now searchable. We're legit.

You can view our iTunes profile and subscribe to us right HERE.

I have a special, important request of everyone that likes this show and wants to see it continue...

If you are one of the people that has subscribed to this show via iTunes using one of the clever little links I cooked up in earlier posts, please delete it and re-subscribe from our iTunes profile.

Why on Earth should you do this? Because unless you are subscribed from our official iTunes page, it doesn't feed our stats. And iTunes has an intimidating auto-unsubscribe feature that could drop us if we don't keep our numbers up.

So if you are already using the iTunes and has love for Zoe, please do the following:

1. Open your iTunes>Podcast section.
2. Delete The Swinging Wake from your subscriptions. Delete. Do not just unsubscribe.
3. Go to this link: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=276813139 and click 'subscribe.' (You have to have iTunes loaded already.)
4. If you want to be especially awesome, leave us a glowing review while you're there. With lots of stars. I'll be your best friend.

Then again, if you're one of the people who listen directly from this page, continue to do so.

...I will lower it for you.

Episode IV includes tunes by Necessary Response, Iris, Wolfsheim, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Dorsey, Rotersand, Icon of Coil, and more.

And of course, we have Tinseltown Bullshit, Ask Dr Vertigo, and my usual ramblings and unqualified diatribes.