Dan Deacon hacks your phone, Charles Rammelkamp’s ‘Fusen Bakudan,’ Michael Taft deciphers the blues, and Matthew Byars almost joins The Orioles

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September 7 & 8, 2012, on The Signal:  

Caution, hipsters:  Dan Deacon will hypnotize your phones!  Baltimore’s renowned electronic musician has created a smart-phone app that literally puts a concert light-show in the hands of his audience.  We’ll talk with Deacon about the app’s potential to foster a different kind of ‘social network’

Charles Rammelkamp discusses his book, Fusen Bakudan, a meditation on war’s collateral damage and the hope and forgiveness that survive in its wake.

Plus, deciphering the blues:  Michael Taft shares what he’s learned from analyzing the lyrics of hundreds of American blues songs.

And in the ‘close-but-no-cigar’ department:  The story of how Matthew Byars almost became the Oriole’s new PA announcer.