File this one under 'Humorous Anecdote'

When I started sending out press releases for my novel Johnny Gruesome, one of them was inexplicably posted by a news feed service for John McCain supporters. Apparently, the person in charge of the site picked up on the words "Johnny" and "McCain" (as in artist Zach McCain) and determined a heavy metal zombie character was his candidate!

Then, of course, Johnny Gruesome announced his own presidential ambitions. Johnny is neither a Democrat nor a Republican (although his long hair, taste in music, and illegal habits make him an unlikely Establishment Figure); he's the face of the new Zombie Reform Party.

Now comes this message from Robert Tomaro, the composer of the SLIME CITY score, just released on CD to glowing reviews:

"Guess what? A song I wrote has been adopted by the Obama campaign as an official campaign song and will be played when the senator is shaking hands before and after his speeches all through the campaign.

It was performed last night at Obama's appearance in Beloit and was a huge hit with the college kids. And I got to shake the Senator's hand. He's cool.

The song is called, "It's our time now."

Even staying away from Shocklines, I'm unable to stop mixing politics and horror! The question is, how can I parlay this to suit my own nefarious aims? We'll post this song just as soon as we track it down!

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