joeI think of Joe quite often.

Joe Murphy, podcaster and XM Radio personality, passed away April 1, 2007  from the rare cancer leiomyosarcoma.

Jack Mangan asks that we make April 1st Joe Day and use pictures of Joe as our avatars and just generally take time to think about our old friend.  Feel free to copy this one I made or make up one of your own.

Beatnik Turtle’s song Mason Rocket was dedicated to Joe.  There was a sort-of contest on Wingin’ It to come up with a new nickname for Joe because he thought Joe Murphy just a little plain for podcasting.  Mason Rocket was one of his favorite choices and when he died our friend Mur Lafferty had this song commissioned.

One of Joe’s favorite songs was Jonathan Coulton‘s First of May, so we podcasters recorded our own cover in memory of Joe.  You can listen to that, too.

If you don’t know who I’m talking about, just know you missed out on a really funny, and really nice guy.