In this week's episode, Johnny Zombie provides a reading of H.P. Lovecraft's The Nameless City. This, the first part of the famous Cthulhu Mythos will serve as a springboard to Lovecraft's fiction. Future entries in the Mythos series will be forthcoming.
I encourage listeners to sit back, turn down the lights, and listen to this reading. Or, turn up the lights, sit up, and read along.
As always, episodes of Nightmare Fuel can to hear on this website (just click the player below). Or, you can download from Archive.org (see the link under the player)
(Podcaster's note: I mistakenly referred to Twilight Electric as Twilight Creations; the makers of the great ZOMBIES!!! game. A review of which is forthcoming.)
This Week's Video The smell of Eldritch
Next Time: Get a shovel, and sharpen your scalpel.
"An octopus, a dragon, and a human caricature...a pulpy head, with a mass of feelers at its mouth."
--H.P. Lovecraft.
H.P. Lovecraft's most famous creation goes under the microscope, in a manner of speaking. In this episode, I do an astrobiology primer on the Great Old One himself, Cthulhu!
Astrobiology is a nacent science, as we have yet to actually encounter alien life (intelligent, eldritch, or otherwise). However, it is a legitimate science, concerned with the potential forms that extraterrestrial life may take. While Cthulhu is a derived from very human concepts, he hales from a foreign planet. His unique biology allowed him to adapt to Earth's oceans--where he dwells in slumber until, "The stars are right."
As always, you can listen to the raging E.T. god goodness here. Or, on Archive.org
CLICK HERE: to download from Archive.org Podcaster's Note: I made two faux-pas in the podcast. One, is that I said "chromoreceptors" when I meant to say "chemoreceptors," to describe the octopus' ability to taste what it touches. Another error that I made, which I caught in playback, is when I said "annotate," instead of "accomodate." This is in reference to the size of Cthulhu's sepulchre. These were verbal typos that couldn't be undone before the episode was finished.
Speaking of episodes...
I've just started another podcast--one dedicated to astronomy and sci-fi. Rest assured, Nightmare Fuel will continue. The spinoff podcast and blog is called Plastic Spacemen. It can be seen and heared at http://plasticspacemen.blogspot.com
Videos of the Week
Cthulhu in Spore
Myth-O's Cereal. From the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society
Music This Week
Song: Island on the Horizon Artist: Roy Garrou Album: Island
Tonight, I play director, as I cast adaptations of classic Gothic novels. What if Vincent Price had played Dracula? Would you like to see have seen Audrey Hepburn as Christine in The Phantom of the Opera? I do!
I give a character-by-character breakdown, and cast these famous monsters.
I would also like note that today would have been the 98th birthday of Peter Cushing. May 27th is, oddly enough, the 89th birthday of Sir Christopher Lee and the would-be 100th birthday of Vincent Price! While I've talked about Price and Cushing before, I have yet to give Sir Christopher his just due. I will rectify that omission soon enough. In this episode I pay tribute to these three icons, while playing fantasy director.
I invite you, the listener, to play along. Who would you cast in these roles?
As always, you can listen to the bloody goodness here. Or, you can download from archive.org
Your faithful high priest of all things icky, and Cthulhu, is back! This week, I preach the vile gospel of our Lord Cthulhu. I come to you with tidings of doom, gloom, and eldritch nightmares as I discuss the Cthulhu Mythos.
This week, I discuss four stories from the legendary Mythos.
They are...
The Nameless City The Festival The Dunwich Horror The Call of CTHULHU!
By no means is this an exhaustive study of Lovecraft. These episodes are meant to serve as a starting point for analysis, and study, of the world of H.P. Lovecraft, and his creations.
As always, you can listen to the eldritch horror here. Or, you can download the show from archive.org
This Week's FROM THE VAULTS The forgotten classic RITUALS (A.K.A The Creeper) from 1977. This is a public domain film that is soon to be released on DVD (later this month, actually). It stars the great Hal Holbrook, who squares off against the elements, and an unseen killer.
Also...One of the sickest, and possibly coolest, toys of the 1960's...the SHRUNKEN HEAD KIT!
This week, I offer up an eerie tale of Providence, alien gods, and the man who changed the face of horror forever.
H.P. Lovecraft: Part One (Biography)
Originally, this was intended to be part one of a series of episode about the Cthulhu Mythos. But, since there was such a wealth of biographical material, this episode turned into an impromptu lecture about someone whom I've dubbed, The Man From Providence. The aforementioned Cthulhu Mythos episodes will star infesting the airwaves next week.
As always, you can listen to the blue-blooded goodness here, or download from archive.org
Tonight, Johnny Zombie does a special Halloween reading of Lovecraft's best known work, The Call of Cthulhu. Those who are not yet acquainted with the patron god of this podcast, may shake tentacles with the Elder God himself tonight.
An H.P. Lovecraft episode is forthcoming. This is just a taste of the eldritch goodness. Enjoy the madness.
Most importantly, this episode presents an opportunity to lend a helping hand.
Leda Locke, a good friend to both Dillon and I, needs your help. She is facing breast cancer, and the prognosis is good. She will most likely avoid the difficulties associated with radiation and chemotherapy, however, she will require a double mastectomy. Some of the essential precedures are covered by her husband's insurance--however, there is still a significant shortfall.
This is where you, the listeners, can help. The goal of this podcast is to raise at least 5,000 dollars to go toward's Leda's treatment fund. I know that times are tough, but if everybody who listens to this podcast were to donate what they can, they could easily make a difference. Even if you can't afford to give, pass this info on to someone who can. Breast cancer not only affects the women in our respective lives, but the friends, significant others, and families of those confronting the illness.
You can donate to Leda Locke's Treatment Fund via her Paypal: LedaLocke@yahoo.com
As a special "thank you" to listeners of this cast, Dillon and I will record an audiobook that will be available only to donors. It will be emailed to donors, and will be in the MP3 format, so you can listen to it anytime and anywhere. The audio book is a compilation of classic horror tales.
Stories include...
Herbert West--Reanimator (The Lovecraft's own Frankenstein that inspired Gordon Stuart's cult classic film
The Black Cat (Edgar Allan Poe likes kitty!)
and many more...
Again, to get this audio book, you must donate to LedaLocke@yahoo.com Via Paypal.
All proceeds go to Leda's cancer treatment fund. Please put in the subject line: "FLY PAPER CANCER FUND," so that we know who to thank. We'll send out the MP3s as soon as someone donates.
I thank you for helping out as best you can.
Till next week, enjoy THE CALL OF CTHULHU...because they don't get long distance in R'lyeh.
As always, you can listen to the eldritch madness here, or download us from Archive.org
The blog and podcast has a new sponsor--S-Mart! This ad features none other than S-Mart's number one sales associate, Ash Williams! Remember, shop smart--shop S-Mart! They have a whole assortment of chainsaws, boomsticks, and necronomicons.
And don't forget the blue light special this Sunday. They are practically giving away a Deadite dismemberment kit--complete with sawed-off boomstick, shells, miniature flame thrower (a personal favorite), and spare buzzsaw chains.
They also have a whole array of Cthulu toys for the kids! Get The new Lovecraft Joe action playset! It comes complete with H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, and Robert E. Howard action figures! Join them, on their quest to rid the world of eldritch abominations! We also have a wide selection from the Savage World of Conan--including a reproduction of his famous broadsword, and a range of action figures!
For the teens, they have To Hell with Twilight! by the disembodied spirit of Bram Stoker--channelled by competent spirit mediums. You can also find an array of the latest Goth fashions--including mesh tops, combat boots, and latex dresses for back to school.
And for the parents--Occult Marriage Practices by Bennet T. Cenobite--the "holy" non-biblical love manual. It comes with a free assortment of mini-floggers and handcuffs.
You'll find it all at S-Mart! Remember, "Shop smart--shop S-Mart!"
In my excitement to get the first episode posted, and start this blog, I neglected to post up some links that were mentioned in the previous episode.
Here they are for your perusal, perversion, and general edification.
http://www.dagonbytes.com (You can read Lovecraft and other ghoulishness here) http://www.tvtropes.org (Find out the secret meaning of Alien Wing Wong!) http://www.horroretc.com (The guys who inspire my work! Hey Tony, Ted, and sometimes Doug!) http://chinstrokervspunter.blogspot.com (Britain's lords of cinema...and chain smoking) http://www.ocremix.org (for modernized versions of classic NES game music)
The music in this episode was taken from http://www.podsafemusic.com. The song is 'B' is for Brutis by The Volume.
I had fun recording the first episode, and I know Dillon did too. The next podcast episode will be up next week. Till then, I shall post a written blog or two, or three, or four.
