Podside Picnic

Kurt Schiller returns to Podside to talk about Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light. We chat about how Great Souled Sam defies the gods, and try to figure out exactly why. Check out Blood Knife: bloodknife.com Listen to Parents Just Don't Understand podcast: https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast

Pete and Kurt discuss Hawkwind's album Doremi Fasol Latido. We chat about their history, intersection with science fiction as well as listen to our favorite tracks.

Malcolm Rambert, Emma Bowers and Abby Denton return to riff extensively about one of the darlings of anime, Cowboy Bebop. In between all the jokes, we even manage to talk about some of our favorite episodes among the first 13! See you next Session, Space Cowboy. . . Check out Emma's video essays: Patreon.com/hyenasandgin Hungry for more Bebop commentary? Check this video out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S3oT9lzMh8

Sean M. Thompson of Nictitating Books dropped by to chat about "The Maw" (from Nathan Ballingrud's collection, Wounds). What happens when Hell erupts and decides to gentrify your neighborhood? You'd better hope you have indoor pets, that's for sure. Check out Nictitating Books: https://www.amazon.com/s?i=digital-text&rh=p_27%3ANictitating+Books&s=relevancerank&text=Nictitating+Books&ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_2 Sean's Website: https://aintnothinimpossible.wixsite.com/seanmthompson

Levi Nuñez of Loot the Body and Kurt Schiller of Blood Knife return to talk about the dreamlike grotesqueries of David Lynch's Dune. The sleeper awakens! Check out Loot the Body: https://lootthebody.bandcamp.com/ Check out Blood Knife: https://bloodknife.com/

Levi Nuñez of Loot the Body joins Karlo and Kurt to talk about his oeuvre and explains his journey to composing prog rock music inspired by old school D&D modules. Roll for initiative! Order Loot the Body's new album, Hex Vol 2: https://lootthebody.bandcamp.com/

Game writer and multiple novelist Matt Forbeck drops by Podside to talk about his long career of writing for games, designing games and writing game tie-in novels (including stuff for Deadlands and Blood Bowl) as well as his upcoming Shotguns & Sorcery 5E Kickstarter. If you like noir + Tolkien, check it out! Check out Matt's site: https://www.forbeck.com/ Check out the Shotguns & Sorcery 5E Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/forbeck/shotguns-and-sorcery-for-5e

Malcom Rambert (aka @MalcmanIsHere) finds his way to Graveside to talk about Candyman (1992). How do you fight a creature made of rumor? Well, doing some appropriation seems to be one of the steps (or is it?) Watch "Black Escapism": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW70aIQZXO0 Check out "Black Men Can't Jump in Hollywood": https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-men-cant-jump-in-hollywood/id1023264209

Kurt and Chris from Parents Just Don't Understand podcast return to the Graveside to talk about John Carpenter's 1987 film, Prince of Darkness. Find out what happens when doctoral students spend the night in an old church and find out the secret of the ooze - it's Satanic. Check out Parents Just Don't Understand podcast: https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast Read Blood Knife: bloodknife.com

Aaron and Carlee of Hit Factory return to talk about the 1994 sleeper hit, The Crow. Welcome to the hellscape of Devil's Night, and follow Eric Draven as he rises from the grave to settle scores. We also discuss the tragic loss of Brandon Lee and the film's amazing soundtrack. Check out Hit Factory: https://www.patreon.com/hitfactorypod

The most dangerous woman in speculative fiction, Raquel S. Benedict, returns to talk about Censor (2021). Join us as we talk about the Video Nasties period this film is set in, the ongoing debate on protecting people from "harmful" media, and how sometimes you just don't get a happy ending no matter how much you try.

Trevor Strunk drops by Graveside to talk about horror games. Find out why games are able to elicit more visceral scares and why you should always bet on Valentine. . . Jill Valentine. Check out Story Mode: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09CG9M9WN/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Graveside Picnic's graced by Tai Black and Karella who discuss the underrated 1988 classic, Pumpkinhead. Warning: if your backwoods holler magic gives you a Pumpkinhead that lasts more than 4 hours, please consult your local bog witch.

Tai Black visits the Graveside to pay his respects, and chats about Norman Partridge's Stoker-winning novella Dark Harvest. It's Halloween, 1963, somewhere in the American Midwest and if you can beat ol' Sawtooth Jack you can pull your family out of debt, no strings attached. . . or are there? Read Dark Harvest: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765319111

Kurt and Chris drop by the Graveside to take about the 1990 cult classic Jacob's Ladder. What is going on with Jacob Singer? Listen along as we try to find an answer to this very question.

Graveside Picnic welcomes Chris Burke, who discusses Robert W. Chambers' classic story, The Repairer of Reputations. Can a work of art be contagious? How exactly is our hero, Hildred Castaigne to the royal lineage of the far-off Hyades? And lastly - just how luxurious are the interiors of the Lethal Chambers?

Welcome to our first Graveside Picnic episode, where sometimes our guests. . . come back. This time, Emma Berquist returns to talk about John Carpenter's absolute classic, The Thing. Come for the isolation, deadly cold, and paranoia - stay for the body horror!

Kurt returns to talk about the alleged "worst story ever written", The Eye of Argon. We read some of it and discuss the history as it's known of the story and its author. Read The Eye of Argon: https://ansible.uk/misc/eyeargon.html Watch Korgoth of Barbaria (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJi9zZqbJoY&list=PL_l6nUy0fLNaXn00Q8Gxf0TJceULBfO1a

Aaron and Carlee of Hit Factory podcast return to talk about Street Fighter (1994). What's up with the World Warriors? Why is it so important to have a food court that will bring all the best franchises? How is M. Bison's HR Team so damn good at hiring such a diverse collection of minions, lackeys and henchmen? Listen to Hit Factory: Patreon.com/hitfactorypod

Kurt and Chris return to discuss the short fiction story, Cup and Table by Tim Pratt. Read the story first, since we spoil it! Read Cup and Table: https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/cup-and-table/ Check out Parents Just Don't Understand: https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast Read Blood Knife: https://bloodknife.com/