Out Of The Coffin Podcast

LILITH'S LOVE Episode #1 - October 31, 2009

podcast@outofthecoffin.com (Dan Shaurette) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:41:18 +0000

Welcome to the very first episode of a new vampire podiobook, LILITH’S LOVE, written and read by Dan Shaurette.

This episode stars Karl Long as Christian Armstrong.

This is a special preview of LILITH'S LOVE. I'm adding to this feed and I hope you'll take a listen. If you want to hear the rest of the story, please visit Liliths-Love.com to subscribe and you'll get a new chapter every other week.

Thank you for visiting, listening, and hopefully subscribing! Happy Halloween, and I'll see you again in two weeks.

This podiobook features the music of The Narrow Way, used with permission. Sound effects and music loops courtesy of The Free Sound Project, which can be found at www.FreeSound.org.

This audio recording is Copyright 2009 by Dan Shaurette and is released under a Creative Commons "Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives" License. Some Rights Reserved. You are encouraged to share this audio file, just don't sell it, don't change it, and let folks know where they can hear more.

This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s peculiar imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to any actual persons, living, dead, or undead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

To find out more about the novel, please visit www.Liliths-Love.com, or the author’s home page at www.DanShaurette.com.

If you have any comments about this podiobook, feel free to drop a note at Liliths-Love.com/contact. Or, if you'd rather leave some voice mail, you can call us at (623)239-2942.

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Episode #52 - The Lost Boys (1987)

podcast@outofthecoffin.com (Dan Shaurette) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:12:11 +0000

* This is Episode #52 for October 31, 2009.
(Download MP3)

// HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
- This is our "Extended Cut" roundtable discussion about The Lost Boys, The Vampire's Assistant, and so much more. Warning, there's spoilers and there was no editing (except to add promos and music). It clocks in at 88 minutes. I hope you enjoy it.
- Don't forget, the serialized podiobook of my novel, LILITH'S LOVE, also drops today. I'm adding to this feed and I hope you'll take a listen. If you want to hear the rest of the story, please subscribe and you'll get a new chapter every other week.

// SITE NEWS
* Our blog was hacked Oct. 27th by notorious hacker Kilroy2.0. In order to appease him, you should head to your local bookstore, Amazon, or favorite source, and pick up a copy of J.C. Hutchins' 7TH SON: DESCENT, and maybe PERSONAL EFFECTS: Dark Art, just to be safe.

// NEWS
* SPIKE's SCREAM Awards 2009 aired Oct. 27 at 10PM
Best Fantasy Movie: Twilight
Best TV Show: "True Blood"
Best Horror Actor Male: Stephen Moyer - "True Blood"
Best Horror Actor Female: Anna Paquin - "True Blood"
Best Actor in a Fantasy Movie or TV Show: Robert Pattinson - "Twilight"
Best Actress in a Fantasy Movie or TV Show: Kristen Stewart - "Twilight"
Break-out Performance Male: Taylor Lautner - "Twilight"
Best Villian: Alexander Skarsgård -- "True Blood"
Best Foreign Film: Let The Right One In
Scream Mastermind Lifetime Achievement Award: George A. Romero
Comic-Con Icon Lifetime Achievement Award: Stan Lee

* The de-evilution of the vampire | Ocala.com
- An excellent take on the modern trend to featuring romantic and heroic vampires versus the hideous monsters of old.

* Philippa Ballantine's Erotica ala Carte: Loves to be Loved
- She likens her October story to "Succubi In The City", and that would have been more than plenty. But there's vamps in the tale as well. Great stuff as always from Pip!
-- I'd like to add that I love reading short stories which tell a full tale but that beg to have the story continued. This is one of those tales, as are many of Pip's EalC stories.

* Stephen King and Scott Snyder give 'Vampire' an evolutionary twist | USA Today
- New comic series "American Vampire" (DC Comics) hits stores March 2010. Created by Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque, and Stephen King

* Angel Between The Lines: By THe Grace Of Ghosts Halloween Episode is live.
- This is the episode where I voiced the character "Orlock". It is a fun episode to be sure!

* CASTLE: Vampire Weekend
- A man wearing fangs is found dead in a graveyard with a stake through his heart. It is up to Castle and Beckett to solve the mystery.
- Plus, bonus for Firefly fans, the whole "space cowboy" Halloween costume thing is brilliant. "Didn't you wear that like five years ago? Don't you think it's time to move on?"

// PROMOS
* 7TH SON: DESCENT by J.C. Hutchins
* Angel Between The Lines
* Land of Caern: Tales of the Children podcast anthology by P.G. Holyfield.

// BUMPER
* From Jack Mangan, host of Jack Mangan's Deadpan Podcast.

// MOVIES
* This week's movie from our Netflix queue is The Lost Boys: Special Edition (1987).
- Dan gives the movie an 11. Michelle also gives it an 11.
- We spent a VERY long time discussing the movie, it's sequel, the comics, and MANY tangents. But it's all awesome chatter.

* The next movie in our Netflix queue is Blood: The Last Vampire (Anime/2000).

// PROMOS
* Metamor City Podcast by Chris Lester
* Antithesis, Book Two: FREE WILL and Other Compulsions, a podcast novel by J. Daniel Sawyer.
* Erotica a la Carte podcast by Philippa Ballantine

// BUMPER
* From Jack Hosley, host of the Wander Radio podcast.

// IN THEATRES
* Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant opened Oct. 23!
- We spent a while chatting about this fine, fun film, and we do give spoilers about it. You have been warned!

// FAREWELL
* We wrapped the show by playing, "Cry Little Sister (CaveClub Video Mix)" by G TOM MAC (aka Gerard McMann).
- Music provided by MusicAlley.com (formerly the Podshow Podsafe Music Network).

* Our intro music is "24 FPS" by À Rebours, from their album Vanish, which can be found at iTunes among other places. Check out Ian Stone's MySpace page and blog, too. Find out more about À Rebours and their sister bands at Final Joy Records.

That wraps up this episode of the Out Of The Coffin podcast. Thanks for listening!

If you have any comments about this podcast, feel free to drop a note at OutOfTheCoffin.com/contact.

Or, if you'd rather leave some voice mail, you can call us at 1-206-350-7638.

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Trick or Treat[ CONTENT OVERRIDE: KILROY2.0 IS HERE!!! ]

podcast@outofthecoffin.com (Dan Shaurette) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:06:21 +0000

Just dropping by to give you all a Halloween update. Don't forget about our Lost Boys
>>> [ WARNING ::: DATABASE ERROR ::: CONTENT OVERRIDE ::: SOURCE: EXTERNAL ] <<<

> source terminal location: UNKNOWN
> source terminal identity: UNAVAILABLE
> source login information: ENCRYPTED
> message begins

the post you are now reading is designed to dull your senses to THE TRUTH. do not live the life of the worker bee, the cog, the well-oiled piston in the MACHINE OF DECEIT!

there is a grand CONSPIRACY afoot. you have been taught to believe that you are UNIQUE, one of a kind. THIS IS NOT TRUE. long ago, a cabal of scientists created technologies to ensure that ANYONE'S MIND AND BODY can be duplicated.

human cloning isn't NEAR. it's already HERE. discover the truth at http://JCHutchins.net

you are being DECEIVED. break free from the cogs, flee the hive, become A PROPHET OF THE TRUTH!

kilroy2. was here ... kilroy2.0 is everywhere

>>> [ CONTENT OVERRIDE CEASES ::: DATABASE STATUS: RECOVERING ] <<<
but we won't be discussing it live. Hope you'll listen and send in your comments. See you soon.

The 30 Days of Night Sequel Begins Filming | IGN [del.icio.us]

OutOfTheCoffin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:36:53 PDT

The direct-to-DVD sequel 30 Days of Night: Dark Days reportedly began filming today. According to Bloody-Disgusting, the cast is largely made up of TV actors. Mia Kirshner (The Black Dahlia, The L Word) portrays the film's central villain, the vampire Lilith.

The Garlic Years: When have we not been in the midst of a vampire craze? | Slate [del.icio.us]

OutOfTheCoffin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:16:55 PDT

This article by Christopher Beam and Chris Wilson proves what I've always said: Vampires have always been popular.

DRACULA The Un-Dead audiobook is now available [del.icio.us]

OutOfTheCoffin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:48:11 PDT

The long awaited sequel now has an audio version, narrated by Simon Prebble. It is also available on Audible.com.

Episode #51 - The Monster Squad (1987)

podcast@outofthecoffin.com (Dan Shaurette) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:13:09 +0000

* This is Episode #51 for October 13, 2009.
(Download MP3)

// MOVIE NEWS
* Third Annual International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival - Oct 15-18 - MADCAP Theatres in Tempe, AZ
- Movie Schedule - Among other cool films, I'm looking forward to these two:
-- Blood Moon Rising - Friday, Oct. 16th @ 10:00 PM
-- Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl - Saturday, Oct. 17th @ 10:30 PM / Sunday, Oct. 18th @ 4:10 PM
- Ticket Info
- VIP All Access Pass - $100
-- This pass gets you entry to all films and parties and front of line access to film screenings. Plus you get two pieces of merchandise at a 50% discount.
- Flex Pass - $25 - Buy the pass, choose four films and save money.
- Individual Screenings - $10

* Don't forget: Vampire Fest 2009 will be in New Orleans, October 23-26, 2009.
- "More than 50 films from more than 11 countries will be screened at the Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. The film festival also will include a Vampire Ballet at Club Ampersand, a traditional jazz funeral for a vampire in Dutch Alley, a French Quarter scavenger hunt and several parties at various venues including the Dungeon and the Saint."

* "Blood: The Last Vampire" DVD/Blu-ray Details
- "For fans who didn't get the chance to check out the film in theaters or said fans simply anticipating the release of "Blood: The Last Vampire" on DVD/Blu-ray...well you will get your chance on October 20th."

* SPIKE's SCREAM Awards 2009 airs Oct. 27 at 10PM
- Don't forget, the SCREAM Awards are a viewers choice awards. Get out there and vote for your favorite bloodsuckers!

* Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant hits theatres Oct. 23!

// VAMP LIT
* DRACULA: The Un-Dead by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt hits stores Oct. 13
- Hardcover released, along with eBooks, but no audio versions yet.

* Don't forget SOULLESS by Gail Carriger.
- I am completely enthralled by this book. My favorite character, hands down, has to be Lord Akeldama. More power to flamboyantly anti-goth vampires!
- Gail has upcoming book signings at Bolinas Books (Bolinas, CA) at 2 PM on Saturday, October 17.
- Borderlands Books (San Francisco, CA) on Wednesday, October 28.
- Book launch party at the World Fantasy Convention at the The Fairmont San Jose on Thursday, October 29 through Sunday, November 1.

* Meet Author Emerian Rich at her NIGHT'S KNIGHTS Book Release Party
- Friday, October 30th - 7:00 p.m. - Bay Books Concord

* DARKSOME THIRST Author Morven Westfield will be at Rock N' Shock (Oct 16-18, 2009) in Worcester, Mass
- She'll be at the New England Horror Writers table Sat 3-7 pm and Sun 1-6 pm.

// MISCELLANY
* 'Vampire' Sinks Teeth Into iTunes | TheWrap.com
- "If the makers of 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog' got together with the 'Twilight' team, their creative output might resemble 'I Kissed a Vampire,' an original web series... iTunes will roll out the three completed episodes of 'Vampire' on Oct. 13, 20 and 27 -- just in time for Halloween. Another six episodes, with 12 more original songs, are in the works, with plans to shoot in December."

* Angel Between The Lines Premiered!

* 19 NOCTURNE BOULEVARD Presents "Dracula dot com" audio drama podcast
- This is a fun, short audio podcast of what DRACULA might be like in our age of email and social networking.
- My favorite bit was Dracula sending out email trying to get help shipping his crates of earth ala Nigerian scam spam.

* MTV's vampire series: Valemont University | The Examiner
- "Valemont premiered on MTV last week... Airing on Tuesday nights, MTV will show two-and-a-half minute episodes just before 'The Hills' at 10pm and immediately after 'The City' thirty minutes later."

* Last, but not least: Synthetic Blood Beverages | TrendHunter.com
- "Not only does [fruit punch flavored] Blood Energy Potion have a similar nutritional makeup to real blood, but it has the same color, look, and consistency of blood."
- Sadly, this is a pre-order item from Urban-Collector.com, expected to ship by Jan. 2010.

// BUMPER
* From Jack Mangan, host of Jack Mangan's Deadpan Podcast.

// PROMOS
* Angel Between The Lines
* Down From Ten, an audio drama... umm... well, it's like The Shining meets Clue... kinda... just listen. It's more podcast awesomeness by J. Daniel Sawyer.

// BUMPER
* From Jack Hosley, host of the Wander Radio podcast.

// MOVIES
* This week's movie from our Netflix queue is The Monster Squad (1987).
- Dan gives the movie an 8. Michelle also gives it an 8.

* The next movie in our Netflix queue is The Lost Boys: Special Edition (1987).
- This will be for our Big Halloween Special! Please send us voice mails, emails, MP3s attached to emails, comments, telegrams, you name it!
- We are asking for your thoughts about the 1987 CLASSIC Joel Schumacher flick. Tell us why you love it, hate it, hate yourself for loving it... you get the idea. We may even chat about LB2: The Tribe and, yes, the proposed Lost Boys 3.
- If we can get enough folks willing and able to join us, we are going to try to do a live chat with you all and record it for this episode. (Let us know if you'd rather use Skype, or TalkShoe, or some similar technology, by voting in our poll.)

* We also recently saw "Jennifer's Body" and "ZombieLand".
- Both movies were quite good and we enjoyed them both.

* Speaking of zombies, make sure you check out the Univ. of Florida's Disaster Preparedness Simulation Exercise for a Zombie Attack.

// THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
* Dan is seriously enjoying this show. Michelle gave up to soon.

// FAREWELL
* We wrapped the show by playing, "The Zombie Connection" by Kim "The Comic Book Goddess" Fortuner, Patrick McLean, and Tim Dodge.
- Music found at FUMP: The Funny Music Project.

That wraps up this episode of the Out Of The Coffin podcast. Thanks for listening!

If you have any comments about this podcast, feel free to drop a note at OutOfTheCoffin.com/contact.

Or, if you'd rather leave some voice mail, you can call us at 1-206-350-7638.

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For a group recording session (for Lost Boys/Halloween special), which would you be able to join?

podcast@outofthecoffin.com (Dan Shaurette) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:13:13 +0000

Neil Gaiman talks vampires | EW Q&A [del.icio.us]

OutOfTheCoffin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:19:55 PDT

Neil Gaiman can do no wrong in my eyes. This interview with Entertainment Weekly just cements my view, even if he does suggest that vampires need to disappear again for a while.

Transylmania vs Stan Helsing: Duel of the Dreaded Horror Spoofs | Film Junk [del.icio.us]

OutOfTheCoffin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:50:19 PDT

Oh no, Michelle is gonna kill me. Two new horror/vampire movie spoofs are coming later this year. One is "Stan Helsing" from the "Scary Movie" guys, which is going straight to hell... I mean DVD. The other is "Transylmania" from the "National Lampoon's Dorm Daze" folks, which looks like it is coming to theatres. There were a couple giggle moments in the trailers. Check out the article for the trailer links.

Kelly McGillis cast in vampire flick - UPI.com [del.icio.us]

OutOfTheCoffin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:30:09 PDT

From UPI: "Kelly McGillis has joined the cast of "Stake Land," a vampire movie filming in New York and Pennsylvania, the flick's producers said Wednesday. McGillis, 52, is best known for her roles in "Top Gun," "Witness" and "The Accused." Written by Jim Mickle and Nick Damici, and directed by Mickle, the film is about what happens after a global spread of vampirism. McGillis plays a nun who joins a small team of survivors -- played by Damici, Danielle Harris and Conor Paolo -- as they make a treacherous journey north to safety through the war-torn United States."

Lest you forget, The Vampire Diaries premieres on the CW this Thursday [del.icio.us]

OutOfTheCoffin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:20:03 PDT

From the article by The Examiner: "The Vampire Diaries is a new horror TV drama premiering on CW on September 10, 2009 and 8 PM Eastern, in the old time slot for Smallville, which is being moved to Fridays starting on September 25, 2009 at 8 PM Eastern. Following The Vampire Diaries is the returning horror series, Supernatural."

Meet Author Emerian Rich at her Book Release Party [del.icio.us]

OutOfTheCoffin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:01:02 PDT

NIGHT'S KNIGHTS Book Release Party - Friday, October 30th at 7:00 p.m. Bay Books Concord Bookstore - http://BayBooks.us Meet author and hostess of HorrorAddicts.net, Emerian Rich, and hear a live reading. With your Night’s Knights purchase, receive a free companion booklet with author notes, sketches, and fan works.

RiffTrax: Plan 9 from Outer Space ... ENCORE! 10/08/2009 [del.icio.us]

OutOfTheCoffin — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:45:44 PDT

Back by popular demand, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Fathom Events present RiffTrax: Plan 9 from Outer Space ENCORE on Thursday, October 8th at 7:30PM (local time). Who knew that the worst movie ever made would be so popular! The original evening of live riffing captured on August 20th will be rebroadcast to movie theaters nationwide for one night only. Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy (Tom Servo) and Bill Corbett (Crow T. Robot), now of RiffTrax.com, are even better on the big screen!

Mythical chupacabra found? | CNN.com [del.icio.us]

OutOfTheCoffin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:27:13 PDT

A taxidermist shows off what he says could be the legendary chupacabra. KSAT's Steve Roldan reports.

"New Moon" Tickets On Sale | Slice of SciFi [del.icio.us]

OutOfTheCoffin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:08:03 PDT

So it begins: "Theaters in the Carmike chain began selling advance tickets for “New Moon” this week, according to the Hollywood Repoter. Eager fans can log on to Fandango to purchase their tickets and ensure they get to see the movie on its opening day, November 19." That's right -- November!

Bloody good: HBO vampire series undead and well in second season | Boston Herald [del.icio.us]

OutOfTheCoffin — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:18:08 PDT

This review gives some nice sneak peeks and spoilers into the second season of HBO's True Blood.

‘Wanted’ Producers to Tackle ‘Dear Dracula’ | ComicBook.com [del.icio.us]

OutOfTheCoffin — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:42:05 PDT

I remember seeing this in the comic book store and I enjoyed the premise. From the article: "Kickstart Entertainment has acquired the rights to the Image/Shadowline comic ‘Dear Dracula'... [which] tells the story of a kid who writes to Dracula on Halloween (like most kids do for Santa Claus on Christmas)."

Chadians get fangs into 'vampire' | BBC News [del.icio.us]

OutOfTheCoffin — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:38:16 PDT

I wish this article gave the native name for the dish, but this BBC article discusses a food fad in Chad they dub "vampire" -- fried blood. From the article: "I make it with peppers, salt, onions, spicy sauce and maggi [stock cubes]. I fry it all up like that; it's good," said Modestine Danbe, who lives in the N'Djamena. "It's actually an excellent source of nutrients, especially for children," said Robert Johnston, a nutritional specialist for Unicef in Chad. "Blood pudding and liver have been used in other countries to promote high-protein intake for families who don't have daily access to meat."

Buffy.bot -reboot 1992 -retcon [y/N] | Jossd.com [del.icio.us]

OutOfTheCoffin — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:49:45 PDT

I just felt a powerful disturbance, like a million fanboys screaming, “Oh no, not again” in unison. Reboot fever is running rampant in Hollywood thanks to the success of the new Star Trek movie. Up next on the docket: Buffy. The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Fran and Kaz Kuzui are working with Vertigo Entertainment to relaunch Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. I’m torn. For I am a Joss Whedon fan to the core, but I’m also a Buffy fan. I say give Fran and Kaz enough celluloid to hang themselves or to prove fans wrong. I’d personally rather see a Season Eight influenced movie with Joss and the TV cast back, but I think we’ve all heard (repeatedly) that just isn’t gonna happen. Maybe this old beastie just needs some fresh blood to bring her back.