Cat and Cthulhu: The Podcast http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com A cat with a light-sabre. A depressed android. A hamster with a buzzcut. And Cthulhu eating a muffin. Welcome to the Cat and Cthulhu podcast. Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:24:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 Copyright © Cat and Cthulhu: The Podcast 2010 richard@shaw-uk.org (Richard Shaw) richard@shaw-uk.org (Richard Shaw) 1440 http://www.archimedesuk.net/podcasts/catandcthulhu44art.jpg Cat and Cthulhu: The Podcast http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com 144 144 A cat with a light-sabre. A depressed android. A hamster with a buzzcut. And Cthulhu eating a muffin. Welcome to the Cat and Cthulhu podcast. "Cat & Cthulhu is like Toy Story. Except instead of being based of the imagination of a child like Andy, based on the imagination of a child like Sid. Ok Cat & Cthulhu isn''t really like Toy Story at all. Except that the main characters are stuffed toys (or an action figure in the case of Marvin). Oh and I do try and keep it at a level suitable for children. But apart from that it is nothing at all like Toy Story. Except that Cat & Cthulhu is also funny in places. Well Cat & Cthulhu is different in that we have Jedi and Ninja. And lots more seafood references. But that is mainly because the two protagonists are seafood junkies. Oh and we have mentions to impending apocalyptic genocide perpetrated by a main character. But then if you have Cthulhu in your cast roster it is kind of hard to get around that fact. Well I hope you enjoy Cat & Cthulhu. If you giggle just a little bit I''ll have succeeded." --- William Ellwood, Author cthulhu, cat, lovecraft, comedy, horror Richard Shaw Richard Shaw richard@shaw-uk.org no clean Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 60 “Wake The Dead” http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2009/07/cat-cthulhu-episode-60-wake-the-dead/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2009/07/cat-cthulhu-episode-60-wake-the-dead/#respond Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:00:13 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=106 After 6 months away the Cat and Cthulhu Podcast is back! In this gripping season finale Cat and Cthulhu are transported through time and space when Cthulhu’s attempt to bend the Universe to his will go slightly awry…

Starring
FNH (of The Cthulhu Podcast) as “Cat”
Timothy M Ralphs (of The Room Behind The Bookcase) as “Cthulhu”
and introducing in his “Cat & Cthulhu” debut
Andrew W Campbell (of The Nightsound Show) as “The Narrator”

Featuring music by The Darkest Of The Hillside Thickets
(Courtesy of Divine Industries)

In This Episode

1. Introduction

2. A 1920s piece called “Me and the Man in the Moon” by the Ambassodor’s Orchestra, vocals by Frank Sylvano.

3. Episode 60: “Wake the Dead to take them to new places”

4. Promos

5. Epilogue: Double-O-Eighty

6. “Some Things Man Was Not Meant To Know” by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, courtesy of Divine Industries © Copyright 2009

Other Audio Credits

“Horror 290” is part of the Open Source Audio collection at www.archive.org

The following sound effect files are part of the Freesound Project at www.freesound.org:

  1. 4096__plagasul__rarexport_05
  2. 30306__ERH__tension
  3. 35496__Co3__Horror_Ambient_W_Delay_Chorus_Verb
  4. 33245__ljudman__grenade
  5. 33796__yewbic__ambience03
  6. 19998__acclivity__SummerEveningInMyGarden

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2009/07/cat-cthulhu-episode-60-wake-the-dead/feed/ 0 0:28:58 After 6 months away the Cat and Cthulhu Podcast is back! In this gripping season finale Cat and Cthulhu are transported through time and space ... After 6 months away the Cat and Cthulhu Podcast is back! In this gripping season finale Cat and Cthulhu are transported through time and space when Cthulhu's attempt to bend the Universe to his will go slightly awry... Starring FNH (of The Cthulhu Podcast) as "Cat" Timothy M Ralphs (of The Room Behind The Bookcase) as "Cthulhu" and introducing in his "Cat & Cthulhu" debut Andrew W Campbell (of The Nightsound Show) as "The Narrator" Featuring music by The Darkest Of The Hillside Thickets (Courtesy of Divine Industries) In This Episode 1. Introduction 2. A 1920s piece called "Me and the Man in the Moon" by the Ambassodor's Orchestra, vocals by Frank Sylvano. 3. Episode 60: "Wake the Dead to take them to new places" 4. Promos 5. Epilogue: Double-O-Eighty 6. "Some Things Man Was Not Meant To Know" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, courtesy of Divine Industries © Copyright 2009 Other Audio Credits "Horror 290" is part of the Open Source Audio collection at www.archive.org The following sound effect files are part of the Freesound Project at www.freesound.org: 4096__plagasul__rarexport_05 30306__ERH__tension 35496__Co3__Horror_Ambient_W_Delay_Chorus_Verb 33245__ljudman__grenade 33796__yewbic__ambience03 19998__acclivity__SummerEveningInMyGarden Download MP3 Uncategorized Richard Shaw clean no Cat & Cthulhu – “The name’s Bond, Cthulhu Bond…” http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2009/07/cat-cthulhu-the-names-bond-cthulhu-bond/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2009/07/cat-cthulhu-the-names-bond-cthulhu-bond/#respond Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:13:37 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=103 Today we ask Cthulhu:Â� What kind of James Bond would he be?

Voice of Cthulhu is played by Timothy Ralphs of The Room Behind The Bookcase.

Music is “Tension” by ERH, as posted on the Freesound Project.

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2009/07/cat-cthulhu-the-names-bond-cthulhu-bond/feed/ 0 0:01:02 Today we ask Cthulhu:Â� What kind of James Bond would he be? Voice of Cthulhu is played by Timothy Ralphs of The Room Behind The ... Today we ask Cthulhu:Â� What kind of James Bond would he be? Voice of Cthulhu is played by Timothy Ralphs of The Room Behind The Bookcase. Music is "Tension" by ERH, as posted on the Freesound Project. MP3 Link Uncategorized Richard Shaw clean no We have moved! http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2009/07/we-have-moved/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2009/07/we-have-moved/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:08:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=65 We have moved to WordPress! Yes, after a couple of years on blogspot I have migrated to a WordPress installation on one of my own domains. This is primarily because Blogspot limited the number of items in a feed to 25 – WordPress doesn’t. So now iTunes users can go all the way back to June 2007 and download episode 1 without having to trawl through old blog entries. Plus I think the layouts are much better – my wife described Blogger as Geocities for podcasting!

]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2009/07/we-have-moved/feed/ 2 Cat & Cthulhu – Promo http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2009/07/cat-cthulhu-promo/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2009/07/cat-cthulhu-promo/#respond Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:09:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=64 In the run-up to the release of “Wake The Dead” in mid-July I’m going to be releasing several promos. Here’s the first, a re-release of the M&S Food parody promo.

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2009/06/cat-cthulhu-wake-the-dead-coming-summer-2009/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episodes 55 to 59 – Brain Eating Amoeba! & Other Stories http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2009/01/cat-cthulhu-episodes-55-to-59-brain-eating-amoeba-other-stories/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2009/01/cat-cthulhu-episodes-55-to-59-brain-eating-amoeba-other-stories/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:56:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=62 Show Notes

1. Introduction
Welcome to the Christmas/New Year special, with five whole episodes for your delectation. Our next episode will a 3-parter marking the end of this series of tales, followed by a short epiologue.

2. Story #1: “Brain Eating Amoeba!”
Based on an actual story, http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/28/6-die-from-braineati.html

3. Story #2: “Unconscious Violinists”
Would you let someone use your body as a life support machine for 9 months?

4. Story #3: “Trains”
A moral dilemma, except for Cat. As recorded for “The Nightsound Show”. Apologies for the sound quality.

5. Story #4: “And Curry!”
Haskell’s other gift to the world, with a side of mushroom rice and a peshwari nann bread.

6. Story #5: “Poker Faces”
I see card dealers.

7. Feedback
You can get in touch with the show via http://drop.io/catandcthulhu. You’ll need to enter the word “cthulhu” to get access – to prevent spam messages. 😉

Take care and a happy new year to you all!

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1. Introduction
Apologies for the lack of shows recently – I have been inundated with work, getting married in the US, the subsequent honeymoon and catching up on everything else. Plus the new World of Warcraft expansion. Which is shiny. However here is a triple bill of episodes to hopefully make up – I’m going to try to endeavour to put out an episode a week in the run up to Christ-/Mithras-/Yith-mas.

In recent news:
* I contributed a reading of “Hallowe’en in a Suburb” by H.P. Lovecraft to “The Nightsound Show” (http://www.nightsound.com)
* Inspired by The Bugcast I now have a drop.io page over at http://drop.io/catandcthulhu where you can share things such as related articles, record promos and leave voicemail with the podcast and other subscribers.

2. Featured Story: “The Game of Kings”
I advise against trying to cheat Cthulhu at any game.

3. Featured Story: “Tummy Rubs for Cthulhu”
Cthulhu is not feeling the love. Unlike the dolphins. Based on this story at the BBC new website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/7003148.stm

4. Featured Story: “Digestion”
Ctuhlhu has devoured one too many souls.

5. Commentary

6. Contact Details
If you would like to contribute to the show or have any feedback then you can contact us via the following methods:
Email us at catandcthulhu@drop.io
You can leave messages, files, links to articles and leave voicemail (if you’re in the USA or don’t mind making an international call) over at http://drop.io/catandcthulhu.

(Apologies for the sound and editing quality – I was recording the commentary and final story late last night while my wife was asleep nearby so I was trying not to wake her.)

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After a short-break we’re back with episode 51. In today’s story the eponymous duo discuss the merits of various beverages while relaxing by a mountain lake. In the recent competition there were… zero entries. Not one, nada, nil. Ah well…

1. Intro music
2. Featured Story #51: “There’s something about drinking” As read by FNH of cthulhupodcast.co.uk
3. Contact Details
If you would like to read a story, have any comments or suggestions then you can email me (see show for address), skype-voicemail me at catandcthulhu or leave a comment here. You can also review the podcast by selecting the “review this podcast” link on the website.
4. Outro

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/11/cat-cthulhu-episode-51-theres-something-about-drinking/feed/ 0 Competition: Don’t be a mug, win one! http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/10/competition-dont-be-a-mug-win-one/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/10/competition-dont-be-a-mug-win-one/#respond Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:25:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=58 Competition: Don’t be a mug, win one!

Hello all. The Cat and Cthulhu Podcast is taking a break for two weeks whilst I am in the USA for my wedding and honeymoon.

In the meantime to keep you all amused and occupied I am running a competion to win a fabulous Cat and Cthulhu Podcast mug! To enter all you have to do is submit a review of your favourite episode of the podcast. (Guest readers cannot review the episode they starred in though.). The reviews may be positive or negative, it doesn’t matter as long as it reflects your honest opinion of the show.

I will compile a list of the first 100 entries received and the winner will be chosen by roll of D100 (what else? :wink:)

Selected entries will also be featured on the show and posted in the show notes.

How to Enter:
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1. Email your review, either in text or audio (mp3, ogg or wav format), to archimedesuk at gmail dot com. If sending audio please also include a transcript. Please provide your name and your country, country or state of origin. If you win I will contact you via email for the full address to send your prize to.
2. You can alternatively leave the review on iTunes – but please email me your details afterwards.
3. You can also leave your review on the podcastpickle widget on the site, but you’ll have to register with podcastpickle to leave a review there. Again, please email me your contact details.

Website: http://cncpodcast.blogspot.com

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* One entry per person per episode.
* The closing date is Thursday 25th of October or when 100 entries have been received, whichever is sooner.
* Due to cost of postage the mug is only available to those with either a UK or USA address.
* The die roll is final – unless it rolls a number not allocated to an entry in which case it will be re-rolled until an entry is rolled-upon.
* Please keep rude words, etc. to a minimum. Defamatory or otherwise unpleasant entries will be discarded. This show is meant to be suitable for all.

Well that’s all for now, happy listening!

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Episode 50! My goodness… it doesn’t seem that long ago that I first started doing this show, speaking into the microphone of a logitech webcam. Listening to those early shows now makes me cringe a little but at the time, and indeed now, I’m very proud to have produced something that has lasted this long and that people listen and contribute to. On that note, for this special episode we have FNH as our guest reader. Thanks FNH!

1. Intro music
2. Featured Story #50: “What are we?” As read by FNH of cthulhupodcast.co.uk
3. Featured Podcast: Dumbed Down Life www.dumbeddownlife.com
4. Contact Details
If you would like to read a story, have any comments or suggestions then you can email me (see show for address), skype-voicemail me at catandcthulhu or leave a comment here. You can also review the podcast by selecting the “review this podcast” link on the website.
5. Outro

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/09/cat-cthulhu-episodes-50-what-are-we/feed/ 1 Cat & Cthulhu – Episodes 45 to 49 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/09/cat-cthulhu-episodes-45-to-49/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/09/cat-cthulhu-episodes-45-to-49/#respond Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:48:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=56 An extra special edition today: 5 stories in one episode. That means there’s only 13 more episodes to go until the end of this current series/continuity. I seem to have finally found the best noise filter settings with this episode. Next week’s release will feature FNH as our first guest reader in 25+ episodes. Until then I hope you enjoy this bumper edition.

1. Introduction by FNH of the “Cthulhu Podcast” (cthulhupodcast.co.uk)
2. Intro Theme
3. Featured Story #45: Fountain
4. Featured Story #46: Changes
5. Featured Story #47: Center of the Universe
6. Featured Story #48: Giant Argument
7. Featured Story #49: Busted
8. Outro

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1. Intro
2. Listener Feedback
Today’s feedback comes from fellow blogger pkmntrainerj.
3. Featured Story: “Outside”
4. Recommended Podcast: The Nightsound Show
5. Contact Details
You can leave feedback or reviews either by emailing me (see podcast for address), leaving a comment here or by clicking the review this podcast link on the podcast homepage. You can also leave a skype voicemail by calling catandcthulhu.
6. Outro
The Cat and Cthulhu podcast is a archimedesuk production. The featured stories are written by William Ellwood and are released under the Creative Commons Non-Commercial Share and Attribute License.

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Hello and welcome to the 43rd episode of the Cat and Cthulhu podcast.

Today’s episode is a little shorter, as their is no feedback to feature* and as you have heard the promo section has been moved for today to the beginning of the show. Today’s promo is for Yog-Radio and stars an interesting manipulation of Tom Baker’s voice.

I do have some interesting news however. Some time ago I offered my services to FNH, creator of the Cthulhu Podcast and lo my offer was accepted. In the latest episode of the Cthulhu Podcast I star in a modest role as the guide in a production of H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Beast In The Cave”. I highly recommend you go check it out at cthulhupodcast.co.uk.

And now to today’s featured story: “Can you quit Evil?”

Well I’m afraid that’s it for today. don’t forget you can review the podcast over at podcastpickle.com, comment on the website, leave a message on the thread at yog-sothoth.com in the yog radio/podcasting forum or leave a skype voicemail for me by calling catandcthulhu. And of course by emailing me at archimedesuk at gmail dot com. Until next time.

*There actually was some feedback but I completely missed it until I came to update – that will teach me to enable comment notification, which I have now done. Rest assured that it will be included in the next episode later this week.

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/08/cat-cthulhu-episode-43-can-you-quit-evil/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 42 "Conspiracy from the Heavens" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/08/cat-cthulhu-episode-42-conspiracy-from-the-heavens/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/08/cat-cthulhu-episode-42-conspiracy-from-the-heavens/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:52:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=53 Show Notes
  1. Intro Music and Intro
    Hello and welcome to the 42nd instalment of the Cat and Cthulhu Podcast. We haven’t received any feedback since our last show so it’s straight to this episode’s featured story.
  2. Featured Story: “Conspiracy from the Heavens”
    The latest meteor shower is being featured heavily in the news and Cat is convinced it is all part of a wider conspiracy by a third party at present unknown. Cthulhu however thinks Cat is just crazy.

    I enjoyed making this episode and trying to emphasise the madness in Cat. I even found myself gesturing at the screen as I acted out the dialogue, as well as looking knowingly at my John Wyndam anthology, which includes ‘The Day of the Triffids’, that was on one of my bookshelves nearby.

    Readers of Cat and Cthulhu should note that Will (the author) has effectively “pressed the reset button” and has started to write new Cat and Cthulhu stories but in a new continuity. You can still access the previous stories and I shall be continuing to produce audio podcasts of them.

  3. Promos
    A promo for Yog Radio and Yog-Sothoth.com followed by a promo for Cat and Cthulhu.
  4. End Show
    Congratualations to Yog Radio on their 30th Episode. Remember you can leave feedback by emailing me, commenting either on the website or on the forum thread at Yog-Sothoth.com or by leaving a skype voicemail by calling catandcthulhu.

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We continue with the format started in episode #40.

1. Intro Music
Opening sequence of “Approach of the Leviathan” by Richard Shaw.
2. Introduction
3. Feedback
An email from johnnyhamper of the Yog-Sothoth.com forum.
4. Featured Story Introduction
So what happens in this episode? Cthulhu returns to find Cat very concerned that the Master has not been sleeping properly for a few days since his return from Switzerland.
5. Featured Story
“Cthulhu” by William Ellwood, edited and read by Richard Shaw.
6. Promo
A brief promo for the Cthulhu Podcast by FNH.
7. End Show/Contact Information
You can contact us via email, comment on the blog, review us at http://podcastpickle.com/cast/29002 or even leave us a voicemail message via Skype by calling catandcthulhu. I look forward to hearing from you and value all feedback received.
8. Outro
Another exerpt from “Approach of the Leviathan”.

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For this special 40th episode (plus it’s a year since I started first podcasting C&C – “Happy 1st ‘cast Day”?) I have decided to change format for this episode and perhaps the next few episodes too, depending on how how popular or successful a change it is. If you have any feedback regarding the podcast feel free to get in contact via the many ways listed at the end of the notes.

1. Intro Music
Opening sequence of “Approach of the Leviathan” by Richard Shaw.
2. Introduction
For the 40th episode I’ve decided to expand the format of the podcast for this episode and perhaps the next couple as well. This episode is also being produced in stero too. I hope you enjoy the show.
3. Feedback
A few of your comments and other feedback (None in this edition as it’s the first time this has been done here)
4. Featured Story Introduction
So what happens in this episode? While Cthulhu is gone Cat explores the outside world, and is joined sitting next to the road by the Chocolate Horror.
5. Featured Story
“Cat” by William Ellwood, read by Richard Shaw.
6. Further information
The two sound clips are from thefreesoundproject. They are BlackbirdFiltered.wav, recorded by acclivity and Lorry.wav, recorded by inchadney, licensed under the Creative Commons Samping Plus 1.0 License.
7. End Show/Contact Information
You can contact us via email, comment on the blog, review us at http://podcastpickle.com/cast/29002 or even leave us a voicemail message via Skype by calling catandcthulhu. I look forward to hearing from you and value all feedback received.
8. Outro
Another exerpt from “Approach of the Leviathan“.

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/06/cat-cthulhu-episode-40-cat/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 39 "Homeward" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/06/cat-cthulhu-episode-39-homeward/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/06/cat-cthulhu-episode-39-homeward/#respond Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:38:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=50 So what happens in this episode?
Cthulhu is feeling homesick and isn’t sure of whether to go – because when he gets back Cat may no longer be around.

Author’s Comment
“Actually written on the plane home from Switzerland. As was the previous issue. The one before that was written in the airport departure lounge. :P”

Producer’s Comment
It’s been over a month since the last proper episode went out but in the meantime there’s been a special episode and also a parody-promo (incidentally the background track to that was Samba Pa Ti by Carlos Santana, which is a great track in my opinion). One of the reasons for the gap in between episodes was the fact we moved house recently from one side of Sheffield to the other and my personal pc is still not set up in it’s own room and that I don’t have much quiet time in order to produce these.

Work is still progressing on Episode 40(!). I’ve got plans for backing/intro music (sourced from old music coursework – I’m just waiting for a friend to convert it from audio cassette to digital for me) plus field sound recordings of traffic, etc. I’m still working on whether or not we’ll have a guest reader for the story itself.

You’ll notice there is a new standard artwork for this episode (embedded into the mp3) – please be sure to check it out and let me know what you think.

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/06/cat-cthulhu-episode-39-homeward/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – This is not an M&S advert http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/06/cat-cthulhu-this-is-not-an-ms-advert/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/06/cat-cthulhu-this-is-not-an-ms-advert/#respond Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:51:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=49 A cat with a lightsabre.
A depressed android.
A hamster with a buzz cut.
And Cthulhu, eating a muffin.

This is not M&S Food
This is the Cat and Cthulhu podcast

Sponsored by Evil Eldritch Expressoâ„¢, product of Coffee Fairy Plc.

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/06/cat-cthulhu-this-is-not-an-ms-advert/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – A Very Special Cat And Cthulhu http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/06/cat-cthulhu-a-very-special-cat-and-cthulhu/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/06/cat-cthulhu-a-very-special-cat-and-cthulhu/#respond Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:35:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=48 So what happens in this episode?
Cthulhu has fun involving Shoggoths and toilets and the author makes his views concerning the result of the 2008 London mayoral election clear.

Producer’s Comment
This is the first episode since the author stopped writing new stories regularly – but I wouldn’t discount the possibility of him doing any more. I have a new headset with which to record episodes – you’ll notice the lack of clicking on the recording. This should hopefully tide me over until I can afford a proper microphone but will do for now. I shall endeavour to release episode #39 this week as well as work on the 40th Episode Special on which I’m hoping to include some sound recordings and possibly some music.

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Submitted images may be featured as cover art on the podcast file themselves or posted on the blog. As such you agree by submitting the images that they be released under the same license type of licence as the podcast itself i.e. the Creative Commons Non-Commercial Share and Attribute License. For more details see http://www.creativecommons.org.

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/06/cat-cthulhu-a-very-special-cat-and-cthulhu/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 38 "The N’th Emergency Service" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/05/cat-cthulhu-episode-38-the-nth-emergency-service/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/05/cat-cthulhu-episode-38-the-nth-emergency-service/#respond Thu, 08 May 2008 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=47 So what happens in this episode?
Cthulhu is out of coffee so Cat suggests that he contact Coffee Fairy Plc.

Producer Comment
The title is of course a parody of the AA’s old, not to mention false, tagline. Also, I don’t think Nestle would like the comment made about their coffee in this episode 😉

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/05/cat-cthulhu-episode-38-the-nth-emergency-service/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 37 "Harry Potter And The Half Plate Of Chips" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/05/cat-cthulhu-episode-37-harry-potter-and-the-half-plate-of-chips/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/05/cat-cthulhu-episode-37-harry-potter-and-the-half-plate-of-chips/#respond Mon, 05 May 2008 16:18:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=46 So what happens in this episode?
Cthulhu is reading the latest Harry Potter book and doesn’t want Cat to spoil the ending.

Producer Comment
I recorded two episodes today, the second of which will be released later this week (using Blogger’s new “scheduler” service which should make posting these podcasts more reliable and regular if I’m going to be away when they’re due for release. In the meantime I hope you enjoy this episode, and don’t forget to review us over at http://podcastpickle.com/cast/29002/reviews.

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/05/cat-cthulhu-episode-37-harry-potter-and-the-half-plate-of-chips/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 36 "A Comic Book Death" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/04/cat-cthulhu-episode-36-a-comic-book-death/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/04/cat-cthulhu-episode-36-a-comic-book-death/#respond Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:28:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=45 So what happens in this episode?
Holes in reality caused by pebbles, lakes surrounded by yellow cliffs and a mysterious woman in a blue bikini? All the Master wants is to come back to life.

Producer’s Comment
The Podcast Pickle had indeed not backed up the review or the cast details so I had to sign up again. Ah well… here’s the continuation of last week’s episode. Enjoy!

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/04/cat-cthulhu-episode-36-a-comic-book-death/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 35 "The Master dies" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/03/cat-cthulhu-episode-35-the-master-dies/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/03/cat-cthulhu-episode-35-the-master-dies/#respond Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=44 So what happens in this episode?
The Master falls to his death and Cat’s meditation is disturbed by the appearance of the Master’s ghostly image.

Producer’s Comment
This is the first episode in a small story arc primarily concerning the Master and the next part is due out tomorrow. In other news, Podcast Pickle seem to have suffered a server crash and have lost the reviews, the feed and everything to do with C&C. Which is annoying to say the least. I have emailed them what’s going on so hopefully there will be some kind of resolution soon.

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/03/cat-cthulhu-episode-35-the-master-dies/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 34 "BBQ of the Gods" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/02/cat-cthulhu-episode-34-bbq-of-the-gods/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/02/cat-cthulhu-episode-34-bbq-of-the-gods/#respond Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:09:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=43 So what happens in this episode?
Cat and Cthulhu are throwing a party and everyone seems to be having a good time, apart from Eris and Prometheus.

Producer’s Comment
Apologies for not posting for ages but Real Lifeâ„¢ got in the way, what with university work and spending two weeks in Houston, TX in early February. However I plan from now on to make the time to produce episodes more regularly. Please forgive my poorer voice acting in this episode as I got a mouth ulcer a day or so ago and it’s quite painful to talk. Hope you like the story anyway.

Regards,
Richard

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/02/cat-cthulhu-episode-34-bbq-of-the-gods/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 33 "Aquaphobia" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/01/cat-cthulhu-episode-33-aquaphobia/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/01/cat-cthulhu-episode-33-aquaphobia/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:46:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=42 So what happens in this episode?
Cat and Cthulhu find out what happens when you leave unfinished wine in a glass for a few weeks as they witness the Master getting rather wet. Now that is what they call an understatement.

Producer’s Comment
Nothing to say really about this episode. It didn’t take long to make but I had to rerecord a few small segments to eliminate clicking noises. The result isn’t too shabby I think. Oh to have access to a proper recording studio once more… or even just a new mic perhaps.

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/01/cat-cthulhu-episode-33-aquaphobia/feed/ 1 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 31 "Fireworks" and Episode 32 "Cultists" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/01/cat-cthulhu-episode-31-fireworks-and-episode-32-cultists/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/01/cat-cthulhu-episode-31-fireworks-and-episode-32-cultists/#respond Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:14:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=41 So what happens in this episode these episodes?
Kaos is scared of the loud noises and Cat decides to investigate, dragging a more cautious Cthulhu along. Unfortunately Cthulhu gets over excited with all his new worshipers goes a step too far.

Producer’s Comment
A review of C&C mentioned that the podcast was too short so this time, instead of releasing these two related shortish episodes seperately during the course of the week I may as well combine them into something more substantial.

Sorry for not releasing over the last couple of weeks but I have been busy celebrating Christmas/Annual Gift Day and New Year/Arbitrary Calendar Reset Day with friends and loved ones.

A happy and prosperous 2008 to you all.

Regards,
Richard

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2008/01/cat-cthulhu-episode-31-fireworks-and-episode-32-cultists/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 30 "The Gynoid and the Android" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/12/cat-cthulhu-episode-30-the-gynoid-and-the-android/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/12/cat-cthulhu-episode-30-the-gynoid-and-the-android/#respond Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:24:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=40 So what happens in this episode?
Marvin is alone, his reality collapsed. Cat and Cthulhu are missing. However he has a visitor, in the form of Maria.

Producer’s Comment
Episode 30! Another milestone reached. We’re now only halfway towards audio podcasting the entirety of the C&C stories. Hope you enjoy this episode, if so why not review us at PodcastPickle.com?

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Cthulhu found some mysterious writing on a crumpled piece of paper behind Master’s monitor and is reading it aloud. Everything was fine until Marvin helped him with the pronunciation…

Producer’s Comment
You can now review this podcast at http://podcastpickle.com/cast/29002/reviews No one’s reviewed us yet so don’t miss out being the first to say how good (or not so good) we are!

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/12/cat-cthulhu-episode-29-the-book-of-all-names/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 28 "The Secret" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/12/cat-cthulhu-episode-28-the-secret/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/12/cat-cthulhu-episode-28-the-secret/#respond Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:16:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=38 So what happens in this issue?
Cthulhu reveals to Cat that he has finally figured out the most profound secret, a secret that Master has been trying to discover.

Author’s Comment
[Coming Soon]

Producer’s Comment
For some reason you can hear occasional clicks, though these have been removed wherever possible. This may be a fault with my microphone headset or just a matter of readjusting the recording position. We shall see, when episode 29 is recorded.

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/12/cat-cthulhu-episode-28-the-secret/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 27 "The One Where Cthulhu Eats A Muffin" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/11/cat-cthulhu-episode-27-the-one-where-cthulhu-eats-a-muffin/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/11/cat-cthulhu-episode-27-the-one-where-cthulhu-eats-a-muffin/#respond Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:03:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=37 So what happens in this issue?
Cat is relaxing at the Philip’s Filter coffee shop, when he is joined by Cthulhu, and later Marvin. A short while afterwards Boo brings some bad news about Timmy.

Author’s Comment
[Coming Soon]

Producer’s Comment
Nothing really of note; This episode didn’t take very long to record and edit, etc. I might produce another episode tomorrow if I have time.

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/11/cat-cthulhu-episode-27-the-one-where-cthulhu-eats-a-muffin/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 26 "Tea" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/11/cat-cthulhu-episode-26-tea/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/11/cat-cthulhu-episode-26-tea/#respond Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:50:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=36 So what happens in this issue?
Cat and Cthulhu enjoy tea on the terrace at the Tea Shop Out of Time.

Author’s Comment
[Coming Soon]

Producer’s Comment
I decided to use music for the first time in a C&C podcast, to give the air of taking tea on the terrace of a grand house in the 1920’s. Music is “Ka-lu-a” by Jerome Kern, circa 1922. It and many more ogg formated tunes of the 1920’s can be found at http://nfo.net/ogg.htm. The episode image encoded in the mp3 file is of my improvised studio, with image processing done by Paint.NET.

I hope you enjoy this week’s episode.

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/11/cat-cthulhu-episode-26-tea/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 25 "Just Super" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/11/cat-cthulhu-episode-25-just-super/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/11/cat-cthulhu-episode-25-just-super/#respond Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:09:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=35 So what happens in this issue?
Cthulhu (or Blog-O as he prefers to call himself now) has a cape and is preparing to ascend to the edges of space and bring peace to the blogosphere. Maybe he could pass on a message to Cory Doctorow while he’s up there…?

Author’s Comment
[Coming Soon]

Producer’s Comment
I like this story, it reminds me of a certain xkcd strip of a similar nature. Inspiration may or may not have been derived from such a strip.

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/11/cat-cthulhu-episode-25-just-super/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 24 "Land Diving" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/10/cat-cthulhu-episode-24-land-diving/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/10/cat-cthulhu-episode-24-land-diving/#respond Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:08:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=34 So what happens in this issue?
Cthulhu becomes a god over a bacteria colony in a coffee cup (with disasterous results later) and both he and Cat observe the Master bungee jumping.

Author’s comment:
[Coming Soon]

Producer’s comment:
The third of (last week’s) triple bill of episodes.

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After spotting the word in a news report Cthulhu is curious about the effect of the word ‘fnord’ on both human and Cat’s mind.

Author’s comment:
[Coming Soon]

Producer’s comment:
The second of (last) week’s triple bill of episodes. Sorry I didn’t get it out earlier, it’s been a busy week for me. My voice seems to have given up a little so in this episode I’ve not made too much of an effort to do different voices. And please don’t ask how many takes it took to complete…

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Cat awakes to find that Master’s masters have left the house, at stupid o’clock no less. And Cthulhu wants to have some work friends over too.

Author’s comment:
[Coming Soon]

Producer’s comment:
The first of this week’s triple bill of episodes.

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Cat, Cthulhu and Marvin delve into the Master’s audio collection, with somewhat depressing results. Not that you’d notice Marvin being more depressed or anything.

Author’s comment:
[Coming Soon]

Producer’s comment:
Today’s episode is read by none other than Tim Ralphs, who first/last appeared as a guest reader in Episode 3 – “In The Words of Obi-Wan”. You can find more of him over at Where The Wire Things Are. Many thanks again to Tim for contributing. By the way – if you’d like to become involved with the project, for example a guest reader, then drop us a line at archimedesuk [at] gmail [dot] com.

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/10/cat-cthulhu-episode-21-take-it-to-23/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 20 "Pirates of Neo-Tokyo" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/10/cat-cthulhu-episode-20-pirates-of-neo-tokyo/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/10/cat-cthulhu-episode-20-pirates-of-neo-tokyo/#respond Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:42:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=30 So what happens in this issue?
Cat and Cthulhu settle down to watch their new favourite Anime, much to Marvin’s despair. A Great Old One dancing to an anime’s theme tune? How embarrassing.


Author’s comment:
I pulled the animé from my ass. It doesn’t exist. If
it does I’d really like to know. I have to say this because Richard,
the producer asked me if it was a real show. I had to say no. Some
context for this issue. Well things had picked up a little mood wise.
I’d been to see “Pirates of the Caribbean 3” the night before. It
wasn’t bad. But it wasn’t great either. So I had pirates on the brain.
But it had to be space pirates. Because that’s far more heavy metal.
What else? Well there are some jokes that comment rather poorly
on animé cliches.

Producer’s comment:
Episode 20! I never thought I’d reach this far. Hope you enjoy this latest podcast and stay tuned for a possible bonus feature later this week!

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Make your way to http://cncpodcast.blogspot.com to vote, and feel free to comment on this entry on why that character gets your vote. The poll closes on 24th October.

Bye for now!

Rich

]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/10/poll-vote-for-your-favourite-character/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 19 "Survival" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/10/cat-cthulhu-episode-19-survival/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/10/cat-cthulhu-episode-19-survival/#respond Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:02:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=28 So what happens in this issue?
Cat and Cthulhu discuss the essentials of life and what Cthulhu actually wants with humanity’s souls.

Author’s comment:
Contrast this episode with the previous two. Things
have changed. Gone to the opposing mood. Horrible and low. Got the
idea for this issue while walking in front of theRathaus is Basel one
lunchtime. I’m not sure what the aim of this issue is entirely. My
personal notes for this period of time start to become more and more
fragmented.

I’m not even sure how I’d answer this question seriously. For me this
episodes seems to be almost reaching some level of personal truth and
admission. But in the end pulls away from answering a hard question or
making a hard point about something. But it was written many months
ago. Without questioning a few people about my behaviour from then
there is no way I can make definitive statements about this issue.
Besides, would they even remember my behaviour from that long ago?

Producer’s comment:
I re-recorded the intro and credits this week, and I’ve finally managed to get rid of that ‘wibbly’ sound – an artefact left by noise removal. I’ve got a guest reader lined up for episode 20, due the end of this week. In the meantime please enjoy this latest offering. 🙂

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Cat explores the Citadel but is distrurbed by what he finds. So much so that when he finally comes around he is in the presence of an old friend.

Author’s comment:
Leaving off where the story discussion was going. This
is the final episode of the storyline. Yes Cat does find Cthulhu.
There is a punchline. I enjoyed writing this episode. It might be
partially for the person reasons that I discuss in the next paragraph.
But it was a fun experiment doing a internally consistent set of
issues. I might return to the experiment another time.

Right! The personal stuff. Well as I said in the previous episodes
comment that week was a crazy week. We had lots of days off work for
some reason. I spent most of those days with Susan and Hayley, who
worked for a company similar to the one I worked for. Although in
areas of hard science, rather then my wussy IT job. Anyhow the
previous day to writing this I’d gone toEngelberg on the train with
the two of them. We tried a spot of Via Ferrata . It wasn’t what Susan
had expected. It was all rather scary. Awesome good fun though.
Probably one of the best weekends of my time spent in Switzerland.

Producer’s comment:
I didn’t bother with the noise removal in this episode since it’s pretty negliable. Besides the slight static reminds me of the waves of the Pacific… 😉

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/10/cat-cthulhu-episode-18-the-common-sense-of-cthulhu/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 17 "Those Coordinates" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/09/cat-cthulhu-episode-17-those-coordinates/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/09/cat-cthulhu-episode-17-those-coordinates/#respond Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:34:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=26 So what happens in this issue?
Cat is all at sea… the South Pacific that is.

Author’s comment:
Oh man this was written in the crazy week of May. The
day before I’d been to Bern to do some zip-lines and stuff with Susan
and Hayley. That was fun. Six hours of climbing around the tops of
tall trees. All amidst the capital city of Switzerland. The day I
wrote this I’d gone to Germany (just over the border) to play
badminton. I sucked badly. Got my pale arse handed to me on all
accounts by everyone. Day after, I went to the climbing wall in Basel
with Susan and Hayley. This is context. I was genuinely at this point
having an awesome time. Very happy with the way life and things were
going.

Story wise in Cat & Cthulhu this really is the the peak of the story.
Yes, the next episode is the final issue of, “The Death of Cthulhu”
story arch. Nothing too major happening in terms of style hopefully.
Just attempting to build up the tension and set up the next issue.

Producer’s comment:
The second of this week’s double bill. Enjoy!

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/09/cat-cthulhu-episode-17-those-coordinates/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 16 "Next Door to the Mountains of Madness" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/09/cat-cthulhu-episode-16-next-door-to-the-mountains-of-madness/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/09/cat-cthulhu-episode-16-next-door-to-the-mountains-of-madness/#respond Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:02:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=25 So what happens in this issue?
Cat explores a most alien landscape…

Author’s comment:
This episode of Cat & Cthulhu is directly influenced and ripping off
the H.P. Lovecraft story, “At the Mountains of Madness.”

My original intentions are kinda lost on this one. Next podcast should
be more interesting for the juicy info.

Producer’s comment:
The first of this week’s double bill. Enjoy!

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/09/cat-cthulhu-episode-16-next-door-to-the-mountains-of-madness/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 15 “Rocket Power” http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/09/cat-cthulhu-episode-15-rocket-power/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/09/cat-cthulhu-episode-15-rocket-power/#respond Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:53:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=24 So what happens in this issue?
Cat and Master contact the Master’s younger sibling in an attempt to find out how to build a rocket to rescue Cthulhu.

Author’s comment:
Well what can I really say about this issue? In some regards it is a
bridging episode enabling the action to move from Switzerland to the
next major location. In other ways it is an exploration of the real
powers that Marvin seems to possess. Of course the really important
thing is that I did ask my brother for permission to use him in this
issue.

The price really was the use of my copy of Knights of the Old
Republic. So I hope your grateful.

Producer’s comment:
Forgive the lateness of this issue but it was delayed by the event of my 22nd Birthday – which I spent at a Model Railway exhibition in Shipley, West Yorkshire.

For some reason the noise profile of my computer has changed slightly. Thus when I perform the noise removal proceedure some of my vocal frequencies are also removed despite my best efforts to correct this. Thus my voice sounds… like I’m talking over a mobile phone. Which is quite apt given that’s how much one is involved in this episode.

All issues from now on will hopefully be produced on my fiance’s very quiet Dell Vostro machine, with it’s nice microphone headset too. So hopefully the quality of the recordings will get better from now on. ^^

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/09/cat-cthulhu-episode-15-rocket-power/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 14 “Master” http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/09/cat-cthulhu-episode-14-master/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/09/cat-cthulhu-episode-14-master/#respond Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:31:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=23 So what happens in this issue?
Cat and the Master discuss how come stuffed toys can talk and how they could possibly recover Cthulhu.

Author’s comment:
This issue is put into some context by this
blog post. The plot moves forward a bit for ‘The Death of Cthulhu’
story arch.

For this issue I knew I wanted to have this dialog at roughly this
point in the story arch but I didn’t know where. As the link above
explains I’d popped into the center of Basel to borrow a DVD from a
friend (who I might also have had a crush on) and also avoiding
EastEnders being on the tellybox. Not getting the DVD and having
really wanted to go into town anyway to think about this issue I hit
upon the idea whilst on the tram into the city that it could be set at
this fountain. Which, I really do like as a place and wish I’d spent
more time there in moments like the one just described.

So while I didn’t get the DVD I got the moment of tranquility needed
to write this issue.
Which I guess you can be happy for now.
I’ll just look back on that time spent sitting next to the fountain
drinking coffee as a rather short moment of my life filled with
contentment and optimism.

Producer’s comment:
I can’t think of anything in particular about producing this issue. Apart from that I recorded it while off work with an injured left ankle. Damn you soft tissue injury! At least it hasn’t affected my voice…

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/09/cat-cthulhu-episode-14-master/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Interview with the ‘Master’, William Ellwood. http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/08/cat-cthulhu-interview-with-the-master-william-ellwood/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/08/cat-cthulhu-interview-with-the-master-william-ellwood/#respond Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:37:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=21 Cat & Cthulhu – Interview with the creator and author William Ellwood

Today we’re honored to have the writer of C&C, William Ellwood, join us for an interview.

William: Evening. Not sure who the third party is though.

The audience of course

William: It is always to my constant surprise and amusement that I have one of those.

Why’s that? Have you never thought much of your work?

William: Not really. I mean obviously I place some value on my work. Enough value to show people some of it. I’ve never received much in the way of criticism either positive or negative. Which one I suppose can take as a generally good thing. But in one major sense I don’t know how to value my work. It is just my work and writings against what? Hemmingway, Vonnegut, Thompson or those shitty tie-in novel authors? Or is it more plausibly somewhere in the middle or worse?

Have you always wanted to write? And publish yourself?

William: I’ve always wanted to write yeah I suppose. More tell stories then anything. Or entertain.

Well maybe not entertain. Provoke thought.

William: Publishing myself is an annoying thing. I’d be happier if I didn’t have to do that by myself. I’d be able to concentrate on writing purely then. But I also to some small degree enjoy the control I have over presentation. Even if I am really bad at it.It’s DIY I keep telling myself.

Are you quite a controversial person then?

William:Controversial…probably in a rather meek timid way.

I tend to only have three states of mind about something, love, like or loath.

I guess you could throw ignore in there as well. But that doesn’t begin with l.

It could be a lower case L masquerading as a capital I…

William: It could be. 🙂

You’ve had more than one website in the past…were you the really geeky one at school with all the flash gizmos?

William: No. I still don’t have many flash gadgets.

William: No iPod, a fairly powerful PC for running Ubuntu Linux on. So not for gaming. Most glamorous gadget I have is a 22″ flatscreen monitor.

But you’re into computers right?

William: I’ve a love hate relationship with them. I should mention that I study computer science at this point.

That sounds pretty geeky to me

William: I love computation and solving problems in abstract space. I’m less interested computers as physical things. Which probably means I should do a Philosophy degree.

William: I’m not denying I’m a geek. I’m horrifically pedantic. I can recite too much canon from Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate and lots of other things. I’m not proud of that sometimes.

William: I don’t even watch Stargate! I got bored with it when it jumped the Goa’uld. But with Heroes and Lost I don’t think being able to recite canon in explicit detail makes you a geek anymore.

What prompted you to start writing Cat and Cthulhu?

I started writing Cat & Cthulhu well in two phases really.

First as a one off issue of Insert Name which was a weekly flash fiction website I did. That ran for two years and I got bored with it and in actual fact out grew the idea.

Second as an idea that I quite enjoyed working on. And while I was in Switzerland I was looking for a project to keep my writing skills honed while doing various computer type stuffs for a company who shall remain nameless.

My computer skills actually decreased in that year. Oh well. So I started a flash fiction blog (http://quicktale.blogspot.com) and it turned out I was writing a lot of these Cat & Cthulhu stories so I put them onto their own website.

I don’t know what prompted me to put them on the Internet though.

Or talk about them to anyone else. I think that would be my natural childish. Well maybe not childish, because adults do this as well and there is nothing inherently wrong with this emotional impulse. With my impulse to show off.

But then all art and most advances in pure sciences come from the desirer to show of. Even if it is just to prove something to ones self.

Where do you draw you inspirations from? Especially when it comes to your characters and the events in the series.

William: You’ve just asked the question everyone dreads. I can give you one answer and you’ll get another one next week.

William: In terms of characters Well they are all stuffed toys (or in the case of Marvin an action figure) that I keep next to my computer monitor to decorate it. I’ll start with Cthulhu. Since he is probably the one that requires the least explanation.

Cthulhu is a fictional monsters from the writings of H.P. Lovecraft a science fiction author from the early part of the last century. He led a very odd life and was by all accounts a very strange individual. He envisioned or at least tried to describe a rational persons horror. That is horror without the supernatural of Gods and magic.

Which do have a place in his stories. But as beings of unknowable and warped realities and in the case of magic the true physics of the universe. Cthulhu is in his scheme of things a Great Old One. Not a God. But still a being of unimaginable and remote horror. Cthulhu lives in the sea where it has been imprisoned for millions of years. For reasons I fail to remember at this moment in time.

One day Cthulhu will awaken and the world as we know it will end. Or more precisely because H.P. Lovecraft deals in timescales on the holy fuck I can’t possibly think about this. Cthulhu will awake in millions if not billions of years. Meaning it really isn’t our problem. However there is always the chance that the sleeping horror could awaken early. Which does make it our problem.

Marvin the Paranoid Android also I doubt needs much explaining. He is a fairly important character in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy books, radio play, TV series and film. In the case of Cat & Cthulhu he is based on the film version. Because on my shelf above my monitor presently (this will change when I move next week) sits an action figure from the 2005 film.

Which means I’ve had the figure for two years because I bought it on my nineteenth birthday

Cat, is from the Emily the Strange franchise. I believe the character is actually called Milo. But I didn’t know this at the time I acquired Cat.

I should mention I have a small Cthulhu sitting on my desk as well. That was a present from a good friend of mine.

Why would I use these as characters in stories? Well on one level I see the fact I have a Marvin figure, a symbolic representation of a Cat and whatever Cthulhu represents, as being fairly interesting because they are kind of totems to various facets of how I see my self. That is also complete bollocks! Well kind of…there is something in that silly statement of representation but I wouldn’t run too far with it.

And the events that transpire in the story?

William: Inspirations onto the stories. Often my life. Cat & Cthulhu does at times from my point of view very often take on the characteristics of a personal journal written in rather far distant not very disguised way. For example issue twenty, ‘Pirates of Neo-Tokyo’ was written on the same weekend I went to see ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 3’. The next issue to be podcasted, ‘Master’ comes from the fact I spent a large amount of time sitting in one place for a rather annoying reason, involving trying to borrow ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 2’ from a cute lass. The story, ‘Next door to the Mountain of Madness’ is a light retelling of the H.P. Lovecraft story ‘At The Mountains of Madness.’

‘The Secret’ is me ripping into this self help concept being sold in the back of newspapers with celebrity endorsements.

The two issues after that are well based directly on imagery found in the Gamecube game Eternal Darkness. A Metropolis character from the Fritz Lang film appears next to Marvin as a love interest in that as well. Throughout the whole thing there are numerous references to a book by Hal Duncan called ‘Vellum: The Book of All Hours’.

William: The issue ‘Aquaphobia’ is based on the fact I’m terrified of rapid water. And too stupid to realize this and thus went and had another go at kayaking in rapids on a short trip into France just over the boarder into from where I used to live. Ideas come from all over. None of them are original. Picasso made that point once.

Ok, you’re up to issue 54 so far… is there a planned limit or finale?

William: Really fifty four issues? Shit! I meant to throw a party at issue fifty. No. But I think the question is in error. I’ll stop writing Cat & Cthulhu when it stops being fun and or relevant. Which at the moment it does feel a bit not fun to do. But everything has bumps. When I can see no point in continuing Cat & Cthulhu and can find a better project I’ll stop. But that isn’t planned. Just an exit condition. If that does happen though I’ve no idea how I’d end it. Maybe a planned storyline to wrap things up. But since one of the core rules of Cat & Cthulhu is have no backstory, each issue should stand on its own. I’d have reservations about doing that.

Also looking at the fact I’ve done supposedly about fifty issues in half a year that will put me at one hundred in another half year. And things will look different to how they do now because half a year will have passed not another fifty issues.

Sorry… just checked. 52

William: I’ve stopped counting I think. It doesn’t serve any purpose, the counting numbers game for me anymore. Except word counts. I’m a bit obsessed with them.

Were you surprised when the idea of a podcast came up?

William: Yes. Very.

What was your initial reaction?

William: Delighted. But surprised because Cat & Cthulhu is already such a small format thing. In terms of crunch media it takes thirty seconds to read the effort I put into each issue. And a podcast takes longer I suspect then a few hundred words of prose to produce.

William: But it doesn’t take anything away from what I do. Which means long may it continue.

I mean take away from my enjoyment by the by.

It adds to it infact. 😀

Really? How?

William: It’s ego boosting. In a good way. Someone is putting effort into remixing and playing with stuff I’ve done. This in my mind means they obviously like what I do quite a large amount. Since A, they wouldn’t be doing something so labor intensive and B, they could just as easily be playing with their own toys. I like sharing.

Also it puts a different interpretation on Cat & Cthulhu. It might not be mine, but in terms of ‘art’ there is no wrong answer. Many eyes show many things.

And the world needs more perspective. I wish I had the benefit of knowing different interpretations of what goes on in my life. So to have it for something so trivial as Cat & Cthulhu is nice.

What would you do if the guardian or radio 4 or even yog-sothoth approached you regarding C&C or your other fiction? To (re)produce that is.

William: Shit my self with joy. Laugh for a few hours. Promptly say yes and tell them I’ll be in the pub with my friends. Also walk around with The Jokers grin for a week.

William: Then sit down with a horrible hangover and think about it. Which means a few hours later the whole experience will have been excreted into words that you’ll end up reading.

Seriously?

William: Well semi-seriously. I do digest events and occurrences by writing about them. It’s possibly the most incriminating coping method ever. I’ve enough control of my sphincter to only shit my self if offered marriage or shot, or on the bog. I’d giggle a bit certainly. I did with the Podcast. I grinned for a few hours as well for that. I’d probably be heading to the pub with my friends anyway. But I doubt that such a thing will happen. So I’ve grown content not thinking about it.

Would you take part in the podcast itself? Guest read episode 30 or something?

William: I’m tempted.

For episode 30 (The Book of All Names) I’d request a very attractive other guest voice to counter my depressive plastic but iPod like shell. Yeah I’ll say I’m ugly but well designed, eat that double meanings.

Maybe you could voice Marvin? He’s well designed

William: I assumed I’d be Marvin. I’d have to do the second half of the story as well. It is my favorite pair of stories so far.

Final question: Would the cast ever listen to a podcast like say… C&C? Oh, and do you think there’ll ever be a mass genocide perpetrated by a ancient alien monster of doom?

William: No on the podcast. That would be far to self-referential. And just breaks several gut feels I have.

Mostly irrational and unexplainable.

I mean if they were ‘real’ -would they be into that kind of thing?

William: I could make a cheap shot about politicians for that second question. I won’t. But it probably wouldn’t be genocide. There is a difference between genocide and mass-murder. Ancient alien monsters of doom probably wouldn’t target specific groups.

Oh now I have to think my my tippy toes. Marvin would ignore it. Cat would probably loath it and Cthulhu would probably love it. Boo might like it.

Marvin being smart and depressive. Cat being a pretentious and lazy. Cthulhu being silly because of his alien perspective and goofy because just look at his face. Boo is a hamster. Hamsters like stuff.

Thank you for joining us.

]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/08/cat-cthulhu-interview-with-the-master-william-ellwood/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 13 "Stranger in a strange land" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/08/cat-cthulhu-episode-13-stranger-in-a-strange-land/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/08/cat-cthulhu-episode-13-stranger-in-a-strange-land/#respond Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:07:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=20 So what happens in this issue?
Master is startled to find his supposedly inanimate stuffed cat has arrived safely in Switzerland.

Author’s comment:
Unlucky thirteen and a terrible pun. The issue is named after a Robert
Heinlein novel I’ve never read. I do intend to read it at some point.
My parents I presume and hope have a very ‘traveled’ paperback edition
in their room somewhere. Regardless this issue marks my first physical
appearance in the overall Cat and Cthulhu narrative. Something I still
have immense reservations about doing because it opens up the horrible
gateway that lets me be more blog like and indeed take on special
powers within the stories.

Which is something I don’t intend.
Unless of course it is really funny.
Or some other arbitrary exception to the general rule of I don’t
appear I can think of and not get my head kicked in for.

This is also a fairly accurate description of the accommodation I was
living in whilst I lived in Switzerland (I’m back in the UK now). Most
of the descriptions for realistic objects (people, places, items) are
based on actual tangible things. I was the one responsible for the
broken window! I got rather excited that friends were arriving for a
BBQ and closed it too quickly causing it to well er break.

My comment is almost as long as the written issue. Expect this to be
the normal course of events for the near future. I have a lot to talk
about when it comes to certain issues because honestly a lot goes into
them. Even if it is not a lot of thought and pure reflex to my current
surroundings.

Producer’s comment:
Somehow I doubt U2’s song of the same name had little to do with a stuffed Cat on it’s quest to find his tentacled companion. I tried to do an impression of the real-life ‘Master’ (Will) but failed to quite get it. I do have however a couple of recordings of his voice but have been forbidden from publishing those… for now. I’ll be proactising my impressions for the next issue however! 😉

Additional:
I’ve finally come up with a design for a C&C t-shirt. I’ll be making a separate dedicated post sometime in the very near future so stay tuned!

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/08/cat-cthulhu-episode-13-stranger-in-a-strange-land/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 12 "Postage" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/08/cat-cthulhu-episode-12-postage/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/08/cat-cthulhu-episode-12-postage/#respond Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:28:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=19 So what happens in this issue?
Cat, Marvin and Boo discuss what they should do now that Cthulhu is gone.

Author’s comment:
This is the end of the beginning.
I did get the odd care package from my parents while I was living in
Switzerland.
No Cat in the post though.

Producer’s comment:
Since this episode is quite short I’ll be posting another episode later this week. Enjoy! ( I’ll also chase up those author comments for the past couple of posts too. )

Additional:
The Cat and Cthulhu website has had a brand new makeover, moving to a new WordPress format. Hope all you like it.

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/08/cat-cthulhu-episode-12-postage/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 11 "Morning and Mourning" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/08/cat-cthulhu-episode-11-morning-and-mourning/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/08/cat-cthulhu-episode-11-morning-and-mourning/#respond Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=18 So what happens in this issue?
Cat makes a grim discovery and is hysterical, despite Marvin and Boo’s “reassurances”.

Author’s comment:
I’m sorry for the horrible pun. Really I’m so sorry.
This issue centers around well the cast mourning over Cthulhu’s death
and working how how to get him back. Because it appears stuffed toys
don’t accept greif all that well.

There is also a reference to a myth that occurs around Call of Cthulhu
roleplaying game fans.
See the story goes that a group of players by great misadventure end
up confronting Cthulhu directly. Somehow they retain enough of their
collective sanity to nuke Cthulhu.

Except in the roleplaying game canon if Cthulhu dies s/he/it returns
in half an hour at full strength. So thirty minutes pass and Cthulhu
once again appears to traumatize these group of players. Except this
time s/he/it is highly radioactive.

There is humor in this if you are of a certain mindset.
Probably the kind that plays Call of Cthulhu.

Producer’s comment:
The second part of this week’s double-bill of podcasts.

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/08/cat-cthulhu-episode-11-morning-and-mourning/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 10 "The Death Of Cthulhu" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/08/cat-cthulhu-episode-10-the-death-of-cthulhu/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/08/cat-cthulhu-episode-10-the-death-of-cthulhu/#respond Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:14:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=17 So what happens in this issue?
Cthulhu meets his ‘manufacturer’.

Author’s comment:
At this point in time I was finding it rather hard to write one shot
gag issues. I was still learning at this point. Well I’m still
learning now at issue forty something.

This is the start of a planned nine part miniseries with a
distinct beginning middle and end.

Producer’s comment:
Episode 10! It might be a week late (I went to a wedding last weekend and have been busy with work) but it’s quite a landmark in my eyes. Only another 30 issues to go until we get ‘up to date’. This week is also a double bill so be sure to check out episode 11 too 😉

Richard

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Do you know what happens when Cthulhu dies?
Do you think a soft toy can use a submersible?
Where does Master get his hair ties from?
What is the meaning of life?
All these questions will be answered soon.

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/07/cat-cthulhu-a-promo/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 9 "Mane" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/07/cat-cthulhu-episode-9-mane/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/07/cat-cthulhu-episode-9-mane/#respond Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:07:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=15 So what happens in this issue?
Cat gets on Cthulhu’s nerves while discusssing his possible future choice of hair style.

Author’s comment:
As you might have found out from my writings or profile pictures I
have very long hair. I think that I wrote this issue at Easter 2007.
My brothers first words to me were along the lines of,”Leo! Lion!
Mane!” This at two in the morning after getting back to Leicester from
a red eye flight from Switzerland. So put these words in my mind.
Shake and bake for a little while and this is what came out.

Producer’s comment:
Nice short and sweet episode this one. Enjoy!

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/07/cat-cthulhu-episode-9-mane/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 8 "Horrors of Humans" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/07/cat-cthulhu-episode-8-horrors-of-humans/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/07/cat-cthulhu-episode-8-horrors-of-humans/#respond Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:55:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=14 So what happens in this issue?
Cthulhu attempts to hold his own version of the Student Wargames and Roleplaying Nationals with his parody of the eponymous roleplaying game…

Author’s comment:
Well this took place in April. I was at a gaming convention for
university societies in Edinburgh. I was playing Call of Cthulhu. I
had a very enjoyable time. This is a short description of what the end
of my first game at the gig was. Needless to say I’m not much of a fan
of bacon anymore. I seem to like the word fawn a lot.

Maybe this says something about my personality.

Producer’s comment:
This issue was awkward to do on account of it being so long. Took quite a few takes and I’m still not quite satisfied. Sorry for the delayed publication only I’ve recently started a new full-time job so that’s taken most of my previously “free” time. Issue 9 will still be out this week too.

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/07/cat-cthulhu-episode-8-horrors-of-humans/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 7 “May the Farce be with you” http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/07/cat-cthulhu-episode-7-may-the-farce-be-with-you/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/07/cat-cthulhu-episode-7-may-the-farce-be-with-you/#respond Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:39:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=13 So what happens in this issue?
The Universal Life Church really has lowered it’s standards. Apparently they’re even accepting Jedi feline-like toys. 😉

This issue is read by Magnus Hølvold.

Author’s comment:
I do wish I was a Jedi sometimes.
I suspect the funky wuxia inspired powers would come in handy.
My long ginger hair would make for light saber fights that look just awesome.
Like an organic cape. With extra ruffian.

The pledge of poverty (which I have unofficially taken) isn’t that
appealing mind.
But if I was a new trilogy era Jedi – I could kill Jar Jar.
Also you get to whizz around a galaxy having ‘adventures’ and I sure
hope the celibacy thing is a guideline. Because I seem to remember
some really hot lady Jedi’s.

What other comment do you want?
I like Star Wars. I like Cthulhu. I wrote a mix and mash and tried to
do it in the least terrible way I could.
Enjoy.

Guest Reader’s comment:
[coming soon]

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/07/cat-cthulhu-episode-7-may-the-farce-be-with-you/feed/ 0 Issue 7 out ths evening http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/07/issue-7-out-ths-evening/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/07/issue-7-out-ths-evening/#respond Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:12:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=12 The main story of Episode 7 of Cat & Cthulhu is currently residing within Audacity, awaiting the addition of introduction and credit sequences. Unfortunately due to my joining the workforce today you’ll have to wait until 18:00BST for the issue. Apparently the main reason for the delay was that Magnus, this week’s guest reader, got drunk watching the latest Harry Potter film. Which is perfectly understandable I think.

]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/07/issue-7-out-ths-evening/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 6 "Sleep" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/07/cat-cthulhu-episode-6-sleep/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/07/cat-cthulhu-episode-6-sleep/#respond Sat, 07 Jul 2007 23:02:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=11 So what happens in this issue?
In this episode Cthulhu is asked to explain the purpose of ‘sleep’ to an individual whom reportedly has a brain the size of a planet…

Author’s comment:
I really need to sleep at the moment. I went climbing on Thursday.
Zurich on Friday night and then back on the train to Basel. Then
Zurich was visited again on Saturday. Today I went kayaking. There
were rapids and I know fear personally now. Never again!

None of this has anything to do with this issue of Cat & Cthulhu. Well
except I’d really like to curl up in a ball. Possibly in a fetal
position. Hopefully with a cute lass fawning over me trying to being
me out of my catatonic state.

A fact about this issue. Erm that cookbook really is on my shelf next
to my Marvin action figure.

W. Ellwood

Producer’s comment:
Apologies for publishing late this week. I did have an episode ready to go on Thursday but I wasn’t completely happy with it. So I reworked it slightly today and it seems a lot better now, at least to me anyway. I’ve also been dealing with my forthcoming engagement party and my fiancee has been busy using the computer for dissertation work. Mostly. 😉

I hope you all enjoy this episode, and if you have any comments on this, or any other episode, you can reach me at archimedesuk [at] gmail [dot] com.

Regards,

Richard

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/07/cat-cthulhu-episode-6-sleep/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 5 "A Conferance of Beings" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/cat-cthulhu-episode-5-a-conferance-of-beings/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/cat-cthulhu-episode-5-a-conferance-of-beings/#respond Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:52:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=10 So what happens in this issue?
Cthulhu comes home after getting plenty free fish and souls at a scary monster conferance.

Author’s comment:
Not much to say here. It involves tuna which is good for the
characters. It involves some H.P. Lovecraft references. The original
text was written just after I’d attended a conference for my
department at work. This issue also marks the first appearance of Boo.

Producer’s comment:
I enjoyed making this episode, more so than the last one. After rehearsing the script it only needed two takes to get the whole thing down. Instead of making distinct voices I’m much happier with just putting more feeling into the characters. It still feels a little strange though, talking to a webcam microphone. Maybe one day I’ll have the chance to produce an episode in a studio… now where is that BBC7 phone number…?

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/cat-cthulhu-episode-5-a-conferance-of-beings/feed/ 0 Where are the psuedopods? http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/where-are-the-psuedopods/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/where-are-the-psuedopods/#respond Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=9 Hi. Due to flooding in Sheffield (rolling blackouts and then no internet for 24hours) I haven’t been able to do C&C. I’ll try to post the latest episode this evening (Saturday).

]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/where-are-the-psuedopods/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 4 "Ice skating is scary and Clowns are evil" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/cat-cthulhu-episode-4-ice-skating-is-scary-and-clowns-are-evil/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/cat-cthulhu-episode-4-ice-skating-is-scary-and-clowns-are-evil/#respond Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:57:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=8 So what happens in this issue?
Cat and Cthulhu spy on an unidentified male ice skating. Then start to
talk about this now identified persons dislike of clowns. It is all
quite silly really.

Authors comment:
I like this issue. But I am a bit bias because it actually happened!
Well the ice skating bit did. It was the only time I fell that day.
Ice skating really is scary. Although it gets easier. Kind of. I don’t
like clowns that much either. However I do like clowning around.

Producer’s comment:
In this episode I experimented with more distinct character voices, but I don’t think it worked too well. At one point during “rehearsal” Cthulhu either sounded like Brian Blessed, and at another time like Hans Gruber from ‘Allo ‘Allo. I think I’ll voice future episodes like I did with the first two for the moment.

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/cat-cthulhu-episode-4-ice-skating-is-scary-and-clowns-are-evil/feed/ 0 Delay – Episode 4 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/delay-episode-4/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/delay-episode-4/#respond Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:38:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=7 Due to family commitments Episode 4 of Cat & Cthulhu won’t be released until Saturday. Apologies for any inconveniance caused.

]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/delay-episode-4/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 3 "In the words of Obi-Wan" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/cat-cthulhu-episode-3-in-the-words-of-obi-wan/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/cat-cthulhu-episode-3-in-the-words-of-obi-wan/#respond Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:19:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=6 The third episode of Cat & Cthulhu sees Master waking up earlier than usual and Cat bothering Cthulhu about a certificate he received in the mail.

This week’s guest reader is Timothy M. Ralphs, who does a superb job voicing Cthulhu. It’s dribbly.

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/cat-cthulhu-episode-3-in-the-words-of-obi-wan/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Now on iTunes! http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/cat-cthulhu-now-on-itunes/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/cat-cthulhu-now-on-itunes/#respond Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:42:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=5 Hello everyone. Just a quick entry to bring you the news that Cat & Cthulhu is now featured on the iTunes Store at http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=257472082, with some new subscriptions after just a couple of days.

As you probably guessed this blog and it’s feed exist not only for your listening pleasure but also for myself to gain more technical experiance with podcasting, and what a steep learning curve indeed! I gained most of my knowledge from the rather simply named: http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/ Now it’s an ok tutorial but is getting a bit dated. Some of the sections becoming more guidelines than actual tutorials. For example, the chicklet code-adding video is redundant since Feedburner now has a utility to add one directly to your appropriate blog. Exploring everything is the key here.

So, since this is a “experimental” blog I wouldn’t expect it to be fully featured or customised. That will come with the official production blog and feed. Don’t worry though – I will be sure to continute posting episodes here until such time when the proper site is completed and you’ve all edited your ‘bookmarks’.

So happy listening – our next episode will be released this coming Wednesday: “Episode 3 [III? – Editor] – In the Words of Obi-Wan”

R. Shaw

]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/cat-cthulhu-now-on-itunes/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 2 "Cat and Cthulhu are back" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/cat-cthulhu-episode-2-cat-and-cthulhu-are-back/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/cat-cthulhu-episode-2-cat-and-cthulhu-are-back/#respond Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:06:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=4 The second episode of the ever increasingly popular Cat & Cthulhu. In this episode Cthulhu returns home after a long trip to Switzerland with the Master.

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]]> http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/cat-cthulhu-episode-2-cat-and-cthulhu-are-back/feed/ 0 Cat & Cthulhu – Episode 1 "Cat and Cthulhu" http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/cat-cthulhu-episode-1-cat-and-cthulhu/ http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/2007/06/cat-cthulhu-episode-1-cat-and-cthulhu/#respond Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:44:00 +0000 http://www.catandcthulhupodcast.com/?p=3 The first podcast episode of “Cat & Cthulhu”! Here we meet Cat and Cthulhu, having a brief chat together after the Master has left the room…

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