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I've been meaning to do this for ages and I've finally done it; I've taken all my readings of classic short stories from 'Sometimes' and released them as a stand-alone podcast with the help of the good people at Podiobooks.com.

 

 

It's interesting for me to listen to these again as I can hear the room I was in and the mic I was using when I recorded them. For example, 'The Cold Embrace' was recorded in a huge sitting room with an open kitchen attached (inc. the original fridge), and using the same mic I used for One Among the Sleepless, while 'Dagon' for example, was recorded in a small room with my current mic. I could go on about good and bad rooms and microphones all day, but I won't bore you. To cut a long story short, the podcaster who rents apartments and houses has to use whatever four walls come to hand, and some lodgings give rise to better podcast audio than others. There see, I'm already boring myself. I'll shut up.

 

The podcast is available here at Podiobooks

And here at iTunes.

 

Any kind words or reviews you feel like leaving will be very gratefully received. My thanks in advance :-)

Here's Sometimes 12, with its featured story, 'Gabriel-Ernest' by Saki. If you're a long-time Sometimes listener, you'll be familiar with Saki from Sometimes 1, 2, 5 and 6. As you might have guessed, he's one of my favourites, and it's always a pleasure for me to bring his brilliant tales to life.

 The podcast also features a poem from me, music from A Band Called Quinn, and a trip to the fridge to check on the Squid Brand Fish Sauce.

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Links

Saki

A Band Called Quinn

T-Rex

Podcast Promo: Toothless by JP Moore

In a Lovecraft-themed ... ish edition of Sometimes. Mike reads H.P. Lovecraft's classic horror short story, Dagon. There's also a reading of Mike's own poem, Seeking the Unwanted, which is nothing to do with Lovecraft, but, er ... Anyway, music comes from old favourites, Fruitcake Superbeing and A Band Called Quinn. Click the picture to fish out the MP3   Links to podcasts, books, games or artists mentioned in this podcast Fruitcake Superbeing The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast Mike Bennett Sometimes: H.P. Lovecraft's, The Music of Eric Zann Jeff Remmer's Art at www.TempleofDagon.com Game: Call of Cthulhu A Band Called Quinn Podiobooks. Paraffin Winter by Peter Chowney David Beard Music Dr. Awkward and finally

Sometimes 11 should be online in the next few days. The featured story will be 'Dagon' by H.P. Lovecraft, and as you can see from the picture below, it's a fearful tale indeed. The artwork is by Jeff Remmer, and you can find more his fantastic Lovecraftian visions on his page at The Temple of Dagon.

 

Hello Listeners

It's that time of the month again - the time when something drops into your inbox from me. And this time it's me reading Mark Twain's story, 'The Cannibalism in The Cars'. It was, I don't mind telling you, a b****** of a task. It took innumerable takes and left about a million cuttings on the cutting room floor, but finally, it's done. I don't even know if it's any good or not at this stage - I listened through it this morning and I was almost speaking along with it - I know the words so well. Anyway, for better or worse, here it is. Bon apetit ...

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Also I play 'Ain't No Fool' from 'The Revellions', who play London later this month:

 

Other Links:

The Dreamers' Thread by Starla Huchton

http://www.thedreamersthreadnovel.com/

Night's Knight's Vampire Podnovel

http://www.emzbox.com/newebox.html

The Vertigo Media Network

http://www.vertigomedianetwork.com/

Music:

'Ain't No Fool' by The Revellions.

http://www.myspace.com/therevellions

A special festive edition of Sometimes featuring the Q&A that didn't make it onto the end of U&F 21. In this searching interview, Mike answers listeners' questions on Underwood and Flinch, while dodging the deeper issues like politics, God and 'dryness'.

Guest starring Mike's wife and an old friend from an earlier 'Sometimes'.

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I shall be away from my 'desk' for the next week as I'm off to England for Christmas. So before I go, I'd like to wish all you lovely listeners a very peaceful and happy festive season and all the very best for a great 2010. As always, thanks for listening and being the best audience in the world.

Cheers for now

Mike

 

Nothing to get too excited about, just a news bulletin, a song, a classic creepy story and of course, a glimpse into my fridge. It's just my way of saying, "Hello, I'm not dead." I hope you like it.

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Player s8

Music in this podcast:

Lene Lovich
"Lucky Number" (mp3)
from "Lucky Number (The Best Of)"
(Oval Music)

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Jeff Rosiana:' Spooky Piano'

Promos and Plugs:

CrimeWAV.com

Seth Harwood's 'Young Junius'

 

Is 'Sometimes' the best European personality podcast? How should we know, it's not like we've listened to every 'personality' podcast in Europe is it? Still, that's no reason why 'Sometimes' shouldn't win ;-)

Follow the link and vote: 'Mike Bennett Sometimes'. It'll... er.... make me very happy. Thanks in advance.

Finally finished Sometimes 7. Features the poll-winning story, 'The Music of Erich Zann' by H.P. Lovecraft and music from
A Band Called Quinn 'The World is Upside Down'.
and Marco Esu: Violino.
I hope you enjoy it. Here's the direct link: Sometimes 7: The Music of Erich Zann