Podsothoth: A Lovecraft Book Club
Podsothoth is a horror and comedy podcast dedicated to the works (and foibles) of H.P. Lovecraft, hosted by recovering goth and internet D-lister celebrity, Tod Beardsley. Every Lovecraft story will be covered over two episodes each. First, Tod will read the story with minimal production, and ideal for people who just want to hear Lovecraft's words. This is the horror part. Following each story is a discussion of, about, and around that story, and have plenty of jokes and giggles. This is the comedy part. Follow the show at https://defcon.social/@podsothoth, or email the show at hideous@podsothoth.club. Other media may crawl out from the chaos iN ThE ineffAbLE fUTUrE, beyOnD tHe KEn OF MAN OR BEAST ALIKE AND IN A TIME OF THE GREAT RETURN OF THE OLD ONES, WHO WILL F'THAGN R'YL'EHHHHH IA IA!!!!!
Podsothoth: A Lovecraft Book Club
2: Pickman's Model (Discussion)
Tod & Claire discuss Pickman's Model (as read in the last episode), and talk about Lovecraft's painter name-drops, historical locations mentioned in the story, the inability to convince their children to read anything, and the genesis of this podcast, Arkham Horror: The Living Card Game (Night of the Zealot). Also, we discuss the problem of racism in Lovecraft's work and life. We'll probably need to hit that racism bit again since we cut out like 20 minutes of that.
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You can find the complete text of the story for free at:
http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/pm.aspx
Artists mentioned:
- Sidney Sime (http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2011/06/sidney-sime.html)
- Henry Fuseli (https://www.theartstory.org/artist/fuseli-henry/artworks/)
- Gustav Dore (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Dor%C3%A9#Gallery)
- Anthony Angarola (https://www.flickr.com/photos/57440551@N03/with/15240855834/)
- Francisco Goya (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Paintings)
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