Just a heads up on what’s happenin’.

I am working on two episodes of the podcast simultaneously. Actually it’s one episode of the Ghoulzone, and the first episode of something new. There are issues and delays happening all around me now, but rest assured that progress is being made and I am continuing with the production of podcasting type stuff.

I slacked on the Ghoultoons again too, but a new one is coming up shortly.

I again apologise for my inconsistancy, but I can say that stuff is happening even when you don’t hear from me for awhile.

The long-awaited somewhat triumphant return of the Ghoulzone Podcast! After 10 months of lying in the grave we reanimate and go back to shoving that sweet audible chocolate in your ears. At least I think that’s chocolate…

WARNING: this podcast was recorded under the influence of the following formula-

alcohol + caffeine = EXCESSIVE BABBLING

You have been warned.

First we catch up on where the podcast has been and where it’s going, followed by a somewhat sad drunken state of the podcaster news segment.

Next we discuss favorite horror podcasts that have ended or returned. Certain minor events from fellow podcasters are discussed at length as a call for clarification and in hopes that doing so doesn’t get me into trouble, and opinions are given about topics from The Horror Podcast Network to making money from podcasting and related philosophies.

Then comes the review of direct to video gem Monster Man and a call to give this film well deserved attention. It’s funny, well written, well acted, and contains some nice gore that’s skillfully done. So why isn’t it more popular?

Bask in the glow of the return of the podcast, because there’s nothing like a good glowbasking!

Ghoulzone podcast episode 6

Screen shots from Monster Man

Believe it or not, this is a main character

Movie lesson: slapfights can be ended with a fart

You will die horribly on Sunday Sunday SUNDAY!

Too good to be true?

Ever get head in a camper? Ever LOSE head in a camper?

Roofies come in handy on the road

Fans of H.P. Lovecraft can now enjoy a new book discovered recently by Lovecraft archivists. This work was not even known to exist since no references to it were found in any of the author’s many published and unpublished works, including articles and personal letters.

With the blessings of the Lovecraft estate, various pages, notes, and instructions have been painstakingly compiled into a new finished volume and will be first new work by H.P. Lovecraft to be published in many years.

What is the new book about?

It’s a cookbook.

“We know Lovecraft wasn’t known for his culinary skills,” said head archivist Lou DeReada, “but once we read though these manuscripts we realized what might have led to the author’s sensitive stomach.” Indeed, Lovecraft wrote about habitually eating only 2 meals per day “since my digestion raises hell if I try to eat oftener than once in 7 hours”, and spending only three dollars a week on food.

The recipes contained in this newly discovered book are thought to be earlier writings and may help to explain how the author might have developed digestive difficulties later in his life.

The new tome entitled “The 50 Delicious Recipes of Unknown Kadath” contains complete instructions and lists of ingredients for creating assorted dishes like Uncouth Black Oozed Filet Mignon, Sweet and Sour Sothoth, and Fungi from Yuggoth au gratin.

However, DeReada cautions against actually trying to create any of the meals from the cookbook.

“We sent sample recipes to a test kitchen in New York’s famous Le Jirque restaurant”, he said. “Within the first hour, 6 chefs went mad and ran from the building tearing at their faces and screaming something like ‘the stars will soon be in the right positions to revive Them’. One of them also screamed about a ‘doom of a cycle of eternity without cloves or crushed red pepper’. We recommend that the readers at least use caution, especially when preparing for dinner parties.”

Below is a sample recipe from the new book. This excerpt is edited to reduce the risk of insanity.

Many-Tentacled Forbidden Blasphemies in White Wine Sauce

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon minced onion
1 teaspoon minced celery
8 (6 ounce) scaly greenish tentacles (can substitute grey antennae)
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon minced green bell pepper
2 tablespoons blue-litten K’n-yan, diced
1 colossal and nameless blasphemy with glaring red pimentos
1 ounce white wine

Slice a pocket into the side of each tentacle, and stuff generously with blue-litten K’n-yan, set aside. Heat olive oil in a large cast iron skillet over medium heat. Saute garlic and onion for 1 minute. Stir in bell pepper and colossal and nameless blasphemy with glaring red pimentos, and saute until tender. Scream to the heavens of the horror of staring into the face of forever, season to taste with salt and pepper. Place tentacles in skillet, and cook until a shapeless protoplasm forms or until done. Reduce heat, stir in white wine and prepare for the arrival of the Old Ones. Top with the souls of the dead or bacon.

The 50 Delicious Recipes of Unknown Kadath will be available in bookstores everywhere for a limited time. The printing itself won’t be limited, just the amount of time to purchase before the arrival of the mindless Other Gods covers the earth in fetid rot and the screams of the dying, but in time for the holidays.

This week’s Ghoultoon is pre-empted so we can bring you the following special entertainment report:

Highlights from the Dead Lantern Splattercast 3rd Annual Splatcademy Awards show.

An event recap by Hollywood correspondent Fakeland J. Laurence.

Dead Lantern recently released its annual Splatcademy Awards podcast. This podcast apes the Academy Awards by presenting nonexistant statues to horror related movies and podcasts. In other words, like the actual Oscars, it’s just an excuse for people to dress up and get drunk.

In case you missed it, here is a recap of what I felt were the highlights from the show.

• Vaughn from Motion Picture Massacre presented Best Foreign Horror Film. Vaughn is sure to make podcast history with his unique ability to make the act of podcasting sound like the biggest pain in the ass ever.

 

• The achievement in Visual Effects category was presented by Mat and Borp who announced a new podcast they will be hosting called The Blackfoot Lounge. The show will feature reviews and discussions of 19th century North American Indian tribes.

 

• Another great presentation was given by the guys from It Came From The Basement, who after all this time still act like they just woke up and don’t know they’re being recorded.

 

• Another enjoyable moment was provided by Desmond Reddick of Dread Media who recorded future courtroom evidence for his inevitable separation from his wife Megan. Best of luck on your next podcast show, Divorced from the Movies!

 

• Another great highlight to the Splatcademy Awards was fast-forwarding through everything Frank and Ronin said. I’ve personally fast-forwarded through several of their Sleepycast shows, and I recommend doing this whenever they record anything because it makes their jokes much funnier than if you actually listened to them.

 

• A fine presentation for Best Horror Video Game was made by Snackers Ate My Podcast Notes, the podcast hosted entirely by 13 year olds with Attention Deficit Disorder. They are also well known for acting like they aren’t aware that they’re being recorded, but that’s probably a side effect of high doses of Ritalin.

 

• In the Best Horror Blog or Website category, The Dark Hours Podcast gave a short presentation and used a script. We can all learn a lesson in good podcasting from these guys. In and out before anyone realizes you’re not funny and can’t act! But not before shoehorning in as many plugs as possible.

 

• Congratulations to Arrow in the Head for winning Horror Blog Or Website With The Most Ads And Crap All Over It. It’s about time.

 

• Steven of JAFMP announced the award for Fairly Decent But Not Nearly As Good As Our Horror Podcast, then called everyone “bitches” and used a bunch of big words I didn’t understand.

 

• The Zombiegrrlz podcast finally received well-deserved recognition for their achievements by winning the award for Podcast With Most Frequent Use Of The Words “Like” and “Oh My God”.

 

• On a related note, kudos to Dead Lantern’s idiot-savant DeeJay for pointing out that Zombiegrrlz won by hypnotizing the voters with their vaginas. It needed to be said.

 

• The Graveyard Show did a presentation for Best Television Series, which took only a small fraction of the time they spent plugging their own podcast and website. Is there an award for that? There should be, because the nominees are legion.

 

• The Horrorphilia podcast presented the award for Podcast Least Likely To Do Any Show Prep. I’m kidding, they didn’t really present that award. They WON it.

   

• Horror Etc was on the show to offer their familiar brand of eventually getting around to talking about what they were there to talk about, and occasionally remembering that other people just might be listening to them. In what I assume was a change in style for Tony and Ted, they didn’t record any sounds of a car motor.

 

• The Best Death Scene was presented to Rob Zombie’s career as a director. Sorry, but if I didn’t say it someone else would have.

 

• The Best Breasts category was presented by Zombiegrrlz (because they’re all chicks, get it?!) who kept the pace going by stealing the old talking computer gag from Corey at the Midnight Podcast.

 

• Next, the Drunken Zombie podcast showed up to talk amongst themselves at length about God-knows-what. They might have presented something too, I’m not sure, but whatever it was it was probably all about Uncle Randy.

 

• Next up, for the Scariest Scene or Moment award, the Blood Bullets and Broads podcast appeared and tried to break the record for saying “fuckin’” more times during a presentation than any other podcast. This record is currently held by Just Another Fucking Movie Podcast, so better luck next year guys.

 

• Illustrious actress and newest fanboy wank fodder Katie Featherston took home numerous awards including Best High-Pitched Screaming, Best Cleavage, Best Actress Standing Still For a Long Time, and Best Cleavage. Yes, I know I said it twice, but come on, LOOK AT THEM.

 

• Actress Julianna Guill of last year’s blatant cash-in Friday the 13th won the award for Actress Most Likely To Wear Out Your Pause Button.







• Then, the Cheap and Dirty Podcast was on hand to test the volume setting on your mp3 player. Bet you turned it way up then got blasted by Mat’s voice at top volume. Ha ha!

 

• The Lifetime Achievement Ass Kiss went to none other than Joe Bob Briggs. As you know, Briggs is the one whose movie reviews are ripped off and posted on Dead Lantern’s review section. Joe Bob gave a fine acceptance speech and reminded the rest of us of just how much we suck at this.

 

• Afterwards we heard a couple of parody commercials of fake movies that would have been much more entertaining than the rest of the show combined.

 

• Audio drama actress and podcaster Julie from 19 Knock Knock Something Or Other presented the award for Best Actress. Julie entertained the crowd by performing her famous character Strange Annoying Woman Talking To Herself.

 

• Then, Brother D and Miss Bren of Mail Order Zombie presented the Best Actor award. In an obvious step up in quality, they did not once turn their presentation into a plug for their own podcast and website. Some guy named Steven won, I didn’t see the movie so I don’t know who that was.

 

• The Best Director award was presented by Corey from the late lamented Midnight Fuck You Podcast. Instead of making the presentation he regaled the audience with interesting anecdotes about transvestites and drug deals then apologized for doing it. Corey can currently be heard as an announcer for the new television game show That’s Not A Fucking Zombie Dammit.

 

• The shows pace slowed briefly when director Sam Raimi appeared onstage and had his nuts slurped by the entire crowd. Participants described them as “a little salty”, but this reporter witnessed several members of the event going back for seconds.

 

• Next, Night of the Living Podcast was on the show doing one of the most annoying music performances ever, causing the listeners to ask just what the hell they did to deserve such punishment. Rumors of a version the Splatcademy Awards podcast with this section edited out are unconfirmed, at least until after I save the file in Audacity.

 

• Host Jeff of the Splattercast presented his annual I Liked Every Movie I Saw This Year award to every movie he saw this year. Nobody was the least bit surprised.

The show wrapped up with the hosts thanking all the participants for mailing them free alcohol to “grease the wheels” and spending so much time helping to send more traffic away from their own podcasts and toward DeadLantern.com.

All things considered, this year’s Splatcademy Awards show sucked a little less than previous shows, particularly if you drank heavily before listening. Come to think of it, that improves all the Splattercasts. Try it at home!

Some nooz-

I posted the zombie t-shirt design to the Zazzle store. You can get shirts, mousepads, and prints of the new design all for yourself to have. click the link at left or this here one:

http://www.zazzle.com/fakelarry

I won’t beg you to buy stuff and help me survive, but it would be really cool if you did.

I skipped out on the last few Ghoultoons because I was working on other things, healing from losses in the family and illnesses, and other tales of woe. New toons are on the way. In the meantime, if you like my artwork you may be interested in visiting my online portfolio to see a few more samples-

http://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=7208

I’m going to keep working on more horror stuff, and I’d like to try my hand at some album cover art for death metal bands which seems like a good fit for me, don’t you think? If you happen to know of any bands that need artwork just send them my way. After I get a few more pieces in the portfolio I’m going to begin shopping myself around to local bands and see what’s up. I’m not ashamed to say I really need the work. It’s good to be an artist again.

The podcast is still on hold until things get better. I just renewed the site for another year so I’m here to stay. I keep thinking I need to update this as a blog and can keep content on here. Lately I haven’t seen many horror movies, due to the problems I mentioned and also I have a lack of interest in the movies coming out lately.

Come on back soon and I’ll have some stuff for you, and new Ghoultoons too. Like a zombie, I’ll keep moving until I find things to sink my teeth into.

I finally got around to joining Facebook. I have to say I’m not exactly sure what to do with it. There doesn’t seem to be much to it although you can post images and blog. I understand the use of MySpace as a free website presence even if I haven’t had much use for it. MySpace, Twitter and now Facebook just seems to me like more places that I’m going to forget to update.

Twitter I like because it’s easy, just random thoughts and promotions in one place. MySpace is useful because people can become friends and link to you and you get some idea of how many people visit your site, but as I said before I already have a website so I never used my MySpace.

I tried to add friends to my Facebook but my slow computer and slower connection makes that problematic when using the Facebook interface to look at other people’s lists and add from there.

Anyway, I’ll put the permanent link up on this page shortly but until then here is my page link:

http://www.facebook.com/people/Larry-Ghoulzone/100000499365805

I’m going to say right up front that it’s likely that I will not be adding much to it. I am still dead set against offering “Facebook exclusive content” because it seems pointless to me unless they pay me for promoting their site, which to my knowledge they don’t do. I just want it noted for the record that this is yet another example of me making the effort to join the gang and do what they do even when I’m generally not interested. That means I will not be getting an iPhone any time soon. Seriously, I’m not a sheep.

So feel free to add me to your lists especially if you’re a horror fan. And write to me and tell me what the hell I’m supposed to do with my Facebook now. Hey, maybe there’s a plugin that will add my blog posts from this website to my Facebook. That’d be cool, and a cheat!

Ghoultoons are still coming in regularly. I’m almost ready to reboot the podcasts, I’m doing research and still designing the show format. We’ll get there.

Now I have got to get back to working on the website for my business. I made another couple of hundred bucks this month. Yay. Need to do much better to survive, bad economy or no.

And I’m going to get back to painting and finish that zombie design.

The old Ghoulzone messageboard has been destroyed. I like saying it that way, like deleting files is actually vaporizing something that existed. Anyways, it’s history, so apologies to the handful of actual humans that signed up. Fuggin’ spam and such clogged my email and forced my hand.

Now we have a message board through ProBoards.com. Maybe this will be easier to manage, we’ll see. I still don’t expect it to become a hotbed of activity, but I sort of feel like I should provide the opportunity if you want it. Please log in to the new board linked to below, it’s a good way to reach me and I welcome everyone to join up just to bitch at me about doing more Ghoultoons and podcasts.

The link is in the upper left corner in the same place, http://ghoulzone.proboards.com

I need to get some podcasts out, so I’m used to the fact that about 3 people still come here. I know, it’s my fault for flaking on the content and the podcast. I’m working out an actual format so I can keep the shows on topic and between 30-50 minutes or something that I can get out every week since that seems to be what the peoples want. I’m all about the peoples. Kinda hard to be funny these days though, let alone every week.

Gotta go lay down and let my tri-weekly migraine run it’s course. I want to get back to my painting, so I hope

Be talking at you all soon (with luck).