Toren Atkinson of The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets talks about what happened at Cthulhupalooza, Second-Level Wizards, Saturday Morning Cartoon Party @ the Rio, Ghostbusters 25th Anniversary + video game, Anne McCaffrey, Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, inspirations for “Theme to an Earthquake”, The World Wildlife Federation of Justice, and the big show forthcoming on February 7th with Bloodhag & The Bossmonsters @ The Bourbon.

Accompanying tracks include songs by: Ray Ellis, Dethklok, Bloodhag Three Inches of Blood, and of course The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets INCLUDING newly released “(We’re Gonna) Kill the Chupacabra (Tonight)” now available on the Child’s Play compilation CD with Freezepop & Johnathan Coulton.

All on CiTR’s “We All Fall Down” – download the entire hour of nerdly giggles at:
http://playlist.citr.ca/podcasting/xml/weallfalldown.xml
and visit Marielle’s blog

It’s a very Thickets issue of CYÄEGHA this festival season.

CYÄEGHA Number 2 Winter 2008. A5 Chapbook. 44 Pages including covers. 75 Numbered copies [Red Cover] plus 5 lettered contributor copies [Blue(2), Pink(2) & Beige Covers].

Here’s a list of contents:

Front Cover: Toren Atkinson – ‘Rampage‘.
[Reprinted from The 1997 Cyber Cthulhu Calendar]
1. Contents.
2. Introduction.
3. Eddy C. Bertin – ‘The Creation of Eyurid’ (Essay).
5. Tais Teng – ‘Eyurid: A Lovecraftian Portfolio’ (Art Portfolio).
[Reprinted from Eyurid: A Lovecraftian Portfolio, Dunwich House 1980]
18. Tais Teng and Eddy C. Bertin – ‘Eyurid’ (Fiction).
[Reprinted from Eyurid: A Lovecraftian Portfolio, Dunwich House 1980]
26. An Interview with Toren Atkinson.
31. A Discography of The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets.
33. Zine Guide – The Pnakotic Series.
41. Wade German – ‘Surviving Cyäegha’ (Poem).
Other Artwork:Toren Atkinson (‘R’lyeh Calling’ and The Pnakotic Series Cover Illustration);
Tais Teng (‘Cthulhu’) [Reprinted from Eyurid: A Lovecraftian Portfolio, Dunwich House 1980]. Prices incl. P&P (in UK Pounds) : 4 (UK), 5 (Europe), 6 (ROW).

Anyone who is interested in purchasing a copy or in contributing to any future issues should contact the editor at cyaegha@live.co.uk for further information.

http://www.freewebs.com/batglynn/cyaegha.htm

For those who missed our performance at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival this year, Desmond will at least provide some snippets, as well as some Thickets songs, on Episode 59 of Dread Media:

What better to make you feel woefully insignificant in the universe than an episode of this size? Last weekend Desmond Reddick attended the HP Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, Oregon, and this week he has more than three hours of footage to share with you. There’s several reviews of the films seen at the fest and interview with the likes of: Frank Woodward (director of award-winning documentary Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown), Mars (composer of said documentary and the man behind Dead House Music), Jovanka Vuckovic (editor in chief of Rue Morgue Magazine), Toren Atkinson (from The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets), Sean Branney (from the HP Lovecraft Historical Society) and Andrew Migliore (festival runner and head of Lurker Films). There’s also recorded footage of speeches, awards ceremonies and a panel on Lovecraft in Pop Culture. There’s also tons of inane and profane chatter with fellow cultists and guest co-hosts DZ (from Cinema Diabolica) and Brother D (from Mail Order Zombie). On top of all that, there’s music! “Weird Tales” by Dead House Music, “Main Theme from In Search of Lovecraft” by Troy Sterling Nies, “Lovecrafted” by Dead House Music, “Cultists on Board” and “Sleestack and Yeti” by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, “Neither Dead nor Dreaming” by Troy Sterling Nies from The Call of Cthulhu and “The Innsmouth Look” by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Sit back, oil up your tentacles, relax and enjoy this massive show. Contact me: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

http://www.earth-2.net/podcasts/dreadmedia/rss.xml

A very nice and interesting interview.

http://www.ultimaterockgods.com/index.php?topic=4513.msg88453#msg88453
or
http://myspace.com/ultimaterockgods

Please enjoy responsibly.

http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/09/dont-tell-the-j.html

by Z.

(July 2007 – mp3)

Desmond Reddick from Earth-2.net (“Geek Culture at it’s Finest) interviewed me for “The Show 119″ and we talked about Lovecraft, film & acting (voice work), and of course The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Listen to it at http://www.earth-2.net/theshow/episodes/e2ts_119.mp3