Category Archives: Music

New Thickets Shirt Finally Up!

Posted on May 30,2009 by Toren

The new Thickets shirt is finally up on The Dead Space God eBay store. I still want to get a web makeover for toren.net/thickets but I’m too busy right now with drawing to do anything about it.

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It Came to Me In A Dream!

Posted on April 8,2009 by Toren

The other night I woke up from a dream in which I heard or came up with a song. This happens from time to time. Normally I get up, record it on my dictaphone and then listen to it after … Continue reading →

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Ask Doctor Thicket AKA Cthulhu Dreams

Posted on March 19,2009 by Toren

Ok, this idea might be a little far fetched but it based purely on a dream that I had last night. The dream had me standing in a record store and as I was going through the racks, I happened … Continue reading →

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Ask Doctor Thicket II

Posted on March 4,2009 by Toren

Gentlemen of the Thickets, I teach an Egyptology course at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. I acquired “Nyarlathotep” through iTunes and am mentioning it to my class tonight. Hopefully a little more publicity for you guys! The URL for my course … Continue reading →

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Take That, Hallmark!

Posted on February 14,2009 by Toren

Deanna and I are not doing anything special for the Valentine Massacre. However http://everydayweirdness.com did put up “Burrow Your Way to My Heart” so if you’ve got, or want, the warm cockles with bugs in your heart, do visit for … Continue reading →

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Because Math is Perennial

Posted on February 11,2009 by Toren

For those of you who bought (or STOLE!!!) “The Math Song” off the internet and don’t have the liner notes for our album Spaceship Zero, here is the equation: Use degrees, not radians!

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Hey Look What I Found on the Interweb

Posted on February 11,2009 by Toren

(We’re Gonna) Kill the Chupacabra (Tonight)! Get it HERE

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Toren Falls Down (Again)

Posted on January 31,2009 by Toren

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 … Continue reading →

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This is an Outrage!

Posted on December 22,2008 by Toren

I have been tracking – on the Canada Post website – the journey of my new batch of giant squid light switch covers which have ironically been coming from Nova Scotia (ironic because they have giant squid there from time … Continue reading →

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New Thickets Track on Child’s Play CD

Posted on December 15,2008 by Toren

Get it from the Penny Arcade Merch site! http://www.pennyarcademerch.com/cpa08001100.html Child’s Play Charity CD Item#: CPA08001100 $10.00 Product Description Do you like listening to great music, and helping children’s hospitals at the same time? Luckily for you, the biggest names in … Continue reading →

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