Good evening!
Michelle and I would like to wish everyone a safe and happy new year!

Around here we are making a few changes. First, I will be moving the podcast to a new server and blog. The domain and RSS feed will stay the same, so you have to change nothing to find us after the move.

Second, we'll be tightening up the format and schedule around here. 2010 was a pretty crazy year, especially with simultaneously producing the podiobook for LILITH'S LOVE. However, keeping to a schedule will mean shorter episodes (less catchup) and live video stream of our recording sessions.

Finally, I have all of the categories for the Polidori awards ready. I will be posting voting booths for them all very soon. The hope is for you to vote People's Choice style as well as Michelle and I.

So, we'll see you in 2011 for our THIRD anniversary!
~Dan

* This is Episode #66 for December 9, 2010.
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// NEWS
* Leslie Nielsen died on Sunday, Nov 28, 2010, at the age of 84.
- Star of many films, mostly zany parodies since the 90's, including Mel Brooks' "DRACULA: Dead and Loving It" and "Stan Helsing".

// LILITH NEWS
* The Naked Archaeologist Lilith episode
- Some info about The Burney Relief

* J. Daniel Sawyer releases LILITH short story as an e-book
- Was originally heard on Sculpting God short story anthology podcast over at jdsawyer.net
- Dan is the author of "Predestination", "Free Will", "Down From Ten", all as podcast fiction and now has a new Clarke Lantham Mystery series, starting with AND THEN SHE WAS GONE.
- Oh, and of course he was the inimitable Border Guard in my podiobook, LILITH'S LOVE.

// MOVIE NEWS
* Deadline.com: Johnny Depp To Start 'Dark Shadows' In April With Tim Burton Directing
- The DARK SHADOWS movie is finally on track to start filming in April. The big news though is that Seth Grahame-Smith, who wrote ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, will pen the screenplay! This helps solidify the plans for Tim Burton to direct ABE's big screen adaptation. But I still can't imagine Depp as Lincoln. As Henry, yes, but not Lincoln.

* Buffy Reboot is a go!
- The most interesting news to me is that the reboot does not take place in high school. So is this a reboot or an odd sequel spin?
- While details are sparse, filmmakers claim the movie would not revisit the vampire slayer’s high school days, attempting instead to capture the “witty, tough, and sexy” heroine in a new way. The team behind the project includes Dark Knight producer Charles Roven and relative newcomer Whit Anderson. The movie could hit theaters in 2012 or late 2011, according to the L.A. Times.
- Joss' reaction to the news...
- Kristy Swanson's reaction...

* Uber-Lycans? Oh dear.
- The fourth Underworld movie, tentatively titled "Underworld 4: New Dawn" is underway with Kate Beckinsale back as Selene. At first, this made me happy. Reading the plot quote however has me nervous: "After being held in a coma-like state for fifteen years, vampire Selene learns that she has a fourteen-year-old vampire/Lycan hybrid daughter, Nissa, and when she finds her they must stop BioCom from creating super Lycans that will kill them all." UW4 has a planned release on January 20, 2012 in 3-D. Of course.

* MIDNIGHT SON is the story of Jacob, a young man confined to a life of isolation, due to a rare skin disorder that prevents him from being exposed to sunlight.
- This upcoming independent flick has a great hook and I look forward to watching it soon. Best of luck to Scott and the cast and crew!

// BOOK NEWS
* The sequels in Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series soon to be released on audio by Recorded Books.
- CHANGELESS is due Dec 04, 2010 and BLAMELESS is due Mar 10, 2011. Audible picked up SOULLESS, so I expect they'll get these also.

* New Jersey Star-Ledger Interview with Anne Rice
- An interesting interview with Anne Rice. Too bad it is getting press mainly because of her statements about Stephenie Meyer and not because it's ANNE FRICKIN' RICE.
- She said, "It’s based on a really silly premise: that immortals would go to high school. It’s a failure of imagination, but at the same time, that silly premise has provided Stephenie Meyer with huge success. It’s almost like a stroke of genius to put vampires in high school. They just graduate over and over again... The idea that if you are immortal you would go to high school instead of Katmandu or Paris or Venice, it’s the vampire dumbed down for kids. But it’s worked. It’s successful. It makes kids really happy."

// PROMOS
* Firefly Between the Lines Auditions!

// SWAG
* V-Blood vials are a sweet treat for fangbangers
- I discovered these little vials of "V-Blood" on my recent business trip to Florida when I stopped in a Hot Topic.
- They are sealed vials with a thick, red liquid inside, but they are bascially red-tinted honey. They were about $2.00 each. I haven't found them at our local HT shops yet, but you can buy them online, at 5 vials for $10.00.

// BOOK REVIEWS
* I just finished THE OLD POWER RETURNS, the sequel DARKSOME THIRST by Morven Westfield.
- Perfect sequel to DARKSOME THIRST. A couple years have passed but the story carries on quite well. It is a fine book standalone, even though you get more depth from both books. I like when a sequel isn't dependent on its predecessors. We get a great resolution but there is set up for a grand conflict in the third book. Now we must wait for Morven to release it. :-)
- I give THE OLD POWER RETURNS a 10/10.
* Next up, BLAMELESS by Gail Carriger.

// COMIC BOOKS
* How did I miss X-Men: Curse of the Mutants?!?
- Dracula's son causes trouble and turns various X-Men into vampires!

// PROMOS
* Being Human Cast, A fan podcast to review and discuss the BBC TV show, Being Human.

// MOVIE REVIEWS
* LOST BOYS 3: The Thirst
- Starring Corey Feldman as Edgar Frog, reunited properly with Jamison Newlander as his brother, Alan.
- Dan gave it a 7/10. Michelle gave it a 7.5/10.

// WEDDING
* Thank you for the kind words and congratulations on our wedding. If you haven't seen the photos yet, they are on my Facebook page.

// LIVE STREAM?
- If we were to start a live streaming video podcast, would you watch? (We'd still post audio, too.) Please vote in our poll and let us know what you think!

// FAREWELL
* We wrapped the show by playing, "Fallout Renegade" by ANEMO, courtesy of the Mevio Music Alley podsafe music network.

* Our intro music is "24 FPS" by À Rebours, from their album Vanish, which can be found at iTunes among other places. Check out Ian Stone's MySpace page and blog, too. Find out more about À Rebours and their sister bands at Final Joy Records.

That wraps up this episode of the Out Of The Coffin podcast. Thanks for listening!

This Blog and Podcast are © Copyright 2008-2010 by Dan Shaurette, under the Creative Commons "Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share Alike" License. Some Rights Reserved.

If you have any comments about this podcast, feel free to drop a note at OutOfTheCoffin.com/contact or visit our Facebook page. Or, if you'd rather leave some voice mail, you can call us at 1-206-350-7638.

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* Special Episode for November 24, 2010.
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// HOLIDAY WISHES
Thank you all for listening. Things have been crazy around here and we apologize for the lack of any episodes in November. We could not let Thanksgiving go by, however, without wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.

Thank you all for being friends and listeners of our podcast. Thank you for the kind words and congratulations on our wedding. If you haven't seen the photos yet, they are on my Facebook page.

No promises on when exactly the next episode will be out. We still hope to post one next week, but we will surely be back nonetheless in December.

Until next time, thank you all, and Happy Thanksgiving!

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* This is Episode #65 for October 31, 2010.
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- HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

// SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS
* True story from a friend's house

// INTERLUDE
* Between the stories, we played "PC Halloween" by Devo Spice, courtesy of the Mevio Music Alley podsafe music network.

// PROMO
* Angel Between The Lines

// PHOENIX, ARIZONA
* Creepy stories from the Hotel San Carlos

// FAREWELL MUSIC
* We wrapped the show by playing, "Halloween" by The Coffinshakers, courtesy of the Mevio Music Alley podsafe music network.

* Awesome story bed music was "Long Note Four" by Kevin MacLeod, whose awesome music can be found at Incompetech.com.

* Our intro music is "24 FPS" by À Rebours, from their album Vanish, which can be found at iTunes among other places. Check out Ian Stone's MySpace page and blog, too. Find out more about À Rebours and their sister bands at Final Joy Records.

That wraps up this episode of the Out Of The Coffin podcast. Thanks for listening!

This Blog and Podcast are © Copyright 2008-2010 by Dan Shaurette, under the Creative Commons "Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share Alike" License. Some Rights Reserved.

If you have any comments about this podcast, feel free to drop a note at OutOfTheCoffin.com/contact or visit our Facebook page. Or, if you'd rather leave some voice mail, you can call us at 1-206-350-7638.

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* This is Episode #64 for October 28, 2010.
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- Michelle and I FINALLY got hitched!

// WEDDING SHOUT-OUTS!
* Dan and CJ from the Love Long and Prosper podcast
* Jack Mangan from his Deadpan podcast

// NEWS
* The Steampunk Experience Friday, Nov. 5 in Phoenix, AZ!
- Explorers of the Unknown, Anachrotechnicians, and Scientific Romantics are hereby given notice that opportunities abound to combine the past and the future in the party of the year. Party like its 1899 to the brassy sounds of the top DJ’s in the West. (21+ Event) $10 Pre-Pay or $15 at the Door.

* Police Release Tape of Chandler "Vampire" Victim
- In the news around the state and in nationally, is a couple from Chandler, AZ (Amanda Williamson and Aaron Homer), who attacked their roommate (Robert Maley) when he wouldn't let them suck his blood.
- ''In an exchange with a Chandler police officer, the victim, 25-year-old Robert Maley, was asked by the officer "he wants to cut you again so he could suck your blood?". Maley replied "and I said no and then he flipped because they think they're vampires." The couple, according to Maley, is "into vampire stuff." And not in that Twilight sort of way. Maley says he'd let his roommates, 24-year-old Aaron Homer and 21-year-old Amanda Williamson, suck his blood in the past but this time he wasn't interested. After Maley told the couple they couldn't suck his blood, Homer became furious and stabbed him in the arm.

Bleeding heavily, Maley didn't immediately call an ambulance because there was a warrant out for his arrest for a probation violation. Rather, he ran out of the apartment leaving a snack for Homer and Williamson trail of blood leading out of the apartment. Simultaneously, firefighters were treating someone next door to Maley's apartment when they saw a man with blood gushing out of his arm. They called police.

When police arrived, Williamson and Homer were sitting in the blood-covered apartment. Williamson said she stabbed Maley in self defense after he attacked her. Homer told several different stories -- none of which were believed by police -- before finally settling on claiming Maley made fun of their "religion," so he stabbed him. Williamson was arrested on charges of false reporting. Homer was arrested on charges of aggravated assault, and Maley was arrested on his probation violation warrant. He was also treated for the wound, which required several stitches.''

* Scream 2010 - True Blood, Twilight, and Vampire Diaries
- The 2010 Scream Awards was full of vampire winners!
Holy Shit Scene of the Year - Twisted Sex from True Blood
Best Fantasy Actress - Kristen Stewart, Bella from Twilight
Best Horror Actress - Anna Paquin- True Blood- presented by the Vampire Diairescast
Best Horror Actor - Alexander Skarsgard -True Blood
Best TV Show - True Blood
Best Fantasy Movie - Twilight Eclipse

// PROMOS
* GEIST, the new Mass Market novel by Philippa Ballantine.
* The Love Long and Prosper podcast hosted by Dan and CJ Feierabend.

// BUMPER
* From Jack Mangan, host of Jack Mangan's Deadpan Podcast.

// MOVIES
* SUCK
- ROB STEFANIUK plays JOEY, the lead singer of The Winners band. Suck marks Stefaniuk's second feature film which he wrote, stars in and directs in addition to co-writing the music and lyrics for seven of the songs.
- The movie stars Rob Stefaniuk (Joey), Jessica Paré (Jennifer), Chris Ratz (Hugo), Dave Foley (Jeff, the Manager), and Malcolm McDowell (Eddie Van Helsig), Alice Cooper (Bartender), Dimitri Coats (of Burning Brides, as Queeny), Moby (a vegan, as Beef, from band "Secretaries of Steak"), Henry Rollins (of Black Flag as Rockin' Roger), Iggy Pop (of The Stooges as Victor), among others.
- We both gave "SUCK" a 9 out of 10!

// FAREWELL
* We wrapped the show by playing, "Rip My Heart Out" by The Pistol Whipper Snappers, courtesy of the Mevio Music Alley podsafe music network.

* Our intro music is "24 FPS" by À Rebours, from their album Vanish, which can be found at iTunes among other places. Check out Ian Stone's MySpace page and blog, too. Find out more about À Rebours and their sister bands at Final Joy Records.

That wraps up this episode of the Out Of The Coffin podcast. Thanks for listening!

This Blog and Podcast are © Copyright 2008-2010 by Dan Shaurette, under the Creative Commons "Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share Alike" License. Some Rights Reserved.

If you have any comments about this podcast, feel free to drop a note at OutOfTheCoffin.com/contact or visit our Facebook page. Or, if you'd rather leave some voice mail, you can call us at 1-206-350-7638.

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* This is Episode #63 for October 11, 2010.
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// NEWS
* Vampire: The Masquerade MMORPG coming in 2012
- "CCP Games, which acquired White Wolf back in 2006, has finally announced the long-hinted online game based on White Wolf's World of Darkness universe... the release date is still two years away; the game is promised for 2012."

* Fox Catches 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter', Eyes 2012 3D Release
- "Variety reports that pre-production for the movie is already underway with Fox planning to drop it in theaters across the nation in 2012. Timur Bekmambetov ('Night Watch') is attached to direct the thriller and produce it alongside Tim Burton and Jim Lemley ('Wanted'). Seth Grahame-Smith is hired to adapt his book into a screenplay."
- Who should play Abe? EW suggests Johnny Depp.

* New Images from Lost Boys: The Thirst
- "'Lost Boys: The Thirst', which stars Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander, and Tanit Phoenix... will be available to own from October 12th. The only extra material on the DVD release will be a Charisma Carpenter Hosts The Art of Seduction: Vampire Lore featurette. The Blu-ray release will include that along with three additional features ("What is the Thirst?", "How to Kill a Vampire with Edgar Frog", "The Return of the Frog Brothers Hosted by Corey Feldman"), and a digital copy of the film.

* Chris Sarandon Returns for 80s Cult Classic "Fright Night" Remake
- "Producers have definitely secured a part for Sarandon, providing the first concrete casting link between the old film and the new," Mania reports.

// THIS JUST IN
* In honor of Halloween, JOSS'D is releasing 4 special episodes where they are discussing the Halloween(y) episodes of Buffy, Angel and Firefly!
- The first episode is up at Jossd.com
- Next week's episode will be "Fear Itself" and then "Life of the Party" and finally "Bushwhacked".

// BOOKS
* The new novel GEIST by Philippa Ballantine comes out October 26th from ACE!

// PROMOS
* GEIST, the new Mass Market novel by Philippa Ballantine.
* Horror Addicts podcast, hosted by Emerian Rich, author of NIGHT'S KNIGHTS.

// MOVIES
* "LET ME IN" vs. "LET THE RIGHT ONE IN"
- We both gave "LET ME IN" a 10 out of 10!
- Our rating of the original LET THE RIGHT ONE IN: Dan gave it a 9. Michelle gave it an 8.5.

// FAREWELL
* We wrapped the show by playing, "Vampire Surprise" by Veronique Chevalier, from her album, Polka Haunt Us-a Spook-Tacular Compilation.

* Our intro music is "24 FPS" by À Rebours, from their album Vanish, which can be found at iTunes among other places. Check out Ian Stone's MySpace page and blog, too. Find out more about À Rebours and their sister bands at Final Joy Records.

That wraps up this episode of the Out Of The Coffin podcast. Thanks for listening!

This Blog and Podcast are © Copyright 2008-2010 by Dan Shaurette, under the Creative Commons "Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share Alike" License. Some Rights Reserved.

If you have any comments about this podcast, feel free to drop a note at OutOfTheCoffin.com/contact.

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* This is Episode #62 for September 25, 2010.
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- I've been podcasting for 5 years!
- Happy September Equinox!

// SOLICITING HELP!
- To make October awesome, please submit content.
- Of special request, I would love to hear from fans who have read the books for The Vampire Diaries and the Sookie Stackhouse series.
- Further if you would like to be a regular contributor, we'd love to have you!

// NEWS
* Emerian Rich's Horror Addicts podcast came back from hiatus on Sept. 16th (Episode 46) with a "Crime Noir" story by Alex White of "The Gearheart".
- I will be featured on the next episode (Ep. #47) with my "B-Movie" story "Hunter's Moon".
- My interview with Sapphire can be found on the Horror Addicts blog.
- BTW: Our condolences go out to Emz and her family who just had a death in her family. Our thoughts are with you!

* "Castle Ravenloft" board game available
- Stuart's review at LivingDice.com

* "Vampire Mob" Web Series releases episodes on a view-ransom basis.
- When episode one reaches 5,000 views, episode two is released, with updates posted on Twitter and Facebook.

// BOOKS
* INCARNADINE: The True Memoirs of Count Dracula by R. H. Greene
- A book about Count Dracula that does NOT derive from Vlad Tepes!
- "Stoker's own notes prove convincingly that he knew nothing about Vlad's sadistic rule. He didn't even know that the 'Dracula' whose patronym he borrowed was named 'Vlad.' He believed 'Dracula' was a generic term meaning 'devil.' The new editions of INCARNADINE are a way of speaking to that."

* DRACULA IN LOVE by Karen Essex.
- Bram Stoker's DRACULA from Mina's point of view as a sexy romance.

// COMIC BOOKS
* PRIEST: Purgatory, prequel to the movie "Priest", coming out May 2011.
* 30 DAYS OF NIGHT / X-FILES Crossover
* TRUE BLOOD
* AMERICAN VAMPIRE
* DRACULA: The Company of Monsters
* The VAMPIRE HUNTRESS Legend comic by L. A. Banks
* BATGIRL and SUPERGIRL and DRACULA!

// PROMOS
* Chronicles Of The Order podcast anthology by Philippa Ballantine
* Horror Addicts podcast, hosted by Emerian Rich, author of Night's Knights, a vampire podiobook.

// TV
* The Vampire Diaries is back with Season 2 and has been excellent so far! (SPOILER ALERT!)
* True Blood becoming a movie?
- "Details are sparse but their sources say they hope to get True Blood: The Movie up and running “sooner rather than later” and that series creator Alan Ball may be determined to direct it himself."
* This leads to the which is better: TV or Movie adaptations of books?

// MOVIES
* Buried alive with "Buried"
- At Fantastic Fest 2010 (Sept 23-30) in Austin, TX, the Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow had a very claustrophobic premiere. Four viewers were blindfolded and buried alive in special coffins fitted with small screens in their lids. They were then allowed to take off their blindfolds and watched a screening of "Buried", starring Ryan Reynolds. Even better, after the movie, and release from their macabre theaters, they met Ryan Reynolds. For the rest of us, "Buried" premieres on October 8th.

* 30 Days of Night: Dark Days direct to DVD and Blu-Ray October 5th
- Watch the Red band trailer.

// FACEBOOK SHOUT OUTS
* Gail wrote: "Hi back! This time I was lying on my bed with a head cold I caught from an evil plague-ridden child on the plane back from Australia. But I still said 'hi.' It's practically impossible not to."
* Visit our NEW Facebook page!
* Don't forget our voicemail 1-206-350-7638!

// FAREWELL
* We wrapped the show by playing, "To Kill a King" by Hungry Lucy, the last song from their second podsafe album, The Teatime Sessions.
- The Teatime Sessions (2008) by Hungry Lucy, is a collection of 9 live performances, originally recorded during the "Tea with Hungry Lucy" podcast, which have been remixed and remastered.
- The entire album is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
- You can listen to and purchase tracks from: Amazon MP3 | iTunes | Rhapsody | Napster | Amie Street | Lala

* Our intro music is "24 FPS" by À Rebours, from their album Vanish, which can be found at iTunes among other places. Check out Ian Stone's MySpace page and blog, too. Find out more about À Rebours and their sister bands at Final Joy Records.

That wraps up this episode of the Out Of The Coffin podcast. Thanks for listening!

This Blog and Podcast are © Copyright 2008-2010 by Dan Shaurette, under the Creative Commons "Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share Alike" License. Some Rights Reserved.

If you have any comments about this podcast, feel free to drop a note at OutOfTheCoffin.com/contact.

Or, if you'd rather leave some voice mail, you can call us at 1-206-350-7638.

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