* This is Episode #61 for August 29, 2010.
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// NEWS
* Angel Between The Lines is BACK!
- Some great stories centering around Lorne, with some great singing!
* Buffy Season 8 comics now available as Motion Comics on iTunes
* Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer were married. Congrats to them!

// BOOKS
* Heartless (Book the Fourth) has a release date of July 2011. And don't forget Blameless comes out August 31! HI GAIL!
* Finished reading DARKSOME THIRST by Morven Westfield. HI MORVEN!
- I give it a 10 out of 10. A fun read chock full of vampires, witches, and geeks based in late 70's Massachusetts.
* I am currently reading its sequel, THE OLD POWER RETURNS now.

// TV
* Being Human's second season on BBC America.
- Very good but I never finished season one so I'm a little lost.
* Still watching The Gates on ABC.
- So far there are vampires, werewolves, and succubi, but not much direction for them really.

// TRUE BLOOD
* We discussed recent episodes with (mostly) no spoilers. Some great quotes though:
- "Blah blah vampire emergency blah." - Pam
- "Now, time for the weather. Tiffany?" - Russell

// PROMOS
* Angel Between The Lines is back!
* FETIDUS is also back!

// MOVIES
* SUCK finally available on DVD, comes out in October.
* Vampires Suck! this weekend!
- We both gave it a 6 out of 10.

// PROMOS
* 19 Nocturne Blvd.
* MURDER AT AVEDON HILL available NOW from Dragon Moon Press!

// FACEBOOK SHOUT OUTS
* Gail Carriger wrote, "Listening to your last podcast while driving through wine country with the top down, waved to the world and said "hi" each time you two said hi to me. Wee! Thanks for the shout out. P.S. How come you know more about my future release dates than I do? Have you been time traveling again?"
- HI GAIL!
* Sheena Wood wrote "I love the podcast, and it continually expands my list of films to look out for. and by the way, your good lady has about the dirtiest laugh in history. ;) keep up the good work."
- HI SHEENA!
* Godwin Raycraft IV wrote: "Listening to #OutOfTheCoffin by @DanS42. If you like Vampires check out this #Podcast. @DanS42, I agree, 3D is annoying for those with glasses. So... The people who drive through Chiriaco Summit at night are shady. Vampire Trailertrash? If only... Maybe listening to too much OOTC. Thx (for) the Podcast... It's helping time go by faster... Sad only have 30 min left." Then just before midnight on July 31st, he added, "@DanS42 hey it's still July sometime... You promised!!!"
- HI GODWIN!
* Contact me on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/danshaurette
* Don't forget our voicemail 1-206-350-7638!

// FAREWELL
* We wrapped the show by playing, "Stay (live)" by Hungry Lucy, 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.

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So at long last, the podcast audio adaptation of LILITH'S LOVE is complete! Is it perfect? No, of course not. I may go back and remaster some parts of it. I am always of the mind that a novel, and now any production based on one, is never finished.

I would like to thank Evo Terra for encouraging me to produce a podcast version, giving it a home on Podiobooks.com, as well as providing one of the many voices in the cast.

So what's next, besides an eventual remastered edition? Well, naturally there's the sequels. Yes, two. LILITH'S LIGHT and LILITH'S PEACE. Neither is complete. I dare say these projects alone will keep me busy for a while to come.

Hey everyone, I hope all is well with you all. I just wanted to let you know that there's not going to be a July episode for Out Of The Coffin. Besides trying to wrap up LILITH'S LOVE, Michelle's work and my work are draining our free time like Dracula on a bender.

So, we hope to catch up with you all in early August. The only good news here is that this means we'll have a LOT to chat about!

Hasta,
Dan

* This is Episode #60 for June 27, 2010.
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// NEWS
* Fright Night remake vampogeekgasm...
- Currently has a release date of October 7th, 2011 and it will be in 3D...
- Colin Farrell will be playing vampire Jerry Dandridge...
- and, oh yeah, DAVID TENNANT (Doctor Who) will be playing Peter Vincent!!
- Produced by Dreamworks but released through Disney? At least that means good promotion, right?

// BOOKS
* Gail Carriger officially announced that Orbit books will release two more books in her Parasol Protectorate series: Heartless (July 2011) and Timeless (Winter 2012). Her second book, Changeless, hit the New York Times Bestseller list in April.
* Audible audio book version of SOULLESS has been released!
* PG Holyfield has released a teaser PDF from his novel MURDER AT AVEDON HILL.
* I finished reading ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Vampire Hunter I enjoyed this novel quite a lot actually. I give it a 9 out of 10.
* Currently reading DARKSOME THIRST by Morven Westfield (finally!)

// TV
* Vampire Diaries season finale was PERFECT! Cliffhangers FTW!
* Doctor Who "Vampires In Venice" -- OK episode, not brilliant, but interesting ideas.
* The Gates premiered on ABC.
- It's kind of like The Stepford Vampires or Desperate Housewives Being Human.
- Starring Rhona Mitra, who played Sonja, Viktor's daughter, in the third Underworld movie.
- Not bad, good setup. I'll give it a few episodes.

// TRUE BLOOD
* In case you missed it in theatres, you can watch True Blood: Ultimate Fan Experience Q&A online at HBO.com
* Snoop Dogg's "Oh Sookie" video
* True Blood has already been renewed for a fourth season!
* BabyVamp Jessica's video blog.
* Episodes 1 & 2 reviewed with (mostly) no spoilers.

// PROMOS
* Erotica a la Carte podcast by Philippa Ballantine
* DIGITAL MAGIC by Philippa Ballantine

// INTERVIEW
* I had an excellent interview with Philippa Ballantine, author of many podcast novels, beginning with Weaver's Web, Chasing The Bard, and its sequel, Digital Magic, and also Weather Child. She's also the hostess (and often author) of the erotic podcast anthology, Erotica ala Carte. Her new novel GEIST comes out this October from ACE, and next summer we'll have THE MINISTRY OF PECULIAR OCCURENCES: Phoenix Rising with Tee Morris which was picked up by Eos/Harper-Collins. Last but not least, she contributed to the new anthology A TASTE OF TRUE BLOOD which hits shelves June 29!

// PROMOS
* MURDER AT AVEDON HILL available NOW from Dragon Moon Press! Warning: New NSFW Promo!
* ANCESTOR by Scott Sigler is available now in a shiny new hardcover, and of course still available as a free podcast.

// FAREWELL
* We wrapped the show by playing, "Softly (live)" by Hungry Lucy, 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.

Folks, we do apologize for the delay in not only episodes here but over at Liliths-Love.com. Computer problems, summer vacations, and random octopus incursions are keeping us busy. We are still planning at least a June episode with another awesome interview. Hang with us. We're getting everything in order, we promise!

* This is Episode #59 for May 8, 2010.
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// NEWS
* Julie Hoverson from 19Nocturne Blvd recently posted on her blog an excellent discussion about the evolving role of vampires. You should check it out.
* True Blood Season 3 starts June 13. Waiting Sucks! Have you been watching the minisodes?
* June also brings something interesting to the CW. Beginning Thursday June 3, the CW will air reruns of the first season of The Vampire Diaries for those who need to catch up (*ahem* Michelle *cough*) followed by reruns of Moonlight starring Alex O'Loughlin.
- P.S., Alex O'Loughlin has been tapped by CBS for their remake of Hawaii Five-O. That I might watch. But seriously, CBS, you KNOW the fans want MOONLIGHT back. Just admit it and make it happen instead of trying to find new roles to shove him into.
* Oh yeah, and in case the squealing tween girls didn't alert you, June 30th is when Eclipse, the third movie in the Twilight Saga, hits theatres.

// BOOKS
* I have finished reading CHANGELESS by Gail Carriger. Folks, if you have not read this or its prequel SOULLESS, you are depriving yourself of some of the best writing out there. September cannot get here soon enough as that is when the third book, BLAMELESS, will be released. Gail's books are set in a Victorian England full of vampires, werewolves, and ghosts. The main character, Alexia, is a preternatural who has the ability to negate the supernatural. This gets her into all sorts of hilarious and suspenseful situations. I'll have a full review of CHANGELESS soon, but for now, seriously, go pick up these books!

// PROMOS
* MURDER AT AVEDON HILL available on Amazon May 15th from Dragon Moon Press!
* Merciless Storytellers podcast fiction competition.

// INTERVIEW
* I had the pleasure of interviewing P.G. Holyfield, author of MURDER AT AVEDON HILL, for the excellent QuadrupleZ podcast. You can listen to it there shortly, and I do hope you check out that podcast, as the QuadZ staff discusses all forms of awesome in perfect-sized 15 minute episodes.
* Naturally however, whenever I interview someone, I cannot restrain the chat to 15 minutes. So, I am sharing the whole chat in this episode here.
* Yes, I dressed up as Arames Kragen when I attended Evo Terra's 2009 Halloween party.
* MURDER AT AVEDON HILL on Storycasting.com
* PG Holyfield is one of the authors also found in Matthew Wayne Selznick's THE SOVEREIGN ERA: YEAR ONE anthology.
* If you'd like to read my bio/review of PGH/MaAH, check out the article I wrote for Angel Between The Lines.

// PROMOS
* Crypticon Seattle Horror Convention - June 18-20, 2010
* 19Nocturne Blvd Short fiction anthology audio drama podcast.

// FAREWELL
* We wrapped the show by playing, "Shine (live)" by Hungry Lucy, 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.

The rumors have been confirmed. On Wednesday, April 14th, Peter Steele passed away from heart failure at age 48. Peter was the lead singer and bassist for Type O Negative, a heavy metal band -- one of very few I have ever listened to.

My favorite album was "Bloody Kisses", which was released in 1993, but I didn't discover it until a couple years later. The 90's were my dark decade and where I first became enamored with vampires and their lore. The album, and especially the title track, "Bloody Kisses", exemplified dark, goth, vampiric emotions. It is a great album to have in the background when writing.

"Black No. 1" also has a very special place in my heart, as it is the song that played the first time Michelle and I ever danced together.

* This is Episode #58 for April 11, 2010.
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// NEWS
* True Blood Comics due this July
* Anton Yelchin to star in "Fright Night" remake
- I have some hope for this reboot because former Buffy writer Marti Noxon wrote the script.
* The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
- Stephenie Meyer's new novella THE SHORT SECOND LIFE OF BREE TANNER, is due in bookstores June 5 and will also be available for free at BreeTanner.com from June 7 to July 5.

// PROMOS
* You can still pre-order your limited-edition, hardcover, signed and numbered copy of THE STARTER by Scott Sigler, which is the sequel to THE ROOKIE.
* Podio Racket hosted by Rhonda Carpenter and Heather Roulo.

// INTERVIEW
* I had an excellent interview with Emerian Rich, author of Night's Knights, vampire novel and podiobook, and hostess of the Horror Addicts podcast.
- In April, Dragon Moon Press will have a new paperback anthology of short stories by podcasting authors entitled, THE POD COMPLEX. In addition to Emerian Rich, the authors include Jack Mangan, J. Daniel Sawyer, Scott Sigler, Tee Morris, Mike Bennett, Jared Axelrod, Phil Rossi, Justin R. Macumber, Marie Bilodeau, E. A. Zefram, Tim Reynolds, J.D. Williams, Jennifer Rahn, and Alexander T. Crisp.
-We talked about many awesome things, including the German horror-comedy "Night Of The Living Dorks". Because of her enthusiasm about it, I started watching it and I agree that it is hilarious. I liken it to "American Pie" with zombies. Two gnawed-off thumbs way up!

// PROMOS
* FETIDUS by James Durham.
* And Now a Word From Our Sponsor, ReaniLife.

// BUMPER
* From Jack Hosley, host of the Wander Radio podcast.

// FAREWELL
* We wrapped the show by playing, "Rebirth (live)" by Hungry Lucy, 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.

* This is Episode #57 for March 26, 2010.
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// LILITH'S LOVE
* Lilith's Love is live on Podiobooks.com, Smashwords.com, new price cut on Amazon.com, and you can cast it on StoryCasting!
* The StoryCasting Meetup was a LOT of fun. Folks came out from the MMMMMMeetup for Jack Mangan's Deadpan Podcast to hang out! Thanks again to all of you!

// NEWS
* Corey Haim passed away at 38 on March 10.
- Corey's mother told Access Hollywood that the L.A. County Coroner told her "that an autopsy found her son had an enlarged heart and his lungs were filled with water. His cause of death was due to pulmonary congestion." He had been suffering from flu-like symptoms. The official report is pending toxicology and histopathology test results.

* Jonathan Sharkey is back in the news again...
- Here's the chat log with questions for Jonathan Sharkey and his replies.

// BOOKS TO FILM
* Tim Burton wants to film "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"!
- I am listening to ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER from Audible.com right now and I am really digging it so far.

// PODCASTS
* 19Nocturne Blvd. podcast by Julie Hoverson presents "The Big Dark" on April 20.
- Julie was kind enough to give me a sneak peak to this audio drama short and I loved it!
- This is a fine police drama/murder mystery set in a post-apocalyptic world. Dark with just the right amount of humor to lighten things up, and a great story. Well done and well acted all around. I won't say any more to avoid spoilers for something which hasn't released yet. I will say, I'd love to see more stories set in this universe. *nudge*

// BOOKS
* Gail Carriger's CHANGELESS hits bookshelves March 30! This is the sequel to the hit (and hot) "urbane fantasy"/paranormal romance SOULLESS.
- NEWS FLASH! Gail just informed me that the audio version of SOULLESS is scheduled for release June 17. I will post updates when I hear more.

* Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 (Hardcover) Available on March 16, 2010

* DC/Vertigo's American Vampire had sold out locally and I had to order a copy to pickup.

// CROSSOVER
* In April, Dragon Moon Press will have a new paperback anthology of short stories by podcasting authors entitled, The PODTHOLOGY.
- The authors include Jack Mangan, Emerian Rich, J. Daniel Sawyer, Scott Sigler, Tee Morris, Mike Bennett, Jared Axelrod, Phil Rossi, Justin R. Macumber, Marie Bilodeau, E. A. Zefram, Timothy G.M. Reynolds, J.D. Williams, Jennifer Rahn, and Alexander T. Crisp.

// PROMOS
* On April 1, you will be able to pre-order your limited-edition, hardcover, signed and numbered copy of THE STARTER by Scott Sigler, which is the sequel to THE ROOKIE.
* FETIDUS by James Durham.
* And Now a Word From Our Sponsor, ReaniLife.

// ROBERT'S REVIEW
* Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (PS2)

// PROMOS
* Horror Addicts podcast, hosted by Emerian Rich, author of Night's Knights, a vampire podiobook.
* Antithesis, Book Two: FREE WILL and Other Compulsions, a podcast novel by J. Daniel Sawyer.

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