Season 4, Episode 8: The Lost World (1925 Film Adaptation)

Hile, adventurers! Explorers! Paleontologists! Cromrades! We have returned from a recent trek to the jungles of South America, and escaped from a mysterious plateau filled with dinosaurs and ape-men with our lives intact! This episode features a discussion of the original film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's seminal work "The Lost World." It was directed by Harry Hoyt, and featured a cast that went on to great acclaim including Bessie Love, Lewis Stone, Wallace Beery, and Lloyd Hughes. But the real stars of the show are the dinosaurs, painstakingly animated by Willis O'Brien and Marcel Delgado! This film was groundbreaking for its time, and definitely influenced special effects work in cinema. The stop-motion dinosaurs are still fun to watch! And, their appearance influence the way dinosaurs have been portrayed on screen to this day!

We focus on Arthur Conan Doyle, the film adaptation, and a brief look at how evolution and geologic time are portrayed in fiction! We get scientific in this one!

Some resources:  The Telegraph: Russian Supergrass 'poisoned after being tricked into visiting Paris' BBC: Piltdown Man: Britain's Greatest Hoax Project Gutenberg: The Lost World novel Smithsonian: On Dinosaur Time Let us know what you think of this film! And, what your favorite dinosaur is!  One Things:  Jon: Crusader Kings 2 (on Steam) Luke: Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats (on Amazon) Josh: Bone Tomahawk (on Amazon) Next time: Journey with us to Skull Island to explore the legend of Kong...  Questions? Comments? Curses? Email us! (thecromcast at gmail dot com) You know you want to follow us on Twitter!
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Beginning theme: "Sudden Defeat" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
Closing theme: "S.O.B." by Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
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Season 4 Episode 7: Part II Addressing The Wizard of Lemuria by Lin Carter

Frank Frazetta, "Against the Gods"

Greetings, Cromrades! When last we were together, we discussed Lin Carter the author, the editor, and the scholar. We also delved into Carter's first novel "Thongor and the Wizard of Lemuria." This week, we return to finish our quest with Thongor.

One Things:

Luke: Sicario - The War On Drugs as a backdrop to a kick ass movie. Check it!

Jon: You Must Remember This: A podcast about the secret and/or forgotten history of Hollywood's first century.

Josh - Remember Alan Rickman. Watch Galaxy Quest!

Note on our beef with Fandom Fest: It would appear everything has been squared away now, but they clearly stole Justin Stewart's design, was still a careless thing for them to do. We still say: Support your local conventions - but be selective! 

Compare for yourself. Here's The Fandom Fest website and logo design. Here's Lexington Comic and Toy Convention's web and logo design.

A picture's worth a thousand words. Don't support "cons"!

Speaking of pictures - here's a visual representation of the fantasy genre discussion (takes place around, 00:44:15, gets even deeper at 01:10.29). We'd love to hear your thoughts on what it means for a story to be classified as sword and sorcery versus epic fantasy! Start with Thongor and the Wizard of Lemuria and see where that takes you! Let us know what you think!

Next time: We go to the movies to check out a couple of pulpy classics: The Lost World from 1925 and King Kong from 1933. It's "The Lost Road in Cinema!" Should be fun, we hope you'll join us!

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Beginning theme: "Sudden Defeat" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
Closing theme: "Quest for the Hammer of Glory" by Gloryhammer.
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Season 4 Episode 6: Part I Addressing The Wizard of Lemuria by Lin Carter

Hile, travelers! We continue to plod down The Lost Road. For this episode we discuss the front half of Lin Carter's first Thongor story, namely The Wizard of Lemuria!

One Things
Jon - Penn & Teller's Bullshit!
Josh - Serial, Season 2!
Luke - Baroness' Purple Album!

Also, as we mention in the episode, don't forget to check out the Legendary Weapons episode by Blurry Photos.

Next Time...
We finish reading our first Lin Carter joint. Take a crack at The Wizard of Lemuria, won't you?

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Our episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Beginning theme: "Sudden Defeat" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. Drink clean-up theme: "Waxie's Dargle" by The Pogues. Closing theme: "Chlorine and Wine" by Baroness. All music was obtained legally; we hope our discussion of this content makes you want to go out and purchase the work!

Season 4 Episode 5: (Sippin' on) a Vintage from Atlantis with Clark Ashton Smith

Hile, travelers! We once more continue down The Lost Road. For this episode we discuss Clark Ashton Smith's story,  A Vintage from Atlantis. First published in Weird Tales in September of 1933, this is a story found in a number of volumes, and is now in the public domain.

Ballantine Collection, 1973, Cover by Gervasio Gallardo

One Things
Jon - Ellis and Cassaday's Planetary!
Josh - Ash Vs. Evil Dead on Starz! (You can now roll a Starz subscription into your Amazon Prime membership! No excuses, watch this show!)
Luke - The Builders by Daniel Polansky!

Next Time...
We read our first Lin Carter joint. Take a crack at The Wizard of Lemuria, won't you?

Questions? Comments? Curses? Email us! (thecromcast at gmail dot com)
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Our episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Beginning theme: "Sudden Defeat" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. Interlude:  a kick-ass amateur version of Greensleeves available on Youtube. Closing theme: When Wine Was Cheap by The Gourds. Buy this album!. All music was obtained legally; we hope our discussion of this content makes you want to go out and purchase the work!

Season 4 Episode 4: Dive Into The Deep With Lovecraft - The Doom that Came to Sarnath and The Temple!

Hile, travelers! We once more continue down The Lost Road. For this episode we discuss a couple of H.P. Lovecraft's stories, The Doom that Came to Sarnath and The Temple. Click on the story titles for links to this week's tales!

The Doom that Came to Sarnath, 1971, Cover by Gervasio Gallardo

One Things
Jon - Gravedigger by Christopher Mills and Rich Burchett (get it through Comixology)
Josh - Steve Lichman by Dave Rapoza!
Luke - Fargo, Season 2 on FX!

Also, as we mentioned in the episode, don't forget to check out a spooky story from the SCARAB Swarmcast!

Next time: We quaff fine wine with Clark Ashton Smith and discuss A Vintage From Atlantis!

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Our episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Beginning theme: "Sudden Defeat" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. Closing theme: "Of the Sea" by A.A. Bondy. All music was obtained legally; we hope our discussion of this content makes you want to go out and purchase the work!

Cromtober 2015 Episode 3: University Ghost Stories

A trio of Cromtober episodes? Yes! Here's another set of spooky stories, this time featuring haunted campuses and university ghosts!

Old Morrison, Transylvania University. Final resting place of Constantine Rafinesque...?

The stately Keene-Johnson Building, Eastern Kentucky University. The Blue Lady awaits...

And here's Mozart's grave, in the hallowed Ravine of Eastern Kentucky University!

Earhart Hall. Does the spirit of Amelia Earhart haunt these grounds? 

And with this, we bring Cromtober to a close, but the horror doesn't end...  When we return to the Lost Road, we will discuss a pair of Lovecraft stories with terrifying implications about long forgotten civilizations: The Temple, and The Doom That Came to Sarnath!

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Beginning theme: "Quiet Slumber- Creepy Music Box" by PerpetualDusk09 on YouTube
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