http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/index.htmlDrabblecast B-Sidesentbaker@gardenstreet.orgNorm Sherman2011-03-12T17:04:29-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:43:28 -0500tbaker@gardenstreet.orgNone2011-03-12T17:04:29-05:00http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/a8c7cc4642b9eeac138886b19b742fa1-13.php#unique-entry-id-13http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/a8c7cc4642b9eeac138886b19b742fa1-13.php#unique-entry-id-13Podcast



The book opens in New York where hedge-fund manager Tony Wolfe- completely convinced that his success proves him a superman straight out of an Ayn Rand novel- wakes up groggy and realizes his new hair transplant appears to have fallen out. If only.

When he checks the mirror, he has bright orange hair stretched out in two wings on either side of his head, plus a face now completely covered in clown white and massive red lips. He has, in short, woken up transformed into a clown...

Art by Brian Walker]]>tbaker@gardenstreet.orgNone2011-01-05T17:07:32-05:00http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/b26ff5dd91584063e7e01e7a7f3fd5a1-12.php#unique-entry-id-12http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/b26ff5dd91584063e7e01e7a7f3fd5a1-12.php#unique-entry-id-12Podcast


The doctor, who insists that I cite him as “Dr. Franz,” has a habit of holding his hand over his mouth as he giggles. He wears a white lab coat like a scientist from the movies, but this is an affectation. Everyone at Snuggle Club wears the coats, the same way Walmart ‘partners’ wear blue shirts...


Matthew Bey
The Least Deserving Campbell Award in History
Art by Aaron Cambridge]]>tbaker@gardenstreet.orgNone2010-09-09T22:05:43-04:00http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/1adadf93b7a21597c9279586edad6efc-11.php#unique-entry-id-11http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/1adadf93b7a21597c9279586edad6efc-11.php#unique-entry-id-11Podcast


“I, Commander Cody Pendant, am asking you, Chief Neo-Eugenicist Shahven Ishtpig the Third, one last time,” the Aryan commander tossed back a shot of vodka. The glass shattered against the wall, “is Project Minnesota Condor ready?” He impatiently tapped his gun...

Spencer Koelle
Mike Boris
Art by Jason Kivela]]>tbaker@gardenstreet.orgNone2010-08-14T22:07:16-04:00http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/2381a11f7ff3987d15b858b8d7516245-10.php#unique-entry-id-10http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/2381a11f7ff3987d15b858b8d7516245-10.php#unique-entry-id-10Podcast


Nyarlathotep... the crawling chaos... I am the last... I will tell the audient void...

Art by Liz Pennies
]]>tbaker@gardenstreet.orgNone2010-06-01T00:28:00-04:00http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/aba18b653f00da6ae40acec391859860-9.php#unique-entry-id-9http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/aba18b653f00da6ae40acec391859860-9.php#unique-entry-id-9Podcast



To start, my pet has no roots and only two limbs. Her bark is soft and spongy. A domed leafless flower grows from her trunk. She’s small; standing a mere four branches high and makes odd gibbering sounds when I draw close...

Recorded live at Balticon, Science Fiction convention May 28, 2010

Special thanks to guest voices Jonathan McNeill and
Heather Welliver

Neil Buchanan
Art by Jerel Dye
]]>tbaker@gardenstreet.orgNone2010-01-22T20:03:22-05:00http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/25a8ae1c2694288c37b4de09c6b082e2-8.php#unique-entry-id-8http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/25a8ae1c2694288c37b4de09c6b082e2-8.php#unique-entry-id-8Bsides 9- In Search of the Mongolian Deathworm: The Complete Nature Documentary Miniseries

Originally appeared in 5 Drabblecast episodes.

"The Mongolian Deathworm...the deadliest worm in all of Mongolia...”

Join pasty cryptozoologist Connor Choadsworth as treks across the Gobi desert in search of mythical acid-spitting, lightning sh*tting annelids

Music by Dave Grisman, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Norm Sherman, and U2
Artwork by Bo Kaier]]>tbaker@gardenstreet.orgNone2009-12-27T11:34:42-05:00http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/87f7357ea3f1fefa9aec32d2871fb750-7.php#unique-entry-id-7http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/87f7357ea3f1fefa9aec32d2871fb750-7.php#unique-entry-id-7Bsides 8- The Elves Hate You by Matthew Bey

"You’re sure that’s not a vulcan?"

Pikachimp, Vlad’s right-arm man shook his head. "Nah. Them’s elves all right. And the tall one’s been shopping same place as you."

Vlad’s preternatural sight was perfectly adapted to the club’s dim lighting. "You’re right. I can’t believe he has the nerve to wear that in here. I practically invented throat-ruffles. C’mon, let’s show those pansies they can’t mess with vampires..."
]]>tbaker@gardenstreet.orgNone2009-11-11T11:32:34-05:00http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/a90cd3a0ed5592bb656c57f21a180312-6.php#unique-entry-id-6http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/a90cd3a0ed5592bb656c57f21a180312-6.php#unique-entry-id-6Bsides 7- Jeez Louise by Robert Scotellaro

"Jeez Louise," Frank says to Delores, as he glances from his window at the long line of onlookers—Father Gomez among them. "They're still out there."
Across the room their six-year old Chihuahua , Shorty, lounges atop a penthouse of cushions. "I fixed Shorty something," Delores says. "Should get him going again..."]]>tbaker@gardenstreet.orgNone2009-08-19T20:25:01-04:00http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/f1c783f6ab2cb8e996dd5871856fa356-5.php#unique-entry-id-5http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/f1c783f6ab2cb8e996dd5871856fa356-5.php#unique-entry-id-5Bsides 6- The Horror at Martin’s Beach by Sonia Greene and H.P. Lovecraft

Its extraordinary mouth, its thick and scaly hide, and its single, deep-set eye were wonders scarcely less remarkable than its colossal dimensions; and when the naturalists pronounced it an infant organism, which could not have been hatched more than a few days, public interest mounted to extraordinary heights...
]]>tbaker@gardenstreet.orgNone2009-06-15T23:37:23-04:00http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/73035d24b074791c904851d0cd4f78ce-4.php#unique-entry-id-4http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/73035d24b074791c904851d0cd4f78ce-4.php#unique-entry-id-4Bsides 4- Support Group for the Supernaturally Experienced by Elias Caress

"I can smell the blood on your hands, I can smell your innocence dead and stinking on your breath!"

Max quickly glanced down at his clean hands. Just before he arrived he had washed them with disinfectant soap and meticulously cleaned under the nails.

"You're looking for the support group?" The old man's voice was as creepy as he looked.

"Yes"

"You're late. Out of courtesy to the other members, please arrive on time next week...."]]>tbaker@gardenstreet.orgNone2009-06-28T23:36:19-04:00http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/de0797e6f062901de8e55b3bb3010a9c-3.php#unique-entry-id-3http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/de0797e6f062901de8e55b3bb3010a9c-3.php#unique-entry-id-3Bsides 5- Pimp My Satellite Music Video

You thought the space race with was over? Hell no! That mess is just gettin’ started son...

Written and Performed by Norm Sherman
Video by Josh Hugo]]>tbaker@gardenstreet.orgNone2009-03-25T20:01:16-04:00http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/45f6ea0c55959434aad1cc9a27944304-2.php#unique-entry-id-2http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/45f6ea0c55959434aad1cc9a27944304-2.php#unique-entry-id-2Bsides 3- Celestial Duck, Breaststroke to Freedom by Orlo Yeahblip

In America at the time, stuffed full as it was with young men looking for a draft dodge and housewives listless for the next wave of feminism, people needed an escape route.  There seemed nothing better than to join the flotilla of balloons, private planes and transcendental meditators who made the journey through the stratosphere...]]>tbaker@gardenstreet.orgNone2009-01-12T15:20:16-05:00http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/3a3703ae701c7a11e13e92288e089239-1.php#unique-entry-id-1http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/3a3703ae701c7a11e13e92288e089239-1.php#unique-entry-id-1Bsides 2- 2135: The Year Disco Came Back by Kevin Bennett


And with a mighty crack the sky opened up!  There, sitting on a throne of ivory and omnipotence, was the Lord in all his terrible glory.  And God said:  "Let there be Funk!"]]>tbaker@gardenstreet.orgNone2008-09-28T15:19:29-04:00http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/cd809e94750914a7c25239bd3072e8d3-0.php#unique-entry-id-0http://www.gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/Bsides/files/cd809e94750914a7c25239bd3072e8d3-0.php#unique-entry-id-0Awkward applause and laughs are what we live for...]]>