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Sometimes 13 is now live. It's one of the most labour-intensive podcasts I've ever done (it took five days to make). It's also - I think - one of the best.

The featured story is HP Lovecraft's, 'From Beyond', one of my favourites among HPL's shorts, and one I've wanted to read for a long time - not just because it's among my favourites from Lovecraft, but because it also gives me the chance to go into maximum ham overdrive on the acting (which I do with gusto).

The cover art was specially produced by Jon Cape, who made the recent U&F video and a number of other groovy 3-D art renders which you can also find here in the galleries at MBP.com

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Music comes from The Dandy Warhols and Lene Lovich (you can swipe a free download of Lene's MP3 'Birdsong' below), and also Ambient Light, who made the weird and wonderful music used on the recording of From Beyond.

This is the last Sometimes before the re-commencement of Underwood and Flinch, and perhaps the last one ever, because it takes so damn long to produce an episode. I always start out thinking that each one will be simple, basic and straightforward, but it always becomes more and more fiddly and complex as new ideas occur to me during production - and before I know it, a whole day has gone by, then another, then another. Seriously, it's an insanely complicated podcast to make, and the whole thing just slips by in sixty minutes without touching the sides. Mind you, even though Sometimes drives me (and my wife) mental, I enjoy every minute of making it ... though I'm not sure if she does ;-)

I hope you enjoy it - and if you do, please leave a few kind words at

iTunes, thankee kindly, guv'nor.

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Website Forum: Things To Do in New York City (pease add your ideas)

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The Dandy Warhols

Ambient Light

Jon Cape

Podioracket

Seth Harwood

And Lene Lovich

Lene Lovich
"Bird Song" (mp3)
from "Lucky Number (The Best Of)"
(Oval Music)

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Here's Sometimes 12, with its featured story, 'Gabriel-Ernest' by Saki. If you're a long-time Sometimes listener, you'll be familiar with Saki from Sometimes 1, 2, 5 and 6. As you might have guessed, he's one of my favourites, and it's always a pleasure for me to bring his brilliant tales to life.

 The podcast also features a poem from me, music from A Band Called Quinn, and a trip to the fridge to check on the Squid Brand Fish Sauce.

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Links

Saki

A Band Called Quinn

T-Rex

Podcast Promo: Toothless by JP Moore

Hello Listeners

It's that time of the month again - the time when something drops into your inbox from me. And this time it's me reading Mark Twain's story, 'The Cannibalism in The Cars'. It was, I don't mind telling you, a b****** of a task. It took innumerable takes and left about a million cuttings on the cutting room floor, but finally, it's done. I don't even know if it's any good or not at this stage - I listened through it this morning and I was almost speaking along with it - I know the words so well. Anyway, for better or worse, here it is. Bon apetit ...

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Also I play 'Ain't No Fool' from 'The Revellions', who play London later this month:

Other Links:

The Dreamers' Thread by Starla Huchton

http://www.thedreamersthreadnovel.com/

Night's Knight's Vampire Podnovel

http://www.emzbox.com/newebox.html

The Vertigo Media Network

http://www.vertigomedianetwork.com/

Music:

'Ain't No Fool' by The Revellions.

http://www.myspace.com/therevellions

A special festive edition of Sometimes featuring the Q&A that didn't make it onto the end of U&F 21. In this searching interview, Mike answers listeners' questions on Underwood and Flinch, while dodging the deeper issues like politics, God and 'dryness'.

Guest starring Mike's wife and an old friend from an earlier 'Sometimes'.

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I shall be away from my 'desk' for the next week as I'm off to England for Christmas. So before I go, I'd like to wish all you lovely listeners a very peaceful and happy festive season and all the very best for a great 2010. As always, thanks for listening and being the best audience in the world.

Cheers for now

Mike

Nothing to get too excited about, just a news bulletin, a song, a classic creepy story and of course, a glimpse into my fridge. It's just my way of saying, "Hello, I'm not dead." I hope you like it.

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Player s8

Music in this podcast:

Lene Lovich
"Lucky Number" (mp3)
from "Lucky Number (The Best Of)"
(Oval Music)

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Jeff Rosiana:' Spooky Piano'

Promos and Plugs:

CrimeWAV.com

Seth Harwood's 'Young Junius'

Finally finished Sometimes 7. Features the poll-winning story, 'The Music of Erich Zann' by H.P. Lovecraft and music from
A Band Called Quinn 'The World is Upside Down'.
and Marco Esu: Violino.
I hope you enjoy it. Here's the direct link: Sometimes 7: The Music of Erich Zann

Hello listeners, Sometimes 6 is now live and features the story 'Tobermory' by Saki. Music comes from the Charlatans. I have a cousin arriving tomorrow from NZ so I can't see me getting much writing done for a few days. I guess I'll have to just drink beer and have a laugh instead ;-)

Do you like the picture? I took it today of a cat who hangs around our building getting fed by everyone but me because he makes me sneeze. I managed to get this pic in between sneezes. Listen to Sometimes 6

Player s6

The Charlatans
"You Cross My Path" (mp3)
from "You Cross My Path"
(Cooking Vinyl)

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This time on Sometimes, the featured story is 'The Penance' by Saki. One of my personal favourites.

Sometimes 4 is now online featuring the story that you, the listeners, voted for the most: 'The Masque of the Red Death' by Edgar Allan Poe. I hope you enjoy it. You can get it in the Sometimes feed (of course) or by clicking the picture below: