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| 19 May 2024 | SILENCE! #315 | 01:56:15 | |
IT'S LIKE A WHIRLPOOL AND IT NEVER ENDS At last! It's time for The Big Pivot! Welcome to the SILENCE! Sportscast! All the Action! All the balls! More kicks and hits than you could reasonably kick or hit! Who's winning? YOU! Unfortunately the sports chat gets somewhat derailed by talk about gigs and the 90s before Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die get sucked into The Reviewniverse where they find Joe Wilkinson: My Autobiography, Elf Quest, Cerebus, Viz (Gary's got a strip in it!) and Proustian comics in general. Following that, there's a lovely bit of SILENCE! (Because The Film's Started) in which The Beast Must Die has seen The Flash. All sport is finally forgotten as the hosts reckymend Comfort Blanket, Allan Quartermain and the Spear of Destiny, Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson and Gary just won't stop going on about his Patreon. At this point in the blurb we usually say, "AND MORE!". @frasergeesin @thebeastmustdie silencepodcast@gmail.com You can support us using Patreon if you like. SILENCE! has not been sponsored by the greatest comics shops on the planet, DAVE'S COMICS of Brighton and GOSH! Comics of London for years but we still love them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 07 Sep 2024 | SILENCE! #316 | 01:46:54 | |
IT'S A PLASTIC BAG WITH PLASTIC HANDLES AND PLASTIC SIDES We spill our guts all over your ears, and Daisy the Galacticat does something similar. We talk about: Dan McDaid, Pricks, Summer Holidays, Sequent'Ull, Alex Potts, Gareth Hopkins' Rainlight Cope Aesthetic, Lily Williams' Digging, Freaky Deakies, Insomnia and the 1989 Batman film. silencepodcast@gmail.com You can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 22 Dec 2024 | SILENCE! #317 SILENCE! To Astonish! 2024 | 01:45:25 | |
THOSE WHO KNOW, THEY DON'T LET IT SHOW Gary Lactus is joined by Al To Astonish as they do their best to reconstruct the SILENCE! To Astonish! panel at this year's Thought Bubble in lieu of a usable recording. Worst Christmas gift ever? YOU DECIDE! See photos and the full show script here silencepodcast@gmail.com You can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 29 Jan 2025 | SILENCE! #318 | 01:36:18 | |
SOMETIMES I CAN'T FIND MY GOOD HABITS You hear that? Of course you do, it's startling, nigh on deafening! It's the NEW HIGH CONCEPT ALARM! Unfortunately the new thing doesn't know what it's called. Drifting Reviewniverse? Random Reviewniverse? Adventure into Indeterminacy? Let's read with Ian Determinate? The idea is simple. A random English language comic from the last 90 years or so is chosen, read and talked about. This episode it's Here's Howie #9 and it's talked about by Gary Lactus and Al To Astonish Get more Al To Astonish at House To Astonish You can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 06 Mar 2025 | SILENCE! #319 | 01:23:39 | |
ACTIVITY TROUSERS This week (ahem), the Drifting Reviewniverse takes Gary Lactus and TT into everyone’s least favourite Chuck D, Charles Dixon’s Marc Spector: Moon Knight #12. CURSE YOU, FATE! Your hosts do their best to choke it down and describe the experience. It’s a fun chat about a comic that wasn’t enjoyed by either of them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 31 Mar 2025 | SILENCE! #320 | 01:41:05 | |
WHEN I SAW MUSHROOM HEAD, I WAS BORN AND I WAS DEAD It's the Drifting Reviewniverse #3 and Gary Lactus, Al To Astonish and Maid Of Nails are supposed to be examining Ghost Rider #11 (Marvel, 1975). Unfortunately Maid Of Nails has gone missing and the adverts are far too interesting to concentrate on the comic itself. Despite this and quite amazingly, what you have here is an hour and a half of enthusiastic dissection that covers less than half the comic! We're going to have to dive back in for Part 2 next week. OMGR!!!!!!! Find Maid Of Nails on Bluesky and Patreon Find Al To Astonish on Bluesky and at House To Astonish You can support SILENCE! using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 10 Apr 2025 | SILENCE! #321 | 01:55:00 | |
IT'S SO GOOD, BABY WHEN YOU'RE AT THE WHEEL HOW WAS THIS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN?! Well, it's done now. Ghost Rider 11 has been fully digested by Gary Lactus, Maid Of Nails and Al To Astonish, who accurately said after recording, "I feel like I have advert poisoning". Find Maid Of Nails on Bluesky and Patreon Find Al To Astonish on Bluesky and at House To Astonish You can support SILENCE! using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 11 Aug 2020 | SILENCE! #283 | 02:22:50 | |
THE SPIDERMAN IS HAVING ME FOR DINNER TONIGHT Ok people let’s get real. Real talk time. Time for a reality check. Time to get real people. Real time talk. Tough talk. Tough talk for tough times. Time to get tough people. Tough people tough times tough talk. Real tough real talk for tough people in tough times. Comics. Not just for kids? It’s a brand new SILENCE! for a brand new smouldering world. Join hands with Gary Lactus & The Beast Must Die as we tiptoe through the wasteland and talk the one thing that we can all agree on, COMICS Anti-sponsorship, a bit of promotional flim flam about The Savage Beast, and probably a load more. Who can tell? The Reviewniverse opens it’s gappy maw and swallows us whole, as we discuss the UK ‘adult’ comics boom of the late 80s/early 90s, talking about CRISIS, Revolver, Deadline and more. Then it’s Space Warp, Empyre, World’s Funnest, 2000AD prog 559, And Now, Sir – is THIS Your Missing Gonad?, Deadman: Love & Death, Deadman: Exorscism, Adam Strange: The Man Of Two Worlds and more. More? MOOOOOOOOOOOORE! Out the back door you lot, before Mum & Dad get back @frasergeesin @thebeastmustdie silencepodcast@gmail.com You can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Aug 2020 | The SAVAGE BEAST #3 | 01:36:43 | |
The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die). The Savage Beast No.3: Swords, Sorcery, Sand and Sleaze In this third episode, we discuss the unruly pleasures of the Sword & Sorcery genre. Films discussed include:
Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/ Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Sep 2020 | The SAVAGE BEAST #5 | 01:59:30 | |
The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die). The Savage Beast No.5: Deadlights - Terrible Stephen King films In this fifth episode, we discuss the the murkier depths of the vast pool of Stephen King-related films. Films discussed include: Children of the Corn (Fritz Kiersch, 1984) Maximum Overdrive (Stephen King, 1986) The Lawnmower Man (Brett Leonard, 1992) Sleepwalkers (Mick Garris, 1992) Cell (Tod Williams. 2016) Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/ Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 05 Oct 2020 | The SAVAGE BEAST #6 | 01:51:38 | |
The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die). The Savage Beast No.6: Sideways Superheroes In this sixth episode, we discuss superhero films, through a twisted lens. Films discussed include: Joker (Todd Phillips, 2019) Super (James Gunn, 2010) Brightburn (David Yarovesky, 2019) Darkman (Sam Raimi, 1990) Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/ Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 11 Nov 2020 | SILENCE! #286 | 01:40:21 | |
BUT DON’T DESPAIR, THIS DAY WILL BE THEIR DAMNEDEST DAY BARMAN! Hey barman! It’s brrn s heckuva day all over hasn’t it? Just a HECKUVA day. I’ll be goddamned. My throat is parched. So why don’t you sidle over here and pour me a nice stiff podcast. Straight, no chaser, just make sure it’s got a real high percentage of unqualified opinions. Maybe top it up with juuuust a touch of hot air. Perfect. Now I’m gonna knock this down and shake off this goddamned day. What do you mean, tip? It’s a brand new day, a bdand new world, a brand new existence! But more than that it’s a brand new SILENCE! with your hoary old pals Gary Lactus & The Beast Must Die. Couldn’t you just kiss them on their wet little noses? Some honest-to-goodness Sponsorship, some chat about the apparent exit of the world’s orangest, angriest baby, and news of our digitable at the virtual ThoughT Bubble 2020 festival… Reviewniverse time baaaaaybee and it’s packed to the gills with comic shaped treats: The Green Lantern, We Only Find Them When They’re Dead, Excalibur, Happy Hour, Bad Boy, Xerxes, X’ed Out, The Hive, Sugar Skull: Last Look by Charles Burns, Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files Vol 1 and Dire Fucking Straits… Did we already tell you to BUY OUR SHIT? ALL ITEMED OUT @frasergeesin @thebeastmustdie silencepodcast@gmail.com You can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 16 Nov 2020 | The SAVAGE BEAST #7 | 02:04:56 | |
The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die). The Savage Beast No.7: Best Served Cold - Revenge movies In this seventh episode, we discuss the most primal of all filmic narratives, REVENGE! Films discussed include: Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013) Dead Man's Shoes (Shane Meadows, 2004) I Saw The Devil (Kim Jee-woon, 2010) Revenge (Coralie Fargeat, 2017) Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/ Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 08 Dec 2020 | The SAVAGE BEAST #8 | 02:33:23 | |
The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die). The Savage Beast No.8: There's A Ghost In My House - Haunted House movies In this seventh episode, we discuss one of the true horror staples. Films discussed include: The Amityville Horror (Stuart Rosenberg, 1979) Sinister (Scott Derrickson, 2012) Ghostwatch (Lesley Manning, 1992) The Stone Tape (Peter Sasdy, 1972) His House (Remi Weekes, 2020) Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/ Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 17 Dec 2020 | Episode 79: SILENCE! #287 | 01:39:49 | |
DEEP BLUE, I VOTED YOU SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR “YOU THERE BOY! WHAT DAY IS IT?” “It’s Christmas Day, sir!” “Then there’s still time! Tell me, boy; is that fat goose still in the window of the butcher’s?” “Yes, sir!” “Then take this money and go buy it for Bob Cratchit and his family!” “But it’s Christmas day, sir. The butcher’s is closed.” “Oh… Then smash the window and grab the fat goose!” “Sir, you DO know that it’s just a display fat goose? It’s the plastic one that’s there every year.” “Why, you saucy urchin! Any more cheek from you and I’ll give you a thrashing! Now smash that window, grab the fat goose and take it to Bob Cratchit’s house!” “Fuck off, mate!” HOX3 Etc. Welcome to our very, very special December 18th episode of SILENCE! It’s like a scrooge convention in here. Come in, the water’s filthy and will probably give you dysentery. After some moaning about everything (including the lack of interest in Gary’s own comic, Journey To The Surface Of The Earth), there’s some bigging up of the belated SILENCE! To Astonish cyber-panel at Digi-Thought Virtual-Bubble. Oh, and Gary Lactus has almost written a song for The Beast Must Die but not really. The Reviewniverse beckons, covering James Stokoe’s Won Ton Soup, Elektra Assassin, Goddess, Wildcat, Green Arrow, We Only Find Them When They’re Dead, Havok and Wolverine: Meltdown, some Fred Egg comics and probably some other stuff. After some final complaints it’s off you go, back to the rubbish timeline we all seem to be stuck in. Ugh! @frasergeesin @thebeastmustdie silencepodcast@gmail.com You can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 26 Dec 2020 | The SAVAGE BEAST #9 | 01:54:29 | |
The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die). The Savage Beast No.9: Red Snow - Winter Horror Films In this ninth episode, we close the curtains, stoke the fire and keep the cold away with some of our frightful frosty favourites Films discussed include: Black Christmas (Bob Clark, 1974) Pontypool (Bruce McDonald, 2008) Ravenous (Antonia Bird, 1999) Last Winter (Larry Fessenden, 2006) Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/ Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 03 Jan 2021 | SAVAGE BEAST OFFICE XMAS PARTY | 02:19:16 | |
The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die). The Savage Beast Office Xmas Party In this special holiday episode, we load up on egg-nog, rest our hands on our sated bellies and talk through some of the films we've watched over the festive periofd. Films discussed include: The Wolf of Snow Hollow (Jim Cummings, 2020) Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Joe Dante, 1990) Fritz The Cat (Ralph Bakshi 1972) Happy Feet (George Miller, 2006) Freeway (Matthew Bright, 1996) Whistle and I'll Come To You (Jonatham Miller, 1968) Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist (Alexandre O. Phillipe, 2019) Planes, Trains & Automobiles (John Hughes, 1987) Showgirls (Paul Verhoeven, 1995) Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/ Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 08 Jan 2021 | Episode 82: SILENCE! #288 | 01:44:29 | |
BILLY THE KID DID WHAT HE DID AND HE DIED Boy did you see that? That was something wasn’t it? It sure was something. What do you mean what was it? I have no idea. I just know it was something. Yes sir, it sure was. Something, that is. Couldn’t say for sure exactly what, but let me tell you I know that it was *something*. I know what it wasn’t though. It sure wasn’t a BLURB. New Year, New SILENCE! New Year, New Podcast! New Year same old sad sacks of mince Gary Lactus & The Beast Must Die! It’s a packed episode, designed to fill the howling voids of uncertainty in your brains. First up SILENCE! Cos I’m Watching The Telly! wherein the Beast talks up the myriad pleasures of the Doom Patrol TV show. Then the pair have a good old natter about Feels Good Man, the strange and depressing descent of Pepe The Frog. Take a hop, skip, slip and plunge into the Reviewniverse. Happy talky talky happy talk, talk about things you like to read….The Far Side, Calvin & Hobbes, Midnight Men, Howard Chaykin Bingo, Pirate Corp$, 2000AD Xmas special, Judge Dredd: Book Of The Dead, World Judges and a lot (not much) more I’m tired. Go away please. Just kidding, I kiss. @frasergeesin @thebeastmustdie silencepodcast@gmail.com You can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 27 Jan 2021 | Episode 83: SILENCE! #289 | 02:05:39 | |
THE GAME WILL NEVER BE OVER BECAUSE WE'RE KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE
Oh my goodness gracious! Ugh! What's that unholy stench? Oh, I see. It's bloody Gary Lactus writing the blurb. Why's HE writing the blurb? He's crap at writing the blurb, (and he smells). Huh? It's The Beast Must Die's birthday?! And Gary's special gift to his best pal is writing the blurb for him? Man, that's a shit present! Is that literally all he's doing for him? What a chundering arsehole! I'm glad I don't have a "friend" like Gary Lactus. Welcome dearest of listeners to the closest thing The Beast Must Die will get to a birthday Party. Here's a special podcast for a very special boy. <ITEM>There'a a luxuriously long preamble where your main characters talk merrily about Big Train, Look Around You and The Geesin Family Output, The Lovecraft Investigations, The Beef And Dairy Network and Petscop. Oh, and The Beast reviews Gary Lactus's Journey To The Surface Of The Earth #2, still interminably available from FraserGeesin.com <ITEM>Eventually they get round to talking about some comics. What are those comics? These are those comics: Batman Annual #5, Judge Dredd: Crusade, Dog Man, Deathshead: Body In Question and Jim. <ITEM>As promised last week, The Beast takes Gary on the start of a choose-your-own adventure! This could be the start of something beautiful. <ITEM>Time to listen! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 08 Feb 2021 | The SAVAGE BEAST #10 | 02:16:23 | |
The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die). The Savage Beast No.10: Bloodlines - Family films In this tenth episode, we take a look at the disyunctional world of cinematic families. Films discussed include: Hereditary (Ari Aster, 2018) Ready or Not (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, 2019) Animal Kingdom (David Michôd, 2010) Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Tobe Hooper, 1986) Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/ Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 28 Feb 2021 | Episode 85: SILENCE! #290 | 02:01:00 | |
I ASKED THE ICE, IT WOULD NOT SAY BUT ONLY CRACKED OR MOVED AWAY Daddy, I don’t want to write the blurb. But you said you wanted to write the blurb. I don’t want to write the blurb. I want to play with the train track. Okay, I’ll set up the train track for you… There you go. Daddy I don’t want to play with the train track. But I just made the train track for you. But I don’t want to play with the train track! What do you want to do, then? I want to write the blurb. We said it would happen and here it is! SILENCE! 290! Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die kick off this momentous recording with some of the finest chat on Earth, forged in the white hot heat of aimlessness then cooled in the pure waters of lockdown boredom then tempered with the hammer of pointlessness on the anvil of stretched metaphors. That is to say, they talk about John Cooper Clarke’s autobiography, I Wanna Be Yours, the Stan Lee biography, True Believer, Richard Herring’s Ball and King Rocker and Birds Of Prey. Oh, and they totally forget to mention any sponsors but do remember to plug their new, Patreon-only podcast, Dan and Fraser’s Starlight Adventures! BANG! AAAAARGH! Gary opens a Lorne Bomb! Come with us to Reviewniverse, with Deadline, Keif Llama: Vectors, Huntress, Kraven The Last Hunt, Si Spencer and Grave Horticulture of course! Listening time! @frasergeesin @thebeastmustdie silencepodcast@gmail.com You can support us using Patreon if you like. Patreon.com/silence! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 05 Mar 2021 | The SAVAGE BEAST #11 | 02:11:07 | |
The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die). The Savage Beast No.11: Checking Out - Hotel films In this eleventh episode, we take a look at the liminal world of hotel-baseed horror films. Films discussed include: The Beyond (Lucio Fulci, 1981) The Innkeepers (Ti West, 2011) Motel Hell (Kevin Connor, 1980) Barton Fink (Ethan & Joel Coen, 1991) Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/ Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 23 Mar 2021 | The SAVAGE BEAST #12 | 02:25:09 | |
The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die). The Savage Beast No.12: Moviedrome In this Very Special Episode episode, we take a slightly different approach and discuss the idea of curation in cinema, focusing on the beloved British cult film show Moviedrome. Films discussed include: Terminator (James Cameron, 1984) Jabberwocky (Terry Gilliam, 1977) Assault On Precinct 13 (John Carpenter, 1976) Vanishing Point (Richard C. Sarafian, 1971) Manhunter (Michael Mann, 1986) A great Moviedrome resource can be found at https://moviedromer.tumblr.com Matrin Scorsese interview https://harpers.org/archive/2021/03/il-maestro-federico-fellini-martin-scorsese Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/ Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 30 Mar 2021 | Episode 88: SILENCE! #291 | 01:47:41 | |
WELL THEY LOOK SO GOOD I WANNA EAT ‘EM, AND THEY TASTE SO GOOD i GET TO NEED ‘EM Okay, I want you to split into two teams. Now you guys are the red team, and you guys are team two. Now, everyone in the blue team needs to split up into teams of one and practice the trust exercises I showed you earlier. Team One, I want you to elect a leader then shout any ideas that come into your head at them. There’s no bad ideas here, brown sky thinking but you have to do this in complete silence. Okay, now I want the green team to split into two groups then those groups who will be Team A and Team Seven. Those teams then need to split in two once more and those groups split in two again and agin until everyone is in Team Blood Red And Bisected Lying Dead On The Floor. I’m off to the staff room to watch pornography. And Richard? You write the blurb. They said it could easily be done and they were right! It’s SILENCE! #291! Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die have both got into separate scrapes recently. Listen to them tell you all about it in the new feature, SILENCE! Because The Internet’s A Prick! SILENCE! (Because The Film’s Started). The Beast Must Die has seen a film and that film Justice League, The Snyder Cut. Gary Lactus is now doing commissions so get in touch with him as he needs the money. Come with us to Reviewniverse, with Pssst!, Kiss Of death by John Watkiss, The Eternals and Darker Image of course! Buy Gary Lactus’ comics at frasergeesin.com. Buy The Beast Must Die’s comics at milkthecat.wordpress.com. @frasergeesin @thebeastmustdie silencepodcast@gmail.com You can support us by going to patreon.com/SILENCE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Apr 2021 | Episode 89: SILENCE! #292 | 02:06:57 | |
Broken partings making strange goodbyes. Hopeless cases with fake alibis This is your blurb. Deal with it, yeah? Get excited because this SILENCE! is a The Beast Must Die Solo Special! By that we mean The Beast is extremely busy and off on his own, working hard and, crucially, not appearing on this podcast. Nevertheless, Gary Lactus loves to party (alone in his car like sad, middle aged man who is wondering where it all went wrong) so he’s invited some top guests to fool around with and have a really great time. What’s that sound of creaking gears and whining servos? Why, it’s Spare 5 who, although not a real boy, has real things to say about David Lapham’s Silverfish and the film, Psycho II whilst Gary moans about superheroes in general. Douglas Noble comes along to talk about Pocket Chillers and Tarzan. Interesting to note that Douglas danced part of a 1980 Legs And Co routine continuously throughout recording. Of course, this is an audio-only presentation and doesn’t come accross when listening. Shame, he’s quite good. Maid Of Nails aka Kelly Kanayama sings some of her hits in between talk about Hellblazer: Royal Blood, Royalty, Amateur Demonology, Garth Ennis and A Walk Through Hell. Oh, and a Korean Drama which might be called Worlds Apart or something like that. Finally Tom Mortimer provides the weird, human cherry on top of this cocktail made from old, found booze which tastes surprisingly pleasant. I mean, this is mostly bullshit but there’s some stuff about Blue And Green, Severed and Skrull Kill Crew in there. LISTEN! @frasergeesin @thebeastmustdie silencepodcast@gmail.com You can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 20 Apr 2021 | Episode 90: SILENCE! #293 | 01:48:21 | |
I’LL SAVE MY BREATH AND TAKE IT WITH ME, TIL A HUNDREN YEARS OR SO Blurbs. Does anyone actually read them? The Beast must Die created this format for the SILENCE! show notes and it has become a hated chore for whoever is unfortunate enough to be creating it. Am I just typing into a void? Tell you what, if you’re reading this, let us know by writing the secret phrase, “OH DEAR LORD MY GUTS ARE FULL OF SQUID!” and tweeting us, emailing to us or posting it on the Facebook page. Thanks. The Beast Must Die is back to save Christmas a full eight months early. The Beast has got naked and gone bathing in a world of eased restrictions, rubbing dusty old comics all over himself. Full report inside. Gary Lactus has a great new business idea. Come with us to Reviewniverse, with The Union, The Spiral Cage and 2000AD‘s Summer Offensive featuring Judge Dredd, Big Dave, Slaughter Bowl, Really and Truly and Maniac 5 of course. @frasergeesin @thebeastmustdie silencepodcast@gmail.com You can support us using Patreon if you like. This edition of SILENCE! is proudly sponsored by the greatest comics shop on the planet, DAVE’S COMICS of Brighton. It’s also sponsored the greatest comics shop on the planet GOSH! Comics of London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 30 Apr 2021 | SAVAGE BEAST no.13 | 02:33:16 | |
The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die). The Savage Beast No.13: B-Pocalypse Now In this thirteenth episode, we take a look at the cheery world of low-budget apocalypse films. It's the end of the world as we know it and we feel fine. Films discussed include: Split Second (Tony Maylam, Ian Sharp, 1992) Starfish (A.T.White, 2018) The Day The Earth Caught Fire (Val Guest, 1961) Warriors of the Wasteland (Enzo G Castellari, 1983) Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/ Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 18 May 2021 | Episode 92: SILENCE! #294 | 02:04:01 | |
NOW IS THE TIME AND THE TIME IS NOW FOR OUR CHILDREN TO ASK FOR THE WORLD, LIFE’S UNREASONABLE, DEMAND THE IMPOSSIBLE DID YOU KNOW? Sharks can smell London from space! DID YOU KNOW? If you remove the sax breaks from every 80s song, the 80s actually only last for 7 years! DID YOU KNOW? This is actually a blurb! It’s another episode of SILENCE!. You know the sort of thing to expect. Lots of talk about Hanson. The Beast Must Die unboxes a load of stuff in a very special The Beast Unboxes Gary Lactus has also picked up a Lorne Bomb. Come with us to Reviewniverse, with The Young Lawyers, LOEG Tempest, Monsters, Girl and Silverblade of course. @frasergeesin @thebeastmustdie silencepodcast@gmail.com You can support us using Patreon if you like. https://www.patreon.com/SILENCE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 25 May 2021 | SAVAGE BEAST no.14 | 02:22:26 | |
The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die). The Savage Beast No.14: Welcome to Boomerville In this fourteenth episode, we take a look at some refracted visions of the weird American 1950s. Keep watching the skies, your neighbours, and your family! Films discussed include: Invaders From Mars (William Cameron Menzies, 1953) Parents (Bob Balaban, 1989) Matinee (Joe Dante, 1993) Streets of Fire (Walter Hill, 1984) Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/ Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 13 Jun 2021 | Episode 94: SILENCE! #295 | 02:06:57 | |
YOU’RE JUST TOO TOO OBSCURE FOR ME, YOU DON’T REALLY GET THROUGH TO ME OVER HERE! MAN ON! IN THE BOX! CROSS IT ONTO MY HEAD MY OLD SUNSHINE! WHAT WAS THAT?! WHERE ARE YOUR SPECS, REF?! Ah, Footblurb. The beautiful game. WELL, THIS WAS A MASSIVE PAIN IN THE ARSE TO EDIT! Having said that, it was a delight for The Beast Must Die and Gary Lactus to welcome Dan Cox and John Riordon for a reasonably informal wag of chins. But it’s not entirely informal, as Danny and Johnny, the Hitsville Brothers tell us tales of their experiences of running the Hitsville UK Kickstarter. Inevitably, everything falls apart as the SILENCE!#295 experience becomes one of listening in to the rambling chat of the four men on the table next to yours. What kind of men are these? What drives them? What interests them? Well, in short: Jeff Bezos, their children’s relationships with super heroes, cosplay families, their dream Strontium Dog TV show and the music documentaries King Rocker, The Chills: The Triumph And Tragedy Of Martin Phillips and the Tina Turner doc, Tina. Oh, and Timmy Capello. Anyone read any comics? Well sort of. There’s talk of Danny Hitsville’s Chris Claremont Completion Crusade, Paul Jon Milne’s Grave Horticulture, the forthcoming Pocket Chiller Speckle and Ash, Gareth Brookes’ The Dancing Plague, Gareth Hopkins‘ Ghosts In Things, LDN by Ramzee, Jim Woodring’s Jabba The Hutt and Thriller. Finally there’s some reckymends, namely List Off, Three Bean Salad, The Office US, Laser Fart and, (as usual) Chart Music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 09 Jul 2021 | Episode 15: SAVAGE BEAST no.15 | 02:24:09 | |
The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die). The Savage Beast No.15: E.T. F*CK OFF! In this fifteenth episode, we take a look at some films about evil aliens. No muss, no fuss. Leave your brains at the door and grab a tentacle. Films discussed include:
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| 26 Jul 2021 | Episode 16: SAVAGE BEAST no.16 | 03:13:02 | |
The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die). The Savage Beast No.16: Christ on a bike! - Religious Horror Films In this sixteenth episode, we immerse ourselves in cinematic religiosity, satanism, green slime, posession, sainthood and madness. Films discussed include:
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| 03 Aug 2021 | Episode 17: SILENCE! #296 (PRESTIGE FORMAT SPECIAL) | 01:49:07 | |
HEY PUT IT DOWN, THAT'S DAD'S SWORD! It's a Very Special Episode! The Beast Must Die is flying solo, with an episode-length exegesis on the myriad pleasures and horrors of the fabled Prestige Format Comic. It's an epic for our times for sure, and when you look at these times that tells you everything you need to know about this epic... <ITEM>Okay gird your girdles, stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...here we go. The Beast talks about Batman: Gotham By Gaslight, Batman: Holy Terror, Batman: Full Circle, Batman: The Scottish Connection, Batman: Mitefall, Batman: Year 100, Batman: Manbat, Batman: The Cult, Batman: Run Riddler Run, Robin 3000, World's Finest, Catwoman Defiant, Cosmic Odyssey, Legend Of The Green Flame, Blackhawk, Deadman: Love & Death, Deadman: Exorcism, The Horrorist, The Golden Age, Hawkworl, The Books of Magic, Martian Manhunter: American Secrets, Adam Strange: The Man of Two Worlds, Twilight, OMAC, Justice Inc, Black Orchid, The Prisoner: Shattered Visage, Breathtaker, Black Mask, Gilgamesh II, The Nazz, My Name Is Chaos, Clash, The Psycho, Skull & Bones, Tempus Fugitive, The Griffin, Grendel Vs Batman... sweet christmas... I need a lie down. <ITEM> Normal business resumes soon. @frasergeesin @thebeastmustdie silencepodcast@gmail.com You can support us using Patreon if you like. This edition of SILENCE! is proudly sponsored by the greatest comics shop on the planet, DAVE'S COMICS of Brighton. It's also sponsored the greatest comics shop on the planet GOSH! Comics of London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 22 Aug 2021 | Episode 1: Dan & Fraser's Starlight Adventures #01 | 00:39:06 | |
Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die are currently buried under a mountain of life turds. To fill the gap, please enjoy this first episode of Dan And Fraser's Starlight Adventures in which we navigate the world of horses in Star Rider, the first Starlight Adventures game books for girls from 1985. This was previously only available to members of C-Unit, the crack team of special elite laser force warriors who fund the SILENCE! Channel on Patreon. Series one has ended and Dan and Fraser are now onto book two, Riddle Of The Runaway. If you'd like to catch up on what has turned out to be the most fun Dan and Fraser have had in ages, you know where to go and what to do. Normal SILENCE! should descend soon, thank you for your patience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 03 Sep 2021 | Episode 2: Dan & Fraser's Starlight Adventures #02 | 00:30:19 | |
Here's the 2nd episode of STAR RIDER! Will you telephone Andre Yeats? Will your relationship with Richard deepen? Will you finally get a bloody drink?! Find out here! This was previously only available to members of C-Unit, the crack team of special elite laser force warriors who fund the SILENCE! Channel on Patreon. Series one has ended and Dan and Fraser are now onto book two, Riddle Of The Runaway. If you'd like to catch up on what has turned out to be the most fun Dan and Fraser have had in ages, you know where to go and what to do. Normal SILENCE! should descend soon, thank you for your patience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 10 Sep 2021 | Episode 297: SILENCE! #297 | 01:48:49 | |
SONG LYRICS HERE Look, do you want a blurb or a podcast? You can't have both. Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die are back together. It's a sad occasion as comedian and SILENCE! contributor, Phil Jerrod has passed away. This month's Patreon money plus extra will be going to Sarcoma UK. Perhaps you'd consider sponsoring Julie Oliver and Phil Lucas as they run in his memory. https://justgiving.com/team/teamjerrodtoo Anyway, there's other stuff here. Gary tells you about his absence, The Beast recommends the One Day In America documentary and both of them decide to maybe think about getting ready for Thought Bubble. There's a bit of Neighbours chat in there too, sadly and inevitably. Come with us to Reviewniverse, with Kane & Able, Superman and The Authority, God Of Tremors, The Extreme Self and The Age Of Earthquakes by Douglas Coupland and Room For Love of course. Stop! Look! Listen! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 15 Sep 2021 | Episode 17: SAVAGE BEAST no.17 | 02:05:29 | |
The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die). The Savage Beast No.17: Shootin' the Savage Sh*t In this seventeenth episode, we take a load off and just talk about some interesting stuff we've seen recently. It's our Summer Holiday Special. Films discussed include:
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| 20 Oct 2021 | Episode 18: SILENCE! #298 | 01:21:52 | |
IT KEPT TALKING SO I PUT IT IN THE LAUNDRY Oh cripes! Sorry, yes, erm... of course, yes, no quite right, yes, hmm... Gosh, what to do, what to do... Oh blimey, sorry, I wasn't prepared for this, ah, um, as you can probably tell! Haha! Ahem, right, yes. Okay, right... Ah, yes! Right then, here we go... Blurb. Forget about the hot shit in your pants, that can wait. THIS can't. It's SILENCE! time! The two buddy pals, Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Be Regretting Not Choosing A Shorter Name By Now are back to talk about whatever they bloody well like as long as it kinda relates to comics (or not). <ITEM> The usual Thought Bubble preparation, anticipation and panic. <ITEM> Halloween japes of yore. <ITEM> Come with us to Reviewniverse, with Blocks by Oliver East, The Mighty Crusaders, Pride and Joy, Second Coming and The Comics Journal of course. <ITEM> off to bed, but not before some Reckymends of stuff like Taskmaster New Zealand and podcasts such as The Weird Rap Podcast, the Cartoonist Kayfabe Frank Quitely Interview and good, long enthuse over List Off. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 29 Oct 2021 | Episode 19: The SAVAGE BEAST - HALLOWEEN SPECIAL | 00:45:56 | |
The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die). The Savage Beast - Halloween Special A special episode wherein The Beast Must Die has curated a programme of freaky treats for a perfect Halloween night film marathon. Spookies discussed include
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| 10 Nov 2021 | Episode 20: SILENCE! Inside the Wankers' Studio | 00:47:53 | |
Welcome to a very special SILENCE! in which two masters of the craft sit down in conversation with each other. Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die have somehow managed to secure Dan White and Fraser Geesin for an in-depth chat about their latest comics. Terminus is White's collection of his acclaimed weekly cartoon for Mindless Ones in glorious hardback form. Purple Hate Balloon floats into view as Geesin collaborates successfully with animator Laurie Rowan. Cindy and Biscuit: Year One takes us back in time to Cindy's first battles with all things monstrous in a beautiful, un-dislikeable tabloid newspaper format. The two legendary geniuses will be debuting these life-changing, earth-shattering, germ-killing comics at Thought Bubble on the 13th and 14th of November 2021, on tables 27B-28 Mindless Ones And SILENCE! And Pals in the Comixology Originals Hall. Their comics will be available from their websites once this crazy weekend is over. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 16 Nov 2021 | Episode 21: SAVAGE BEAST no.18 | 02:19:37 | |
The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die). The Savage Beast No.18: Fantasy Fusion In this eighteenth episode, we look at a selection of films where fantasy elbows it's way into the everyday. Films discussed include:
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| 08 Dec 2021 | Episode 22: SILENCE! To Astonish! Thought Bubble 2021 | 00:48:06 | |
Presented here is a recording of SILENCE! To Astonish! form Thought Bubble 2021 with descriptive narration for the more visual elements of the original presentation. Our humble thanks and sincere apologies to Rachel Stott, Becky Cloonan, Al Ewing and Hannah Berry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 21 Dec 2021 | Episode 23: SILENCE! #300 | 01:49:53 | |
IT'S HAPPENING NOW. THE CRAZED IN THE HOT-ZONE Leaping lizards, it's only our flipping 300th episode specktaklyar! OR IS IT? No it is. OR IS IT? You'll have to listen to find out won't you? In this firm, festive and juicy edition of the world's first, favourite and indeed only podcast SILENCE!, Gary Lactus & The Beast Must Die answer listener questions. That's right it's primo pod-content provided by the loyal SILENCE massive and let me tell you the boys rise to the occasion, like a couple of rum happy castaways bobbing on a raft made of pure hot comic opinions. Lots of things discussed, all of it delivered in the mighty, meaty, beaty, big and bouncy SILENCE manner. I'm not going to list it all here, that would spoil the fun and it has nothing to do with laziness. Thanks to all who provided questions, and keep it festive, freaky during the holiday season. Be nice to each other. END MESSAGE @frasergeesin @thebeastmustdie silencepodcast@gmail.com You can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 03 Jan 2022 | Episode 19: The SAVAGE BEAST POST-CHRISTMAS SPECIAL | 03:21:51 | |
The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die). The Savage Beast: Get Stuffed! In this special overfull post-Christmas episode, we look at a selection of films we've been gorging on over the festive period. Films discussed include:
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| 21 Jan 2022 | Episode 20: The SAVAGE BEAST no.19 | 02:17:58 | |
The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die). The Savage Beast no.19: Bring on the Bad Guys In this latest episode we take a look at some of our favourite filmic villains. This time we're taking a look at a whole heap of films, through the prism of four character archetypes:
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| 27 Jan 2022 | Episode 21: SILENCE! #301 | 01:56:42 | |
I'M GOING TO FAST! I GOT NO BREAKS ON MY ROLLER SKATES! Hi, come this way, that's right, just through here. Now, our first exhibit is this collection of bricks. As you can see there's five in total. Two of them are the same and one of them is made of latex. That's right! It's a stunt brick! Then over here we have a wooden duck painted like Superman, right next to this wide-necked plastic bottle with some piss in it. Well that's it. I hope you've enjoyed your tour of the Museum of Gary Lactus. Oh, I almost forgot, here we have a classic blurb written by the human disappointment himself. Two men! One pod! Some saucy innuendo! Some sentences ending in exclamation marks! After a break, Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die reacquaint themselves with a bit of chat about Douglas Noble and pal's A Pocket Chiller series, not doing comedy and an imaginary space battle between billionaires. Then it's off to a bumper Reviewniverse with Simon Hanselmann's Crisis Zone, Jack Teagle's Collected Madness, Fight! and Teagle Comics, Cinema Purgatorio, Nick Edwards' It Had To Be You, Doctor Tom Brent - Young Intern, Battle, Walls' Chill, Sean Azzopardi, Orphan and the Five Beasts, Mr. Men and Battle Action Force of course. Then it's away but not before you are urged to buy John McRea's stuff to help him through a pretty devastating bout of long covid. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 23 Feb 2022 | Episode 22: SILENCE! #302 | 02:17:08 | |
LET’S GO TO MISTERLAND, THE LAND OF MAGIC You have passed the final test. Welcome… to TEAM BASTARD FORCE! We are an elite team of men, dedicated to protecting the patriarchy at any cost! Over there is The Ab, whose might always makes right! This is the mysterious Explaino! Who knows where from where his opinions hail but they are always right! Be careful now, don’t get too close to the surly Incedible Sulk, who can slowly crush any opponent’s will to live. I am your heroic leader, Mister Right. I sit on my all-powerful Testosterthrone and direct proceedings. Now, new recruit, I am entrusting you with the highest responsibility a man can shoulder… you shall be… PROTECTOR OF THE BLURB!!! YOU WANT A PODCAST WHERE TWO PALS TALK ABOUT COMICS AND CHILDREN’S BOOKS FRO THE 70s IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OVER THREE NONCONSECUTIVE DAYS?! YOU GOT A PODCAST WHERE TWO PALS TALK ABOUT COMICS AND CHILDREN’S BOOKS FRO THE 70s IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OVER THREE NONCONSECUTIVE DAYS!! Into the Reviewniverse with Dave Cooper’s Mud Bite, A Walk Through Hell, Good Boy Magazine, Grendel: Devil’s Odyssey, Hannah Berry’s Livestock and Deathlok of course! The Beast Must Die gets the telling-off from Pat Mills that comes to everyone in time. Then it’s time for the brand new podcast-within-a-podcast, Men On Men. This week, Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die look at the first two Mr. Men books, Mr. Tickle and Mr. Greedy. See you next week! @frasergeesin @thebeastmustdie silencepodcast@gmail.com You can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 15 Mar 2022 | Episode 20: The SAVAGE BEAST no.20 | 02:19:57 | |
The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die). The Savage Beast no.20: Man Vs Nature In this latest episode we take a look at a selection of films looking at the eternal conflict between mankind and that big green mother that's red in tooth and claw, nature. Films discussed include
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| 13 Apr 2022 | Episode 298: SILENCE! #303 | 01:47:28 | |
OH MOTHER DEAR WE SADLY FEAR THAT WE HAVE SOILED OUR MITTENS Another week, another blurb. People often ask, "Hey! How do you keep your blurbs so fresh and new, week in, week out? It's amazing! You're amazing! How can I be like you?". Well, we here at SILENCE! Blurb Inc. are tired of this question. So tired in fact that we're now offering our SILENCE! Blurb Writing Masterclass. Learn from the best to realise your potential in the lucrative field of Blubcraft. Packed with high profile contributions from Todd Carty on how to find inspiration, Danny Dyer on the impact of brevity and Neil Gaiman on the power of blurbs. Send your £500 to the usual address. The tired dads return and Gary's been selling off parts of his collection! Both Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die have been guesting on Shelf Dust Presents The War Effort. The Beast has been enjoying Paul Morley's biography of Tony Wilson and the surprisingly heavy inclusion of Kieron Gillen therein. There's a non-review of The Eternals and chitter-chatter regarding the SILENCE! Juniors' emergent relationship with super heroes and Gary's quest for space. Sadmin. The tragic loss of Steve Walsh and Garry Leach. The chaps pick themselves up with the exciting birth of Dark and Golden and the peculiar pleasure of comics speculation. Off, down and away into The Reviewniverse with Mek Memoirs, Kamen Rider, The X-Cellent, Orphan and the Five Beasts, Step By Bloody Step, a comic called Uncanny X-Men and The Sharkfighters of course. Then with a yawn we learn that Fraser Geesin will be at the Brighton Illustration Fair on Sunday 1st May, The Beast went to the London Comic Mart and that finding your own comics for sale secondhand really makes you feel like you've made it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 24 Apr 2022 | Episode 21: The SAVAGE BEAST no.21 | 03:07:59 | |
The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die). The Savage Beast no.21: Wizards of Gore In this latest episode we're discussing a topic very near ot our collective heart - GORE! In a truly epic episode, we're discussing a whole plethora of visceral treats and filmic grue, based around the following newly minted cateGOREies:
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| 03 Jun 2022 | Episode 299: SILENCE! #304 | 02:07:12 | |
I CAN THINK OF NO WHERE I WOULD RATHER BE, READING MORNING PAPERS, DRINKING MORNING TEA No blurb this week as we're all swarming around the centre of the hive, desperately hoping to mate with the Queen. As we all know, some weeks are longer than other weeks and it really has been a particularly long week since last week's episode. Despite this and even though The Beast Must Die has covid we still managed a pod like particularly brave soldiers. Soldier Gary Lactus sliced his thumb quite badly but still managed to get to Who Am I Now, the exhibition of paintings by Glyn Dillon. Soldier The Beast Must Die saw Doctor Strange: Marble Madness!. He didn't like it and on the podcast he doesn't like it for a long time. Delicious! Let's go now to Reviewniverse, with Captain Britain, Light Brigade, Statics and Omege The Unknown of course. Seeing us out it's a reckymend of Paul O'Connell and Rhys Wooten's No Garnish podcast and The Beast Must Die's experience at Steve Walsh's Memorial. Farewell, friends. @frasergeesin @thebeastmustdie silencepodcast@gmail.com You can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 04 Jul 2022 | The SAVAGE BEAST: The SAVAGE BEST #1 | 00:55:45 | |
The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die). The Savage Beast podcadst: The Savage Best #1 In this short sharp shock of an episode we discuss the first entry in the Saveg Beast official canon: The Ritual (David Bruckner, 2017) Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/ Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 06 Jul 2022 | Episode 300: SILENCE! #Paul Jon Milne | 01:01:56 | |
Oh, The Beast Must Die is a busy busy beast, so Gary Lactus presents... THE PAUL JON MILNE STORY! Starring Jon Paul Milne playing the role of Paul Jon Milne. We learn the startling origin of Paul Jon Milne, relive Paul Jon Milne's greatest triumphs whilst learning Paul John Milne's darkest secrets and arrive at Paul Jon Milne's new art book, CREEP HEAP. It's the role Jon Paul Milne was born to play. There's also talk of Transformers, Doctor Strange, The sweet spot of Marvel's 90s output and jocks for hire. Buy Paul Jon Milne products from his Etsy store Buy Fraser Geesin's products and services from his website Buy Dan White's stuff from his website You can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 27 Aug 2022 | Episode 301: SILENCE! #305 | 01:47:42 | |
OVER MY SHOULDER, OLDER AND OLDER, THAT'S WHAT I TOLD YA, OVER AND OVER Well, well, well if it isn't Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die crawling back on their knees, begging forgiveness for missing a week of the world's otherwise most reliable podcast. Angry hoards of ex listeners have verbally and physically assaulted the punctual pair, blaming them for all manner of important, missed appointments because they set their watches to SILENCE!'s famous regularity. Thankfully, that's all over now and the two men are back to perform that most incredible feat, talking about stuff. Stuff like Small Press Day at Gosh, and people like Sean Azzopardi, Molly Stocks, Mark Stafford, Douglas Noble and Fraser Geesin and Dan Cox's comic, Jeff. Gareth Hopkins' kickstarter, Explosive Sweet Freezer Razors gets a shout too. Then it's off to The Reviewniverse, with Counterfeit Girl, Geezer, John's Worth and Marvel's adaptation of Dune Wrapping up, The Beast has watched The Boys and She Hulk and Gary has been listening to The Blindboy Podcast There's probably more that I've forgotten but you can find out what that is by listening... NOW! @frasergeesin @thebeastmustdie silencepodcast@gmail.com You can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 28 Aug 2022 | Episode 301: SILENCE! #Mark Stafford | 01:42:47 | |
You wanna know about Mark Stafford, almost from birth until now? He's the sort of guy that people say things like ''Mark Stafford is the greatest artist you've never heard of'' about. Press play to hear Mark Stafford talk to a completely naked Gary Lactus about Ronald Searle, Empusa, The Comic Creators Guild, Brian Talbot, Cherubs, The Man Who Laughs, David Hine, Liphook, the strange tale of Magdalena Solis, The Bad Bad Place, Mark's Emerald Helicopter of Success, the upcoming Salmonella Smorgasbord and why oh why can't we all just call comic books and graphic novels Irresponsible Pictures instead. @frasergeesin @thebeastmustdie silencepodcast@gmail.com You can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 08 Nov 2022 | Episode 302: SILENCE! Kevin O'Neill RIP | 00:21:47 | |
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| 23 Dec 2022 | Episode 303: SILENCE! #306 | 01:51:30 | |
I have an extremely rare two hour window to go to a pub so I really want to prioritise that over the blurb. Ho ho ho! We recorded a podcast! Jingle. We just talked. Ho ho ho! Happy holidays and a happy new pod! Stay incredible always and forever. Remember the magic of possibility, let people know you love them and be happy for Christ's sake! Here's what we talked about. Christgasm 2022, Boredom, David Foster Wallace, Thought Bubble, Cindy And Biscuit: End Of Level, Pricks, Inside The Wanker's Studio, Peach Fuzz by Anna Readman, the 2000AD end of year big thing, Alan Grant, The Kunts, Basildon, The Cure, snow fun, Dark and Golden, Shuk and Doode, It May Never Happen by Kevin Wookcock, the Broken Frontier Awards, the missing SILENCE! To Astonish, Early Doors by Lucy Sullivan, Ghosts in Things, More Ghosts In Things, Gareth Hopkins, Creep Heap, having too many comics, Weird Kids Like McCoy by Dan Cox, Twitter, Disney+, Red, not watching MCU stuff, The Batman, Spiderman #1, Marvel's Squirrel Girl Podcast, Daniel Kitson's A Show For Christmas (LISTEN TO IT NOW!), The Traitors and Wait What? RIP. Have a good one! Cheers everyone, BYE! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 21 Jan 2023 | Episode 304: SILENCE! #307 | 01:33:10 | |
A book is a dream you can hold in your hands Music is a dream that can be played by bands Dinner is a dream that goes in your tummy Drugs are a dream that makes you feel funny Chickens are a dream that likes to lay eggs Trousers are a dream that covers your legs Drawers are a dream you can put things in Norwich is a dream quite close to Kings Lynn Here's a bit of fun. The Beast Must Die has run off the the edge of the planet and is falling through space for all eternity (for charity) so Gary Lactus is joined by Douglas Noble and Tom Oldham, the two halves of Dark And Golden. It is not established which one of them is Dark and which is Golden. What ensues is fun and interesting until Tom's audio stops recording for some reason so towards the end, dear listener, the podcast decays into judiciously edited scraps before rotting away entirely. During the 1 hr 33 mins of this podcast we speak of Breakdown Press</a>, Baby, Angouleme, Croix-Noire, 2000AD Extreme Editions, Peter Milligan's The Dead, Meltdown Man, Rainbow Swelling, Billionaire Island: Cult Of Dogs, Catwoman: Lonely City, Power Comics, The Butterfly House, Clair Napier's The Magic Necklace, Cowboy Picture Library 410 – Buck Jones The Hunter and more. Some links for you: https://darkandgolden.bigcartel.com/ https://www.breakdownpress.com/ http://strip-for-me.com/ Support us on Patreon if you like Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 09 Feb 2023 | Episode 305: SILENCE! #308 | 01:33:21 | |
OH IT’S SO GOOD BABY WHAEN YOU’RE AT THE WHEEL Writing these blurbs can be worse than pulling teeth. Lucky for you, I ran out of teeth ten minutes ago so here we are Shall we welcome Tom Oldham and Douglas Noble back? Okay then. Do you want to hear a blow-by-pulse-pounding-blow account of Tom’s trip to Angouleme? Fine. That’s what this is. Along the way we talk about: Julie Doucet, Sammy Harkham, Coffee, Druillet, Aien Worlds, Richard Corbyn, Jonathan Ross, Midnight Tales, Junji Ito, Bill Brandt, Sarah-Louise Barbett and Kit-Kats. How close do you feel to death? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 15 Feb 2023 | Episode 306: The Mighty Crusaders Number 4 #01 | 00:34:11 | |
Here’s a fantastic new project from Channel SILENCE! It’s a deep, deeper, deepest dive into a comic that blew my mind – The Mighty Crusaders Number Four from Mighty Comics, 1966. I hope you enjoy listening to it more than I enjoyed making it. Future episodes in this series will be released on our Patreon page with possible public release at a future date. If you’d like to support this stupid fucking project then feel free to go to https://www.patreon.com/SILENCE and do what you think is right. Transcript available from Mindlessones.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 23 Feb 2023 | Episode 307: SILENCE! #309 | 01:47:59 | |
DADDY’S HOME He’s back! The good one is back! The Beast Must Die is back and we all get to hear what he’s been up to. He’s been watching Grange Hill and almost nothing else. Let’s not beat around the blurb, let’s read a list of some of the things talked about on this episode that aren’t Grange Hill: His Dark Materials, The Apprentice, Traitors, Batman Year Two, DC on screen, At Home With Rick Geary, 200AD Prog 503, Chatabix, 60 Songs To Explain The 90s. GO! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Mar 2023 | Episode 308: STAR RIDER! Dan and Fraser’s Starlight Adventures book 1 | 02:55:52 | |
For some time, as a treat for members of C-Unit, Dan and Fraser have been playing through the Starlight Adventures series of adventure game books for girls, published by Puffin in 1985. We have adventured our way all the way through Riddle of the runaway and are now on the third book, Island Of Secrets. Presented here in this special podcast, is the first five episodes which comprise book one in the series, Star Rider. If you like what you hear and would like to join C-Unit yourself, thereby gaining access to the SILENCE! archive, free comics and a wealth of other exclusive podcasts, then go to Patreon.com/silence and pledge a single unit of currency (or more if you want). Whether you do or not, get ready to go on a Starlight Adventure, enter the drama gymkhana and…learn about horses in… STAR RIDER Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 04 Apr 2023 | Episode 309: SILENCE! #310 | 00:48:30 | |
Hello there. In this episode we mostly pay tribute to the longtime manager of Dave’s Comics, Stephen Bamford in the wake of his passing. We also talk about Comics and Beer, The Sheild G-Man Club Fanzine, The Watchmen RPG and Bob Burden’s Robot Comics. Oh, and both your hosts will be exhibiting at All About The Ink this month. @frasergeesin @thebeastmustdie silencepodcast@gmail.com You can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 24 May 2023 | Episode 310: SILENCE! #311 | 01:50:37 | |
GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON WHY I SHOULDN'T WIN Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die crawl back into your skull and deposit a number of topics. The big news is dropped in a very special edition of Inside The Wanker's Studio in which Gary Lactus conducts a hard hitting, no punches pulled interview with a name that's about to be shouted so loud by so many that it will echo down the ages, Dan White. Dan's big book of Cindy and Biscuit is to be published on August 15th 2023 so get ready to buy copies for everyone you know. The Beast rejoins Gary as the pair enter The Reviewniverse with Unstoppable Doom Patrol, Garth Marenghi Live, Zero and Michael Kupperman's Patreon. Then it's off to SILENCE! (Because The Film's started) where The Beast has seen Guardians of the Galaxy III and has thoughts expressed in words about it. After that it's massive relation, moths and away... @frasergeesin @thebeastmustdie silencepodcast@gmail.com You can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 16 Jun 2023 | Episode 311: The Mighty Crusaders Number Four #02 | 00:30:53 | |
Welcome back, Jolly Whackos, to The Mighty Crusaders Number Four! In this episode, Gary Lactus puts page three of The Mighty Crusaders Number Four under the electron microscope and peers into the quantum universes living in each line, punctuation mark and ear of this life-changing, explosive stick of dyna-mind!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 19 Jul 2023 | Episode 312: SILENCE! #312 | 01:38:31 | |
I GET YOUR POINT, YOU’RE SO SHARP Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die are tired and they want you to know it. Thankfully our heroes catch a mighty wind of South London Comic and Zine Fair and before you know it, they’re plugging their own Duncing and Cindy and Biscuit and soaring majestically into The Reviewniverse Chloe Green’s A Crying Shame, Bizarre Boys, David Ziggy Greene’s Jam Bookshop, Garbage Pail Kids, Dan and Sam and Blackest Night get talked about. There’s also tribute paid to Chris Reynolds. It’s a good episode, see what you think. @frasergeesin @thebeastmustdie silencepodcast@gmail.com You can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 24 Aug 2023 | Episode 313: SILENCE! #313 | 01:49:13 | |
BUGGER THE KITCHEN NAZIS Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die are back to play whilst the cat’s away, listen now as happily they squeak about things such as how Cindy and Biscuit is doing, (no idea), Andrew O’Neill, Duncing, Passiondale and Small Press Day before scuttling into The Reviewniverse Here we find Handlebar Gumbo, Friday, Torse, Jack Kirby’s 2001, Spider-Men: Double Trouble, Looshkin and Evan Dorkin’s adaptation of Bill And Ted’s Bogus Journey. WARNING: Contains two songs for the self indulgent hell of it. @thebeastmustdie silencepodcast@gmail.com You can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 25 Nov 2023 | Episode 314: SILENCE! To Astonish 2023 | 00:57:15 | |
Here’s the recording of SILENCE! To Astonish from Thought Bubble 2023. Gary Lactus, The Beast Must Die and Al Kennedy put Al Ewing, Rachel Stott, Lucy Sullivan and Not Caspar Wijngaard to the test. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 24 Dec 2023 | Episode 315: SILENCE! Christmas Content 2023 | 01:00:01 | |
Welcome to the SILENCE! Seasonal Scrapings! Gary Lactus, has cobbled questionable content from the contents of our Patreon, namely Gary’s Com Dom Corner, a new venture in which he reads and reviews a comic suggested by members of C-Unit. The three Com Dom Corners here feature Legion Of Suprheroes, Wildcats: Trilogy #1 and Nth Man The Ultimate Ninja. But before that, Gary runs down his Best Of 2023 list. Have a big Christgasm everyone! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 27 Feb 2024 | Episode 316: SILENCE! #314 | 01:44:22 | |
SHOW ME THAT I'M EVERYWHERE AND GET ME HOME FOR TEA Somehow climbing out of a river of turds that flows from broken window in Hell, Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die convene to just try and have some fun for once. It's all here! Talking! Life! Poor sound quality! Fraser Geesin's Patreon! Cats knocking over microphones! Excuses! Comics! Great news inside! Covered within this soup are such titles as Monster Fan Club, The Green Lantern, Guy Gardener: Warrior, It's Lonely At The Centre of the Earth and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 05 Mar 2024 | Episode 317: The Mighty Crusaders Number 4 #03 | 00:27:07 | |
Welcome back, Jolly Whackos, to The Mighty Crusaders Number Four! It's time for the third ultra-page of sequential narrative so get excited! Listen to The Mighty Crusaders Number Four Supplemental at https://www.patreon.com/SILENCE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
