Retro Ridoctopus

With the help of our awesome Curry-lovin' guest host Greenie (The Green Witch of the Shire), we celebrate our favorite motion pictures that star the late, and undeniably great Tim Curry. We've each chosen two films and will be presenting them in chronological order, from obvious cult classics like Rocky Horror and Legend, to some of Tim's lesser talked about films that we just happen to love. And...

Sydney Arcane is beyond talented. She's the writer/artist of the snarky vampire-centric comic book series BloodDreams (under the name Angi Shearstone) but for her brand new novel, she transports into the world of Science Ficton! The Time Traveler's Final Mission features a very reliable take on the unreliable narrator. One that freely and frequently admits that time travel does a number on your br...

This week, we decide to touch some grass and recharge our souls with a taste of the great outdoors. Your Octo-hosts take you on a wander down various winding paths--over hill and stream, greeting all the creatures in between. Coopster Gold leads the way and recites a selection of poems, pared perfectly with each of our tales. Watch out for snakes and minks and an unforgettable voicemail from our f...

Tonight in the BRIG, we welcome our first ever married couple! Two writers from the wilds of Maine (and other places prior). Poet, writer Emma Gibbon is the author of the critically acclaimed short story collection "Dark Blood Comes From The Feet", and Steven T. Gibbon is an artist, game designer and he just released one of the most unique and weirdly wonderful books ever. Lipsnitch Snil...

Video games now known as Collect-A-Thons (short for "Collection Marathons") came about in the late 1990s with the advent of 3-D polygonal platformers with and fully exploreable game worlds. By giving players a ton of items to hunt down and "collect", these games developed a very unique identity and today are considered a distinct sub-genre. For this episode, we'll do our thing,...

Jennifer Anne Gordon is the award winning author of the novel Pretty/Ugly and co-host of the awesome Vox Vomitus podcast Tonight, she's here to chat about her new mystery thriller "Perfect Wives, Perfect Lies". We'll talk about what it's like to write in a new genre, as well as to stock it full of fun references of all the things you loved growing up (like The Princess Bride, Marilyn Mon...

One of the heaviest hitters of the Fifth Generation of video game consoles, the Sony Playstation (AKA PS1) rocketed onto store shelves in 1995, signifying the true end of the 16bit era. Cartridges and passwords were OUT, game discs and memory cards were IN and the world was about to be WOWED by 3-D environments, 24 channels of sound and some very charming (if crunchy) polygons! For this episode, w...

There will be no monkeying around this time as we welcome back New York Times Best Selling Author, Thomas Sniegoski (author of "Grim Death and Bill The Electrocuted Criminal"), and Jeannine Acheson (co-author of "Soul Taker" and "Nira: A Constance Evermore Story"). For their third appearance on the show, the dynamic writing duo is here to chat all about ancient forces...

With the added power of Raina Madison (from the Spooky Picture Show) this musclebound episode is armed with a whole lot of fanfare for THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE!! With power swords in hand, we take some big swings at ten of our favorite MOTU characters. That's five heroes and five villains, and it all starts with He-Man and Skeletor! This journey will take us through every corner of Eternia, inc...

The work of K. H. Vaughan has appeared in numerous volumes of the New England Horror Writers’ WICKED series, issues of Old Moon Quarterly and many other fine anthologies! And tonight he returns to THE BRIG to talk all about his fantastic new grief horror short story collection "This Is The Table Where We Wash Our Dead" and the return of the International Festival of Weird Fiction, Art, a...

In case you've been living under a tumbleweed... the incomparable Kasey Lansdale happens to be an author, an audio book narrator, a singer/songwriter, and the head editor at Pandi Press! What's more, she's found the time to return for a second round in THE BRIG to talk up her debut crime novel FIRST CHANCE! In this episode, Kasey lets us in on growing up with a famous dad, why she chose to leave t...

The sound of the ice cream truck can make us feel like a kid again. When you were young and the summer heat was beating down, what sorts of frozen treats did you enjoy? In this episode, we got popsicles, ice lollies, creamsicles, ice cream characters with gumball eyes and so much more! So grab some money from mom, step right up and pick out your favorite frozen treat! RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is ---------...

This week, down in the digital darkness we call THE BRIG, we have a prolific Boston based writer, director and sometimes star of such critically acclaimed shorts as Looker, Cup of Tea and the three films in the ever expanding Vitalus Universe. The films in this near future universe ("Subscribed", "The Rewind" and the upcoming "Proxy") warn of the potential dangers of...

Nursery Rhymes are short, often musical poems for small children that most of us have known our whole lives. And while characters like Mother Goose, Humpty Dumpty and three sight-challenged mice are instantly recognizable, how often have you thought about what these seemingly innocent children's rhymes are talking about? For this episode, we welcome back the delightful Taryn Barber (from Amalga-Ma...

A dino-sized COUCH BRO-OP, where 8-bit Alchemy and Parasite Steve dive into the field to unearth the 5 classic #JurassicPark games for the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis! It doesn't matter if you choose Grant or the Raptor, either way we're covering the game play, fun factor and every species of dinosaur for the following games! Jurassic Park (Genesis) Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition (Genesis) Jur...

Hold onto your butts because we got dino super fan and world class CLEVER GIRL Kristin Dearborn in the backseat for this T-Rex-sized presentation! There are three Jurassic Park movies and four Jurassic Worlds, but somehow we manage to cover them all. Raptors, spitters, sick triceratops and a slew of wonder-inducing longboys... we got them all. Spotlighting our favorite scenes, actors and pretty mu...

Equal parts poet, punk rocker and urban philosopher, David Baillie is the author of the acclaimed novels "What We Salvage" and "Little Bones". For this sprawling chat, he talks about what it was like growing up in a Canadian steel city in the 80s, and how the burgeoning punk scene of the day helped shape him for life. Expect some hard hitting history and a deep dive into topics...

Cryptozoology is the study of hidden animals and other folkloric entities. Creatures that have been spotted from time to time, but never officially described by science. For this episode, we read the history, poured over the first hand accounts and gathered up a slew of pop culture references for 8 such creatures. Some you know, but others may prove more elusive. So steel your nerves and keep that...

Somewhere in time and space... we nabbed another geek LEGEND for the BRIG! Mary Joe Pehl is a talented writer, actress and comedian who's written for TV, comics and even her 2022 memoir “Dumb Dumb Dumb: My Mother's Book Reviews”. But you probably know her as the villainous Pearl Forrester from the legendary Peabody award-winning, Emmy nominated comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000! Mary Jo s...

We all have our favorite fast food treat. Heck some of us have one too many! But what happens when that tried and true guilty pleasure that you've ordered dozens of times suddenly disappears from the menu FOREVER? For this episode, we take a trip down the drive-thru of time to order up some of our favorite retired fast food items! We're each serving up burgers, chicken, desserts and even a little...

For tonight’s episode of the Brig, we welcome back the celebrated psychological horror writer of many novels, novellas, short stories, screenplays, essays and even the occasional poem!  L. Marie Wood is the recipient of such esteemed accolades as the Bram Stoker Award, the Michael Knost Wings award and the Golden Stake awards and she’s here tonight a pair of powerful releases. Both of which, you c...

You can't spell HEAVY METAL without IRON MAIDEN... figuratively. With the help of our Horn-Handed pals, Nintenjoe, Synopsis Grim and Portland Maine's own, DJ Rick Johnson , we'll strap on our best pair of Icarus wings and soar through the band's 17 studio albums, taking aim at 6 to spotlight! If you dug our tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, you're gonna love this one. UP THE IRONS! And since you're here.....

With the help of Rich Davis (AKA Velvet Joker) from Nerd Culture News and Entertainment, we give a Krash Kourse on the original game, the culture and most of all, the four live action MOVIES of MORTAL KOMBAT! RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is ----------------------------------- " Parasite Steve "...... AKA Steve Van Samson ( read ) " 8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian ( listen ) "...

How many live shows have you been to? Dozens? Hundreds? If you had to pick your 2 most important concert experiences, what would they be? It's not an easy question, but we do our best to whittle a lifetime of live rock and metal into one jam-packed episode of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast. Best part, these tickets are on the house... and just wait till you peep the set list! RETRO RIDOCTOPUS...

Tonight, locked in the BRIG, we have a multi-faceted artist, Sandy Netburn! Sandy is a New York based singer songwriter, comedian and ventriloquist whose talent and fearlessness as a performer, utterly belies her years! Her debut album “ISSUES” was released last October and she’s currently dishing out inspiration and goosebumps on tour! With handcrafted style and humor that positively permeates he...