Slumberland

Before Slumberland's Oral History Project incorporates tales of Noah Dahl's archaeology career, Thomas Edward M carefully reviews the material. A possibly fictitious workspace named Minus World reveals strange and sinister reports of an event called "Noah Dahl and the Trumpets of Doom."

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The song Mowgli by Agent-X from the album Rituals.

The tracks Haena and Lumber Down by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)

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Thomas Edward M carefully expands Slumberland's Oral History archives with bits and pieces from Noah Dahl's extraordinary career as an archaeologist specializing in cursed musical instruments. Dahl's archives lead Thomas into a research rabbit hole involving a mysterious record album emblazoned with the name "Zamba Zaire."

Whit Pistil performed by Heidi Fischer.
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The song Tempest by Agent-X from the album Rituals.

The tracks Midnight Notion, Most of All, and Ad Mysterium...

Twas Brillig and the Slithy Toves are the live band playing at a pub called The Gyre and Gimble. Their musical style transforms when a strange swamp creature joins the band. The Toves have a long history of trials and tribulations, like the time rival band Cole Robbie and the Cold Weather Vegetables challenged them in a battle of the bands on roller skates!

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The songs Nightfall and Tempest by Agent-X from the album Rituals.

The tracks Handsfull and Gadabasa by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)<...

Twas Brillig and the Slithy Toves are the new house band playing exotic tunes at the equally exotic restaurant Queequeg's Coffin. Max MacGillicutty welcomes his guests and kicks off the evening's experience with a tale inspired by the writings of none other than US President Theodore Roosevelt.

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Special thanks to Catty Donnelly performing the role of Max MacGillicutty
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The role of Max MacGillicutty was originally performed by Jock Blaney in a handful of Slumberland episodes.
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Tomas Anonymous and Rupert Nevins experience a series of misadventures in Peuryville, Ohio.

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The song "Moon Howl" by Agent-X from the album Rituals.

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Beckey Mountweazel performed by Kelsey Painter.
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Quincy Dintz performed by Catty Donnelly.
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The song "Last Slate of the Roof" by Doctor Turtle.
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The track On Gravest Occasions by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)

The song "Tempest" by Agent-X from the album Rituals.

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Someday the seafaring vessel named Red Thread Ranger will return Thomas Edward M to a small island town called Slumberland. In the meantime, Captain Ror Gorrman meets with Thomas to expand Slumberland's oral history files concerning a man named Noah Dahl.

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Captain Ror Gorrman performed by Isabel Salazar.
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This story is adapted from the comic book "Fission Chicken: The Beast With Five Toes" by JP Morgan, published in 1989

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Quincy Dintz performed by Catty Donnelly.
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The song "Kerchingless Wonder" by Doctor Turtle.
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The tracks Slow Drive Harri, Steady Now, TeleMezzo, and The Summit by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)

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The song "Doctor Talos Answers the Door" by Doctor Turtle.
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The track Cabana Flats by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)

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Slumberland's Oral History Project receives new material relating to the life and times of Noah Dahl, a man equal parts globetrotting archaeologist and musical instrument fanatic. He once traveled across Africa collecting folk music recordings (and also getting into trouble). That tale is told here by his former assistant, Whit Pistil.

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Whit Pistil performed by Heidi Fischer.
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Quincy Dintz performed by Catty Donnelly.
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The song "Let's Just Get Through Christmas" by Doctor Turtle.
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The song "Tempest" by Agent-X from the album Rituals.

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Maxima MacGillicutty performed by Kelsey Painter. Hire Kelsey for your voice project at fiverr

Quincy Dintz performed by Catty Donnelly.
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The song "Let's Just Get Through Christmas" by Doctor Turtle.
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Max MacGillicutty performed by Jock Blaney
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Slumberland's Oral History Project shifts focus to explore the life and times of Noah Dahl. Equal parts globetrotting archaeologist and musical instrument fanatic, Noah's legacy includes a trove of cursed sound recordings. Whit Pistil takes Thomas Edward M back to where it all began with The First Curse.

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Whit Pistil performed by Heidi Fischer.
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The song "Dance of the Nikisi" by Agent-X from the album Rituals.

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Quincy Dintz performed by Catty Donnelly
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Merlin Jebb performed by Thomas R. Mansell

The song "Unexpected Hoedown In Bagging Area" by Doctor Turtle.
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The song "Tempest" by Agent-X from the album Rituals.

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Quincy Dintz performed by Catty Donnelly
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The song "It Looks Like The Future, But It Feels Like The Past" by Doctor Turtle.
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The song "Tempest" by Agent-X from the album Rituals.

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Thomas Edward M resumes work on the Oral History Project. But Slumberland Island isn't the current focus. A very different sort of island sits on the edge of Scandinavia, in foreboding, frozen waters where sea monsters dwell.

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Whit Pistil performed by Heidi Fischer.
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The song "Man Ray Lives" by Agent-X from the album Rituals.

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Quincy Dintz performed by Catty Donnelly
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The song "Which That Is This" by Doctor Turtle.
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The song "Tempest" by Agent-X from the album Rituals.

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Cycling enthusiast Emily J. Carnacki's tales of group bike rides through Slumberland's woods, befriending Vestigula Uridium, and channeling Shakespearean dialogue from atop an ancient stage.

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Emily J. Carnacki performed by Nicole Knudsen
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The tracks Trapped in the Stairwell, Child of the Quartz, Carrie-Anne, Merienne...

Tomas Anonymous tells a story about how he first met Rupert Nevins. It's a music-filled misadventure titled Wisco Magick Roads!

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The songs See Through and Say Goodnight by Mild Wild, "sounds composed freely and recorded straight to tape. Drenched in reverb and filled with half thoughts."
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The song Pussy Gloating The Give by Ak'chamel, The Giver of Illness.
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The song Wide Mouth Penetrated Makeshift Mustache Man by Lovely Little Girls.
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Still in Greenland, Thomas Edward M spends a sleepless night cursing the noisy icebergs near his home. Relaxing Blue Dot Sessions music makes Thomas's mind wander. He reflects on his recent dreams, investigates the Atlas Absurda podcast, and shares what he knows about the mysterious graffiti artist known as Digby.

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Britte Thynoire performed by Angela Yih
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The tracks Bluegray...

Thomas Edward M the freelance soundman disappeared from Slumberland Island. His current whereabouts are now revealed, and Oblivia Newton-Baum has come to visit.

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The tracks Burned From Above, Grease Cannon, Ile on Grentham and Sienna's Regression by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)

Additional music by Alex Productions, Audiorezout, and Dee Yan-Key.

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A special investigator arrives in Slumberland to prove it's all about the interconnections. At long last some light gets shed on the mysterious disappearances of Thomas Edward M, Omar Evanston and others. But every answer reveals more questions, all of them forming an intricate web woven by enigmatic members of an organization called The Crimson Cobweb Faction.

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Stavra Montinero performed by Addie Nofal
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A kindly mysterious gentleman enjoys stories about Slumberland and its residents.

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"5 Ghosts I" by Nine Inch Nails appears courtesy the creative commons license BY-NC-SA

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Tomas Anonymous and Chip Woode are trapped inside a sound recording studio with a strange robot forcing them to narrate imaginary music videos. The only way to escape this monotony is inter-dimensional time-space travel! Follow along to hear music by a doppelganger Devo band plus a trailer for the Limbo Calling podcast.

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This Slumberland version of the Devo song "Shrivel Up" comes with apologies to Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerry Casale. This new version's music was produced by Kevin J Drieberg
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The Kopi Joe Coffee Company, once a small start-up in Slumberland, is now a global brand with a niche following. Owner Oskar Mielardeaux makes a webcam call to Tomas Anonymous, to check out the new "Cozy LoFi Kopi Joe" video streaming service.

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Oskar Mielardeaux performed by Nick Sleeper. Hire Nick for your voice project at fiverr

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one // nine //
from the album "LoFi Beats"

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A mysterious foreign investor wants to purchase the entire islet called "Fleabite" that sits near Slumberland. Tomas needs to learn more about Lozar Antonai and his intentions.

This episode's alternate title: "Zaroff, Volkov & the Wizard of Baum"
(American Authors Series, Volume 2)

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Oskar Mielardeaux performed by Nick Sleeper. Hire Nick for your voice project at fiverr

The songs A Portal of Sorts // Breathe In Breathe Out // Don't Trust Your Memory are by the band Negativland, from their album Speech Free

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Tomas takes the secret staircase back down into the Slippery Shanty! A meeting with Captain Delmar Silverfish, a mysterious postcard written to "Dear Mim," and a rambling conversation meant to "Frankenstein An Answer."

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Captain Delmar Silverfish performed by Catty Donnelly
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This Slumberland performance of The Flaming Carrot's poetry comes with apologies to Bob Burden.

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Tomas Anonymous notices the name "Mimsey" appearing many times in the dream journals written by Corbin Corvus. Then Tomas investigates the "Corbin and Mimsey Love Letters." Answers are elusive and mysteries deepen.

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Music sourced from the Free Music Archive
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A dream journal entry left by Corbin Corvus and an audio diary entry left by Thomas Edward M. Tomas Anonymous ponders the thematic similarities in these two tales involving subterranean robotic canine creatures.

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It's time for yet another gut-chilling adventure!
They Came From Beneath Somebody's Garage!
Tomas and Rupert perform a dramatized dream selected from Corbin Corvus's journals.

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This story is adapted from the comic book "Fission Chicken: They Came From Beneath Somebody's Garage" by JP Morgan, published in 1988

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In which Tomas Anonymous visits Corbin's cabin and discovers what Corbin left behind.

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Music by Blue Dot Sessions

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Tonight the Slippery Shanty is closed for a special reason. The box that plays mysterious music might be more important than Tomas imagined. An archivist from Ohio named Beckey Mountweazel has arrived in Slumberland to expertly examine the box.

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Winter Séance in Linden // Interstate 70 Rain Chants // Hope Song for the Rust Belt // P...

The Slippery Shanty underground bar features a Shelf of Honor. On that shelf you'll find impressive objects like a one hundred year old bottle of bourbon. The shelf used to display Slumberland's Poetry Trophy, which is a man-fish statue with a curious history.

This episode's alternate title:
"Hem & Howie"
(American Authors Series, Volume 1)

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Winter Séance in Linden // Floating Down Iuka Ravine // Waltz Ohia // Lake E...

What inspired Tomas Anonymous to create the metal cube sculpture titled "Coyote's Vox Box?" Tomas visits his sculpture in Slumberland's Memorial Garden while he tells this story, which involves a mysterious book known as The Acronymicon.

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Winter Séance in Linden // Down and Out On 9th and High //
from the album "Our Paper Hearts Drift In Tunnels To Sleep In Little Boxes Under Ohia Seas"

The s...

Tonight at the Slippery Shanty, Buddy Friday Junior and Tomas Anonymous try to help their pal Captain Delmar Silverfish. The Captain's in bad shape due to drinking a mysterious concoction known as "Fish Eye Serum." Buddy tells tales of his high seas adventures with Captain Silverfish and the origins of the mysterious drink.

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Michael Lanier performs the role of Buddy Friday Junior and also performs the original shanty "Royal Blue Vinegaroons"
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In the town of Slumberland there's a semi-secret underground bar called the Slippery Shanty. An establishment full of local lore and adult beverages. The background music you hear is comes from a small wooden box with a speaker. The box sits on a high shelf and seems innocent enough but there's something mysterious about the box. Its owner, Tomas Anonymous, tells the story of how he found this box.

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You're invited down into the semi-secret underground bar located beneath the Supper Shack. An establishment full of local lore and adult beverages. The nominal proprietor is Captain Delmar Silverfish, but his current catatonic state prevents you from really getting to know the good captain, just yet. Something sinister could be involved, and it's up to Tomas Anonymous to sort it out with some help from Omar Evanston and Chip Woode.

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Audio Tape Narrator performed by Catty Donnelly
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This Slumberland version of The Red...

The day before Thomas Edward M first arrived in Slumberland he recorded his conversation with Japhet Allergy, a strange man calling himself the "Ten Year Professor." This recording has never been shared before, but now it's part of Slumberland's Oral History Project, and you're welcome to hear it. You might also ask, "where do you see yourself in ten years?"

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The music is "Dorothean" by Blue Dot Sessions, courtesy of Free Music Archive and a CC BY-NC license.

Professor Japhet Allergy performed by Jock Blaney
Voice-over...