Slumberland

121 - Frankenstein An Answer

Slumberland

Show Notes

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." More about Slumberland at this link. Captain Delmar Silverfish performed by Catty Donnelly visit Catty's website! This Slumberland performance of The Flaming Carrot's poetry comes with apologies to Bob Burden. Music by The F_cked Up Beat appears courtesy the creative commons license CC BY-SA 4.0 Purchase this music at Bandcamp Schizophrenic Trees / a storm from the album "Threnodies for Schizophrenic Seas" Stop it! You're Killing Me! was a music project by Izmir, Turkey artist Murat, who sadly passed far too soon. The song "iki balerin gibi uctuk ve hayatlarimizi kurtardik" appears here as a tribute to Murat's work. Music sourced from the Free Music Archive Music by Blue Dot Sessions: Chevy Bolero, Three Stories creative commons license (CC BY-NC) The sound design in this episode owes thanks to Freesound Project contributors: martinimeniscus, speedygonzo, noyo, cuddlenucks, luvdabubsnfeet, kimkreuzwieser, davidjgurney, klankbeeld, nightflame, genel, madcowzack, craigsmith, p4athenam16, topschool, kyles, clearwavsound, tiaan123, rempen, trp, odilonmarcenaro, everythingsounds, kgoff32ds, synthxperiments, ahriik, matthewkevans, cgeffex, and timbre. Thank YOU for listening to Slumberland!

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