Not Socks With Sandals!: Recent Episodes
Pete Bird
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Gerry Southern works as the caretaker in the local cemetery. One day, he discovers a grave site has a fresh tunnel bored beside it, and when he peers in, a demon jumps on his shoulder and tries to possess him. The demon has been told by Satan, to return to the living to find another worthy and evil human being to torture after his previous soul went to Heaven due to a wrongful conviction and hanging. However, Satan advises that if he chooses the wrong soul, that is, one whom he cannot corrupt, then he will be tortured for all eternity. Unfortunately, the first candidate the demon chooses is a man who is pure of heart and does not believe in demons, and therefore the demon tries very hard to convince him firstly that he exists and that he must succumb to the demon or else, and secondly, that he is basically a worthy contender for hell. The demon has until daybreak the next day to steal his soul.
Welcome to a new episode of our new podcast. For this episode we start by telling you all about my most intriguing experience with the spirit world. In Anglewood (Yean House) in Burradoo NSW haunted as hell? Well, we tend to think it might be, and in this episode we explain why. We hope you enjoy this intriguing episode, and please get in touch with us so we can share your stories as well. Thank you for listening, and please subscribe as we hope to produce regular episodes.
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In which Ray finally confronts Eugene Paris for the final blood curdling showdown
Pete travels to the only surviving ruins at Northbridge, the courthouse to investigate first hand reports of weird noises coming from the derelict building. This episode is a real chiller! Don't listen to it alone!
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In which Ray discovers Mr Stavano is still alive, and when he visits him at hospital, Stavano offers his old job back. Only problem is Paris, Mick and Renee are still there. Stavano makes Ray foreman, and now Ray has the job of getting rid of the three troublemakers. Blood will be spilled.
In which Ray receives a visit by the local constabulary, runs into Jurgen in gaol, and finds a friend in Shaun Saunders, who convinces him to kill a cow in a paddock to revitalise his creative juices.
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In which Ray returns to working in the travelling show. He wins the prestigious Sci-Fi and Fantasy award; discovers Max Mann has changed Ray's story without his permission and when he returns home after the ceremony, discovers Mick and Renee have been terrorising his mother and he vows to get even with them.
Nestle, that giant confectionery company, has decided to delete the iconic Aussie Chico lolly as well as Redskins! Their argument? Well, they believe the names are suddenly offensive (after fifty years in the marketplace) Listen to Hugh and Pete as they discuss whether the legendary Chiko Roll is now under scrutiny and facing the same fate!
Language and gore warning In which Ray moves back with his parents, Donna takes up with Eugene, Mick and Renee return to their old job after Mr Stavano gets electrocuted and Ray gets attacked in the cool room with dreadful consequences.
In this episode, Pete and Hugh discuss the infamous cell 17 at the old Melbourne Gaol. We play a tune from Mathew Roth's Vulture and the Sparrow album, and Pete shows off his dubious sound effects skills with the Rodecaster Pro.
Language and gore warning In which Donna gives Ray an ultimatum: stop the gory stories or start walking. Mr Stavano gets electrocuted and Ray visits him and Caroleena in hospital with a kind-hearted gift for her.
Language and gore warning! In which Ray sleeps through an award ceremony in his honour, Mick and Renee commit an unspeakable act of cruelty, and Eugene Paris threatens Ray with death.
In which Ray is confronted by Paris and the others and is forced to slaughter a cow or faced being killed himself.
this chapter contains graphic gore
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In which Ray gets confronted by Eugene Paris after causing Mick and Renee to lose their job. Mick and Renee try to run over Poon (Tom and Sue's Poodle), and Stavano gives Ray a gun.
Donna visits Ray's family. Ray becomes inspired to write a horror story after hearing how his friend died.
Ray starts work in the "gut room." He meets Mick and Renee, and his relationship with Donna strengthens.
Hi folks. Whilst I gather some resources together, I thought I'd start the podcast off with a 14 episode serialisation of "White of a Cow's Eye." I wrote this novel way back in 1997, and published it in 2002.
It tells the story of a writer, Ray Bender, who is down on his luck (A little autobiographical? Well, just a bit) who, in a moment of desperation takes on work at the local abattoirs. Curiously, this new working environment begins to shape and change his writing style. It becomes gorier and more bloodthirsty, and the critics are loving it! He begins work on his masterpiece, but before he can complete it, he is fired from his job. In order to finish his book, Ray needs to satisfy his bloodlust.
He turns to the workmen who made his life hell in the abattoirs to ignite his creativity.
I hope you enjoy the series.
I'm hoping before too long to get heavily involved in the "transcendental" side of life as soon as I create contacts and develop content.
Thanks for tuning in.
Hey, we're always looking for new content, and if you have a story to tell us, well, around here, we are all ears!
Bye for now!
Peter
Failed author, Ray Bender, down on his luck and down to his last few bucks: the bills are mounting and life is crashing in around him.What can he do but take the only thing he can find: a job in an abattoirs? At first the grimy taste and stench of death overwhelms him. But as he endures it, he finds new inspiration in his writing, which has taken on a very gory aspect. Soon enough his stories are finding success, and so he embarks on his greatest work: a full length novel! But just as he is about to complete it, he is forced out of the job by cruel and deranged peers who verbally and physically abuse him. Ray decides the only way he can finish his book is if he returns to the abattoirs and enact the final few scenes of brutality against those who made his life hell...