Brendan: YOU'VE HEARD OF
COMIC-CON.
BUT HOW ABOUT NECRO COMIC CON.
THE CELEBRATION OF WEIRD ART
AND ACADEMIA.
HERE TO TELL US ABOUT THE EVENT
COMING TO PROVIDENCE THIS WEEK
IS NEIL HOBBS AND CARMEN
ROUSITCH.
A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
FOR THOSE UNFAMILIAR WITH NECRO
CON, TELL US ABOUT THE BASIS.
AT ITS CORE, IT IS THE
CELEBRATION OF WEIRD FICTION
THAT LOCAL AUTHOR H.P.
LOVECRAFT GENERATED IN THE
EARLY 20TH CENTURY AND IT HAS
BECOME WORLD FAMOUS.
THIS CONVENTION BRINGS FROM ALL
AROUND THE WORLD TO PROVIDENCE.
Brendan: IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S
GROWN EVEN FURTHER WHICH IS
TERRIFIC AND ALL KICKS OFF
LATER THIS WEEK.
YEAH.
WE START OFF WITH A PREPARTY AT
AURORA, WHICH IS A BAR DOWNTOWN.
WHERE WE HAVE AN
IMPROVISATIONAL AFFAIR ON
WEDNESDAY AND THE GIANT KICKOFF
PARTY IS THURSDAY NIGHT.
THAT IS IN THE FACADE LOT NEXT
TO THE HISTORIC ARCADE DOWNTOWN.
THAT IS WHERE OUR HEADQUARTERS
ARE IN THE ARCADE.
SO IT WILL BE A CONCERT WITH A
INTERGALACTIC ORCHESTRA AND A
BAND CALLED THE VIENNAGRAM.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE SPONSORED BINARY GAN SET
WHO WILL BE LAUNCHING THEIR
LATEST NARRAGANSETT BEER, LOVE
CRAFT BEER, THE TEMPLE.
AND THAT IS VERY EXCITING.
WE HAVE AN ART OPENING ON
THURSDAY NIGHT.
OUR ARTIST GUEST OF HONOR IS A
FAMOUS ILLUSTRATOR OF BOOK
COVERS.
AMONG OTHER THINGS, WE'LL HAVE
OVER 70 ARTISTS THAT NIGHT AT
THE WOODS SCARY GALLERY
STARTING AT 6:00, 6:00 TO 8:00.
THAT IS ON THURSDAY.
Brendan: OH, MY GOODNESS.
THAT'S OVER FOUR DAYS AND
GETS REALLY CRAZY AFTER THAT.
IT TRULY RAMPS UP ON FRIDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY WHERE WE HAVE
PANELS AND READINGS AND VARIOUS
TALKS.
A HUGE FILM FESTIVAL CONCURRENT
AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY DOWNTOWN.
AND FOR THE FILM, THE PUBLIC
IS INVITED TO GO TO THE FILMS.
IT'S ONLY $5 AT THE DOOR.
YOU DON'T NEED A CONVENTION
PASS AT ALL.
AND YOU CAN SIT AND WATCH THE
MOST AMAZING HORROR FILMS FROM
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD.
OUR FILM GUEST OF HONOR IS
RICHARD STANLEY.
HE WAS IN FRANCE.
HE MADE THIS AMAZING HORROR
MOVIE -- WELL, A FEW HORROR
MOVIES.
DUST DEVIL.
WE'RE SCREENING THE DIRECTOR'S
CUT OF DUST DEVIL, A
DOCUMENTARY OF HIS.
SOME BRITISH HORROR FILMS, THAT
IS ALL AT THE PROVIDENCE PUBLIC
LIBRARY.
YOU'LL HAVE TO SEE THE
SCHEDULE ONLINE AT NECRONOMICON.
THIS IS ART EXHIBITION AND
WE HAVE A HUGE VENDOR HALL AT
THE OMNI HOTEL OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC AS WELL.
I THINK WE HAVE OVER 70
DIFFERENT VENDORS SELLING
ANYTHING FROM JEWELRY TO FINE
ART.
T-SHIRTS.
RARE BOOKS,ETC.
SO, IT IS REALLY REMARKABLE.
Brendan: SOME OF THE GREAT
EVENT, THE OPENING CEREMONY,
SOME OF THEM ARE FREE.
CORRECT?
THE OPENING CEREMONY AT THE
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IS
ACTUALLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
AND WE WELCOME ALL PEOPLE FROM
PRO*FP DENSE TO COME TO IT AND
THE BIG SHOW THAT IS SPONSORED
BY NARRAGANSETT IS OPEN TO THE
GENERAL PUBLIC AS WELL.
HOPEFULLY IT WON'T RAIN
BECAUSE OF A BIG OUTDOOR SHOW.
Brendan: SURE.
THAT COULD ADD TO SOME OF THE
FUN.
AND THE DRAMA.
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.
YEAH.
[LAUGHTER]
Brendan: FOR THE TWO OF YOU
PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, IT MUST
BE REWARDING FOR YOU TO KNOW
THAT YOU ARE BRINGING PEOPLE
WHO ARE FANS OF THIS GENRE
TOGETHER TO REALLY MIX AND
MINGLE TOGETHER AND MAKE THOSE
NEW CONNECTIONS.
IT IS GREAT STUFF, ISN'T IT?
IT IS.
AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE WORKED VERY WELL WITH
THE CITY.
THE LAST CONVENTION WE DID TWO
YEARS AGO, WE HAD 2,000
ATTENDEES AND GUESTS FROM
AROUND THE WORLD.
18 -- OR 18 DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES, FIVE DIFFERENT
CONTINENTS REPRESENTED HERE IN
PROVIDENCE.
Brendan: ANYTHING IN
PARTICULAR THAT YOU ARE MOST
EXCITED FOR COMING UP?
SO, THE FILM FESTIVAL IN
PARTICULAR IS REALLY EXCITING.
WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY WITH THAT.
THE QUALITY OF THE ART SHOW T
WOODS GARY GALLERY, IS REALLY
INCREDIBLE.
AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.
REALLY I THINK WE'LL OPEN
PEOPLES' MIND BEYOND THE
OBVIOUS TROPES OF WEIRD FICTION.
Brendan: IF YOU WANT
SOMETHING SCARY, MAYBE I'LL
SHOW UP WITHOUT MAKEUP.
[LAUGHTER]
WE'RE HOSTING A BIG CONCERT
AT THE COLUMBUS THEATER ON
SATURDAY NIGHT, TOO.
JASON COVEN, THE GODFATHER OF
DOOM METAL.
Brendan: OH!
HE HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE
LATE 1960s.
Brendan: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
READY TO RIDE.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE'LL GET METALLICA IN NEXT.
Brendan: NOW YOU'RE
SCRATCHING ME RIGHT WHERE I
ITCH.
