Dreamspace: A Dark Crystal Podcast

On this episode of The Gathering Songs we continue discussing the second book of J.M. Lee's four book Dark Crystal Young Adult Novel series.

This is the second part of the discussion with many more episodes to follow, in this episode we go through Chapter 5 to 7.

Episode contains spoilers for Shadows of The Dark Crystal and Song of The Dark Crystal.

Special guests are Albert Chessa, Nancy Gray and Dom Nardi.

Shownotes

Interactive Artistry - https://www.youtube.com/user/TheTweedyGamer 
Nancy Gray - www.nancygray.net 
Nardi Views - https://domnardireviews.wordpress.com/ 

Contact  

Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast  
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod  
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

On this episode of The Gathering Songs we start discussing the second book of J.M. Lee's four book Dark Crystal Young Adult Novel series.

This is the first part of the discussion with many more episodes to follow, in this episode we go through Chapter 1 to 4.

Episode contains spoilers for Shadows of The Dark Crystal and Song of The Dark Crystal.

Special guests are Albert Chessa, Nancy Gray, Dom Nardi

Shownotes

Interactive Artistry - https://www.youtube.com/user/TheTweedyGamer 
Nancy Gray - www.nancygray.net 
Nardi Views - https://domnardireviews.wordpress.com/ 

Contact  

Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast  
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod  
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

Hosts Philip Mitchell (Trial By Stone: The Dark Crystal Podcast) and JM Prater (Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast and Shoulder of Orion: The Blade Runner Podcast) break down each minute of The Dark Crystal, one episode at a time.

Minute 9, we cover from 08:00 to 09:00 of the film, urSu the Master explains the prophecy to Jen and what he needs to do to save the world, to find the crystal shard from Aughra and put the shard back in its rightful place before the three suns meet.

Contact
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
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Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
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This is the fourteenth episode of The Gathering Songs: The Dark Crystal Discussions, a roundtable discussion show on all things Dark Crystal.  This month discuss Shadows of The Dark Crystal, the first book in J.M. Lee's young adult Dark Crystal series of books.

This episode was released as Episode 39 of Trial By Stone on August 2017.  

Special guests are Peter Ehm and Nancy Gray for this months roundtable.

Shownotes

Peter Ehm - www.dwiimmsaga.com
Nancy Gray - http://nancygray.blogspot.com/ 

Contact  

Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast  
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast  
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod  
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

This is the thirteenth episode of The Gathering Songs: The Dark Crystal Discussions, a roundtable discussion show on all things Dark Crystal.  This month discuss Shadows of The Dark Crystal, the first book in J.M. Lee's young adult Dark Crystal series of books.

This episode was released as Episode 38 of Trial By Stone on July 2017.  

Special guests are Peter Ehm and Nancy Gray for this months roundtable.

Shownotes

Peter Ehm - www.dwiimmsaga.com
Nancy Gray - http://nancygray.blogspot.com/ 

Contact  

Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast  
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod  
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

Hosts Philip Mitchell (Trial By Stone: The Dark Crystal Podcast) and JM Prater (Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast and Shoulder of Orion: The Blade Runner Podcast) break down each minute of The Dark Crystal, one episode at a time.

Minute 8, we cover from 07:00 to 08:00 of the film, Jen visits his dying master urSu as he tells Jen that he is in danger from the Skeksis.

Contact 

Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast

On this episode of Trial By Stone, Philip got to chat to Beau Brown and Jill Malool from the Centre of Puppetry Arts, we chat about Dark Crystal and of their upcoming events with The Dark Crystal Ball and Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: World of Myth and Magic exhibiton.

Find out more information about the events, what to expect to see at the exhibiton and what may be in store for future events.

Also, host Philip Mitchell's makes an announcement for the podcast.

TL;DR - Trial By Stone episodes will be on a break until January 2019 at the latest.

Stay tuned on Trial By Stone Facebook page for further announcements on its return, from August onwards expect two episodes of The Gathering Songs and one episode of The Dark Crystal Minute each month.

Shownotes
Center of Puppetry Arts - www.puppet.org 
The Dark Crystal Ball - http://puppet.org/buy-tickets/2018-19/the-dark-crystal-ball/
The Dark Crystal film screening - http://puppet.org/buy-tickets/2018-19/the-dark-crystal/
Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge Live at Dragon Con 2018 - https://www.henson.com/press-releases/2018/press-release-2018-07-16.php  

Contact
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast

This is the twelfth episode of The Gathering Songs: The Dark Crystal Discussions, a roundtable discussion show on all things Dark Crystal.  This month discuss Shadows of The Dark Crystal, the first book in J.M. Lee's young adult Dark Crystal series of books.

This episode was released as Episode 37 of Trial By Stone on June 2017.  

Special guests are Peter Ehm, Andrea Judy and Douglas 'Fish' Fisher for this months roundtable.

Shownotes

Peter Ehm - www.dwiimmsaga.com
Andrea Judy - www.judyblackcloud.com
Douglas Fisher -  www.facebook.com/fishrocksmusic

 Contact  

Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast  
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod  
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

This is the eleventh episode of The Gathering Songs: The Dark Crystal Discussions, a roundtable discussion show on all things Dark Crystal.  
This month discuss Shadows of The Dark Crystal, the first book in J.M. Lee's young adult Dark Crystal series of books.
This episode was released as Episode 35 of Trial By Stone on May 2017. Special guests are Peter Ehm and Nancy Gray for this months roundtable.
 

Shownotes

Peter Ehm - dwiimmsaga.com
Nancy Grey - nancygray.net 

 Contact  

Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast  
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod  
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

On this episode of Trial By Stone, Phillip chats to Erich Arendall from Attercap as we chat about The Dark Crystal and his fan made Fatecore RPG game "War of The Dark Crystal" that has just been recently released!

To find out much more about the game, visit his websites on the shownotes below.

Shownotes
War of The Dark Crystal - https://www.attercap.net/post/war-of-the-dark-crystal-intro-and-characters

Erich Arendall Attercap Website - https://www.attercap.net/

Erich Arendall on Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/Attercap 

Contact
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast

Hosts Philip Mitchell (Trial By Stone: The Dark Crystal Podcast) and JM Prater (Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast and Shoulder of Orion: The Blade Runner Podcast) break down each minute of The Dark Crystal, one episode at a time.

Minute 7, we cover from 06:00 to 07:00 of the film, as the narration ends, the Journey of Jen begins as he runs to his master.

Contact 

Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

This is the tenth episode of The Gathering Songs: The Dark Crystal Discussions, a roundtable discussion show on all things Dark Crystal.  

This month we discuss Shadows of The Dark Crystal, the first book in J.M. Lee's young adult Dark Crystal series of books.

This episode was released as Episode 34 of Trial By Stone on April 2017.  

Special guests are Bland Garrett, Peter Ehm, Nancy Gray and Douglas "Fish" Fisher.

Shownotes

Peter Ehm - www.dwiimmsaga.com
Nancy Grey - www.nancygrey.net
Douglas Fisher -  www.facebook.com/fishrocksmusic

Contact  
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com  
Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast  
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast  
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod  
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

This is the ninth episode of The Gathering Songs: The Dark Crystal Discussions, a roundtable discussion show on all things Dark Crystal.  

This month Philip and Bland discuss about The Gelfling Gathering, a PDF document that detailed all about the Gelfling Clans, insight on the Mystics and Skeksis and was used as a guide for the Author Quest on DarkCrystal.com  

This episode was released as Episode 32 of Trial By Stone on February 2017.

Shownotes

The Gelfling Gathering PDF http://www.darkcrystal.com/pdfs/dc_GelflingGathering.pdf

Contact
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast

This is the eighth episode of The Gathering Songs: The Dark Crystal Discussions, a roundtable discussion show on all things Dark Crystal.  This month Philip and Bland discuss about The Gelfling Gathering, a PDF document that detailed all about the Gelfling Clans, insight on the Mystics and Skeksis and was used as a guide for the Author Quest on DarkCrystal.com  

This episode was released as Episode 31 of Trial By Stone on January 2017.
   
Shownotes

The Gelfling Gathering PDF http://www.darkcrystal.com/pdfs/dc_GelflingGathering.pdf

Contact
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod 
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

 

On this episode of Trial By Stone, Phillip chats to Ty from Wit and Folly YouTube channel and co-host of What The Force Star Wars Podcast, who posted a video about the connections between Star Wars (The Last Jedi in particular) and The Dark Crystal, we chat about the video, Dark Crystal and of course Star Wars.

Shownotes
Star Wars and The Dark Crystal Conspiracy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUQ1mfggM3g
Wit and Folly YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBlwpX_Nh2Ij-yqNXuSD6Q

Ty's Star Wars Podcast
What the Force Show: http://whattheforce.ca/ 
What the Force Twitter: https://twitter.com/Wtforceshow 
What the Force YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLJu_UVHQDUmzewiNLs3tpA 

Contact
Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast

This is the seventh episode of The Gathering Songs: The Dark Crystal Discussions, a roundtable discussion show on all things Dark Crystal.  This month Philip and Bland discuss about The Gelfling Gathering, a PDF document that detailed all about the Gelfling Clans, insight on the Mystics and Skeksis and was used as a guide for the Author Quest on DarkCrystal.com

This episode was released as Episode 29 of Trial By Stone on November 2016.  

Shownotes

The Gelfling Gathering PDF http://www.darkcrystal.com/pdfs/dc_GelflingGathering.pdf

Contact
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod I
nstagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

Hosts Philip Mitchell (Trial By Stone: The Dark Crystal Podcast) and JM Prater (Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast and Shoulder of Orion: The Blade Runner Podcast) break down each minute of The Dark Crystal, one episode at a time.

Minute 6, we cover from 05:00 to 06:00 of the film, as we go from the Valley of the Mystics as the Urru call out for Jen, the chosen one, the narration continues.

Contact 

Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

This is the sixth episode of The Gathering Songs: The Dark Crystal Discussions, a roundtable discussion show on all things Dark Crystal.  

This month we continue with our roundtable discussion on The Dark Crystal Creation Myths Volume 3, this is the second part of the discussion, its recommended to listen to previous episode of the show to follow along our discussion.

This episode was released as Episode 21 of Trial By Stone on April 2016.

Shownotes

Bland Garret on Twitter - https://twitter.com/blandarella
Nancy Gray website - http://nancygray.net/
Peter Ehm on Twitter - https://twitter.com/mordanti

Contact
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

On this episode of Trial By Stone, Philip chats to Jason Delgado who has recently started a YouTube channel dedicated to The Dark Crystal called The Dark Crystal Conjuntion, we chat about the YouTube channel, Dark Crystal, Song of The Dark Crystal, Age of Resistance and much more.

Shownotes

The Dark Crystal Conjunction- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1m2U77_W7__l1u6G_AA3Xg 

Contact
Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast

Hosts Philip Mitchell (Trial By Stone: The Dark Crystal Podcast) and JM Prater (Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast and Shoulder of Orion: The Blade Runner Podcast) break down each minute of The Dark Crystal, one episode at a time.

Minute 5, we cover from 04:00 to 05:00 of the film, as we go from The Castle of The Crystal to the Valley of the Mystics and get introduced to the Urru (Mystics) for the first time as the narration continues on.

Contact 
Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

On this episode of Trial By Stone: The Dark Crystal, Philip chats to Phillip Kennedy Johnson, co-writer on The Power of The Dark Crystal comic book series from Archaia Entertainment.

This episode will have spoilers for Power of The Dark Crystal.

In this episode we chat about the series as a whole as well as go through several topics including;

Reception to Power of The Dark Crystal

Phillips theory on the Skeksis/Mystics returning to Thra in Power of The Dark Crystal

Suns and Conjunctions!

Mystics/Jedi comparisons

Offerings to the Crystal, was it really worth it?

The themes of Power of The Dark Crystal?

Off screen moments in Power of The Dark Crystal?

The ending of the Power of the Dark Crystal? Afterlife? Angels?

Chal and Saluna 

Phillips biggest contributions to Power of The Dark Crystal?

Shownotes

Phillip Kennedy Johnson's website - www.phillipkennedyjohnson.com
Phillip Kennedy Johnson on Twitter - www.twitter.com/PhillipKJohnson
Phillip Kennedy Johnson on Facebook  -www.facebook.com/phillip.kennedyjohnson 

Contact
Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast

This is the fifth episode of The Gathering Songs: The Dark Crystal Discussions, a roundtable discussion show on all things Dark Crystal.  

This month we continue with our roundtable discussion on The Dark Crystal Creation Myths Volume 3, this is the first part of the discussion, its recommended to listen to previous episode of the show to follow along our discussion.

This episode was released as Episode 20 of Trial By Stone on March 2016.

Below are old shownotes with updated links.

Shownotes

Bland Garret on Twitter - https://twitter.com/blandarella

Nancy Gray website - http://nancygray.net/ 

Peter Ehm on Twitter - https://twitter.com/mordanti
Moon and Sun Cycle Discussion via Peter Ehm - https://web.archive.org/web/20170701014259/http://www.darkcrystal.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/77/

Contact
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

On this episode of Trial By Stone, Philip chats to Alessio Cavatore from River Horse Games about his time working on The Dark Crystal: Board Game with the the game design for the board game and much more.

If you enjoy listening to the podcast and want to help support the show, you can pledge on Patreon for just $1 a month for early access episodes from Trial By Stone: The Dark Crystal Podcast network of shows.

Episode 54 and brand new podcast show exclusively on Patreon called 'The Vital Essence' is already on Patreon so if you want to be ahead of everyone, check out our Patreon.

Shownotes
River Horse Games
Official Website - http://riverhorse.eu/
Facebook - www.facebook.com/RiverHorseEU
Twitter - www.twitter.com/RiverHorseGames

Contact 
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

On this episode of Trial By Stone, Philip chats to Johnny Fraser-Allen from Tabletop Troubadour Games about his time working on The Dark Crystal: Board Game with the sculptures and the art design for the board game.

If you enjoy listening to the podcast and want to help support the show, you can pledge on Patreon for just $1 a month for early access episodes from Trial By Stone: The Dark Crystal Podcast network of shows.

Episode 53 and 54 is already on Patreon so if you want to be ahead of everyone, check out out Patreon. We very much appreciate the support to continue making great Dark Crystal podcasts.

Shownotes
Tabletop Troubadour Games
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/tabletoptroubadour/
Twitter - www.twitter.com/TroubaGames
Instagram - www.instagram.com/tabletoptroubadourgames 
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg7LZIFCc4hWu_GDJWUiqSg

Contact 
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

On this episode of Trial By Stone, host Philip chats to Laszlo Burkhardt, the moderator of Dreamfasting: The Dark Crystal Experience Facebook Group about The Dark Crystal, the excitement surrounding the Age of Resistance, meeting the Frouds for the first time and much more. 

There'll be four episodes of Trial By Stone this month instead of one a month, to promote the Patreon campaign for the podcast.

For $1 per month you can get early access to our podcasts, right now the next three episodes are on Patreon right now if you want to be first to listen to those episodes, hope you can help support the podcast, be greatly appreciated.

 

Contact 

Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

Hosts Philip Mitchell (Trial By Stone: The Dark Crystal Podcast) and JM Prater (Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast and Shoulder of Orion: The Blade Runner Podcast) break down each minute of The Dark Crystal, one episode at a time.

Minute 4, we cover from 03:00 to 04:00 of the film. We go through the opening credits getting a good look at most of the Skeksis characters in the film.

Contact 

Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

Achievement unlocked, this is indeed the 50th episode of Trial By Stone and what better way than to celebrate with chatting to JM Prater about the Fathom Events screening and the 4K Ultra HD release of the film, followed by chatting to James Reedie, who attended a Faery event a couple of weeks ago and got the chance to meet with Brian, Wendy and Toby Froud as we get some insights on The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.

We'll find out;

How involved are the Frouds on Age of Resistance?

Was it challenging for Brian Froud to go back into the mindset of the world of The Dark Crystal for Age of Resistance?

The backlash of Raunip in The Dark Crystal: Creation Myths.

Will Age of Resistance be lighter or darker in tone? 

 

What James and Philip would love to see on the show?

 

The influences for Age of Resistance? 

The benefit of having Louis Leterrier directing all the episodes of Age of Resistance?

The story behind the first teaser trailer for Age of Resistance.

Whats the most likely estimated release date for the release of the show?

And much more! This is one epic episode of Trial By Stone that you don't want to miss.

If you enjoy listening to the podcast and want to help support the show, you can pledge on Patreon for just $1 a month for early access episodes from Trial By Stone: The Dark Crystal Podcast network of shows. Episode 51 is already on Patreon so if you want to be ahead of everyone, check out out Patreon.

Contact 

Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

This is the fourth episode of The Gathering Songs: The Dark Crystal Discussions, a roundtable discussion show on all things Dark Crystal.  This month we continue with our roundtable discussion on The Dark Crystal Creation Myths Volume 2, this is the second part of the discussion, its recommended to listen to previous episode of the show to follow along our discussion.

This episode was released as Episode 19 of Trial By Stone on February 2016.

Below are old shownotes with updated links.

Shownotes

Bland Garret on Twitter - https://twitter.com/blandarella

Andrea Judy's website - http://www.judyblackcloud.com/

Douglas Benjamin Fisher on "Dreamfasting The Dark Crystal Experience" Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1675926092642574

Peter Ehm on Twitter - https://twitter.com/mordanti

Contact 

Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com 

Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast

Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast

witter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod

Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

On this episode of Trial By Stone: The Dark Crystal, Philip chatted to Tim Green, comedian and co-host of Yeah G'Day podcast.

We chat about The Dark Crystal and on his performance of "Jim With a T" a Jim Henson tribute show at the Melbourne Fringe festival in September 2017.

Shownotes

Tim Green on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/jimwithat

Tim Green on Instagram - https://instagram.com/tforjim

Yeah G'Day Podcast - https://yeahgday.com 

Contact 

Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com 

Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

Facebook Group - www.facebook.com/groups/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod 

Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast

Hosts Philip Mitchell (Trial By Stone: The Dark Crystal Podcast) and JM Prater (Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast and Shoulder of Orion: The Blade Runner Podcast) break down each minute of The Dark Crystal, one episode at a time.

Minute 3, we cover from 02:00 to 03:00 of the film. The narration continues on about the Skeksis, cheating death once more followed by the Title Card and the beginning of the ceremony of the sun.

Contact
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook TBS - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter TBS - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

This is the third episode of The Gathering Songs: The Dark Crystal Discussions, a roundtable discussion show on all things Dark Crystal.  This month we continue with our roundtable discussion on The Dark Crystal Creation Myths Volume 2, this is the first part of the discussion, its recommended to listen to previous episode of The Gathering Songs to follow along our discussion.

This episode was released as Episode 18 of Trial By Stone on January 2016.

Below are old shownotes with updated links.

Shownotes

Bland Garret on Twitter - https://twitter.com/blandarella

Andrea Judy's website - http://www.judyblackcloud.com/

Douglas Benjamin Fisher on "Dreamfasting The Dark Crystal Experience" Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1675926092642574

Peter Ehm on Twitter - https://twitter.com/mordanti

Contact 

Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast 
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

This episode of Trial By Stone: The Dark Crystal, Philip chatted to Phillip Kennedy Johnson, co-writer on The Power of The Dark Crystal comic book series from Archaia Entertainment.

We chat about The Dark Crystal and how he got involved with The Power of The Dark Crystal comic book series.

Shownotes

Phillip Kennedy Johnson's website - www.phillipkennedyjohnson.com
Phillip Kennedy Johnson on Twitter - www.twitter.com/PhillipKJohnson
Phillip Kennedy Johnson on Facebook  -www.facebook.com/phillip.kennedyjohnson 

Contact
Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Facebook Group - www.facebook.com/groups/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast

This is the second minute episode of The Dark Crystal Minute as hosts Philip Mitchell (Trial By Stone: The Dark Crystal Podcast) and JM Prater (Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast and Shoulder of Orion: The Blade Runner Podcast) break down the cult classic Jim Henson film "The Dark Crystal", one minute at a time. 

Minute 2, we cover from 01:00 to 02:00 of the film. Shot of The Castle of The Crystal outside and a glimpse inside the Castle in the Crystal Chamber as we begin to be introduced to the Skeksis for the first time

Want to listen to the next episode of The Dark Crystal Minute right now? Join our Patreon page and for $1 per month get early access to all our episodes from the Trial By Stone: The Dark Crystal Podcast Network shows at www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast

 

Contact
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook TBS - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Facebook TDCM - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalminute
Twitter TBS - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Twitter TDCM - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalmin
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

This episode of Trial By Stone: The Dark Crystal, Philip chatted to Cheryl Henson, President of The Jim Henson Foundation, Board of Directors at The Jim Henson Company and founder of DarkCrystal.com   We chatted all things Dark Crystal including;

DarkCrystal.com including an update on the "Design a new creature for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance" contest

How Cheryl discovered the Dark Crystal and the early origins of the film from her first trip with Jim Henson to meet Brian Froud.

Have you ever heard about the bird!? (flying in the background when we see Kira for the first time). There's a story behind that.

Why The Dark Crystal matters to Cheryl?

 

Cheryl's involvement during her time on The Dark Crystal.

 

We chat a little bit about Age of Resistance, the secrecy and what the series might be like.

And much more! Also we're giving away a double pass to one lucky listener for the upcoming screenings of The Dark Crystal on 25th and 28th February thanks to Fathom Events. All you have to do is like, share and comment on this episode post on Facebook for a chance to win.

Winner will be announced 5 days later via Facebook.

Shownotes

Official Dark Crystal Website - www.darkcrystal.com
The Dark Crystal on Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystal
The Dark Crystal on Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystal
The Jim Henson Foundation - www.hensonfoundation.org/

Contact
Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Facebook Group - www.facebook.com/groups/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast

This is the second episode of The Gathering Songs: The Dark Crystal Discussions, a roundtable discussion show on all things Dark Crystal. This month we continue with our roundtable discussion on The Dark Crystal Creation Myths Volume 1, this is the second part of the discussion, its recommended to listen to previous episode of the show to follow along our discussion.

This episode was released as Episode 17 of Trial By Stone on December 2015.

Below are old shownotes with updated links.

Shownotes

J.M. Lee's website - www.joeyverse.com 

The Dark Crystal Author Quest eBook - http://bit.ly/thedarkcrystalauthorquestebook

Shadows of The Dark Crystal Amazon Preorder - http://amzn.to/1lmxuXY

Nancy Grey on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WriterNancyGray 

Bland Garret on Twitter - https://twitter.com/blandarella 

Andrea Judy's website - http://www.judyblackcloud.com/

Douglas Benjamin Fisher on "Dreamfasting The Dark Crystal Experience" Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1675926092642574 

Contact 

Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

On this episode of Trial By Stone, host Philip Mitchell chats to Paul Francis, the creative director at Chronicle Collectibles that specialises in statues, prop replicas from franchises like Jurassic Park, Ghostbusters, Robocop and Flash Gordon to name just a few.

They recently announced a new license with The Jim Henson Company to produce collectibles from their properties on Labyrinth and of course The Dark Crystal. We chat about The Dark Crystal and whats in store for Chronicle Collectibles

Shownotes

Chronicle Collectibles https://www.chroniclecollectibles.com/
Chronicle Collectibles on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/chroniclecollectibles/
Chronicle Collectibles on Twitter https://twitter.com/ChronicleLLC

Contact
Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast

This month on Trial By Stone, host Philip Mitchell chats to Matt Hatton, who was involved on the cancelled movie sequel The Power of The Dark Crystal back in the mid 2000's when the film was originally going to shoot in Sydney, Australia. We go into his thoughts on POTDC, touch upon the comics and much more.

Shownotes
Matt Hatton on Instagram - www.instagram.com/matthatt0n 

Contact
Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast

This is the first minute episode of The Dark Crystal Minute, hosts Philip Mitchell (Trial By Stone: The Dark Crystal Podcast) and JM Prater (Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast and Shoulder of Orion: The Blade Runner Podcast) are going to break down the cult classic Jim Henson film "The Dark Crystal", one minute at a time. This will be a 95 episode series and this month we're releasing Minute 0 and 1.

Minute 1, we cover from 00:00 to 01:00 of the film.
Title cards and one shot of The Castle of The Crystal.

Contact
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook TBS - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Facebook TDCM - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalminute
Twitter TBS - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Twitter TDCM - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalmin
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

This is the first episode of The Dark Crystal Minute, hosts Philip Mitchell (Trial By Stone: The Dark Crystal Podcast) and JM Prater (Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast and Shoulder of Orion: The Blade Runner Podcast) are going to break down the cult classic Jim Henson film "The Dark Crystal", one minute at a time. This will be a 95 episode series and this month we're releasing Minute 0 and 1.

Minute 0 is an introduction on what the podcast is all about and how the hosts discovered The Dark Crystal and why it connects so much to us and why we decided to take on this task of this new show.

I hope you'll enjoy listening to the episodes.

Contact
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

This is the first episode of new Dark Crystal podcast The Gathering Songs: The Dark Crystal Discussions, a roundtable discussion show on all things Dark Crystal.

We're starting off with re-releasing old episodes of the podcast that featured roundtable episodes on Creation Myths and Shadows of The Dark Crystal from past episodes of Trial By Stone.

This episode was originally recorded on November 2015.

Below are old shownotes with updated links.

Shownotes

J.M. Lee's website - www.joeyverse.com

The Dark Crystal Author Quest eBook - http://bit.ly/thedarkcrystalauthorquestebook

Shadows of The Dark Crystal - http://amzn.to/1lmxuXY

Nancy Grey on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WriterNancyGray

Bland Garret on Twitter - https://twitter.com/blandarella

Andrea Judy's website - http://www.judyblackcloud.com/

Douglas Benjamin Fisher on "Dreamfasting The Dark Crystal Experience" Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1675926092642574 

Contact 

Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod

Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

This month, JM Prater (host of Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast and Shoulder of Orion: The Blade Runner Podcast) and close friend of host Philip Mitchell, chat about the big highlights of 2017 on The Dark Crystal, we chat about the 35th anniversary and its continuing legacy as well as the announcement of the podcast being turned into a network and launching its own Patreon account.

Contact
Patreon - www.patreon.com/darkcrystalpodcast 
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast

This month on Trial By Stone, host Philip Mitchell chats to Tom Spina, who was behind bringing several characters to life with the restoration and conservation on Skeksis, Mystics, Gelflings and more for the Jim Henson Exhbition Imagination Unlimited in Seattle and New York.

Shownotes
The Jim Henson Exhbition Imagination Unlimited in Seattle
https://www.mopop.org/exhibits/current-exhibits/the-jim-henson-exhibition/

The Jim Henson Exhbition Imagination Unlimited in New York
http://www.movingimage.us/exhibitions/2017/07/22/detail/the-jim-henson-exhibition/

Tom Spina Designs
http://www.tomspinadesigns.com/

Tom Spina Designs on Social Media
https://www.facebook.com/TomSpinaDesigns
http://instagram.com/tomspinadesigns
https://twitter.com/TomSpinaDesigns
https://www.youtube.com/c/TomSpinaDesigns
https://www.pinterest.com/tomspinadesigns/

Contact
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com 
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast 
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

Trial By Stone is here for October 2017 edition of the show.

This month, host Philip Mitchell chats to Caseen Gaines about The Dark Crystal and also his new book The Dark Crystal: Ultimate Visual History which was released in late September and is a must have book on all things Dark Crystal with the Ultimate Visual History from behind the scenes stories, lots of concept art and the legacy of the film and much more.

To celebrate the launch of the book, Trial By Stone is giving away a copy of the book thanks to Insight Editions, for a chance to win, all you need to do is go to our Facebook page, find the post for this months episode, like, share and comment on the post for chance to win.
Each like, share and comment count as one chance so do all three for three chances.

This contest is only open for residents of North America and must be 13 years or over.

Contest will end on 10/10/2017 midnight Eastern Time Zone (New York, USA time for reference) and the winner will be announced on 10/15/2017 on the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

Shownotes
The Dark Crystal: The Ultimate Visual History 
https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Crystal-Ultimate-Visual-History/dp/1608878112 

Caseen Gaines website
www.caseengaines.com 

Caseen Gaines on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
http://www.facebook.com/caseengaines 
https://twitter.com/caseengaines
http://instagram.com/caseengaines

Insight Editions website
https://insighteditions.com/

Insight Editions on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
https://www.facebook.com/insighteditions
http://www.twitter.com/insighteditions
http://instagram.com/insighteditions

Contact
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com 
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast 
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

Trial By Stone is back for September 2017 as your host Philip Mitchell chats to author J.M. Lee about the second young adult novel, Song of The Dark Crystal and also briefly on his involvement on The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.

This episode contains spoilers on Song of The Dark Crystal as we go in depth on many things including;

The meaning behind the name of Rians brother TimTri?
Incorporating other Dark Crystal stories into Song of The Dark Crystal.
Lee’s thoughts on Aughra foretelling.
A big change to a character in Song of The Dark Crystal
The weirdness of The Dark Crystal.
An Author Quest Easter Egg in Song of The Dark Crystal?
The controversy of Raunip and much more.

Shownotes
Song of The Dark Crystal on Amazon 
https://www.amazon.com/Song-Dark-Crystal-Jim-Hensons/dp/0399539816

J.M. Lee's website
www.joeyverse.com

J.M. Lee on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
www.facebook.com/joeyverse 
www.twitter.com/joeyverse
www.instagram.com/joeyverse 

Podcast Episode Cover Photo credited to J.M. Lee

Contact
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com 
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast 
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod
Instagram - www.instagram.com/darkcrystalpodcast 

Trial By Stone is here again for August 2017, 
Host Philip Mitchell chats to Sam Koji Hale (director of Yamasong) and BJ Guyer (lead puppeteer of Yamasong) about The Dark Crystal and also about their feature film, Yamasong: March of the Hollows which has inspiration from The Dark Crystal.

Shownotes
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
Premiere Screening Q&A with Director and Producer
https://www.bristolfestivalofpuppetry.org/events/2017/9/10/yamasong

Yamasong Official Website
https://darkdunesproductions.com/films/yamasong-march-hollows/ 

Yamasong on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/YamasongOfficial/

Dark Dune Productions
https://darkdunesproductions.com/

Contact
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com 
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast 
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod

Hosts Philip and Bland continue discussing Shadows of The Dark Crystal young adult novel written by JM Lee that serves as a prequel to The Dark Crystal. This is the last part of the discussion. Stay tuned for September's edition of Trial By Stone as Philip will have JM Lee on the show to chat about his new book "Song of The Dark Crystal"

Download Previous Episodes 34, 35, 36 and 37 to follow along our discussion on Shadows of The Dark Crystal.

Special guests are Peter Ehm and Nancy Gray for this months roundtable.

Shownotes

Peter Ehm - www.dwiimmsaga.com
Nancy Gray - http://nancygray.blogspot.com/ 

Contact
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com 
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast 
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod

Trial By Stone returns for July 2017, hosts Philip and Bland continue discussing Shadows of The Dark Crystal young adult novel written by JM Lee that serves as a prequel to The Dark Crystal. This is the penultimate of the discussion. August 2017 edition will be the final roundtable discussion for Shadows of The Dark Crystal.

Download Previous Episodes 34, 35 and 36 to follow along our discussion on Shadows of The Dark Crystal.

Special guests are Peter Ehm and Nancy Gray for this months roundtable.

Shownotes

Peter Ehm - www.dwiimmsaga.com
Nancy Gray - http://nancygray.blogspot.com/ 

Contact
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com 
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast 
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod

This month, hosts Philip and Bland continue discussing Shadows of The Dark Crystal young adult novel written by JM Lee that serves as a prequel to The Dark Crystal.

This is the third part of the discussion, the first part is on Episode 34.

Special guests are Peter Ehm, Andrea Judy and Douglas 'Fish' Fisher for this months roundtable.

Shownotes

Peter Ehm - www.dwiimmsaga.com
Andrea Judy - www.judyblackcloud.com
Douglas Fisher -  www.facebook.com/fishrocksmusic

Contact
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com 
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast 
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod

Trial By Stone is back again this month as we chat about all things Dark Crystal, from Vinyls, Books, Comics and of course the newly announced series from The Jim Henson Company and Netflix "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance" with special guests Andrea Judy, Peter Ehm and Douglas 'Fish' Fisher on board to discuss about our thoughts on the teaser video, speculations on duration and budget for each of the episodes, practical effects vs CGI, Netflix vs Hollywood and much more!

Shownotes

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Teaser Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGzVYyV_Jsg

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Press Release
https://www.henson.com/press-releases/2017/2017-05-18.pdf

Dreamfasting: The Dark Crystal Experience Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1675926092642574/

The Dark Crystal Official Website
http://www.darkcrystal.com/

Peter Ehm - www.dwiimmsaga.com
Andrea Judy - www.judyblackcloud.com
Douglas Fisher -  www.facebook.com/fishrocksmusic

Contact
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com 
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast 
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod

This month, hosts Philip and Bland continue discussing Shadows of The Dark Crystal young adult novel written by JM Lee that serves as a prequel to The Dark Crystal.

This is the second part of the discussion, the first part is on Episode 34.

Special guests are Peter Ehm and Nancy Gray for this months roundtable.

Shownotes

Peter Ehm - www.dwiimmsaga.com
Nancy Grey - www.nancygrey.net

Contact
Email - darkcrystalpodcast@gmail.com 
Facebook - www.facebook.com/darkcrystalpodcast 
Twitter - www.twitter.com/darkcrystalpod