28 – A Long-Expected Audiobook Talk

Finally, Phil and Jake dedicate at least an hour and a half on the “LOTR” Audiobooks that Phil made from 2010 to 2013 with Riccardo Ricobello with a really awesome voice, who took it upon himself to use Phil’s audio mixes to record his Italian-translation version of the audiobook/drama hybrid. This might have been long-expected, but it will definitely not be the last about those strange audiobooks Phil started. September is Around (0:00) Riccardo is Around too (1:35) Phil’s Audiobook Project Starts (11:18) Audio Dramas and Audiobooks (15:00) LOTR Audiobook Mistakes and Fixes (19:15) The BBC Audio Drama (22:16) The movies as a major influence (28:23) That “mmm” that everyone notices (35:41) Why No Silmarillion (38:50) Talk about Riccardo (41:53) James Turner Mohan’s Artwork (43:41) Random Out-Of-Context Quotes (48:11) Italian Translations (49:30) Inflection Issues (54:42) The Mind’s Eye Audio Drama (58:11) Italian Dwarf lines (1:00:00) Name Pronunciations (1:04:50) Northern Italy (1:09:12) Costume Matches (1:12:47) The Hobbit Audiobook and future things (1:16:04) Italy in Gondor (1:34:35) Wrapping it up like a hobbit-burrito (1:37:04) Links: Jodorowsky’s Dune | James Turner Mohan’s Deviant Art | Riccardo’s Channel