Dracula - The Origins and Influence of the Legendary Vampire Count.

Giles Morgan, a writer who has contributed some impressive entries into the pocket essentials series on subjects like The Holy Grail, Saints, The Knights Templar and Freemasons has just released his latest.

This time exclusive to the Amazon Kindle store, Dracula: The Origins and Influence of the Legendary Vampire Count covers many aspects of the vampire myths and legends. From similar figures throughout world folklore to cinematic and literary portrayals of the count, this book is a fascinating insight into arguably one of the most famous horror creations ever known.

You can check the book here....

My Brightest Diamond - Reaching Through To the Other Side - Wisdom Thief Remix

Wisdom Thief, a good friend of us here at Too Hot To Trot has been busy dabbling and dusting of the pads again for some excursions into the ill-bient. The Thief has a track added to the Warp compilation competition, which probably won't do much, but chuffed to be allowed to hang out with the other 1500+ hopefuls.

On top of that My Brightest Diamond have an upcoming release on Asthmatic Kitty. Shara Worden has put up the elements of lead track 'Reaching Through To The Other Side' out to the interwebs for budding producers and DJ types to have play with.

Here's the Wisdom Thief re-rub....

My Brightest Diamond - Reaching Through To The Other Side - Wisdom Thief Remix by Wisdom Thief

And here's the Warp entry if you fancy a bit of that....

Ugggtgf by Wisdom Thief

Diggin Doctor What What...

No prize, but if you know who did the track which I've nabbed for the title of this posting then pat yourself on the back.

They're all over the TV again, either in real live, with stories all over the media about the dangers of potential NHS cuts throughout the UK to badly run maternity hospitals in Essex. Plus they're perennially on telly in fictional form, from the Casualty crew to nearby Holby City, to grumpy curmudgeons like Hugh Laurie's House and now with James Nesbitt getting in on the scene as Monroe, it's Doctors Galore (sounds like that should star James Roberston Justice).

So here's one of my doctors, this one's from about 5 years back, I've just done a little bit of digital paint on top of the old sketch, but it oddly reminds me of 'Struck Off' which I did about 3 years later....