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