# A Shoggoth on the Roof **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoggoth-on-the-roof/161936 "2003-03-17T05:08:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoggoth-on-the-roof/161936/1 "2003-03-17T05:08:41Z")
A Lovecraftian musical: [http://www.cthulhulives.org/Musical/cdinfo.html](http://www.cthulhulives.org/Musical/cdinfo.html) These people have taken their obsession with H.P. Lovecraft to hights (or depths) I had not previously thought possible. Check out the mp3s, and the “documentary”. Strange, very strange. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoggoth-on-the-roof/161936/2 "2003-03-17T06:22:46Z")
OK, thank you for pointing this out. I LOVE this! Lovecraft and _Fiddler on the Roof_ a dementedly inspired pairing. The performances are excellent, although the orchestration is too synthetic, but still. . . . > [@](#): > > Miskatonic! Miskatonic! Paranoid, perilous Miskatonic! > It fills the brain and chills the heart! Can’t you imagine Zero Mostel as the the Great Old One, Cthulu? ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoggoth-on-the-roof/161936/3 "2003-03-17T08:15:03Z")
If you love Lovecraft you’ll love this band… [The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets](http://www.holycow.com/thickets/) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoggoth-on-the-roof/161936/4 "2003-03-17T11:05:39Z")
Be sure to look up “A Very Cthulu Christmas” in Teemings Extras. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoggoth-on-the-roof/161936/5 "2003-03-17T13:33:33Z")
This reminds me of this online comic where the characters put together a little public access show calle _My Nieghbor Cthulu_. It was about Cthulu entering into the witness protection program in order to hide from the mob and being placed with your average, everyday family. There needs to be more stuff like this. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoggoth-on-the-roof/161936/6 "2003-03-17T14:53:03Z")
You mean, like [Tales of the Plush Cthulhu](http://www.logicalcreativity.com/jon/plush/01.html)? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoggoth-on-the-roof/161936/7 "2003-03-17T15:06:01Z")
As I hve posted before, the best search engine for HPL is [http://www.cthuugle.com/](http://www.cthuugle.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoggoth-on-the-roof/161936/8 "2003-03-17T15:15:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by El Elvis Rojo \* > \*\*This reminds me of this online comic where the characters put together a little public access show calle _My Nieghbor Cthulu_. It was about Cthulu entering into the witness protection program in order to hide from the mob and being placed with your average, everyday family. > There needs to be more stuff like this. \*\* I remember that! From Something Positive, a very funny webcomic: [http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp05052002.html](http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp05052002.html) ---
**Author:** ![Short\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Short\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoggoth-on-the-roof/161936/9 "2003-03-17T16:51:50Z")
> [@](#): > > “How odd it looks!” said Miss Kitty Fluffington. “Very non- > Euclidian.” > “Yes,” said Brown Snuggly Bear, “but thank goodness it isn’t > squamous.” > > “Or gibbous,” said Mister Bright Eyes. Inspired. I love it. ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoggoth-on-the-roof/161936/10 "2003-03-17T21:47:56Z")
Favorite Musical Ever. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gulo\_gulo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Gulo\_gulo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gulo_gulo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoggoth-on-the-roof/161936/11 "2003-03-18T01:57:42Z")
> [@](#): > > If you love Lovecraft you’ll love this band… > The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets And if you ever get the chance to see them live, they’re worth the effort!