Finding Stephen King in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace with Popular Music's Zac Pennington

Published: Nov. 3, 2023, 4 a.m.

b"The Losers' Club's\\xa0Randall Colburn is joined by one of his favorite songwriters, Zac Pennington (Popular Music/Parenthetical Girls), to unpack the parodic pleasures of U.K. cult hit\\xa0Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, a loony hospital horror soap that's maybe-sorta-definitely taking the piss out of Stephen King (in the most loving way possible, of course). The pair discuss low-rent '80s horror, hearing Matt Berry's voice for the first time, and how genuinely strange it is that\\xa0Darkplace\\xa0came out just\\xa0months\\xa0before King's own\\xa0Kingdom Hospital, his short-lived ABC hospital horror soap. Popular Music's lush and haunting new album,\\xa0Minor Works, is available now. Order it here and stream it wherever you stream music.\\xa0\\nFollow us on\\xa0Facebook\\xa0|\\xa0Twitter\\xa0|\\xa0Instagram\\xa0|\\xa0Patreon\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"