Twin Terrors Macabre Manor of Mead Metal and Mayhem

Welcome back to the Manor!  Mix yourself a Stinger or a Vesper martini, light your cigarette, and flirt with your nearest cocktail server.  Or pour a pint and light your pipe.  Or listen sober, we don't judge. This week we talk about the infamous James Bond intro music (bum bummm bum bum bumbumbum) and our favorite theme songs.  Enjoy! Next week's episode is the continuation of our Monty Python se...

Welcome back to ye olde pub of the Manor!  Or whatever makes it sound like we're ordering a pint of the black stuff in Dublin in the early 1900s.  Welcome to our episode on the casual reader's guide to James Joyce's Ulysses!  Otherwise known as "the common person's take on it."  Have you ever wanted to read Ulysses but felt daunted?  Don't be!  We've got you covered.  After this episode, you'll be...

Welcome back to the Manor!  We've dusted off and refurbished an oldie.  At the very beginning of the podcast, we recorded a question and answer episode, so that you, the listeners, could get to know us better.  Well, with one thing and another, it just never came out.  Jody had the genius idea, though, to dust it off and add some new bits to it.  So here's part of that episode, retooled for your p...

Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to another 50th anniversary Monty Python arc!  Series 3 turns 50 this year, so we're continuing the streak and getting into the details!  We give a lot of information about their university years, as well as our favorite bits from this series.  This episode covers Idle, Chapman, and Cleese's university time and episodes 1-3. Next week's episode is a Q&A w...

Welcome back to the Manor!  As a special Towel Day episode (the day that commemorates that most excellent of writers, Douglas Adams, author of that wholly remarkable book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, we're talking about the four songs that make up the trilogy of songs that inspired aspects of the HHGTTG.  Plus, a wee bit of what we do to celebrate Towel Day (which is May 25th every year,...

Welcome back to the Macabre Manor!  Today we're delving into Tolkien fan theories.  Jody harshes on the eagles into Mordor and James gives his theory on Arwan-Glorfindel!  Plus, a few others of note.  Trust us, you'll not want to miss this one.  Grab your Hobbit pipeweed and your favorite Green Dragon ale and enjoy our talk! Next week's episode is Douglas Adams, the songs that influenced Hitchhike...

Welcome back to the Manor!  Our moms are awesome, and so are so many more women, moms or not. Join us as we mention our favorite female actresses/musicians/writers!  And a happy mothers' day to all of you mothers! Next week's episode is about some awesome Tolkien fan theories, including on of our own! Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a Or on Faceb...

Welcome back to the Manor!  In this episode, we're revisiting two of our favorite bands to discuss: Van Halen and KISS!  Back in the day, Gene Simmons overlapped with the VH boys quite a bit, so we get into how he tried to produce them before they hit it big.  Also in this episode are stories of both bands touring with Black Sabbath, including DLR and Ozzy's krell war! Next week's episode is about...

Welcome back to the Manor!  This episode is the first of a series of James Bond episodes, just in time for the 60th anniversary of the film series, starting with crossover actors who have had parts in the Bond franchise and in Hammer Films, another set of episodes that we've semi-discussed several times in Halloween episodes.  True, most of these are female actors, as both franchises have made Bon...

Welcome back to the Manor!  It's a first here with the Terrors.  We've actually managed to discuss a Monty Python anniversary in one episode!  And not just one anniversary, but two!  Join us as we discuss the 50th anniversaries of their German shows, Fliegender Zirkus, and of their first major motion picture released by Playboy (yes, that one), "And Now for Something Completely Different."  We als...

Welcome back to the Manor!  Join in as we finish up our Tommy Bolin arc, that wondrous fret shredder.  We will have more on Tommy later, but in conjunction with another of our arcs (oooooh, foreshadowing!). Next week's episode is on Monty Python and the 50th anniversaries of their German shows and the "And Now for Something Completely Different" movie. Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www...

Welcome back to the Manor!  We've finally decided to do our long promised backward masking episode!  Seems like a good day for it.  MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!   Next week's episode is part 3 and the final part of our Tommy Bolin series. Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a Or on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/twinterrorsmacabremanormeadmetalmayhe/ O...

Welcome to the Manor and welcome to another Tolkien Reading Day episode!  This year's concept, as determined by The Tolkien Society, of which we both do happen to be members, is love and friendship.  Boromir and Faramir; the hobbits, Tom and Goldberry, Beren and Luthien, Arwen and Aragorn... and more!  So pull out some pipeweed and a pint of ale and join us for another of our Tolkien episodes! Nex...

Welcome to the Manor!  If you've ever wondered how we rate beers here at the Macabre Manor, you're in for a treat.  Get out your calculus and non-linear dynamics textbooks, because we're going to get deep into the math.   Just kidding.  It's slightly more complicated than "it's good!" but you don't need to be Tricia McMillan to follow our algorithms. Next week's episode is on Tolkien Reading Day 2...

Welcome back to the Manor!  Have you ever wanted to create your own Olympic event?  Well we have, and this is the episode in which we discuss it!  If you've ever wanted to do the 20 km cross-country pub crawl, then you're not the only one.  Pull up a pint and join us! Next week's episode is about (stay tuned - we're not sure which of the other five we've recorded will be done first). Get in touch...

Willum-welcome-be, time travelers!  Pull a pint of Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, get your brain care specialist on hold and on danger money, and join us as we discuss the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's Secondary Phase's (and second book) 42nd anniversary. Next week's episode is the last in our series on Monty Python's second series.  Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/med...

Welcome to the last installment of our series on the second series of that most excellent and famed British comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus!  Some background, some episode notes, and some basic "favorite parts."  Have a gin and tonic (or several, if you want to fit in with that troupe) and enjoy! Next week's episode is about (something -- Van Halen maybe?  More Python?  Tolkien?  Who kn...

Welcome back to the Manor!  We're continuing our Prohibition series with part 3 that discusses prostitution.  We're focusing on two famous madams: Madam Edith Brown of Terre Haute, Indiana, USA and Madam Dolly Fawcett of Dublin, Ireland.  The prohibition was in more force in the United States, but there were many pub rules in Dublin that Dolly skirted. We talk about their lives and their professio...

Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to part 2 of our Tommy Bolin series.   Tommy Bolin, guitarist extraordinary!   Don't worry.  Part 3 is coming soon! Next week's episode is on those beautiful Madams, Madam Brown and Madam Fawcett. Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a Or on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/twinterrorsmacabremanormeadmetalmayhe...

Welcome back to the Manor!  And welcome to an episode James had promised many dozens of episodes ago or more.... a history of two handed tapping on the guitar!  Of course the ending of the episode prominently features Eddie Van Halen, as well as other notable guitar gods such as Randy Rhoads and Jimmy Page, but the beginning goes back hundreds of years.  So pull a pint and enjoy! Next week's episo...

We did it, brutes!  We made it to 200!  So join us in the study with a pint and pipe or whatever you want, as we present the second half of 1964 from the original unaired podcast idea, The Heavy Metal and Hard Rock History Podcast.  No, we're not changing the podcast.  It's just a special. So hang tight next week for more typical Macabre Manor fun! But for now, enjoy some context as to what was go...

Welcome back to the Manor!  Welcome back to what seems to be an annual event!  Robert Burns, Scottish poet, is celebrated on his birthday (January 25th) with wide recognition in Scotland and wherever the Scots diaspora are living.  We're doing our part by having a wee dram or a Wee Heavy and reading some of our most beloved Burns poetry.   To Burnsie! Next week's episode is about (stay tuned). Get...

Welcome back to the Manor!  Make sure to pull your pint after doing your silly walk.  We're continuing with our Monty Python series 2 arc!  A few of our favorite skits from some episodes, as well as what the Pythons were doing just before they started putting together Python itself.  Ni! Next week's episode is more on Tommy Bolin.   Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/media/s...

Welcome back to the Manor!  We're continuing our haunted pubs series (that we started with the A Kinda Creepy Podcast crossover back in October) with Ye Olde Man & Scythe (a name which has special meaning today for James!).  We talk about the pub's history, haunting, and ales.  We also have an update from our Yule episodes, with James' traipsing about the countryside on Midwinter on his year walk...

Welcome back to the Manor!  It's our usual of the year spectacular, where we discuss Iron Maiden (as we usually do) and our top ten albums of the year. Also, there is a chance  that we have some other top ten lists, but James is putting this up online and Jody edited it, so James isn't sure what's on there (didn't have time to listen) -- so it's a surprise for at least three of us!  (James and our...