Twin Terrors Macabre Manor of Mead Metal and Mayhem

Welcome back to the Manor!  We hope you didn't get hung up at the crossroads.  Unless that's what you wanted, in case you were searching for the devil himself to tune your guitar.  Pull up a seat and listen to the myriad ways you can sell your soul to the devil at the crossroads.  Fame and fortune can be yours for the low, low price of your eternal soul! Next week's episode is about Lucifer the te...

Next week's episode is about how to sell your soul to the devil at the crossroads. Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a Or on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/twinterrorsmacabremanormeadmetalmayhe/ Or on twitter: @Terrors_Manor You can also find our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and I Heart Radio; pretty much wherever fine (and our) podcast...

Welcome back to the Manor!  Allow us to introduce some special guests to the study, the women from A Kinda Creepy Podcast!  We had a spooky crossover event this year.  We guested on their podcast a couple weeks ago (look for their episode called The Flask) and now we get to guest them here at our place!  Get ready for some spooky creepy fun as we're regaled with a Halloween missing person story. N...

Welcome back to the Manor!  It's just the start of spooky season and we're sharing the books we plan on reading this year.  Who knows, maybe we'll even finish some in time to give a recap at the end of the month!  Especially since we recorded this in September!  Next week's episode is a creepy crossover with another Indiana spooky podcast!. Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com...

Welcome back to spooky time in the Manor!  The skeletons are dancing and the cauldron is bubbling.  Get ready for lots of spooky fun!  This week is the history of the Ouija Board, plus a special bonus of what wood you should use when creating your own!  OOooOooooOOOoo!  Grab a spooky drink and join us. Next week's episode is about our spooky season reading list. Get in touch with us at Podbean:  h...

Welcome back to the Manor!  As promised, we're finishing our two episode series on the 40th anniversary of Heavy Metal, that most awesome of animated films from 1981!  Enjoy our talk on the music behind the movie and get ready for a soapbox venting or two.   So enjoy some heavy metal evilness! Next week's episode is in October and you know what that means... a plethora of Halloween awesomeness wit...

Welcome back to the Manor!  Our episode on pub poetry the other week caused this year's Hobbit Day episode to be a bit shorter, but more creative.  Rather than go on for hours about various things, we both wrote a poem about Hobbits!  Pour a pint of your favorite Green Dragon ale and enjoy!  Happy Hobbit Day (next week)! Next week's episode is about the soundtrack to the 1981 movie Heavy Metal. Ge...

Welcome back to the Manor!  Pour yourself a wee dram of whiskey (or whisky, if you'd rather have Scotch than Irish or American) and listen to our tale of the actual true story of the great, flaming, building destroying, alcohol poisoning, whiskey fire that took place in Dublin, Ireland, in 1875.  Fun times! Next week's episode is our annual Hobbit Day episode!   Get in touch with us at Podbean:  h...

Welcome back to the Manor!  We have a very special guest for today: Darin Wall, bassist and founding member of the heavy metal band Greyhawk!  The formed in 2016 in Seattle, Washington, USA and have released an EP and an LP that will cause involuntary headbanging.  If you like fantasy themed metal, with wizards/dragons/gems of power/more, then this band is for you.   The interview was so excellent...

Welcome to the Manor!  It's the perfect episode to light your pipe and pour yourself a nice pint of bitter.  James reads a couple selections of pub poetry and Jody reads Coleridge's "Kubla Kahn."   Why?  Because James has been reading pub history/folklore/culture all summer and wanted to and Jody picked a poem he very much enjoys.  Mmmmm... pub things... Next week's episode is the continuation of...

Welcome back to the Manor and pour yourself some more mead, as we finish our discussion on Beowulf as we get into a few of the adaptations.  Become some geekzerkers with us (a kinning of geek and berserker)! Next week's episode is about pub poetry.   Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a Or on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/twinterrorsmacabreman...

Welcome back to the Manor!  As you can tell, our "next time" from last week's episode has changed.  We almost missed the 40th anniversary of Heavy Metal, that most awesome of animated films!  It was released this month (just a few days ago in fact) in 1981.  There will be two parts, with the second part being the movie soundtrack.  Here, though, we discuss the movie itself!  The actual scenes and...

Welcome to another Zepisode!  Get it? Snicker snicker. We finally finish our delve into Zeppelin's magical fourth album (call it what you will - we covered that a Zepisode or two ago) during its 50th anniversary year.  This time we go over touring, throw in some cool general quotes from the band about this time, and a bit of miscellaneous items that didn't fit elsewhere!   Next week's episode is p...

Welcome to another Terrors mead episode.  If you're curious as to what a bochet mead is, you've come to the right place.  Although really, you should've come here anyway.   You should know that by now. Pour yourself a mazer and enjoy!  We thought this would be a good episode, as it's the halfway point between our two Beowulf episodes. Next week's episode is about (stay tuned). Get in touch with us...

Welcome back to the Manor!  The Terrors debate a couple of solid albums from the late '70s to decide which should be considered the first metal album.  Yes, we did decide on a winner (at least for now, in this first match-up).  It went pretty much four falls to three, after including several aspects including influence.  If you want to see which albums and which won, listen on! Next week's episode...

Another live episode!  Well, live in that we recorded it together at the same actual physical location.  Not live as in "we're airing this live!"  But anyway!  Enjoy this unedited, because it was too long to care and this was the plan anyway, episode with beer tasting, Hobbit trivia, convincing each other of shows/music the other should try because we know they haven't, and all around Life, the Un...

Welcome back to the Manor!  Today's topic truly is one that deserves a mazer or horn of mead.  We've both read a few different translations of Beowulf (Tolkien and Heaney for James super recently and Jody in the semi-not-distant past and Headley for Jody in the here-and-now) and wanted to be nerds about the variations and also just geekzerker (a kinning of geek and berserker) out on the saga itsel...

Welcome to another Zepisode!  I can't believe it took James this long to come up with that pun.  We continue with our delve into Zeppelin's magical fourth album (call it what you will - we covered that a Zepisode or two ago) during its 50th anniversary year.  This time we cover the songs on the B side.  An excellent set of four, indeed!   Next week's episode is on Beowulf!  Get in touch with us at...

Welcome back to the Manor!  Okay... so something happened and the episodes got out of whack.  Anyway, screw it, we recorded it, and it's not as though you can't still take a long summer hike!  The more important one that we'll make sure goes up at the right time is the Midwinter walk.  So grab a pint and your hiking shoes and enjoy! Next week's episode is the continuation of our Led Zep IV era epi...

More on Monty Python's second series!  Our jocular anecdotes on their first three episodes.  Next week's episode is about (stay tuned - we have no idea right now!). Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a Or on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/twinterrorsmacabremanormeadmetalmayhe/ Or on twitter: @Terrors_Manor You can also find our podcast on iTune...

Welcome back to the Manor!  If you you know who Tommy Bolin is, you'll love this.  If not, you'll love him after listening!  Such an excellent guitarist, indeed!  (Spoiler: we could've put this in with the Deep Purple episodes!) Next week's episode is our continuation of Monty Python's second series! Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a Or on Facebo...

Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to more Zeppelin!  It's the 50th anniversary of their most excellent fourth album and we're continuing our coverage of it by going over the songs on side A.   Next week's episode is about (stay tuned... at this point, we're not sure.  Oooooh... mystery episode!). Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a Or on F...

Welcome back to the Manor!  Have you ever wanted to own your own pub?  We definitely do.  Here's what each of us would want for our own pubs.    So yes, another "drinking culture" episode, with what beers, wines, spirits, music, and atmosphere we'd have, as well as what we'd keep out.  Come join us at the Dragon's Rafters or the Manor House or whatever they would be called! Next week's episode is...

Next week's episode is about (stay tuned - we have no idea right now!). Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a Or on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/twinterrorsmacabremanormeadmetalmayhe/ Or on twitter: @Terrors_Manor You can also find our podcast on iTunes and Spotify and wherever fine (and our) podcasts are aired. Image courtesy of: James

Welcome back to our Manorly Hobbit hole!  We're delving into Moria again, discussing which Lord of the Rings characters with whom we best identify (spoilers: Aragorn, Faramir, Sam, Eowyn, and Luthien), those we thought were better rounded on screen (Boromir and Galadriel), who we would've case given the opportunity to do so back in the '80s, and some of the cool things the animated versions did th...