Twin Terrors Macabre Manor of Mead Metal and Mayhem

                        Happy 70th, Eric.  We hope you enjoy this tribute from the Terrors (mostly Jody, natch).  Next episode: The second of our prohibition episodes. 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  Image: Wikicommons Eric Carr    

For fans of "The Boys," whether the graphic novels or the Amazon series, or even if you're just a Garth Ennis fan, this episode is for you!  Don't listen if you dislike British curse terms, but maybe we'll C U Next Tuesday anyway.  We do not care for the terms in actual life, either, but when one reviews an Ennis comic, we go with the philosophy that to truly understand, one has to dive in and exp...

Welcome back to the Manor!  Get some Irish whiskey (or whatever suits you) and join us as we talk about folk punk, with bands such as Dropkick Murphys.  This will be a nice bridge from the '60s (previous episode) to folk metal (next episode). Next episode: The Boys (the graphic novel and the show). Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a Or on Facebook...

Welcome to our second cryptid episode!  This time we're talking about Nessie the Loch Ness Beauty (she's not a monster).  So yes, this makes our batting average 1.000 on lake creatures for our cryptozoology episodes, but we promise the next one will be different (and may include a guest!). Sit back and relax with a Scotch ale or some Scotch whisky or anything you just want to enjoy (milk, water, r...

Finally!  We've been talking about doing a Monty Python episode for quite a while now and here's the first!  We have a couple of episodes based on their first series (what we'd call 'season' in the States), as well as what they were doing post-university that led right up to the show. Enjoy! Next episode: cryptozoology episode 2! Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/media/shar...

We love Motley Crue's music.  Not enough to dig around in the editing tools to find the umlauts, but we love them.  We listened to them all the time in middle school, high school, college, and beyond.  We both find their first two albums to be seminal and do really like/love the others, as well. Their farewell tour did sour us a bit, though.  They certainly did not perform well and it seemed as th...

Back at the dawn of time, specifically last fall as we were starting the podcast, we recorded a very long episode on our favorite beers and beer styles.  It ended up being long enough to break down into four episodes!  Between that and then recording what we thought were more worthy episodes, it's just taken a while to get these out to you.  You may have heard the first two, but it's not necessary...

Welcome to the manor!  Today we're continuing our foray into folk music, this time hitting on its cultural impact (context!) of the '60s.  Wow, this is getting close to Zep III!  Part three, coming up in a month, will be a short bit on Celtic punk and similar things, after which will be folk metal. Woooo!   Next week's episode: our favorite beers (part 3). Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https:/...

Woohoo!  We've made it to episode 100!  My grandmother would be so proud of me.  Actually, she'd probably ask me why I'm doing this and then hit me with a slipper for a flippant answer (then proceed to tell everyone else to leave me alone).   Anyway, I digress.  For episode 100, we thought we'd do something special!  In our introductory episode, we mentioned a podcast we had been working on before...

Welcome to part 3 of our 3 part series on Kiss' "Music from the Elder."  If you want to know more, go check out the first two episodes.  If you already have, then you're all set!  In any case, you're bound to appreciate Jody's enthusiasm on this much maligned album. Image: back of the album courtesy of Jody's music collection. Next week's episode: our 100th episode!  We dig back in the vaults and...

Walpurgis Night is upon us!  From sundown on April 30th to sundown on May 1st, beware the witches! More Walpurgis greatness!  It's a witches' festival, so why not go with Burning Witches the band!  We talk about their history and delve into their latest album.  So whether you're skyclad or not... enjoy! Enjoy! Image: James' photo of the front cover of his copy of Burning Witches' "Dance with the D...

Walpurgis Night is upon us!  From sundown on April 30th to sundown on May 1st, beware the witches! In honor of this august (the adjective, not the month) holiday, here's our discussions on the toad cults as written about by Robert E Howard (he of Conan the Barbarian fame). Enjoy! Image (public domain): we couldn't get the permission to use any cool toad/frog paintings, so here's a nasty looking Vi...

Welcome to part 2 of our 3 part series on Kiss' "Music from the Elder."  If you want to know more, go check out the first episode.  If you already have, then you're all set! Image: back of the album courtesy of Jody's music collection. Next week's episode: our first of two Walpurgis Night episodes -- Toad Cults! Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a...

One of our first episodes was about dedicated listening and we discussed listening to Zeppelin songs at the same time as they popped up while reading a Zep biography.  This time, because of all the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (released last month) and the Monty Python (upcoming) overload, we thought we'd take on this same topic from another angle!  Although probably with the same level of into...

Welcome to the kitchen of the manor!  We both enjoy cooking with beer, so welcome to the first episode where we discuss just this!  Except for the first episode, keeping in mind the mayhem part, we're actually cooking with whiskey.  We give the history of the Indiana favorite Hoosier sugar cream pie with a few additions/alterations/things.  Plus, maybe a bit more about cooking with beer. Enjoy and...

Welcome to the manor!  Mind the tentacles, as we get into each of our favorite H.P. Lovecraft stories.  Best if listened to either at midnight or noon, depending on your disposition.   Next week's episode is on cooking with beer. 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...

Welcome to the manor!  Today we're getting into folk music.  Partially because of our love of folk metal and folk music, but also it'll be a nice way to lead into the Led Zeppelin third album era.  For part one we get into some aspects, such as modes and melodies, and also its origins and revivals and we stop just a wee bit before its cultural impact (context!) on the '60s, which will be part two...

Welcome back to the manor, as we sit once more along the side the pools, just outside the Megadodo Publications offices on Ursa Minor, nursing hangovers from too many Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters that were made by a fun-loving two headed man.  We didn't ask if he had two of anything else.     In the last part of our ever expanding trilogy, we geek out in general.  What did you expect? Sass you lat...

As part of our two or more week long festival of all things HHGTTG (primary phase era more or less -- usually more), we talk to HHGTTG fan Tracy!  Welcome to the show, Tracy, hopefully we haven't scared you off (although from our end, you more than held your own -- Ford would've been proud, especially if you'd joined him in a whiskey or three). Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean...

As part of our two or more week long festival of all things HHGTTG (primary phase era more or less -- usually more), welcome back to the show that most hoopiest of all froods, who always knows where his towel is and that you should all sass... Sam! Sam tells me about his love of HHGTTG at a local English pub over a couple of pints of bitter on a Thursday night (seriously, those are all true).  Thi...

Welcome back to the manor, as we sit along the side the pools, just outside the Megadodo Publications offices on Ursa Minor, sipping a Jynnan Tonnyx and eyeing the nearby Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster with both apprehension and longing.  Partially because of the assured headache, but mostly because of the two headed man mixing them with entirely too much glee.   In the second of our four part trilog...

42 years ago, a most notable and wonderful being came forth from the great radio drama producing planet of Aleric B and gave us the BBC radio series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (first episode was broadcast on Wednesday, March 8th, 1978, which is why we're book-ending that day with our episodes).  Over the next few episodes, we'll talk about HHGTTG and that human (?) being Douglas Adams....

Welcome back to the manor!  Today we're discussing prohibition, that failed attempt to make life suck.  Why did this come up?  Between Jody mentioning James' family's prohibition beer in a previously recorded episode (that hasn't come out yet, but will soon) and James having just read a book about bootleggers and brothels, it had to be done. In this episode, James shared true stories of Chicago du...

Welcome to the first of our episodes on cryptids!  Those gorgeous, yet shy, creatures that cryptozoologists go nuts over.  For our inaugural, we're talking about South Bay Bessie, that playful lake monster from Lake Erie (USA and Canada).  Why?  Because James thought of it while drinking a beer called Lake Erie Monster. James was so excited, he even made a map and put X markers at the locations wh...

We know, we know.  KISS' "Music from the Elder" has been lambasted by fans and critics alike, as well as by the band and their team.  Is it really that bad?  Take a trip with us as we get into the ups and downs of the background (context!) and the actual music.  There's almost definitely going to be something on which everyone agrees and disagrees with us. And after you listen to this, go enjoy Va...