Twin Terrors Macabre Manor of Mead Metal and Mayhem

Another special for Hobbit Day (which is in two days from this episode posting)!  Here we give our own special treatment to those much talked about people and things, Tom Bombadil and the Barrow Downs' Barrow Wights, as well as Goldberry and the Old Forest.  What we liked, who they are, why it's okay that they weren't in the movies, and much more.  Grab a pint and a pipe and enjoy!   Image:  we we...

Welcome to the Manor and the second of our "what we do on a holiday" special, this time for Hobbit Day!  Join us, as we celebrate both Bilbo's and Frodo's birthdays on September 22nd.  We wanted to get this episode out a bit early, so you can prepare yourself.   So listen on, if you want ideas on how to celebrate.  Of course, since it's us, it definitely involves reading and/or drinking, but there...

Welcome back to the Manor!  This week, we (well, mostly Jody... James is fairly clueless on this) discuss the behind the scenes of the movie Star Beast for its 40th anniversary!  Well, Star Beast... ALF... something...  

Welcome back to the Manor!  Today we play "stump the bastard," where James tries to stump Jody on his knowledge of linking musicians of the '60s - '90s to Deep Purple and Black Sabbath.  He does a pretty good job!  Also, we talk about Scrooge McDuck.

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 produce these.  In fact, we've only finished this one so far (which includes a...

Join the Terrors as they head up to the crossroads, so they can sell their souls to the devil (spoilers: he didn't want them).  We'll head across Europe this time, as  the first of two parts on the Crossroads, before we make it a trilogy with an episode on Robert Johnson sometime in the future. Also, here's the full article of James':  https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Crossroads-a-liminal-sett...

There were just so many good bits we took out of the Deep Purple episodes (specifically Machine Head) that we had to make an extra special episode for those jocular moments!  Enjoy. 

Join the Terrors as they discuss the Iron Maiden/Robinson ale Light Brigade.  We've already discussed the song and the history, so here we get into the reason for this beer:  Help for Heroes, a British charity that helps vets.  We also touch on similar American and Canadian charities.   https://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/ https://www.military.com/spouse/military-life/military-resources/these-10-woun...

Welcome back to the Manor! For our 50th episode, we spend just a brief bit of time talking about what makes Third Places so special and what we look for in a Third Place.  What's a Third Place you ask?  It's that special place of social gathering outside of home and work.  Like a pub you say?  Yes.  Like a pub!  Enjoy and thank you for putting up with us for 50 episodes!  Here's to the next 50.  S...

Welcome to the Manor!  This time, against the advice of the sane and hinged, we're talking about Con******* Th******!  With any luck, we'll be back next week for our 50th. (If you're reading this, send help!  We're at 616 Metalbrook, Lane, Rosswell, NM.) Image:  James' cell phone case.

Open a bottle of The Trooper English ale and enjoy the Terrors as they discuss the beer itself, the song after which it's named, and the history from which the song is based!  Mmmmm... Trooper ale...  

Join the terrors as they embark on a journey to determine at what point do changes in the line up of a band cause it to become something else.  Many examples are given and none taken. (Pictured: the Terrors, who are the only ones that matter from all the band they were in.)

Finally we hit the songs of the first Led Zep album!  We hit the highlights and what we love and also compare from the songs they "borrowed" (ahem, nudge nudge, say no more). Our suggestion?  Pour a pint and get your Zep on. Picture from Atlantic promotion for the only single released (which hit 80 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1969).

Welcome back to Deep Purple, wherein you'll hear us discuss one of the all time greatest hard rock albums, Machine Head!  We'll also touch on the Rolling Stones Mobile Unit and we hail Lord Blackmore the Great, as well.  Snicker snicker. Album picture taken from the Terrors' collection.  

Our thoughts on the Tolkien biopic movie, which we found to be pretty good actually!  We only get snarky (about the movie) a couple of times.  I would paraphrase River Song again with "Spoilers, Sweeties," but seriously, the movie only goes up to where he begins writing the Hobbit, which was over 80 years ago.  How long do you want us to wait?   Image: Tolkien as a second lieutenant in the Lancash...

Our thoughts on the latest Marvel movie.  We waited a while to prevent spoilers, but seriously, it's been out a month, so if you listen to this and haven't seen it, that's on you.  As River Song would say: "Spoilers, Sweeties."

More Zeppelin goodness!  The band are enjoying the fruits of their labors, enjoying the fecundity of American touring!  They possibly toured other places, too.  Pretty sure we mention all that.  Venues! Groupies! Songs! Groupies!  Alcohol! Groupies!  (Okay, we do talk about groupies a bit, but not that much... we'll get deeper into groupies in later tours.)  

Hooray! More Deep Purple!  Jody goes into wonderful detail on the Fireball album, while James attempts humor.  One of them succeeded.  Picture: courtesy of Jody's vinyl collection

Hopefully you enjoyed the odd Celtic sports episode, because here's more!  This time, we're the Trio of Terrors, as we welcome our first full episode (whom we've mentioned repeatedly) guest Sam, to talk about his love of bicycling, both professional and amateur/recreational, and where we almost ruin it for him with our usual brand of intellectually stimulating jocularity.    

Just a bit of fun as we look forward to tonight's release of JRR's biopic movie.  We talk about beings from the books and a bit of background on philogoy and whats not.  Enjoy!

We're finally finishing the ToFS arc! Hooray!  Here, we discuss the last bit of the essay and a few other Tolkien things and generally have a good time doing so.  Might also have drank a fair bit by the time we got to this part.  We'll let you decide. Next... Tom Bombadil!  Just kidding, but we probably will do one on him eventually. Image: Goldberry... because I wanted to.

Join us in the Manor as we talk about our love of Helloween, one of the first (and in James' opinion the best) power metal bands.  This episode will cover their beginnings through the Kiske era, including musical snippets, history, and our own personal recollections.  Get your head banging on! Picture: Helloween promotional picture from James' archives.

Join the Terrors as James discusses his favorite Celtic sports!  We'll delve into Highland Games, Irish Road Bowling, and Hurling! For the videos on road bowling, go here:  https://www.facebook.com/IrishRoadBowlingIndiana/ Picture: James doing the caber toss!

The Diabolus in Musica (The Devil in Music).  The Devil’s Interval.  The Terrors discuss the sound that scared the pants of the Middle Ages Church!  We get into the musical theory, who used it, and it's uses in heavy metal.  As an added bonus, hear Jody's teen voice! Picture: Tartini's Dream (1824) by Louis-Leopold Boilly (1761-1845)

Welcome to the fourth of the five part trilogy!  Here, we talk about the last full section of ToFS (Recovery, Escape, and Consolation).  We really should smoke a pipe while doing these, to go with our pints.   Image: Tolkien's "Rivendell" taken from James' calendar.