Twin Terrors Macabre Manor of Mead Metal and Mayhem
Episodes
Episode 342: Dolmens and Standing Stones (Seamus' Celtic adventures part 4)
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to more of James' adventures in Ireland and Scotland. Keeping to tradition, we're not only discussing James' t...
Episode 341: Return to Loch Ness (Seamus' Celtic adventures part 3)
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to more of James' adventures in Scotland and Ireland. Keeping to tradition, we're focusing on Loch Ness and Ne...
Episode 340: G.I. Joe's 60th Anniversary
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Did you know that this year marks 60 years of that real American hero, G.I. Joe? James didn't, but Jody has our backs. ...
Episode 339: Cask ale (Seamus' Celtic adventures part 2)
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to more of James' adventures in Scotland and Ireland. This time, he goes into cask ales! Not just the ones he ...
Episode 338: Guinness - a history, best places for a pint, and the oldest pub in the world (Seamus' Celtic adventures part 1)
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We're starting a new arc, with Seamus' (James') Celtic adventures! He just got back from a couple weeks over in Scotlan...
Episode 337: Zombies, Hot Dogs, and Scrambled Eggs
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Pour yourself a stiff one. We're getting deep this episode! What do zombies, hot dogs, and scrambled eggs have in com...
Episode 336: The Terrors Sartorial Episode
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Some people use the same fashion sense throughout the entire lives. Some people change as they "mature" (snicker snicke...
Episode 335: Dungeons and Dragons 50th anniversary (part 8 of 7)
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! This week, we really are finishing up our 50th anniversary of Dungeons and Dragons episodes! Well, more or less. Ther...
Episode 334: Barleywines, Burley Bats, and Dangling Prepositions
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We've done another of our favorite styles of episodes... one that starts with some decent notes, but then evolves/devolve...
Episode 333: Dungeons and Dragons 50th anniversary (part 7)
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We're finishing up our series on the 50th anniversary of Dungeons and Dragons... except we're not! We actually have one...
Episode 332: Lord of the Ringos -the Beatles and Lord of the Rings
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to another cross-over episode. Did you know that the Beatles nearly made Lord of the Rings back in their hey d...
Episode 331: Dungeons and Dragons 50th anniversary (part 6 of 7)
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to more on the 50th anniversary of Dungeons and Dragons! Part 6 deals with the year after its release, 19...
Episode 330: Lilith's Sisters (Walpurgis Night 2024)
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to Walpurgisnacht (Witches' Night) 2024! We've discussed Lilith in a previous episode, so it's now time to shi...
Episode 329: Dungeons and Dragons 50th anniversary (part 5 of 7)
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to the 50th anniversary of Dungeons and Dragons episodes arc! We made it! We're now into 1974, the actu...
Episode 328: Tommy Bolin's "Private Eyes"
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to our final episode on Tommy Bolin, where we discuss his album Private Eyes and how his career, among othe...
Episode 327: Dungeons and Dragons 50th anniversary (part 4 of 7)
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to our D&D 50th anniversary extravaganza! We're at the median episode, with our fourth covering 1973. Th...
Episode 326: Life, the Universe, and Everything turns 42 -with a history of cricket and baseball
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! It's the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's third book, "Life, the Universe, and Everything," and...
Episode 325: Dungeons and Dragons 50th anniversary (part 3 of 7)
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and our arc on the 50th anniversary of D&D! In this episode we get into how Chainmail's rules became D&D, as wel...
Episode 324: Deep Purple - Come Taste the Band Tour
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! This week we're talking about the end of Deep Purple, at least until the Mk II 1984 reunion. We talk about the Come Tas...
Episode 323: 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons (2 of 7)
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to more Dungeons and Dragons during this, it's 50th anniversary year! Pour a pint and enjoy as we get int...
Episode 322: Mushroom Mead
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We're here with another mead episode! Quite honestly, we've done enough of these that we're going to stop numbering the...
Episode 321:50th anniversary of Dungeons and Dragons (1 of 7)
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to the start of our Dungeons and Dragons spectacular! Although we won't quite get to 1974 in this episode, we ...
Episode 320: Seamus' Poetry Corner
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We're about to start our rather lengthy Dungeons and Dragon's 50th anniversary spectacular, so we're going with a short e...
Episode 319:Our favorite D&D characters
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We're nearly there! In two short weeks, we start our D&D 50th anniversary arc! In the meantime, we're finishing u...
Episode 318: Our Best of 2023
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Okay, so we're a few weeks late, but that's only because we actually wanted to get all the way through 2023! Unlike some ...
Episode 317: Our Pre-Concert Pub Crawl
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Last fall, we went to see Ghost with openers Amon Amarth in concert. We did a fun pub crawl before hand. It was so fu...
Episode 316: Jody’s trip to Gatlinburg
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! As we occasionally do, each of us will take a trip somewhere and then give a review of the place. This episode is on Jo...
Episode 315: The Ides
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to some Roman calendar fun! Let's talk about the ides. Of March? Sure! And all the others! Pour yourse...
Episode 314: Shaken vs Stirred the James Bond martini controversy
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to another Bond episode. This week we're getting into the whole "shaken or stirred" thing for martinis and whi...
Episode 313:iron Maiden, Helloween, and Rod Smallwood
29 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to our annual end-of-year special that involves Iron Maiden! This year, we're looking at the overlap of M...
Episode 312: Bagna Cauda and New Years EveTraditions
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Today's episode is about that most exquisite dish, bagna cauda! Anchovies, garlic, and butter, oh my! We delve into i...
Episode 311: Ghost Trains (wild hunt episode)
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to some spooky Yule Tide wild hunt fun! This year's wild hunt episode is on ghost trains! Pour a mug of smok...
Episode 310: Handfasting
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We're talking about handfasting today! That old-time style ceremony where people promise each other to each other. We...
Episode 309:Weird Tales pulp magazine’s 100th anniversary
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to another anniversary episode. This time it's for the 100th anniversary of Weird Tales magazine. We ta...
Episode 308: Dungeons and Dragons animated series 40th anniversary
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to another D&D episode, where we talk about the animated cartoon series from 1983, for its 40th anniversary!...
Episode 307: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving 50th anniversary
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to another exciting anniversary edition as we talk about the 50th anniversary of "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving."...
Episode 306: The Rocky Horror Show’s 50th anniversary
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to another 50th anniversary episode! This time we talk about doing the Time Warp and how to build a better bod...
Episode 305: Hot Fuzz (the movie)
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Spooky season may be over, but we're going to continue semi-spooky things through the year because we didn't have enough ...
Episode304: Happy Halloween and Faithful Johnny
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Halloween from the Terrors! We hope your Samhain will be filled with spooky awesomeness and you get all the candy you want, yet keep your teet...
Episode303: Halloween 2023 - Haxan Witchcraft Through the Ages
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to more Season of the Witch! Rather than the song, this time we're talking about Haxan Witchcraft Through the Ages on its 101st anniver...
Episode 302: Halloween 2023 - The Wicker Man 50th anniversary
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to more Halloween spookiness at the Manor! This episode we talk about that most glorious of folk horror movie's "The Wicker Man." No,...
Episode 301: Halloween 2023 - 50th anniversary movies
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to some more spooky goodness at the Manor! This episode we talk about horror movies that are celebrating their 50th anniversaries! At...
Episode 300: Halloween Memories
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to episode 300! Rather than the usual Hard Rock Heavy Metal episode for a 100th, we're going with Halloween me...
Episode 299: Halloween 2023 - The Haunted Bell Inn
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to more spooky fun as we talk about the Haunted Bell Inn pub! Spookiness abounds! Eek! Pour a pint of...
Episode 298: Halloween 2023 - The Black Shuck
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Pull up a chair along the fireplace and listen to spooky tales of the black shuck! This otherworldly black dog from Eng...
Episode 297: Halloween 2023 - Harvest Home (Thomas Tryon) 50th anniversary
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to more spooky season gruesomeness at the Manor! Pour yourself a pint or a wee dram and join us as we discuss the excellent folk horror...
Episode 296: Halloween 2023 -- 50th anniversary of The Exorcist
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to more Halloween, spooky fun at the Manor! Today's episode gets into "The Exorcist," for its 50th anniversary. Pour a pint and liste...
Episode 295: Halloween 2023 -- Season of the Witch (Donovan)
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to Spooky Season! It's October Country time again and we're starting our usual Halloween blitzkrieg with ...
Episode 294: Gen Con!
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to a con (Kahhhhhnnn!) episode! Jody finally made it to Gen Con this year and James had made it a couple times...
Episode 293: Hobbit Day 2023
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We're celebrating Hobbit Day as usual, with a long episode and with very little editing! It's just how we like to celeb...
Episode 292: Top Inflation Adjusted Movie Franchises
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to some math! Would you like to know the top inflation adjusted movie franchises? Then listen on! And if y...
Episode 291: D&D ramp up to 50 -- our favorite modules
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We're continuing our ramp up to Dungeons and Dragons' 50th anniversary next year with our own favorite things, with this ...
Episode 290: An interview with our favorite paranoid android Marvin
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We bring to you an interview with Marvin, the Paranoid Android from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! Share and enj...
Episode 289: Conspiracy Theories 2 -- Phantom Timeline and Elvis
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to another conspiracy theories episode! We know it's been a while since the last conspiracy theories epis...
Episode 288: How to screw up your pub
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Occasionally we get curmudgeonly here at the Manor (stop snickering!) and this time it's on what we dislike when bars/pub...
Episode 287: Post-Zep but Pre-Zep
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We heard your clamoring for more Zeppelin, but it's not quite time for Physical Graffiti, so instead we're going to talk ...
Episode 286: D&D campaign settings, alignment, and editions
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to our pre-50th anniversary blitzkrieg of D&D episodes, where we talk about our own personal thoughts and likes of various things bef...
Episode 285: The history of the Tarot (Jimmy Page and the Occult part 2)
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Join us as we lay out our Tarot cards to do some spooky readings! If we're accurate, hopefully it won't actually be all...
Episode 284: Our favorite Bond actors and movies
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back the Manor and welcome to another episode on that man of mystery, martinis, and Her Majesty's secret service (although at the next movie, ...
Episode 283: Lovecraft and Carcosa
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Strap on to a Mi-go and let's get into background on Carcosa, that most vile of planets that has given us some decent short stories and the future Kin...
Episode 282: Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy (part 5)
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to the final, part 5, of our Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy arc! Here, after going into touring and groupies ...
Episode 281: D&D - what race and class would we be
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to a precursor of our D&D 50th anniversary episodes (next year -- it's the official 49th this year!). Here, we...
Episode 280: Hard Rock vs. Heavy Metal
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! This is a very special episode for two reasons. The first is that we've been teasing this since pretty much the very be...
Episode 279: Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy (part 4)
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to the 4th of 5 episodes on Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy! We continue our march through Zep's peak a...
Episode 278: Jimmy Page and the occult part 1 - John Dee
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We've mentioned a few times that we would discuss Jimmy Page's fascination with the occult and thought that there's no ti...
Episode 277: The haunted blues house The Slippery Noodle Inn
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! This week, we're talking about the oldest established and running tavern in Indiana, the Slippery Noodle Inn, in Indianap...
Episode 276: Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy part 3
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to the mid-point episode of our Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy arc! This is part three of five and in this on...
Episode 275: Deep Purple’s Come Taste the Band (part 1)
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to our Deep Purple arc! We're finally merging the Tommy Bolin episodes with the Deep Purple episodes, as ...
Episode 274: Cross Country Pub Hikes in the UK
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! James drunk-ordered a book one night about hiking through the English country side, with trails that lead to wonderful pu...
Episode 273: Dandelion Wine -- Ray Bradbury’s novel and the drink
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! This week is a nice short one, with a brief discussion about Ray Bradbury's novel "Dandelion Wine" and how it pertains to...
Episode 272: Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy (part 2)
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Pull out the big stereo speakers, because we're continuing our Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy arc! In this episode, we...
Episode 271: Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves - a review from 1e gamers
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to back to the Manor and excuse us as we interrupt our normally scheduled programming for a special episode. We've both seen the new D&D mov...
Episode 270: Dedicated Listening III -- Jody’s insane ’music throughout the years in order’ project
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We're extending our dedicated listening arc to episode 3! Jody came up with an insane idea to put together play lists o...
Episode 269: Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy (part 1)
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to more Led Zep! This year is the 50th anniversary of Houses of the Holy and we're ready to dig in! This fir...
Episode 268: Malort cocktails, band biographies, and Chicago (part 3)
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We're finishing our third Malort episode here, with Malort cocktails! However, to keep the boys (especially James) from...
Episode 267: Seamus Hates Springtime
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Amongst our larger arcs, with longer episodes, we'll occasionally do a short episode for a bit of ease. This helps, con...
Episode 266: Monty Python series 4 part 3 -- the final episodes
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Sadly, we must bid a fond farewell to the Flying Circus in this episode. We discuss the last few remaining episodes of ...
Episode 265: Malort cocktails, band biographies, and Chicago (part 2)
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We're continuing our third Malort episode here, with Malort cocktails! However, to keep the boys (especially James) fro...
Episode 264: The European Walk-to-Mordor pub crawl
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Have you ever wondered what it would be like to do a pub crawl through Europe in a way that semi-matches Frodo and Samwis...
Episode 263: Monty Python series 4 (part 2): Canadian Tour and episodes
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Macabre Manor of Mead, Mayhem, and Ballooning! We continue our Monty Python series 4 arc with the bridge between series 3 and se...
Episode 262: Malort cocktails, band biographies, and Chicago (part 1)
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We're starting our third Malort episode here, with Malort cocktails! However, to keep the boys (especially James) from ...
Episode 261: David Lee Roth, Sextoriums, Red Light Oyster Houses, and other things
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What do DLR, randy Middle Ages monks, and sex workers all have in common? They're stars of this episode! We share our favorite David Lee Roth quot...
Episode 260: Monty Python series 4 (part 1 - their childhoods)
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to more Python! This is our first of three episodes for series 4 and we're starting with their childhoods! "...
Episode 259: Malort 2: barrel aged boogaloo
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! One of our first episodes was on that most magnificent of liquors Malort. We're back with episode two, talking about th...
Episode 258: Douglas Adams and Monty Python
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! In both celebration of the 42nd anniversary of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy television series and in preparation f...
Episode 257: Our annual top 5 list
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! And you may have noticed that each year our number of top things changes, and this year we only had 5 each (Jody with his...
Episode 256: Middle Earth music venues!
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! And yes, you read that correctly, we're talking about rock and metal in Middle Earth! Okay, not Tolkien's Middle Earth,...
Episode 255: Iron Maiden’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to our annual end of the year episode, which always features Iron Maiden! This year, we're using this as a way...
Episode 254: Father Christmas (a brief history)
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to more Yuletide fun at the Manor! Since last week we went into American Santa Claus, this week we thought we'd tackle (not literally -- we'...
Episode 253: American History Xmas (Yule 2022)
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! This week, we get into the historical creation of American Santa Claus and how America turned away from its Puritanical a...
Episode 252: Yule 2022 Hygge, Hot Toddies, and Ghost Stories for Christmas
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Yuletide at the Manor! This year we're starting the Yule season with a combination episode with some hygge comforting fun, followed ...
Episode 251: Jody reviews his latest metal concerts (Raven, Pentagram, and The Obsessed band)
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Jody insists that he hates humanity, but that doesn't stop him from going out to metal shows. Here he reviews two of hi...
Episode 250: Thanksgiving 2022 - we’re thankful for 250 episodes
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to our (American) Thanksgiving episode! It's another milestone, as this is also our 250th episode. We're qui...
Episode 249: Rime of the Ancient Mariner
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We continue our semi-themed arc that started with Halloween season's The Flying Dutchman with the second episode... Samue...
Episode 248: Astrological signs and beer
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! This week, the Terrors look at a few websites that give the personality and beer type for astrological signs and we deter...
Episode 247: Harvest Monsters
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We're easing out of Halloween spooky season (before ramping up into Yule spooky season) with a short episode on harvest m...
Episode 246: Halloween 2022 -- For Ray Bradbury, a Halloween Tree sequel
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a special All Hallows, Samhain, Day of the Dead, Halloween episode! On the 10th anniversary of the passing of Ray Bradbury (2012) and the...
Episode 245: Halloween 2022 -- Happy Halloween! What we’re doing and anniversaries of Nosferatu and Halloween III
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Halloween to all of you! We hope you enjoy the best and most spooky of holidays this evening, as the sun sets and we go into the dark time of ...
Episode 244: Halloween 2022 -- House (1977 Japanese horror movie)
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to the 4th of Jody's Japanese horror flicks! This time, sticking with the theme of this week's trippy hippy st...
Episode 243:Halloween 2022 -- 50th anniversary of Dracula A.D. 1972
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to more evil, spooky fun here at the Manor! 50 years ago, Christopher Lee once again donned his vampire cloak for Hammer Horror, for "Dracul...