Cathedral Talk

The gents do a deep dive into the world of Change Ringing with church bells, comparing and contrasting with other types of ringing.

SEE: Change Ringing

SEE: Campanology

SEE: Peal

SEE: BellBoard

SEE: North American Change Ringing Towers

SEE: Love’s Guide to the Bells of the City of London

SEE: Love’s Guide to the Church Bells of Kent

SEE: The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers (CCCBR)

SEE: North American Guild of Change Ringers (NAGCR)

SEE: The Ancient Society of College Youths (ASCY)

SEE: Ringing up in peal – Yardley, Derick Obergene Society

SEE: Handbell Change Ringing – ASCY 2021 Dinner

SEE: National Cathedral Bells, 1349 Grandsire Caters 2013-12-31

Zack investigates the origin of Salisbury steak.

SEE: Salisbury steak

SEE: Broil

Tom compares and contrasts English gothic with French gothic, using Salisbury cathedral to demonstrate the design aesthetics and choices of the medieval English builders.

SEE: English gothic architecture

SEE: Salisbury Cathedral

SEE: Documentary—Britain’s Great Cathedrals w/ Tony Robinson, Ep3 Salisbury

SEE: Patriarchal cross

SEE: Britain’s tallest churches

SEE: Old St. Paul’s Cathedral

SEE: Lincoln Cathedral

SEE: Original Tower of Salisbury

SEE: Bowing Central Piers of Salisbury

SEE: Salisbury Cathedral clock

SEE: Cathedral close

SEE: Cathedral cloisters

SEE: Magna Carta

Tom shares his latest Minecraft build of Salisbury cathedral.

SEE: Tom’s Salisbury Cathedral (1:1 scale) build

SEE: Tom’s YouTube Salisbury Cathedral video

Zack demonstrates how to use the Create Mod to build customized factories that can generate a variety of blocks using the power of water, wind, and steam.

SEE: Create, Minecraft Mod (curseforge.com)

SEE: BdoubleO100 Create Mod Playlist

SEE: Tango Tek Create Mod Playlist, Season 2

David and Zack run the show, discussing the latest restoration updates at Notre-Dame.

SEE: Restoration Progress at Notre-Dame

SEE: 60 Minutes Video on Notre-Dame’s Restoration

Zack briefly discusses visiting David and Tom on the East Coast.

SEE: National Cherry Blossom Festival

SEE: Cherry Blossom Biome in Minecraft 1.20

David and Zack get a chance to weigh in on Tom’s interview with Joe Alonso from Episode 25, regarding masonry and the Washington National Cathedral.

SEE: Washington National Cathedral (WNC)

SEE: WNC Slides—Tour & Earthquake

SEE: Tallest Buildings in Washington, D.C.

SEE: Architect

SEE: Structural engineer

SEE: Stonemasonry

SEE: Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock

SEE: Stone carving

SEE: Russell Sage Memorial Chapel

Tom shares that the construction of Notre-Dame’s main crossing vault is underway.

SEE: Wooden centering for main crossing vault at Notre-Dame—NBC Today

DONATE: Washington National Cathedral Preservation (click podcast box at bottom)

Joe Alonso, Head Stonemason at Washington National Cathedral, discusses repairing the cathedral after the 2011 earthquake in DC, along with a variety of construction topics including structure settlement, mortar application, limestone qualities, and a special visit from the architects of Notre-Dame de Paris.

SEE: Washington National Cathedral (WNC)

SEE: WNC Slides—Tour & Earthquake

SEE: WNC—Art & Architecture Virtual Tours

SEE: 2011 Virginia earthquake

SEE: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

SEE: George Frederick Bodley (architect 1906–1907)

SEE: Henry Vaughan (architect 1907–1917)

SEE: Philip H. Frohman (architect 1921–1972)

SEE: Notre-Dame Architects US Tour—Philippe Villeneuve & Rémi Fromont

SEE: Tuckpointing

SEE: Portland cement

SEE: Indiana Limestone

SEE: Empire Quarry

SEE: Cathedral of St. John the Divine

SEE: The International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers

The gents further investigate the eccentricities of Trombone Champ.

SEE: Trombone Champ

Tom, David, and Zack examine the architecture of Amiens Cathedral, the one of the largest gothic cathedrals in the world.

SEE: Amiens Cathedral

SEE: Amiens Cathedral Slides

SEE: Life of a Cathedral: Notre-Dame of Amiens (Columbia University interactive)

SEE: Notre-Dame de Amiens: Life of the Gothic Cathedral, by Dr. Stephen Murray

SEE: NOVA (2010)—Building the Great Cathedrals (PBS)

SEE: Dolly zoom (camera effect)

SEE: Vertigo (1958 Hitchcock film)

Tom shares his latest Minecraft build—Notre-Dame de Amiens.

SEE: Tom’s Amiens Cathedral (1:1 scale) build

SEE: Tom’s YouTube Amiens Cathedral video

Tom, David, and Zack discuss the architecture in Disney’s animated 1996 adaptation of the Hunchback of Notre-Dame.

SEE: Disney’s Notre-Dame vs Real Notre-Dame

SEE: Up-wrong bell (clapper strikes counter to bell’s motion) 

SEE: Up-right bell (clapper strikes in-sync with bell’s motion)

SEE: Hunchback Intro up-wrong bell (behind title, 9 seconds)

SEE: Palais de la Cité, a.k.a.: Palais de Justice, Paris

Tom, David, and Zack share their proposed casting lists for the upcoming live-action adaptation of Disney’s Hunchback of Notre-Dame. In order of discussion:

QUASIMODO: 1996 Cast—Tom Hulce

Jesús Castro—cast by Zack

Rami Malek—cast by David

Peter Dinklage—cast by Tom

ESMERALDA: 1996 Cast—Demi Moore & Heidi Mollenhauer

Alina Serban—cast by Zack

Renée Elise Goldsberry—cast by David

Zoe Saldaña—cast by Tom

PHOEBUS: 1996 Cast—Kevin Kline

Gaspard Ulliel (deceased)—in memoriam, Zack

Stephen Manas—cast by Zack

Chris Pine—cast by Tom

The Hollywood Chrises—go-to list for David

FROLLO: 1996 Cast—Tony Jay

Vincent Cassel—cast by Zack

Charles Dance—cast by Tom

Mark Strong—cast by David, choice 1

Billy Crudup—cast by David choice 2

CLOPIN: 1996 Cast—Paul Kandel

Óscar Jaenada—cast by Zack

Tom Hiddleston—cast by David, choice 1

Robert Carlyle—cast by David, choice 2

Maisie Williams—cast by David, choice 3

ARCHDEACON: 1996 Cast—David Ogden Stiers

Gérard Depardieu—hard rejection by Zack

Daniel Auteuil—cast by Zack

Brian Cox—cast by David

Donald Sumpter—cast by Tom

VICTOR: 1996 Cast—Charles Kimbrough

Stephen Merchant—cast by Zack

Jim Carter—cast by Tom

HUGO: 1996 Cast—Jason Alexander

Jason Alexander (why not?)—recast by Zack

Trevor Noah—cast by Zack

Jerome Flynn—cast by Tom

LAVERNE: 1996 Cast—Mary Wickes

Tony Shalhoub—cast by Tom

Aisha Tyler—cast by Zack

Originally recorded as a trial episode back in mid-2020 during the early days of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Tom discusses whether building mega-skyscrapers next to the Empire State Building would disfigure the the New York City skyline.

SEE: 15 Penn Plaza

SEE: The Guardian (2010)—New York skyscraper to rival Empire State Building

SEE: List of the Tallest Buildings in the World

SEE: Burj Khalifa

SEE: Space Elevator

The gents discuss whether cinemas and big-budget movies are on the way out due to all the new streaming services.

SEE: List of most expensive films ever produced

Tom asks David and Zack what the traffic rules are for stopping for a school bus with an active stop-sign on a divided highway.

SEE: School Bus Laws By State—When to stop and when not to!

Zack struggles to contemplate Tyrannosaurus as a big chicken.

SEE: NYT (2019)—T.Rex Like You Haven’t Seen Him: With Feathers

SEE: Supervolcanos

SEE: Geocentric vs. Heliocentric Universes

SEE: Relativity of Simultaneity

Tom completes the "Phase 1" (1163–1170 A.D.) of his 2:1 scale Minecraft model of Notre-Dame, consisting of the vaulted double-ambulatory and above it, the second-level gallery, complete with various low flying-buttresses.

SEE: THSchutt’s Notre-Dame(2:1) build, Phase 1 (1163–1170 A.D.)

David and Tom recount their experience at the National Building Museum to see the Notre-Dame de Paris: The Augmented Exhibition which has been open since April 2022 through September 2022, with countless graphics and interactive applications.

SEE: National Building Museum (NBM)

SEE: NBM—Notre-Dame de Paris: The Augmented Exhibition

SEE: Museum of London—Great Fire of London (1666), Minecraft Model

SEE: Virtual Reality

SEE: Augmented Reality

SEE: National Trust, UK—Explore Virtual Ruins in Minecraft (Grian’s Corfe Castle)

SEE: Grian—Using Real Ruins to Create a Castle in Minecraft

SEE: Assassin’s Creed

SEE: Pagan Scientists at Chartres Cathedral

SEE: The Paris Fire Brigade

SEE: Deep-Cleaning of Notre-Dame’s Limestone