Twin Terrors Macabre Manor of Mead Metal and Mayhem

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 though, to quote Jody, "they were mailing it in."

That's why it took us both a year after its release to watch their biopic "The Dirt."  We are really glad we did.  It brought back all those great feelings that we had back in the day and has even made us cautiously optimistic about their upcoming reunion tour.

This tour was supposed to start within a month or so of this episode's release, but with the COVID-19 befouling everything and everyone, we have no idea how touring this summer will work.  Rather than wait, though (we don't want to wait until the fall, as that's our Halloween spooky season time and we aren't rescheduling that), we're releasing the episode now.  

There is a bit of venting, but that's okay.  It takes a lot to get over a bad experience and "The Dirt" certainly did that for us.  So cheers to the boys in the Crue.  

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Image: Picture of James' "Too Fast for Love" CD.

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 to listen to those first, although some of the non-sequiturs may make more sense if you do.  These are definitely one of the most laid back episodes we've done, so it's best enjoyed sitting back with a nice pint of ale and a shot of Malort, along with an understanding that we were even more novice then, than we are now.  Slainte and wassail! 

Next episode: Motley Crue

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 Image courtesy of James' afternoon drinking time.

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).

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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 this one that we were going to call The Hard Rock and Heavy Metal History Podcast.  We've recorded what would've been the first episode of that podcast for you to enjoy/mock/ogle/etc.  

We hope you enjoy!  We also hope you like the current podcast a bit better, because we're not changing.  Still, we could do more of these if you'd like us to do so.  Just let us know.

Next week's episode: Folk Music/Metal part 2 -- folk influence on the '60s.

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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 re-record the first episode from our initial podcast idea of the history of heavy metal with context.  Context! Drink!

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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 Devil."

Next week's episode is the final part of our Kiss' "Music from the Elder" trilogy.

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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 Victorian crab!

Next week's episode is the second of our Walpurgis Night episodes where we talk about the band Burning Witches and review their new album "Dance with the Devil."

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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!

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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 intoxication (low to medium).  This time, it's books, music, tv, radio, film, video games, and more that are all from the same subjects.  Enjoy!  We did.

Next week's episode is Music from the Elder part 2.

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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 try to not to salivate on your phone.

Next week: the return of dedicated listening.

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