Monthly Archives: June 2019

VoK 557: RainbowCast – Pride Month

Posted on June 30, 2019 by bina007 | Leave a comment

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Join QueenJames, Lady Griffin, and Davidhhh for a RainbowCast discussion on pride month. Lady Griffin brought us the story of the Upstairs Lounge Fire of 1973, QueenJames discusses the Stonewall Riots and Marth P. Johnson, and David shares some exciting stories from his activist days in ActUp.

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VoK 556: ASMR Cast

Posted on June 27, 2019 by vokadmin | 1 comment

Please join Vassals Michael (Mordion), Thomas (FTWard) and our special guest Tori ASMR (@toriperezz) as we discuss our experiences with ASMR, the ASMR community, YouTube and the tragic apostrophe shortage in Canada.

After Show: 1:38:00

ToriASMR
This American Life: A Tribe Called Rest
Reese The Movie: A Movie About Reese (An ASMR Experience)
WhispersRed ASMR
SouthernASMR Sounds
Phoenician Sailor
Waluigi Whispers
VioletsVoice
Scottish Murmurs ASMR
ASMR Glow
Goodnight Moon
TheOneLilium ASMR
ARDRA -asmr-

Credits:
Edited by FTWard

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Tagged FTWard, Mordion

VoK 555: Good Omens (Amazon miniseries)

Posted on June 24, 2019 by bina007 | Leave a comment

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The Vassals discuss the new Amazon TV show and the cult fantasy book by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman on which it was based.

Aftershow at 1hr 8m.

Hosts – Bina007, Adam/DrownedSnow, Dana/Taindana, Michal/Inkasrain, Jock/Munrock2 and Paul/SerDinnerRoll.

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Tagged Bina007, drownedsnow, inkasrain, Munrojock2, SerDinnerRoll, Taindana

VoK 554: Gaming the Thrones (Part 1) – The Others

Posted on June 20, 2019 by drownedsnow | 1 comment

In this episode we will be covering the show Game of Thrones and how it ended certain plots. Will be discussing the effectiveness of the show’s arc as well as the potential impact, if any, on Martin’s future books. Our first in topic in this series is the Others (White Walkers) and the Night King.

Hosts: Adam (drownedsnow), Kevin (creepy nuncle kevin), Casey (blue-eyed-queen), Kevin (Gaiden), Sara (DrBlood), and Matt (Blu3arm0r).

Spoilers: This episode covers all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire and all aired episodes of Game of Thrones

Editor: Adam

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Posted in A Song of Ice and Fire, Books & Novellas, Game of Thrones, Podcast, TV Shows

Tagged Blu3arm0r, blue-eyed-queen, creepy nuncle kevin, DrBlood, drownedsnow, Gaiden

VoK 553: Chernobyl (HBO miniseries)

Posted on June 16, 2019 by bina007 | 2 comments

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The vassals discuss the critically acclaimed HBO miniseries Chernobyl, depicting the 1986 nuclear reactor disaster.

Hosts – Bina007, Adam/Drownedsnow, Jock/MunroJock2, Thomas/FTWard, Steven/SJLee, and Matt/Varley.

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Tagged Bina007, drownedsnow, FTWard, Munrojock2, SJLee, Varley

VoK 552: Marauder Madness aka The Great Harry Potter Reread (Part 7)

Posted on June 13, 2019 by vokalias | Leave a comment

The Vassals of Kingsgrave return to Hogwarts to conclude their re-read of the Prisoner of Azkaban. Join Marie (Nymeria), Small Paul (SerDinnerRoll), Abby (DaceyMormont), Adam (drownedsnow), Michal (inkasrain), Paul (Pod’s Plight), and Zach (Alias) as they enjoy the usual laughs and jokes, but also engage in some serious discussion on some of the many complex characters this series has to offer.

This podcast contains spoilers for the entire Harry Potter series including the Fantastic Beasts films.

Credits:
Edited by Zach (Alias)

Harry Potter Theme (Metal)
Azkaban Soundtrack – 07 A Window to the Past

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Tagged Alias, Daceymormont, drownedsnow, inkasrain, Nymeria, Pod's Plight, SerDinnerRoll

VoK 551: Brienne in the Badlands aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 87)

Posted on June 10, 2019 by bina007 | Leave a comment

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Bina, QueenJames, Abby/DaceyMormont, Jock and Dan/WitlessChum roll into the penultimate Feast episode as Brienne shouts a word in Brienne 8, Cersei writes a letter to Jaime in Cersei 10 and Theon’s POV is named Reek for the last time.

Reek 3 (1m) – Brienne 8 (21m) – Cersei 10 (34m) – Safe for all aftershow (58m) – TWOW spoiler aftershow (1hr4m) – GOT spoiler aftershow slash dirge (1hr7m30s)

Music credit – Alpine Universe & The Boss; Picture credit – HBO

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Posted in A Song of Ice and Fire, ASOIAF ReRead, Books & Novellas, Podcast

Tagged Bina007, Daceymormont, Munrojock2, Queen James, witless chum

VoK 550: Aladdin [2019] (Review)

Posted on June 8, 2019 by dagosrivers | Leave a comment

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Review of the latest Disney ‘Re-imagining’ of an Animated classic.

Glen (Dagos_Rivers) is joined by David (davidhhh), Matt (Blu3arm0r) and Adam (drownedsnow), to review the movie; provide ‘rubs of the lamp’ scores, discuss modifications to the story and music and possibility of a sequel.

Duration: 01:35:31

Credits:
Edited by Dagos_Rivers

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Tagged Blu3arm0r, Dagos_Rivers, davidhhh, drownedsnow

VoK 549: Words Cut Deeper than Swords (Ice & Fire Con Panel)

Posted on June 6, 2019 by vokadmin | Leave a comment

In their first ever panel at Ice & Fire Con, the Vassals of Kingsgrave rank their favourite passages from A Song of Ice and Fire. Join Duncan (Valkyrist), Casey (blue-eyed-queen) and Dan (Witless Chum) as they reflect on some of the most powerful moments of Martin’s dialogue and examine the meaning behind his prose – from Sansa’s twilit snow castle, to Dany’s desert hallucinations, to Catelyn’s fevered flight from Storm’s End.

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Edited by Valkyrist

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VoK 548: Deadwood (HBO series) – Season 2

Posted on June 3, 2019 by vokalias | Leave a comment

Please join (most of the) The Ambulators (Greg (claudiusthefool), Matt (Varley), Dana (taindana), Dermot (tomred) and Thomas (FTWard) ) as we discuss the second season of the HBO series Deadwood.

Before going completely off the rails we do discuss gender, race, class, technology, politics and religion as well as other important topics like Anzac desserts, turkey fucking and how best to spend our tax refunds. (Spoiler – https://southamptonsagharborbooks.com)

Aftershow @ 1:35

Credits:
Edited by FTWard

Intro:
Calling All Angels
Performed By: k.d. lang and Jane Siberry
Written By: Jane Siberry

Outro:
Froggie Went a Courtin’
Performed By: Bruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band
Written By: Unknown