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VoK 315: Competitive Tickling aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 20)

Posted on July 18, 2016 | 2 comments

In this episode the Vassals cover events from the 3rd April to 5th May 299 and the chapters Arya 6, Jon 2, Dany 1, Cat 2 and Tyrion 6 from A Clash of Kings. Topics of discussion include the relative evil of The Mountain vs Ramsay; Westerosi slavery; Catbait16….and competitive tickling.

Hosts: Bina007; Brett (Whiteraven); Chance (Fire and Bud); Drew (Wargasm); Hannah (Shadowbaby); Matt (Varley); Paul (Ser Dinner Roll) and Sarah (Lady Weaver).

The aftershow begins at 1hr 30m.

Spoilers: This episode covers all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire but does not give Game of Thrones show spoilers.

Music credit: Alpine Universe. Picture credit: The A Podcast Of Ice and Fire drawing project: Arya 6 by Cromatose.

The next episode will cover the following chapters from A Clash of Kings: Tyrion 7; Theon 2; Dany 2; Bran 4 and Arya 7.

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VoK 313: Vassals Night Out – Gay Special

Posted on July 14, 2016 | Leave a comment

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The Vassals of Kingsgrave present: Gays’ Night Out.

Join Wargasm (Drew), Khal Wadege (Michael), Lady Griffin (Katie), Shadow_ Baby (Hannah), Amberrocks (Amber) and Varley (Matt) as we take a gay roadtrip through Westeros. We explore all things LGBT in ASOIAF. Would Cersei go gay for Jaime? Who is the hedonism-bot in this world? Is there a glory hole at the wall? What exactly happens on Grindr? Find out all this and more in this very special VoK.

2.19.30 Aftershow
2.42.10 Season 6 Spoilers

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VoK 312: We Do Not Snow! aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 19)

Posted on July 12, 2016 | 2 comments

In this episode the Vassals cover chapters from Clash of Kings that correspond to the week of March 20th to 28th, 299 AC. They are:

Bran 3- The Reeds arrive at Winterfell.
Jon 1 – News of comet at the wall.
Theon 1 – Theon arrives at Pyke.
Tyrion 4 – Sends offer to Doran.
Tyrion 5 – Cersei learns Myrcella is being sent to Dorne.

Hosts: Amber (Amberrocks); Alexi (Czar Alexi); Bina (Bina007); Drew (Wargasm); Hannah (Shadowbaby); Jeff (Jeff14); Matt (VarleyOnTheForums); Noah (Pops88); and Paul (SerDinnerRoll).

The aftershow begins at 2hr 13m.

Spoilers: This episode covers all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire but does not give Game of Thrones show spoilers. There is a short discussion covering a The Winds of Winter preview chapter that begins at 2hr 15m.

Music credit: Alpine Universe. Picture credit: The A Podcast Of Ice and Fire drawing project: Theon 1 by Exodus.

The next episode will cover the following chapters from A Clash of Kings corresponding to the month of April 299: Arya 6, Jon 2, Dany 1, Cat 2 and Tyrion 6.

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VoK 309: Sagging Breasts and Kindly Smiles aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 18)

Posted on July 6, 2016 | 1 comment

The Vassals return from hiatus to pick up their ramble-chat through George R R Martin’s epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire. Once again, we re-read the chapters in linear, rather than published, order, so as to add a little novelty to proceedings. The chapters covered in this episode are Sansa 2, Davos 1, Tyrion 3, Arya 5 and Bran 2 from A Clash of Kings. They correspond to events from the 3rd to the 17th March 299.

As ever this podcast is dark and full of spoilers for all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series but does NOT contain spoilers from HBO’s Game of Thrones.

The aftershow begins at 1 hr 15 m. Picture credit: The A Podcast of Ice and Fire MS Paint project of A Clash of Kings. Sansa 2 by Jenn Rose. Music credits: Alpine Universe. The chapters for the next episode will be Bran 3, Jon 1, Theon 1 and Tyrion 4 and 5.

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VoK 297: The Forsaken (The Winds of Winter – Sample Chapter)

Posted on June 2, 2016 | 1 comment

Vassals Assemble! to discuss George R.R. Martin’s newly released preview chapter from The Winds of Winter.

Hosts: Adam/DrownedSnow; Amber/Amberrocks; Bina007; Brett/Whiteraven; Casey/Blue-Eyed Queen; Matt/Varley; Nadia; and Small Paul/SerDinnerRoll.

Spoilers: For all published works in A Song of Ice and Fire including The Winds of Winter but not HBO’s Game of Thrones divergent storylines.

Music credit: Alpine Forest. One Night, Marry, Scorpions at 1hr 11 mins. Aftershow at 1hr 20 mins.

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VoK 291: Arianne II (The Winds of Winter – Sample Chapter)

Posted on May 15, 2016 | 1 comment

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Tune in for some OG Chaos as Adam/DrownedSnow, Bina007, Nadia and Varley chat girth, hippos, cataphract elephants and occasionally George R R Martin’s newly released Ariane POV chapter from The Winds of Winter. The after-show begins at 48 minutes and covers the coolness of The Fonz; Eurovision; and goats in trees.

Spoilers: For all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire plus all TWOW spoiler material. Music credit: Alpine Forest. Picture credit: Magali Villeneuve.

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VoK 287: Westerosi Travelogue (Vol.1) – GOT locations in Northern Ireland

Posted on May 2, 2016 | 1 comment

In this episode Bina007 describes a recent road trip to Northern Ireland to visit Game of Thrones locations. It’s a beautiful country and seeing locations is a great motivation to get to otherwise quite obscure but lovely villages and parks. That said, it’s not yet very well set up to receive GoT tourism so this podcast aims to give you some pro-tips that we wish someone had told us before we’d set off!

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VoK 286: Theories of Ice and Fire (Vol.4) – Cersei and the Valonqar

Posted on April 29, 2016 | 3 comments

In the second Shaggycast, our hosts explore theories surrounding the Maggy the Frog prophesy regarding Cersei and the Valonqar.

Hosts: Scott AKA Shaggydog, It Rhymes with Sleek AKA Jack, Blue Eyed Queen AKA Casey; Ser Dinner Roll AKA Paul and Dark Sister 24 AKA Claire.
Aftershow: 2hrs 15mins.
Picture credit: HBO.
Spoilers: This podcast contains spoilers for all published works in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. The aftershow also contains spoilers for HBO’s Game of Thrones.

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VoK 283: Cold Comfort Farm (by Stella Gibbons)

Posted on April 23, 2016 | Leave a comment

There’s something in the woodshed!

Amanda (Middlecylone) and Bina007 discuss Stella Gibbons’ hilarious 1932 novel satirising rural melodramas, as well as the 1995 British film adaptation starring Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Fry and Rufus Sewell. There is much mollocking, clettering, and heaving of porridge, not to mention some of the worst West Country accents committed to tape.

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VoK 282: War & Peace (BBC One miniseries)

Posted on April 21, 2016 | Leave a comment

Bina007, Stuart (Firenzed) and Imogen.OB discuss, in various permutations, Tolstoy’s epic tale of love amidst the Russian aristocracy during the Napoleonic wars.

To start, Bina007 & Firenzed cover the major story arcs of the mini-series, the depiction of war and other adaptations of the novel. Then at 1hr 7mins, Bina007 & Imogen.OB get into an in-depth discussion of the novel and the mini-series. Finally, the aftershow begins at 1hr 58mins and includes: Intro to Firenzed, ASOIAF and Chekhov Wildfire; plug for Cockneymoot on May 1st at Blenheim Palace; a lot of Sega/Creative Assembly Empire and Napoleonic Total War chat; our thoughts on Napoleon more generally.

Contains spoilers for the the novel, its adaptations, and Napoleonic history, if such a thing is possible, as well as occasional references to A Song of Ice and Fire.

Music: Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. This was also composed, like War and Peace, many decades after the battle of Borodino to commemorate Russia seeing of the perfidious French invasion.

Sources mentioned in the podcast:
[BBC TV] The 2016 miniseries
[BBC Radio] The 2015 radio play/podcast
[Bondarchuk!] A clip from the 1967 4 hour Soviet film
[Audrey!] A clip from the 1956 Hollywood epic
[ReliveWaterloo] Real-time Waterloo timeline
[Napoleon The Great?] Debate on Napoleon’s legacy
[Napoleon’s Crimes?] Controversial French book

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VoK 281: Alas Poor Yoren! aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 17)

Posted on April 19, 2016 | 2 comments

In the 17th part of the Vassals’ epic re-read of George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, we cover events from the 18th to 28th February 299. This translates into Cat 1, Arya 3, Tyrion 2 and Arya 4 of A Clash of Kings.

Your podcast hosts are: Adam (DrownedSnow) Amanda (Middlecylcone), Bina007, Claire (DarkSister24), Jackie (Joie-Olivier), Matt (Varley), Michael (Khal Wadege), and Patrick (Ser Patrick The Tall).

Podcast announcements at 1hr 15m and Aftershow at 1hr 24m.

Picture credit: The A Podcast of Ice and Fire MS Paint project of A Clash of Kings. Cat 1 by Mimi Mieville. Music credits: Alpine Universe & the awesome Talking Heads.

The chapters for the next episode will be Sansa 2, Davos 1, Tyrion 3, Arya 5 and Bran 2.

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VoK 280: Game of Thrones – Pre-Season 6 Speculation

Posted on April 17, 2016 | Leave a comment

Join our American hosts as they preview Season 6 of HBO’s Game of Thrones.

Hosts: Zack (Alias), Greg (claudiusthefool), Matt (Varley), Adam (drownedsnow), Casey (blue-eyed-queen), Dan (dansparce), Jeff (Jeff14), and Steven (SJLee).

Spoilers for all episodes of this series and all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.

Edited by Drowned Snow.

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VoK 278: Do Dead Men Dream? aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 16)

Posted on April 12, 2016 | Leave a comment

In the 16th episode of our epic linear re-read of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, we get stuck into A Clash of Kings. The period covered is the 1st to 10th February 299, and the chapters are the Prologue, Arya 2, Bran 1, Sansa 1 and Tyrion 1. The host is Greg (ClaudiustheFool) and his fellow Vassals are Patrick (Ser Patrick The Tall), Matt (Varley), Jeff (Jeff14), Jack (It-Rhymes-With-Sleek) Casey (Blue-Eyed Queen) and Adam (DrownedSnow).

The next episode will cover the chapters Cat 1, Arya 3, Tyrion 2 and Arya 4 of A Clash of Kings.

Spoilers: All published works in A Song of Ice and Fire.

Picture credit: The A Podcast of Ice and Fire MS Paint project of A Clash of Kings. Tyrion 1 by Stevie Blue. Music credits: Alpine Universe and Gene. The aftershow begins at 2hr 1m.

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VoK 273: Skype Purgatory aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 15)

Posted on April 2, 2016 | Leave a comment

All your favorite Vassels (well, White Raven at least) gather for the 15th episode of our linear reread, in which we close out A Game of Thrones.

7:00 – Claire goes over Dany 9
26:10 – Nadia brings us Dany 10
47:25 – Brett delivers prophecy and Bran 7
55:00 – Ravencast begins
1:13:00 Tanja continues to spread her love for Lord Snow with Jon 9
1:37:50 We close out the episode with an original song from the Podcast Bard, Jed O’White Hart.
1:41:30 Aftershow starts wtih a healthy discussion of Valyrian steel and things being too old.

Hosts: Adam (Drownedsnow), Matt (Varley), Nadia (Nadia), Brett (White Raven), Tanja (Scilens),
Claire (DarkSister24), Steve (steveontheforums), Jack (It_Rhymes_With_Sleek), and Patrick (Ser Patrick the Tall )

Music credit: “The Sounds of Silence” by Simon & Garfunkel, “Let it Go” by Jed O’White Hart
Art credit: Jenn Rose’s picture of Dany 10 from the Podcast of Ice and Fire MS Paint Project

Warning: The Podcast is dark and full of spoilers for all published works in George R.R. Martin’s A Song Of Ice and Fire series.

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VoK 272: The Black Dahlia (Part 2)

Posted on March 30, 2016 | Leave a comment

In Part Two of this Podcast, Matt (Varley), Julia (No True Lady), Bina (Bina007) and Thomas (FTWard) discuss theories and suspects in the murder of Elizabeth Short in Los Angeles, 1947. We also briefly talk about how The Black Dahlia murder has been portrayed in the media.

We would like to warn listeners that the subject matter we discuss is extremely graphic and disturbing. This is not suitable listening for minors and those of a sensitive disposition should consider whether to continue. We also want to emphasise that we have great sympathy and respect for Elizabeth Short, the victim. When we discuss details of her murder it is to better understand the mindset of the murderer. We also discuss details of Miss Short’s life, but in no way agree with the sensationalist contemporary media coverage of her. Rather, the fact that this took place is an interesting aspect of the social history of the time and worthy of investigation in itself.

After Show Starts At: 2:11

Edited by: FTWard

Photo: Santa Barbara Police 1943 Photographer Unknown

Music:
“In California” – by Neko Case & Lisa Marr
Performed by Tawnee Kendall & Jacob Wolkenhauer
@TawneeKendall

“Hotel California” – by Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey
Performed by Gabriella Quevedo
@GabyQuevedo

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Further reading & listening:
[Southampton Books] Ships to the USA & internationally
[FBI Archive] The Black Dahlia Files
[Étant Donnés] Marcel Duchamp’s Tableaux
[Principled Uncertainty] A podcast interview with Steve Hodel
[Principled Uncertainty] The second part of the Hodel interview
[The Dollop] Episode on the early history of the LAPD
[You Must Remember This] Podcast about the early history of Hollywood

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VoK 271: Theories of Ice and Fire (Vol.3) – Fifty Shades of Daario

Posted on March 27, 2016 | Leave a comment

In which the Vassals of Kingsgrave discuss where various characters in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire are now.

Hosts: Fire and Bud, George2016, Pops88, Blue Eyed Queen, It Rhymes with Sleek and Varley.
Editor: Shaggydog.

Warning: This podcast is dark and full of spoilers for all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.

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VoK 270: House of Cards (Netflix series) – Season 4

Posted on March 18, 2016 | Leave a comment

Here at Vassals of Kingsgrave, we don’t submit to nonsense, we create the nonsense! In this episode, Zach/Alias; Adam/DrownedSnow; Bina007; Jeff14 and Steven/SJLee discuss the latest series of Netflix’ House Of Cards. Naturally, we spoil the series in its entirety.

Music credit: the original soundtrack of the show by Jeff Beal.

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VoK 269: The Black Dahlia (Part 1)

Posted on March 16, 2016 | Leave a comment

Thomas (FTWard), Julia (No True Lady) and Bina007 discuss the social context and discovery of the horrific murder of Elizabeth Short in Los Angeles, 1947 as well as recapping what we know of the victim’s life. The next episode will discuss the suspects in the murder then and now.

Music credit: the original soundtrack of the film The Black Dahlia by Mark Isham.

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VoK 268: The Dark Crystal [1982] (DVD Commentary)

Posted on March 14, 2016 | 3 comments

Bina007 and Beric175’s DVD Commentary for the early eighties Henson animated classic, The Dark Crystal.

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VoK 267: Mad Max: Fury Road [2015] (Review)

Posted on March 12, 2016 | 1 comment

I am awaited! I am awaited in Valhalla!

The Vassals of Kingsgrave review of the latest Oscar-winning instalment in the Mad Max franchise arrives not late but precisely when it means to.

Hosts: Easttexasdirewolf (Shane), Claudiusthefool (Greg),Drownedsnow (Adam), Amberrocks (Amber), Varley (Matt), Alias (Zack), It_Rhymes_With_Sleek (Jack).

Spoilers for all movies in the series.

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