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VoK 266: The Hound’s Bollocks aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 14)

Posted on March 10, 2016 | Leave a comment

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The dog’s bollocks, Inspector Knacker, moon dragons and Public Service Announcements? It must be the fourteenth instalment of the epic linear ASOIAF re-read! This week the Vassals discuss events from the week of the 9 to 17th January 299 which includes our first chapter from A Clash of Kings.

Noah (Pops88) gets emotional about Ned’s untimely end in Arya 5 at 3m. Nadia and Bina007 ship SanSan in Sansa 6 at 31m. Kelvin (Brum Riverlander) leads the discussion on his favourite chapter in the series, Cat 11 at 44m. Casey (Blue Eyed Queen) takes us into Clash of Kings with Arya 1 at 1hr5m. Scott (Shaggydog) takes us to Tyrion 9 at 1hr 21m, and Tanja (Scilens) and Patrick (Ser Patrick The Tall) are the Statler and Waldorf of the episode.

The aftershow begins at 1hr 55m and At 2hr 2m we have a detailed discussion about the exact order of events between the battle of the Whispering Wood and Green Fork and the precise location of the Inn at the Crossroads.

Tune in next time for Episode 15 where we will cover the events of the week of 22nd to 26th January 299, and the chapters Dany 9, Dany 10, Bran 7 and Jon 9, bringing us to the end of the linear re-read of Game of Thrones.

The night is dark and full of spoilers! This podcast contains spoilers for all works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.

Picture credit: The APOIAF Artbook of Game of Thrones, Arya 5 as drawn by Jenn Rose. Music credits: Alpine Universe & Elvis Presley.

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VoK 265: The World of Ice and Fire – Talking Targaryens (Part 2)

Posted on March 6, 2016 | Leave a comment

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Welcome back to a Podcast that is never Late, but arrives exactly when it means to. The unintentionally annual Targaryen Cast will this time cover the the willfully negligent Viserys to the willfully stupid Daeron.

Viserys 2:25
Aegon 24:43
Aegon 3rd 41:48
Daeron 1:01:25
Total Length 1:24:21

Warning! There are a spoiler to A Dance of Dragons in the First few seconds, so if you haven’t read the book then just start listening 35 seconds in.

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VoK 264: I am the Walrus aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 13)

Posted on March 2, 2016 | 1 comment

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Vassals Assemble! for the 13th episode in the epic linear re-read of George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. In this edition, we cover chapters from the first week of January 299.

Tanja/Scilens/Anonymous Manatee kicks us off with an hilarious angsty anti-Jon 8 discussion.
Adam/DrownedSnow describes Cat 9’s shitty deal with Walder Frey at 30mins.
Ser Patrick The Tall/Patrickle tries to recap Tyrion 8 despite constant interruptions at 1hr 4mins.
Matt/Varley-on-the-forums recaps the Battle of the Whispering Wood in Cat 10 at 1hr 27mins.
And finally Nadia/Anonymous Mink recaps Mirri Maaz Duur’s evil incantations in Dany 6 at 1hr 46mins.
Commenting from the balcony, we have Brett/Whiteraven/Anonymous Anteater as Statler to Bina007’s Waldorf and Noah/Pops88 is the Noob Everyone Loves To Love!
The aftershow starts at 2hrs 11mins.

Tune in next time for Episode 14 where we get our first Clash of Kings chapter, as we move onto the events of the 9th to 17th January 299: Arya 5; Sansa 6; Cat 11; Arya 1 from CoK; and Tyrion 9.

Spoiler warning: This podcast contains spoilers for all works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.

Picture credit: The APOIAF Artbook of Game of Thrones, Cat X as drawn by Zeyik. Music credits: Alpine Universe and the Beatles.

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VoK 262: Brideshead Revisited (by Evelyn Waugh)

Posted on February 24, 2016 | 1 comment

Join Bina007 and Amanda (Middlecyclone) as they discuss Evelyn Waugh’s iconic novel of early twentieth century aristocratic tragic love and faith. We will also touch on the much-loved ITV miniseries and the more recent feature film as well as occasionally referring to works by Nancy Mitford, TE Lawrence, DH Lawrence, Christopher Isherwood….

Music credits: Geoffrey Burgon’s superlative soundtrack for the ITV miniseries is available on iTunes and other stores and streaming services.

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VoK 261: Battlestar Galactica ReWatch (Part 3)

Posted on February 21, 2016 | Leave a comment

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Join Drew (Wargasm), Bing (Shoeshiner), Jeff14, and Thomas (FTWard) as they continue VoK’s epic re-watch of Battlestar Galactica. This podcast covers episodes 4-6 of season 1. (Act of Contrition, You Can’t Go Home Again, & Litmus).

Warning: Contains spoilers for the 2003 Battlestar Galactica miniseries and up to season 1, episode 6. Major spoilers for the full 75 episode run of the 2004-2009 Battlestar Galactica TV series at the close of the show.

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Edited by Wargasm
“Kara Remembers” by Bear McCreary, available on iTunes.

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VoK 260: Theories of Ice and Fire (Vol. 2) – R+L=?

Posted on February 18, 2016 | 1 comment

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In this episode, vassals Scott (Shaggydog), Brett (White Raven), Nadia, (Casey) Blue Eyed Queen and (Peter) PetyrSlayish15 pick apart the R+L=J theory and posit/shoot down alternatives alluded to in the Linear ASOIAF re-read series.

Warning: Contains spoilers for all published works in George R R Martin’s ASOIAF series as well as The World of Ice and Fire.

Credits:
Edited by Shaggydog.

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VoK 256: H. H. Holmes

Posted on February 6, 2016 | Leave a comment

Join Matt (Varley), Thomas (FTWard) and Bina007 as they discuss the infamous nineteenth century fraudster, bigamist and serial killer, H. H. Holmes. Music credit: The Flaming Lips, Bad Days.

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VoK 255: White Raven is all about Horses aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 11)

Posted on February 1, 2016 | Leave a comment

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Welcome to the eleventh installment of the Great Linear ASOIAF Re-read. In this episode we cover chapters from the first half of December 298 in A Game Of Thrones. These are Jon 5, 6 and 7, Bran 6 and Dany 6, in which news of Ned’s predicament reaches The Wall, The Undead rise, Robb sets off for the South and Dany suffers an attempt on her life. Listen to the Vassals discuss the dirty sheets of the Lord Commander, the many prophesies of Jon and Sam’s horn, ooh-er missus! But remember the podcast is dark and full of spoilers for all known works in the Song of Ice and Fire series. Also the aftershow starts at 1hr 55m.

The hosts for this episode are Adam (Drowned Snow); Brett (Whiteraven); Casey (blue-eyed-queen); Matt (Varley on the Forums); Patrick (Ser Patrick the Tall); Peter (PetyrSlaylish15); Scott (Shaggydog); Steve (Steveontheforums); and Tanja (Scilens).

For listeners playing along at home, the next episode will cover the rest of December 298: Sansa 5, Cat 8, Ned 15, Tyrion 7 and Dany 7.

Picture credit: The APOIAF Artbook of Game of Thrones, as drawn by Dani Parla Tor. Edited by Adam.

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VoK 253: The Ricky-Bobby School of Politics aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 10)

Posted on January 19, 2016 | 1 comment

N+L=J; Pissing Off To Dragonstone; a Westerosi Order 66 and the hotness of Septa Mordane? It can only be the VOK Linear Re-read, as hosted by Bina007, Brett (Whitehaven), Nadia, Noah (Pops88), Scott (Shaggydog) and Steve-on-the-forums!

In this episode we cover the events of the week of October 19th 298 in Ned 12 through 14, Arya 4 and Sansa 4, in which Robert and Syrio die, Arya bests her first man with steel and Sansa snitches.

The aftershow starts at 2hr 10m, and for listeners playing along at home, the next episode will cover Jon 5 through 7, Bran 6 and Dany 6.

Picture credit: The APOIAF Artbook of Game of Thrones, as drawn by the Podcast Queen, Mimi Mieville. Music credits: Alpine Universe and Slow Club.

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VoK 251: The Silmarillion ReRead (Part 8) – Akallabeth

Posted on January 11, 2016 | Leave a comment

Join hosts Brett (Whitehaven), Greg (claudiusthefool), Matt (Varley), Matthieu (Beric175) & Shane (Easttexasdirewolf) as they retell the story of the fall of Numenor.

Edited by Bina007

Episode Art: “The Fall of Numenor” by Darrell Sweet.

Song: Akallabeth by Iggy Metall and Samwise the Brave by Howard Shore, available to purchase on iTunes and other services.

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VoK 250: Mord is the Tom Bombadil of Murder aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 9)

Posted on January 6, 2016 | Leave a comment

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Maple sceptres, oscillating bidets and feeding Petyr Baelish’s manhood to the goats? It can only be the VOK Linear Re-read!

In this episode we reach the Eyrie and the Trial of Tyrion and watch Dany eat a horse’s heart. As usual the podcast is dark and filled with spoilers – not to mention explosions of syrup.

Chapters covered: Dany 5, Tyrion 5, Tyrion 6, Cat 7 and Bran 5.

Hosts: Adam (Drownedsnow), Amber (Amberrocks), Brett (Whiteraven), Bina007, Drew (Wargasm), Jon (ZaneSeven), Matt (Varley), Nadia, Noah (Pops88), Peter (PetyrSlaylish15) and Scott (Shaggydog).

The aftershow starts at 2hr 19m.

For listeners playing along at home, the next episode will cover chapters Ned 12, Ned 13, Sansa 3, Ned 14, Arya 4 and Sansa 4.

Picture credit: The APOIAF Artbook of Game of Thrones, as drawn by Christina Kolb. Music credits: Alpine Universe and Patch The Pirate – both available on iTunes.

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VoK 247: The Tower of Coy aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 8)

Posted on December 20, 2015 | 4 comments

In this episode of the epic linear re-read of Game of Thrones the Vassals cover Cat 6, Ned 10, Ned 11 and Sansa 3, which sees Cat arriving at the Eyrie, Ned’s infamous Tower of Joy reminiscences and Sansa fatefully being told she is being sent away from King’s Landing. The Vassals discussing these chapters are Bina007, Nadia, Matt (Varley), Scott (Shaggydog) and Adam (Drownedsnow). We also have PetyrSlaylish15 chiming in by the power of Grayskull, I mean the power of pre-recording, as well as the lovely Ballad of the Tower of Joy as written by the Podcast Bard, Jed O’White Hart.

This episode discusses the books in spoiler-y detail but doesn’t give spoilers from the show. The aftershow starts at 2hrs in. For listeners playing along at home, the next episode will cover chapters Dany 5, Tyrion 5, Cat 7, Tyrion 6 and Bran 5.

Picture credit: The APOIAF Artbook of Game of Thrones, as drawn by Fishflight. Music credit: The Ballad of The Tower of Joy by Jed O’White Hart.

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VoK 246: Star Wars – The Force Awakens (EuroSmug Review)

Posted on December 16, 2015 | 4 comments

The European vassals lord it over their American cousins with an early review of The Force Awakens. There is a very brief rating and ranking of the film which is spoiler-free and then after a musical interlude we move into a deeply spoilery discussion of the movie.

Hosts – Bina007, Eddie (Teddard), Patrick (Ser Patrick The Tall) and Tanja (Scilens).

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VoK 245: Westerosi Spanx aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 7)

Posted on December 6, 2015 | Leave a comment

Join the Vassals as they continue their epic linear re-read of Game of Thrones, focussing in this episode on the chapters covering the Tourney of the Hand.

Timeline: Sansa 2 (2m); Ned 7 (31m); Arya 3 (57m); Ned 8 (1hr 10m); Ned 9 (1hr 30m); Which Disney Princess Would Each Host Be? (1hr 56m); Varley opens his VOK Secret Santa present (2hr 02m); Aftershow (2hr 05m).

Hosts: Adam (DrownedSnow), Amber (Amberrocks), Bina007, Katie (Lady Griffin), Nadia, Patrick (Ser Patrick The Tall), Scott (Shaggydog), and Zack (Alias).

For the listener playing along at home, the next instalment will cover the end of September 298 and the first half of October 298, including the Tower of Joy: Cat 6, Ned 10, Ned 11 and Sansa 3.

This episode discusses the books in spoiler-y detail but doesn’t give spoilers from the show.

Picture credit: The APOIAF Artbook of Game of Thrones, as drawn by Jenn Rose. All new opening music credit for the linear re-read by Alpine Universe. Let us know what you think! End music from the Disney film Beauty and the Beast.

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VoK 244: R+P=D aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 6)

Posted on November 21, 2015 | 2 comments

In the sixth part of the Linear Game of Thrones Re-read, VOK regulars Varley, Bina and Nadia are joined by lore-master Scott aka Shaggydog. They discuss the Game of Thrones chapters covering Cat’s apprehension of Tyrion, Sam’s arrival at the Wall and CSI King’s Landing.

Timeline: Ned 5 (3m), Jon 4 (17m), Cat 5 (29m), Tyrion 4 (44m), Ned 6 (50m), R+P=D (1hr).

For the listener playing along at home, the next instalment will cover the Tourney of the Hand chapters: Sansa 2, Ned 7, Arya 3, Ned 8 and Ned 9.

This episode discusses the books in spoiler-y detail but doesn’t give spoilers from the show.

Picture credit: The APOIAF Artbook of Game of Thrones. Music credit: Miss Piggy.

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VoK 242: This is England (Movie and TV Series Review)

Posted on November 5, 2015 | Leave a comment

Oi oi! The Vassals of Kingsgrave welcome all mongs and spazzes, rude boys and skin-heads, for a discussion of Shane Meadows’ iconic movie and TV miniseries, This Is England. Chronicling the adventures of a group of friends from 1983 to 1990, this series is a tragicomic exploration of social unrest, racism, sex, drugs and dodgy haircuts. The discussion is therefore both explicit and full of spoilers. Also apologies for the intermittent background music from the airport lounge in which this episode was recorded.

Hosts: Bina007 and Dagos_Rivers.

Music credits: Billy Bragg, A New England.

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VoK 240: Varley’s Plea aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 5)

Posted on October 25, 2015 | Leave a comment

In the fifth part of the Linear Game of Thrones Re-read, the Vassals discuss feedback on the previous episode and finish up August 298, covering Jon 3 (12m), Tyrion 3 (28m), Arya 2 (40m), Bran 4 (56m). The aftershow starts at 1hr 15m.

For the listener playing along at home, the next instalment will cover the chapters in September 298 – Ned 5, Jon 4, Cat 5, Tyrion 4 and Ned 6.

This episode discusses the books in spoiler-y detail but doesn’t give spoilers from the show.

Picture credit: HBO’s Game of Thrones. Music credit: The Presidents of the United States of America.

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VoK 237: The Iron Bidet aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 3)

Posted on September 23, 2015 | 8 comments

In the third part of our linear re-read the Fellowship of Vassals expands both in numbers and chapters covered. We go through the events of May and June 298 which sees an assassination attempt on Bran, Tyrion go north to the wall, Ned go south with Robert, and Dany visiting Vaes Dothrak. Naturally, the podcast contains spoilers for all works in the Song of Ice and Fire series as well as HBO’s Game of Thrones.

Bran 2 (0m); Tyrion 1 (20m); Jon 2 (45m); Cat 3 (1hr); Tyrion 2 (1hr 17m); Dany 4 (1hr 30m); Ned (1hr 40m); Aftershow (2hr).

For the listener playing along at home, the next instalment will cover the chapters in July 298 – Sansa 1 & Ned 3 – and the first half of August 298 – Bran 3, Cat 4 and Ned 4.

Hosts: Adam (Drowned Snow), Amanda (Middlecyclone), Bina007, Brett (Whiteraven), Calvin (KCenturion), Kelvin (Brum Riverlander), Matt (Varley), Nadia, and Tanja (Scilens).

Picture credit: HBO’s Game of Thrones. Music credit: Johnny Cash.

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VoK 233: The Virtues of a 9-Inch Meat Pie aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 2)

Posted on September 8, 2015 | Leave a comment

The second podcast in our linear ASOIAF re-read begins with feedback on last week’s episode focussing on the character of Ser Weymar Royce and Lunar dragons. We then cover the events of April 298, with the King and the Lannisters arriving at Winterfell as news of Jon Arryn’s death reaches Cat. This translates into the Game of Thrones chapters Ned 1 (16m), Jon 1 (37m), Cat 2 (49m) and Arya 1 (1h5m). The aftershow begins at 1hr 15m.

Spoilers: All published novels in the ASOIAF series but neither spoiler chapters for The Winds of Winter nor the latest season of Game of Thrones.

Podcast hosts: FTWard (Thomas), Mordion (Michael), Claudius The Fool (Greg), Bina007, Middlecyclone (Amanda), Nadia, Varley (Matt) and Whiteraven (Brett) .

For those of you playing along at home, the next episode will cover the events of May 298, so Game of Thrones: Bran 2, Tyrion 1, Jon 2 and Cat 3.

Picture credit: HBO’s Game of Thrones. Music credit: Michael Jackson’s Billy Jean.

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VoK 232: Panspermia! aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 1)

Posted on August 31, 2015 | 6 comments

In the first in a new series of VOK-casts, the Vassals return to their roots with a linear re-read of George R R Martin’s A Song Of Ice And Fire. This episode covers events from June 297 to March 298. This translates to the following chapters in Game of Thrones: the Prologue, Dany 1 (21 mins), Dany 2 (37 mins), Bran 1 (48 mins), Cat 1 (1hr 9m) and Dany 3 (1 hr 18m) in that order. Whiteraven then shares his theory of why seasons change (1hr 28m). In doing this re-read we are hugely indebted to the reddit author who compiled the linear timeline linked below.

Spoilers: All published novels in the ASOIAF series but neither spoiler chapters for The Winds of Winter nor the latest season of Game of Thrones.

Podcast hosts: Bina007, Middlecyclone (Amanda), Nadia, Varley (Matt) and Whiteraven (Brett) with extra podcast goodness from the Podcast Bard, Jed O’ White Hart.

For those of you playing along at home, the next episode will cover Game of Thrones: Ned 1, Jon 1, Cat 2 and Arya 1 which corresponds to April 298.

Picture credit: Jon Neimeister. Music credit: Sammy Davis Jr’s superlative Old Black Magic.