Episode 50

Unexpected Journey’s Kinhouse

July 2, 2012

Working my way through many a recorded but unedited episode, I’m starting with this outstanding show featuring Symphonious as guest house band and Dessuidhiel’s talented freestyling! Tomrica the Hobbit joins us as a guest host for this episode. Does Locney count as a guest host at this point too?

Podcast hosts:

• Locney Esgal
• Lennidhren of Lorien
• Gaiagil Melodwen
• Guest host: Tomrica

Performers:

• Symphonious - opener, “Sailing”
• Grealo, “Escape from Minas Eriol” read by Locney
• Merilinel, “Reignite”
• Trollsong, “Fear of the Dark”
• Unexpected Journey, “Sky” and “House of the Rising Sun”
• Mithrilfist, “The Prancing Pony Adventure”
• Melanie and Friends, “My Favorite Mistake,” sung by Gaiagil
• Dessuidhiel, Freestyling
• Symphonious - dance set, “Wind Beneath My Wings,” “This is Berk,” “Ride of the Valkyries,” “Have You Ever Seen the Rain”

Credits

• Thanks to tonight's performers: Grealo, Merilinel, Persephonee, Trollsong, Unexpected Journey, Mellilot, Mithrilfist, Melanie and Friends, Dessuidhiel, and our house band, Symphonious, for their performances at Ales and Tales this week
• Thanks also to this week's Ales and Tales stage crew: MC Mithrilfist; Stage Manager: Gaiagil; Booze Masters: Mithrilfist and Tinki; Musical Mentoring Director: Theromin; Symphonious Bandleader Theobrend; Sound Technician: Anarwald; Live Tweeter: Lennidhren; and all our Layer Wranglers and Town Criers.  
• The Ales and Tales Podcast is a production of the Lonely Mountain Broadcasting Company. Recording is done with Skype, MP3 Skype Recorder, and Audacity. Editing by Lindorieh, Ranna Dylin, and Gaiagil Melodwen. The production team includes Ranna Dylin, Gaiagil Melodwen, Locney Esgal, Bandoras, Harperella of Dale, and Lindorieh and our wonderful guest readers and vocalists. Theme song by Aegthil's Fool.  Warning! Listening to this podcast could cause you to taste rectangles and smell the color magenta. All rights reserved. Copyright 2013.  

Yes, it has been quiet here at Lonely Mountain Broadcasting in the Ales and Tales studio...Well, in fact, we've been recording the weekly show but I have slacked off on the editing! Also I've still got quite a few numbers outstanding that we need singers or guest readers for, so editing the episodes has been delayed by...lack of content. This is just to let everyone know that the podcast is still in production! We're taking a hiatus from recording it for the rest of the summer due to difficulty in scheduling a time when the hosts can all chat. Once school resumes and the two of us that are teachers are back to more stable schedules, we'll be catching up. In the meantime, I do hope to continue catching up with the editing during this hiatus and getting some more episodes out to you!

~Lennidhren

Congratulations to the winners of the Weatherstock Dance-A-Thon held last Friday! First round went to Shinarra and Estellost with their excellent synching of the second elf dance around one another. Second round was won by Madaelin and Laerlin, coordinated beautifully in steps and in outfits! And for the third round we went freestyle, and the judges were so impressed with the creativity in this round that we awarded a tie - Chantillyrose and Zaxin, perfectly in step, and Adey and Stili, with amazing synching of a dwarven jig!

Congratulations to the winning bands at Weatherstock IV! The Light in the Dark prize went to the all-elven band of Laurelin and Landroval, ANDUNIE! The audience voted for MORNIE ALANTIE of Belegaer to win the People's Choice award! And the Lonely Mountain Band, after much deliberation (and two tie-breaking re-votes!) selected the SONGBURROW STROLLERS of Crickhollow for the Lonely Mountain Cup! Thank you to all who attended (at one point we counted over 480 there at Amon Sul) and made this year's show a great success. We'll see you again next year! And if you missed it, checkout the @Weatherstock feed on Twitter for links to many a blog post, picture album, and moving picture documenting the event.

This Thursday, the Middle-earth Network presents the next adventure in the LOTRO Quest series! Join the intrepid adventurers as they set out from the Rabbit Room at the Bird and Baby in Michel Delving and make their way to the ruined city of Tinnudir! Along the way there will be talk about the history of the Northern Kingdom of Arnor and even a visit to the Professor himself, known in-game as Ronald Dwale. The journey begins at 8pm /servertime, Thursday, June 21. Contact Bandoras for further information or see http://news.mymiddleearth.com/2012/06/14/announcing-lotro-quest-episode-2-tolkien-and-tinnudir/

Do you long for adventure (and ale)? Do you wish you could hear music and stories in exotic new lands? We invite you to join us at a new form of Ales and Tales: Ales and Tales Extreme! (ATE for short)  This will never take the place of our regular, low-level friendly gatherings on Mondays, so don't worry about the regular show ever going away. ATE will provide the familiar variety show format, with songs and tales performed by the attendees, but in more exotic locations. We might visit Moria, Lothlorien, Enedwaith, the Great River...anyplace that great locations can be found but can't easily be reached! The first ATE will be held Friday, June 22, at 9pm, in Moria's Second Hall (on the stairs overlooking Nud-Melek). All who can reach that location are invited to attend! Bring a tale or song if you can, or contact me if you want to help out with the stage crew or play in Old Winyards for the first ever ATE. Look for ATE to take place once a month on Friday nights (and occasionally a bonus ATE on a Saturday too).

Oak n' Barrel Productions, in Association with the Bounders of the Shire (Addernotch Station), are presenting the Merry Mootsters' new theatrical, "The Tale of Marco and Blanco and the Founding of the Shire." This will be an original play in six scenes, with drama and comedy and a little bit of pageantry, suitable for all ages. Come enjoy the show at the Party Tree in Hobbiton on Saturday, June 23, at 8:30 PM /servertime!

Check out the concerts happening every week! The Green Hill Music Society plays Tuesdays at the Bird & Baby at 10:00; the Eriador Music Society, Thursdays at 10:30; the BBB, Sundays at 3:00, and the Andune Ensemble, Mondays at 3:00; all times are p.m. /servertime.

We're trying something new here at the Ales and Tales Podcast. Even in the best of times, the announcements that we make in game and then read on the podcast tend to go stale by the time the editing is finished, which can take from a few days to weeks depending on how quickly we can line up guest readers and singers when that content is needed. Add a very busy spring semester for Gaiagil and me, and we are now far behind in editing the shows. So I'm going to start releasing mini-episodes of the announcements segment alone, as soon as I can get it edited after we record each week, so that listeners can still make use of the news about upcoming events. Thus, here are this week's announcements!

• New Start Time! Ales and Tales will begin at 9:30pm /servertime beginnng June 18. Nibbles and Nobs at 8:30
• Music lovers of Middle-earth, we'll see you at Weatherstock! On June 16, the Lonely Mountain Band hosts the biggest concert of all, with ten bands from all over Middle-earth (and visiting from many various servers) performing for an audience of hundreds. Come join the fun on Saturday, June 16! Stop by http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?459134-Weatherstock-IV for details.
• LMB Dance-a-thon and Dueling bandmasters - contest and concert Friday June 15, 4pm /servertime Michel Delving
• Ales and Tales Extreme launches Friday June 22 at 9pm /servertime on the western stairs into the 2nd hall of Moria
• Also in Weatherstock news, are you visiting Landroval for the big show and have nothing to wear? Or would you like to help such visitors be well attired for Weatherstock?' Elleby is coordinating a Weatherstock wardrobing service for all our out-of-town visitors! She is in particular need of lovely dresses for visitors to wear, so please speak with her if you can donate any suitable clothes.
• The Bounders of the Shire present a theatrical performance of “The Tale of Marco and Blanco and the Founding of the Shire” on Saturday June 23rd.
• Wednesday July 11, 9:30 pm at Hengstacer Farm - Windy Acres Ranch presents the first equestrian event of the 2012-2013 season, with a mounted costume contest (dress like your favorite LOTR character) and a “Fellowship” relay horse race.
• Weekly concerts: The Green Hill Music Society plays Tuesdays at the Bird & Baby at 10:00; the Eriador Music Society, Thursdays at 10:30; the BBB, Sundays at 3:00, and the Andune Ensemble, Mondays at 3:00; all times are p.m. /servertime.

Episode 30

Imrath Ivrin

February 13, 2012

For the day before Valentine's Day, we held Ales and Tales in the lovely and romantic party gazebo of the Lonely Mountain Band's Imlath Ivrin neighborhood.

Podcast hosts:

• Locney Esgal
• Lennidhren of Lorien
• Gaiagil Melodwen

Performers:

• Old Winyards: “What a Wonderful World”
• Aldekim’s poem: “What’s this Ales and Tales Thing?” read by Owea Esgal
• Kemendin Matanare’s poem: “Lament for Edhelion” read by Ellasse
• Melanie’s tale: “The Tale of Reynard, Part 2” read by Gaiagil
• Ellasse playing and singing “The Aria of Maria”
• Runesdaeg’s poem: “The Tale of the Last Prince of Cardolan” read by Lennidhren
• Mithrilfist’s tale: “A Salute For Kiralynn” read by Mithrilfist
• Floradine playing “Descendant of Shinobi” and “Citadel Hill”
• Finthilion: “Gloin” sung by Floradine
• Old Winyards Dance Set: “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman”, Lennidhren singing “Errantry” and “A Song of Nimrodel”

Announcements

• Bywater Steeplechase, Friday, February 24
• Fionnuala forms The Cottage Players
• Spring Racing Carnival coming up
• Weekly concerts on Landroval: A&T Mondays 10:30pm, GHMS Tuesdays 10pm, EMS Thursdays 10:30 pm, Mar Vanwa Tyaliéva Saturdays 9:30pm, BBB Saturdays midnight, Andune Ensemble Mondays 3pm
• Upcoming A&T locations: Esteldin (Feb. 20); Festival Arena (Feb. 27); Methel Stage (March 5)

Credits

• Thanks to tonight's performers: Aldekim, Kemendin, Melanie, Ellasse, Runesdaeg, Mithrilfist, Floradine, Finthilion, and our house band, Old Winyards, for their performances at Ales and Tales this week
• Thanks also to this week's Ales and Tales stage crew: MC Locney; Stage Manager: Tamroch; Booze Master: Mithrilfist, Tinki, Eijah; Musical Mentoring Director: Ellasse; Old Winyards Bandleader Lennidhren; Live Tweeter: Floradine; Dance Master: Harperella; and all our Layer Wranglers and Town Criers.  
• The Ales and Tales Podcast is a production of the Lonely Mountain Broadcasting Company. Recording is done with Skype, MP3 Skype Recorder, and Audacity. Editing by Ranna Dylin and Gaiagil Melodwen. The production team includes Ranna Dylin, Gaiagil Melodwen, Locney Esgal, Harperella of Dale, Sidarin, and our wonderful guest readers and vocalists including, among others, Isilwren and Casinthelion Cirdain... Theme song by Aegthil's Fool.  Warning! Listening to this podcast could cause you to taste rectangles and smell the color magenta. All rights reserved. Copyright 2012.   

This is why editing takes so long...

This is what happens when you're recording a podcast via Skype and a co-host's mother sends her a tell on Skype...

Episode 32

The Pub Under the Mountain, Thorin’s Hall

February 27, 2012

We tried to hold Ales and Tales in the Festival Arena - but the dwarves would only let so many patrons at a time in near the Glorious Beer! Instead, we moved out to the Thorin’s Hall pub (though the bartender there did take exception to our Booze Masters’ free handouts undercutting his business...).

Podcast hosts:

• Locney Esgal
• Lennidhren of Lorien
• Gaiagil Melodwen

Performers:

• OW Opener: Keg Jig
• Mithrilfist: On Dwarven Ground
• Runesdaeg on bagpipes: Earl of Elgin, Atholl Highlanders and Lord Lovat's Lament
• Dringil on harp: Caught in the Net; In Flames; Bombadil's Reel
• Dori Bolger: poem: Ballad of Bilbo, by Aldekim
• Tessariel: Secret Vows
• OW Dance Set:
• Ancient of Days
• The Bards' Song
• A Song of Durin
• Battle of Evermore
• Conan Anvil
• Unexpected Journey: Ten Years Gone

Announcements

• Next week's A&T location: Methel Stage (March 5); Tinnudir (March 12); Rivendell (March 19); Great Smials (March 26)
• Join the BBB as they film scenes for their new video on Saturday, March 3, at 1PM EST in Ost Guruth - a lynch mob and wild ladies are needed. More details will be posted on the Landroval forums - contact Beorbrand for more information!
• Weekly concerts on Landroval: A&T Mondays 10:30pm, GHMS Tuesdays 10pm, EMS Thursdays 10:30 pm, Mar Vanwa Tyaliéva Saturdays 9:30pm, BBB Saturdays midnight

Credits

• Thanks to tonight's performers: Mithrilfist, Runesdaeg, Dringil, Dori Bolger, Tessariel, Unexpected Journey, and our house band, Old Winyards, for their performances at Ales and Tales this week  
• Thanks also to this week's Ales and Tales stage crew: MC Locney; Stage Manager: Tamroch; Booze Master: Mithrilfist; Musical Mentoring Director: Bandoras; Old Winyards Bandleader Lennidhren.
• The Ales and Tales Podcast is a production of the Lonely Mountain Broadcasting Company. Recording is done with Skype, MP3 Skype Recorder, and Audacity. Editing by Ranna Dylin and Gaiagil Melodwen. The production team includes Ranna Dylin, Gaiagil Melodwen, Locney Esgal, Harperella of Dale, Sidarin, and our wonderful guest readers and vocalists including, among others, Isilwren and Casinthelion Cirdain... Theme song by Aegthil's Fool.  Warning! Listening to this podcast could cause you to taste rectangles and smell the color magenta. All rights reserved. Copyright 2012.   

Episode 29

The Lore-Tower, Ost Guruth

February 6, 2012

A momentous Ales and Tales - the debut of the Lonely Mountain Band’s anthem, “Far Apart, Never Alone”!

Podcast hosts:

• Locney Esgal
• Gaiagil Melodwen
• Lennidhren of Lorien

Performers:

• OW Opener: LMB Anthem
• OW Dance Set: Cliffs of Moher (Floradine); Cuivienen (LMB album; transcr. Astleigh); The Happy Song; See the Ladies with their Garments so Green (Floradine)
• Mithrilfist: "Kegs and Misadventures"
• Tessariel: "Come My Way" from Inuyasha, transcribed by Tess
• Melanie: The Tale of Reynard, Part One
• Mentoring; music by Runesdaeg on harp: Marble Halls, Galadriel's Song of Eldamar, Lothlorien and May it Be
• Floradine with Old Winyards: Great East Road (to the tune of Country Roads)
• OW Closer: Ales and Tales Theme

Announcements

• Next week's A&T location: Imrath Ivrin (Feb. 13); Esteldin (Feb. 20); Festival Arena in Thorin’s Hall (Feb. 27)
• Friday, February 24th, the Lonely Mountain Riding Club hosts the Bywater Steeplechase
• Fionnuala calls for actors to join the Cottage Players!
• Sunday, February 19th: FishStock - Music for Fishing!
• Weekly concerts on Landroval: A&T Mondays 10:30pm, GHMS Tuesdays 10pm, EMS Thursdays 10:30 pm, Mar Vanwa Tyaliéva Saturdays 9:30pm, BBB Saturdays midnight

Credits

• Thanks to tonight's performers: Mithrilfist, Tessariel, Melanie, Runesdaeg, Floradine, and our house band, Old Winyards, for their performances at Ales and Tales this week. Also thanks to Floradine and Astleigh for their abc transcriptions played by Old Winyards this week!
• Thanks also to this week's Ales and Tales stage crew:

MC: Harperella/Lennidhren

Stage Manager: Tamroch

Old Winyards Bandleader: Lennidhren

Booze Master: Mithrilfist

Musical Mentoring Director: Apis

Live Tweeter: Floradine

Escorts: Kaerri/Qiredis

Dance Master: Harperella

• The Ales and Tales Podcast is a production of the Lonely Mountain Broadcasting Company. Recording is done with Skype, MP3 Skype Recorder, and Audacity. Editing by Ranna Dylin and Gaiagil Melodwen. The production team includes Ranna Dylin, Gaiagil Melodwen, Locney Esgal, Harperella of Dale, Sidarin, and our wonderful guest readers and vocalists including, among others, Isilwren and Casinthelion Cirdain... Theme song by Aegthil's Fool.  Warning! Listening to this podcast could cause you to taste rectangles and smell the color magenta. All rights reserved. Copyright 2012.   

So...Locney's still singing randomly. Yeah. Toast.