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.   

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 27

The Festival Garden, Duillond

January 23, 2012

Locney returns as in-game host - in a fancy hat! We celebrated Ales and Tales this week in the Festival Garden, also known as the shrew cave, in Duillond. It’s a lovely spot when it’s not overrun with shrews!

Podcast hosts:

• Locney Esgal
• Gaiagil Melodwen
• Lennidhren of Lorien

Performers:

• OW Opener: Vingilot
• Rifflo: The Green Dragon; Safety Dance
• Mithrilfist's tale: "Breaking the Fourth Wall: The Players' Poem"
• Floradine: A riddle; song "Ardo and Inula"
• Melanie, Kaleigh, Adrie: She Moved Through the Fair
• Bandoras: "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" - for Carica
• Zaag: "Wandering"
• Tarnanduil: a reel: "Pacific Slope"
• Runesdaeg: harp: Silk Dilemma
• Tamroch: Minas Ithil (Minas Morgul)" - Sung for the podcast by Andeon
• OW Dance Set: Ballad of Aiglos (sung by Ellasse); Swanships of Alqualonde; The Fall of Gil-Galad (sung by Ellasse)

Announcements

• Next week's A&T location: Frostbluff snowman field (Jan 30); Ost Guruth (Feb 6); Imrath Ivrin (Feb 13); Esteldin (Feb 20); Thorin’s Hall: Festival Arena (Feb 27)
• Weekly concerts on Landroval: Andune Ensemble Mndays 3pm. 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: Rifflo, Mithrilfist, Floradine; Melanie, Kaleigh, and Adrie; Bandoras; Zaag; Tarnanduil; Runesdaeg; Tamroch; 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: Tinki & Mithrilfist; Musical Mentoring Director: Floradine; Old Winyards Bandleader Ellasse; 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 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 25

The Wardspire, Ered Luin

January 9, 2012

Casinthelion Cirdain joins in hosting this week’s show, which he cohosted in game with Gilarune (and led in a mass cliff diving incident afterwards...)

Podcast hosts:

• Locney Esgal
• Gaiagil Melodwen
• Lennidhren of Lorien
• Guest host: Casinthelion Cirdain

Performers:

• OW Opener: Ancient of Days
• Floradine: "Poem: The Sparrow and the Cat; Song: Sun-Shiny Day"
• Mithrilfist: Tale: "Let Us Meet in Frostbluff!"
• Casinthelion: Trololo song...on bagpipes...
• Melanie: "Evening Falls"
• Laerlin: "Where Have All the Rangers Gone?"
• Tessariel: "Suteki Da Ne"  from Final Fantasy X
• OW Dance Set: Mummer's Dance; Bard's Song; Song of Gil-Galad (Lenn on lyrics); Vivaldi Breakdown; Nine Pint Coggie

Announcements:

• Upcoming Locations: Jan 16: Halros' camp; Jan 23: Duillond; Jan 30: Frostbluff at Virgil's snowman field
• Talent Show, Jan 13, 4pm EST, 1 Twinfall Path, Imrath Ivrin, Falathlorn homesteads. Sign ups are from 3:00pm to 3:50pm EST. Contact Kiralynn to participate. If you don't plan to perform, come and vote for the winner!
• Winter Derby: Jan 23, 3pm EST. This will start off the spring racing season, culminating in the 2nd Annual Landroval Spring Racing Carnival! The prize for first place is a code for 1600 Turbine Points! Second and third place finishers will receive gold prizes.  A pre-race party will be held at Thorin's Hall Inn starting at 2pm EST.  Riders must register ahead of time by in-game mailing their name, horse's breed and name to Kiralynn, or sending her a /tell at the pre-race party before 2:45pm EST.
• Weekly Concerts: 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: Floradine, Mithrilfist, Casinthelion, Melanie, Laerlin, Tessariel, 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: MCs Gilarune and Casinthelion; Stage Manager: Tamroch; Booze Master: Mithrilfist; Musical Mentoring Director: Carica; Old Winyards Bandleader Lennidhren; Sound Technician: Floradine; Live Tweeter: Carica; 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.   

Episode 17

Aerlinnbar

November 14, 2011

In an unfortunate coincidence, your podcast hossts Locney, Lennidhren, and Gaiagil all were absent from this week's show - so we asked Sidarin, who live tweeted it that week, to join us as a guest host and fill us in on what we missed! Seems we missed a great lineup, too...

Podcast hosts:

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

Performers:

• Harperella, freestyling harp
• Old Winyards dance set: "Swordsman of the Sky" and "Teleri"
• Melanie and Wendy: "The Eighth of November"
• Unexpected Journey: "Me and Bobby McGee" and "Canadian Railroad Trilogy"
• Harperella: "Swanships of Alqualonde"
• Dringil: "Net" and BONUS songs: "Red Rose," "The Jester's Dance" and "Caramelldansen"
• Mithrilfist: "Our Mighty Gourgini"
• BBB: "Harperella's Grace" and "The Bluebonnett Blues"
• Malenthel: "Windmills of My Heart"

Credits

• Thanks to tonight's performers: Harperella, Melanie and Wendy, Unexpected Journey, Dringil, Mithrilfist, Malenthel, BBB, 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 Harperella; Stage Manager: Tamroch; Booze Master: Mithrilfist; Musical Mentoring Director: Anarwald; Old Winyards Bandleader Casinthelion; Live Tweeter: Sidarin; 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.   

Episode 19

The Training Grounds

November 28, 2011

(N.B. - Yes, there will be an episode 17 and 18. They are still in editing and waiting on some of us to do some singing. But I had all the pieces for episode 19 done so I went ahead and put this one together first so you would have SOMETHING to download! ~Lennidhren)

A little bit of snow didn't stop most people from gathering north of Gondamon at the mysterious treasure hunting base called the Training Grounds for this week's show!

Podcast hosts:

• Locney Esgal
• Lennidhren of Lorien
• Gaiagil Melodwen

Performers:

• Old Winyards Opener: Ales and Tales Theme Song
• Melanie and Wendy: "If I Die Young"
• Gori "Mithrilfist" Brightforge's tale: "A Dwarven Day"
• Madaelin: "Barbados"
• Lennidhren: "Fantasia in D Minor"
• Casinthelion and Lennidhren: "Let Us Sing Together"
• Finthilion: Tribute
• Unexpected Journey: "Ten Years Gone," "White Room," "White Rabbit"
• Old Winyards Dance Set: "Song of Durin's Awakening," "Wyrmbane Forge," "Lennidhren's Pavane"
   

Announcements

• Next week's A&T location: North Bree Hobbit Farms (12/5), followed by Farmer Maggot's Farm (12/12) and The Greenhouse at Thorin's Hall (12/19) 
• 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: Melanie and Wendy; Gori "Mithrilfist" Brightforge; Madaelin; Finthilion; 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:  MCs Casinthelion and Lennidhren; Stage Manager: Lennidhren; Booze Masters: Eijah and Mithrilfist; Musical Mentoring Director: Carica; Old Winyards Bandleader Casinthelion; Dance Mistress: Lennidhren; Sound Technician: Anarwald; Live Tweeter: Lennidhren; and all our Layer Wranglers and Town Criers. The show could not go on without all of you! 
• Thanks also to Floradine for singing Finthilion's song!
• The Ales and Tales Podcast is a production of the Lonely Mountain Broadcasting Company. Recording is done with Skype and Audacity. Editing by Ranna Dylin and Gaiagil Melodwen. The production team includes Ranna Dylin, Gaiagil Meldowen, Locney Esgal, Harperella of Dale, Isilwren, Sidarin, 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 2011.  

Episode 15

The Haunted Cottage

October 31, 2011

The kinship Mar Vanwa Tyalieva, known throughout Landroval for their creative endeavours including weekly concerts, the Silmarillion musical play, and more, decorated a kinhouse as a Haunted Cottage for the fall festival and invited Ales and Tales to be held there. What a wonderfully spooky venue! Many came in costume and some of the performers even provided tales and music in keeping with an All Hallows' Eve theme, and a grand time was had by all!

Podcast hosts:

• Locney Esgal
• Lennidhren of Lorien
• Gaiagil Melodwen
• Guest host, Sidarin

Performers:

• Old Winyards Opener: In the Willow-Meads of Tasarinan, sung by Lennidhren
• Welcome from Khizli, MVT representative
• Unexpected Journey: "Ghostbusters," "I Put a Spell on You," and "Witchy Woman"
• Chimly Stonefoot: "Let Us Sing Together" (the Tom Bombadil song)
• Dringil: "Follow Me Up to Carlow," "Fairy Story," "Bombadil's Reel"
• Melanie's tale: "The Haunters and the Haunted"
• Sons of Numenor: "Requiem for a Dream"
• Old Winyards dance set: "Wizard's Mystery," "Fiddler's Elbow," "Khizli Jigs Medley"

Announcements

• Next week's A&T location: Appledores 11/7; Aerlinnbar (LMB kinhouse) 11/14
• Blogmoot: Saturday, November 19, Elendilmir, hosted by Gaiagil
• Broken Cask RP tavern, every other Wednesday - next up is November 16. 5 Long Street, Durrow, Bree-land homesteads
• 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: Unexpected Journey, Cennwyn, Chimly, Dringil, Melanie, the Sons of Numenor, 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 Dash; Stage Manager: Lennidhren; Booze Master: Tinki and her assistant, Eijah; Musical Mentoring Director: Travelling; Old Winyards Bandleader Carica; Social Reporter: Sarasti; and Live Tweeter: Rizrik. The show could not go on without all of you! 
• The Ales and Tales Podcast is a production of the Lonely Mountain Broadcasting Company. Recording is done with Skype and Audacity. Editing by Ranna Dylin and Gaiagil Melodwen. The production team includes Ranna Dylin, Gaiagil Meldowen, Locney Esgal, Harperella of Dale, Isilwren, Sidarin, 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 2011.  

Episode 5

Hliflak, Thorin's Gate Homesteads

August 22, 2011

The Lonely Mountain Band recently moved into a kin neighborhood in the dwarven homesteads - the town of Hliflak, shared with our friends from the Glory of the Longbeards kinship. Here at the Hliflak party stage we held this week's Ales and Tales!

Podcast Hosts:

• Locney Esgal
• Lennidhren of Lorien
• Gaiagil Melodwen

Special thanks to Gourgini for his roleplay that inspired this week's feature!

Performers:

• Aldekim's poem about Dale (read by Locney)
• Melanie: "Kortirion" to the tune of "Memory of Trees"
• The Merrydos: Sousa's "Gladiator March" transcribed by Singamerrydo
• Madaelin and Adrie: "Simply a Ballad"
• Unexpected Journey: "Gypsy Rover"
• Benjimir: "MiSirLou"
• Malenthel: "Far Over"
• Yngiwulf's tale: "The Last Ancient Elvar"
• Tessariel: "Someday the Dream Will End"
• Ghingeriel and Aldekim: "Passages" - lyrics from "Bilbo's Song" (Click the link for Ghingeriel's music video of this song!)
• Melanie's poem: "The Brave Dwarf"
• Old Winyards Dance Set: "Song of Durin's Awakening," "Wyrmbane Forge," "A Song of Durin"

Announcements:

• Aug. 29 A&T at Archet
• Sept. 5 A&T at "The Loc-Down" - Locney's birthday!
• Next A&T celebration will be the eleventy-first on Oct. 3rd.
• Exiles of the Riddermark ongoing event Wednesdays 9pm Campfire RP 10pm Event Start
• Casting Call: Life of Riley looking for extras for a music video on August 30th. Contact Rulorn if interested.
• Check out Landroval's Weekly concerts: A&T Mondays; GHMS Tuesdays 10pm; EMS Thursdays 10:30pm;  MVT Saturdays 9:30pm; BBB Saturdays Midnight
• New Landroval newsletter: http://www.landrovaltimes.info

Credits:

• Thanks to tonight's performers: Aldekim, Melanie, The Merrydos, Madaelin and Adrie, Unexpected Journey, Benjimir, Malenthel, Yngiwulf, Tessariel, Ghingeriel, 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 Derthil; Stage Manager: Gaiagil; Booze Master: Tinki ; Musical Mentoring Director: Aldekim; Old Winyards Bandleader Lennidhren; Social Reporter: Kyrian; Live Tweeter: Lennidhren; and all our Town Criers. The show could not go on without all of you!
• The Ales and Tales Podcast is a production of the Lonely Mountain Broadcasting Company. Recording is done with Skype and Audacity. Editing by Ranna Dylin and Gaiagil Melodwen. The production team includes Ranna Dylin, Gaiagil Meldowen, Locney Esgal, Harperella of Dale, Isilwren, Sidarin, 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 2011.