Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour

Episode 23 - Pink Lady Pledge!!

We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! That's right, it's Christmastime, and what better way to celebrate than with a nice scrummy portion of tasty podcast goodness?

This episode of The Parlour sees Stacey joined by returning guest and person-still-willing-to-share-a-hotel-room-with-Stacey; Jenni Newman! The ladies recall their experiences at Thought Bubble Comic Con in Leeds last month, chatting about their nerves approaching the Gods and Goddesses of Comicdom, their purchases, sharing a hotel room, and the highlights of the con. Also contains a somewhat spoilery review of the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special (can you say HELL YEAH?!) and a lot of gushing about Jamie Smart's Kochi Wanaba hardback.

Stacey and Jenni also get all festive up in here, naming their Top 3 Christmas Films! So grab a nice hot chocolate (or a mulled wine, if you're feeling properly festive), a wedge of Christmas pud (or, if like Stacey you hate the fruits involved in a Christmas pud, a slice of Yule log) and enjoy this latest installment of Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour!

Episode Theme - 'Cool Yule' by Bette Midler

End Theme - 'Sleigh Ride' by She & Him

PS. Hello, Stacey here to say 2 things;
1. Once again I have to apologise for some technical issues; I actually did quite well editing out the zillion-and-one times one of us lost audio entirely and we had to drop the call, but there are still some weird things going on. Occasionally it skips bits of our sentences, and we lose sound on Jenni once or twice, and I apologise. I reckon it's Skynet trying to sabotage me...

2. MERRY CHRISTMAS! Thank you to all those who choose to spend their spare time listening to me and my buddies ramble about the things we do/read/see/listen to; I am very thankful for every single listener, and I hope you all have a fun, safe, happy, pressie-filled Christmas, and all the best for the New Year! Have fun and be merry, y'all!!

S x

Episode 22 - Brummies in the House

Hello there ladies and gents; welcome to another fine installment of Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour! This episode sees Stacey joined by none other than Small Press Big Mouth's own Lee Grice. It's a Brum-centric epic!

During the massive chat-fest that is episode 22, Stacey and Lee review Gravity, The Walking Dead, Night of the Doctor, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Attack on Titan and loads, loads more!

So grab a nice hot beverage, a slice of your favourite cake, and curl up by the fireplace with the latest episode of The Parlour!

Episode Theme - 'The Blob Theme' by The Five Blobs

End Theme - 'Oats In The Water' by Ben Howard

Episode 21 - Ramble, Much?

Ladies and gentleman, welcome to another episode of Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour! This month, Stacey is joined by the utterly lovely Brenda, of Geektress fame! Be prepared for tangents galore as Stace and Brenda get their talk on about all things pop culture.

Expect ruminations on (and most likely massive spoilers for) the Dexter finale, Sleepy Hollow, Hunger Games (both books and movie), How I Met Your Mother, World's End and...bear epidemics?!

So grab a slice of your favourite cake (I highly recommend Battenburg) and enjoy this installment of pop culture babbling!

Episode Theme - 'Radioactive' by Imagine Dragons

End Theme - 'Running If You Call My Name' by Haim

Episode 20 - Doctor Who Now?!

Oh hello there! Welcome to the twentieth installment of Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour; the podcast about all the jazz you want to hear about, best served with tea and cake! Making his return to the Parlour this episode is Matt Davis; you may remember him from the episode in which you couldn't hear a word he said... Well, thankfully this time around you can hear him clear as bell, and boy do we ramble!

Listen in as Stacey and Matt discuss the casting for Doctor Who, upcoming Marvel and DC movies, Knightfall, Guardians of the Galaxy, World War Z and...football?!

All that and more in this glorious-sounding episode of the Pop Culture Parlour!

Episode Theme - 'Hooked on a Feeling' by Blue Suede

End Theme - 'One Week' by Barenaked Ladies

Episode 19 - The One That Isn't Episode 18, Despite What Stacey Says

Welcome to Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour, where tea, cakes and rambling go hand in hand for an hour or so for your audio enjoyment. Joining Stacey in the cyber-parlour this episode is the utterly dreamy Stevie Disme from Comic Book Queers! Be prepared for a lot of man-oggling, guys...

As well as a ton of dribbling-over-comic-hotties, you can also expect talk on Nickelodeon's first series of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Pacific Rim, Trillium #1, The Wolverine, appropriate behaviour at comic cons and much much more!

So please, grab a mini Battenburg and enjoy this latest installment!

Episode Theme  - 'All The Lovers' by Scissor Sisters

End Theme - 'I Could Have Been Your Girl' by She & Him


These little apology footnotes are getting to be a bit too frequent... Ahem, guys, I would like to extend my humblest apologies for the following;
1. To Stevie himself, for fudging up the time difference between his bit of the US and my bit of the UK, causing him to be hanging about waiting for me for far too long; you're a star for waiting for me!
2. To all you lovely listeners for the technical issues at the start of the episode; there's some skipping/crackling, then a whole chunk missing; I lack technical prowess and couldn't fix it, sorry :(
3. And finally, not so much an apology as an admission; like a div I kept referring to this episode as episode 18, when it is clearly 19. I blame Stevie for distracting me with his luscious dulcet tones!

Whilst I have you here, myself and some lady-buddies are doing a 10k Memory Walk for Alzheimer's Society in September; please go to www.justgiving.com/stacebobandfriends and give anything you can. It's a great cause, and incredibly appreciated.

Episode 18 - Job Done

Well hello there, lovely listeners! Welcome to the 18th installment of Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour. In the parlour this month, sippin' on red wine and rumainating on all things pop culture is Geek Syndicate's very own Barry 'Nugecake' Nugent! Join the pair as they discuss Pacific Rim (never fear; Barry hasn't seen it so no spoilers here), Image comics 5 Ghosts and Ghosted, the Deadpool video game, the potential DC movies (bear in mind this was recorded before the SDCC announcements) and much, much more! So grab a nice summery cocktail (Bahama Mamas never go amiss), find a nice bit of shade and enjoy Episode 18 of The Parlour! Episode Theme - 'Get Loki' by The Avengers End Theme - 'You've Got The Look' by The Lonely Island feat. Hugh Jackman and Kristen Wiig Apologies all; it seems my technical prowess died a death yet again this episode, and so it sounds somewhat like I spent most of this episode underwater. I can only assume that I set up the fancy new mic wrong and somehow ended up recording with the in-built mic in Lappy. *sigh* I am so useless. Profound apologies to all; bear with me, eventually I'll get it!!

Episode 17 - But I Digress...

Come one, come all and join Stacey in another exciting installment of Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour! Joining her through the magic of the internet this month is seasoned podcaster and jolly good fellow, Steve Bishop! Listen in as both Stacey and Steve struggle to stay on topic and the conversation meanders around video games and consoles*, Doctor Who, Man of Steel and much, much more! Expect spoilers for basically everything, but in particular Man of Steel, which Stacey spoils the bejeezus out of in order to simultaneously rant and gush with excitement. It's a long 'un, but a good 'un! Enjoy! Episode Theme - 'Animal Arithmetic' by Jonsi End Theme - 'No One Likes Superman Anymore' by I Fight Dragons *It is worth noting that this was recorded just a day before Microsoft announced all the changes to the XBox One to make it less ridiculous, so expect a little mockery towards Microsoft that can now be disregarded, innit.

Episode 16 - Trekking Into The Kitchen

'Ello there! Welcome to Episode 16 of Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour! This month, Stacey is joined actually in the flesh all up in her kitchen by her good buddy Phil Thomas. It turns out it's quite awkward to record your friend when sat right there, so there's only one thing for it; booze! Join Stacey and Phil as they get to grips with her shiny new microphone and tipsily discuss their thoughts on Iron Man 3 and that Big Spoiler, as well as Star Trek Into Darkness, Community S4, Age of Ulton, Saga and much much more! If you'd like to join Stacey in the Parlour sometime (but maybe not her kitchen; especially if you're a stranger!), just drop her an email to staceysparlour@gmail.com, or come harrass her on Twitter (@StacebobT). SPOILER WARNING: Basically everything that gets discussed in this episode is spoiler-ed MASSIVELY. Fair warning, yo. So grab a cake (Thorntons little chocolate cakey thingies are tops!) and enjoy this installment of Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour! Episode Theme - 'Out Of The Blue' by Prides Ending Theme - 'Space Wax America' by Anamanaguchi

Episode 15 - The Bazongas Test

Well hello there, people of the internet; welcome to another installment of Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour! Joining Stacey at her virtual tea party this month is Clover; one quarter of the book-based podcast Scrolls! Listen in as the ladies discuss Game of Thrones, Constantine #1-2, Doctor Who, The Jeselnik Offensive, Paramore's latest offering and much much more (including Casualty, for some reason...) Go forth and enjoy! Episode Theme - 'Demon Kitty Rag' by Katzenjammer End Theme - 'Ain't It Fun' by Paramore

Episode 14 - Tangents Guaranteed

Cor, it's Parlour time again guys! Welcome to the 14th installment of Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour, this month featuring web comic-ist extraordinnaire and all-round tip-top bloke, Luke Foster! Luke joins Stacey just weeks before swanning off on an adventure around America, so expect an almost tangible sense of envy wafting around this episode... As well as discussing Luke's impending exciting adventures, the pair also ruminate on whether S4 of Community is actually any good, whether Guardians of the Galaxy is worth investigating prior to the film release, why Stacey is scared of Doctor Who re-starting, and why her sister shouldn't call her first-born son Freddie... All this, plus reviews of Babble, Oz The Great and Powerful, Peter Panzerfaust and much much more! Hope y'all dig! Episode Theme - 'It's Getting Boring By The Sea' by Blood Red Shoes End Theme - 'I'm Your Boogie Man' by KC & The Sunshine Band PS. I'd like to apologise in advance for using the term 'female actresses'. I mean, really?! PPS. Happy chocolate-egg-eating weekend! Woot, sugar!