Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour

Episode 13 - The Jumbo Birthday Extravaganza!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, HAPPY BIRTHDAY STACEY'S POP CULTURE PARLOUR, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! That's right, this episode sees this little podcast turn 1 whole year old. It's officially out of nappies and really ought to be sleeping through the night by now... In order to properly celebrate, Stacey is joined by 4 tippety-top special guests; writer of Forty-Five and top dude Andi Ewington, Marvel writer and all-round lovely chap Paul Cornell, Com.X head honcho and editor supreme Eddie Deighton and 2000AD doodler, The Most Handsome Man in Comics, Leigh Gallgher! Talk ranges fromWolverine to cake, digital comics to D.I.Y, conventions to kids with a liberal helping of ghosts, magic, TMNT and much, much more! So grab a slice of birthday cake (before Stace eats it all) and check this extra-special, fun-filled episode of Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour! Episode Theme - 'Super Psyched For Your Birthday' by The Danimals Other music - 'The Woodpile', 'Late March Death March', 'The Oil Slick', 'Old Old Fashioned' and 'Swim Until You Can't See Land' by Frightened Rabbit

Episode 12 - Care For A Song?

Bonjour mes amis! Bienvenue sur l'episode 12! Joining Stacey in the Parlour this month and stealing all the Battenburg cake is Stephen Lacey! Stephen is no stranger to the Land of Podcasting, hosting not one but two shows; The Fantasticast and 20 Minute Longbox. As you may have guessed from all the French, this episode features quite a long review of Les Miserables (sorry for the lack of accents; no idea how to do this on Lappy!) Also featured are ramblings on all the latest happenings in the world of Spider-Man (expect spoilers for basically every Spider-Man comic that has been out recently), plenty Marvel Now titles, The Big Bang Theory, Dredd, Searching fo Sugar Man and much much more! So sit back, relax, nab some Battenburg before Stephen scoffs the lot, and enjoy this latest installment of Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour! P.S. I would like to apologise profusely for referring to the movie Dredd as Judge Dredd the entire time I reviewed it. Worra plonker, eh?? Episode Theme - 'Sugar Man' by Rodriguez End Theme - 'A Simple Answer' by Grizzly Bear

Episode 11 - Argh, Christmas Zombies!!

Welcome to a somewhat festive episode of Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour! Joining Stacey in the Parlour this month is her good buddy and splendid bassist, Adge Bullimore! The pair get their Santa hats on and review such festive delights as... The Walking Dead?... Er, OK... How about these other jolly Christmas reviews of Superpowered Beatdown or... Hmm... Well, the episode is jam-packed with exciting news, reviews, opinions and even a little Will Ferrell for good measure. So grab some Christmas Pudding (or, if you're not a fruit cake kind of a person, a slice of Yule log), slather on some custard and enjoy! Episode Theme - 'Egomania' by Elmo Sexwhistle End Theme - 'Christmas Wrapping' by The Donnas Hi all; Stacey here! Just here to wish all you delightful listeners a very Merry Christmas and a healthy, happy New Year! Stay safe, have fun, eat FAAARRRR too much and I'll see you all in 2013!!

Episode 10 - The Mic of Doom

Good morrow, one and all! Welcome once again to Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour; the home of superior rambling! This month, Stacey is joined by the utterly delightful Matt Davis and his Microphone of Doom! Yes, the sound quality isn't great (and Stacey's editing skills were not up to the task of fixing it)* but hopefully you can still enjoy their musings on such things as the Doctor Who Christmas special, the new Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, Continuum and much much more! Enjoy! Episode Theme - 'Back In Black' by AC/DC End Theme - 'Do It Anyway' by Ben Folds Five *I'd really like to thank Matt for joining me at very short notice and making a delightful episode of it, and to apologise to you lovely listeners for not being tech-savvy enough to fix the sound issues. I am making a solemn vow now to have Matt back in the future when he has time to prepare (i.e. sort out a mic!)

Episode 9 - The Spookysode

Welcome, boys and girls, to a very spooky episode of Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour! Joining Stacey this month is the other half of Dissecting Worlds and tip-top gent; Kehaar and somehow, without any forward planning, they both managed to read & watch several creepy and scary Halloween type things! From Army of Darkness to American Vampire, Baltimore: The Plague Ships to Clark Ashton Smith, this episode is jam-packed with spooky goodies to scare the bejeezus out of you. Don't listen to this alone in the dark! Enjoy! MWAHAHAHAHAA! Episode Theme - 'Breaking News' by Half Man Half Biscuit End Theme - 'Ghostbusters' by Ray Parker Jr

Episode 8 - Geronimo!

Alright guv, come 'ere and 'av a listen to this 'ere podcast, yeah? This month Stacey's joined in the Parlour by imaginary cakes, the ghosts of spiders past and her co-host for this episode, the writer and Grand Overlord of Podcasts; Timothy Swann! The episode takes a turn for the Doctor Who-tastic as the pair discuss the ups and downs of series 5, series 6 so far, the feasibility of a female Doctor, Matt Smith's alleged resemblance to a tortilla chip, and what they'd be like as companions (it was officially agreed that they'd both die of a heart attack before long from all the running about). As well as ruminating on most things Who, Tim busts out his regional pride badge to chat about Bostin' Heroes, and Stace bemoans the batch of slightly mediocre things that have passed before her eyes since episode 7. All this plus giggles, The Thick of It, Star Wars, A Touch of Cloth and...periods?! Enjoy! Episode Theme - 'Tempest' by Pure Reason Revolution End Theme - 'Next Year' by Two Door Cinema Club

Episode 7 - Stacey Taylor and the Attack of The Killer Spiders

Welcome to the latest installment of Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour, in which Stacey is joined by fellow podcaster and all-round fun guy; Matt Farr of Dissecting Worlds! As a warning to those who haven't yet seen The Dark Knight Rises (why the chuff not?!); this episode contains a good half hour of reviewing on this, with a few tangents thrown in for good measure, containing some mild and some pretty whopping spoilage. Listen at your own peril! On top of all the Batman fun, Stacey and Matt have a good old chinwag about other nerd-tastic films, such as The Hunger Games, the Avengers and X-Men First Class, as well as a bunch of comics and TV chat too! Expect ruminations on Fables, Atomic Robo, Once Upon A Time, Doctor Who, Punk Rock Jesus and much more! PLEASE NOTE: There's a fair bit of spider talk, and Stacey takes no responsibility for potentially blowing out your eardrums when attacked by an evil arachnid during recording... Enjoy! Episode Theme - 'Ziggy Stardust' by David Bowie End Theme - 'Ladybug' by The Presidents of the United States of America

Episode 6 - League of Extraordinary Nerd Birds

Welocme to the sixth episode of Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour! This month Stacey is joined by the rather lovely Jenni Newman, fellow nerd bird and podcasting first-timer. She makes it a good one by reviewing lots of DC and indie comics (and costumes), discussing scary movies (and strategic mirror relocationing after watching Candyman) and generally being highly entertaining. Stace won't be upstaged though, and goes for a rant and a half on League of Extraordinary Gentleman Century 2009, gets over-excited by Adventure Time and has a bit of a fangirl drool all over Andrew Garfield... WARNING: This episode contains some severe spoilers for Century 2009, most of the Walking Dead series (including very minor spoilage of issue #100) and probably a few too many usages of the C-Bomb... Enjoy! If you'd like to be on a future episode of The Parlour, just drop me an email at staceysparlour@gmail.com or come say hi on Twitter @StacebobT. Episode Theme - 'I Have The Power' by Noam Kaniel & Erika Scheimer End Theme - 'Bust A Move' by Young MC

Episode 5 - Hitchhikers Guide To Rambling

Welcome to another fine episode of Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour! This month Stacey is joined by David Wynne, doodler of Particle Fiction and Hypergirl, and they discuss practically everything under the nerdy sun! Including spoiler-tastic reviews of Hardcore #1, 2001: Space Oddyssey, Image's Extreme Comics and Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Radio Show Live  as well as speculation on The Dark Knight Rises. The pair also wonder about sex scenes in TV shows and films... Put this in your earholes and enjoy! Episode Theme - 'Go' by Pearl Jam End Theme - 'Marvin' by Marvin the Paranoid Android

Episode 4 - 2 Avengers Fans Assembling

This month Stacey is joined in the cake-filled Pop Culture Parlour by the absolutely splendid geek-bird extraordinaire Laura from the  Geektress podcast. For a hefty portion of this episode the girls get spoilery about the Avengers movie, discussing the all-round awesomeness, brilliant humour and plentiful totty found within! After finally getting off the Avengers topic, the ladies talk about their favourite comics, including Winter Soldier, Li'l Depressed Boy and more, as well as checking out some of the second wave of DC New 52 titles. (As I forgot to actually do this part in the episode; please do contact me at staceysparlour@gmail.com if you'd like to comment on the show or offer to join me on it. Alternatively, you can follow my inane ramblings on Twitter; I'm StacebobT there.) Hope y'all enjoy! Episode Theme - 'We Are Sex Bob-Omb' by Sex Bob-Omb Ending Theme - 'Outside' by Childish Gambino