Sorry this is coming to you late. There'll be a bonus episode along shortly by way of an apology.
We're continuing with the songs from Happiness Is The Road Volume 1, with Essence and Wrapped Up In Time. After settling down following early attempts to come up with a title for a Meat Loaf podcast, we talk in depth ...
2022-11-21 15:20:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a Patreon exclusive for all of you: part 2 of what will doubtless end up being an epic Q&A.
We've been a little behind schedule this week (we lost two days to filming, as we shot the Tripadvisor video twice as we didn't like the first version... weirdly, the same thing happened with the UK Tripadvisor v...
2022-11-18 18:02:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, my upper tier loves. Here are 24 minutes of outtakes from this week's Tripadvisor video.
Apologies for spoiling the magic, but the first few minutes offers several painful attempts at the Third Bird intro! Thought you'd like to see it.
There are several full segments here, including a number of reviews we d...
2022-11-18 14:30:21 +0000 UTC View Post
New video! New video!
Having done so with British tourist attractions... this week, Sanja and I take a look at some of the one star reviews on Tripadvisor of New York's top tourist sites; Times Square, the Empire State Building, Broadway, the NYC subway - and more...! How have these places upset so many visitors - and w...
2022-11-16 16:41:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello gang. Here are some outtakes from last week's Q&A, talking about my mum's hairdresser, family stress, a Digi Christmas single, and other things...
Coming soon... brand new Third Bird!
2022-11-15 14:53:25 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode, we finally begin to delve into Volume One of Marillion's Happiness Is The Road, discussing the album's conception, its creation, and the first two tracks - Dreamy Street and This Train Is My Life.
Could this be Marillion's most underrated album?
Have a good weekend, everyone.
2022-11-12 14:24:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Get ready, as this is an epic one. Watch it in parts, or get comfy and settle down for the long haul... but be ready, because things do get emotional.
In this special Q&A, Sanja and I answer questions about the future of the channel, creativity, why 2022 has been one of the worst years of our life - and our pl...
2022-11-11 17:44:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello gang.
There IS a BYAMPOD on the way - though Sanja is a bit behind with her Happiness Is The Road notes, so we may not record until the weekend. You'll have it before Monday though.
There's also a video coming your way tonight. I know Friday evening isn't our usual slot, but the Musk song went up yesterday, ...
2022-11-11 15:02:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Just in case you've not seen it...
We've got an epic video on the way hopefully tomorrow... We recorded for two hours earlier. Looks like the Q&A will be a multi-part thing...
2022-11-10 20:49:03 +0000 UTC View PostWe're going to be recording the Q&A in the next hour or so... so, this is your last call for questions if you have any. Can literally be about anything. We'll answer 'em!
Paul
2022-11-10 10:52:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello gang. There will be a Digi this week that you'll see, even if it doesn't go public. Got a bit caught up with some other stuff, so we're running a bit late with things this week. And I'm sort of waiting on the genius that is Chris Jerden Cooke to finish some music for it...
Also imminent will be the Q&A. And a ...
2022-11-09 20:48:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry again that this is late. Should be some bonus stuff coming later this week. And a Writer's Club pod coming for some of you imminently.
We start an epic look at Marillion's 15th album, Happiness Is The Road, with an analysis of the album's launch - and the band's controversial decision to put it out for free on pee...
2022-11-07 13:36:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Morning, you lot. If you're wondering where BYAMPOD is... we didn't get a chance to record it, so it'll be with you a bit late. Most likely Monday, when we'll also have a bonus ep for you to make up for it being late. And the overdue Writer's Club. I've got something specific in mind for that.
We will also be doing the ...
2022-11-05 07:21:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, gang.
Here's this week's video. Sorry it wasn't up earlier for you - but some of you will have seen most of it on Twitch on Monday. It's just the last half an hour or so of the stream - which was the electrocution Halloween Quiz, and Gannon's failure of a ghost game. And some smashing pumpkins.
If you...
2022-11-03 11:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostHello, you lot. Thank you for sticking by us for another month.
This week's BYAMPOD will be the first part of our HITR coverage, there'll be a Writer's Club, and Digi will be an edited version of last night's live stream with Cheapshow, with some extra bells and whistles thrown in.
It won't be the enti...
2022-11-01 12:09:09 +0000 UTC View Post
GAH!!!! TECHNOLOGY SUCKS.
We recorded an episode for you - as well as a Writer's Club - and, as we explain in this episode... the SD must've corrupted, or something, and we lost everything.
Consequently, we're going to skip a week of the regular podcast, and record Writer's Club next week, but in the meantime - he...
2022-10-28 11:32:59 +0000 UTC View Post
The filming of most Digi videos must appear pretty shambolic to anyone looking on.
It’s sort of baked into our process now; we start with a loose idea of a structure, we have some elements we want to fit in along the way, sometimes we’ll know how we want it to end, and there’ll be some props that we know we’ll f...
2022-10-26 13:26:36 +0000 UTC View Post
It's here! We stay overnight in the haunted sweet shop owned by YouTuber Dan Does Craft, and are joined by Paul Gannon and Eli Silverman from Cheapshow. Unfortunately, they summon a demon - or should that be... Beanmon?
Coming soon: 46 minutes of outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage!
Sleep well.
2022-10-25 21:24:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry this wasn't earlier - you know why.
But anyway, this week, we have an exclusive interview with keyboard wiz Neil Cockle - founding member of Silmarillion, and current member of The Mighty Bard. Neil talks about his time in the band, and some secrets about those very early days. If things had gone another way, Mari...
2022-10-24 12:39:04 +0000 UTC View PostHi all. Just because I know a few of you were concerned... my mum's fine. Between Sanja and I were were up the hospital almost 10 hours yesterday, while she drained a potassium IV and had tests. I finally got back about half eleven, by the time I'd brought her home and put her to bed.
Anyway. She's fine. Slight lu...
2022-10-22 11:42:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, we were poised to get back to a normal schedule, but because it never simply rains... earlier today - the day after my dad's funeral, for pity's sake - my mum was taken by ambulance to hospital.
Sanja's waiting up there with her now, giving us updates, while I wait to pick her up. They think it's *just* a chest in...
2022-10-21 15:25:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, you lot. Here's something a bit special. The musical genius that is Chris Jerden-Cooke very kindly did a brilliant cover of the BYAMPOD theme for us. Sadly, it arrived too late to make it into the 100th ep that I put up for all of you, but it'll be the outro for the podcast that goes up for the regular punters. It's ra...
2022-10-16 09:35:35 +0000 UTC View Post
EDIT: Apologies for the previous version which, weirdly, had my audio missing for a couple minutes. Fixed now!
They said it would never happen - yet in this special, extra long, 100th episode, BYAMPOD finally interviews Marillion lead singer Steve Hogarth! Find out what he really thinks of early Marillion, why ...
2022-10-14 14:13:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Get a load of this: it's ten whole minutes of outtakes from our trip to the Science Museum!
2022-10-11 10:29:57 +0000 UTC View Post
It's Sanja's first Marillion Weekend! And we're discussing a messy, mouse-filled, night in Amsterdam, as well as the setlists...
2022-10-11 10:07:48 +0000 UTC View Post
New Digi! On a Monday! And I think you're going to like this one.
On a visit to London's Science Museum, to visit the new Science Fiction exhibit, and see props from Doctor Who, Star Wars, Aliens - and more - we have the best day out ever... by getting themselves thrown out. Also: I accidentally learn stuff.
We tried something a bit different this week; a rare, Marillion-lite, in which we look the key events and music releases of 2008, in a bid to put the release of Happiness Is The Road into some sort of context.
We're not totally sure it works as a format, but as a wander down memory lane it does it job. Also, we te...
2022-10-10 12:50:55 +0000 UTC View Post
You no doubt know by now that I have a new album out today.
I know most of you aren’t here for that, but it’s the closest thing I have these days to a hobby. Since I first started dabbling in music creation at the start of the pandemic, I became hooked. I love it – the way you can create an emotional response from...
2022-10-07 13:03:23 +0000 UTC View PostHello, gang.
Just to say, due to unspecified and highly secret reasons related to the imminent 100th episode... BYAMPOD will be up a little late on Monday. We'll make the lack of early access up to you with a bonus episode next week.
Writer's Club should be getting an exclusive blog post later today, and a n...
2022-10-07 11:35:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Hola, Upper Tiers chums. Here's another 15 minutes of farm nonsense. We shot another video today, at the Science Museum. And yes - the coat IS in it. And yes - we did get asked to leave...
Again.
2022-10-06 19:22:41 +0000 UTC View Post
