Hello gang. Our leftover Digi Live merch is now up for sale online. All prices include P&P. Everything sold well over the weekend, so we've got limited amounts of stock for most of it. Apart from the Braben postcards. We've got tons of those! Get in now to avoid disappointment, as we won't be making more of these designs.
Here's the link: 2023-09-06 09:55:27 +0000 UTC View Post
At last! After a lengthy summer hiatus we're back! To mark our return, we're going right back to the beginning, by taking a look at the Early Stages live boxset, and discussing Fish's final show with Marillion. Plus! We play a fun game that you can join in with - can you guess the song from Fish's rambling introductions??
2023-09-05 12:17:46 +0000 UTC View PostAfternoon, all. Happy Monday and all that!
I’m bloody glad it’s September. I dunno about the rest of you, but August seemed particularly chaotic. Admittedly, since March life for us has felt like a puzzle, where we had to get creative to fit in everything we needed to do. In particularly, ever since Digi Live, we never seemed to have enough time.
Everything felt rushed or squeezed, and it was always an uphill race against our own exhaustion. And, inevitably, dealing with the l...
2023-09-04 14:27:30 +0000 UTC View Post
As I said on the outtakes video... worry not about me questioning my GBDO style in this exclusive just for you Upper Tiers. I explain a bit more in this one why I was voicing doubts; ultimately, it was all fixed in both the edit, and on our second day of filming... where I basically overcompensated for the previous day, by calling the late CS Lewis "Chuff Smell".
As I said when I put it up, Oxfordshire turned out to be my favourite of our Days Out yet... probably because I did manage to...
2023-08-30 16:09:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, gang. Here are 10 mins from the latest filming - just for you lot! Don't worry about my little complaint at the end; we're going to keep doing our GBDO videos and I SHALL remain grumpy.
Big ol' car ramble video just uploading for the upper tiers.
And Biffo's Brain tonight for those in that bracket.
2023-08-30 15:07:38 +0000 UTC View PostHello, all.
The winners of the Patreon/Digi Live giveaway have been notified, and will get their drawings soon.
We've decided we'll like do another giveaway in September, again exclusive to Patreon, so stay tuned for that.
Still to come this week: an exclusive video, plus outtakes.
And we KNOW we owe you the return of BYAMPOD and Writer's Club, but thank you for your patience while we wait for our chaotic August to be over.
Biffo's Brain chat will be tomorr...
2023-08-29 11:43:24 +0000 UTC View Post
You're getting this waaaay early. There's also some outtakes and a couple of Patreon-exclusive vids on the way, depending on your tiers. We filmed a lot this week.
Anyhow. Hope you enjoy this one. It's by far my favourite GBDO to date...
Oxfordshire: county of dead authors, dead monkeys, and b*s*m-shaped hills. Let Digitiser be your guide, as we tour the more bizarre sights of this peculiar county, and the dusty fringes of Oxford itself - from Tolkien and CS Lewis, to rooftop shar...
2023-08-25 17:42:59 +0000 UTC View PostHello gang.
We had planned a video for this week, but time has run away with us, and instead we’re filming at least two today. Admittedly, we’re not quite back to full speed, and back into a routine, following Digi Live. Not having my own laptop has put us behind, and we’re both still a bit burnt out, if I’m honest. Which is why the next couple of videos we get you will be combined with us taking a break. If that makes sense.
Today we’re doing another Great Br...
2023-08-23 09:26:48 +0000 UTC View PostNo, really...! Comment below if you would like one of these terrible, well-thumbed, illustrations.
Winners announced next Friday.
2023-08-18 12:26:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, you lot. Here's a bonus video we recorded in the car on the way back from this week's filming. It's a bit of a ramble, but also a request for some feedback. Watch the video for details.
Also! After watching this week's video back, we've decided to invest in some proper wireless lapel mics. We were given some a while back, but they were a bit fiddly when it came to recording on an iPhone, so we've gone with some of the top-end DJI ones. Hopefully it'll make a big difference to our...
2023-08-18 08:58:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, it's about damn time. A brand new Digi video! We spent the day touring around some of Hertfordshire's most bizarre places, and, as always with a Great British Day Out, it fails to go as planned.
This should be the start of us back in the saddle, getting you regular stuff, and - fingers crossed - next week should also see the return of Writer's Club and BYAMPOD. Laptop woes dependent (currently sharing Sanja's horrifically unreliable one). This might actually be a little run ...
2023-08-16 15:20:37 +0000 UTC View PostHello, you lot.
Firstly... as some of you probably saw, I managed to break my brand new laptop by closing the power cable in it. Thank god for AppleCare. But as I hadn't gotten the other one fixed yet, it means I'm having to share Sanja's old one for the next week. So, please bear with.
Anyway... here's some news: Gannon/Cheapshow got invited to do a live hour at an upcoming podcast festival in Streatham on the 4th November, at 2.30pm in the afternoon. They've asked if Sanja...
2023-08-11 14:37:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Monday, gang! Thanks to those of you who joined us on Saturday night. It helped to dispel some of those post-Digi Live blues. We're getting the hang of this live streaming lark now, so expect more.
You can watch it at the link above if you missed it.
Now that we're a bit more rested, this morning we've been planning the next few months of Digi (and BYAMPOD). This year has been so... weird, I suppose, that it's nice to feel we've got the headspace to think about what we...
2023-08-07 10:46:44 +0000 UTC View Post
It's my birthday tomorrow, unfortunately. We've got a ton of tat to look at that was given to us over the Digi Live Weekend. This adds up to a live stream! Join us for a low-key chat, and maybe a cake. And booze.
2023-08-04 10:43:05 +0000 UTC View Post
You asked to see it again... and here it is.
2023-08-02 09:41:15 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s only Wednesday, and I’ve already crashed back to earth with a bump.
On Monday, I spent six hours up at A&E with my poor old mum. She’s fine, but she recently had an infected foot, and after a trip to the GP on Monday morning for a check-up, it was thought best she get it checked out at the hospital. Not really ideal when I was running on empty after those months of Digi Live prep, but we err on the side of caution!
Then yesterday, I learned that due to an accounting...
2023-08-02 09:00:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Morning, you lot.
So, here's the first deleted video clip from the weekend. This was originally meant to go up on Saturday night. If you were there, you'll recall we had a teletext-style Man's Daddy clip instead.
That one was originally meant to go out on Friday, along with all the other teletext animations. However, when we overran on Friday, I cut it - and on Saturday morning quickly edited it into Saturday's intro (along with The Funny Dancers, Mick Hucknall et al).
That was the weekend that was. And it was glorious. Worth every bit of effort.
Some of you have been worried we might’ve made a loss, but I think we did make a profit. Certainly, your enthusiasm for the merch helped on that front, but also… ticket sales were fine, basically. We’ll know in a couple of weeks when Harrow Arts pays us. But it was worth us doing it (as well as it being extreme...
2023-07-31 18:44:26 +0000 UTC View PostDoors on Friday are at 6pm, show starts at 6.30pm.
Saturday doors are 6.30pm, show at 7pm.
Both shows should be done by 9pm - Saturday might go to a little later, but we'll see - so we can linger around after with you in the carpark (the glamour!).
2023-07-27 10:26:37 +0000 UTC View PostMorning, all! It's Digitiser Live Weekend Eve! We're about to go and pick up the van, so it's getting very real. I will try not to scrape it along a wall this time.
We know some of you are already on your way, so please travel safe.
All Patrons who signed up for the Friday photo op should be contacted imminently.
Merch pick-up will be after the show on Friday, and before the show on Saturday (we'll have a stall at Chunky Fringe, details of that below - get there early for th...
2023-07-27 10:16:41 +0000 UTC View Post
DIGI LIVE WEEK! DIGI LIVE WEEK! DIGI LIVE WEEK!
As you may have seen on social media, I had a disaster at the weekend. Woke up yesterday morning, and my laptop was dead. I managed to get an appointment at the Apple Store, who ran all the tests and tried to restart it, but ultimately had to declare it kaput, likely needing a new motherboard.
It's technically still under w...
2023-07-24 12:05:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Good news if you've not heard already: next weekend's Tube strike has been called off, so getting around is going to be a whole heap easier over the Digi Weekend! Sigh of relief: breathed.
Also, we've seen a positive uptick in ticket sales over the past few days.
Also, we rehearsed today, and the shows are going to be brilliant.
Lastly, here's a bonus video for you lot of me in the car, talking about... well, whatever comes into my head, totally unedited. I cover a lot of su...
2023-07-21 19:33:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Pressed for time, as ever, I recorded a bunch of videos for you on my way to a meeting yesterday. Here's the first one, that'll be out for everyone tomorrow. There's also a Patreon exclusive coming your way, in which I reveal classic Digi stories, plus something special for Writer's Club.
2023-07-20 18:56:31 +0000 UTC View PostImportant! As we know, there are a few transport challenges over the Digi Live Weekend.
Thankfully, if you're doing the sensible thing and coming to both shows - traveling on Friday and going home on Sunday - it shouldn't be too much of an issue.
The Tubes are out on Friday 28th, but getting back to working on Saturday 29th, while the National Rail strike is happening Saturday, but trains are working Friday.
Both are up and running on Sunday, and there are ...
2023-07-18 14:54:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Morning puh-puh-puh-Patrons!
So, firstly, good news: you’ll most likely have a Digi video at some point this week. It will just be another lo-fi one, probably in the car, but it’ll be an update and a chat, and all that, squeezed in around everything else, as I’m driving to Newcastle first thing tomorrow for a meeting... and then back again later that day.
I was going to b...
2023-07-18 10:32:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hola! Hope everyone’s alright. Thought I’d give you all an update on where we’re at, and tell you what we’ve been up to.
We met up with Paul and Eli yesterday to do some filming for Digi Live. It was also the first time all four of us were able to go through the script. We’ve got a full rehearsal next Friday, which will as much be for the tech side of things. And then the Friday after...
2023-07-13 13:25:09 +0000 UTC View PostHello, you lot.
Think we should address the BYAMPOD-shaped elephant in the room. We've not ended the podcast! But... we've found it impossible to keep up with it alongside the preparation for Digi Level 2 and Digi Live. Both of which were made all the more difficult by my sudden - and unexpected - day job workload.
Something else that's sort of happened over the past year is that there's no wiggle room in our lives anymore. I'm good at juggling multiple projects, but I've effectiv...
2023-07-10 11:53:29 +0000 UTC View Post
In other good Digi Live news... our merch has start to arrive, and it's bloody lovely.
We've got very, very limited amounts of stuff remaining - especially t-shirts - so if you're hoping to grab any of it... do not hold off on pre-ordering.
Get in here: https://digitiser.sumupstore.com
2023-07-07 11:59:32 +0000 UTC View Post
The legend that is Tom has managed to acquire a minibus, and is offering to give lifts to and from hotels/a central location (tbc) over the Digi Live Weekend, so people can get to the shows, and then back safely. A seat will be around £15.
For more details, or to book, please email Tom here: tj@channel84.co.uk
Suffice to say, it's INCREDIBLY generous of him t...
2023-07-07 11:47:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Right. Calmed down a bit. We'll try and do a video update for you over the weekend regarding the accursed Digi Live travel situation.
Most people are - seemingly - finding ways to get there, and the very excellent FB Attendees Group has lots of helpful people offering lifts and to share cabs to and from the venue. We'll make it work.
Nonetheless, coming on Friday and heading home on Sunda...
2023-07-06 20:44:53 +0000 UTC View Post