In case you missed it...
There's now a bloody tube strike the week of Digi Live.
The tubes are striking on the 28th - when National Rail is still working - but will be back on the 29th - when National Rail is on strike. Overground should still be running both days. As are buses etc.
Obviously, this is going to mean you'll need to check your travel info.
National Rail: 2023-07-06 17:19:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Ahem. Well, I screwed up last night, and sent the store link to everyone. Most of you were very well behaved and let the upper tiers get their orders in first, so thank you.
What can I say? I've been very exhausted. I slept 11 hours last night, so hopefully today won't be riddled with errors like yesterday was.
Anyway, this is just to say... the link is now available for every...
2023-07-05 09:12:40 +0000 UTC View PostSorry - I should've been clear. There'll be a link going up soon for you all to buy/reserve your merch in advance. No need to tell me now what you need!
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2023-07-04 12:12:19 +0000 UTC View PostHellooooo.
We're aiming to let Patrons buy their Digi Live Weekend merch in advance, which they'll then be able to pick up at the show.
Obviously, we've sold fewer tickets this time around, but we're hoping some merch sales will help fund the production.
We've tried to offer things for every budget - and we've not over-ordered, so I would advise not hanging around if there's anything you like the look of. We will of course be happy to sign postcards (or anything ...
2023-07-04 11:53:25 +0000 UTC View Post
For everyone!
2023-06-29 13:05:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's 20 minutes we cut out of this week's Digi, in which I revisit my previous homes - specifically, the two which inspired the character of Mr T...
2023-06-29 11:39:29 +0000 UTC View Post
We're back! Well, kind of. More or less. This is more a loose chat and rambling update, in which we drive around aimlessly, eating random snacks, talking about Transformers, and looking for the school George Michael used to go to, for some reason...
Anyway, we should - fingers crossed - be back to a more or less normal schedule now.
Also, for upper tiers there's a HUGE bunch of deleted footage coming your way later this week, in which we visit the places where I used to live...
2023-06-26 12:58:52 +0000 UTC View PostMorning all!
As some of you are probably aware, there's going to be train strike on the Saturday of the Digi Live Weekend.
I mean, we could do without it - our ticket sales are a little disappointing compared to previous years, presumably due to the current cost of living - and this seems unlikely to give us the hoped-for bump in last-minute sales.
We're trying to stay positive about it; the same thing happened for Cheapshow Live last year, and most people managed to get the...
2023-06-24 10:11:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Here’s a secret: the truth is, today is the THIRD time we’ve filmed the intros for Digi Level 2. As I’ve mentioned before, the previous time the footage on the main camera was out of focus.
But actually, that recording session – which, regretfully, saw Gannon and I on a real roll – was itself a reshoot. We’d originally recorded the intros on Day 1 of the first block of filming last...
2023-06-22 08:23:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Does what it says on the tin. Look at the Digi Level 2 set!!!
I know, I know... I've been relentless with the door, but here it is - finally - on video! We're building the set tomorrow, and filming on Thursday. I'll let you all see the finished set when it's finally all together.
Also: we filmed a big old video today, that ended up being two hours long. I'll edit it down to 30 minutes, and you'll get everything else. It's long, rambling, chatty video - with a twist. Sort of. Don't get excited. Bear with us: Digi Level 2 is the priority this ...
2023-06-20 19:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's me again doing a big 30th anniversary interview with the lovely Ash from the excellent Under Consultation podcast, which I recorded in a brief window between stomach bug and horrible cold.
It's an epic, and a broad sweep of the last 20 years of my career, but I talk about lots of stuff that I don't think I've ever mentioned before. Or, at least, not like this. Lots of Digi, BYAMPOD, Digi Live, writing for TV... the works!
So, the good news is that today is the first m...
2023-06-20 10:22:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's us on the video version of the latest Absolute Bedlam podcast discussing all things Digi and BYAMPOD, plus personality types, UFOs, thumbnails, and much much more.
Have an excellent weekend, everyone.
2023-06-17 07:07:20 +0000 UTC View PostMorning all.
Just keeping you in the loop with all the things and trying hard not to apologise again for the recent lack of regular content...
If we're able, and we have any energy, we'll be filming something for Digi on Sunday. I can't guarantee it 100%, because as it currently is, if Sanja and I do anything for five minutes we then have to sit down for an hour to recover. But at the very least, I'd like to do a simple video for you lot, just saying hello.
Yest...
2023-06-16 08:17:30 +0000 UTC View Post
We've dragged our phlegmy carcasses up to the mic to get you a new ep of everyone's second-favourite Marillion podcast.
But... it's a different sort of BYAMPOD, as we risk making the biggest error of our podcasting career, by discussing the current accusations aimed at Roger Waters... and how his approach to the Israel-Palestine issue differs from when Marillion took it on with Gaza.
Also: why Marillion doesn't tour in the US, and coughing... so much coughing!
2023-06-15 12:09:55 +0000 UTC View PostWell, so much for getting stuff to you this week. I was VERY ill yesterday. I actually fell asleep in front of my laptop from 1.30pm to 5pm, and missed going down to do my mum's dinner. She ended up making herself a sandwich, so that was me in the dog house.
I even took a covid test, as I was convinced it was that, but turns out it's just a weird cold thing. I actually feel miles better today, though Sanja's cold is still hanging around, and we remain a couple of phlegm factories....
2023-06-14 16:19:43 +0000 UTC View PostBest laid plans and all that…
Our weekend plans were scuppered by Sanja’s cold/sore throat/cough refusing to bugger off, and then me coming down with the damn thing too. She's coming out the other side of it now, but I'm feeling at my worst today.
Given the last block of Digi Level 2 filming was done while I was pretty gosh-darn ill – yes, yes, it’s probably my body’s way of telling me to slow down a bit – I didn’t want to go into this new block feeling much the same...
2023-06-12 11:47:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, gang. Sorry it has been a tad quiet this week on here. We were babysitting our grandson on Monday and Tuesday, then we’ve been in prep since for the last studio block of Digi Level 2 filming, which kicks off next week. I also somehow managed to come down with a stomach bug on Wednesday which didn’t help.
Thus, it has been all hands to the “pumps” behind the scenes, so...
2023-06-09 12:13:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Featuring Anthony on stage with StillMarillion!
2023-06-03 17:21:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Sanja and I weren't at this year's UK Marillion Weekend, but we're joined by two people who were - and what a weekend they had! Our friends Pedanthony and Richard not only manage to get into the after-show party, but Anthony tells the tale of how he ended up as the frontman of premiere Marillion tribute band StillMarillion - for one song only!
Coming imminently, for those of you who wish to see our faces, is a video version of this episode - complete with footage of Anthony's entire per...
2023-06-03 16:36:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, you lot. Just a quick one to say thank you for sticking with us for another month of Patreon. We're well aware that it was a month where content was a bit lighter than usual (which has been reflected in a drop-off in Patrons).
Huge apologies for that, especially to those of you who are here from BYAMPOD, which we know we've particularly neglected of late. We're hopeful there will be one...
2023-06-02 15:27:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's 15 minute of outtakes from this week's episode. It's mainly extended scenes, which had to be trimmed to remove my utter inability to get through a single take without laughing. Legitimate bloopers! Probably some of my favourite outtakes we've done.
2023-05-31 16:39:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Digi's back! And it's a good 'un, as Cheapshow's Gannon and Eli join us in the 'jungle' for an exciting survival challenge - hosted by Actionman. JIM!
Upper Tiers can expect a whole 15 minutes of exclusive outtakes featuring even more of this bizarre nonsense.
Plus... if you want EVEN MORE of us... Sanja and I will be a major part of the Cheapshow Urinevision live stream on Friday night at 7pm. I'm currently putting together music videos for all the entries, so it'll have ou...
2023-05-30 15:12:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Behold! The progress of the bunker door thus far. Actually, it's a bit further along than this, but I forgot to take photos before we packed up for the day. Basically, everything is still to be sanded down/evened...
2023-05-25 19:27:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, you lot.
I’ve decided to share this week’s Writer’s Club podcast with everyone, as it gives a bit of context into why Digi stuff has been a little bit sparse of late.
Seems like I apologise a lot at the minute for that lack of content. We had planned to film today (as you’ll hear in this episode), but… when it came to it this morning… I’ve just got nothing to give. We tossed around a few ideas about how we could film something that wasn’t going to take it ou...
2023-05-23 11:47:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Better late than never...?
A real grab-bag of an ep this week, with some letters about Less Is More and the Montreal Marillion Weekend, and then we talk about Live At Cadogan Hall, before you join us for an ill-fated, real-time, watch of Transatlantic's The Whirlwind concert. Well, half of it anyway...
2023-05-22 14:20:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a big meaty one for you, as they say: an entire video that we're not putting out to the general public, after we discovered the sound recorder was paused for the last 20 minutes (we still have the camera sound).
It's perfectly watchable - in fact, it's rather a great video - but I didn't want to put it out without decent sound throughout. Consequently, it is here pretty much unedited, barring a couple of tiny trims, so you get the full waffle experience.
Once again, s...
2023-05-19 14:32:20 +0000 UTC View PostHello, y'all. Just to say, you'll be getting a Digi video this week - and it'll be a Patreon exclusive. Basically, we filmed a thing with Gannon a couple of weeks back, and then discovered that the sound didn't record for half of it, so it only has the camera sound. Which is annoying, but it's a good video, so I don't want to waste it entirely.
Also, we're thinking we *might* do another live stream on Saturday. More deets later today or tomorrow.
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2023-05-17 11:19:34 +0000 UTC View PostJust for you, we thought we'd give you a podcast update on all things Digi, reveal what we've been watching recently, and let you enjoy my battle - utterly uncut - with a massive fly. Also, we try to work out exactly what form the next Digi video will take...
2023-05-15 15:03:45 +0000 UTC View Post
