*and now...the end is near...and we face...the final curtain*

Well I guess you all pretty much knew this already, but I felt that it needed to be stated properly.

Due to how long it has been since we had a chance to get together and record a #Dailysong podcast, we have decided that it will not return.

We have all been too busy to post #Dailysongs on a regular basis,  this meant we were relying more and more on other peoples choices.

As a result we were finding it harder to put a reason to each track, and that just broke the spirit of what it was meant to be about.

Feeling that it would be a bit of a cop out to not have an audio farewell, here is a quick clip of me explaining all this

But for those of you not wanting to listen to that, fear not! For just because the #Dailysong podcast is no more, does not mean you have heard the last of Myself, Gow & Craig.

We all enjoyed the podcasting far too much to stop, so for that reason we are going to start a new podcast.

This new podcast does not have a name just yet, however it does have a topic and its something that this time we all know about – Gaming! We will pick a bunch of gaming news articles from the week and talk them over while we have a beer, hopefully making it funny along the way.

Anyway, I wanted to keep this short but seems that hasn’t happened. All that remains is for me to thank the small but loyal group of listeners that stuck with us for the 10 episodes and to hope that you will all enjoy what is too come next.

Till next time!

This is a Spork! It is the ultimate utensil.

Well here we are again, I did say that this episode would be available faster than the others.

The reason for this is that my ‘Guests’, Craig & Gow, have pretty much become regular Co-Hosts.

While in many ways this is a good thing, it did mean that the balance between music and talk was getting very music heavy. In order to try and rectify this I made a slight change to the format.

What the three of us do best when were together and have beer to hand is talk, and having to stick to explaining all the #Dailysong’s was  putting a little too much structure in place.

Instead this week we took a look at the new articles on NewsLite.tv (http://newslite.tv/) and give our views on the stories. The #DailySong’s are still included, but only a selection picked at random.

Here is the result.

Its a bit messy, as its the first time we have done it this way. As a result comments are not only welcome, they would be really useful.

At one point we do discuss a story about a minture cannon, that really could do with looking at the video – that can be found at http://newslite.tv/2010/05/10/fully-working-mini-cannon-fits.html

As for the music, we would like to thank everyone that provided tracks to pick from by using the #DailySong hashtag on twitter. This weeks we included suggestions from @Nezerith, @AngelSmit & @AnjelusX

Anyway, I’ll leave it there

See you next week

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea...

Now normally I would not put two podcasts up on the same day, but I really wanted to get back up to date this time.

The reason for this is I’m planning to change-up the style of this podcast a little for future episodes.

In these podcasts so far we have recorded the audio between tracks in advance and then I have edited the tracks in afterwards. That is what causes the delays, if other things get in the way being a person project is the first thing to get pushed back.

However here is Episode 9, once again joining me for the podcast is Gow & Craig, thankfully a little more sober than last time. Not that this made them any easier to control.

Don’t take my word for it, listen for yourself

Now hopefully the new method will mean that this weeks upcoming episode will actually be out tomorrow evening.

See you then

My new Avatar for the new Thirteen1 site

SOOO, Yes I know this is very late – but its been a very busy couple of weeks in my defence.

We launched the new Thirteen1 site finally, when your done listening to the podcast go check it out, http://www.thirteen1.com.

For a second week I had “help” recording the show, both Gow & Craig decided to call round to my flat this time and record in person.

This lead to yet another week where we ended up with technical issues. Despite all having separate mics, my pickup seems to have been a lot higher than everyone else’s. What this means is you may hear a bit of echo when there are others talking.

You may also be able to hear my wife, Jo & Craig’s girlfriend, Emma chatting away in the background – that’s how high mine managed to set itself.

Other than technical issue there was also the amusing task of trying to keep both Craig and Gow at least semi on track and under control, as they were already drunk before we started and I was drowsy due to cold remedies. Hence accidentally at the start saying this was Episode 9 :p

Anyway have a listen it’s rather amusing as a result.

Well I’ll cut the explanation there as I have to go edit Episode 9. That will be live in a couple of hours.

Myself & TurkeySaladBoy Rocking out on Rock Band a few months ago

So another week has rolled in and its time for me to do another round-up of the weeks #DailySong output.

This week however is a little different from all the ones that have gone before.

I started in last weeks podcast including guest tracks. This week I was going to include a track selected by Thirteen1 member Craig Albeck (AKA TurkeySaladBoy).

We decided that it would be a good idea to jump on skype and have him introduce the track himself, at which point Daniel Gowen (AKA Gow) decided he wanted to join in.

What follows is pretty much the unedited conversation – they hung around for the recording of the whole podcast and all the introductions. Apologies for the crackling at the start – Gow’s mic fucked up!

As mad as it got, I actually prefer this format – It was a little bland with just myself doing the intros.

Next week I’ll bring them back for more madness but this time have the hardware set up in advance so we get better quality.

We should also be joined by at least one other member of the Thirteen1 Team as were planning to record our first magazine podcast directly afterwards.

Till Next Week.

Two years of Thirteen1 down - Hopefully many more to go!

Well its been an interesting week overall, and a nice mix of songs.

This weeks Episode also has the first guest track, as the #DailySong hashtag builds users on twitter I will include some other peoples tracks for variety.

As it was short notice so unlike the plan I couldn’t get the source of this weeks guest track to record an intro but I will work on that for next time.

This weeks Guest was a friend Jon Butterfield aka @Webdude75. So without further babbling here is this episode.

The other important factor this week was the launch of our second anniversary of Thirteen1.

For two years now we have created this magazine and its been a crazy ride and a steep learning curve, however I think as time has progressed we have really improved over this time.

Hell we have even improved dramatically since our first year.

To check out the latest issue over at http://www.thirteen1.com now – hopefully you will also get to see the new site as well

Till next week.

Oh yeah.. My first themed week done in podcast form

So this week I decided to go with a themed week on my DailySong’s.

This is also the first themed week that I have had to do as a podcast.

I’ll be the first to admit that some of the track introduction on this one are a little lame, as you see most of the tracks were randomly picked from a list of 90′s classics.

This resulted in less reason for each track and it really shows through on some of the tracks.

Well next week I hope to have a guest on the podcast, a few people are starting to join me in #DailySong and I feel it would be worth at least trying to bring one of them along.

Well as always I look forward to comments & suggestions

Till Next Week

Yeah - Lets blame it on the cat....Wait I don't have a cat...

So regular visitors, if I even have any of them, will have noticed that this podcast is now very late. In fact this is going to end up as a double post with this weeks podcast.

Now the reason for this is twofold. First reason is that I was technically on holiday this week so wanted to do as much relaxing as I could. The second however is that the world doesn’t seem to like me taking a break.

So many things that had to be done this week I’ve been almost as busy as if I had been at work.

Anyway the weeks songs were a bit of a mixed bag, but don’t just take my word for it give this episode a listen.

Hopefully I have managed to explain most of the tracks properly, unfortunately I have the memory of a mentally retarded goldfish that has smoked too much weed at the best of times,  so it takes some remembering why I picked each.

Anyway Enjoy and I will be back in the next day or so with Episode 5

Even a box marked 'Server' Would have been better than the situation I have had chasing up the new Thirteen1 Server

Ok I have to start by asking myself a simple question, Why in the hell did I not do these updates as a Podcast from the very start?

This is now the third Week in #DailySong update I have done this way and I’ll admit that I am finding it rather enjoyable.

So here it is – A Week in #DailySong’s No 3

When I worked my way back through the tracks I realised it was quite a matching week, with only a few curve-balls in there.

I will try and be a bit more sporadic this week.

Before I Wrap this post up for the week, there are a couple of sites that I would like to mention first

Firstly http://radioactivestate.com/ This is the Podcast that I mention that is run by Krystalle Voecks (Really am sorry if I pronounced that wrong) and if I’m being honest the main kick to do this in Podcast as I was so impressed by her first episode of that – Seriously go check it out after your done listening.

The second is http://freeplaymusic.com/ I Discovered this site today after deciding that I was going to put some background music in to make my explanation segments sound a little less hollow – all of my backing music came from that site and as it was free I feel they deserve a plug for that.

Anyway that it for this week.

As always opinions, comments & suggestions are more than welcome.

Till Next Week.

Me out enjoying a classic St Paddy's day - I'm like a magnet for Guinness merchandise

OK after deciding to do my ‘Week in #DailySong’s’ updates as a podcast last week, I am now even more sold on the idea of podcasting than I already was before.

Even though many of the days fell into the class of ‘cant think of a song to round the day up – oh where did that one pop into my head from’ I have enjoyed all the songs this week.

I think because I knew that I would be listening to them all again as I recorded this.

Made only a few minor tweaks to this weeks – the tracks now bleed in and out of my babbling between them & I have slightly increased the volume on my microphone.

So here it is – A Week in #DailySong’s No 2

As you can see another fairly eclectic week for my output but a good one none the less I think.

Like always any comments would be great, as long as they are not very clearly being written by those WP spamming bots – seriously do they really think anyone is going to let them past approval?

However genuine comments about ways to improve this podcast or suggestions for themed weeks will be happily  accepted with open arms

Till Next Week.