UPPER TIERS: LUCKY MAN
Weirdly, I never much enjoyed writing at school. I had ideas – too many ideas – but I’d hurry to get them down on paper. I’d skip words, or write in an illegible scrawl.
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MrBiffo posts
CALL (FROM) THE COPS!
Hello again, you lot. So... I'm not sure we're going to get a Digi out this week. As I think I said yesterday, we've got Sanja's brother and his girlfriend staying, which has further squeezed our a...
2022-08-16 19:51:27 +0000 UTC View PostCHEAPSHOW LIVE... AND DIGI LIVE 3...!
As many have said already, Cheapshow Live was great on Saturday night. It was exactly what we both needed. I hadn’t expected there to be quite such a pro-Digi crowd. I’m always a little bit war...
2022-08-15 12:25:24 +0000 UTC View PostBYAMPOD, DIGI, and CHEAPSHOW LIVE
Hello, all.
Hot innit? Well, it is if you're in England or Wales. We're in the middle of another heatwave, and I can't staaaaaaand it.
Just to say, I think we're going to sk...
2022-08-12 14:57:11 +0000 UTC View PostUPPER TIERS EXCLUSIVE: I FOUND THE HARD DRIVE!
Yes... it was under the sofa, just as I thought. Which meant I could finish off compiling the Curtis/Dorothy love letters outtakes. And here they are: a truly bumper selection of deleted footage, l...
2022-08-11 17:40:45 +0000 UTC View PostUPPER TIERS EXCLUSIVE: DINOSAUR GOLF OUTTAKES
Behold: even more holes, arguing, and terrible sportsmanship!
I do believe we're scheduled to do a Biffo's Brain Zoom tonight at 7.30pm. If people are still up for that, despite the hellish h...
2022-08-11 09:18:37 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: JURASSIC HOLES
New Digi vid! And the first with both the Cheapshow boys since last Christmas.
Yes: it's crazy minigolf meets dinosaurs in this special tournament, featuring me and Sanja ve...
2022-08-10 16:50:57 +0000 UTC View PostLIFE UPDATE: DIGI, BYAMPOD, CHEAPSHOW etc.
Morning all.
Apologies to the upper tiers for not yet getting you the outtakes from the letters ep. Annoyingly, my hard drive containing them has been… uh… well, I don’t know where it i...
2022-08-08 09:10:28 +0000 UTC View PostUPPER TIERS EXCLUSIVE: DELETED LETTER FROM CURTIS TO DOTTYPUSS
Here's one of the letters I don't think we read out on this week's ep. I've not scanned the slighter more risqué one yet, but I'll try and get around to it next week, along with some of the others...
2022-08-04 20:37:33 +0000 UTC View PostEXCLUSIVE: BYAMPOD BONUS Ep - Marillion Weekend 2011
In this Patreon-only exclusive, we're talking about the 2011 Marillion Weekend, which not only featured probably the longest Marillion gigs of all time... but played a key role in mine and Sanja's ...
2022-08-04 14:47:56 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS - BYAMPOD EP 92: Are Marillion Prog, Rock or Pop?
In this new BYAMPOD, we're mopping up the last drips of Somewhere Else in the shape of the b-sides; Circular Ride and Say The Word. This takes us into a discussion about whether Marillion are more ...
2022-08-04 14:37:30 +0000 UTC View PostLIFE UPDATE: MY DAD AND ALL THAT
Hello, you lovely lot.
As you’ll have gathered, it has been a challenging couple of weeks, emotionally obviously, but just on a kind of physical and energetic level. With my dad in hospital...
2022-08-04 06:52:47 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: WE BOUGHT 80 YEAR OLD LOVE LETTERS ON EBAY! - Digitiser
Ohhh... I'm proud of this one. It's one of the best (and longest) edit jobs I've done. You won't even realise, because it's not anything particularly flashy. The original footage was over 90 minute...
2022-08-01 21:09:36 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: BYAMPOD Ep 91 - Somewhere Else Pt 4
In our final trawl through the tracks on Marillion's Somewhere Else - The Wound, Last Century For Man, and Faith - we get buzzed by helicopters, make some unflattering comparisons, and discuss whic...
2022-07-29 14:08:02 +0000 UTC View PostDON'T TELL ME... I KNOW
Before you all tell me... yes I know I just sent that BIFFO'S BRAIN Zoom link to everyone! It's okay. Look upon it as a freebie - you can see what we get up to, if you ever fancy signing up.
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2022-07-28 20:11:58 +0000 UTC View PostJULY 28 2022 ZOOM CHAT - REPLAY
Good turn out tonight, and a lovely vibe! It was just what we needed. Thank you, gang. And thanks to Kathy for reminding me to press record 20 minutes in... Sorry to everyone else for missing the s...
2022-07-28 20:10:13 +0000 UTC View PostPATREON EXCLUSIVE: WEDDING BELLS
Hello, lovely lot. We're going to get you this week's full-flavour Digi on time due to things. But get this: we did film an ep today, and we also recorded a 20 minute video just for you lot. <...
2022-07-27 20:17:03 +0000 UTC View PostUPPER TIERS EXCLUSIVE: BRANDING EP OUTTAKES
As promised, here's another 20 minutes or so of us figuring out our brand...
2022-07-25 19:14:41 +0000 UTC View PostTHIS WEEK ON OUR PATREON...
Hello, gang.
Plans for this week… we’ve got some outtakes on the way for the upper tiers, which are imminent once they’re uploaded, then hopefully the usual Digi and BYAMPOD.
Seem...
2022-07-25 08:57:47 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: BYAMPOD Ep 90
We've reached our ninetieth episode! And what better way to mark the occasion than with the third part of our retrospective on Marillion's least-loved album, captured on the hottest day in recorded...
2022-07-20 10:05:46 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: WE GOT REPLACED BY DIGITAL AVATARS!
New Digi video time...! This week, we're exploring the world of branding, and investigate ways to re-brand the Digitiser YouTube channel - using online tools to generate slogans, a new brand name.....
2022-07-19 18:43:30 +0000 UTC View PostALL THE HOT THINGS COMING THIS WEEK...
Hello, you lot.
This week... providing we don't all spontaneously burst into flames over the next two days... will be a busy one.
Currently, I'm editing this week's Digi which sho...
2022-07-18 10:51:43 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: BYAMPOD Ep 89 - Somewhere Else Pt 2
In this ep of BYAMPOD we kick off with our take on the Marillion Weekend 2023 news, before getting stuck into the first clutch of songs on Somewhere Else: The Other Half, See It Like A Baby, Thanky...
2022-07-15 20:42:45 +0000 UTC View PostTHANKYOU, ALL OF YOU
Thought I’d give you all an update on how our week has gone after the other day. I’m sharing this with everyone, as the previous blog was just for upper tiers, but I know some of you were conce...
2022-07-15 11:52:50 +0000 UTC View PostPATREON EXCLUSIVE: Life Update
We're not putting out a main video for everyone this week, as we're doing one that's somewhat more involved... but you lovely Patrons still get this, in which we fill you in on... well, everything ...
2022-07-13 14:32:56 +0000 UTC View PostUPDATE ON THIS WEEK'S MANY THINGS
Hello, you lot.
Digi will be late again this week. Sorry. I had a hospital appointment yesterday, which - once again - meant we didn't get to film when we wanted. Plus, my parents have had Co...
2022-07-13 09:38:41 +0000 UTC View PostUPPER TIERS EXCLUSIVE: AN ENTIRE DELETED DIGI EPISODE!
Thank you for all the lovely comments on my post from yesterday. A lot of you even upped your Patreon pledge, which I really hadn't expected. And a couple made some ludicrously generous offers to h...
2022-07-12 12:29:12 +0000 UTC View PostUPPER TIERS EXCLUSIVE: SORRY IN ADVANCE
I’m going to apologise for this in advance. It’s probably going to be a long post. It’s not going to be a particularly jolly one. I hope – I really hope – it doesn’t come across as self...
2022-07-11 20:02:04 +0000 UTC View PostEXCLUSIVE: BYAMPOD BONUS - THE BAND IS BANNED (FROM LISTENING)
Apologies that the main ep wasn't playable earlier - it's fixed now (it's also up on all the usual podcast platforms). To make up for it being late... here's a bonus episode in which we discuss the...
2022-07-11 16:43:21 +0000 UTC View PostBYAMPOD EPISODE 88 - Somewhere Else: My Part In Its Downfall
Sorry this is late! We've got a bonus ep on the way to make it up to you.
We're finally at the point of talking about Somewhere Else - Marillion's 2007 follow-up to Marbles. It's an album tha...
2022-07-11 14:56:25 +0000 UTC View Post