Edinburgh Man Podcasts

So this is a bit of an experiment... For the last couple of weeks I've been doing a daily podcast at junior.edinburghman.com. As part of that I wrote some nerdy scripts that automatically post the podcast from a Dropbox file. It seemed marginally successful so I've tried to extend it to the normal podcast. If everything goes to plan this should have all been automatically posted to both Mixcloud a...

After a bit of a crazy busy day at work my brain wasn't really functioning for this podcast. In fact, I wasn't sure if I had the energy to record one. But in the end, my body and mind was revitalised by a lovely letter from the lovely Spook School, along with their latest 7 inch single. That and the Earl Grey Redbush. That sorted me out. Not enough to write a proper blog post though. This is your...

I knew it. I knew it. The technical issues that have been plaguing the Interweb connection at Edinburgh Man Towers finally came to a head during today's live podcast. Actually, that's maybe being a tad melodromatic. Massive apologies to those who listened live - the dodgy router that came from my ISP decided to reset about halfway through the show. It always comes back, but there must have been 5...

I'm writing this before recording the podcast... so let's hope it worked. Mainly because I've been having technical issues (as always). My router managed to pack up yesterday, so as a replacement I'm using my Raspberry Pi. This little box has been sitting on my desk for a while waiting for me to find something to do with it. Well, it's time has come. Let's hope it worked. Music wise, two tracks fr...

We're back! Copacetic! Last week's annoying cough and sore throat has (more or less) passed, so the podcast returns for another exciting meander through an eclectic mix of new music. Recently I've been trying to mix up the musical styles a little bit. In particular some more noisy stuff to keep you all on your toes. I was concerned that this would result in less people listening, but in fact the n...

Croaky throat, sniffy nose, seeping eye. I'm a picture of health this week. As a result I try (and naturally fail) to limit the chat to the bare essentials. Who would have thought? On tonight's podcast; punk from Germany's Sad Neutrino Bitches, a remix of Rob St. John's wonderful Sargasso Sea by Edinburgh's FOUND, and a brilliant sneak preview of a track from the upcoming Adam Stafford album featu...

Again with the 8pm podcast. Another early one. I think it's safe to assume that the "usual time" for the live podcast is now 8pm UK time. That is until Edinburgh Man Jr's sleeping patterns change again. Oh, and speaking of tales of parenthood I promise I won't regale you tales of domesticity this week. Honest. Well, maybe a little bit. Music-wise some more lo-fi acoustic punk from Devil's Coachwhi...

Guess what? Small child nighttime activities mean it's another rambling, shambolic, sleep deprived podcast. On top of this, I'm feeling somewhat dodgy thanks to some ill-advised "nacho" bean burgers. Mmm... Nice. No doubt I confuse regular listeners too by starting the show off with some Edinburgh hip-hop courtesy of the wonderful Stanley Odd. "Marriage Counselling" is taken from their new album R...

Edinburgh Man Jr is adopting a new routine which clashes with the normal time of 9pm for the live podcast, so today's show was recorded an hour earlier at 8pm. I wondered if anyone would listen... or rather, if anyone would tweet at me. But after pleading for contact, we managed to get up to 7 interacting listeners by the end of the show, so that wasn't too bad. Music-wise, we start off with the b...

A special early evening podcast. This probably meant no-one listened live... although since I'm writing this blurb over my lunch hour on Thursday afternoon, who knows. Perhaps the technology failed and there wasn't even a podcast at all. Then I'd look foolish. Anyway, I'm getting quite into the Paralympics this week, and as a result the podcast was recorded two hours early so I could watch the 100...

The podcast returns! And only just. I'd forgotten that I'd wiped my laptop between this show and the one a month ago. Unfortunately not only had I lost all the settings, but I also failed to even install the applications I use for recording and transmitting the show! Disaster. So it's been a mad dash for the last hour or so as I tried to get it all back up and running. If the sound is a bit weird,...

This seemed like a good idea at the time. Ah who am I kidding, it never seemed like a good idea. Edinburgh Man Jr has developed a rather avant garde sleeping pattern over the last week which has reduced the amount of podcast preparation to nil. So instead it's a "listener's choice" episode! Twittering listeners chose their favourite tracks (live) from all those featured on the podcast so far in 20...

After last week's rambling debacle I tried to be more professional this week. I made notes and everything. Did I pull it off..? Well, probably not. Turns out the end result is pretty much the same with or without notes. Anyway, today's show maybe has a bit of a garage-rock thing going on? A great track from the Spice Hound Music Co. EP kicks the show off, there's the brilliant anthemic (yes, I kno...

Ahem. A particularly rambling podcast tonight. So what's new, you say, etc, etc. I think my brain is probably still reeling from the fantastic Meursault gig on Saturday night at the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh. They open the podcast for the second week in a row with the wonderfully anthemic "Settling" from what is already one of my favourite albums of the year. Also on the show, the new single by Th...

Was it really just a couple of days ago that I was standing in the sun on the "Home & Away" beach some 10,000 miles away? And now here I am in a rainy (although warm and humid for whatever that's worth) Edinburgh? Sigh. Anyway, it's podcast 100! Except it isn't really. Because (for whatever reason) I decided not to number the "specials" this is really podcast 116. As such, this podcast is only spe...

Again, apologies for the lateness of this podcast post. I've been way too busy enjoying myself. I'm also running on cellular data only, so let's hope I don't hit my limit before clicking on "save".  Today's podcast is the second of two from Australia. This week we have moved to Sydney, land of sunny beaches and expensive coffees. But still some great music. Eight tracks by bands from the city...

A podcast! From Melbourne! Apologies for the slowness of getting this recorded and uploaded. Jeg-lag, season-lag, expensive and unreliable Internet connections, and small child logistics. All these and more conspired to delay the show by a few days. But here we are. Don't expect any insights into the city or local music scene, but do expect some rambling chat. At least all the music is from M...

This podcast was a bit of an experiment, at least in the technical sense. I recorded and edited it on an iPhone using a new little microphone. The reason for doing this was basically to see if it would be possible. That and I don't want to heave the laptop to the other side of the world next week, and I'd quite like to try and do a podcast from Melbourne. Anyway, I thought it prudent to do at leas...

I bit the bullet and bought a Kindle. This is mostly as a result of an impending flight and a desire to keep my carry-on baggage to a minimum. My feelings about digital downloads run hot and cold. I have an affinity for physical media, whether that's music, video games, book, dvd/blu ray and the shops that sell them. But I also do like the space saving aspect of digital media, and the fact you can...

Last week's podcast was a bit of a failure, at least in technical terms. I suspect I had a brain fart that resulted in me muting my microphone WHILE TALKING. Outrageously unprofessional I know. The bit you missed was most likely me gushing about how wonderful the purple vinyl of the Alligator Indian album looks. If you don't believe me, just take a look yourself . Their last EP was pretty swanky l...

The podcast is back! Again! After last week's illness the show returns, with a technical bump. Something went wrong with the audio during tonight's show. If you were listening live there was a 2 minute period when I was talking to myself. So what's new you say? I'm sure I said something incredibly insightful and interesting during that time, but since it didn't record either, we'll never know. Spo...

And we're back! Apologies for the music repeat show last week. A 24 hour virus invaded the house and podcast duties had to be set aside for parental duties for at least a day. The slightly annoying thing was that after I had that massive cold and sore throat a couple of weeks back, I decided to record an "emergency show". This is something I did last year with a couple of shows with tracks from K...

It's the emergency broadcast system... Something has gone wrong today. Illness or Internet probably. No matter. I had this spare podcast up my sleeve! Nothing new on today's show, we stumble through the archive of bands or tracks that have been played before that we (well I) particularly like. Including the very first track played on the show. Edinburgh Man Jr. joins us for the show too, and thank...

Imagine being ill on Record Store Day. Outrageous. This can't happen again. I spent most of the weekend and the start of the week in bed, rather pathetically with just a cold. In my defence, it was a horrible cold. But a cold nonetheless. It did make Record Store Day pretty hard going. I had hoped to do the rounds of the record shops in Edinburgh, taking in in-stores at both Avalanche and Vox Box....

I wrote the rest of this blog post the morning before the show. It's almost as if I jinxed it with the opening sentence... Shockingly it all seems to be coming together. Since last weeks podcast Edinburgh Man Jr has slept through the night three times! On top of that, I've been to two gigs over the same period... In fact, one of those gigs was the Fence Records "Eye 'O the Dug" festival in St. And...