At last! We've finally finished talking about Marillion's Happiness is the Road. We end on Especially True and Real Tears For Sale, discussing our feelings about the USA, and the issue of over-sharing your feelings. And talking of sharing... we also share our predictions for the forthcoming Port Zelande Weekend. Check out Mind Furniture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whNAwbUWiYY Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Come to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faq Paul's new album: https ..read more

We're getting close to the end of Marillion's Happiness Is The Road Volume 2: The Hard Shoulder, as we mop up another three songs - Throw Me Out, Half The World, and... wait for it... Whatever Is Wrong With You.  One of these songs Sanja and Paul have a MAJOR disagreement about, and it's not the one you might expect... Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Come to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faq Paul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Fac ..read more

In this ep, we set out with the intention of continuing our discussion about Marillion's The Hard Shoulder, the second volume of Happiness Is The Road.  We discuss the time we got trapped in a dinner party with Sophie Ellis Bextor's mother, and the pick and mix and lewdly-named shower gel you can buy at Port Zelande, before we get onto Asylum Satellite #1 and Older Than Me.  In true BYAMPOD style, this opens up a big discussion about ageism - and whether or not Marillion have done a better job of avoiding it more than Paul has... Support us here for early access and exclusive eps ..read more

We're finally digging deep into Marillion's Happiness Is The Road Volume 2: The Hard Shoulder. We manage to cover Thunder Fly and The Man From Planet Marzipan - the latter of which manages to provoke some of the soul searching and strong emotions that we thought we'd managed to avoid this time. We should know ourselves better... Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Come to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faq Paul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and ..read more

Can AI replace humans when it comes to Marillion lyrics? Specifically, can it replace Fish, Steve Hogarth and - yes - even John Helmer?! This week, we conduct a strictly scientific experiment to find out. Plus! Marillion news! Mr Men! And faffing! Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Come to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faq Paul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p ..read more

The latest BYAMPOD is a bit of a mixed bag. It starts with a discussion about Peter Gabriel's first brand new music in over 20 years, and Steve Rothery's forthcoming solo tour, before delving into the past to look at a website update from 1997, plus reviews from the 80s of Marillion's VHS video collection, and Mick Wall's Market Square Heroes book... Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Paul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See a ..read more

Happy New Year, BYAMPODders. We're back! And we've got news of Marillion's success in the Prog Magazine readers' poll, Transatlantic, the forthcoming Marillion Weekends, and even manage to squeeze in a few letters.  Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Paul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

This week, we're blowing off steam after a run of heavy episodes... by drinking (though there's some debate over who has drunk the most).  We also discuss Marillion's Half Empty/Full Jam, and whether it has a place on Happiness Is The Road Volume 1. We also read some of your letters. Oddly, it's a more focused episode than most of the ones we record sober, but we still manage to be a bit NSFW... Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Paul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Email us here: byampo ..read more

We come to the end of The Road (Volume 1) in this ep, but before we get onto Marillion.. we spend the first 20 minutes discussing some listener feedback, whether it's okay to joke about certain topics, and humour as a coping mechanism. When we finally do get around to the album... that's when things really go off the rails.  Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Paul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati ..read more

There's something about Marillion's Happiness Is The Road which seems to bring out Paul and Sanja's reflective side, and in this episode they end up digging into the start of their own relationship, and how a relationship alone may not be enough to fill the hole in a person's heart. Also, a tangential discussion about self-love. In addition to Nothing Fills The Hole, we also listen to Liquidity and Woke Up. Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Paul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Email us here ..read more