Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast

Here’s our improvised podcast while driving to DragonCon 2015! The first question that raises it’s head is “What is the purpose of a podcast?” In the past, we’ve done brainstorming, as well as just chatting about what’s going on with our lives. A behind-the-scenes tour, if you will – or a self-covering band! So how do you create a podcast for a band that only meets once or twice a year? Do we just go for the general chatting about life and work, or do we go for something completely off-the-wall? We don’t have much time together, so outrageous skits and dashing fight scenes aren’t really options… But these options of chatting about TV and our lives are all boring… a good setup is usually starting off with news, followed by an intro, and then the meat of the podcast. Informing, entertaining, evergreen. Crazy idea – we could do skits, but ask our audience to send in suggestions of what they’d like to see! Improv, parodies, rambling, actual dialogue, commentary – who knows! Or we could just start classifying ever

Brobdingnagian Bards were officially invited to DragonCon this year. We’re already planning this year’s shows. One of which is a Sunday evening Hobbit Drinking Songs show. The show is currently scheduled for 10pm in the Augusta Ballroom in the Westin. Every year, we like to change things up, doing something new and exciting. Last year, we added a fun arrangement of “Seven Drunken Nights”, hobbit-style. This year, I was thinking about how the show should conclude. What can we do to create one giant crescendo of a song where everyone is singing along with us? The song we decided on was “I See Fire”, the song from the end of the second Hobbit movie. It’s beautiful, dramatic and has a great sing-along at the end. At ALEP last year (the hobbit gathering in Central Kentucky), an Elf Choir performed the song. It was amazing. Wouldn’t it be awesome replicate that song at the end of the show? I threw the idea out to Andrew and together we talk about the logistics needed to make it happen. What we are envisioning. You

It’s time for another edition of the podcast formerly known as A Brobdingnagian Minute, now known as Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast. Marc got an itch to do another Bards podcast. So he crank called Andrew and now you get another show. We’re kinda hoping to release this podcast on a more regular basis. In order to do that and not bore you to death, we NEED Your FEEDBACK. What would you like to hear us talk about? What interests you? How long could you stand listening? What’s the air speed velocity of an unladen bard? Use the dang shownotes below and post your comments today!  

Let us start with apologies to everyone who got excited about yesterday’s April Fool’s joke. Yes, it was another bad joke brought to you by Brobdingnagian Bards. I don’t know if it was as bad as 2001 or 2002 when we told everyone we were breaking up the band… but it sounds like it was close. So our apologies. We are NOT reuniting, except at DragonCon. That said, we have a bunch of fun Bards news where you can hear some of the legitimate news, some of which was included in yesterday’s podcast. If you enjoy our insanity, then then please buy a CD over on our website at thebards.net and make sure you also subscribe to our mailing list. April Fools Day – When Bards of a Brobdingnagian persuasion see how far they can push fans before being burned in effigy (previous post) A new Brobdingnagian Bards CD is in development! Magical Mystery Lore is on the way! Ms.Inara Gunn shall be joining the family in May The Unicorn Song DragonCon 2015 – Keep your eyes open Andrew’s wrapping up a new CD, set to be ready by Dragon

You heard that right, the Brobdingnagian Bards are back together and planning our 2015-2016 World Tour. It’s gonna be amazing. You can find out all of the exciting news, including the name of our next album and all 17 countries we will be performing at, kicking off with our return to DragonCon. Are you ready to have your mind blown away? Find out more about Brobdingnagian Bards at thebards.net. Because WE HAVE CDS! Sorry… This IS an April Fool’s joke! Listen to the real podcast here… No joke!  

It always helps when you’re announcing big news that you do it in a timely fashion. Alas, this show was recorded a month ago after said news was released. Oh well! Enjoy the show. Favorite thing about the digital age Marc DJing in high school Andrew’s Star Wars Podcast project Starting late at gigs Run-ins at the Georgia Renaissance Festival Marc’s family vacation in Ireland Release of Ichabod Zeuss CDs Andrew recording on my CDs Trivia Question: What song appears on our CD more than any other? Brobdingnagian Bards Reunion Show at Sherwood Celtic Music Festival Song requests for the reunion? Hedgehog-free zone, Certificate of Authenticity Hunger Games-review Getting Old and Becoming Your Parents In Dumbledore fashion Looking forward to The Hobbit   Music: “The Kiss” from Gullible’s Travels “Lanigan’s Ball” from Songs of Ireland “The Orange and the Green” from by Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales “The Scotsman” from A Faire to Remember  

The Brobdingnagian Bards Christmas Soap Opera episode with special guests, Blu, the Teddy Bear, and a whole bunch of Christmas movies. Google Hangouts Jedi Mind Tricks Favorite Christmas Movie The many incarnations of Charles Dickens Christmas Story White Christmas vs. Holiday Inn TV Shows with Staying Power Steve Jobs biography Building excitement for Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits New albums from Marc? End of the World as Mayan’s Know It Music video ideas Merry Christmas! Christmas in Brobdingnag Music: “Little Drummer Boy” from Christmas in Brobdingnag, Vol. 1 “Lusty Young Smith” from A Faire to Remember “Bog Down in Christmas” from Christmas in Brobdingnag, Vol. 1 “Ye Jacobites By Name” from Real Men Wear Kilts Insert this RSS Feed into your podcatcher to have the shows downloaded automatically: http://www.thebards.net/mp3/ABrobdingnagianMinute.xml  

Now with More Virgins Marc’s a Daddy Andrew’s podcast and upcoming CD New CDs from Marc: Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits and Firefly Drinking Songs The Last Bards CD–Real Men Wear Kilts Marc Heading Back to DragonCon “If I Had $1000000” by Barenaked Ladies at the Texas Renaissance Festival Karaoke New Harry Potter movie Comic Book movies: Captain America vs. Green Lantern vs. Thor Rant about 3D Movies Hulu Plus vs. Netflix Lie to Me Big Bang Theory Rip Off Featured on SIMS Medieval Trailer More Super Secret Brobdingnagian Bards Projects Subscribe to the podcast at www.bardbootlegs.com Music Intro tune: “Swift Dining” from Marked By Great Size “Do Virgins Taste Better Medley” from A Faire to Remember “Tolkien (The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings)” from Songs of the Muse “Seven Drunken Nights” from Real Men Wear Kilts “If I Had a Million Smurfy Ducats” from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales “My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose / 500 Miles” from Real Men Wear Kilts  

Every venue has its work. GenCon is “Freebird”. We made the mistake of playing it in the pre-show last year at Friday Night Live and ended up with a standing ovation before our actual show started. Sadly, we succumbed to peer pressure and played it again… but with a twist. Michelle Hedden joins us on bodhran for this mad hour of geek-filled fun. Show Notes: Name that Tune “Morning Song”, a 45-minute song in the dealer’s room “Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits” from Marc’s Dragon CD “Do Virgins Taste Better Medley” from A Faire to Remember Why Andrew stands on stage right of Marc Motley Crue Contest “Come Out Ye Black and Tans” from Songs of Ireland “In the Mood” from Bards Live “Exclamations” from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales Starbucks Sponsorship “Old Dun Cow” from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales “Free Bog” “Monahan’s Mudders Milk” (a Firefly song) The Great Luke Ski “If I Had a Million Ducats” from a bunch of CDs “Jedi Drinking Song” from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales  

We’re back from another brilliant time visiting Ireland with our fans. The trip was all too brief, but in this podcast, we take some time to share some of our fond memories of our trip. Show Notes: Favorite Places from our Vacation Tour of Ireland Gougane Barra Stone Circles “Black Velvet Band” from The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs Magnum Ice Cream Video from Brigit’s Garden “Fellowship of the Ring” “Rocky Road to Dublin” from Songs of Ireland Fond Fables Movie Reviews: Zohan, Get Smart, Hancock, WALL-E GenCon Confirmed “Lish Young Buy-A-Broom” from Songs of Ireland  

This podcast was recorded at the end of March, and lookie, I’m just now getting around to posting it. W00t! Well, at least we’ll be caught up to record a new show very soon. And more once we get to Ireland. Enjoy! Show Notes: Bardic Bonus Features Bardic Foundation of Not Losing Your Brain Through the Windshielf Car mileage conspiracy Consuming the consumer Executive Suite (1954) with William Holden Battlestar Galactica Nerd Warning! Marketing with Integrity Politics Above the Law Summer Brooks of Slice of Sci Fi and Essays on Battlestar Galactica Buck Rogers DVD GM Motors Annecdote Songs This Week: “The Heart of Fangorn” from Memories of Middle Earth “Patriot Game” from Songs of Ireland “Shepherd’s Serenade” from Songs of the Muse  

Welcome to Season 3 of A Brodingnagian Minute. We’re back with more zany bardic goodness… whatever that may be. This month, we’re happy to say we WON in the Austin Music Awards, plus lots of rambling on the usual bardic randomness. Show Notes: Too many podcasts: Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, Renaissance Festival Podcast and other podcasts by Marc Gunn Andrew’s Picasso Period Lord of War Pet Peeve: Trailers you can’t fast forward through Best Folk Act in the Austin Music Awards The Cowsills Music for old video games: Pitfall, Pacman, Donkey Kong Samson Zoom H2 Onya, Irish rock musician Demand the Brobdingnagian Bards Songs This Week: “Patriot Game” from Songs of Ireland “Harvest Home” from Songs of the Muse “The Holy Ground” from The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs “Jug of Punch (Live)” from LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus Download MP3 A Brobdingnagian Minute #25 – Austin Music Award Win #3 Insert this RSS Feed into your podcatcher to have the shows downloaded automatically: http://www.thebard

Welcome to Season 3 of A Brodingnagian Minute. We’re back with more zany bardic goodness… whatever that may be. This month, we’re talking about Wil Wheaton, the Ireland tour, our presidential nomination, and a “crapload” of shows for the spring. Show Notes: Writer’s Strike Wil Wheaton on Pulp Gamer Join the Bards Tour of Ireland Bards on SoundClick Brobdingnagian Bards for President Buffy the Vampire Slayer, “Love Bites” Movie comments: Juno, Charlie Wilson’s War and Atonement Gigs in Yuma, Arizona, Four Winds, Muskogee, I-Con, and more! Songs This Week: “Spancil Hill” from Songs of Ireland “Rising of the Moon” from Songs of Ireland “Like a Hobbit in a Mushroom Field” from Memories of Middle Earth Download MP3 A Brobdingnagian Minute #24 – Explicit Writer’s Strike Insert this RSS Feed into your podcatcher to have the shows downloaded automatically: http://www.thebards.net/mp3/ABrobdingnagianMinute.xml  

Show Notes: Dune Red Dwarf Mobile Pack New CD: LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus New Bards Video Podcast Coming Soon Six Weeks at the Louisiana Renaissance Festival Bourbon Street and The Drunken Scotsman video And We’re Back! Booking for 2008 How to Find Good Mexican Food Songs This Week: “Finnegan’s Wake” from LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus, “LOOB” from LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus, “Donald, Where’s Your Drunken Scotsman?” from LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus.  

This weeks Brobdingnagian Bards podcast was recorded on the drive to DragonCon 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia. Show Notes: Marc’s fancy sports car Lots of shows at DragonCon New CD: LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus The Bardy Balls: The Case of the Bardic Treasure The Stalkers Union of DragonCon A Word from our Table People Other bands at DragonCon: Voltaire, Bedlam Bards, Boogie Knights, Emerald Rose Songs This Week: “Pachelbel’s Canon/Old Dun Cow” from LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus, “Jedi Drinking Song Prequel” from LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus, “If I Had A Million Smurfy Ducats” from LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus.    

Recorded live in Lisdoonvarna, Ireland while on the Brobdingnagian Bards Tour of Ireland. Songs This Week: “Man of La Mancha” “Old Dun Cow” from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales, “Frog Kissin’” from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales, “A Fairy Story” from A Faire To Remember, “Lily the Pink” from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales, “Spancil Hill” from Songs of Ireland, “Whiskey in the Jar” from A Faire To Remember, “An Irishman Who Doesn’t Drink“ “Donald, Where’s Your Trousers Medley” from A Faire To Remember, Marc Trying to Think/”Munumanuh” “Star of the County Down“ “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” from A Faire To Remember. If you enjoy the Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast, support Marc Gunn and Andrew McKee. Subscribe to our mailing list at www.thebards.net. Buy our music. And then LIKE and SHARE this podcast with other Nagians.

Notes: Talking about Ireland while viewing the Cliffs of Moher on the Brobdingnagian Bards Tour of Ireland. Don’t you wish you were here? Question or Comment for the Bards at 512-879-NEWT (6398)

Notes: Live recordings and CD?, Oklahoma Renaissance Festival, Bardic passports,Stamps, Indulgences, and toe bones in Vatican City, Shakespeare and Friends Renaissance Festival, Learning not to wear tights, Nickel Shakespeare Girls, Interview with WANC, “My Prison Time with Paris Hilton”, Role Models, Snowball fights in Colorado, Stoa Galleries, Opus Fantasy Arts Festival, 3 Summer Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean 3, Shrek 3, and Spider-Man 3, and Harry Potter, Songs This Week: “Lady Faery” from Songs of the Muse, “Big Strong Man (My Bruddha Sylvest)” from Songs of Ireland, “An Irish Lullaby” from Songs of Ireland.  

Notes: The World’s Biggest Flubs by the Brobdingnagian Bards, The Hoax, Based on a True Story, Splash with Tom Hanks, George Lucas and the Director’s Guild, South Park Easter Special ala Da Vinci Code, Four Winds Renaissance Faire, Another Random Andrew Quote,   Songs This Week: “My Darling Clementine Blues (Live from I-Con)”, “Old Dun Cow (live)” from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales, “A Fairy Story (live)” from A Faire To Remember.  

Notes: Voted “Best None of the Above” in the 2006-2007 Austin Music Awards KUT with John Aielli Thanks to everyone who voted for us, Other winners we met: Guitar Center, Lucid Dementia, Eklektikos, John Aielli, KUT, and Bobby Bones, Shameless self-promotion   Songs This Week: “Spancil Hill” from Songs of Ireland, “Lily the Pink” from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales, “Tolkien (The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings)” from Songs of the Muse, “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” from A Faire To Remember.