I’m aware that there’s not been much in the way of updates recently, and I apoligise for this. However, I would like to inform you that I recorded a pilot episode with Ollie, although I’m not releasing it to the public at the present time, as it was a dry run. The sites what were drawn were also a bit crap. However, either this weekend, or the next, I’ll be recording another pilot with hopefully better sites. As for who will be in the pilot, I can’t say as I honestly don’t know. However, I assure you that we’ve started to nail down the show format pretty well by this point. As I have said in the past, the show will last no longer than 45 minutes (another reason why the pilot can’t be considered official; it overran by 30 minutes!) and we’ll discuss a site, if not two, then dedicate the final 15 minutes to a section I lovingly call “The Weekly Farkage”. This means that we’ll be discussing a few of the best stories of the week from Fark.com. Of course, given that we have time constraints and all that, we’ll only be picking out the best from the Sunday of recording up till the Friday of that same week. However, the Saturday (ie the day before we record) will go live.
As for why we don’t do Sunday… well, that’s pretty simple actually. Because the time of day is usually the afternoon in Europe, the day hasn’t began for most of America, where Fark.com is based, so in order to make sure we have the most complete lists, we’re only doing complete days. Doing an incomplete day just means more time is spent on the podcast and when you’re trying to keep it within 45 minutes, it’s hassle. Of course, if people think it should be longer, you can comment here. Keep in mind though that this will be a weekly podcast, although not every week as there will be breaks. We still need to get some things nailed down with it, but rest assured, this one won’t be going the way of the other two; it has a reasonable amount of planning attached to it, enough that the spontanious nature of the show can be kept.
I guess now is a good time to mention that transcription will not be available for the pilot episodes, although there will be transcription available for the episodes proper, ablbeit a few days after the podcast has gone out. I need to sort out a system for transcription and believe me, it’s not easy! It took me about 15 odd hours to transcribe the 2007 pilot! That said, if anyone would like to offer their services for transcription, please do let me know, as I’d appriciate it!
As usual though, watch this space.