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Mike Senior & Jon Whitten set the project-studio world to rights over a steaming cuppa. Get in touch or support the podcast's biscuit fund via projectstudioteabreak.com.

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    • Nov 1, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 51m AVG DURATION
    • 116 EPISODES


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    PSTB #54: Project Studio 54, life-threatening Nickelback, and a Fun Lovin' Criminal

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 57:15


    This month sees the ultimate embodiment of toast Foley, Project Studio 54, sneaking in the back door of The 27 Club on a technicality, thereby clearing the decks for a forthcoming cinematic release of Commercial Studio Banquet. It's a culinary bonanza, as Mike tastes the music while nursing a GM hangover, Jon tastes his own Olivier Award with Draco Malfoy, and Abel Selaocoe tastes gateway-drug salad from an everlasting queue. And in an emotional homecoming, Lydia Sherwood's backspaceless AI alerts us to The Fun Lovin' Criminal And His Two Guest Perpetrators, while MoFi apply their Instagram kitten filter to the masterpieces of Manet in an attempt to save famous Muppet musicians from the life-threatening effects of Nickelback. Sadly, though, it is here we must leave your intrepid hosts for posterity, clinging to trees with their teeth while Einaudi enriches the hack with pedals of beautifully framed formula. You can catch Jon's ongoing endeavours all over the web via at https://linktr.ee/whittenand_ or email him direct at jonwhittenmusic@gmail.com And you can check out what Mike's up to by heading over to https://www.cambridge-mt.com/ or email him direct on teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com Fancy more of our nonsense? Binge all previous episodes at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com and access another 10 hours of bonus audio content by supporting the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak/

    PSTB #54: Project Studio 54, life-threatening Nickelback, and a Fun Lovin' Criminal

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 57:15


    This month sees the ultimate embodiment of toast Foley, Project Studio 54, sneaking in the back door of The 27 Club on a technicality, thereby clearing the decks for a forthcoming cinematic release of Commercial Studio Banquet. It's a culinary bonanza, as Mike tastes the music while nursing a GM hangover, Jon tastes his own Olivier Award with Draco Malfoy, and Abel Selaocoe tastes gateway-drug salad from an everlasting queue. And in an emotional homecoming, Lydia Sherwood's backspaceless AI alerts us to The Fun Lovin' Criminal And His Two Guest Perpetrators, while MoFi apply their Instagram kitten filter to the masterpieces of Manet in an attempt to save famous Muppet musicians from the life-threatening effects of Nickelback. Sadly, though, it is here we must leave your intrepid hosts for posterity, clinging to trees with their teeth while Einaudi enriches the hack with pedals of beautifully framed formula. You can catch Jon's ongoing endeavours all over the web via at https://linktr.ee/whittenand_ or email him direct at jonwhittenmusic@gmail.com And you can check out what Mike's up to by heading over to https://www.cambridge-mt.com/ or email him direct on teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com Fancy more of our nonsense? Binge all previous episodes at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com and access another 10 hours of bonus audio content by supporting the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak/

    PSTB #53: One-of-one-so-far space-vinyl, swearing by proxy, and Ray Of Sunshine Against The Machine

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2022 59:57


    In this month's individually hand-marbled episode, Mike welcomes Whon Jitten into his world of vocal-editing pain, tormenting him with James Blunt, a unionised bee in a Tupperware box, and a truly horrifying polar-pattern selection. Joining them is 2021's second biggest sell-out, Bob Dylan, eschewing mayonnaise for overpriced one-of-one-so-far space-vinyl. So if you're not showering on a busy road under a helicopter while mowing the lawn, do join us in getting 80 percent of the way there with just two clicks. Alternatively, fix yourself a snack of buttered marshmallow and cosmic salami, and skate-mosh the night away to Ray Of Sunshine Against The Machine, Malmsteen's shawm, or Biffy Clyro's swearing by proxy. It's enough to make you want to scream for a living... To check out Jon's latest theatre project 'Gilgamesh, Enkidu & Ishtar', head over to https://www.instagram.com/gilgamesh_theatre_/ And you can find Mike's free Cambridge-MT podcast episode at https://www.cambridge-mt.com/alaska/ Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #53: One-of-one-so-far space-vinyl, swearing by proxy, and Ray Of Sunshine Against The Machine

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2022 59:57


    In this month's individually hand-marbled episode, Mike welcomes Whon Jitten into his world of vocal-editing pain, tormenting him with James Blunt, a unionised bee in a Tupperware box, and a truly horrifying polar-pattern selection. Joining them is 2021's second biggest sell-out, Bob Dylan, eschewing mayonnaise for overpriced one-of-one-so-far space-vinyl. So if you're not showering on a busy road under a helicopter while mowing the lawn, do join us in getting 80 percent of the way there with just two clicks. Alternatively, fix yourself a snack of buttered marshmallow and cosmic salami, and skate-mosh the night away to Ray Of Sunshine Against The Machine, Malmsteen's shawm, or Biffy Clyro's swearing by proxy. It's enough to make you want to scream for a living... To check out Jon's latest theatre project 'Gilgamesh, Enkidu & Ishtar', head over to https://www.instagram.com/gilgamesh_theatre_/ And you can find Mike's free Cambridge-MT podcast episode at https://www.cambridge-mt.com/alaska/ Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #52b: Episode? What episode?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 9:59


    In a spectacular double facepalm, Jon and Mike were completely unable to coordinate a podcasting date last month (or even early this month), but -- never fear! -- we have a couple of juicy extras to tide you over until the next proper episode in October. As if EDM fans didn't already have enough reasons to hit the bourbon... Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #52b: Episode? What episode?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 9:59


    In a spectacular double facepalm, Jon and Mike were completely unable to coordinate a podcasting date last month (or even early this month), but -- never fear! -- we have a couple of juicy extras to tide you over until the next proper episode in October. As if EDM fans didn't already have enough reasons to hit the bourbon... Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #52: Googlewhack drum enhancement, iPod Skywalker, and The CPU Sizzler

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2022 57:49


    It seems like only yesterday that Mike was dancing on block-colour backgrounds with 905 songs in his pocket, but his extraodinarily slow-acting curse has finally been fulfilled as Darth Cassette revanquishes iPod Skywalker in the stirring finale of The Airpods Strike Back. Meanwhile, Jon has been getting the pseuds on board by hurling his angry, passionate talent at the microphone and rattling his big draw of nicknacks and marbles (one of his cheapest, dirtiest music-production whotsits). If you're feeling more bouffant than thou, then you'll doubtless be shredding with Yngwie Malmsteen on a 14-string guitar with an M.C. Escher headstock and the cleverness of The Ancients. Or if you've been suffering from a truly three-ghoster facepalm (perhaps because those googly eyes have been looking straight into your soul), then perhaps some Googlewhack drum enhancement might help you enjoy Game Of Shrooms or Drunk Shakespeare while you snack messily on The CPU Sizzler. Needless to say, art critics have not been invited to weigh in on the subject. If you'd like to sign up for Mike's Cambridge-MT mailing list for weekly resource updates, blog posts, and tutorial freebies, just head over to: https://www.cambridge-mt.com/mailinglist Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #51: Martian breakfast, lip-sync ballet, and The Dukes Of Haphazard

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 47:22


    By the power of the shiny-haired Hrímnir frá Hvammi, a shiny-headed Jon has been doing his Gollum-inspired Riverdance over a functional horse-keyboard, causing the word 'utilise' to vanish beautifully. Setting aside the JV1080 jubilee strings, however, he's been working hard at a Republican campsite to make his guitar sound as awful as The Dukes Of Haphazard. But could anything be as awful as Diana Ross's headline lip-sync ballet at the Platinum Party At The Palace? Mike, the segue king, struggles to believe it, and is currently self-medicating with Martian breakfast, canned angelic shimmer, and glittery sprinkles on every technological unicorn. If you'd like to listen to Mike's in-depth review of Sound Theory's Gullfoss plug-in, complete with a variety of illustrative audio examples, then check out this free-to-listen episode of the Cambridge-MT Patrons Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cambridge-mt-27623076 Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #51: Martian breakfast, lip-sync ballet, and The Dukes Of Haphazard

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 47:22


    By the power of the shiny-haired Hrímnir frá Hvammi, a shiny-headed Jon has been doing his Gollum-inspired Riverdance over a functional horse-keyboard, causing the word 'utilise' to vanish beautifully. Setting aside the JV1080 jubilee strings, however, he's been working hard at a Republican campsite to make his guitar sound as awful as The Dukes Of Haphazard. But could anything be as awful as Diana Ross's headline lip-sync ballet at the Platinum Party At The Palace? Mike, the segue king, struggles to believe it, and is currently self-medicating with Martian breakfast, canned angelic shimmer, and glittery sprinkles on every technological unicorn. If you'd like to listen to Mike's in-depth review of Sound Theory's Gullfoss plug-in, complete with a variety of illustrative audio examples, then check out this free-to-listen episode of the Cambridge-MT Patrons Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cambridge-mt-27623076 Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #50: MIDI boiled eggs, exploding headpumps, and other unskeptical noisies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 58:47


    Inspired by Vidal Sasson, this month's episode is full of sparkletubes, slideyfarts, bashable barcodes, exploding headpumps, and many other unskeptical noisies. MIT are back to their old tricks, playing keepy-uppy in zero G with their dodecahedral space shaker. But they're no match for Jon, singing Kylie Minogue on a War Horse to the accompaniment of chimes that go 'thunk', or Mike dancing with his shoelace amidst a barrage of MIDI boiled eggs. Also, there's a bunch of grumbling Dads riding their pickup moped on a quest for bespoke pencil erasers, while also bringing Pringle Pringles to a shark-tamer in Mozambique. All in a day's work for anyone with a Jackson Pollock career trajectory. Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #50: MIDI boiled eggs, exploding headpumps, and other unskeptical noisies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 58:47


    Inspired by Vidal Sasson, this month's episode is full of sparkletubes, slideyfarts, bashable barcodes, exploding headpumps, and many other unskeptical noisies. MIT are back to their old tricks, playing keepy-uppy in zero G with their dodecahedral space shaker. But they're no match for Jon, singing Kylie Minogue on a War Horse to the accompaniment of chimes that go 'thunk', or Mike dancing with his shoelace amidst a barrage of MIDI boiled eggs. Also, there's a bunch of grumbling Dads riding their pickup moped on a quest for bespoke pencil erasers, while also bringing Pringle Pringles to a shark-tamer in Mozambique. All in a day's work for anyone with a Jackson Pollock career trajectory. Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #49: Agent-swap Bumble, herringbone origami, and Bela Fleck's musical chicken

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 59:34


    Recorded from tea-cup perspective for maximum authenticity, this episode explains how to get from Douglas Adams to Terry Pratchet (via Brian Wilson) in a sleepy country voice. Jon, as befits a member of his multi-award-winning community, has been filling numerous creative roles: convicted pirate; amateur organ salesman; inadvertently fraudulent (but unfireable) accountant; and inverse Lazarus, smiting the unworthy asunder. So how come his SM58 died of shame? Mike, on the other hand has been installing the latest in New Age musical-box security while extolling the virtues of choral child labour, Bela Fleck's musical chicken, and agent-swap Bumble. In Alanis Morissette's happy village, meanwhile, we witness the shocking abuse of some herringbone origami by a bunch of Tony Bennetts wielding slowly wilting flowers, and learn how best to display 15 Grammies. So leave your vintage paperweights behind, honeychild, and join us as we build a compost heap to the accompaniment of 'Leave The Montero Open'. Those about to be drunk, we salute you! Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #49: Agent-swap Bumble, herringbone origami, and Bela Fleck's musical chicken

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 59:34


    Recorded from tea-cup perspective for maximum authenticity, this episode explains how to get from Douglas Adams to Terry Pratchet (via Brian Wilson) in a sleepy country voice. Jon, as befits a member of his multi-award-winning community, has been filling numerous creative roles: convicted pirate; amateur organ salesman; inadvertently fraudulent (but unfireable) accountant; and inverse Lazarus, smiting the unworthy asunder. So how come his SM58 died of shame? Mike, on the other hand has been installing the latest in New Age musical-box security while extolling the virtues of choral child labour, Bela Fleck's musical chicken, and agent-swap Bumble. In Alanis Morissette's happy village, meanwhile, we witness the shocking abuse of some herringbone origami by a bunch of Tony Bennetts wielding slowly wilting flowers, and learn how best to display 15 Grammies. So leave your vintage paperweights behind, honeychild, and join us as we build a compost heap to the accompaniment of 'Leave The Montero Open'. Those about to be drunk, we salute you! Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #48: The Tamagotchi recorder, BV shred-concealment, and a fretless foghorn

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 59:54


    This month, a densely-woven Jon's been struggling to keep his mind out of the gutter by smearing a microphone thinly over the top of a modest vape rig and pushin a pre-1994 Barbie doll into a red cabbage, while serving borscht to a red-headed widow. Mike, though, has officially been busier than him, scribbling a 10-year callback on manuscript at 3am and shouting 'Number!' at other podcasters in a hell of his own making. Nevertheless, he's found time to brush aside Will Smith's slap (despite living under a Rock) and consider this year's Oscar-nominated songs. We hear about Billie Eilish trying not to suck. Van Morrison's car-horn brass and BV shred-concealment. A drone-dodging Reba McEntire losing her precariously balanced hat. And Beyonce leaving her ornamental trombonists unpainted for want of a euphoniumist's chair. In other news, we channel George Massenburg through the Tamagotchi recorder to capture the finest one-dimensional voltage wobbles, and (once we've recovered from our pre-shawm flinch) hear a swanee saxophonist making bubblegum instrumentalists sound like skill minnows. All in all, it's an intense emotional struggle with a fretless foghorn on a slightly elevated sofa. To hear Jon's latest single 'Lie To Me', head over to https://linktr.ee/whittenand_ And you can find Mike's super-grammatical tuning video at https://www.patreon.com/posts/61727565 Thanks to Benn Jordan and Daniel Vaczi for allowing me to use the glissotar demonstration featured in this episode. Check out Benn's youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCshObcm-nLhbu8MY50EZ5Ng and Daniel's incredible performances with the Glissonic Trio at https://danielvaczi.bandcamp.com Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #48: The Tamagotchi recorder, BV shred-concealment, and a fretless foghorn

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 59:54


    This month, a densely-woven Jon's been struggling to keep his mind out of the gutter by smearing a microphone thinly over the top of a modest vape rig and pushin a pre-1994 Barbie doll into a red cabbage, while serving borscht to a red-headed widow. Mike, though, has officially been busier than him, scribbling a 10-year callback on manuscript at 3am and shouting 'Number!' at other podcasters in a hell of his own making. Nevertheless, he's found time to brush aside Will Smith's slap (despite living under a Rock) and consider this year's Oscar-nominated songs. We hear about Billie Eilish trying not to suck. Van Morrison's car-horn brass and BV shred-concealment. A drone-dodging Reba McEntire losing her precariously balanced hat. And Beyonce leaving her ornamental trombonists unpainted for want of a euphoniumist's chair. In other news, we channel George Massenburg through the Tamagotchi recorder to capture the finest one-dimensional voltage wobbles, and (once we've recovered from our pre-shawm flinch) hear a swanee saxophonist making bubblegum instrumentalists sound like skill minnows. All in all, it's an intense emotional struggle with a fretless foghorn on a slightly elevated sofa. To hear Jon's latest single 'Lie To Me', head over to https://linktr.ee/whittenand_ And you can find Mike's super-grammatical tuning video at https://www.patreon.com/posts/61727565 Thanks to Benn Jordan and Daniel Vaczi for allowing me to use the glissotar demonstration featured in this episode. Check out Benn's youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCshObcm-nLhbu8MY50EZ5Ng and Daniel's incredible performances with the Glissonic Trio at https://danielvaczi.bandcamp.com Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #47: Screamo ceilidh, the anti-Donda, and toothbrush orchestration

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2022 59:49


    Jon, the King Of Kittenz, is back in the Land Of Hope And Corbyn, and working surprisingly hard on an Ode To Sinusitis with his electrotango sitar and 50 guitars in unison. Kelly Clarkson's lending a hand with her virtuoso banjo, and Bready Mercury is managing the toothbrush orchestration. (It's no Kind Of Bloop, though -- for that you'd need a screamo ceilidh caller in a Hert locker.) Mike, Ninja Of Kilobits, is helping out too, setting aside his political ambitions to wield Chekhov's gun against the anti-Donda, while Lin Manuel The Frog adds maximum authenticity by chipmunking his own brainwaves. There are other low-hanging vegetables as well, including a 30-second Dark Side Of The Moon from the Device Orchestra and our desert-island luxury of celestial toast. If that's not poetic justice, then try whipping someone with a bamboo wing -- and if they feel blue, remind them that Animal is red. See how we waft it back and forth! Check out Jon's very own music project "Whitten And" on Instagram and TikTok! https://www.instagram.com/whittenand_/ https://www.tiktok.com/@whittenand_/ ...and you can also get tickets to his show The Wicker Husband at Newbury's Watermill Theatre here: https://www.watermill.org.uk/wicker_husband Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #47: Screamo ceilidh, the anti-Donda, and toothbrush orchestration

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2022 59:49


    Jon, the King Of Kittenz, is back in the Land Of Hope And Corbyn, and working surprisingly hard on an Ode To Sinusitis with his electrotango sitar and 50 guitars in unison. Kelly Clarkson's lending a hand with her virtuoso banjo, and Bready Mercury is managing the toothbrush orchestration. (It's no Kind Of Bloop, though -- for that you'd need a screamo ceilidh caller in a Hert locker.) Mike, Ninja Of Kilobits, is helping out too, setting aside his political ambitions to wield Chekhov's gun against the anti-Donda, while Lin Manuel The Frog adds maximum authenticity by chipmunking his own brainwaves. There are other low-hanging vegetables as well, including a 30-second Dark Side Of The Moon from the Device Orchestra and our desert-island luxury of celestial toast. If that's not poetic justice, then try whipping someone with a bamboo wing -- and if they feel blue, remind them that Animal is red. See how we waft it back and forth! Check out Jon's very own music project "Whitten And" on Instagram and TikTok! https://www.instagram.com/whittenand_/ https://www.tiktok.com/@whittenand_/ ...and you can also get tickets to his show The Wicker Husband at Newbury's Watermill Theatre here: https://www.watermill.org.uk/wicker_husband Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #46: GRAMMIES SPECIAL! (feat. WYSIWYG Doja and The Abbanator)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2022 73:20


    It's another star-studded Grammy Awards extravaganza, with DJs of all stripes, a suavely bearded Jon spreading his rebar wings, a grizzled Mike slapping himself in the face with American cheese, and a surreptitious Nirvana catfish. Hosier surmounts Olivia Rodrigo's parapet with Disney attitude to resist the rise of The Abbanator. Anderson Paak's been feeding salt-and-vinegar crisps to Bruno Mars from Lady Gaga's poisoned chalice, although Jon Batiste decided to stick with his gourmet salad. Alicia Keys and Brandi Carlile are displaying zero-content conviction for Lil Nas X, as he backs a losing horse down Old Town Road. Meanwhile, Ed Sheeran & David Guetta compare stolen harmonies with the bare-faced cheek of Eilish fatigue. And, at his subversively religious home-arranger keyboard, the Right Honorable Justice Bieber is playing Swiftie's ode to toenail-clipping, while WYSIWYG Doja joins the unfairly non-new Finneas to watch Kid Laroi stirring HER's glossy snow globe with his wooden spoon. Check out Jon's very own music project "Whitten And" on Instagram and TikTok! https://www.instagram.com/whittenand_/ https://www.tiktok.com/@whittenand_/ ...and you can also get tickets to his show The Wicker Husband at Newbury's Watermill Theatre here: https://www.watermill.org.uk/wicker_husband Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #46: GRAMMIES SPECIAL! (feat. WYSIWYG Doja and The Abbanator)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2022 73:20


    It's another star-studded Grammy Awards extravaganza, with DJs of all stripes, a suavely bearded Jon spreading his rebar wings, a grizzled Mike slapping himself in the face with American cheese, and a surreptitious Nirvana catfish. Hosier surmounts Olivia Rodrigo's parapet with Disney attitude to resist the rise of The Abbanator. Anderson Paak's been feeding salt-and-vinegar crisps to Bruno Mars from Lady Gaga's poisoned chalice, although Jon Batiste decided to stick with his gourmet salad. Alicia Keys and Brandi Carlile are displaying zero-content conviction for Lil Nas X, as he backs a losing horse down Old Town Road. Meanwhile, Ed Sheeran & David Guetta compare stolen harmonies with the bare-faced cheek of Eilish fatigue. And, at his subversively religious home-arranger keyboard, the Right Honorable Justice Bieber is playing Swiftie's ode to toenail-clipping, while WYSIWYG Doja joins the unfairly non-new Finneas to watch Kid Laroi stirring HER's glossy snow globe with his wooden spoon. Check out Jon's very own music project "Whitten And" on Instagram and TikTok! https://www.instagram.com/whittenand_/ https://www.tiktok.com/@whittenand_/ ...and you can also get tickets to his show The Wicker Husband at Newbury's Watermill Theatre here: https://www.watermill.org.uk/wicker_husband Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #45: Proto-Twitter, snorkelling mimes, and The Magic Of Pegasus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2022 58:24


    Jump into the PSTB DeLorean, plug in 1kW of guitar pedals, and let's go for a star-studded ride! See Tina Turner, Mick Hucknall, and the drummer from Eastenders clamouring to jump into Puff Daddy's EDM sausage machine. Hear Hawkeye's Imagine Dragons impression, Captain Marvel's Magic Of Pegasus, and Shatner Claus's Gilbert & Sullivan chillout. There's plenty of action fodder too, with Bruce Willis, Mr T, and Vin Diesel all throwing digeridoo shade. Not to be outdone, Jon's been soft-shoe tap-dancing with a pedometer, as well as playing the moray-eel trombone with hundreds of snorkelling mimes. Mike, on the other hand, has endured a tantric single that's left him screaming piano-recording examples in his sleep. Let's hope that he still makes the proto-Twitter Scroll of Honour before he falls on his own wine-pistol... Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com. Check out Jon's very own music project "Whitten And" on Instagram and TikTok! https://www.instagram.com/whittenand_/ https://www.tiktok.com/@whittenand_/ ...and you can also still (only just!) get tickets to his show at The Royal Opera House with Little Bulb Theatre (called 'Wolf, Witch, Giant, Fairy') here: https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/wolf-witch-giant-fairy-by-little-bulb-details

    PSTB #45: Proto-Twitter, snorkelling mimes, and The Magic Of Pegasus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2022 58:24


    Jump into the PSTB DeLorean, plug in 1kW of guitar pedals, and let's go for a star-studded ride! See Tina Turner, Mick Hucknall, and the drummer from Eastenders clamouring to jump into Puff Daddy's EDM sausage machine. Hear Hawkeye's Imagine Dragons impression, Captain Marvel's Magic Of Pegasus, and Shatner Claus's Gilbert & Sullivan chillout. There's plenty of action fodder too, with Bruce Willis, Mr T, and Vin Diesel all throwing digeridoo shade. Not to be outdone, Jon's been soft-shoe tap-dancing with a pedometer, as well as playing the moray-eel trombone with hundreds of snorkelling mimes. Mike, on the other hand, has endured a tantric single that's left him screaming piano-recording examples in his sleep. Let's hope that he still makes the proto-Twitter Scroll of Honour before he falls on his own wine-pistol... Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com. Check out Jon's very own music project "Whitten And" on Instagram and TikTok! https://www.instagram.com/whittenand_/ https://www.tiktok.com/@whittenand_/ ...and you can also still (only just!) get tickets to his show at The Royal Opera House with Little Bulb Theatre (called 'Wolf, Witch, Giant, Fairy') here: https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/wolf-witch-giant-fairy-by-little-bulb-details

    PSTB #44: Sleighbellitis, infrabeer, and The Rebeccaverse!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2021 61:35


    Welcome to the Rebeccaverse! Yes, you read that correctly, because we're joined by the smack-talking Angel of Christmas herself for our end-of-year spectacular. As you can imagine, the excitement has caused Mike to drop his monocle in his gin and tonic, and Jon to spill his cup of beautiful Balinese angel-cat tea into the hummingbird feeder. It's a musical extravaganza too, as we sing along to 'It's Only A Pumpkin-Spice Subwoofer Moon', 'Twangles The Christmas Squid', and other meditation-metal classics, while swigging our infrabeers for the sake of Auld Lang Syne (and, by extension, Atlantis). Santa's been good to us this year, with news of jellyfish street art (with shading) and cat-related support dogs, as well as the most ripened of Christmas quizzes. In short, the paw of destiny has once more shattered the bounds of time, despite a bad case of sleighbellitis. For all things Rebecca Angel-related, head over to her website at: https://rebeccaangel.com/ Check out Jon's very own music project "Whitten And" on Instagram and TikTok! https://www.instagram.com/whittenand_/ https://www.tiktok.com/@whittenand_/ ...and you can also get tickets to his show at The Royal Opera House with Little Bulb Theatre (called 'Wolf, Witch, Giant, Fairy') here: https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/wolf-witch-giant-fairy-by-little-bulb-details Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #44: Sleighbellitis, infrabeer, and The Rebeccaverse!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2021 61:35


    Welcome to the Rebeccaverse! Yes, you read that correctly, because we're joined by the smack-talking Angel of Christmas herself for our end-of-year spectacular. As you can imagine, the excitement has caused Mike to drop his monocle in his gin and tonic, and Jon to spill his cup of beautiful Balinese angel-cat tea into the hummingbird feeder. It's a musical extravaganza too, as we sing along to 'It's Only A Pumpkin-Spice Subwoofer Moon', 'Twangles The Christmas Squid', and other meditation-metal classics, while swigging our infrabeers for the sake of Auld Lang Syne (and, by extension, Atlantis). Santa's been good to us this year, with news of jellyfish street art (with shading) and cat-related support dogs, as well as the most ripened of Christmas quizzes. In short, the paw of destiny has once more shattered the bounds of time, despite a bad case of sleighbellitis. For all things Rebecca Angel-related, head over to her website at: https://rebeccaangel.com/ Check out Jon's very own music project "Whitten And" on Instagram and TikTok! https://www.instagram.com/whittenand_/ https://www.tiktok.com/@whittenand_/ ...and you can also get tickets to his show at The Royal Opera House with Little Bulb Theatre (called 'Wolf, Witch, Giant, Fairy') here: https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/wolf-witch-giant-fairy-by-little-bulb-details Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #43c: Jon‘s first single has landed! Yay!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 0:52


    The day of Truth has arrived. The day of Justice. The day of Friday. But, even more importantly, it's launch day for Jon Whitten's first ever single under his own name! Yay! The song's called 'How To Make A Mirror', and features, as you'd hope, a herd of harmonising Whittens and the kind of dulcimer playing that only our very own Jon could have shaken a stick at. So what are you waiting for?! Tarry no longer, but head over without delay to the following link and treat your grateful ears to a listen! https://bit.ly/whittenand

    PSTB #43c: Jon‘s first single has landed! Yay!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 0:52


    The day of Truth has arrived. The day of Justice. The day of Friday. But, even more importantly, it's launch day for Jon Whitten's first ever single under his own name! Yay! The song's called 'How To Make A Mirror', and features, as you'd hope, a herd of harmonising Whittens and the kind of dulcimer playing that only our very own Jon could have shaken a stick at. So what are you waiting for?! Tarry no longer, but head over without delay to the following link and treat your grateful ears to a listen! https://bit.ly/whittenand

    PSTB #43b: Sharks and Muppets

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 1:19


    We told you all about Jon Whitten's single release tomorrow, but did you actually go to https://bit.ly/whittenand and immediately follow all his socials in feverish anticipation of the song's arrival? Deary, deary me. Well, don't say I didn't warn you...

    PSTB #43b: Sharks and Muppets

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 1:19


    We told you all about Jon Whitten's single release tomorrow, but did you actually go to https://bit.ly/whittenand and immediately follow all his socials in feverish anticipation of the song's arrival? Deary, deary me. Well, don't say I didn't warn you...

    PSTB #43a: Steak and potatoes (a capella) and Flamenco wrestling

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2021 1:32


    Casting the veil of anonymity boldly aside, our very own Jon Whitten will be releasing his first ever music under his own name on November 19th -- ie. in just a couple of days' time! It would help him enormously if you could immediately check out and (whisper it!) even follow his social media accounts to stay up to date with the launch. There's steak and potatoes (a capella) to be had. And some Flamenco wrestling too, as you'd expect... You can find all the links here! https://bit.ly/whittenand

    PSTB #43a: Steak and potatoes (a capella) and Flamenco wrestling

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2021 1:32


    Casting the veil of anonymity boldly aside, our very own Jon Whitten will be releasing his first ever music under his own name on November 19th -- ie. in just a couple of days' time! It would help him enormously if you could immediately check out and (whisper it!) even follow his social media accounts to stay up to date with the launch. There's steak and potatoes (a capella) to be had. And some Flamenco wrestling too, as you'd expect... You can find all the links here! https://bit.ly/whittenand

    PSTB #43: Karmic blunderbusses, a purring cheetah, and curated nothing

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2021 59:57


    It's another episode stuffed with carefully curated nothing, beneath a comforting veneer of adventure, polished with insanity. Creativity meets the laws of physics with a bump, as Jon trains himself to fall over convincingly in thigh-high leather heels. But that's nothing to Mike's suspicious heatsink-related injuries, which have left him dreaming of magic gofers and a self-emptying plastic volcano. (Serves him right for bringing a rifle mic to an karmic blunderbuss party.) In the wings, The Empress purses her lips like the diva she is, before moving the Archdeacon to tears with Chaucerian English. So pull up a candelabra, pour yourself a refreshing glass of sauerkraut juice, and relax to the sound of grimier-than-thou Luchadors, a purring cheetah, and Morris Minors masquerading as Corvettes. Check out Jon's very own music project "Whitten And" on Instagram and TikTok! https://www.instagram.com/whittenand_/ https://www.tiktok.com/@whittenand_/ ...and you can also get tickets to his show at The Royal Opera House with Little Bulb Theatre (called 'Wolf, Witch, Giant, Fairy') here: https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/wolf-witch-giant-fairy-by-little-bulb-details Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #42: Granstein, Bing Kerching, and The Quirkening

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2021 57:12


    Despite claiming this whole episode against tax, your intrepid hosts search once more for the answer to life, the universe, and everything. Jon has been chuntering joyously through all the most important notes, despite abuse from his non-bandleader. Even with ravaged thumb joints, though, he's still been chasing headphone-clad cows with his Super Soaker and creating the most offensive video he's seen all year. Meanwhile, Mike has been finger-tutting in the original Javanese, and having the time of his life with happy-clappy backing vocals and a librarian nose-flautist. There's plenty of exciting news to share too, featuring Nirvana's grown-up baby, Switzerland's erstwhile Granstein, and the astounding freeloading of Bing Kerching. But now that RebeccaAngel.net has answered our prayers, will RebeccaAngel.com? Find out in the latest instalment of 'The Quirkening'... Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #42: Granstein, Bing Kerching, and The Quirkening

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2021 57:12


    Despite claiming this whole episode against tax, your intrepid hosts search once more for the answer to life, the universe, and everything. Jon has been chuntering joyously through all the most important notes, despite abuse from his non-bandleader. Even with ravaged thumb joints, though, he's still been chasing headphone-clad cows with his Super Soaker and creating the most offensive video he's seen all year. Meanwhile, Mike has been finger-tutting in the original Javanese, and having the time of his life with happy-clappy backing vocals and a librarian nose-flautist. There's plenty of exciting news to share too, featuring Nirvana's grown-up baby, Switzerland's erstwhile Granstein, and the astounding freeloading of Bing Kerching. But now that RebeccaAngel.net has answered our prayers, will RebeccaAngel.com? Find out in the latest instalment of 'The Quirkening'... Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #41: Hula mics, spy pencils, and 2W of pure power

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2021 59:46


    We're back again with a full two watts of pure podcasting power and a shirt full of double-necked electric guitars! Our indoor cat Jon has been busy scaling 30-metre mountains, painting an SM58 like a spy pencil, and making a mic out of a hula hoop. Meanwhile, Mike parts the kimono to reveal the single organ he's been relying on for employment, but (to give discredit where's discredit's due) you have to admire his kitten-perspective cooking blog's Spidey Sense. There's plenty to learn this episode too. How to pull more emotion out of a lampshade. How to get 90% worse at eating silent toasted pitta. How to make lollipops look like trees. And how to reach Zen convergence between calming highlighters and a paradoxically expensive ukulele. Plus, don't miss a guest appearance by the very unhippy Mr & Mrs Clipboard, reminding us all to check the big text again. Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #41: Hula mics, spy pencils, and 2W of pure power

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2021 59:46


    We're back again with a full two watts of pure podcasting power and a shirt full of double-necked electric guitars! Our indoor cat Jon has been busy scaling 30-metre mountains, painting an SM58 like a spy pencil, and making a mic out of a hula hoop. Meanwhile, Mike parts the kimono to reveal the single organ he's been relying on for employment, but (to give discredit where's discredit's due) you have to admire his kitten-perspective cooking blog's Spidey Sense. There's plenty to learn this episode too. How to pull more emotion out of a lampshade. How to get 90% worse at eating silent toasted pitta. How to make lollipops look like trees. And how to reach Zen convergence between calming highlighters and a paradoxically expensive ukulele. Plus, don't miss a guest appearance by the very unhippy Mr & Mrs Clipboard, reminding us all to check the big text again. Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #40: A floppy screw, surefire noob tests, and Clarkson overwhelm

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 57:57


    As our podcast slips on its Gucci (or is it Prada?) loafers and slides into sloppy middle age, it's time to brew some hot water, suck on a teabag, and ask 'What is a wall?' in a Swedish accent. Jon's been suffering the effects of jitter and bitcrushing, while learning to fail inconspicuously at impromptu outreach. Mike valiantly resists innuendo to report on chocolate acrobatics, whole-body shivers, and a floppy screw, as well as bringing us another banger from Presto Public Relations. (It's about tone and beauty. And Clarkson overwhelm. And an Abbey Road cliché like no other.) That's not all, though, because there's also the tremendous craft of White Woman's Instagram, a pair of 60s space aliens, and some surefire noob tests. So remember: if life gives you lemons, then claim you were going for lemons in the first place! You can catch the latest show Jon's been working on (called 'Candide, or Optimism At All Costs') at Cambridge's Robinson Theatre until Saturday September 7th: https://www.babolintheatre.com/candide.html Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #40: A floppy screw, surefire noob tests, and Clarkson overwhelm

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 57:57


    As our podcast slips on its Gucci (or is it Prada?) loafers and slides into sloppy middle age, it's time to brew some hot water, suck on a teabag, and ask 'What is a wall?' in a Swedish accent. Jon's been suffering the effects of jitter and bitcrushing, while learning to fail inconspicuously at impromptu outreach. Mike valiantly resists innuendo to report on chocolate acrobatics, whole-body shivers, and a floppy screw, as well as bringing us another banger from Presto Public Relations. (It's about tone and beauty. And Clarkson overwhelm. And an Abbey Road cliché like no other.) That's not all, though, because there's also the tremendous craft of White Woman's Instagram, a pair of 60s space aliens, and some surefire noob tests. So remember: if life gives you lemons, then claim you were going for lemons in the first place! You can catch the latest show Jon's been working on (called 'Candide, or Optimism At All Costs') at Cambridge's Robinson Theatre until Saturday September 7th: https://www.babolintheatre.com/candide.html Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #40-ish: Mind the stop-gap!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2021 13:19


    The Mike & Jon Of Yestermonth valiantly tread water while present-day Mike & Jon pull their finger out and finally find a time they can both record a full episode. Consider it a kind of meta-facepalm... Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    stop gap mike jon
    PSTB #40-ish: Mind the stop-gap!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2021 13:19


    The Mike & Jon Of Yestermonth valiantly tread water while present-day Mike & Jon pull their finger out and finally find a time they can both record a full episode. Consider it a kind of meta-facepalm... Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    stop gap mike jon
    PSTB #39: R2-D2's internal monologue, hair-raising Bulgarian women, and the *other* Montero

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 59:45


    Amidst the chocolate-brown upholstery of the PSTB studio, Jon has been using his tennis racquet to bake pizza, while Mike does his best zebra-finch impressions -- albeit with occasional distractions from Monkey Nuts & Wizzo and the *other* Montero. Via pioneering brain-controlled resynthesis, we also bring you R2-D2's internal monologue, aka the musical thought crimes of an early-2000s scratch DJ. But if you're bored of modelling Hans Zimmer's pedal creak, then it's time to welcome some hair-raising Bulgarian women into your life. Or, after a brief star-wipe transition, you could follow Rick Wakeman somersaulting his piano through some flapping saloon doors with both oomph and control. Abandon hope all ye who enter here! To listen to this month's Jam, check out Mike's special Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3htQOy4yS1lMwbPX3gnQfF For details of Jon's pop-up shows with Little Bulb Theatre in Covent Garden on 9th, 10th, and 11th September, keep an eye on their website here: https://www.littlebulbtheatre.com/dates Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #39: R2-D2's internal monologue, hair-raising Bulgarian women, and the *other* Montero

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 59:45


    Amidst the chocolate-brown upholstery of the PSTB studio, Jon has been using his tennis racquet to bake pizza, while Mike does his best zebra-finch impressions -- albeit with occasional distractions from Monkey Nuts & Wizzo and the *other* Montero. Via pioneering brain-controlled resynthesis, we also bring you R2-D2's internal monologue, aka the musical thought crimes of an early-2000s scratch DJ. But if you're bored of modelling Hans Zimmer's pedal creak, then it's time to welcome some hair-raising Bulgarian women into your life. Or, after a brief star-wipe transition, you could follow Rick Wakeman somersaulting his piano through some flapping saloon doors with both oomph and control. Abandon hope all ye who enter here! To listen to this month's Jam, check out Mike's special Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3htQOy4yS1lMwbPX3gnQfF For details of Jon's pop-up shows with Little Bulb Theatre in Covent Garden on 9th, 10th, and 11th September, keep an eye on their website here: https://www.littlebulbtheatre.com/dates Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #38: Kentucky-fried Huapango, off-piste DX7, and Don LaFontaine's chewy syllables

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 59:48


    Welcome to the Murder Booth! From his shallow grave, a fully organic Jon has been braving slugs and worms to bring you his best mycelium impression, with a penitential side-order of Kentucky-fried Huapango. Meanwhile, Mike's gone full Karate Kid in a world of Don LaFontaine's chewy syllables, while slapping himself with his own gauntlet and pinch-zooming a perspex shield. They're not alone either: MIT's finest have been playing 'Mary Had A Little Lamb' on an off-piste DX7 and expressing amino acids through the medium of uncooked spaghetti. Even the colour-balance-proof spiders have been scuba-diving, paragliding, and jamming along. And in case you wanted to experience those quotes from Professor Buehler in their original context, here are links to those interviews: https://www.lx.com/science-tech/researchers-have-turned-spider-webs-into-music-is-talking-to-them-next/35969/ https://news.mit.edu/2020/qa-markus-buehler-setting-coronavirus-and-ai-inspired-proteins-to-music-0402 Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #38: Kentucky-fried Huapango, off-piste DX7, and Don LaFontaine's chewy syllables

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 59:48


    Welcome to the Murder Booth! From his shallow grave, a fully organic Jon has been braving slugs and worms to bring you his best mycelium impression, with a penitential side-order of Kentucky-fried Huapango. Meanwhile, Mike's gone full Karate Kid in a world of Don LaFontaine's chewy syllables, while slapping himself with his own gauntlet and pinch-zooming a perspex shield. They're not alone either: MIT's finest have been playing 'Mary Had A Little Lamb' on an off-piste DX7 and expressing amino acids through the medium of uncooked spaghetti. Even the colour-balance-proof spiders have been scuba-diving, paragliding, and jamming along. And in case you wanted to experience those quotes from Professor Buehler in their original context, here are links to those interviews: https://www.lx.com/science-tech/researchers-have-turned-spider-webs-into-music-is-talking-to-them-next/35969/ https://news.mit.edu/2020/qa-markus-buehler-setting-coronavirus-and-ai-inspired-proteins-to-music-0402 Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #37: Rotcod Zzaj, faux-Italian solfeggio, and the ultimate hipster flex

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2021 59:59


    This month's episode sees your effervescent hosts comprehensively outmanoeuvred by the mastery of Rotcod Zzaj. Having lost any claim to irony, Jon uncrumples his cummerbund and dons a rubber suit to discuss X-rated puppet escapades, the world's second-richest musician, and the Broadway-Disney Silk Road. Mike, on the other hand, has been stitching himself up like a kipper with four Harry Potters, while investigating the lobotomised Trapp family and persisting in romantic notions of vile retirement consorts. Also, in the ultimate hipster flex, we throw faux-Italian solfeggio to the wolves, seeing as it's so poorly suited for verbal communication next to loud drums. Humans are weird. (And if you want to check out The Mix Review's 10th Anniversary Retrospective, head over to https://www.cambridge-mt.com/tmr10 ) Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #37: Rotcod Zzaj, faux-Italian solfeggio, and the ultimate hipster flex

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2021 59:59


    This month's episode sees your effervescent hosts comprehensively outmanoeuvred by the mastery of Rotcod Zzaj. Having lost any claim to irony, Jon uncrumples his cummerbund and dons a rubber suit to discuss X-rated puppet escapades, the world's second-richest musician, and the Broadway-Disney Silk Road. Mike, on the other hand, has been stitching himself up like a kipper with four Harry Potters, while investigating the lobotomised Trapp family and persisting in romantic notions of vile retirement consorts. Also, in the ultimate hipster flex, we throw faux-Italian solfeggio to the wolves, seeing as it's so poorly suited for verbal communication next to loud drums. Humans are weird. (And if you want to check out The Mix Review's 10th Anniversary Retrospective, head over to https://www.cambridge-mt.com/tmr10 ) Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #36: The Skelecaster, THX Zelda, and Kanye's bingo card

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 57:13


    Once again, your visibly more radiant hosts are abusing their enormous media power by pandering to viola players and financially exploiting ever younger artists. Jon's lost his child-like innocence amidst an apathetic Eyes Half Shut orgy, playing Skelecaster solos over a bed of foetal synths. Mike's been riding The Circle Of Death to deter any proto-Eilish from starting a podcast while ruining his QWERTY keyboard with superhumanly amateur toast Foley. There's celebrity coverage too, featuring Kanye West's bingo card, Jacob Collier's toothbrush, and Renee Zellweger. (Really?!) And in the imaginary world of THX Zelda, 'tis but a small step from barely audible drones to New Age. But where does Vangelis get all the pregnant women from? (If you'd like to check out Mike's new online course, Mix Magician's Toolkit, head over to https://www.cambridge-mt.com/magic ) Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #36: The Skelecaster, THX Zelda, and Kanye's bingo card

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 57:13


    Once again, your visibly more radiant hosts are abusing their enormous media power by pandering to viola players and financially exploiting ever younger artists. Jon's lost his child-like innocence amidst an apathetic Eyes Half Shut orgy, playing Skelecaster solos over a bed of foetal synths. Mike's been riding The Circle Of Death to deter any proto-Eilish from starting a podcast while ruining his QWERTY keyboard with superhumanly amateur toast Foley. There's celebrity coverage too, featuring Kanye West's bingo card, Jacob Collier's toothbrush, and Renee Zellweger. (Really?!) And in the imaginary world of THX Zelda, 'tis but a small step from barely audible drones to New Age. But where does Vangelis get all the pregnant women from? (If you'd like to check out Mike's new online course, Mix Magician's Toolkit, head over to https://www.cambridge-mt.com/magic ) Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #35: Audio umami, slam-dunking tubas, and the alien guitar womb

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 59:53


    Your offensively second-talented hosts have been rejoicing in an Energy Quotient rating of 4.97 this month, while clearing the very lowest bar of brass-necked press relations with a dizzyingly sanitised Tower Of Power and some mysterious guitar noodlimen. Returning from his busman's holiday aboard the Bisto awards gravy-train, Mike's been a fresh whirlwind of self-destructive thought-crimes, performing his artisanal lead-time lament to the accompaniment of sweaty, loincloth-clad Taiko drummers and the world's slowest kick line. Jon's also been breaking the ice with fully sustainable Foley alternatives, while delivering one-finger churn via pre-boxed ghost-note pot pourri and audio umami. Plus, they've both been competing with The Alien Guitar Womb Hive Mind to smoosh the world's biggest bubble, slam-dunk multiple tubas, and translate 'croissant' into English. As voids go, it's 100% presentation and 0% noise, give or take an extended nautical metaphor. (If you like the audio snippets in this month's episode, check out Dorothea Wessel's latest tracks at https://dorotheawessel.com/) Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #35: Audio umami, slam-dunking tubas, and the alien guitar womb

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 59:53


    Your offensively second-talented hosts have been rejoicing in an Energy Quotient rating of 4.97 this month, while clearing the very lowest bar of brass-necked press relations with a dizzyingly sanitised Tower Of Power and some mysterious guitar noodlimen. Returning from his busman's holiday aboard the Bisto awards gravy-train, Mike's been a fresh whirlwind of self-destructive thought-crimes, performing his artisanal lead-time lament to the accompaniment of sweaty, loincloth-clad Taiko drummers and the world's slowest kick line. Jon's also been breaking the ice with fully sustainable Foley alternatives, while delivering one-finger churn via pre-boxed ghost-note pot pourri and audio umami. Plus, they've both been competing with The Alien Guitar Womb Hive Mind to smoosh the world's biggest bubble, slam-dunk multiple tubas, and translate 'croissant' into English. As voids go, it's 100% presentation and 0% noise, give or take an extended nautical metaphor. (If you like the audio snippets in this month's episode, check out Dorothea Wessel's latest tracks at https://dorotheawessel.com/) Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #34: Dubstep rectangles, a glass countertenor, and The Great Tissue Controversy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 59:56


    It's been a long lockdown. A hatless Jon has been frightening timid voles while baking up Chekhov-grade disaster on his Fisher Price Singalong Radio. Mike has, amongst other lightly qualified successes, been fixing the cat with his soldering iron, as well as tumbling the walls of Jericho with pastoral platitudes and the sharpest of punctuation marks. So, in an emergency violation of quarantine rules, several members of the broad Church of Be-Bop Botherers join us to help liven up proceedings. A moderately Klingon Anderson Paak plays us both the dynamics of his shawm. Geoffrey Apple and Mark Google duet in Swedish accents about the romance of polyphonic pitch-shifting. A synthetic Tom Waits goes bonkers with dubstep rectangles. And Coco Chanel weighs in on The Great Tissue Controversy. Plus there are tough questions to be answered. How do you not solve a problem like Mitski? Is it possible to repair a glass countertenor? And, most importantly of all: you can do that?! Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #34: Dubstep rectangles, a glass countertenor, and The Great Tissue Controversy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 59:56


    It's been a long lockdown. A hatless Jon has been frightening timid voles while baking up Chekhov-grade disaster on his Fisher Price Singalong Radio. Mike has, amongst other lightly qualified successes, been fixing the cat with his soldering iron, as well as tumbling the walls of Jericho with pastoral platitudes and the sharpest of punctuation marks. So, in an emergency violation of quarantine rules, several members of the broad Church of Be-Bop Botherers join us to help liven up proceedings. A moderately Klingon Anderson Paak plays us both the dynamics of his shawm. Geoffrey Apple and Mark Google duet in Swedish accents about the romance of polyphonic pitch-shifting. A synthetic Tom Waits goes bonkers with dubstep rectangles. And Coco Chanel weighs in on The Great Tissue Controversy. Plus there are tough questions to be answered. How do you not solve a problem like Mitski? Is it possible to repair a glass countertenor? And, most importantly of all: you can do that?! Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merchFor more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

    PSTB #33: Grammy nominations special! (feat. kittens)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2021 62:46


    Following a suitably down-home Christmas, your intrepid hosts battle Spotify fatigue to huddle round the PSTB dartboard for a Grammy nominations special! Mike has officially melted, and is now tearfully hoovering around the wet-ass elephant in the room. Jon, with his usual grammatical pedantry, has been chewing on pulled pork in the tidy mess of Haim's two-car garage and wishing that Chris Martin were swearing at Jacob Collier. Neither of them can deny the cultural impact of 'Moo', however, or the healing power of kittens, even while Shawn Everett and Gary Paczosa slug it out in a Best Engineering death-match. And if you get peckish, why not tuck into our festive facepalm buffet? There's some surprisingly toothsome mobile-phone multimiking, our infamous Icelandic toast, and all the vocal-recording mistakes you can eat! If you'd like to hear our free bonus Grammy segment (discussing Best Melodic Rap Performance, Best Improvised Jazz Solo, Best Arrangement -- Instrumental or A Capella, and Best Bluegrass Album), you can find it in our public Patreon feed here: https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak/posts Many thanks to Ellie McDowall for letting us use some snippets of her excellent Field Recordings podcast (https://fieldrecordings.xyz) in this episode. Thanks also to the engineers responsible for the wonderful recordings: Jon Tjhia, Hana Walker-Brown, Philip Revell, Vladimir Kryuchev, Sami El-Enany, Tom Rosenthal, Daria Corrias, Hannah Dean, and especially Andrea Rangecroft! Fancy more of our nonsense? Then please support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/projectstudioteabreak and check out the merch store at https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com/merch For more episodes, as well as links relating to each one (via our zero-spam but 100-percent-idiocy mailing list), check out https://www.projectstudioteabreak.com. Or get in touch by email at teabreak@projectstudioteabreak.com.

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