Numbcast is a podcast from East Yorkshire, UK. It was started in April 2005 by Michael Tunnicliffe and featured various people playing music, having fun, and generally making fools of themselves.
Tunnie isn't here any more, but in October 2006 we brought back the podcast. The style of the new shows is similar, and the flow of new in-jokes doesn't show any signs of stopping. We're also trying to use Numbcast to promote local (and not-so-local) independent music.
Uh...
It ain't called "An unnecessary podcast from Middle England" for nothing. We do it because it's fun, and we're attention whores.
Having said that, promoting music is cool too.
Good question. The person who's trying his hardest to avoid writing this page in first-person singular is Robert Marshall. You should probably contact him for grammar nitpicks and technical complaints regarding this website.
To find out more than you need to know about all of us, visit the Presenters page.
A podcast is a downloadable Internet radio show in MP3 format. It's like FM radio except good. The three simultaneously best and worst things about podcasts are:
And no. You don't need an iPod.
Podcasts are just audio files - you can download shows and listen to them on your computer, or put them on your MP3 player to enjoy later. For Numbcast, recent shows are listed on the home page with big orange download links.
If you like what you hear, and don't want to bother checking websites for new shows, you can subscribe. You just need some software that supports podcasts. iTunes does, and Juice is also popular.
Drop http://numbcast.com/feed into your subscriptions (or click here if you use iTunes) and you'll get new Numbcast shows automatically.
A whole new world. Music, humour, politics, poetry, science, and people who are just as random as we are.
Podcast directories such as Odeo have thousands of podcasts, so the chances are there's something for you.
The author of this page recommends Insomnia Radio, The Tragically Nameless Podcast, The Bitterest Pill, Digital Detroit Radio, the tartanpodcast, Not Your Usual Bollocks, and We Are Not Cool, but don't forget to come back to us...