Overview: Getting the hang of things again, as the second episode of Season 11 happens. This week is a happy time as the YouTube Music Agreement search thing has started working again (finally) so real songs can be played once more. So while we play some OCRemix stuff, we also sprinkle in some real songs …
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Author:Thomas King
Resident webmaster for all the main sites in the TigerTails Entertainment network, including TigerTails Radio. Thomas King has been in charge of technical things since the show's start, bringing all flavours of the TigerTails Radio website to life, from the original version hand coded in HTML 1, through Posterous, and now onto the modern flavours of the site. He enjoys reading, writing, and going for walks in the forest during summer.
Season 11 Episode 01 Podcast/Download
Overview: Chaos ensues as we start Season 11 properly this week following some brief technical difficulties thanks to addition of many more people into the studio as both Hedgie and guess host Tubbs paid a visit. This means we start a little late, but for the most part things go according to plan. TK, now …
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Season 11 Episode 00 Podcast/Download
Overview: TigerTails Radio is BACK! And this time we are bringing a whole new… Awww, who are we kidding, it’s the same madness as always but this time with fancier transitions. This was the first test show of Season 11 before we start the series properly, and thanks you YouTube being the pile of utter …
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1 Day…
Yes there is now only a day until the restart of TigerTails Radio as Season 11 hits the Internet. There is now only mild panic here in the studio. Tasks for today involve sorting out the playlist, license details, and graphics for the songs; getting the YouTube feed setup, including creating the live stream event …
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2 Days…
Since it’s the weekend before the show, and things are now in full swing to get the show ready for Monday, here’s a couple of pictures showing where TK will be sitting and the buttons he gets to press!
3 Days…
Pain or no pain, the show must go on. There is a lot of equipment that goes into running TigerTails Radio. This is mostly because the show has gained equipment over the years, and has bolted it on to the existing infrastructure rather than out-right replacing things. The only exception to this has been the …
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4 Days…
There was going to be a post here about some of the hardware (other than the PCs) that powers the show. That was the plan. However, our website administrator has spent the day dosed up on morphine suffering with a kidney stone – so today’s blog post will be combined with tomorrow’s to tell how …
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5 Days…
With just 5 days to go, it’s time to delve a little deeper into some of the other more technical areas of how the show works. There are lots of other shows and podcasts out there that do things far more efficiently that is done at TigerTails Radio, but as the show is made from …
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6 Days…
In order to get the studio back up and running after everything was disassembled after Season 10, it was time for TK to get his room sorted. It had become a box-room of chaos so the boxes needed to be shifted, the contents crated up and storage lockered, and new furniture installed. This was a …
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7 Days…
There is now a week to go. Next Monday the first test show of Season 11 begins. But what is a test show? Well… In the early days of TigerTails Radio, we worked with equipment that was a little… less than reliable, let’s say. Our main picture of TK and Hedgie looking worried at the …
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8 Days…
As this weekend is a very busy one, let’s take this day to look back over the last few years of TigerTails Radio. This was filmed just after Season 9 finished and released on TigerTails Radio’s 12th anniversary. Come this July, the radio hits 14 years of being on air. Features photos and videos showcasing …
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9 Days…
The penultimate Saturday before the start of Season 11. And as everyone is busy, this will be a short post – as will tomorrow’s. So let’s take a moment to give a shoutout to an unsung part of the TigerTails Radio equipment. It’s often overlooked as it’s not a big and expensive piece of electronics, …
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10 Days…
The new jingles have arrived, and the new opening jingle will be the first thing heard in Season 11. Get excited! Following on from the post a couple of days ago, these have now been programmed into the app – which is now on revision 6! It has now run into an issue where the …
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11 Days…
Crate Expectations. Part of the planned resetting of the studio was getting some of the gaming consoles into TK’s room and out of the main studio space. This was because he has two CRT TVs in his room, which we wanted to use to expand the Playstation 2 network to 5 out of 6 consoles …
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12 Days…
This was going to be a short post to announce something… We’re getting some new jingles! Which made me think, while the fact the jingles are powered by an Andriod mobile phone app has been mentioned in the past, we’ve never gone into detail about it. Since we’re doing some behind the scenes posts in …
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13 Days…
The countdown continues. Thanks to the exploits of TigerTails Gaming, not only is the studio filled with podcasting and live streaming equipment, it’s also full of retro gaming hardware. One of the challenges faced during the studio move-around after Season 10 ended was where to put everything both during the downtime and afterwards. The solution …
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14 Days…
That’s right, on Monday 16 April 2018, TigerTails Radio will return for our first test show of Season 11. We have new equipment, new things, and at popular request we’ve hidden TK away from the action. Well, not so much hidden as buried. You’ll see what we mean. In the meantime, here’s a couple of …
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And the site returns!
So after entirely too long, TigerTails Radio is back where it belongs on the .co.uk domain. www.tigertailsradio.co.uk is BACK! So what happened? Well, for a long time, the TigerTails Radio domain was hosted by a company called Just-The-Name. They were a cheap yet well featured registrar who had powerful URL masking and good customer service. …
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Watch Season 10 Episode 52 – Monday 04 December
Click below to watch Season 10 Episode 52 live on YouTube, or to see how long until it’s live. Links to the audio-only Shoutcast stream can be found on the Listen page. [Note, this post will be hidden when the show isn’t scheduled]
Lack of Updates
Site updates have been a little lax while TK recovers from giving birth to a kidney stone and taking much medication to counteract the side-effects having one puts upon the body. With Hedgie now at Uni and unable to continue being the site updater, TK will get episodes 49 and 50 up on the site …
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Season 10 Episode 47 Podcast Uploaded
With Hedgie busy with Uni work, it’s up to Echo to cover the hole left by the missing Hedge. He joins regular hosts TK and Xavier as they dive through another week of show, including the run-down of the week, gaming news, regular news, two whole games of Quiplash, and even a Done and Dusted …
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Season 10 Episode 11 Podcast Uploaded
For episode 11, we decided on a pretty mundane episode, since we were a little late in getting everything up. (Oo-er!!) We had Felis join us briefly via the medium of discord. Music as usual, and two games of Quiplash! Starring TK, Hedgie, and Xavier. Music played on today’s show: Song 1 Jackie Wilson – …
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Season 10 Episode 08 Podcast Uploaded
In this episode, FOUR members of the TigerTails Radio crew band together to form the mega z…. No wait, that’s The Power Rangers! In THIS episode, we have Xavier and Felis communicating from the outside, while TK and Hedgie broadcast from within the studio. An eclectic mixture of music, double Quiplash, and the long-awaited second …
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Season 10 Episode 07 Podcast Uploaded
Apologies for the wee late update on this, but serendipitous variables of unknown origin prevented us from completing the task at an appropriate time! (Translation – We forgot!) Anyway, music this week was collectively , and affectionately, nicknamed “The Other Guys”, those who are IN the band, but rather get to show their skills off. Until …
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Season 10 Episode 06 Podcast Uploaded
Ooops, a late update as it’s easy to think you’ve already done this bit… A 12″ special this week, with all the music coming from vinyl records of the 12″ single flavour. TK is joined by Xavier and Hedgie once again as they dissect the week, rant about things, and even squeeze in a couple …
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Season 10 Episode 05 Podcast Uploaded
Goodbye 2016, you will not be missed. TigerTails Radio welcomes 2017 in with open arms as TK and Hedgie are joined again by Xavier in his remote studio in the middle of nowhere. To see in the new year it’s an all vinyl special with all the songs being played on real 7″ singles. So …
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Season 10 Episode 04 Podcast Uploaded
Well, the perfect run had to end at some point. This week things break. Mostly because Felis provides content which the cast are not prepared for, and they discover how hard it is to add content when the show is live already. For those watching the YouTube feed, there is a few minutes of silence …
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Season 10 Episode 03 Podcast Uploaded
Another week, another show where nothing breaks… Not sure if comfortable about this run of luck. TK is joined by Hedgie and Xavier as they run down another week’s batch of news, gaming talk, discussion topics, and such. This week, TK has had a bad day and when given the chance to rant about the …
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Season 10 Episode 02 Podcast Uploaded
The first show in the main run where nothing really broke. We even managed to get a guest on the air in the form of Southpaw, who was meant to be down for the show but ended up getting ill so couldn’t make it to the studio. The joys of remote studios. Many good songs …
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Season 10 Episode 01 Podcast Uploaded
A return to form in every expected way. Open Broadcast Software decided it didn’t want to broadcast any audio to the YouTube feed, so the show was stopped and restarted (the Podcast is fine, however). Then YouTube decided it didn’t want to the show to continue so refused the reconnection. This was fixed by a …
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