Devin Townsend Podcast

This is the inaugural episode, and I figure the best way to dip my toes into this format is to use it as an opportunity to discuss all the albums in depth. This one gets into my album  'Ocean Machine' as a decent starting point...

This is episode 2, about the second Strapping Young Lad album, CITY. I figured instead of doing Terria next, Id do them in order (though Ive still ignored HAARHT and Punky thus far, but I'll get to them) and City was done simultaneously to Ocean Machine and best keeps the momentum going.

It took less time to do this than I thought, so I may wait a day before starting Infinity, but if you're bored...heres another rambling slab of...well..me...

So this is episode 3, about the album 'Infinity' (which followed City and Ocean Machine). I warn you going into this: I am confusing in the ways i explain this one. Theres so many things I would like to say and honestly, Im barely able to be coherant about it all here. Once it gets going it makes a bit more sense, but it takes a while to warm up... and really, fair play...

So Ive been hearing that you folks have been enjoying this enough that I should continue? Im happy to do so, but its certainly odd. I'll just keep plugging through them and I hope they dont veer into crazy levels of pretentiousness, especially as I let my gaurd down. Maybe thats part of this whole process in the long run though so...have at er...

Well, heres yet another one of these. I assume if youre listening to it, you want to be…so I should probably stop worrying about the rambling nature of it. If youre listening to it simply because it annoys you, well…thats super weird. Anyways, this is episode 5, loosely based on the 2001 album Terria...

Heres more of this, if you fancy... this one is about the two records Accelerated Evolution and SYL...

Sorry for the delay =)

Timestamps:

(0:00) – Looking back at the podcast / Self-help

(16:06) – The genesis of Alien

(27:42) – Self-sabotage during Alien / Anti-psychotics

(35:19) – The warehouse

(37:15) – Writing Alien

(44:10) – The meaning of Alien

(48:51) – Dev’s mindset during Alien

(52:21) – Info Dump

(1:01:25) – Dev’s relationship with the members of Strapping Young Lad

(1:04:28) – Lyrics

(1:06:16) –...

More of this sort of thing if youre interested.....

Yay! ...Stuff!!

Timestamps:

(0:00) – Social media

(24:09) – Advertising

(31:12) – The genesis of The New Black

(35:56) – The artwork

(40:51) – The production / Recording

(47:10) – Writing The New Black / The performances

(52:23) – Lyrical themes / The songs

(1:01:48) – Summarising The New Black

(1:03:58) – Download 2006 / Dissolving SYL

(1:12:01) – Looking back on The New Black

Aliens =)

Timestamps:

(0:00) – How the weather inspires Dev / Routines

(11:27) – Being a new parent

(21:34) – Dev’s mindset and lifestyle change

(29:33) – Writer’s block after The New Black / Accumulating gear

(35:41) – The inspiration for Ziltoid / Making a puppet

(43:43) – Writing Ziltoid The Omniscient

(46:51) – The meaning behind Ziltoid

(52:48) – The concept of Ziltoid

(58:51) – Recording alone

(1:04:24) –...