Stand to!

Part three in the Exclusive that is The Darkside’s report on the TWiT Army Sound Off Podcast, and since we have exactly 6 days until the launch of the first episode I have been cleared to pretty much divulge all I haven’t already done so already.

While the show will be focused around Leo Laporte’s This Week in Tech, the creators of the show are still seeking permission from Leo, namely to use his copyrighted logos and material, while Leo is a gracious man, I will keep you updated on that particular progress. As we are on the topic of copyrightable material, Dave has told me that he approached, and received the blessing of TheFrogman, the nucleus of the TWiT Army.

I have the honour of unveiling the Album Art of the new Podcast, (pictured above) and giving you for the first time, a taste of the theme song called “Techno-Rifle” which you can hear by clicking the following Link http://odtv.me/army/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/twit-army.mp3

The Theme was made by Paul Minshall of www.paulywood.com, maker of such TWiT Classics as the Themes for Jumping Monkeys, Net@Night and the Daily Giz Wiz. He also made the Audible jingle, so you know that everything is staying within the family.

Speaking of staying in the Family, I am pleased to announce the Hosts of this new podcast. While most of you would be aware of Dave aka NightInJail from the IRC chatroom and the TWiT Army Feed who steps in as host of the show. He is joined by Troubled and Darth Emma and a Guest commentator, who is picked from members of the TWiT Army. The guest will vary from week to week, but each is promised to be interesting and someone who has a lot to say.

Again if you want to be on The TWiT Army Sound Off, please contact Dave at the Sound Off’s address army@odtv.me and to add http://odtv.me/army/?feed=podcast to your netcast catcher client (iTunes, Zune Marketplace etc)

While this is a wrap of the info that I have, there will be a sneak peak available only on the Darkside, a promo of the podcast available here, as well as some details that didn’t fit into this report

See it First, Hear it here

Keep Watching folks.

I know my last post stated a lot of stuff (ok, it stated very little), that has caused a number of questions, granted it didn’t tell much, well that was the trade-off, I was limited to reporting only a small amount of the expected new content that is fast approaching, and in return I got exclusive access to as much data as I could get my e-hands on.

Now, as the date of Launch is fast approaching, I have been granted the permission to give a few more titbits to you, my ravenous readers. I haven’t had this much to report on since the last time I was in print journalism.

Firstly I would like to point out again, that I am not involved in this project’s development, I was just approached to break the news. I have a hard enough time keeping a blog to even think about making a podcast. Though it doesn’t mean I haven’t thought about it once or twice.

While the main focus of this new project, whose name has been confirmed at least for the time being as The TWiT Army Sound Off will be a review of that weeks This Week in Tech Podcast; it will be a community driven experience rather than a user end one.

The Sound Off is the brainchild of Dave, better known as NiteInJail, Mod on the This Week in Tech IRC chatroom and creator of nearly every one of Leo’s transition screens, used in his TWiTLive video stream, which ties into the other titbit I leaked last night, but I will go into more details about that, once I get my head around it.

While I haven’t heard an entire show yet (as none are finished) I have been told that it will be a way to get to know the people behind the IRC handles and TWiT Army feeds that are mentioned quite regularly in the TWiT Networks podcasts, especially those that we, Leo included, turn to so often.

The team that are behind this venture have been hard at work for about a month now, going through the tweaking and refining process to produce what they are hoping to be a consistent 45 minute program. While I was the first person outside the development team to hear any of the podcast, I can say that this past month has been very busy for them.

The TWiT Army Sound Off is hosted for at least the next three months on the lovely servers of ODTV.me, owned and hosted by the lovely Amanda better known as kiwinerd in the chatroom and the TWiT Army Feed. The direct link to the podcast is http://www.odtv.me/army and the feed for your Netcast client is http://odtv.me/army/feed/?category_name=podcast, so get it ready as the 5th of January is only a week away.

If you want to be on future episodes of The TWiT Army Sound Off, then please direct your emails to Dave at the Sound Off’s dedicated account here at army@odtv.me.

Please stay tuned to the Darkside, as we are still the first place to get the scoop on this.

See if first, See it here