Desert Diary 4: Back And Rockier Than Ever

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Back And Rockier Than Ever



Mark: It’s pretty strange to think it’s been all this time, but honestly…



Mark: Things are gonna’ change for the better, it won’t be the same aga-



Mark: OW!



Mark: What the-…!? Harry! What the hell are you-…!?
Harry: I’m sorry, I’m sorry!
Jamie: What’s that in your hand?
Harry: This? It’s a camera.
Neil: A… Camera? Now what would we need with a camera? We aren’t some TV show producing company.



Jamie: Yeah, that’s what I thought… TV? Us? This is the first time I heard of it.



Mark: Good point, Neil. You’re right, we aren’t. And haven’t been for some time. Nearly sixteen months if my memory stands correct. That fateful bloody number…



Mark: Now Harry, you’re out of practice, so I won’t get mad, but please bear in mind…



Mark: Keep out of the bloody way!



Neil: Yeah Harry, jeez.



Mark: Here we are!
Steve: Can I quit mopping up now? If I keep going, these floorboards are just gonna’ rot more and we’ll end up downstairs in reception.
Mark: Well if we did that, maybe we’d get to check out Suzie when she isn’t lookin’. Who knows what she gets up to in there when she THINKS she’s alone. But uh, yeah sure, the rest of the office just looks more untidy in comparison now.
Harry: So uh… Is this our new office?



Mark: …
Harry: What?



Mark: Look around. Think of what our office looks like. Do you really think that this is gonna’ be a new office? A small little shambles of a closet?
Harry: Well…
Mark: Agh, forget it. Let’s just get onto business.



Mark: Remember me, fellas? Mark Davison, long time no see. We’re here today in what is going to be our new studio for the upcoming radio show. You know the one we mentioned to you over a year ago now? There’s been… “Other commitments” over time, so we’ve kinda’ sunk off the radar, however I’m pleased to report that the show IS finally arriving.



Mark: … Tomorrow.
Sabbie: TOMORROW!? Aw, I was gonna’ go see my Cuz’ Tigger. Oh well, she can wait.
Mark: I told her you said hi when I saw her the other weekend, it’s fine. I’ll take you with me when I next go over.
Sabbie: Sure!
Mark: But yes Sabbie, it is tomorrow indeed.
Sabbie: Woah! That’s like totes awesome! Finally, I’ve been waitin’ for this for like ever!



Mark: By the way everyone, this is Sabrina Logan. Or Sabbie. Terri’s baby cousin.
Sabbie: Yo everyone, it’s the Sabster here!
Mark: She grew up on the rough streets of Saxon as a kid before Terri’s mother, Karina, took her in back in Neath and grew up with Terri the last few years. She came over here with us when Terri moved in with me. Now Terri has went back to Neath because she couldn’t bear being away from her homeland, but Sabbie here has stuck behind. So here we have her.
Sabbie: Here I am!
Mark: She’s still just 17 years old too, so she is now officially our youngest member of the Moonstone family.
Sabbie: Yeah, which blows. Anyways, I’m gonna’ go grab a shake or something from the caf’, so I’ll holla’ in a mo’ or so, seeya Chief.
Mark: Yeah, you watch how you go hun.



Mark: This was just a brief Desert Diary to let you guys know we’re coming back atcha’. No joke this time. I know I said a lot we’d be coming back when we just vanished again, but this time we are coming back. We wanted to get into the swing of things at a slow and steady rate before the end of the year, so we can rock 2014 like we did with 2012.



Mark: Yes? Can I help you?
Lizzie: Where’s my piano?
Mark: Oh, it’s uh… It’s coming up the stairs now. We got some removal type people to bring it since it was far too heavy to carry up ourselves. So we brought Sally’s computer crap and the desk, chair, sofa and all the mics and stuff. How did you take that piano with you when you and Chrissie did Hart & Chalmers?
Lizzie: With difficulty.
Mark: Figures.
Lizzie: I’ll go supervise it. You know how I worry about that piano. A lot.



Lizzie: … Oh! Hello there camera…
Harry: Hello crazy lady who nearly knocked me over.
Lizzie: Oh, it’s you Harry, sorry I… I’m not used to being recorded again yet. Pardon me.



Mark: Sorry guys, we’re just organising the new studio out a bit. Everyone involved seems to have problems. And you Neil, you look bored.
Neil: Because I am.
Jamie: Neil hates having nothin’ to do. Y’know, ‘cause he has a very interesting and varied lifestyle otherwise.
Neil: I detected sarcasm, and I disagree with you.
Steve: On the contrary, you do nothing other than business all day and most the night. Ever decide to take up some other activity in your spare time? Like, I dunno, being a human being?



Floyd: Where can my ice cream machine fit?
Mark: Aw Floyd! You didn’t tell me you were ACTUALLY bringing it in!
Floyd: Aww, but it’s downstairs! And it’s ice cream! I have some ready-made for lunch too.
Mark: Well there’s no room for it in here. We have our desk with the computers and mics, Lizzie’s bloody piano is getting squeezed into the corner, and we do need SOME room to breathe. I’d say put it in the loft storage as it’s colder up there but you won’t get it to fit through the hatch. If you can take it apart and reassemble up there, go for it.
Floyd: Ok, I’ll try.



Mark: Things haven’t been easy. You remember Wiley-Miley from Beyond The Dust? The dick who gave me and Terri a hard time? Yeah, that guy who got us this office. He only went and got us the long-vacant and decaying office out of spite. One of the windows won’t close, and has bad wood rot. We don’t have any insulation in our external walls unlike the other studios here. No flooring except the bare and aged boards, dry walls, no wired heating so we had to get an old stone age air-conditioning unit fitted, and we didn’t even have a proper ladder to get into the loft.



Mark: Hence the rented double ladder you see over there instead.



Tiff: Your apple & raspberry juice as requested, sweetie.
Mark: Ah, thanks honey. Just what I needed.
Tiff: I’m going over for our tuna melts now.
Mark: Ok Tiff, I’ll settle up with you when you get back.
Tiff: No problem hun.



Tiff: … Hehe, wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen that in action Harry.
Harry: Yup, dust coming off it and everything.



Mark: For those of you interested, we are reading fanmail on the show still, as we explained last year. You can write in to our main inbox at moonstone@arcamail.ma, that’s being monitored by our chief admin Lizzie. Or, as we also said, me and Paddy sacrificed our personal arcamail addresses too in case you wanted us to personally see them first, that’s mark2montagno@arcamail.ma for me, and paddyess90@arcamail.ma for Paddington. You can also go onto our all-new Moonstone forum: ans.moonstone-productions.ma to submit any life problems and real world troubles you have that you maybe would like our advice on. I’m not saying this is an Agony Aunt column, this can be for anything you want help on, anything at all. You’ll find the thread for it under the Help & Guidance section of the forum. It’s the only real section we have right now as we don’t have much to post on there just yet anyway.



Mark: Yes, Jonny?
Jonny: Am I right in saying you had a Sigfrid ornament on delivery?
Mark: Yes, why?
Jonny: They said it’s on its way. I’m just worried at how big it’s gonna’ be.
Mark: Only the size of the Yomoshoto 711 model in the office.
Jonny: You mean the Hunka?
Mark: Yes, that. I’m having my Nicky moment of the day.



Mark: Nice shirt by the way. Show it to the fellas at home.
Jonny: It was what Jamie bought me for last New Year’s!
Jamie: Haha, yeah, glad to see you make such good use outta’ it.
Mark: Plus, y’know, you’re pulling it off very well with that, uh… Smouldering look.
Jonny: Hey, thanks!



Mark: Well that’s just about everything for now, guys. Hope to see you guys tuned in tomorrow from 1PM, PICC-5. So for folks living in the PICC time zone, that’s 6PM for you. Other guys, surely you can work it out for yourselves. Anyone who lives on the southern side of the UMC, you can listen in on 101.6FM. Everybody else can listen in live on ans.MRLD-Radio.ma/listennow. And if you can’t listen live, no worries, as we’re uploading the podcast to the Moonstone forum as we mentioned earlier too. In addition to the forum though, we have a few blogs by guys in the Moonstone family added after the main show, under the section known as “The Rocky Reports.” You’ll see what that’s all about too.




Mark: Meanwhile, everyone take care and you’ll hear from us very soon.



Harry: OW!




Harry: I’m alright! I… Might have tripped over something, I dunno what…




Harry: Oh, that.
Mark: Oh… Erm, Lizzie? We MAY need to reassemble the piano…



Harry: There’s a queue forming over here too Mark. Floyd’s ice cream machine is in tow.
Mark: Damn it.



Miley: Well, well, well. Glad to see you guys are now starting to clutter up this place too.
Mark: Whatever Milo. Just clear off. I can’t be dealing with your bull today.
Miley: Fine, I’ll just come and rain on the parade when you guys go on-air. Toodles!



Mark: Get back here Milo! GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!… You’re lucky there’s a piano between us!



Mark: I hate that guy…



Harry: Final words then?
Mark: … I guess so.



Mark: Bye-bye everybody, bye-bye…

No pianos were harmed in the making of this video, only cameramen