Episode 4: Messages with Mario and Seonaid Aitken

This is a very long podcast episode…. But when we listened to it... it is all great, so we thought “Let’s keep it all in”. We think the people who like this podcast… will like it all… The mistake  that was made was that Tom invited Mario to join him on the usual 5-7 min intro section - during which we set up what is coming and go through the messages, hoping it would then be 12-15 minutes long.  But it took 39 minutes to get through it…. Of course it did!  It was Tom & Mario - the digression kings. The fact is that 37% of the messages we have received (ie Walter) have asked for more Tom & Mario banter.. so we felt we needed to respect that - and we did. If it is too much - please let us know! The topics that were covered were:What a serious weapons-grade genius Matt Elliot is, How you say ‘Outhouse’ in a Scottish accent, and ‘The’ in a Yorkshire accent, and thus get to ‘TootHoose’,  Tom’s significant Yorkshire genetic heritage and his dark secret about how Scottish he actually is, Tom looking like a “Fat Gnome”, Mario’s love of Yorkshire Tea and  how to say ‘The Tea’ in a Yorkshire accent,.   Mario’s inability to multitask and consequent *surnaming* of a listener called Brian from Islay.  How far on the dark side is Graeme Stephen (answer: not) ? Should Tom stop making jokes for fear of legal action. Caroline was late…, How Mario gave up being the ‘best in the world on bass’,  “Hastie is a lefty’, Ewan Hastie’s amazing new bass and why he didn’t bring it to the gig, overthinking in Portuguese, exactamentaLALLY, the disgusting thing in Portuguese that Lolly McDolly thinks sounds romantic, what the world needs, ‘the best gig yet’,  what music does to the brain and who we need to get on the podcast to discuss that, Mario’s inability to go along with a teaser, plus other topics…AND THEN We hear Seonaid Aitken’s amazing life story & musical journey…. Ron Davis, Grit Orchestra, her multi-genre musical family, classical training, deciding to learn to play jazz, Disney Sea in Japan, Chasing Sakura and all the rest..If you want to jump Seonaid’s interview it starts at 39 minutes 23 seconds.The Playtime Podcast is supported by Creative Scotland.