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Real estate transitions require the courage to move forward. I’m reflecting on Jen Kim’s piece on Mastering Acceptance.
In our Power of Eight circle, we use this to move from "fight" into flow. We accept the present!
#TransitionStrategist #PO8 #JenKim
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/vall...
A collage of all eight images for the pieces, assembled around the central completed coin. There's a lot to describe here, but the coin itself is a golden disc with a stylised skull in the middle, around which are arranged eight different images that depict the different titles and themes of the various pieces. There's a whale, a tavern, mountains, a cave, a lighthouse, tentacles.. and a couple of others that I'm not sure how to describe! The eight coin segments are shown on different backgrounds such as sand, a table with cards, a map, a pan, a cave, salt, blue scales, and purple tentacles.
A thumbnail image for the video Paddy Lay Back including the title text. It shows Robbie in a black/white/grey checked shirt lying down on some herringbone brickwork with painted yellow lines behind him. He's got a rather shocked expression on his face, mouth and eyes both wide open in surprise.
An image of the Pieces of Eight CD and (separately) vinyl products now available for preorder in the store. The CD case bears the stylised skull image in a tarnished golden colour, while the two CDs themselves are a black with the text of the song titles spiralling around the middle. The vinyl cover also bears the stylised Po8 skull image, while the discs themselves are shown as a bright golden colour.
An image of the 3-part harmony songbook, showing the stylised skull image on the front cover (in tarnished gold) on a black background, and an inset image showing the inside of the book and back cover, as evidence that the book does, in fact, contain both song music and lyrics, as well as little bits of text about each of the songs written by members of the band!
Busy times!
We've..
- Completed Pieces of Eight
- Got a new merch drop ready
- Released a new video
- Got a livestream next week
and there's always more just beyond the horizon...
found.ee/thelongestjo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVho...
#TheLongestJohns #Folk #Shanty #Po8
An image of the Pieces of Eight CD and (separately) vinyl products now available for preorder in the store. The CD case bears the stylised skull image in a tarnished golden colour, while the two CDs themselves are a black with the text of the song titles spiralling around the middle. The vinyl cover also bears the stylised Po8 skull image, while the discs themselves are shown as a bright golden colour.
An image of the 3-part harmony songbook, showing the stylised skull image on the front cover (in tarnished gold) on a black background, and an inset image showing the inside of the book and back cover, as evidence that the book does, in fact, contain both song music and lyrics, as well as little bits of text about each of the songs written by members of the band!
A photograph of the golden Pieces of Eight coin available in the store. On one side it shows the stylised skull flanked by text saying The Longest Johns and Pieces of Eight, then on the other side is the same skull but surrounded by the eight different illustrations that partnered with each released piece.
The Pieces of Eight pin set, which is eight individual segments of a circular coin, in shiny golden metal. In the centre of the segments is the stylised skull, and around them, one on each segment, are the illustrations that went with each individual piece.
We've got some new Pieces of Eight merch landing in the store VERY SOON, and you can get preorders in right now if you should desire! CD, vinyl, a songbook, PLUS a limited edition coin and pin set! Go check 'em out
shop.thelongestjohns.com
#TheLongestJohns #PiecesOfEight #Po8 #Merch #Folk #Shanty
Sometimes it's okay to let life take you away...
Check out our new video for Paddy Lay Back! Then give the complete Pieces of Eight a listen, and why not stop by the Po8 Listening Party over on Bandcamp this evening!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVho...
found.ee/thelongestjo...
#TheLongestJohns #Po8
A collage of all eight images for the pieces, assembled around the central completed coin. There's a lot to describe here, but the coin itself is a golden disc with a stylised skull in the middle, around which are arranged eight different images that depict the different titles and themes of the various pieces. There's a whale, a tavern, mountains, a cave, a lighthouse, tentacles.. and a couple of others that I'm not sure how to describe! The eight coin segments are shown on different backgrounds such as sand, a table with cards, a map, a pan, a cave, salt, blue scales, and purple tentacles.
A behind-the-scenes shot of JD and Andy standing outdoors on some tarmac in a car park, with some hedges in the background and cloudy blue skies overhead. They are both wearing winter coats, JD giving a cheeky glance to the camera over his left shoulder while Andy has his arms folded and is looking with a bit of a smirk on his face.
A screenshot of the TLJ Bandcamp page for Pieces of Eight showing the band's logo across the top, and the Po8 coin design with a stylised skull in the middle, and big red arrows and a circle indicating the space where you should click if you want to join the Pieces of Eight listening party on Friday 7th of November at 8pm GMT/UTC. There is a small bit of text on the bottom right of this image (and generally in the right side of the page) where you should click to express your interest in joining and be reminded when it goes live!
Good news!
This FRIDAY you can get
-Pieces of Eight!
-A new video!
-A special Bandcamp Po8 listen party (head to Bandcamp and click where the arrows show in the third picture!)
found.ee/thelongestjo...
#TheLongestJohns #PiecesOfEight #Po8 #HAUPBSFS #Folk #Shanty #NewMusic
A very purple image. It shows the final Piece of Eight, and eighth of a golden coin, nestled in the purple suckers of a tentacle. The coin itself, perhaps somewhat prophetically, also shows a writhing mass of tentacles bursting forth from the sea.
One more piece, three more songs, and just four days to wait until Pieces of Eight is complete! A mighty collection of shanties and sea-songs closes out with Stricken this Friday, so please get your presaves in now!
found.ee/thelongestjo...
#TheLongestJohns #PiecesOfEight #Po8 #Folk #Shanty
An image of some blue/green/purple tentacles with a tiny visible section of a gold coin in the corner
The next is still a couple of weeks away, but only two pieces remain! What terrible sights are still to come? What do you dream of hearing?
#TheLongestJohns #PiecesOfEight #Po8 #FolkMusic #Shanty
Over the past few years, I’ve commissioned over 100 high-quality remakes of classic game music. This was #9. 🎶🧙♂️
Game: Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos (1993)
Song: Gladstone’s Grief
Remake Artist: Po8 (@hqremakes.bsky.social)
Composer: Frank Klepacki
#VGM #HQRemake #Po8 #RetroGaming #Westwood
Over the past few years, I’ve commissioned over 100 high-quality remakes of classic game music. This was #8. 🎶💾
Game: Syndicate (1993)
Song: Danger
Remake Artist: Po8 (@hqremakes.bsky.social)
Composer: Russell Shaw
#VGM #HQRemake #Po8 #RetroGaming #Cyberpunk
These remakes are also available as a music pack for the Dynamic Music mod by numidium3rd.
It includes additional custom playlists for Towns, the Fighters Guild, and Dungeon Exteriors.
#Daggerfall #Unity #ElderScrolls #VGM #Nexusmods #ModdingCommunity #RetroGaming #Po8 #DaggerfallUnity
Over the past few years, I’ve published several music mods for the remake artist Pieces of 8-bit's HQ Remakes (@hqremakes.bsky.social). This was #1. 🎶💾
www.nexusmods.com/daggerfallun...
#Daggerfall #Unity #ElderScrolls #Bethesda #VGM #Nexusmods #RetroGaming #Po8 #PiecesOf8bit
Over the past few years, I’ve commissioned over 100 high-quality remakes of classic game music. This was #7. 🎶💾
Game: Syndicate (1993)
Song: Assassinate
Remake Artist: Po8 (@hqremakes.bsky.social)
Composer: Russell Shaw
#VGM #HQRemake #Po8 #RetroGaming #Cyberpunk #Syndicate
Last week we released Good Ship Ragamuffin (as part of Uncharted, the latest from Pieces of Eight).
Sorry if you've not been able to stop humming it.
youtu.be/Dv1Hr1ZP-OA
Well, not THAT sorry.
#TheLongestJohns #FolkMusic #Shanty #PiecesOfEight #Po8
A graphic showing the third Piece of Eight placed near the edge of a map on a table. The table is a roughly hewn greyish-brown wood, while the map is a ragged, frayed piece of parchment with the top left corner (the only corner visible) folded over a little. On it are depictions of clouds and waves, and the coastline of some unknown land. In the centre is a giant image of a compass star, which sits beside the tarnished metal triangle of the coin section. This piece itself shows what appear to be mountains, and perhaps a small section of a skull that just includes the top part of an eye socket.
Two pieces released, and a third is right around the corner! This Friday, we're taking you off the map and into Uncharted territories! Get your ears and eyes ready for a new EP, and a new video!
#TheLongestJohns #PiecesOfEight #Po8 #NewMusic #ReleaseRadar #Shanty #FolkMusic #BandcampFriday
Over the past few years, I’ve commissioned over 100 high-quality remakes of classic game music. This was #6. 🎶💾
Game: Syndicate (1993)
Song: Intro Theme
Remake Artist: Po8 (@hqremakes.bsky.social)
Composer: Russell Shaw
#VGM #HQRemake #Po8 #RetroGaming #Cyberpunk #Syndicate
#GameMusicRemake by Pieces of 8-bit's HQ Remakes
#WizardryII #KnightOfDiamonds #RetroGaming #HQRemakes #Po8 #VGMRemake #ClassicGameMusic #DarkFantasy #FantasyOrchestra #DungeonCrawler #GamingNostalgia #TimelessMelodies #ForgottenGems
Over the past few years, I’ve commissioned over 100 high-quality remakes of classic game music. This was #5. 🎶☥
Game: Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds
Song: Scintillus Academy
Remake Artist: Po8 (@hqremakes.bsky.social)
Composers: Jon Blackley, Dan Schmidt
#VGM #HQRemake #Po8 #RetroGaming
A picture of the artwork for the Alehouse release from the Pieces of Eight collection. It shows a worn-looking table, a small section of a dull grey metal disc that may be a plate, the corners of two playing cards (a King of Diamonds and an Ace of Spades), and in the middle an eighth of a slightly tarnished gold coin. Embossed on it is the image of a simple little building, a tavern with a sign jutting out from the wall above the door, and a lonely cloud in the sky above it.
That's two of the Pieces of Eight now in your hands (Bandcamp is on its way!), so how are you enjoying it? Got a favourite so far? Something you're hoping to hear on a future collection?
found.ee/thelongestjo...
#TheLongestJohns #PiecesOfEight #Po8 #Shanty #FolkMusic
A tour poster showing Robbie, Andy, and JD in front of a brick wall, and below text saying "The Longest Johns 2025 Pieces of Eight Unplugged Tour" It lists venues and dates as follows: 12.06 - Lyme Regis, Marine Theatre 13.06 - Falmouth, Falmouth Sea Shanty Festival 14.06 - Bruton, St Mary's 16.06 - Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms 17.06 - Milton Keynes, The Stables 18.06 - Sheffield, Crookes Social Club 19.06 - London, Cutty Sark 25.06 - Bath, Komedia
📣NEW UK TOUR ANNOUNCED!
In case you missed it earlier, our new three-piece UNPLUGGED Pieces of Eight tour is now on sale! Go get your tickets today and come see us!
www.thelongestjohns.com/live
#TheLongestJohns #PiecesOfEight #Po8 #Tour #FolkMusic #Shanty #LiveMusic
A photo of JD lying down on concrete beside the water, his head hanging out over the water, as he holds a camera on his chest to get a shot. Robbie is also present, wearing a black and white checked shirt, giving two thumbs up to the camera and looking very pleased to be there
Sometimes the hardest part of a video shoot is resisting the temptation to grab JD by the ankles and dunk him into the harbour
#TheLongestJohns #PiecesOfEight #Po8 #Shanty #FolkMusic #BehindTheScenes
A picture of a bunch of blanked out pieces of paper arranged on a table in eight groups, with three thumbs (from the band, JD, Andy, and Robbie) sticking in from the side of the frame. This refers to a previous image where ALL the paper was blanked out, but now some of them are visible, saying 'Horizon' and 'Reuban(sic) Ranzo', 'La Pique', and 'John Kanaka'
So now you know what this was about, what songs are you hoping to hear?
(If you don't know what this was about, please enjoy this tasty link: found.ee/horizonpiece... )
#TheLongestJohns #PiecesOfEight #Po8 #Shanty #SeaSong #FolkMusic
A picture from a recording session for Pieces of Eight, that shows JD, the back of Andy, and Robbie separated by soundproof screens and transparent windows, as they sing into microphones.
🌊HORIZON🐳
The first of EIGHT monthly releases that make up Pieces of Eight, is available everywhere! We hope you've been listening and enjoying, because there's so much more to come...
found.ee/horizonpiece...
#TheLongestJohns #PiecesOfEight #Po8 #Shanty #SeaSong
First video from our new Pieces of Eight collection: John Kanaka! Premiering at 6pm UTC, it's a little Friday treat to send you all into the weekend
youtu.be/HeQVgHawfzQ
#TheLongestJohns #PiecesOfEight #Po8 #Shanty #SeaSong
A picture of a recording setup in the TLJ studio. Robbie stands closest to the camera, facing away, wearing headphones on, looking at the screen of his phone (for lyrics). In front of him is a mic, and then a soundproof screen with a transparent window, where JD can be seen on the other side also wearing headphones and singing into a mic. The underside of the ceiling above is coated in black soundproof tiling.
an image depicting an eighth of a weathered, tarnished golden coin, resting on a sandy background. From the middle to about halfway it is a smooth, bright gold, then against a darker background it shows a whale breaching from water, flopping backwards. Small parts of neighbouring images can be seen along the edge, but not in any way that tells you what they are.
Pieces of Eight - Horizon
Our new monthly collection of shanties and sea songs, starting TODAY! Pick your platform and get to listening!
found.ee/horizonpiece...
And keep an eye on Youtube for a new video later...
#TheLongestJohns #PiecesOfEight #Po8 #Shanty #SeaSong #FolkMusic
an image depicting an eighth of a weathered, tarnished golden coin, resting on a sandy background. From the middle to about halfway it is a smooth, bright gold, then against a darker background it shows a whale breaching from water, flopping backwards. Small parts of neighbouring images can be seen along the edge, but not in any way that tells you what they are.
PIECES OF EIGHT!
Eight monthtly drops of three shanties, building up to a MIGHTY album of 24 songs! The first collection, Horizon, launches tomorrow! Pre-save it to help us out, and help yourself as soon as it's live!
found.ee/horizonpiece...
#TheLongestJohns #PiecesOfEight #Po8 #Shanty
A picture of a gold-coloured circle, on a sandy background. The circle, a coin, is divided into eight segments, seven of which are covered up but one is visible. It's the piece shown in closer detail in the second picture, but has a whale breaching the seas and flopping onto its back, shown in hues of gold.
an image depicting an eighth of a weathered, tarnished golden coin, resting on a sandy background. From the middle to about halfway it is a smooth, bright gold, then against a darker background it shows a whale breaching from water, flopping backwards. Small parts of neighbouring images can be seen along the edge, but not in any way that tells you what they are.
The Pieces of Eight start dropping this Friday! The first collection, Horizon, can be pre-saved now (please do, it helps us so much!) and we're very excited to go on a new adventure with you all!
found.ee/horizonpiece...
#TheLongestJohns #PiecesOfEight #Po8 #Shanty #FolkMusic
an image depicting an eighth of a weathered, tarnished golden coin, resting on a sandy background. From the middle to about halfway it is a smooth, bright gold, then against a darker background it shows a whale breaching from water, flopping backwards. Small parts of neighbouring images can be seen along the edge, but not in any way that tells you what they are.
There's a piece of something big on the Horizon...
found.ee/horizonpiece...
#TheLongestJohns #PiecesOfEight #Po8 #Shanty #Folk #NewRelease #ReleaseRadar
Over the past few years, I’ve commissioned over 100 high-quality remakes of classic game music. This was #4. 🎶☥✨
Game: Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds
Song: Blackrock Prison
Remake Artist: Po8 (@hqremakes.bsky.social)
Composers: Jon Blackley, Dan Schmidt
#VGM #HQRemake #Po8 #RetroGaming
#GameMusicRemake by Pieces of 8-bit's HQ Remakes
#TheFaeryTaleAdventure #RetroGaming #HQRemakes #Po8 #VGMRemake #ClassicGameMusic #ClassicalGaming #Harpsichord #FantasyMusic #GamingNostalgia #TimelessMelodies #ForgottenGems
