have an agenda. That agenda: to tidy up all the loose ends from the other shows

in Season 3, to apologise and move on. It’s a departure from our previous

(unwritten) agendas which, for Simon at least, mostly involve swearing and

libel. But Simon isn’t here. In his place, no-longer-a-mystery-guest Jonathan

Smith, who calms Ann’s nerves with a steely gaze and fearless hands. That will

make more sense after you’ve heard the news.

The news which, because you demanded it, includes a

post-news-section gossip with someone who attended the Rock Band conference. Extra

news, only a week late! Fear not, though, because we manage to get through a

lot in our final hour-and-five minutes. We have two phone guests. We have four

features. We have two incredible WORLD EXCLUSIVE REVIEWS, a scoop so great any

other podcast would be issuing press releases right this second: one of Grand

Theft Auto IV and one of Lego Indiana Jones. Beat that Major Nelson! Or anyone

else we care to pick a fight with, frankly.

And then, at the very end of the episode, something truly

awesome: some Other Business. You can wait for that. Do wait. It will be worth

it.

Any Other Business could refer to another part of the

episode too, which is almost entirely unedited. You will notice the part where

it is particularly unedited. It would have been almost effortless to cut it out

but we have left that in because we found it funny. It is super indulgent but hey,

this is the last show, and perhaps gives those who weren’t ever able to make it

to a preamble a taste of what that was like, i.e. surprises, muffled noises, nonsense

and giggling.

The sound on #72 might be a little worse than on

previous shows. We’ve had a few problems with the desk today, to the extent

that for a couple of hours it looked like the show wasn’t going to happen. We’re

going to refit studio OLL shortly. We’re looking for way to fund that. We’re

thinking of selling t-shirts! Or Ann’s hair.

And that’s it. Thank you to all our guests and contributors,

thank you to Resonance FM and to Eurogamer and thank you all so much for

putting up with us this season. It has been a genuine pleasure. We’ll see you

soon, we hope – if not in Malmo

or at the (recently postponed) One Life Left Wrap Party then for Season Four.

Keep checking onelifeleft.com, thetriforce.com or our Facebook page for details

on that. We’ll let you know as soon as we do.

PS: If you didn't know by now, we have a last.fm group! That's new, and a brilliant way to compare notes on awesome music with other listeners. We are very close to the 500 mark on Facebook, so help us surpass that by clicking here, or identify yourself as a fan to others on that same site by clicking here. Our MySpace is here -- clicking around our friends list there is a good way to find out about the bands on the show. The OLL forum is here and if you want to email us

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