It seems that the merchandise store is still open. Maybe I have to close it manually. I will try to do that, but will wait until the end of January. For those who would like a memento of Millenniyule 8:
https://viralstyle.com/store/millennialwoes/millenniyule2022/
https://viralstyle.com/store/millennialwoes/millenniyule2022/
What do you value more about Millenniyule?
Anonymous Poll
23%
The upbeat, "party" atmosphere
61%
The dark, soulful, winterly aspect of it
16%
I can't choose / don't know what Milleniyule is
"I like to think Millenniyule becomes a formalised national institution where the host must serve his entire life then pass the torch on to the next Yulepope upon death."
- Candles Are Tall
- Candles Are Tall
"Millenniyule:
The huwhyte people.
In the huwhyte place.
At the huwhyte time!"
- Human In Name Only
The huwhyte people.
In the huwhyte place.
At the huwhyte time!"
- Human In Name Only
(My apologies. I wrote several drafts of this message but then forgot to post it!)
As I write, it is the 27th of January. A month ago today, Millenniyule 2022 had "peaked" with Christmas Day and I was doing the Academic Agent stream. The next day would be Morgoth, and finally the outro AMA.
I have put off writing a "closing note" because initially I was exhausted, and then preoccupied with other work. But a closing note is appropriate.
Millenniyule 2022 was, as Dave Martel might say, an undertaking of blasphemous proportions. It comprised 60 interviews and 4 AMAs, as well as the (as yet unique) Christmas Cards stream. (Incidentally, many more cards have arrived since I did the stream. Next time, I will need to specify that people outside Britain should post their cards by the start of December!)
Before the festival began, there was 10 weeks of non-stop preparation - selecting 60 guests, inviting them, settling the schedule, and a huge amount of graphics, video and audio work. As some of you will remember, I had to replace my computer with less than two weeks to go, meaning that vital time was lost and several elements could not be finished in time. Then I got ill just before the festival started and remained mildly ill throughout it. In addition, people's lives were unusually hectic this year so that there were four cancellations and even more re-schedulings along the way. Other issues, both in my own life and in the online community, also created disturbance and added to the stress. Almost nothing was ideal, going into it.
Despite all of those setbacks, Millenniyule 2022 went ahead and was a success. I don't think it was the best year, but it definitely wasn't "a failure" in any way.
Of the 60 guests, 29 had never appeared on Millenniyule before, so there were lots of "new faces". It all added up to a total of 117 hours of content, with the average interview lasting 1h46m. If spread over a year, it would be more than 2 hours per week, so it is, as some people have pointed out, a year's worth of content crammed into three weeks.
As usual, I made notes for future years - improvements that could be made, things that could be tried. Those notes will now wait to be enacted upon, like seeds waiting to germinate when the time is right. I have begun making a list of potential guests for 2023 and it is already 70 strong; we will see what the year offers up in terms of content creation, event organising and ideas propagation. I already have the aesthetic decided upon for Millenniyule 2023; it's just a matter of working out how to do it without it being the huge workload that 2022's aesthetic was! In addition, who knows, maybe it will be broadcast on Twitter as well as Odysee. All of these decisions will have to wait for now. I have a lot to do this year - no doubt we all do.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed Millenniyule 2022, and thank you for watching it.
As I write, it is the 27th of January. A month ago today, Millenniyule 2022 had "peaked" with Christmas Day and I was doing the Academic Agent stream. The next day would be Morgoth, and finally the outro AMA.
I have put off writing a "closing note" because initially I was exhausted, and then preoccupied with other work. But a closing note is appropriate.
Millenniyule 2022 was, as Dave Martel might say, an undertaking of blasphemous proportions. It comprised 60 interviews and 4 AMAs, as well as the (as yet unique) Christmas Cards stream. (Incidentally, many more cards have arrived since I did the stream. Next time, I will need to specify that people outside Britain should post their cards by the start of December!)
Before the festival began, there was 10 weeks of non-stop preparation - selecting 60 guests, inviting them, settling the schedule, and a huge amount of graphics, video and audio work. As some of you will remember, I had to replace my computer with less than two weeks to go, meaning that vital time was lost and several elements could not be finished in time. Then I got ill just before the festival started and remained mildly ill throughout it. In addition, people's lives were unusually hectic this year so that there were four cancellations and even more re-schedulings along the way. Other issues, both in my own life and in the online community, also created disturbance and added to the stress. Almost nothing was ideal, going into it.
Despite all of those setbacks, Millenniyule 2022 went ahead and was a success. I don't think it was the best year, but it definitely wasn't "a failure" in any way.
Of the 60 guests, 29 had never appeared on Millenniyule before, so there were lots of "new faces". It all added up to a total of 117 hours of content, with the average interview lasting 1h46m. If spread over a year, it would be more than 2 hours per week, so it is, as some people have pointed out, a year's worth of content crammed into three weeks.
As usual, I made notes for future years - improvements that could be made, things that could be tried. Those notes will now wait to be enacted upon, like seeds waiting to germinate when the time is right. I have begun making a list of potential guests for 2023 and it is already 70 strong; we will see what the year offers up in terms of content creation, event organising and ideas propagation. I already have the aesthetic decided upon for Millenniyule 2023; it's just a matter of working out how to do it without it being the huge workload that 2022's aesthetic was! In addition, who knows, maybe it will be broadcast on Twitter as well as Odysee. All of these decisions will have to wait for now. I have a lot to do this year - no doubt we all do.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed Millenniyule 2022, and thank you for watching it.
Greetings, everyone.
Millenniyule 9 will begin on the 10th of December 2023. It will be broadcast live on Twitter, Telegram and Odysee. If Odysee is gone, Rumble will be used instead. There will be about 60 interviews, taking in a broad swathe of the Dissident Right as well as a few figures from outside it.
The format will be exactly the same as last year: four interviews a night, along with a scattering of solo AMAs and one "Christmas cards" stream, then after Christmas a small set of extended interviews, one each day. There will also be, as in some previous years, a 1-hour "countdown" video immediately preceding the first interview.
The structure will be something like this (times shown in British):
9th Dec - Prologue AMA (10pm)
10th - countdown video (7pm)
10th-24th - 4 interviews each evening
25th - Christmas cards stream (2am)
25th - Christmas Day AMA (10pm)
26th - Boxing Day AMA (10pm)
27th - ?
28th - ?
29th - Academic Agent (8pm)
30th - Morgoth (8pm)
31st - Outro AMA (8pm)
The full schedyule will be published around the 5th of December. The guests will be announced each day up till then.
Millenniyule needs your support.
Millenniyule 9 will begin on the 10th of December 2023. It will be broadcast live on Twitter, Telegram and Odysee. If Odysee is gone, Rumble will be used instead. There will be about 60 interviews, taking in a broad swathe of the Dissident Right as well as a few figures from outside it.
The format will be exactly the same as last year: four interviews a night, along with a scattering of solo AMAs and one "Christmas cards" stream, then after Christmas a small set of extended interviews, one each day. There will also be, as in some previous years, a 1-hour "countdown" video immediately preceding the first interview.
The structure will be something like this (times shown in British):
9th Dec - Prologue AMA (10pm)
10th - countdown video (7pm)
10th-24th - 4 interviews each evening
25th - Christmas cards stream (2am)
25th - Christmas Day AMA (10pm)
26th - Boxing Day AMA (10pm)
27th - ?
28th - ?
29th - Academic Agent (8pm)
30th - Morgoth (8pm)
31st - Outro AMA (8pm)
The full schedyule will be published around the 5th of December. The guests will be announced each day up till then.
Millenniyule needs your support.
"Millenniyule really serves an important function. Besides introducing people to new content creators and engaging in meaningful discourse, it also creates culture. There's a lot of importance in these annual, regular events. It gives a sense of regularity to the year. But again, I think creating that culture - a shared holiday celebration - is what is needed. That is what gives solidity to ideas."
- a viewer
- a viewer
Last year's Christmas Cards stream went well and people seemed to really enjoy it, so we are going to do the same again this year. The address to post your card to is:
Yule2023, PO Box 80663, LONDON, NW8 1NX, Great Britain
If you are outside of Britain and want your card to arrive by the 24th of December, you should post it as soon as possible. Last time, some of them were still arriving in February!
All the best, and thank you in advance,
MW.
Yule2023, PO Box 80663, LONDON, NW8 1NX, Great Britain
If you are outside of Britain and want your card to arrive by the 24th of December, you should post it as soon as possible. Last time, some of them were still arriving in February!
All the best, and thank you in advance,
MW.
"Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without Millenniyule."
- a committed viewer
- a committed viewer