Project: SMIRK Radio

To have as goal the enjoyment of streamed music for free
without banners, without emailed ads, without the limits of and by capital....

"To protect me from the enemy, myself"
from "Institutionalized" (1983) by Suicidal Tendencies

S.M.I.R.K. Radio
sounds with which to share shudders and frolic...

features:

playing 24-hours/365-days/2-eternities
13,700+ songs
(currently expanding songlist by adding 400 CDs, 1200 LPs, and 400 cassettes via analog-to-digital conversion process)

How to Listen
Setup Instructions
Troubleshooting
Sharing Music
Format Conversions
How to Digitize Music Still on Vinyl and Cassette
Playlists
Surf Show Playlist
Scheduled Shows for 2007
Music Information

email me with "show" time-and-content requests: harpo@smirkers-of-the-world.org

coming soon:

relayed show listings
artist, album, genre, and show requests
instructions for more audio stream players
instructions for stream recording

Listen to SMIRK Radio

If [you have broadband¹ internet connection] then

if [you have an audio player² set up on your system] then

1) goto Listen to SMIRK Radio (Step #3: Groove)

else

1) goto Setup Instructions (Steps 1 and 2)
2) goto Listen to SMIRK Radio (Step #3: Groove)

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else

Unfortunately, buffer-filling is slower than buffer-playing on computers whose upload and download speeds are plain dial-up. Try the 5X dial-up and if that hhas intermittent "pauses" contact Comcast, Verizon, et. al. for a higher speed ISP service; it's definitely worth the audio-video access (YouTube.com, etc.), performance (non-interfering with LAN telephone line usage), and digital "bit" transfer speed.

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¹ "high-speed" cable or DSL/DSL2
² iTunes, Quicktime Player, RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, or Winamp

Setup Instructions

Step #1: Assess
What is and is not already on my system that allows me to listen to SMIRK Radio?

Windows XP

1) Click on My Computer
2) Click on Local Disk (C:)
3) Double-click on Program Files
4) Click View-->List
5) Viable stream-listener applications:

Real RealPlayer
Apple QuickTime Player
Windows Media Player
Nullsoft Winamp
Apple iTunes (most recommended since it tells you the song when it's playing)

go to https://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
download iTunes 7.6
install and make certain it puts an icon on your desktop
reboot
start up iTunes
click (on the top of the iTunes application window) Advanced-->Open Stream...
for the URL, type in "71.202.12.110:8000" and, If that didn't work, type in "71.202.12.110:8000/listen.m3u"
you have to wait for it to buffer up a bit
next time you merely need to go to your iTunes source liust (contains songs/stations/audio files) and click "SMIRK Radio" which have appeared there

MacOSX

1) Click on Macintosh HD
2) Click on Applications
3) Viable stream-listener applications:

Real RealPlayer
Apple QuickTime Player
Windows Media Player
Apple iTunes (most recommended since it tells you the song when it's playing)

go to https://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
download iTunes 7.6
install and make certain it puts an icon on your desktop
reboot
start up iTunes
click (on the top of the iTunes application window) Advanced-->Open Stream...
for the URL, type in "71.202.12.110:8000" and, If that didn't work, type in "71.202.12.110:8000/listen.m3u"
you have to wait for it to buffer up a bit
next time you merely need to go to your iTunes source liust (contains songs/stations/audio files) and click "SMIRK Radio" which have appeared there

Linux

1) Search for stream-listener applications:

Real RealPlayer
Apple QuickTime Player

Step #2: Setup
How can I install applications onto my system that allow me to listen to SMIRK Radio?

Downloads

Apple's iTunes

https://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Apple's QuickTime Player

https://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

Microsoft's Windows Media Player

https://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/download/

Nullsoft's Winamp

https://download.nullsoft.com/winamp/ and https://www.winamp.com/

Real's RealPlayer

https://www.real.com/player/

Installations: install in your system's default area

MacOSX    Macintosh HD->Applications

Windows    C:\Program Files

Step #3: Groove
How can I listen to SMIRK Radio?

1) start up iTunes (or other player)

2) click (on the top of the iTunes application window) Advanced-->Open Stream...

3) for the URL, type in "71.202.12.110:8000" and, If that didn't work, type in "71.202.12.110:8000/listen.m3u"

4) you have to wait for it to buffer up a bit

5) next time you merely need to go to your iTunes source liust (contains songs/stations/audio files) and click "SMIRK Radio" which have appeared there

    Mapping examples:

Windows XP: C:\Program Files\Real\RealPlayer\realplay.exe
Windows XP: C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QuickTimePlayer.exe
Windows XP: C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe

MacOSX: Macintosh HD->Applications->iTunes.app
MacOSX: Macintosh HD->Applications->QuickTime Player.app

    Browser pop-up window examples:

Netscape (Mac, Linux, Windows)

Pop-up window title: Opening listen.m3u
Type in the full location of your listener application in the Open it with area type
                                                or
Find it using the Choose button (it walks through files and folders on your hard drive)

Mozilla Firefox (Mac, Linux, Windows)
Mozilla Suite (Mac, Linux, Windows)
Mozilla SuperMonkey (Mac, Linux, Windows)
Opera (Mac, Linux, Windows, Solaris, FreeBSD, OS/2, etc.)
iCab (Mac)
Safari (Mac)
Konquerer (Linux, Unix)
Galeon (Linux)
Internet Explorer (Mac, Linux, Windows)

6) If you want the selected application to be the application that always opens this file type there may be a check box allowing the application selection step to be skipped next time.

7) Click OK

8) You'll see some "connecting" or "loading" messages and then will hear the audio from SMIRK Radio.

Special notes:

iTunes

If this is your default stream listener application, "SMIRK Radio" will now show up as an entry in your Library playlist; to listen, all you have to do is click/double-click it....

QuickTime Player

If the resulting "listen" or "listen-#" window just sits there then (after wondering where the "science" in "computer science" went)...

     a) open File --> Open URL... and type in "https://71.202.12.110:8000/listen.3mu"
     b) click OK
   c) a new window should open
     d) close the first and fiddle around with this one
     e) it seems to start up based on no apparent set of things you do
     f) this application has no artist info, equalizer, and is generally and specifically pretty weak

Troubleshooting

A Few Definitions:

Streaming: To say audio is streamed means that dozens of small files called "packets" are being sent over the Internet every second. The Realplayer receives these packets and reassembles them into the audio you are hearing. The player builds up a buffer by storing up packets to draw from while it waits for more packets, keeping the flow smooth and unbroken. (This causes a short delay between the time audio is sent and the time it is received, usually about five seconds.) When traffic is heavy, some packets get held up or even lost. If more packets don't arrive before the buffer runs out, then you get a break in the stream and a rebuffering message.
Streaming: A technology that allows content to be accessed or viewed before all the media packets have been received, whereas with caching, the content must be received in its entirety before it can be accessed.
Buffer overflow/underflow: Due to congestion on the Internet, players are set to buffer before playback starts. This reduces interruptions and rebuffering caused by heavy network congestion. In some cases, you can adjust this setting, for instance, in Windows Media Player, by open your player and then going to View > Options > Advanced > Streaming Media (Windows Media) > Change. If you have a fast Internet connection (such as DSL or a cable modem), you can set streaming content (such as iTunes Music Store previews, radio station streams, or audio played from shared music libraries) to begin playing faster. In iTunes Preferences, click the Advanced button and choose SmallStreaming Buffer Size pop-up menu. If you have a slower Internet connection (modem), choose Large instead, which provides smoother streaming playback.

Helpful resources online:

Quicktime Player

RealPlayer

WinAmp

WinAmp doumentation

iTunes

Windows Media Player

Firewalls

Troubleshooting Firewalls

Streaming-in-General (site may cover more than one specific player)

Live Stream Questions
Player Version Query Go to "Select a Test" and pick RealPlayer, WMP, or QuickTime; tells you the version you have.
Testing RealPlayer or Windows Media Player: sample files
Troubleshooting Player Problems
What to do if the audio stream doesn't work properly
Cable Modem Troubleshooting Tips
Audio Streaming Tests
Streaming Media Troubleshooting Guide
Advice for working with SP2 Windows Firewall After you install Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), some programs may seem not to work. By default, Windows Firewall is enabled and blocks unsolicited connections to your computer. This article discusses how to make an exception and enable a program to run by adding it to the list of exceptions. This procedure permits the program to work as it did before the service pack was installed.

To help provide security for your Windows XP SP2-based computer, Windows Firewall blocks unsolicited connections to your computer. However, sometimes you might want to make an exception and permit someone to connect to your computer. After you install Windows XP SP2, client applications may not successfully receive data from a server. Here are some examples: an FTP client, Multimedia streaming software, New mail notifications in some e-mail programs.

Update your media player:

Quicktime Player: update to v7.0.2 at <https://www.apple.com/quicktime/download>;
RealPlayer: update to v10 at <https://www.realnetworks.com/products/media_players.html>;
Windows Media Player: update to v11.0 at <https://www.mediaplayer-hq.com>;
iTunes: update to v7 at <https://www.apple.com/itunes/download/>;
Winamp Media Player: update to v5.33 at <https://www.winamp.com/player/index.php>;
MPlayer: updates via <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPlayer>.

Update your operating system:

Many problems arise when an updated application is trying to run on an un-updated environment, and vice-versa. So, to keep your system updated, do the following:

MacOSX: click "The Apple"->Software Update...
Windows XP: Start-->All Programs->Windows Update

Check your media player's settings:

iTunes: Preferences->Advanced->Streaming Buffer Size=Large
Windows Media Player: (1) Tools->Options->Network; allow player to receive multicast streams; (2) Tools->Options->Preformance; Network Buffering buffer set to 60 seconds of content; (3) Tools->Options->Preformance; set Automatic Updates to check for updates once per week. My stream keeps cutting in and out, or stopping. What can I do?
Due to the nature of the Internet, congestion or traffic can cause what is most commonly referred to as "buffering". This is where the stream seems to cut in and out, or stop altogether. This can be caused by a multitude of reasons such as:

Your Internet provider is overloaded with users.
There is an outage on the Internet in the path that you take to get to the streaming server.
You are running too many things on your computer at the same time.
The broadcaster is having issues with their server.

There are a few things you can do to avoid this problem:
If you are using a low bandwith connection, try upgrading to a 56K modem, DSL, or a cable connection.
Within Windows Media Player, try changing the buffering setting to 30 seconds. This will take a little longer to load, but will reduce dropouts. To change the buffering setting, open Windows Media Player and do the following:

Go to View and click on Play Settings.
Click on advanced.

At the top, under Buffering, select the second option, "Buffer", and enter 30 in the box.

Quicktime Player: (1) Edit->Preferences->Player Preferences->Streaming; set the "Play streams" for a greater delay; (2) Edit->Preferences->Player Preferences->Update; set to check for updates; (3) Edit->Preferences->Player Preferences->Advanced; bump up the size of your download cache.
Winamp (all versions are Windows-only): n/a as very difficult to find, yet a great player.
RealPlayer (newest version is Windows-only): (1) Tools->Preferences...->General->Playback Settings; enable TurboPlay, (2) Tools->Preferences...->General->More Options; set the buffer to more than 30 seconds, (3) set your auto-update for weekly.

Check various security settings:

Firewalls, proxy servers, and software fighting spam/viruses may have settings that are blocking the stream.

Other factors:

Turn "on" Javascript
Turn as many other applications "off"
Close as many self-refreshing windows as possible

Summary:

If your computer is not receiving the stream data fast enough, you will experience drop-outs and rebuffering. The rebuffering occurs when your computer tries to catch up with missed data. Many times this is caused by Internet congestion or insufficient bandwidth. It can also happen when you try to connect to a stream that has a bit rate that is too high for your modem or connection speed.
Solutions:

If you're having a problem with rebuffering, make sure you are using the stream that is best for your modem or way of connecting to the Internet. The 24kbps stream is recommended for 28k modems or faster. The 128k stream is recommended for cable modems, ISDN, DSL, and T1 connections. If you believe you should be able to stream the 128K stereo stream, it may be a problem of insufficient bandwidth or internet congestion and not a problem of your system, per say. Consider connecting at the 24K speed stream.
You can also try increasing your player's buffering setting, closing other applications deleting temporary files, clearing memory cache, and/or rebooting your computer. Or try the stream again later, during off peak times.
Local congestion: local bandwidth (on your computer or local network) is shared between all open applications and the player. Closing applications may reduce buffering. To see what proportion of your available bandwidth you're using, right-click on the Microsoft Windows Media Player status bar and view statistics.
Internet congestion can slow down the delivery of the stream, make it difficult for you to connect or cause buffering. We suggest you keep trying or try again later. If you repeatedly have difficulty connecting, please notify your ISP -- there are often quick fixes they can make when they learn about your issue.

Sharing Music

Step #1: iTunes

Get the free download of iTunes for Mac/PC from https://www.apple.com/ca/itunes/download/

You can make CDs from your list that play on car CD players (not just iPods); I webcast using the AAC format, which compresses smaller than MP3.

A useful How-To is at: https://www.apple.com/support/itunes/hottips/

Step #2: to share

The key settings for sharing can be found in the iTunes windows via iTunes --> Preferences (in the iTunes drop-down menu) --> Sharing (tab)

I have my "Sharing" settings as follows:

[x] Look for shared music
[x] Share my music
    ( ) Share entire library
    (·) Share selected playlists
[x] Test: <your name>

Shared name: Christopher Gray's Music
    [ ] Require password

Step #3: to access

Contact me and we'll set up an accessible playlist for you. Perhaps, the whole list....

Useful links:

iTunes for Windows: Music Sharing With Windows Internet Connection Firewall

Finding and Listening to Shared iTunes Music Libraries

iTunes: Music Sharing does not work if Firewall is on

Sharing large music libraries doesn't work in iTunes 4.5

Copying songs over a network to use with iTunes for Windows

iTunes: How to copy music between authorized computers

iTunes: How to share music between different accounts on a single computer

iTunes: How to Share Your Music

Format Conversions

History of AAC format:

https://www.apple.com/quicktime/technologies/aac/

Steps for converting from AAC to MP3

Method 1:

convert AAC to WAV or AIFF

encode WAV/AIFF to MP3

Method 2:

download free iTunes

download AAC songs via iTunes

burn the AACs to a CD-R/W as an audio disc

rip them back as MP3

How to Digitize Music Still on Vinyl and Cassette

The hardware-software I use:

Technics SL-D2 Direct Drive Automatic Turntable System

Technics RS-T911 Stereo Double cassette Deck

M-Audio MobilePre USB 2-Channel Preamp & Audio Interface

USB cable

G5 iMac with USB input

Roxio Toast Titanium v7

The connectivity I use:

turntable to interface to computer to software

cassette player to interface to computer to software

The steps I use:

verify connectivity

play media

capture audio

filter scratches, hisses, pops, etc.

lay out the tracks

Playlists

*** denotes music that has not yet been loaded and/or has not been converted from its non-CD (into digital) form(at)

Accoustic Rock'n'Roll

Kay, John

Koonce, Jon

Alternative

Barenaked Ladies

Barrow, Arthur

Bill Nelson's Red Noise

Black, Frank

The Bonzo Dog Band

Bowie, David

Burnel, J.J.

Byrne, David

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band

***Clubfoot Orchestra

Cornwell, Hugh

Department of Crooks

Devo

Drywall

Elfman, Danny

Elio e le Storie Tese

Eno, Brian

The Fatima Mansions

***Feldman, Eric Drew

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention

The Grandmothers

Gruppo Sportivo

Hecate's Angels

Hugh Cornwell & Robert A. Williams

Knife and Fork

Lovich, Lene

Lol Creme & Kevin Godley

Marc Moreland Mess

Marilyn Manson

Mothersbaugh, Mark

Nelson, Bill

Oingo Boingo

Pere Ubu

Primus

Prieboy, Andy

The Residents

Ridgway, Stan

Smith, Patti

Snakefinger

Tepper, Jeff Moris

Talking Heads

They Might Be Giants

Tin Huey

The Velvet Underground

Wall of Voodoo

Wild Beasts

Williams, Robert Arthur

Willis, Ike

***Yello

Zoogz Rift

Bluegrass

Clarence Ashley, Doc Watson, Clint Howard, and Fred Price

Béla Fleck

Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys

Flatt & Scruggs

Hylo Brown & The Timberliners with Earl Scruggs

Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys

Mac Wiseman & The Country Boys

Morris Brothers

New Lost City Ramblers

Tex Logan, Eric Weissberg, & The New Lost City Ramblers

Vassar Clements

Blues

***Big Momma Thorton

***Blues Project

***Chicken Shack

***Clapton, Eric

Dixon, Willie

Fleetwood Mac w/Peter Green

***Graham Bond Organization

Green, Peter

***Hopkins, Lightnin'

Howlin' Wolf

***John Mayall's Bluebreakers

Lloyd, Charles

Mick Abrahams Band

***Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Peter Green Splinter Group

Professor Longhair

Savoy Brown

***Spencer, Jeremy

Waters, Muddy

West, Leslie

Blues-Rock Fusion

The Animals

Bad Company

Baldry, Long John

Beck, Jeff

Bruce, Jack

Coverdale, David

Cream

Fleetwood Mac

Free

***Graham Bond Organization

Green, Peter

Jeff Healy Band

Hughes, Glenn

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Juicy Lucy

Kay, John

Led Zeppelin

Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper

Moore, Gary

Robert Plant & Jimmie Page

Rodgers, Paul

Root Boy Slim & The Sex Change Band

Root Boy Slim

Savoy Brown

Schenker-Pattison Summit

Spencer Davis Group

Steve Miller Band

Taylor, Mick (Stones guitarist 1969-1974)

Vaughn, Stevie Ray

White, Snowy

The Yardbirds

ZZ Top

Cajun

Celtic Ballad & Rock

***The Albion Band

Blackmore's Night

The Byrds

The Chieftains

***Fairport Convention

Horslips

Jethro Tull

Lynott, Phil

Moore, Gary

***Pentangle

Rivera, Scarlet

Ritchie Blackmore

Steeleye Span

Tommy Eyre/Scarlet Rivera/Richard Cook

Chalga

Classical

Albéniz, Isaac

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Berio, Luciano

Berlioz, Hector

Boulez, Pierre

Budapest String Quartet

Chopin, Frederic

The Danish Wind Octet (Koppel, Werner, Lund Christiansen, Schultz, Graugaard)

Debussy, Claude

Dvořák, Anton

Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet

Falla, Manuel de

Fauré, Gabriel

Granados, Enrique

James Galway & Phillip Moll

James Galway, Marisa Robles, Michale Tilson Thomas; London Symphony Orchestra

Janácek, Leos

Kancheli, Gia

Koussevitsky, Serge

Mackenzie, Alexander

Mahler, Gustov

Martinu, Bohůslav

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich

New Swingle Singers

Orchestre National de France

Ormandy, Eugene

Rachmaninov (Rachmaninoff), Sergé

Ravel, Maurice

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Saint-Saëns, Camille

Scribiabin, Alexander

Shostakovich, Maxim

Sibelius, Jean

Strauss, Richard

Stravinsky, Igor

Tchaikovsky, Peter

Thibaudet, Jean-Yves

Verdi, Giuseppe

Vivaldi, Antonio

Comedy

Belzer, Richard

Berman, Shelly

Brooks, Albert

***The Committee

***Corky & The Juice Pigs

Firesign Theatre

Freberg, Stan

***Monty Python

National Lampoon

Sahl, Mort

Country

Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

Cash, Johnny

Dicken, "Little" Jimmie

Flatt & Scruggs

Gilmore, Jimmie Dale

***Jay & The Americans

Koonce, Jon

Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies

O'Day, Molly

Price, Ray

Robbins, Marty

***Sexton, Charlie

Sir Douglas Quintet

Smith, Carl

Wilkin, Marijohn

Williams, Curly

Williams, Hank

Country-Folk-Rock Fusion

The Byrds

Country Joe & The Fish

The Flying Burrito Brothers

***The Fugs

The Holy Modal Rounders

Kaleidoscope

Easy Listening

Anthony, Paul

The Beatles

Bardens, Pete

Cohen, Leonard

Cornwell, Hugh

Costello, Elvis

Darin, Bobby

Devo

The Eagles

It's A Beautiful Day

The Left Banke

Love

Morse, Steve

O'Hearn, Patrick

Plant, Robert

Roxy Music

Scale the Summit

Schenker, Michael

Steely Dan

The Stranglers

***Yarrow, Peter

Electronic

Art of Noise

***Asia

***Bruford, Bill

***Buttigieg, Ray

Cabarat Voltaire

Carlos, Wendy (formerly Walter)

***Dolby, Thomas

***Emerson, Keith

Emerson, Lake, and Palmer

***Eno, Brian

***Fripp, Robert

***Gleeson, Patrick

***Holst, Gustav

***Hyman, Dick

Jarre, Jean-Michel

***King Crimson

***Kitaro

***Kraftwerk

***Lake, Greg

***Numan, Gary

O'Hearn, Patrick

***Oldfield, Mike

***Popol Vuh

Schulze, Klaus

***Synergy

Tangerine Dream

***Tomita, Isao

UK

***Vangelis

***Wakeman, Rick

***Wetton, John

Existential Rock

Geesin, Ron

Hawkwind

Pink Floyd

Waters, Roger

Folk

***Dylan, Bob

***Jonathan Richmond & The Modern Lovers

McGuinn, Roger

***Ochs, Phil

Peter, Paul, and Mary

***Prine, John

The Byrds

***Seals & Croft

***Simon & Garfunkel

Wainwright III, Loudon

Waits, Tom

Hard Rock, Fusion Metal, & Metal

AC/DC

Aerosmith

***Aviator

Beck, Bogert, & Appice

Bozzio/Levin/Stevens

Coverdale/Page

Deep Purple

Def Leppard

Disturbed

Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush

Gillan-Glover

Hagar, Sammy

Ian Gillan Group

Judas Priest

Led Zeppelin

***Legs Diamond

Michael Schenker Group (MSG)

Moog/Way

Moore, Gary

Mountain

Moxy

***Nitzinger

Nugent, Ted

Page/Plant

Paice, Ashton, Lord (PAL)

Pantera

Rainbow

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

Satriani, Joe

Scorpions

***Strapps

System of the Down

Thin Lizzy

***Tiger

Tool

Tower, Robin

***Trapeze

UFO

Van Halen

West, Leslie

West, Bruce, & Laing

Whitesnake

***Wiggy Bits

Industrial

Art of Noise

Cabaret Voltaire

Jazz

***The Charlie Byrd Trio

Coltrane, John

***Dave Brubeck Quartet

Davis, Miles

Dimeola, Al

Don Preston Trio

***Getz, Stan

***Harris, Eddie

Lloyd, Charles

***McCann, Les

Mingus, Charles

***Montgomery, Wes

Parker, Charlie

***Pepper, Art

***Peterson, Oscar

***Porter, Cole

***Sims, Zoot

Thelonius Monk

Jazz-Rock Fusion

Beck, Jeff

Bozzio/Levin/Stevens

Brand X

***Clarke, Stanley

Cobham, Billy

***Corea, Chick

Coryell, Larry

DiMeola, Al

Goodman, Jerry

Hammer, Jan

Hancock, Herbie

Jan Hammer Group

Larry Coryell & Eleventh House

Ponty, Jean-Luc

Return to Forever

Rivera, Scarlet

Satrianni, Joe

***Schaeffer, Janne

***White, Lenny

Las Vegas Grind

***Barbara & The Boys

***Bunny, Bob

***The Casual-aires

***Christian, Bobby

***The Crescendos

***Dyna-Sores

***The Empallos

***The Epics

***The Frantics

***Gary, Ric

***The Genteels

***The Groovers

***Hammer, Jack

***Heaps, Jimmy

***Holloway, James

***Hollywood Persuaders

***The Jesters

***John & Jackie

***Kessel, Barney

***The Lushes

***Miller, Buddy

***The Originals

***Overseas, Louie

***The Periscopes

***Rockin' Belmarx

***Taylor, Bob

***Tic & Toc

***The Upsetters

***The Vikings

***Wild-Tones

***Williams, Ken

New Age

Enya

New Wave

Boomtown Rats

Bow Wow Wow

The Cars

Echo & The Bunnymen

Elvis Costello & The Distractions

Jackson, Joe

Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers

Lovich, Lene

Lowe, Nick

***Mink Deville

The Motors

Pretenders

The Screaming Blue Messiahs

***Simply Red

Siouxsie & The Banchees

Smith, Patti

Tom Robinson Band

The Tubes

XTC

Northwest

Anthony, Paul

Billy Rancher & The Unreal Gods

Les Clamtones

Cowboy Angels

***The Crazy Eights

Don & The Goodtimes

***Gentlemen Jim & The Horsemen

***The Gentlemen Wild

H.B. & The Checkmates

The Holy Modal Rounders

Jack Ely & The Courtmen

Jack E. Lee & The Squires

Jon Koonce & the Gas Hogs

Johnny & the Distractions

Johnny Mercer with Paul Weston & His Orchestra

The Kingsmen

Koonce, Jon

Little Bill with The Adventurers and The Shalimars

***Mr. Lucky & The Gamblers

Neil Henderson Band

***The Neo Boys

Redding, Otis

Paul Reverre & The Raiders

Richard Berry & The Pharoahs

Robert Rude Band

Rockin' Robin Roberts & The Wailers

***Rose City Rhythm

The Sandpipers

Seymour

The Sonics

Sounds Orchestral

The Swamp Rats

The Wailers

***The Wipers

***The Wyse Men

X-Angels

Psychedelic

Big Brother & The Holding Company
Captain Beyond

Country Joe & The Fish
The Dinosaurs

The Electric Prunes

Grateful Dead

Jefferson Airplane

Jimi Hendrix Experience

Kaleidescope

Moby Grape

The Moody Blues

Quicksilver Messenger Service

Vanilla Fudge

Punk

Adam & The AntsBlondie

The Adverts

***Black Flag

The Buzzcocks

The Clash

The Damned

***The Dead Boys

***Dead Kennedys

Devo

The Durutti Column

Flying Lizards

***Gang of Four

Generation X

***Ian Drury & The Blockheads

Iggy Pop

The Jam
Killing Joke

Magazine

The Members
The Only Ones
Public Image Ltd (PIL)

Ramones

Rezillos

***Richard Hell & The Voidoids

The Ruts

The Sex Pistols
The Skids

Stiff Little Fingers

The Stooges

The Stranglers

Suicidal Tendencies

Television

The Undertones

Vicious, Sid

X-Ray Spex

Rap

***The Last Poets

***Scott-Heron, Gil

Rock

Adam & the AntsBad Company

Adam Ant

Alan Parsons Project

Alice in Chains

***Baldry, Long John

***Backstreet Crawler

***Barnaby Bye

The Beach Boys

The Beatles

Bebop Deluxe

Beck, Bogart, & Appice

Berlin

Berry, Chuck

Blodwyn Pig

The Blues Magoos

Bob Geldof & the Boomtown Rats

Bolin, Tommy

Booker T. & the M.G.'s

British Lions

Bruce, Jack

Buckethead

Buffalo Springfield

Butthole Surfers
City Boy

Collective Soul

Colonel Claypool's Bucket Of Bernie Brains

Concrete Blonde

Coverdale, David

Cream

***Daltry, Roger

The Dave Clark Five

***Dire Straits

DLR Band (David Lee Roth)

The Doors

Earl Slick Band

Electric Prunes

Eric Burden's i Band

The Fatima Mansions

Ferguson, Jay

The Firm

Flo & Eddie

Foreigner

Free

***Frigid Pink

***Gale Force

***Gallegher, Rory

Gillan

Gillan, Ian

Gramm, Lou

Grosvenor, Luthor (aka "Ariel Bender")

***The Guess Who

Hot For Teacher (Van Halen tribute band)

***Humble Pie

***Hunter, Ian

Ian Gillan Band

***The Illusion

INXS

J. Geils Band

The James Gang

Jefferson Starship

Jethro Tull

Jo Jo Gunne

John Flanders and Double Helix

Johnny & the Hurricanes

Jones, Mick

Journey

The Kinks

Koonce, Jon

***Kossoff, Paul

Laing, Hunter, Ronson, & Pappalardi

The Leaves

Left Banke

***Lothar & The Hand People

***Mack, Jimmie

Mick Abrahams' Blodwyn Pig

Mick Abrahams Band

Midnight Oil

Money, Eddie

Mott the Hoople

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Orr, Benjamin

***Otis, Shuggie

Paris (Glen Cornick, Bob Welch)

Pickett, Wilson

Plant, Robert

The Pretenders

Pretty & Twisted

Queens of the Stone Age

The Robby Krieger Organization

Rodgers, Paul

Rolling Stones

Roth, David Lee

***Rush

Ten Years After

The Rolling Stones

The Searchers

The Shadows of Knight

Slick, Earl

***Small Faces

Spirit

Spooky Tooth

Stained Glass

Starfish

Steely Dan

Steppenwolf

***Stewart, Rod

Syndicate of Sound

Taylor, Mick

The The

Tonio K

Townsend, Pete

Traffic

Travers, Pat

The Troggs

The Tubes

Turner, Joe Lynn

The Turtles

The Velvet Underground

The Ventures

***Walsh, Joe

Welch, Bob

The Who

Widowmaker

Willis, Ike

Wishbone Ash

Yes

The Zombies

ZZ Top

Rockabilly

***Blake, Tommy

***Carroll, Johnny

***Earls, Jack

***Haggett, Jimmy

***Harris, Ray

***Parchman, Kenny

***Pendarrvis, Tracy

***Powers, Johnny

Reverend Horton Heat

***Rhodes, Slim

***Smith, Ray

***Thompson, Hayden

***Wade & Dick The College Boys

***Wages, Jimmy

***Yelvington, Malcolm

Soul/R&B

***The Drifters
Jr. Walker & The Allstars

***Mayfield, Curtis
Sam & Dave
***Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
***Stoneground

***The Temptations

Southern Rock

The Allman Brothers Band

***Betts, Richard ("Dicky")

***Charlie Daniels Band

***Dicky Betts & Great Southern

Dixie Dregs

The Flock

***Grinderswitch

Lynyrd Skynyrd

***Marshall Tucker Band

***Molly Hatchet

***The Outlaws

Sea Level

Space Rock

Hawkwind

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3 Balls of Fire
Agent Orange

Amigoes

The Apemen

Aqua Velvets

The Aztecs
The Beach Boys (with an extended definition; actually they're a California "highway angst" band)

The Belairs
The Berzerkers

Big Ray & Futuras

The Black Widows

The Bomboras
The Bone Sharks

Ther Boss Martians

Brazil 2001

The Cadillac Angels
Cave 4

The Challengers

The Chantays
Chris & Kathy

Chum

The Coffin Daggers

Cornel Fugaru & Sincron

Daikaiju

Dave Allan & The Arrows

Dave Meyers & The Surftones
The Dee-Jays

Dick Dale & His Del-Tones
The Duo-tones (Paul Johnson & Gil Orr)

Eddie & The Showmen
Eddie Angel & The Omega Men

The Eliminators
The Exotics

The Fabulous Nomads

The Fabulous Playboys
Fathoms

The Fireballs
Fortune & Maltese & The Phabulous Pallbearers

The Frogmen

***The Furies
The Gamblers

The Ghastly Ones

The Ghouls

The Green Room

The Halibuts
The Ho Dads

The Honkeys

Hillbilly Soul Surfers

Hoey, Gary
Huevo Rancheros

Hungarian Ensemble
The Huntington Cads

The Hypnomen

Illes

The Immortals

The Impacts

The Insect Surfers
Ivan Pongracic featuring Ed Abolins & Eric Ebeling

Jerry Cole and His Spacemen

Jon & The Halibuts

Jon & The Nightriders

The Joy Boys
K. Duba & Guitarmen

Karel Duba & His Big Beat Band

Kelp!

Kronjong Devils

Laurie Wade's Cavaliers

The Lively Ones
Lombego Surfers
The Looney Tunes

Los Mel-tones

Los Straitjackets
The Mar-Kets

The Marketts
Mefistos

The Mel-tones

The Mermen
Mondial

Monster Zero
Mystery Action

Nelson, Sandy
The Neptunas

The Nocturnes
Olympics

Paul Johnson's Band
The Penetrators
***The Phantom Surfers

The Playboys
Planet Seven

Plank

Pollo Del Mar
The Quiets

The Ramones

The Rally Packs

Ralph Rebel

The Resonets
The Revels

The Reventlos
Richie Allen & The Pacific Surfers

The Rumblers

The Sandals
Satan's Pilgrims

Satiiiten

Satriani, Joe
Saturn V

The Sentinals
The Shadows

The Shitones

Sincron
The Sir Finks

Slacktone
The Space Cossacks

The Super Stocks

The Supertones

The Surf Kings
Surf Report

Surf Riders

The Surf Sluts

The Surf Trio
The Surfin' Dead

The SurfMotherFuckers

The Surfaris
The Surfdusters

The Surfmen

Swingin' Tikis

T. Schumann Combo

Taifuns

Team 4

Thom Star & The Galaxies
The Tiki Tones

The Tornadoes

The Trashmen
The Untamed Youth

The Van Slyke

The Vara-tones

The Ventures
The Vice Royals

The Viceroys
The Volcanos

The Vulcanes

Wedge

The Woodies

Woody O

Western

Dale, Dick

Eddy, Duane

***Jay & the Americans

Link Wray & His Wraymen

Robbins, Marty

Wall of Voodoo

Scheduled Shows

January 2007

January 19 (Friday 7pm-11pm): spotlighting Blues (Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Lightnin' Hopkins, Willie Dixon, et. al.)

January 26 (Friday 6pm-12am): spotlighting Northwest Bands (The Kingsmen, Paul Reverre & the Raiders, The Sonics, The Wailers, et. al.)

January 27 (Saturday) Classical music variety

January 28 (Sunday Jazz music variety

January 29-31 (Monday-Wednesday) All music variety

February 2007

February 02 (Friday 6pm-12am): spotlighting 1970s Punk & New Wave (including Lene Lovich, Elvis Costello, Sex Pistols, Dead Boys, Patti Smith, Stranglers, Pretenders, The Cars)

February 03 (Saturday 7pm-1am): featuring Wall of Voodoo, Marc Moreland, Stan Ridgway, Andy Prieboy

February 09 (Friday 6pm-12am): spotlighting 1960s Psychedelic (Jefferson Airplane, Kaleidescope, Moby Grape, Electric Prunes, Spirit, et. al.)

February 10 (Saturday 7pm-1am): featuring Tonio K (including his buddies: T-Bone Burnett, Booker T., and Charlie Sexton)

February 16 (Friday 6pm-12am): spotlighting 1960s Rock'n'Roll (Kinks, Procol Harum, The Searchers, The Zombies, Left Banke, The Leaves, The Yardbirds, Them, Shadows of Knight, The Tornadoes, The Ventures, Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders, The Troggs, The Who, Spencer Davis Group, Deep Purple, Long John Baldry, The Moody Blues, Manfred Mann, Syndicate of Sound, Small Faces, The Rolling Stones, The Hollies, The Animals, The Merseybeats, Dave Clark Five, The Beatles, Beau Brummels, Sir Douglas Quintet, et, al.)

February 17 (Saturday 7pm-1am): featuring Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention

February 23-24 (Friday 6pm through Sunday 7:59am): spotlighting Surf Rock (The Mermen, Space Cossacks, Pollo del Mar, Dick Dale, The Reventlos, and 95 other bands - including some from Hungary and Australia)

February 25 (Sunday 8am-Monday 7:59am): spotlighting Guitar Legends (845+ songs with licks from "the legends": Steve Morse, Frank Marino, Leslie West, Robin Trower, Jimi Hendrix, Gary Moore, David Gilmour, Marc Moreland, Mick Abrahams, Luthor Grosvenor (aka Ariel Bender), Michael Schenker, Earl Slick, Gary Hoey, Jim Thomas, Tommy Bolin, Jeff Healey, John Cippolina, Frank Zappa, Duane Eddy, Eric Clapton, Al Dimeola, Peter Green, Jimmy Page, Billy Gibbons, Ritchie Blackmore, Pete Townshend, Jeff Beck, Alvin Lee, Stevie Vai, Duane Allman, Pat Travers, Joe Satriani, Dick Dale)

all month (Saturday mornings) Classical music variety

all month (Sunday mornings) Jazz music variety

all month (Monday-Friday days) All music variety

March 2007

March 02 (Friday 6pm-12am): featuring The Doors

March 03 (Saturday 7pm-1am): spotlighting Jazz-Rock Fusion (Brand X, Don Preston Trio, Return to Forever, Jeff Beck, Jan Hammer, et. al.)

March 09 (Friday 6pm-12am): featuring The Byrds and Roger McGuinn

March 10 (Saturday 7pm-1am): spotlighting Celtic Rock (Horslips, Blackmore's Night, Scarlet Rivera, Steeleye Span, Jethro Tull, et. al.)

March 16 (Friday 6pm-12am): featuring Roger Waters, Richard Wright, David Gilmour, and Pink Floyd

March 17 (Saturday 7pm-1am): spotlighting 1970s R'n'R (Electric Prunes, Led Zeppelin, Spooky Tooth, Mountain, Free, Family, Fleetwood Mac, Steppenwolf, The Flock, et. al.)

March 23 (Friday 6pm-12am): featuring Bill Nelson, Bebop Deluxe, and Red Noise

March 24 (Saturday 7pm-1am): spotlighting Blues-Rock Fusion (Cream, Mick Abrahams Band, Chicken Shack, Juicy Lucy, Jeff Healey, Pat Travers, Free, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Peter Green, Animals, Yardbirds, et. al.)

March 30 (Friday 6pm-12am): featuring The Tubes and Flo & Eddie

March 31 (Saturday 7pm-1am): spotlighting 1980s R'n'R (Thin Lizzy, Wiggy Bits, Nitzinger, City Boy, Strapps, UFO, Scorpions, Aerosmith, AC/DC. Deep Purple, Mahoghany Rush, Foreigner, Bad Company, Rainbow, et. al.)

all month (Saturday mornings) Classical music variety

all month (Sunday mornings) Jazz music variety

all month (Monday-Friday days) All music variety

April 2007

April 06 (Friday 6pm-12am): featuring Glam Rock (Mott the Hoople, Velvet Underground, New York Dolls, Mott, British Lions, Widowmaker, Luthor Grosvenor, et. al.)

April 07 (Saturday 7pm-1am): spotlighting The Stranglers, J. J. Burnel, and Hugh Cornwell

April 13 (Friday 6pm-12am): featuring Unheralded Rock (Luthor Grosvenor, Earl Slick, Benajmin Or, Tommy Bolin)

April 14 (Saturday 7pm-1am): spotlighting Oingo Boingo including solo work by Danny Elfman

April 20 (Friday 6pm-12am): featuring Fringe Rock (Devo, Pere Ubu, Primus, Frank Black, Tin Huey, Drywall, Godley-Creme, Snakefinger, et. al.)

April 21 (Saturday 7pm-1am): spotlighting Deep Purple (including offshoot bands: Captain Beyond, Ian Gillan Band and Paice-Ashton-Lord)

April 27 (Friday 6pm-12am): featuring Space Rock (Cabaret Voltaire, Camel, ELP, UK, Arthur Barrows, Alan Parsons Project, Tangerine Dream, Art of Noise, Hawkwind, Synergy, et. el.)

April 28 (Saturday 7pm-1am): spotlighting Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band (including solos work by Robert Williams and Jeff Moris Tepper)

all month (Saturday mornings) Classical music variety

all month (Sunday mornings) Jazz music variety

all month (Monday-Friday days) All music variety

May 2007

May 04 (Friday 6pm-12am): featuring Rockabilly meets Folk (Nick Lowe, Mojo Nixon, Skid Roper, Dave Edmunds, The Fugs, Kaleidescope, Les Clamtones, Jonathan Richman, Phil Ochs, Root Boy Slim, Holy Modal Rounders, Loudon Wainwright III, et. al.)

May 05 (Saturday 7pm-1am): spotlighting Thin Lizzy including solo works by Phil Lynott

May 11 (Friday 6pm-12am): featuring Percussion Legends ( Terry Bozzio, Ginger Baker, Ian Paice, Bill Bruford, Carmen Appice, Ansley Dunbar, Tommy Aldridge, Corky Laing, Robert Williams, Curly Smith, et. al.)

May 12 (Saturday 7pm-1am): spotlighting Jeff Beck

May 18 (Friday 6pm-12am): featuring Vocalist Legends (Eric Burdon, Ike Willis, Jim Morrison, Joe Lynn Turner, Lou Gramm, Paul Rodgers, Fee Waybill, Ian Gillon, Glenn Hughes, David Coverdale, Flo & Eddie, Robert Plant, et. al.)

May 19 (Saturday 7pm-1am): spotlighting UFO (including offshoot bands: Michael Schenker Group, Mogg-Way, and solo works by Michael Schenker)
May 25 (Friday 6pm-12am): featuring Contemporary Metal (System of the Down, Disturbed, Tool, Pantera, Queens of the Stone Age, et. el.)

May 26 (Saturday 7pm-1am): spotlighting Free and Bad Company (including solo works by Paul Rodgers and Paul Kossoff)

all month (Saturday mornings) Country-Rock Fusion music variety (Flying Burrito Brothers, Poco, Illinois Speed Press, Souther-Furay-Hillman, et. al.)

all month (Sunday mornings) Blues music variety
all month (Monday-Friday days) All music variety

June 2007

All weekend spotlight and feature shows will cease as of June 1st, due to a lack of support, participation, and/or courageous interest in music beyond that with "programmed" agenda. Apparently, dead air, ads, and stations with ideologues are more attractive. Only two people requested any shows, genres, or artists; my belief here is that active self-dumbification begets a different drummer. Further speculation whilst torn between irk and depression is only begging a participation of predation.

Thanks to the few musicians who cared enough to listen in or send CDs.

Thanks to listeners whose ipAddresses I cannot email a "thanks".

Thanks to those who notified me of any connection problems, so that others benefited (or could have).

Any future shows will be done for myself, special occasions, requests from for the non-passive, for the interactive, and not aimed at de-spectating the comfortably numb spectator. I cannot raise the already dead. Most audio "shows" will be left up to those active enough to look them up and press a button or two; that should also make it more convenient for us all. How dare I hope for any social contact out of my efforts.

Fare thee well, hollow joy. The rest is up to randomized binary audio....

Superseding the Edgar Varese quote, "The present-day composer refuses to die": the present-day DJ refuses to die slowly.