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Posted by MF DU on 2007-09-07 03:07:45 +0000

My flyer making technique is very stoppable.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-09-11 04:00:30 +0000

Bump. Continuum press sent me a press package yesterday. Giveaways galore! tune in!

Posted by MF DU on 2007-09-11 04:42:23 +0000

Local Press - Represent! Springfield Republican's website. Another quick blurb is here.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-09-13 01:14:49 +0000

My first fall show is apparently also my last. In the midst of my super bad day yesterday I got a call from the WMUA program director bumping me from the lineup after this evening's 9/13/2007 broadcast. Something about a returning student with seniority. Being a relative newbie to WMUA and a 'community' member to boot, I dont think it wise to make a big stink about it, especially if I want to build a long term relationship / listenership there. The End Of Radio indeed. Epoisses and DÜ: pulling out all the stops tonight!

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-09-13 01:31:39 +0000

Podcast? Livecast? Youtube?

Posted by mahatma chani on 2007-09-13 02:59:58 +0000

When it rains... so, sorry man.

Posted by tgl on 2007-09-13 03:42:51 +0000

Community members versus students was always a touchy subject in the halls of WCBN.

Posted by deejayhubris on 2007-09-13 05:59:01 +0000

If I wasn't having my son's birthday cake tonight, I'd make the trek out there. I'd bet that you'll be on the air before too long. Better days ahead....

Posted by Epoisses on 2007-09-13 06:03:33 +0000

New hype.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-09-13 06:21:46 +0000

Live streaming! Thanks for giving me something entertaining to listen to while I get ready for my journey to Brussels at the "crack of Christ" local time. (Who coined that term?)

Posted by tgl on 2007-09-13 07:12:09 +0000

G

Posted by G lib on 2007-09-13 11:27:28 +0000

I'm not a coiner, I'm a hype-er. twasn't me-- probably Mahatma, or some other bum I met on the street.

Posted by Epoisses on 2007-09-13 14:25:37 +0000

LIVE from WMUA!

Posted by tgl on 2007-09-13 14:30:01 +0000

Completely just missed it. Post it to sendspace.com!

Posted by tgl on 2007-09-13 14:33:00 +0000

The live stream doesn't work for me. So, I couldn't have listened anway. WMUA.org, worst online experience ever. Sucka MCs!

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-09-13 14:57:51 +0000

I miscalculated the time difference, tuned in at 03:55 my time and caught the last (Minutemen) song, a bunch of PSAs, some dead air, and the kid who comes on after DU. Argh!

Posted by Epoisses on 2007-09-13 18:37:39 +0000

You missed our shoutout.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-09-14 00:27:48 +0000

Complete Playlist and recordings soon... Had trouble with the playlist software - but this is what I had before the trouble: The End of Radio - Thursday, 2007-09-13, 20:00:00-22:00:00 Rich Ladew / Michael T Fournier * denotes a request, # denotes a new release Time Played - Artist - Song Title - Album Title - Label 20:07:46 - Minutemen - Anchor - what Makes a Man Start Fires - SST 20:08:17 - Minutemen - King Of The Hill - Project Mersh - SST 20:09:24 - Minutemen - Aint Talkin Bout Love - dbl nickles / duck and cover - SST 20:12:54 - Minutemen - Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs - what Makes a Man Start Fires - SST 20:13:40 - Minutemen - Joe Mccarthy - Paranoid Time - SST 20:14:10 - Minutemen - The Price Of Paradise - 3 Way Tie For Last - SST 20:20:29 - The Wire - Three Girl Rhumba - Pink Flag - Retro 20:35:35 - Husker DU - New Day Rising - New Day Rising - SST 20:36:15 - Black Flag - Slip It In - Slip It In - SST 20:40:57 - Minutemen - Vietnam - Double Nickles On The Dime - sst 20:53:24 - The stooges - My Idea Of Fun - Weirdness - Virgin 21:01:59 - Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good And Evil - In the Beginning There Was Rhythm - Soul Jazz 21:03:25 - Minuteflag - Fetch The Water - Minuteflag 12" - SST

Posted by MF DU on 2007-09-14 00:31:46 +0000

So apparently the status of my show is repaired - Thursdays it is as I had originally thought. Only thing I have to say is that I'm glad I'm not the programming director having to call a bunch of grumpy record collectors to tell them no more show. Tough gig. Guest spots on 'End of Radio' still avail - RSN'ers book yours now!

Posted by tommy on 2007-09-14 00:47:29 +0000

Ditto for me.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-09-14 07:04:17 +0000

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Posted by deejayhubris on 2007-09-14 07:16:42 +0000

For the record: It's "Wire", no The. See you soon, workin' on me "End of Radio" mix.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-09-15 16:33:17 +0000

podcast coming soon. corrected, more complete playlist: The End of Radio - Thursday, 2007-09-13, 20:00:00-22:00:00 Rich Ladew / Michael T Fournier * denotes a request, # denotes a new release Time Played - Artist - Song Title - Album Title - Label 20:07:46 - Minutemen - Anchor - what Makes a Man Start Fires - SST 20:08:17 - Minutemen - King Of The Hill - Project Mersh - SST 20:09:24 - Minutemen - Aint Talkin Bout Love - dbl nickles / duck and cover - SST 20:12:54 - Minutemen - Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs - what Makes a Man Start Fires - SST 20:13:40 - Minutemen - Joe Mccarthy - Paranoid Time - SST 20:14:10 - Minutemen - The Price Of Paradise - 3 Way Tie For Last - SST 20:20:29 - The Wire - Three Girl Rhumba - Pink Flag - Retro 20:35:35 - Husker DU - New Day Rising - New Day Rising - SST 20:36:15 - Black Flag - Slip It In - Slip It In - SST 20:40:57 - Minutemen - Vietnam - Double Nickles On The Dime - sst 20:53:24 - The Stooges - My Idea Of Fun - Weirdness - Virgin 21:01:59 - Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good And Evil - In the Beginning There Was Rhythm - Soul Jazz 21:03:25 - Minuteflag - Fetch The Water - Minuteflag 12" - SST - Minutemen - Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing - Double Nickels on the Dime - SST - Minutemen - Little Man With a Gun In His Hand - Ballot Result - SST - Minutemen - Mr. Robot's Holy Orders- Double Nickels on the Dime - SST - Minutemen - This Ain't No Picnic - Ballot Result - SST - Campaign For Real Time - Hey - LA Tracks 1933-1969 - Wonderdrug - The Fly Guys - Fly Guy Rap - Big Apple Rappin' - Soul Jazz - Minutemen - History Lesson Part II - Double Nickels on the Dime - SST - Minutemen - The Roars Of The Masses Could Be Farts - Double Nickels on the Dime - SST - Minutemen - Corona - Double Nickels on the Dime - SST

Posted by MF DU on 2007-09-17 03:01:35 +0000

I know it sounds perverse, but I am glad TGL and Tommy let me know they had trouble with the online interface. Maybe an opportunity for the DÜ to work with the tech guys and learn more about how this works to increase listenership and promote future podcasting? Many issues here as far as I'm concerened: 1. Why are there like 4 clicks of the mouse once you are on wmua.org to find the stream (a few involving being routed to another different looking website?) 2. why is 'Realplayer' the only game in town for WMUA? No winamp? Itunes? This is 2007... Lots of people's employers restrict certain specific audio streams so having it in various formats would help to reach a wider audience. 3. popup GUI interface of the stream is also awkward adn not pretty to look at if indeed you meet with success in streaming. 4. If you only have one application / stream - then internet streaming is down, down, down if something happens to the one.

Posted by tgl on 2007-09-17 03:15:32 +0000

RE: 1. Yeah. Baffling. There should be a link to a streaming protocol right at the top. Not to keep returning to http://www.wcbn.org, but, they've got four different formats available at the top-level page. RE: 2. MP3 is a must. I'd argue that Ogg Vorbis is as well. Both have open source streaming architectures. RE: 3. Death to pop-ups. RE: 4. Redundancy is nice.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-09-17 04:05:58 +0000

:) Hate The Content Mechanism, Not The Content Provider :)

Posted by tommy on 2007-09-17 07:45:50 +0000

1,2,3,4) WMUA's streaming is "provided as a courtesy of masslive.com". Masslive.com appears to be the Springfield Republican's web "portal". I'm sure the bosses at the Republican hired some consulting company at great expense to give them a streaming "solution" to help them with their "branding" on this new internet thing the kids are using these days. And, what they got was realplayer with popups, which they grafted onto their already-clunky masslive.com site. UMA has a CS department, no? Can't they find a kid that could set up a decent streaming operation in 3 hours in exchange for a Star Trek DVD or something? I've never read this paper but I hate them already for being so ashamed of Springfield that they wish to be known as the "Republican" and not the "Springfield Republican". Ditto the "Item" (Lynn) and "Eagle-Tribune" (Lawrence). Goddamn it, even their fucking newspapers have turned their backs on these cities.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-09-17 08:25:35 +0000

On air jitters - no idea why I was adding the article before the band's name. At first I thought it was just a playlist error (the playlist software is almost as challenged as the streaming app), but you can hear me on the podcast: "The Wire" (sic). D'oh! So I watch too much TV... there are worse things I suppose ;)

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-09-18 09:11:31 +0000

Just heard it, via podcast! Wheeee! Thanks, Epoisses & DU - that was heartwarming. I'm such a sucker for shoutouts... x

Posted by deejayhubris on 2007-09-18 09:20:39 +0000

I sent you an email about a date..Oct. 04?

Posted by MF DU on 2007-09-18 11:37:19 +0000

Sounds Great! 2 Weeks from this Thursday!

Posted by G lib on 2007-09-26 05:18:50 +0000

an't they find a kid that could set up a decent streaming operation in 3 hours in exchange for a Star Trek DVD or something? OMFG. snort.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-10-13 20:29:59 +0000

Streaming Improvements Update: -----Original Message----- From: techwmua Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:40 PM To: MFDU Subject: New Internet Audio Stream Hi Everyone, I just wanted to inform everyone of our new internet stream. We are now streaming in an MP3 format so that it is accessible using Windows Media Player, Winamp, iTunes or virtually any other application that can be used to listen to music. Additionally the new stream is higher quality and will let us monitor listener statistics more accurately. Since it’s a new system I’m expecting some issues to come up with it that will need to be taken care of. If you or your listeners notice any problems or have questions please email me to let me know. Links to the new stream are on the front page and the webcast page on www.wmua.org All questions, comments, complaints, etc are welcome. Jeff Cleveland Tech Director WMUA