Another round-up of added music from the last several weeks...

BECK "Gamma Ray"
BLOC PARTY "Mercury"
BROKEN WEST "Perfect Games"
COLDPLAY "Viva La Vida"
CONOR OBERST "Danny Callahan"
THE FUTUREHEADS "Walking Backwards"
R.E.M. "Man-Sized Wreath"
R.E.M. "Living Well Is The Best Revenge"
SUNNY DAY SETS FIRE "Stranger"
THE TING TINGS "Shut Up And Let Me Go"
BRENDAN CANNING "Hit The Wall"
JUKEBOX THE GHOST "Good Day"
JUNKIE XL "Stratosphere"
LOVE IS ALL "Wishing Well"
POMEGRANATES "Whom / Who"
PRIMAL SCREAM "Can't Go Back"
RA RA RIOT "Dying Is Fine"
SETTING SUN "How Long?"
THE GREAT NORTHWEST "Chief John"
THE HOLD STEADY "Sequestered In Memphis"
THE VERVE "Mover"
MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS "Dystopia (Cut Copy Mix)"
THE HUSH SOUND "Wine Red"
EMPIRES "Warning Mark"

Please support these artists; check out Last.FM and Elbos for more great indie music.

On the technical side, our terrestrial transmitter is slowly fading out. When it finally croaks, we'll give it a proper burial, as she's performed beautifully over the past four years, and far longer than she was designed for. Kudos to Ramsey for designing one hell of a little transmitter. We've a backup, but it's not nearly as nice. Time to start shopping for a replacement, I reckon.

Also, our antenna mast is in need of repair. Major masonry work is needed to shore things up, so hopefully the entire array won't topple over before the cooler weather arrives. None of this should affect the audio streams, though.

No rest for the wicked, as my Gran used to say...


Enjoy!

Posted this on my personal LJ; reposted here for the heck of it.

Snag away:

"Wake Me Up When September Ends" by GREEN DAY

"Waterfall" by JAMES

"Wave Of Mutilation (UK Surf Mix)" by THE PIXIES

"We Will Become Silhouettes" by THE POSTAL SERVICE

"What A Wonderful World" by THE RAMONES

"Whenever You're On My Mind" by MARSHALL CRENSHAW

"Where The Streets Have No Name" by U 2

"White Rabbit" by THE JEFFERSON AIRPLANE

"Wonderwall" by OASIS

"World Shut Your Mouth" by JULIAN COPE

Enjoy.

Rather damn tardy, here...

C S S "Rat Is Dead (Rage)"
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE "Long Division"
EARLIMART "Song For"
HAPPY ANARCHY "Is That Right?"
MUDHONEY "I'm Now"
SIGUR ROS "Gobbledigook"
THE FRATELLIS "Mistress Mabel"
THE STILLS "Being Here"
THE WOMBATS "Kill The Director"
WE ARE SCIENTISTS "Chick Lit"
WE SMOKE FAGS "Eastenders"
WIRE "One of Us"
ALBERT HAMMOND, JR "GfC"
BECK "Chemtrails"
CHRIS WALLA "Everyone Needs A Home"
COMPUTER VS. BANJO "Give Up On Ghosts"
DRESDEN DOLLS "Night Reconnaisance"
JAGUAR LOVE "Bats Over The Pacific Ocean"
MATES OF STATE "My Only Offer"
MIKE DOUGHTY "Ft. Hood"
MUCHY "My Favourite Disease"
NEW FRONTIERS "Black Lungs"
ROLLING STONES "You Can't Always Get (What You Want) Soulwax Remix"
SUNNY DAY SETS FIRE "Brainless"
THE ZUTONS "What's Your Problem?"
THESE NEW PURITANS "Elvis"

Please support these artists; check out Last.FM and Elbos for more great indie music.

Enjoy!

FOUR Years On-Air / On-Line

June 21, 2004 to June 21, 2008

27,375 hours of music
5,840 hours of progressive news and info
575 hours of public service announcements

Never did we entertain in our wildest notions that we'd still be banging away this long. It's been our pleasure and honour, to be sure.

Onward!

Some new tunage added:

DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH? "We Are Rockstars"
SOUTH "Better Things"
COLDPLAY "Violet Hill"
RADIO DEPT. "Freddie & The Trojan Horse"
BAUHAUS "Adrenalin"
BLACK FRANCIS "The Seus (Infadels Remix)"
LOUSY ROBOT "It's Getting To Me"
THE LODGER "The Good Old Days"
FLOGGING MOLLY "Requiem For A Dying Song"
NINE INCH NAILS "Discipline"
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS "It's Business Time"
POMEGRANATES "Who/Whom"
WEEZER "Pork & Beans"
CUT COPY "Fell The Love"
STEREOLAB "Three Women"
HORRORPOPS "Thelma & Louise"
ELVIS COSTELLO "No Hiding Place"
DUFFY "Mercy"
SUNNY DAY SETS FIRE "Brainless"
HEADLIGHTS "Catch Them All"
JUNKIE XL "Cities in Dust"
FOALS "Electric Bloom (Oli Q Remix)"

A fair bunch of fun new stuff; I'm likin' FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS way too much, and DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH? is a new guilty pleasure. Hell, ANY band that features cowbells in a dancey tune gets high marks from me...

Still enjoying LAST.fm ; finding LOTS of great tunage there, including the FOALS remix ***points up***

Enjoy!

Some new tunage added:

B-52's "Hot Corner"
BREEDERS "Bang On"
JAMES "Waterfall"
M 83 "Graveyard Girl"
MANIC STREET PREACHERS "Umbrella"
MEN WITHOUT PANTS "And The Girls Go"
R.E.M. "Accelerate"
R.E.M. "Supernatural Superserious"
WE WERE STATES "Up Your Sleeve"
THE WOMBATS "Backfire At The Disco"
BRIDGES AND POWERLINES "Uncalibrated"
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE "I Will Possess Your Heart"
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS "Ladies of the World"
GUILLEMOTS "Get Over It"
ISLANDS "Creeper"
LONG BLONDES "Century"
MOBY "I Love TO Move In Here"
PANIC AT THE DISCO "Nine In The Afternoon"
RACONTEURS "Salute Your Solution"
SHE & HIM "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?"

Our connectivity problems seem to have been rectified; after repeated calls, our ISP finally sent a tech out to the hub, and found that their software had been malfunctioning for some time. I was lucky enough to reach a tech at the call center that ACTUALLY listened to what I was saying. So, we're chugging right along, and connectivity should be stable once more.

We're experimenting with LAST.fm , a site that compiles charts based on what mp3s folks ACTUALLY listen to on their computers. We've got our playlist churning away on our second back-up machine just to see what comes up. Click on the logo to check it out:



Enjoy!

For the last twenty-four hours, we've been experiencing sporadic power outages, which wreaks havoc with out Most Advanced Broadcast Equipment™. (Read: our trusty trio of emachines desktops)

Some of the issues stem from the ice storm that hit our area over two weeks ago. Couple that with a very aged and outdated regional electrical infrastructure, and blammo: a big mess. Battery back-ups aside, our systems simply cannot cope with problems of this magnitude.

So if one or both or our streams are unavailable, the lack of power is the most likely cause.

We've got everything sorted out, so barring any further issues, it's back to business as usual.

It might be time to invest in a generator and look into solar panels...

Just a few new tunes:

NORTHERN STATE "Cold War"
TOKYO POLICE CLUB "In A Cave"
BAT FOR LASHES "What's A Girl To Do?"
FEIST "I Feel It All (Spoon Mix)"
HELIO SEQUENCE "Keep Your Eyes Ahead"
HOLLOWAYS "So This Is Great Britain"
RADIOHEAD "Jigsaw Falling Into Place"
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS "The Mesopatamians"
THROW ME THE STATUE "About To Walk"

As always, you can log onto the site to tune into the audio stream by clicking on the icons in the sidebar or checking out our website: http://www.edgeradio1067.com

Speaking of audio streams, we've made some changes. We now stream at a much lower bit-rate of 32 kpbs, which uses a LOT less bandwidth. This means the stream should be much more stable, and listenable on slower connections and even wireless connections. We've also switched to AAC+ encoding, which delivers CD quality, stereo sound...even at 32 kbps.

We've also added a second stream of music only, again at 32 k. So it's all good, right?

There is a downside to streaming in AAC+, so if you're unable to connect to the new streams, please check out our Stream Help page:

http://www.edgeradio1067.com/streams.html

Enjoy!

It is too late to link to the Top Tracks of 2007?

Is it ever too late?

What is the air speed velocity of an un-laden swallow?

What is your favourite colour?

For the answers to these questions, and many more, click below...if you dare.

Would that be African or European?

Since I'm too lazy to actually upload songs, here's a You!Boob!™ viddie of the latest from
MIKE DOUGHTY, "27 Jennifers." A very cool song, but a rather strange video:
people in towels viewed with night vision...or something.



Enjoy!

A bit behind, here. A fair number of new tunes added so far in '08:

B-52'S "Funplex"
CHRIS WALLA "Sing Again"
THE CRIBS "I'm A Realist"
FUTUREHEADS "Beginning Of The Twist"
GNARLS BARKLEY "Run"
LOUIS XIV "Guilt By Association"
MIKE DOUGHTY "27 Jennifers"
MORRISSEY "That's How People Grow Up"
SAY HI "Northwestern Girls"
SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOUR BORIS YELTSIN "Glue Girls"
SPOON "Don't You Evah"
THE LK "Private Life Of A Cat"
WE ARE SCIENTISTS "After Hours"
WHAT MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS "Resistance St."
CASSETTES WON'T LISTEN "Paper Float"
COUNTING CROWS "1492"
DAWN LANDES "Bodyguard"
FOALS "Ballons"
GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY "Heavy Heart"
HARD-FI "I Shall Overcome"
MGMT "Time To Pretend"
MOUNTAIN GOATS "Sax Rohmer #1"
NADA SURF "Whose Authority"
THAO "Bag Of Hammers"
TING TINGS "Great DJ"
VAMPIRE WEEKEND "A-Punk"
THE WHIGS "Right Hand On My Heart"

As always, you can log onto the site to tune into the audio stream by clicking on the icons in the sidebar or checking out our website: http://www.edgeradio1067.com

Check out the new B-52's track, their first new release in SIXTEEN YEARS. Damn. Has it really been that long? The gang still sounds awesome, tho...



DOWNLOAD ---> THE B-52'S "Funplex"

Enjoy!