Monday, July 13, 2009

OlioRadio July Update

There's no possible way out of it: A new Playlist is flowin' at OlioRadio. Added to the widest variety of sounds on Earth are a bunch o' juke joint jukebox faves, along with chanters and even Young Lou Reed.
And here's the specific Artistes joining the OlioRadio fun: Arbee Stidham with Lucky Millinder's Orchestra - Art Adams - Basin Street Boys - Bibio - Bobby Jonz - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Cat Stevens - Chimera - Choir Oxtote Lurra - Divna and Melodi Choir - Eddie Leon - Elvis Presley - Freddie Waters - Hank Williams - Johnnie Taylor - Johnny Cash - L. Hollis and The Mackadoos - Lee Fields - Marion Black - Marvin Gaye - Meat Puppets (brand new!) - Mel Waiters - Nat King Cole Trio - One eskimO - Orthodox Ensemble - Russell Jacquet - Sam Baker - Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings - Shirley Brown - Sonny Fisher - The J. Geils Band - The Lemonheads - The Nightingales of Poznan - The Ryministics - The Steelers - The Velvet Underground - and Tommy Richardson.
If you want variety from your smartphone, check out http://www.live365.com/mobile for info on listening to Live365 on an iPhone, Windows Mobile, or Blackberry. Carry OlioRadio all over: show your good taste! :-)
Love and Peace, Clarence

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

"United (Airlines) Breaks Guitars"

Absolutely brilliant! Shame on you, United Airlines! Thx to Dan York for his original post about this.

Love & Peace (to Guitars), Clarence

Saturday, June 20, 2009

New Artistes, New Playlist at OlioRadio

It's Summer (in a few hours)! What better way to celebrate extremely uncomfortable conditions weather-wise than by keeping your Internet Radio tuned to OlioRadio, home of the Widest Variety of sounds on Earth. Whether you are cold, hot, dry, or wet, OlioRadio will have recordings to kiss your boo-boo and make it feel better...er, right.

And here's the boo-boo-kissin' Artistes added on the new playlist: Albennie Jones with Sam Price & His Trio - Amos Milburn - Annisteen Allen - Barbra Streisand - Black Flag - Bobby Darin - Christopher Walken - Clint Eastwood - Cream (commercial) - the Dearly Beloved - Don Addams - Dusty Springfield - Elijah and the Ebonites - Fanny (commercial) - Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart (non-commercial) - George Vinton Graham - Husker Du - Jefferson Airplane (commercial) - John Selleck - Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum, and Durr - the Magnetic Fields - Morey Amsterdam - Mrs. Byron Coffin, Sr. - Mrs. Francisco Etcheverry and Matias Etcheverry - Paint It Black - Personics - Rick Springfield - Sex Pistols (commercial?) - Sonny James - Sydney Greenstreet - The Devonaires - The Dirty Mac - The Doors - Wild Bill Moore - and Wynonie Harris. All in one place? You Bet!! Together nowhere else but OlioRadio.

Btw, the Live365 iPhone app (which you could use to listen to OlioRadio...oh, & 6,000 other stations) was broken by the 3.0 update. The new Live365 app is waiting en queue in Apple's Byzantine approval process. However, if you have phones running Windows Mobile v. 5 or v. 6, some models of Blackberry, or a notebook, you can listen right now! Or, you can join me in kickin' it Old Skool & listening to OlioRadio over a non-mobile desktop computer...a Very non-mobile computer. And don't forget: updates & odds & ends always availible via Twitter @clarencejones.
Love and Peace, Clarence

ps: I will poat the full new playlist on the OlioRadio Playlist page...when I can get a spreadsheet program working...I like Win 7RC...I like Win 7RC...grrrrrrr...

Friday, June 19, 2009

Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009 Passes

The Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009 has been passed by both the U.S.House & U.S.Senate, & is now awaiting Pres. Obama's signature. (link:Webcaster Settlement Act passes
When it is signed into law, there will be an additional 30 days for any webcaster groups who have Not reached agreement with Sound Exchange for a royalty structure (through either 2010, or it can be extended as far as 2015) for the Copyright (or Performance) Royalties. The groups with no specific agreements include: interactive streamers (Pandora), pure Webcasters (no over-the-air component), aggregaters (Live365, representing the vast majority of it's customers, who have Personal Webcaster packages.), religious broadcasters (those not privy to the agreement between SX & NAB), and others.
Lord, I don't ask for a lot, but PLEASE get us an agreement that gives Live365 (the service used for the past 7+ years by OlioRadio & thousands of other Webcasters) a fighting chance not only to survive but to grow. Without a specific agreement, we're trapped under the CRB decision of 2007, for ridiculously high rates through 2010, and the process has begun for those same fine folks to stick it to us for the period 2011-2015...opps, I mean for the CRB to come up with a fair and equitable decision for the 2011-2015 time period.

No matter your Religion (or lack of it), let us pray...
Love and Peace, Clarence
Owner-Operator of OlioRadio

Monday, May 18, 2009

New Music to Hear in New Ways on OlioRadio

You finally have a Mega-size update to OlioRadio! Now, with a playlist of over 800 recordings, you'd have to listen for over 40 hours straight to hear a repeat. And OlioRadio has the most variety of eras and genres of ANY station on Earth. Fact.

So, what have ya got that's new? These Artistes were added:
Albert Brooks - Allan Sherman - Ann Hathaway w/ Ellis Larkins and His Orch. - the Beach Boys - Bettye Lavette - Bill Robinson - Black Mountain - Blind Willie McTell - Bobby Leecan and His Need More Band - Bon Iver - Brenda Lee and Clarence Clemons - Bruce Reitherman - Camera Obscura (new cd!) - Dave Christie - David Bowie - Death Cab for Cutie - Derek and The Dominos - Dolly Rocker Movement - the Edison Minstrels - Edward L. Crain - Enrico Caruso - Foghorn Leghorn - Grayson and Whitter - Green Day (new cd!) - the I Married Joan Singers - Iggy Pop - Iron Maiden - Jason Lytle - Kansas City Seven - Lead Belly - Lester Young Quartet - Lou Rawls - Louie Blue - Louis Prima and Phil Harris - Martin Mull - Mavis Staples - Murray K. Hill - Nancy Sinatra - Nazareth - Neko Case - Peter Wheat and the Breadmen - Ramona Davies - Randy Newman - Red Animal War - Robert Klein - Rusty and Doug Kershaw - Sam Cooke and The Soul Stirrers - Snagglepuss - Steve Earle (new cd!) - The Asylum Choir - The Marx Brothers - The Mustangs - The Who - Theodore Roosevelt (no cd...wax cylinder!) - Tweedy Brothers - the Végh Quartet - Viking Skull - Viva Voce - William Moriarty - and Women (a band, not the Gender).
And, if you have an iPhone, some models of Blackberry, or Windows Mobile phone, you can listen to OlioRadio (or those other 6,000+ stations on Live365) on the Live365 Mobile app! Download the app for your flavor of phone, and get a 5 day free trial of all Live365 stations. Due to high Copyright Royalty expenses, after 5 days you must become a Live365 VIP subscriber to get full use of the app (ads cannot begin to cover costs). Live365 VIP members hear No Ads, and right now if you sign up for 3 months you get half off (paying only $11.93) plus a promo code worth $10 at Amazon MP3! Go to http://www.live365.com/downloads/mobile.live for more info.
Enjoy!
Love and Peace, Clarence

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

A Committee of the U.S. House Lies to Our Faces

Watched the archived Webcast of today's House Judiciary Committee markup session. It was almost all about the Performance Rights Act (making am/fm stations pay copyright royalties for over-the-air music). They now have the text of HR 2344 (the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009) online. It's tiny. The bill (HR2344) simply extends the deadline for agreements between SX & webcasters not covered under existing agreements to 30 days after the bill becomes law...

In other words, it's a last chance for Live365, Pandora, & other webcasters to get SX to modify the Copyright Royalty Rates ordered to by the Copyright Royalty Board through 2010, & to make agreements to extend out as far as 2015...

In other words, the Judiciary Committee of the U.S.House doesn't care about small, medium, or large Internet Webcasters. It's a bone thrown to us to decieve us into thinking these "Representatives" care. They don't (except for Zoe Lofgren, who is fighting a brave fight for us). This committee appears to be made up of a lot of 'Flashing 12:00's' who profess "concerns" about webcasters and small broadcasters but believe that "instructing the CRB" to treat everyone fairly is all that's necessary.
Small Terrestrial Broadcasters, Welcome to Our Nightmare. Run while you can, or stand & fight alongside us as we are beaten, but never defeated.

"...and Into the Valley of Death rode the Six Hundred..."

Love and Peace, Clarence