OlioRadio is Dead; Long Live OlioRadio!

OlioRadio is no more. My internet radio station is shut down, the site, olioradio.net, is closed, the subject be moot. Finances, time, & lack of concentration are the reasons. I'm back to the old reliable Free location here at Words to Hear Music By . Links to my other online haunts are live, and more will be added as I can. I plan to be blogging a bit more often (yeah, right!) and you can always find my latest tweets in the sidebar here. Onward and Upward! Love and Peace, Clarence

New Playlist does the talking at OlioRadio

Now that I've gotten these stiff little fingers (the ones attached - not the band) to semi-function, I can let you know that there is a New Playlist runnin' at OlioRadio. And I will...or rather, I am. Now. As we speak. Although we aren't really spe[SHUT UP AND TYPE!!]
Artistes fresh to the Olio are: Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Christian Bjoerklund, Elphy Ant, Gene Krupa, Jefferson Airplane, Judith Peacock Cummings, Justin Wilson, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra, Steely Dan, The Mynabirds, and Tracey Thorn. As always Something Old- Something New- Something Borrowed- Something Blue- and Something Else! at OlioRadio.
To communicate with moi: Twitter/ @clarencejones; Blog/ http://claren44.blogspot.com; and to listen/ http://www.live365.com/stations/claren44 . Enjoy Everyone!
Love and Peace, Clarence

Life (for Some) in the US in 1970

"They Bombed in Houston", a powerful audio documentary from early 1971, will be played on OlioRadio starting at 6pm Wednesday August 18th. It was a rarity: a documentary produced by a Commercial radio station (KAUM) about attacks against a non-Commercial radio station(KPFT)  in their same market.

During 1970 & early 1971, a systematic campaign of Harassment,Threats, & Bombings were directed against people in Houston,TX who committed the 'crimes' of:
Growing their hair long,
Believing the Freedom of Religion meant you could choose to believe in an unpopular religion,
Believing that Freedom of Speech meant you could publicly make unpopular statements.
For this, they were verbally & physically harassed, threatened with guns & even a hunting arrow through the front door of a legally-operating business,
& their businesses were fire-bombed & dynamited, including twice a FCC-approved, legally-operating licensed radio station.
This is how it was in many places in the USA during the late-60's to early-70's. It wasn't all Peace & Love & Freedom. It occasionally was War in the USA.

This documentary Includes voices from all sides. It will open your eyes, or remind you of how it was in The Real World, not the paisley haze that popular histories make it out to have been.

"They Bombed in Houston", a 41 minute audio documentary, will be webcast on OlioRadio at these times:
Wednesday August 18th at 6pm USCDT (11pm UTC), and Thursday August 19th through Sunday August 22nd at 2am USCDT (7am UTC), 10am USCDT (3pm UTC), and 6pm USCDT (11pm UTC). Listen by going to http://olioradio.net ( player on left side of page) or http://www.live365.com/stations/claren44 (mouse over barcode logo- click play arrow when appears). Once the audio begins, you can minimize either page/tab & the stream should continue to play.

Please contact me with your reactions, thoughts, & opinions on the program at olioradio[at]gmail.com, on Twitter @clarencejones, or in the comments to this blog post.
I hope you can listen & look forward to your reactions!
Clarence Jones
Bit-jockey-in-chief
OlioRadio.net

Even More Eclecticism on OlioRadio

It's the monthly update (new tracks on a new playlist) of OlioRadio. Yes, your fave spot to hear the widest Variety of sound on Earth has added recordings fresh in the shops, & some fresh from decades ago.
And whose tracks were added, you ask? Tracks from these fine Artistes: Bauhaus - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - Cabaret Voltaire - Carissa's Wierd - Corruption Inc. - Dan Laurin, Hidemi Suzuki and Masaaki Suzuki - Delphic - Elysian Singers - Gustave Berl Resky - Hank Penny with Jaye P. Morgan - Hoodoo Gurus - Iggy Pop - Ilmar Lapinsch - Johnny Nash - Kabyzdoh Obtruhamchi - London Philharmonic Orchestra and David Parry - matt pond PA - Minus the Bear - New Lime - of Montreal - Oli Silk - Otis Redding - Paul Revere and the Raiders - Pavement - Ramiro Gallo Quinteto - Ric Flair - Sheffields - Silvia Gomez - St. Petersburg RTV Symphony Orchestra - Ted Nugent - The All-Star Trio - The Dead Milkmen - Tim Buckley - Treva Whateva - and Word...plus a Bunch of new Station IDs.
If you notice some changes on Live365's website, it's because they did that every-5-to-8-year-new-site-design thing. ;-) If you have any problems getting the player to work, do the classic old fix: clear your browser Cache & Cookies, close the browser, then re-open the browser. All should come clear...yeah. right.
As always, check out the complete playlist at http://olioradio.net/playlist.html. And listen for free from http://www.live365.com/stations/claren44. NOTE: minimize that page/tab to keep listening; if you close that page, the station cuts off. No, I don't care for it either, but right now that's the only way Free Listeners can keep on listening. VIP Listeners have no changes in how you access/play stations. Sigh...
Love and Peace, Clarence

Even Better music on OlioRadio!

HiHo Music Lovers! A new playlist runneth on OlioRadio, with lots of new (and old and middle-aged) tracks added for your dining and dancing pleasure.

Who done been added? Why these fine Artistes here: Aretha Franklin - the Bensenville Municipal Band (circus music!) - Black Flag (punk!) - Byron G. Harlan - Christmas - Culture Club - Dan Penn - Dillard and Clark (country rock!) - Ernie Maresca - Felipe Sarro (classical!) - Forro in the Dark - Holy Cow - Hugo Gottschall - I.J.Hochman's Yiddisher Orchestra (so guess already!) - Ibrahim Ferrer (cuba!) - James I. Lent - Joe 'King' Carrasco (bizzarro world!) - King Curtis - Laurie Johnson (pop!) - Otto Pyykkonen - the Pallers - Pat Kelly and the Uniques - Redbone (native american soul-rock!) - Rudy Mills - Sea of Bees (indie pop!) - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (classic soul!) - Special Recordings Inc. - the Stalkers - The Briefs - The Diamonds - The Doors (lizard king!) - The King Left - The Morgan Twins (rockabilly!) - The Muphets - The Rolling Stones (exiled!) - The Turbines - The Younger Set - These Immortal Souls - Thomas Alva Edison (the inventor!) - Thuston Harris - Van Morrison (the man!) - White Witch (the legend!) - Wild Kingdom - Willis Alan Ramsey (another legend!) - and Wolfgang Kaltenbach. Whew...that's a lotta !'s there...it's got to be great! (and it is)

Listen in to OlioRadio through Live365.com (Happy 10th Birthday Y'all) at live365.com/stations/claren44 (free!). And you can listen for free on the iPad (same address via Safari), or get a 5 day free trial of no ads Live365 VIP Goodness w/ the apps for iPhone, Blackberry, or Windows Mobile at live365.com/scp/mobile/index.html.  Keep up with OlioRadio at olioradio.net, or on Twitter @clarencejones (that is moi), or on the blog at claren44.blogspot.com. And very Special Thanks to you folks who've been listening the last few weeks. I truly appreciate you, and all who take time to listen to the Most Eclectic Station on Earth, OlioRadio!
Love and Peace, Clarence
bit-jockey-in-chief, OlioRadio

Fresh Music on OlioRadio

Wanna indulge yourself? Well, give a listen to the new playlist on OlioRadio...it's Sinfully full of flavors from every era of recorded music.
What tasty delights have been added? Artistes new to OlioRadio's digital airwaves are: Arthur Johnson - the Bang on a Can All-Stars - Bettie Serveert - Big Black - Cagey House - Carl Perkins - Circle Jerks - Daniel Hope - Eddie Murphy - Fine Young Cannibals - Franklin fir Short - Hacienda - Head of Skulls! - Insect Surfers - James Taylor - Jenny Dee and The Deelinquints - Jimi Hendrix - Johnny Cash - Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum, and Durr - Julius Marx, Margaret Dumont, and Margaret Irving - Justin Matthew Dullum - Medeia - Oh No Oh My - Radio Birdman - Rudy Greene - Say It Twice - Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings - Tall Tales and The Silver Lining - The Crests - The Faces - The First Edition - The Marx Brothers - The Pixies - The Soul Clan - The Yardbirds - Tripping Daisy - War - Wino - Young Divines - and Yuja Wang. Ahhh...the Circle Jerks, Hendrix, The Crests, and The Marx Brothers: only together in ONE place - OlioRadio! MmmmmmmmMMMMmmm Good!
Love and Peace, Clarence

Terry Kath - One Helluva Guitarist

Chicago live in Houston 1977, on the original band's last tour. Terry Kath died shortly after the tour ended.
"25 or 6 to 4"


This is why he was a favorite guitarist of Hendrix...
Love and Peace, Clarence
(Thx to offroad77 for posting the video!)

Fresh Tracks, Fresh Playlist, Fresh HTML and CSS on OlioRadio

Despite all that Nature And Humankind could muster, a new playlist has sprung forth on OlioRadio. It includes nearly 750 recordings, ranging from early 1900's Ragtime to brand-new Metal (March IS Metal Month, y'know ;-)). There's also proof that speculation without information existed during WWII newscasts, and that Western Swing & Calypso were pretty damn cool...and still are.
What Artistes have been added to prove these theorems? Why, none other than 101 Strings Orchestra - The Atilla - B Mitchell Reed - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - The Box Tops (Pace, Alex Chilton) - Cookie and The Dedications - Dewey Phillips - Dion and The Belmonts - The Dukes - Eddie Hodges - The Elgins - Elliot Field - Fats Domino - The Five Encores - Frank Sinatra, Jules Munshin, Gene Kelly - Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps - Gil Scott-Heron (the new cd!) - John Daly - June Foray - Larry Lujack - Lewis Reed - The Lion - Lusine - Mabel King - Marlon Brando - Martin Sheen - Maynard Baird and his Orchestra - Patrick Gleeson, Mickey Hart, & The Rhythm Devils - Ray Price - Rick Shaw & Tonto - Ross Bagdasarian, Neal Hefti, and Carl Stalling - Slim Lamar and His Southerners - Skinny Bobby Harper - Sonny Burgess - The Chipmunks - They Might Be Giants - and White Wizard.
Don't forget to check out OlioRadio's home, olioradio.net (freshly remodeled!), and/or my musings through Twitter, @clarencejones. I also have a new blog, Bits of a Life, which talks of some of the objects that have continued to cling to
me over several decades (ok, 55 years).

Love and Peace, Clarence

A Refurbished OlioRadio.net

The website for this station, olioradio.net, has been cleaned up a bit. Better layout, new background, higher mileage...well, maybe not that last thing. lol
Check it out! http://olioradio.net
Love and Peace, Clarence

Mmmmmm...OlioRadio is Cookin'!

Hot stuff comin' through! Yep, it's a hot new playlist on OlioRadio, with old Faves and new tracks galore! Added to OlioRadio are Brand New tracks from Hop on Pop, Smoking Popes, and We Are The Ocean, Spoken Word from Abbott and Costello, Henny Youngman, Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl, Myron Cohen, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Richard Burton, and The Marx Brothers, as well as Charlotte Gainsbourg - Comedian Harmonists - the Dells - Dionne Warwicke - Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (live at Town Hall '45) - the Falcons - the Hi-Liters - Joe Cocker & the Grease Band (live at Woodstock) - Joe Maphis & Larry Collins - Johnny Horton - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - King Sunny Ade & The African Beats - the Magnificents - Marlene Dietrich (Young Miss Dietrich) - Peter Gabriel - Pierced Arrows - Rhythm Aces - Sonic Youth (always cool) - The Marshall Tucker Band (live in 1973!) - and Velma Cross and Her High Steppers.
You can always get current OlioRadio info (and catch some other stuff from moi) by following @clarencejones on Twitter, or checking the blog 'Words to Hear Music By' or surfing to olioradio.net. Enjoy the Variety of OlioRadio!
Love and Peace, Clarence

Let it snow, Let it snow,...

Friday a.m. snow in front yard, Meridian,MS,USA.



Love and Peace, Clarence

"...oh my Darling Cling to Me..."

Mr. B. at the BBC, 2000, with a beautiful rendition of a classic song, "Wild is the Wind".
Enjoy!



Love and Peace, Clarence

Sentence Structure Collapse at OlioRadio!

New tracks in a new Playlist on OlioRadio! Who's been added? These Artistes:
Andrew Friendly and Fast Eddie - Bing Crosby and Bob Hope - Bob Dylan - Body Count - Boyd Raeburn - Cutworks, Flower, and Nick Bee - David Bowie (in German and in English) - Delia Derbyshire - Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli - Don Harper - Dragonette - Frank Zappa - Gary Owens - Gordon Giltrap - Horsepower Productions - Johnny Pearson - Jeremy Ward - John Malcolm - Keith Mansfield - Kode9 and Daddi G - Laurie Johnson - Marianne Faithfull - MC Hawking - Neil Richardson - Nervous Eaters - Nirvana - Pretenders - Prince's Orchestra - Rutger Hauer - Sousa's Band - Tahiti 80 - Teresa James - The B-52's - The Chi-Lites - The Colony - The Durutti Column - The Maps - The Meatmen - The Police (in Japanese) - The Troggs - and Walter J. Van Brunt and Maurice Burkhardt.
All the current tracks - olioradio.net/playlist.
Love and Peace, Clarence

New Gil Scott-Heron cd!

Gil Scott-Heron's new work ships Feb.8th...Git It!!
Love and Peace, Clarence

New on OlioRadio: from Brenda Lee to NOFX to...

What, you're surprised at the genre-busting nature of the new music on OlioRadio? Silly Wabbit!! There's plenty more where that came from!
Here's a full listing of the Artistes added to the Playlist: Alanis Morissette, Alan King, Alice Donut, American Analog Set, Anti-Flag, Arctic Monkeys, Arthur Conley, Body Count, Big Star, Black Keys, Blind Willie Johnson, Bob and Ray, Boyracer, Brenda Lee, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks, Celestin's Original Tuxedo Orchestra, Chris Rock, Chunqiu (Spring & Autumn), Color Blind Light, David Bowie, Deerhoof, DJ Earworm, DJ Spooky and Dave Lombardo, Dome, Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band, Earlimart, elodie, Eric Idle and Neil Innes, Fritz Kreisler, Gary U.S.Bonds, George Carlin, George Harrison, George Strait, Happy Bullets, Ice Cube, Iggy Pop, Jackie Davies, Jesper Fries, Jim Henderson, Julius Marx and Tom Kennedy, Laika and The Cosmonauts, Le Tigre, Mayfield, NOFX, Of Montreal, Primal Scream, Punky's Dilemma, the Reigning Sound, Ric Flair, Roy Head and The Traits, Samuel L. Jackson, Shake Russell, Shelley Berman, Spandau Ballet, Stina Nordenstam, Tad Morose, Terence Trent D'Arby, The 5 6 7 8s, The Allman Brothers Band, The Atari Star, The Band, The Cloud Room, The Deathray Davies, The Prize Fight, The Residents, The Swingers, The Thermals, The Troggs, The Vandals, The Weakerthans, The Westbury Squares, The White Stripes, Three O'Clock, Tom Donohue, Tommy Tutone, Tom Wells, Vernon Reid and Masque, Waylon Jennings, and Will Glahe and his Orchestra. Now...which one plays "Volare"?
Don't forget, the complete playlist is at olioradio.net/playlist. My Twitter handle is @clarencejones. And, all things OlioRadio (including listening info) can be found at olioradio.net.
Enjoy!
Love and Peace, Clarence

OlioRadio presents better sounds, more variety

OlioRadio is Back!! And at 80 bps stereo!! And with an all new playlist!!
(ok, i promise, no more double exclamation marks)
OlioRadio has returned to Extreme Freeform programming. Recordings from a dozen decades colluding & colliding in a 30 hour + playlist proving that Music is Music, no matter the genre or era. And, OlioRadio now comes to you streamed at 80 bps stereo. Translated from the original Geek, that means it sounds cleaner & better than ever before.
Normally, I would now list the names of the Artistes added to the playlist since the last update. However, that would include close to 400 names & I type one-fingered. Check out the whole new playlist on the OlioRadio Playlist page.
Don't worry, I'll be here for a long time to come with a mix of music so unique, OlioRadio has it's own Barcode! Enjoy!
Love and Peace, Clarence

Ch-ch-ch-changes for the Better

Happy New Year from me (Clarence Jones) & OlioRadio! Coming up on the 8th anniversary of streaming audio on the 'net (always thru Live365.com), so why not an improvement in sounds? Ya got it! OlioRadio is now streaming in 80 kps Stereo. That means that the music sounds better than evah!
And, to kick off this new era in OlioRadio history, a new Special Preentation is now running. A Tributre to WJDX-FM/WZZQ is streaming for your enjoyment. WJDX-FM (later WZZQ) was the first (& only) progressive/freeform radio station in the state of Mississippi. Located in Jackson, this station's signal reached a large portion of the state, & was even carried on cable tv systems such as ours in Meridian. The heyday of 'JDX-FM was the late Sixties into the Seventies, so that's the era for the selected music & comedy played in the Tribute.
Soon, OlioRadio will be back to bringing you recordings from a Dozen Decades in the Freeform Manner. I hope you enjoy this special listen to my inspiration for OlioRadio.
Love and Peace, Clarence

It's a BIG Playlist at OlioRadio

A new playlist? A new playlist on OlioRadio, you ask? Why soitainly!! Freshly expanded, with just a touch of Holiday music, OlioRadio continues it's tradition of uniqueness in Audio.
So which Artists have been added to the mix this time? A bunch!: Ace Johnson - Albert Ammons - Alex Borstein - Allen Brothers - Arthur Smith - Balkan Beat Box - Bar Harbor Society Orchestra - Bea Benedaret - Belleruche - Beyond the Fringe - Bing Crosby - Bob Seger and The Lost Heard - Bob Wills - Candan Erçetin - Chet Adkins and Les Paul - Chris Barrie - Christina Applegate - Clarence Green - Colin Blunstone - Dan Ackroyd - Daws Butler - dfrnt - Dinah Washington - Earls - Figurines - Flip Wilson - Frank Sinatra - Frank Zappa - Gil Scott-Heron - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - G. Love and Special Sauce - Hank Azaria - Henry Thomas - International Novelty Orchestra - I Was A King - James Earl Jones - John Belushi - Johnny Rivers - Johnossi - Jon Pertwee - Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra - June Foray - Kadim Al Sahir - Kimi Djabaté - Larry Fine - Lou Reed - Lucille Ball - Lucille Bliss - The Mamas and The Papas - Mandy Patinkin - Manuela Longoria - Mark Linn-Baker - Marvin Kerry - Mary Tyler Moore - Matthew Broderick - Mel Blanc - Musica Antiqua New York - Pascal Comelade - Paul Frees - Peter Case - Philip Glass - Quantic and His Combo Barbaro - Raul Julia - Raymond Burr - Robin James - Sherwood - the Skyliners - Sun Ra - Syd Barrett - The Bamboos f.Alice Russell - The Beatles - The Buckinghams - The Chords - The Clash - The Dutchess and The Duke - The Grassroots - The Guess Who - The MC5 - The Orioles - The Regents - The Residents - The Solitaires - The Thyme - The Tornados - Thomas Natschinski & Seine Gruppe - Tom Baker - Tower of Power - Van and Schenck - Wilford Jerome Fisher and Ruthie May Farr - Wildbirds and Peacedrums - and Woody Allen; with Holiday offerings by B.B.King - Bob Dylan - Brenda Lee - Charles Brown - Chuck Berry - Darlene Love - The Drifters - Elvis Presley - Firestone Orchestra and Chorus - Four Imperials - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Golden Gate Quartet - Jethro Tull - John Lennon - King Curtis - the Kirov Orchestra - London Brass - Lou Rawls - Louis Armstrong w.the Benny Carter Orchestra - Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang - Michael Doucet - Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Polyphony - Pretenders - Ralph Stanley - Ray Charles - Robert Downey, Jr. - Stevie Wonder - Temptations - Tennessee Ernie Ford - The Academy of St.Martin in the Fields Orchestra and Chorus - The Ambrosian Singers - The Bird and The Bee - The Hammered Music Duo - The Kingston Trio - The Lennon Sisters - and the Vince Guaraldi Trio. Whew! Whotta lotta Good Stuff!
As always, the playlist (listed alphabetically by Artist name) is availible at OlioRadio's home-on-the-web, olioradio.net. Keep listening!
Love and Peace, Clarence

a new OlioRadio playlist already?!? YES!

Quick note on a new playlist on OlioRadio. I added a lot of fresh quotes, along with some cool new and old Music.Artistes whose tracks have been added this time: Barbara Pepper and Hank Patterson - Bela Lugosi - David Lindley and Ry Cooder - DePedro - Dinah Shore (live) - Don LaFontaine - Fred McMurray - Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman - Gracie Allen and George Burns - Humphrey Bogart and Dooley Wilson - James Cagney, Ruby Keeler, and Orchestra and Chorus - Jim James (from George Harrison tribute) - Joachim Murphey with Dick James - Johnny Puleo and His Harmonica Gang - Karl Malden - Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz - Mel Blanc - Paul Winchell - Phileas - Red Fang - Roger Bart - Ross Rhythm Rascals - Sean Buckley and The Breadcrumbs - Texas Jim Lewis - The Association - The Black Crowes (from the new cd!) - The Favorite Sons - The Pretty Things - The Shondells - Unknown Robot - Vivian Leigh - and Zero Mostel. Check it out at http://www.live365.com/stations/claren44. Thx!
Love and Peace, Clarence

Petrolium Products = New OlioRadio Sounds

OlioRadio has a new playlist spinning...well, the playlist isn't spinning; but the ones and zeros are! There's tracks from all eras and all genres. New Pearl Jam, new old Neil Young, new old Beatles, a chunk of 80s, and a bunch o'vinyl provides a mixture of musical flavors sure to satiate your palate.
And what flavorful Artistes added to the OlioRadio stew! Here's the list! ((v) means transferred from vinyl): Arthur Collins & Byron G. Harlan - Arthur Pryor's Band - Bad Company - Berlin Symphony Orchestra - Brown Recluse - Charles Mingus - Chris Kelly - Cliff Edwards(v) - David Johansen and Robin Johnson(v) - Depression - Electric Deads - Ernie Kovacs(v) - Fleetwood Mac(v) - Fred Allen and Tallulah Bankhead(v) - Fred Neil(v) - Gary Myrick and The Figures(v) - Harry James and His Orchestra - Holly and The Italians(v) - Jack Leonard w/Ray Bloch and his Orch. - Joe South(v) - John Lennon - Johnny Marvin - Larry Green and his Orchestra - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra - Les 5 Gentlemen - Lou Reed and Peter Gabriel - Mad River - Moral Demolition - Mott the Hoople - Neil Young - Papa Charlie Jackson - Peter, Paul, and Mary - Prince's Orchestra - Rachel Sweet(v) - Sergei Rachmaninoff - the Skyliners - Stereo Total - Steve Miller Band(v) - Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble - Ted Lewis and His Band - The Beatles - The Four Vagabonds - The Gants - The Ohio Express - The Pretty Things(v) [from Freeway Madness lp] - The Psychedelic Furs(v) - The Robins - The Simpsons - The Third Bardo - The Three Keys - The Yo-Yo's - Tiny Parham and His Musicians - Tommy Tutone(v) - Van Morrison - and the Zagreb Soloists.
As always, you can catch me in and out on Twitter (@clarencejones). Enjoy!
Love and Peace, Clarence