In Houston, a group of folks got together & came up with an idea: Hey! Why don't we create a low power FM station for the People living at the Astrodome? And provide them with FM Radios? We can broadcast hourly updated info on everything from how to ride the Houston Metro bus system (that'll take 'em awhile to master!Wink ) to how to get their kids enrolled in local schools. Plus, the refuge...I mean Temporary Residents at the Dome could listen to music & get their minds off their situation for a little while.
So this group of people got OKs & Encouragement from the Mayor of Houston, the Governor of Texas, the Red Cross, FEMA, the Harris Co. Dept. of Health & Human Services, the FCC, and also got a lot of donations to buy the radios, batteries for the radios, equipement, etc. They were all ready to put it in Wednesday...then R.W. Royall Jr., the incident commander of the Joint Information Center -- the group temporarily governing the operations of the Astrodome campus -- showed up:
http://www.wired.com/news/hurricane/0,2904,68806,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_7
I've seen a lot of self-important pathetically useless Morons in Appointed Positions of power in Houston/Harris County before, but this guy truly takes the cake. As someone who has heard the "No! Seriously! We DID Upgrade it this time! (Not like the OTHER 27 times we said we did)" PA system in the Dome BEFORE it has sat virtually unused for the past couple of years, I can tell you that it's only good for measuring the near-infinite number of times the same sound wave comes bouncing by. As a domed roof on a many-stories tall round cylinder made of concrete & iron 40 years ago, it's bloody impossible to actually UNDERSTAND anything said over the PA...& that's with Professional Announcers speaking into the mics, not some poor volunteer who has never used one in their life.
I hope that R.W. Royall Jr. gets what he deserves...put him INSIDE one of those speakers at the Dome for 12 hours listening to a CD of Harry Carey calling a Cubs win over the 'Stros.
Love & Peace, Clarence
UPDATE: As of Thursday, they are trying to get an OK to set up the station outside the Dome.
Mr. Royall's regular title is chief of emergency operations with the Harris County Fire Marshal's office.
Also, the unofficial word is that ALL temp residents of the Dome have to be gone by Sept. 18th. The Texans' opening home game is that date & the NFL Stadium was built on part of the Dome's parking lot. Oh brother. Exclamation
Se the pics taken of the Dome & it's Residents here: http://flickr.com/photos/ioerror/sets/905698/
These faces could be you or your family.

Howdy Howdy to Skip and to everyone in oliomusicland. With Katrina blowin' through town, I had to wait for luxuries like Electricity and Internet service to return to finish up. Y'know, stuff happens. But now there's a new playlist in town, and it's-a streamin' on cj's radio olio.
Included in said playlist are fresh tracks from Audio Bullys - Big Star - Bill Cosby - Bob Segar System - Boy Omega - Brother Joe May - Cannonball Adderly and Sergio Mendes - Chevy Chase - Del Shannon - Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli - David Johansen - Don Dixon (w/ Marshall Crenshaw and Jules Shear!) - Elroy Dietzel - the Ford Motor Company - Former Beauty Queen - Fred Astaire - Fred Neil - Garrett Morris - Hank Williams - Red Allen - Jefferson Airplane - John Belushi - Johnnie Lee Wills and His Boys - Johnny Buckett - Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends - June Carter Cash - the Kaiser Chiefs - Kenny Thompson and His Westernaires - Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Miss Marcia Ball - Miles Davis - Monty Python - My Favorite - Nan Blakstone - Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake - Of Montreal - Pale Jesus - Pet Politics - Peter Boyle - Public Image Ltd. - Richard Pryor - Robin Williams - S and H Scamps - Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers - Sammy Smith - Sibiria - Sonic Youth - Sonny Russell - Temple City - The American Analog Set - The California Ramblers - The Chrysler - The Clash - The Hives - The International Submarine Band - The Jesus and Mary Chain - The Nirvana Sitar and String Group - The Pilgrim Travelers - The Remains - The Renfro Bros. & The Valley Station Playboys - The Royals - Tokyo Eye - Tommy Hammond - and Willis Alan Ramsey.
"You want the (non-)obvious, you get the (non-)obvious".- Not Todd Rundgren
So surf on over to Live365.com, fire up cj's radio olio, and enjoy the hep sounds...and call Fred and Ethel and ask 'em to come over to have a listen. We appreciate it.
Love and Peace.

Thank YOU!!! This month's olio Top 25 proves that you Want Extreme Freeform! Any Top 25 w/ field recordings from fifties Tanganyika, mash-ups, Helen Hayes, Eddie Cantor, the Acid House Kings, Sun Ra, and Stereo Total is absolute proof of it. This is a list of 29 top 25 tracks that will be a tough one to top!
And h-e-r-e's the Top 25:
1. The B-Sides - I've Changed My Plea To Guilty - Live at Schuba's Tavern in Chicago 10.0
2. Shake Russell - Travelin' Texas - Collection: Deep in the West 10.0
3. Radio Spots From The Blaxploitation Movie Era - The Human Tornado - Super Bad, Super Black 10.0
4. Daffy Duck - Sanctity - Looney Toons 10.0
5. Lenlow - To the Taxmobile! - Web Only 9.9
6. Gogo (Tribe) - Drum Rhythm - Tanzania Instruments - Tanganyika 1950 9.9
7. Delmonicos - You Can Call - Dynamite Group Sounds v.6 9.9
8. Bing Crosby and Bob Hope - Road to Morocco - Road to Morocco ST 9.9
9. Ozzie & Harriet Nelson - Central Avenue Shuffle - The Nelson Touch 9.8
10. Nat King Cole Trio - Miss Thing - The Trio Recordings - disc 2 9.8
11. Little Eva - Uptown - The Complete Dimension Recordings 9.8
12. Julia Lee And Her Boy Friends - Lotus Blossom (Sweet Marijuana) - Kansas City Star 9.8
13. Helen Hayes, Ian Martin - Victoria Regina, Act 3, Scene 1 (Excerpt) - Anta Album of Stars, Vol. 1 9.8
14. Harry Belafonte - John Henry - Belafonte at Carnegie Hall 9.8
15. David Bowie - As the World Falls Down - Labyrinth / Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 9.8
16. Special Recordings Inc - Kresge Stores-Track 1 - Background Music 123 9.7 17. Peerless Quartet - ...Mother Goes to Movie Shows - Victor 17959-B 9.7
18. Harry Richman & Orchestra - Puttin' on the Ritz - Vitaphone Disc Extract - from "Puttin' On the Ritz"1930 9.7
19. Faces - (If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want to be Right - 5 Guys Walk Into a Bar 9.7
20. Eddie Cantor - Vaudeville Bit - DeForest Phonofilm 9.7
21. David Bowie - Sarah - Labyrinth / Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 9.7
22. Cliff Edwards - When You Wish Upon A Star - Pinocchio 9.7
23. Butchie Saunders & Buddies - I Wanna Holler - Herald, part1 9.7
24. Sun Ra - Interplanetary Music - We Travel the Spaceways / Bad & Beautiful 9.6
25. Stereo Total - Ex Fan de Sixties - Monokini bonus single 9.6
26. Shostakovich String Quartet - Shostakovich - Quartet No. 8 - http://www.vitaminic.co.uk 9.6
27. Man or Astroman? - Alpha Surfari - Project Infinity 9.6
28. Go Home Productions - Rapture Riders (Blondie vs The Doors) - AllenDean Project EP 9.6
29. Acid House Kings - 7 Days - Sing Along With Acid House Kings 9.6

check out the details at http://www.geocities.com/claren44/toptwentyfive. Or, just listen to cj's radio olio and remember...vote early and vote often for the tracks you love (or loathe)
Love and Peace.

Somebody finally is standing up to an RIAA Lawsuit...a soccer mom: http://digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000743054629/
This is gonna be fun! The RIAA actually In Court against someone. Wonder if Court TV has the rights to it? Whether she wins or loses, it's nice to know that a Citizen decided to stand up for Their Rights.
Love and Peace.

I have a new design for the "other" station website. As always, it's at
www.geocities.com/claren44/radio.
The shades may change because I think it's a little dark. Thanks to
www.oswd.org for providing a great place to find free templates for your site.
Whatever you think of the new design, comment here or email me at olioradio at gmail.com.
Love & Peace, Clarence

Yipes! Stripes! It's that joyful time when children dream of sugarplums and hounds begin to howl. It's a bunch o' new tracks and a new playlist on cj's radio olio.
These are the Fine Artistes with new stuff on the olio: American Spring - Andrew Bisset - Barry Corbin - Bola - Buckingham Nicks - Cowboy Junkies - Dustin Hoffman - Dwight Pullen - the Ebonaires - Eddie Cantor - Elton John - Frank Sinatra and Keely Smith - Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra - James P. Johnson - Jeff Bridges - Joe Penny - John Vernon - Johnny Thunder - Kid Loco - Kyu Sakamoto - Lali Puna - Led Zeppelin - Leslie Nielsen - Louis Armstrong - Martin Sheen and Marlon Brando - Osymyso - Peter Riegert, Tom Hulce and Tim Matheson - Pilotdrift - Pink Floyd - Polvo - Ray Charles - Sam Butera and the Witnesses - Scala Choir - Sean Penn - Slumber Party - Smoosh - Sonata Arctica - Spongebob Squarepants (in German!) - Stereolab - Syd Barrett - The Brunettes - The dB's - The Deathray Davies - The Fall - The Mops - The Notes - The Pretty Things - The Rolling Stones (new English band!) - The Spiders - The Wipers - The Zombies - Thee More Shallows - and They Drive by Night. If you haven't heard of some (most) of them, ask your best friend, their best friend, their Mom's best friend, their banker's best friend, etc., and eventually you'll hear about all of them! But for now, listen to cj's radio olio and hear these folks' Music.
Love and Peace.