Radio Crystal Blue/RCB Novus Ordo 10/27/13

Posted on October 30, 2013 | Leave a comment

Radio Crystal Blue Novus Ordo is a weekly podcast that spotlights brand new music from songwriters and bands. Most of the new music from these artists eventually get heard on my companion radio program, Radio Crystal Blue.
HOW TO LISTEN
Via Big Contact:
Podcast page: www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu
There are a number of options on the page and in the player to stream and download, as well as to embed the player on your site or blog.
Via Internet Archive:
Stream:
Download:
You can share the audio player with the HTML code on the page.
All shows are archived for a year.
This show was published 10/30/13:
D.B. Rielly “Come Hell Or High Water” – Cross My Heart & Hope To Die CD www.dbrielly.com
Dean Kernoghan “Bonnie And Clyde” – Wherever You Go EP www.deankernoghan.com
Slim and Red “Too Late To Die” – Rebirth Through Fire CD www.slimandred.com
Herbie D And The Dangermen “Danger Man” – Dangerous With Blues CD www.herbiedandthedangermen.com
The Modeens “Drinkin’ Is A Full Time Job” – Electric Caribou CD www.themodeens.com
Fereshta “This Life & The Next” – Cultural Collision CD www.fereshta.com
Gena Perala “Life Is Hard” – Exactly Nowhere CD www.genaperala.com
Cole Hermer & The Ravens “California Breakdown” – Quoth The Raven EP www.colehermer.ca
Debi Smith “Haunted”- Hits & Holidays CD www.debismith.com
Jody Aaron “Bed Of Thorny Roses” – Rivers EP www.jodyaaron.com
Running time: 77 minutos
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All content on Radio Crystal Blue is free to listen and share via Creative Commons License version 3.0, non-derivative, non-commercial, full attribution. More info: www.creativecommons.org
Please consider contributing to Radio Crystal Blue, which cannot truly exist without your support and suggestions for musical content. There is a Paypal button at the homepage at www.radiocrystalblue.net
Here’s RCB proper:

Radio Crystal Blue is my 13-year-old freeform radio program, usually publishing Wednesdays or Thursdays in podcast format.
HOW TO LISTEN
There are now two main portals with which to listen to Radio Crystal Blue. I’ve recently built an account with www.archive.org and will republish every show along with the old standby Big Contact (which has been unresponsive in the last few days)
Via Big Contact:
There are a number of options on the page and in the player to stream and download, as well as to embed the player on your site or blog.
Via Internet Archive:
Play/download:
Ogg Vorbis format also available.
You can share the audio player with the HTML code on the page.
All shows are archived for a year.

Artists who are sharing gigs are denoted with *

This show was published on 10/30/13, containing several RCB traditions.
“All of us trembling in our mortality boots, born to die…”
Opening music:
The Velvet Underground “I’m Set Free” – s/t CD
Lou Reed “Who Am I? (Tripitena’s Song)” – The Raven CD
Lou Reed “Dime Store Mystery” – New York CD
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Lucibel Crater “Threadbare Funeral” – The Family Album CD www.lucibelcrater.com
Bettie Serveert “Stephanie Says” – Bettie Serveert Plays Venus In Furs and other Velvet Underground Songs www.bettieserveert.com
Luna “Going Home” – Bewitched CD
U2 “Satellite Of Love” – Achtung Baby CD
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Rachael Sage “Haunted By You” – Haunted By You CD www.rachaelsage.com
Radio Free Universe “The Weight Of The Sky” – Thirteen Day Hangover CD
Kevin McWha Steele “At The Serial Killer Disco” -Ki & The Arrowtooth Waltz CD www.kevinmcwhasteele.com
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BD Lenz “The Sea, The Sky” – Ready Or Not CD www.bdlenz.com
Brooks Williams “Mercury Blues” – New Everything CD www.brookswilliams.com
Beaucoup Blue “Bird Watching” – 4 Stories EP www.beaucoupblue.com
Jiggley Jones “Ain’t That Alright” – No Spring Chicken EP www.jiggleyjones.com
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Ramones “You’re Gonna Kill That Girl” & “You Should Never Have Opened That Door ” – Leave Home CD
X “Nausea” – Los Angeles CD
False Prophets “Creatures Of The Woodwork” – Blind Roaches and Fat Vultures: Phantasmagorical Beats Of The Reagan Era compilation CD
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Tania & The Revolutionaries “Epitaph” – Walk Away Clean EP
Fred Gillen Jr. “Halloween Day At The V.A.” – Silence Of The Night CD www.fredgillenjr.com
Black Vendetta “Breakaway” – Draconian Backlash CD
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CD FOCUS: (A reoccuring series focus on outstanding new concept and compilation albums)
“Esperanza: Songs From Jack Kerouac’s ‘Tristessa’ ” brings the 1960 Kerouac novella to life, with music from leading indie songwriters and bands, along with readings from the novella. All songs are original, with some words lifted from the story. www.reimaginemusic.com
From this album I spun ”
William Fitzsimmons with Tim & Adam “First Page Of Kerouac’s ‘Tristessa’ ”
Tim & Adam “Billie Holliday Eyes”
Gregory Alan Isokov “O City Lights”
Peter Bradley Adams “She Has To Come Down”
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Patti Smith “Dead City” – Peace And Noise CD
Beth Isbell “Freak” – We Are The Gods! CD www.bethisbell.com
Maura Kennedy “October” – Parade Of Echoes CD www.maurakennedy.com
GMT “Song For The End Of October” – Smooth Groove CD www.geoffreyarmes.com
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Debbie Chou “Shame” – LoveBug CD
Goodnight Moonshine “End Of The World Blues” – s/t CD www.goodnightmoonshine.com
Susan Kane “I Know About Your Broken Heart” – A Word Child CD www.susankane.com
Dana And Susan Robinson “Who Killed Cock Robin” – American Hornpipe CD www.robinsongs.com
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Sara Petite “Forever Blue” – Circus Comes To Town CD www.sarapetite.com
Lynn Hollyfield “Fall To Grace” – Layers CD www.lynnhollyfield.com
Chris Riffle “Trains” – Introducing Chris Riffle CD www.chrisriffle.com
Andrew Calhoun “Freedom Road” – Living Room CD www.andrewcalhoun.com

Closing music: Lou Reed “Halloween Parade (AIDS)” – New York CD
Running time: 4 hours, 1 minuto
Atmosphere: retro grating
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All content on Radio Crystal Blue is free to listen and share via Creative Commons License version 3.0, non-derivative, non-commercial, full attribution. More info: http://www.creativecommons.org
Please consider contributing to Radio Crystal Blue, which cannot truly exist without your support and suggestions for musical content. There is a Paypal button at the homepage at http://www.radiocrystalblue.net

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Radio Crystal Blue 10/27/13 news

Posted on October 25, 2013 | Leave a comment

Radio Crystal Blue is sponsored in part by:
Cyber PR: http://www.cyberpr.com
Miles High Productions http://www.mileshighproductions.com
Wampus Multimedia http://www.wampus.com
Radio Crystal Blue is free to share and listen, in accordance with Creative Commons License 3.0, full attribution, non-derivative, non-commercial.

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HOW TO LISTEN:
Each show is usually published by Wednesday or Thursday weekly. There are now two main hubs where to hear Radio Crystal Blue

(1) via Big Contact, my podcast provider: There is a Feed Player at http://www.radiocrystalblue.net Just click the link to open it, and select from the tabs to download and stream the audio from the particular show. You can also embed the player on your site or blog.
The FeedPlayer is generated with Flash. If you don’t have Flash, you can get this at
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
These players are also available at http://www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu which renders the player as a Web page.
(2) via Internet Archive: Each podcast includes a dedicated podcast page on http://www.archive.org with similar download, stream and embed links. Here are the first 2 pages I built for the most recent podcasts, which were first published the week of October 13:
https://archive.org/details/RCBnew101313
 
CONTACT:
EMAIL: cblue456@comcast.net
personal FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/radiocblue
RCB FACEBOOK:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=20805478312
LINKEDIN: http://www.linkedin.com/danherman0
VIDEO content: http://www.youtube.com/user/cblue456
TWITTER @radiocblue
EMPIRE AVENUE http://www.empireavenue.com/radiocblue
STAT BLOG http://www.idealisticstats.wordpress.com
DONATIONS to Radio Crystal Blue can be made via the Paypal button at the homepage.
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PROGRAMMING:
NEXT SHOW will be published on or about October 30 and will be available for about 1 year. I usually publish on Wednesdays or as soon as possible thereafter. You will hear music in several segments of top indie/DIY/underground songwriters and bands. RCB Novus Ordo is a separate podcast with 8-10 songs, one each from a brand new recording. I spin the music and give you the backstory of each artist.

This aims to be the latest of the first great traditions I set up for Radio Crystal Blue: the end-of-October holiday edition. I could say Halloween, but the time of the year truly has a bunch of names.I don’t have enough songs to determine which ones will make the cut, so if you know of some, suggest them here or through the above social media links.

CD FOCUS: Debuting next week is a concept album that has already received coverage from ABC News and The Huffington Post. “This new project features songs inspired by, or using the prose as lyrics for one of Kerouac’s darkest works,Tristessa, about a morphine-addicted prostitute with whom Kerouac falls in love.” “Esperanza: Songs From Jack Kerouac’s ‘Tristessa’ features a select group of critically acclaimed indie rock artists…”
I’ll air 3-4 tracks next week and an equal amount for the weeks following

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REBOOT:
I lost my hard drive. Essentially it crashed without warning. I lost all sorts of downloads and download codes, ensuring that the music of those artists will never be heard again on Radio Crystal Blue. That is, unless it comes time to fit them in for programming and a code is still available from the artist or management. There was no warning for the loss of the hard drive. I was downloading a newer version of Java and simultaneously running a cache dump in Firefox. I was recycling the last 10 gigabytes of my prime hard drive. I do have an external one, which was unharmed.
Today I took most of the day out to reacquaint myself with the computer, which now has more storage space, and less bells and whistles. In so doing, I was able to restore from scratch much of what is gone. Some aspects of my show are lost; the quarterly and end-of-year chart scores to determine the quarterly and all-time charts are history. Totally gone. I can recreate the quarterly numbers, as I do have record of every artist that received airplay this year, but now it will take much longer to get that work done. Plus, unless I get older versions of my chart page available, I cannot determine the all-time list ranking conclusively.

PODCAST SOURCES:
Big Contact is functional once again. Their podcast pages have been unresponsive for some time and I pressed for answers. Their response was reassuring: They removed a javascript ad that someone attached to my page, and also changed my password. Also, they don’t plan to bring back their stats package anytime soon but they suggested Feedburner as an option. I did look at Feedburner but there are no real updates in terms of stats there either. I really could use this info!

Meanwhile I built a new presence at www.archive.org as detailed above. There are more options now than before to access the audio. There’s even space to write a review!

ETC.
I’m still without work. Without a computer for a week, this last week was most trying as I had very limited access to the Internet. Since the computer’s return, I’ve gotten a lot busier with the search as I race against time, hoping to get my bills paid. I’m still behind on the rent and I don’t know how much longer I can go on here. Donations are most welcome at this time. You’ve helped me out before; it’s time to help once again. If you are interested in furthering my job search, and willing to run with my resume, please ask for this document from me directly.

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HOW TO SEND MUSIC:
Send CDs to
Dan Herman
Radio Crystal Blue
1701 Snyder Avenue, #4
Philadelphia, PA 19145
Keep physical packages of reasonable size and weight, as this is a residence.
Please indicate release date. No material from before 2013 accepted.
Material released before then will be added to RCB’s loose rotation instead.
Digital is acceptable if media is not available in other formats.
Artists are also advised to add my email address to their general email list.
I also accept EPKs through these companies. For EPK submissions I select artists on their body of work and the completeness of the press kit.
SONICBIDS: http://www.sonicbids.com/radiocrystalblue
MusicSUBMIT: http://www.musicsubmit.com
MusicClout http://www.musicclout.com
Search for the words Radio Crystal Blue to find my pages there.
I continue to seek outstanding concept/compilation albums for future shows, ones I can feature track-for-track (such as “Esperanza”). Do you know of one? Send it along!
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Dan Herman
Radio Crystal Blue
http://www.radiocrystalblue.net
http://www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu
cblue456@comcast.net
twitter: @radiocblue
215 995 2234

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PC has returned…

Posted on October 25, 2013 | Leave a comment

And there WILL be a new show for the week of October 27, 2013.  Just getting all my PC’s features back after crashing the 6-year-old hard drive.

More details coming in the latest news, including a new CD FOCUS segment, publishing later this afternoon

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No Radio Crystal Blue for week of 10/20/13

Posted on October 19, 2013 | Leave a comment

Sorry to report that my computer’s hard drive crashed.  I have lost thousands of saved/marked emails, downloads of all kinds, and valuable documents. Presumably, anyway. I am at a library typing with a very limited amount of time to get anything done. I am aiming to get my PC from Staples on Tuesday at the earliest. I can barely afford the cost of repairing the computer but it must be done, as I have a job search to do and must find ways to build income. Also, there is the possibility of eviction at some point next month if I cannot  come up with the necessary rent.

Needless to say, I cannot program a show without my email llbrary, as I use part of this info to determine who receives airplay. 

I also am without remote Facebook access at the library. I do have Twitter but it’s not quite the same pipeline. I can only hope that you read this and undersatnd that my situation is dire.

I will update the website to reflect the programming change.

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