Tag Archives: Kerouac

Radio Crystal Blue/RCB Novus Ordo week of 11/17/13

Posted on November 21, 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:
You can share the audio player with the HTML code on the page.
All shows are archived for a year.
This show was published 11/20/13:
Leah Jee “Sink Or Swim” – The Rest Is Ours EP www.leahjee.com
Shauna Burns “Portobello” – Violet CD www.shaunaburns.com
The Hardcount “Keep Running Your Mouth” – Love/Hate CD www.thehardcount.com
Tori Roze & The Hot Mess “Selfless” – Turbulence CD www.toriroze.com
Son of Dov “King Of The World” – Gone To Seed EP www.sonofdov.com
Deborah Crooks “Show Me” – Little Bird CD www.deborahcrooks.com
Running time: 45 minutos
***
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
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.
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 11/20/13.
 
Opening music:
Pamela Wyn Shannon “Tis Rambletide In Ambleside” – Courting Autumn CD www.girlhenge.com
—-
Jiggley Jones “Welcome Home” – No Spring Chicken EP www.jiggleyjones.com
Moore & Moore “Mississippi Missing You” – Show Me Your Country CD www.mooreandmooreonline.com
Slaid Cleaves “I Bet She Does” – Still Fighting The War CD www.slaidcleaves.com
Mary Gauthier “Karla Faye” – Live at Blue Rock CD www.marygauthier.com
Davey O. “The Absence Of Madalaine” – Testing For Rust CD www.daveyo.com
Amanda Pearcy “Royal Street”- Royal Street CD www.amandapearcy.com
 —
Jann Klose “Long Goodbye” – Mosaic CD www.jannklose.com
Sara Petite “Barbwire” – Circus Comes To Town CD www.sarapetite.com
Carla Bianco “Made Of This” – All This Time CD www.carlabianco.com
The Tressels “Autumn” – American Midnight CD www.askyouruncle.blogspot.com
Frank Palangi “It’s All Right” – s/t EP
The Last Year “Imagining” – s/t EP www.thelastyear.net
—-
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
Matt Costa “Shadows Of Autumn”
The Low Anthem “Numbers In Nirvana”
Neal McCarthy with Barbara Kessler “Esperanza” (English version)
Tony Dekker with Hanne Hukkelberg “Last Page Of Kerouac’s ‘Tristessa’ “
—-
LiLi Roquelin “Try To Remember” – Beautiful Sun CD www.liliroquelin.com
Sasha Papernik “Take It As It Comes” – Victory CD www.sashatheband.com
Jean Mann “Lonesome Bones” – Between The Rocks And Stars CD www.jeanmann.net
Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem “Bridges” – Some Bright Morning CD www.raniarbo.com
Tony Halchak “Autumn Embers” – Collecting CD www.tonyhalchak.com
Nico Rivers “Your Heart Was Just The Start” – To The Bone CD www.nicorivers.com
—-
Red Molly “Hello Goodbye” – Light In The Sky CD www.redmolly.com
Judy Insley “Need Your Lovin’ ” – Remember Beautiful CD www.judyinsley.com
*Danny Schmidt “Man Of Many Moons” – Man Of Many Moons CD www.dannyschmidt.com
*Carrie Elkin “St. Louis” – Call It My Garden CD www.carrieelkin.com
Dana & Susan Robinson “Elk River Blues” – American Hornpipe CD www.robinsongs.com

Closing music: Elastica “Miami Nice” – The Menace
Running time: 3 horas, 6 minutos
Atmosphere: wishing & hoping
***
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

Leave a comment

Posted in Uncategorized

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Radio Crystal Blue/RCB Novus Ordo 11/10/13

Posted on November 13, 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:
Podcast page:
Stream:
You can share the audio player with the HTML code on the page.
All shows are archived for a year.
This show was published 11/13/13:
Better Looking People With Superior Ideas “City Song” – s/t EP www.betterlookingwebsite.com
Tempo Plastico “Kerouac” – Fazendo A Lata Velha Voar CD www.tempoplastico.com
Mock Sun “Dr. Gnostic” – Hungry Mother CD
Novakaine “Turn Around” – Waves CD www.novakainemusic.com
Switchback “Banshee Gumbo” – American Roots and Celtic Soul LIVE – Volume One CD www.waygoodmusic.com
Carla Cappa “My Heart Is Beating Again” – single www.carlacappa.net
Childsplay “The Dear Companion” – As The Crow Flies CD www.childsplay.org
Running time: 51 minutos
***
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
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:
Podcast page:
VBR M3U: https://archive.org/download/RCBlive111013/RCBlive111013_vbr.m3u
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 11/13/13.
 
Opening music:
Ali Eskandarian “Nobody” – Nothing To Say CD
Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat “Lalalala Gohle Laleh” & Mahsa Vahdat “Sad Sol” – Lullabies From The Axis Of Evil concept CD www.valley-entertainment.com
—-
 DB Rielly “It’s Gonna Be Me” – Cross My Heart and Hope To Die CD www.dbrielly.com
Suzie Brown “I’m Gonna Be A Wheel Someday” – Almost There CD www.suziebrownsongs.com
Jodie Levinson “Finally” – Strong Enough EP www.jodielevinson.com
*Heather Maloney “Turn Yourself Around” – s/t CD www.heathermaloney.com
*Darlingside “Blow The House Down” – Pilot Machines CD www.darlingside.com
Jenee Halstead “Raised By Wolves” – Raised By Wolves CD www.jeneehalstead.com
Chelsea Madrigal “Lesson In Pride” – The Deepest Sea CD www.chelseamadrigal.com

—

 BD Lenz “The Sea, The Sky” – Ready Or Not CD www.bdlenz.com
Herbie D & The Dangermen “I’ll Have Another” – Dangerous With Blues CD www.herbiedandthedangermen.com
Too Slim and the Taildraggers “When Whiskey Was My Friend” – Blue Heart CD www.tooslim.org
Darius Lux “When Nothing Is Real” – We The Living CD www.dariuslux.com
The Modeens “Fantasy” – Electric Caribou CD www.themodeens.com
Downward Dogs “Humor” – Familiar Techniques EP www.downwarddogs.com
—-
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
Lee Ranaldo “Middle Page Of Kerouac’s ‘Tristessa’ “
Hey Rosetta! “Sad Animals”
Will Dailey “Broke No Calm”
Willy Mason “I Have Known Love”
—-
Katie Pearlman “The Lesson” – Girls Like Us CD www.katiepearlman.com
Peter Galperin “There’s No Future” – A Disposable Life CD www.petergalperin.com
Chuck Schaeffer “On The Wind” – Along These Lines CD www.chuckschaeffer.com
Screen Door Porch “Right Down To It” – The Fate & The Fruit CD www.screendoorporch.com
*Melissa Greener “Why” – Transistor Corazon CD www.melissagreener.com
*The Levins “The Sun Never Says” – My Friend Hafiz CD www.thelevins.com
von Grey “Shane” – s/t EP www.vongreymusic.com
—-
Marina V “Say Hello” – Inner Superhero CD www.marinav.com
Nerissa and Katryna Nields “More Than Enough” – The Full Catastrophe CD www.nields.com
*Buskin & Batteau “Words That Bring The Tear” – Love Remembered/Love Forgot CD www.buskinandbatteau.com
*Aztec Two-Step “Rabbit In The Moon” – Cause & Effect CD www.aztectwostep.com
Matt Turk “On The Turning Away” – American Preservation CD www.turktunes.com
Hungrytown “Year Without A Summer” – Any Forgotten Thing CD www.hungrytown.net
Beth DeSombre “Leaving in Three-Quarter Time” – At Home In This Town CD www.bethdesombre.com

Closing music: Amy Hills “Aaron’s Song” – Heroine CD
Running time: 3 horas, 47 minutos
Atmosphere: lull-a-byeing
***
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

Leave a comment

Posted in Uncategorized

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Radio Crystal Blue 11/10/13 news

Posted on November 11, 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.*****
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.
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.
_____
PROGRAMMING:
NEXT SHOW will be published on or about November 13 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.
I will also air more music from “Esperanza: Songs From Jack Kerouac’s ‘Tristessa’
___
Away from radio, I’m busier with job interviews and money matters. Every day, I feel closer to finding work. Another way of seeing it suggests I’m a day closer to eviction proceedings. I choose to balance everything out and fully intend on the most positive learning experience from every situation. I give attention only to the forward progress of my chosen path. That path includes putting energy into my creations, especially this program. It’s wonderful to get such good feedback from people, sometimes from the artists themselves.The reality of the situation (my reality, ultimately) is that I must raise enough $ to keep myself living here, and to have the means beyond that to get the rest of my life in order and do a radio program. As mentioned up top, you can go to www.radiocrystalblue.net to donate to the cause. The attitude remains focused and vigilant above all. All I can ever want is your assistance to see me through this situation, as you have done before.

It’s good to have the PC back as I am reclaiming some lost downloads and download codes, plus getting a better sense of the RCB rotation as things stand.

My vision is still intact. It’s what I’d do if money truly were no object. It’s how I’d live my life. Read on: https://radiocrystalblue.net/2013/07/28/my-personal-and-radio-vision/
HOLIDAY music: My last show for the year will be the week of December 15. This is the annual show focusing on seasonal music for this time of the year. If you know of artists who have music for Christmas or similar end-of-year holidays, or even simply for December, have them send it along.
____
RCB REWIND:
RCB Novus Ordo: Miss Tess & The Talkbacks begin this edition with a new album. I spun the title track, the lone original among 8 songs, tho the original does have a Hank Williams Sr feel to it. Voice Of Addiction also returns to the airwaves here; they the leading lights of Chicago-area punk. DownTown Mystic has one foot in classic rock, one in modern, and has serious personnel aboard for their latest album. Jeanette Lynne’s heartfelt style is quickly winning fans. I first saw Jeanette on a showcase event here in Philly. Mabel 1918 is the former band Glasgow.
RCB proper: The influence of the annual Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference was fully present this week. This conference, which took place in Kerhonksen, NY from 11/7 to 11/10, presented artists in a series of showcases, both private and public among the number of events held there over the four days. In 3 segments you heard me spin music from the major showcases, both formal and ‘quad’. We hear Buddy Mondlock among the formals, and more new music from Disappear Fear, Roy Bookbinder, Harpeth Rising and Spuyten Duyvil among the Quad showcase participants. As for the standard segments: Ellis toured last week across TX with her fellow Kerrville Music Festival New Folk competition winners. The tour culminated at the final edition of the Rice Festival in Fischer TX, with Sarah McQuaid & David Wilcox also part of the large lineup. Also returning to the RCB airwaves is DP, with a good mix of rock and hip-hop. Heather Pierson released her new album this past week and I debut this in the 2nd standard segment. Segment 3: Matt The Electrician is opening act for Kris Delmhorst at Austin’s Cactus Cafe on 11/14. Danielle Miraglia & Greg Klyma share billing at Rochester NY’s Tango Cafe on 11/16.
——————-
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!
————
Dan Herman
Radio Crystal Blue
http://www.radiocrystalblue.net
http://www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu
cblue456@comcast.net
twitter: @radiocblue
215 995 2234

Leave a comment

Posted in Uncategorized

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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.

*****
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.
_____
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

________

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.

——————-
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!
————
Dan Herman
Radio Crystal Blue
http://www.radiocrystalblue.net
http://www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu
cblue456@comcast.net
twitter: @radiocblue
215 995 2234

Leave a comment

Posted in Uncategorized

Tagged , , , , , ,