radio radio
Have I mentioned I love my XBox? I got the previously-broken media player functionality working today (very high tech: had to change a single letter from 'E' to 'F' in a text file). So now I can stream shoutcast radio stations through the stereo. It's great, except for finding the stations -- SomaFM isn't working for some reason, WVUM (the one that was playing the Ghostbusters' theme in Miami) doesn't netcast, and the college radio station I'm listening to now from the presets -- WIUS -- has shifted from playing solid, accessible music I haven't heard to a roundtable of jackasses from Indiana University discussing how bad the cops are about parking tickets and how lame people in fraternities are. God bless em for trying, but they're not very good. I'm sure I'll be back when they start playing music again, but I can't take much more of their wacky morning crew.
So can anyone suggest some other good internet radiostations that stream in shoutcast format? That'd be anything but windows or real -- it's usually labelled as an mp3 stream. I'm really hoping for quirky college stations staffed by kids cooler than me, but I'll take commercial operations from hippie enclaves as well. Not a huge KEXP fan, though. Immediate disqualification for having any shows dedicated to the Grateful Dead.
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KVRX, UT's college radio station, does a RealAudio stream broadcast, though I couldn't tell you what that means re your Starscream technology. KVRX only plays the good stuff at night, too.
I'm a fan of radio paradise. Sometimes they get a little too eclectic, but they've got a huge hard-on for Lucinda Williams, whom I know you enjoy.
i don't know what format it is, but i'm a huge fan of radioeins.de. it's in berlin, but they have the illest playlists on the planet let me know if you need help navigating the german on the site, but it think there's a pretty obvious streaming button
radio nova in paris. it's a real mixed bag [imagine bonnie prince billy and chakha khan in the same set] but exceptionally good middle of the night paris time.
www.novaplanet.com
also worth a try is kcrw, public radio from santa monica ca
www.kcrw.com
and don't disregard wmuc, in college park md where i held the monday 2am--6am time slot for the better part of 1983 and 1984
http://www.wmucradio.com/real/
btw: found you thru a google search for villa gaidello. i'll be there end of may and hope you post something about your visit
OH!!! you will *love* villa gaidello. the setting is tranquil, the food is amazing, and the owner, the tiny fragile paola bini is the sweetest woman (though she speaks no english). be sure to visit bologna if you get a chance. modena is a nice town, too.
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