Radio beyond.

May 5 12:35 UTC 2002

This item I'm making rather split in topic, in case one floats and the 
other doesn't.

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I'm not sure if we discussed microband radio much in the last 
conference or not.  Pirate radio, as far as I can tell, seems to be 
slightly below the radar again.  
http://www.sasquatch.com/~zane/radio.html is one link to check-- 
appears to be a lot of additional links there for related information.

I am not sure how much of it is available through Internet radio 
connections, but it is indeed difficult to find new material on radio 
that is not homogenized first by entities like ClearChannel.

I think Internet radio and P2P software occupy two very different 
niches.  Internet radio seems to work best, for me, anyway, in keeping 
connected to more public radio stations.  I stay connected to quite a 
bit of college radio east and west of the Cascades, some distant NPR 
stations, and a lot of Seattle area stations.  Groovetech is one very 
nice station--  it plays live underground dance music from around the 
world-- I have access to the Seattle and San Fran locations.  So 
Internet Radio for me works rather well when I want to get some local 
flavor elsewhere (hey, ads are sometimes entertaining), and when the 
music generally flows rather uninterrupted-- Virgin's Liquid Lounge is 
another frequent stop.

Of course, Internet radio is limited by connection speed and how many 
other applications you may be using on the 'Net as well.

P2P applications are discussed elsewhere-- I seem to remember that the 
debate is mostly upon who has distribution rights, although the 
software generally seems to prove that music sales are better when 
music files are available in this fashion.  Try before you buy, I 
guess.