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In this episode:
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dgl1984, brandon_h, kellytheeyes and Steven. Depending on what's going on, what kind of internet access we have, and if we're really that bored, Heavy Stuff FM may exist in it's place, live from a cabin. Between Derek and myself, we have enough portable equipment to pull off a high quality audio, low quality content stream from wherever we may be, provided the net access is good enough. If all else fails, we could always broadcast at a reduced bitrate on my AT&T 3g connection, which is actually pretty reliable if you're not moving. I've managed 384 kbps upstream with it, which is easily enough to handle streaming and phone calls, but I don't know how reliable that is at sustained upload. Of course, results will vary depending on the connected tower as well. Who knows?
Stay tuned for more info as it is available.
In this episode:
- I fully intended to have a properly working Fideliphone setup, using the netbook to host. Unfortunately, that flopped over and failed. Oh well, I'll try again next time.
- DJ Fumble-fingers broke levels to start off the show. Yeah, typical.
- Derek has a small, metal friend, which indirectly made him money today. He introduces this unnamed friend to the show via phone.
- Andre demonstrates a way to generate GSM noise by shouting.
- Alexander and I discuss several things, including why I wasn't on the air last week, and the fact that I was very sick on Wednesday, when I wanted to do a make-up show.
- A clip was played from around this time last year, when I was similarly sick, and playing with a carbon mic to exentuate the issues I had at the time.
- All tracks played on the show but one originally came from vinyl.
- Thanks to Andre, after a bunch of technical issues, we are introduced to an old, but still active British time service from god only knows when (1960's or 70's?)
- A comparison is made with three different mixes of Frank Zappa's Peaches en regalia from Hot Rats -- the track from the official Hot Rats CD release, the version from 1995's Strictly Commercial, and finally, the far superior mix from a vinyl rip from an LP originally pressed in 1969.
- Alex and I discuss the old Apple 2 and Macintoshes from days of the dead.
- A clip from Negativland's Over the Edge is played, just to prove that I'm not the only person around who likes playing with buttons and knobs.
- This week's Mommy call is interrupted by a dead cordless phone battery, and subsequent white noise, but it comes back anyway.
- The houses on both sides of us are enpty and up for rent, and I discover that, unfortunately, they are not available for the price of $0/month. Shame, that would have been very convenient.
- For the first time ever, Derek calls from his very own cell phone, and gugs a couple of times, just to make the experience a proper one.
- Flip phone magic, a part of this complete breakfast?
- Someone calls from a sip phone under Gnome with some issues, that, of course, must be exaggerated.
Things and Stuff will not be on next week, as I'll be in Orlando with
dgl1984, brandon_h, kellytheeyes and Steven. Depending on what's going on, what kind of internet access we have, and if we're really that bored, Heavy Stuff FM may exist in it's place, live from a cabin. Between Derek and myself, we have enough portable equipment to pull off a high quality audio, low quality content stream from wherever we may be, provided the net access is good enough. If all else fails, we could always broadcast at a reduced bitrate on my AT&T 3g connection, which is actually pretty reliable if you're not moving. I've managed 384 kbps upstream with it, which is easily enough to handle streaming and phone calls, but I don't know how reliable that is at sustained upload. Of course, results will vary depending on the connected tower as well. Who knows?Stay tuned for more info as it is available.
Orlando