Squad 51 Marathon Webcast

Posted at 10:17PM on Sunday, May 2, 2004 in hf and radio obscura and wbcq.

It's easy to tell when Jason is at the controls on Saturdays at WBCQ's studio, because he drops a whole bunch of Squad 51 shows in the queue on WBCQ's webcast and lets it run all night, until the Rabbi comes on 7415 at 2PM on Sunday. This has the unfortunate side effect of crashing the radio Obscura webcast that provides an after-hours webcast for the WBCQ feed. Apparently SAM can't handle multiple tries at establishing a stream to a Shoutcast server that's already occupied. However, Squad 51 is an excellent show, and thanks to the magic of streamrippers we will be adding some of these fine radio shows to the radio Obscura archive when we get the chance.

radio Obscura schedule

Posted at 2:27PM on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 in radio obscura.

Program Notes as of January 13, 2004.

  • This stream is now live on the wbcq.com stream between (approximately) midnight and 3:45PM eastern time daily.

  • Lenny Bruce immediately follows "X Minus One".

  • WBCQ Archives consists of Radio Timtron Worldwide, WDCD, and Marion's Attic.

  • Old Time Radio consists of Fred Allen, Avengers, Casey Crime Photographer, Amos and Andy, Jack Benny, and the Lone Ranger. This show is always topped off by a Five Minute Mystery.

  • Brother X consists of Radio Reaction Theater, You Are What You Think, Hear Now, Club 230, Cows In Space, and Reckless Abandon.

  • Radio Free Mount Airy, aka "The Mix," is a free form playlist packed with over 134 hours of material. This playlist is also used to fill between scheduled programs.

radio Obscura schedule

Posted at 9:45AM on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 in radio obscura.

As of December 23, 2003. All times eastern.

12:00 AM Radio Free Mount Airy
1:00 AM The Shadow
2:00 AM Brother X
3:00 AM Martin & Lewis
4:00 AM Tasha Takes Control
5:00 AM Juliet's Wild Kingdom
6:00 AM Old Time Radio
7:00 AM Hour of Slack
8:00 AM Radio Free Mount Airy
9:00 AM Radio Free Mount Airy
10:00 AM Radio Free Mount Airy
11:00 AM Radio Free Mount Airy
12:00 PM Radio Timtron Worldwide
1:00 PM Tasha Takes Control
2:00 PM The Shadow
3:00 PM Juliet's Wild Kingdom
4:00 PM The Captain's Bags
5:00 PM Lost Discs Radio Show
6:00 PM Brother X
7:00 PM Old Time Radio
8:00 PM Pastor John Lewis
9:00 PM Martin & Lewis
10:00 PM Hour of Slack
11:00 PM Radio Free Mount Airy

Grateful Zappa

Posted at 8:20PM on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 in conceptual continuity and musings and radio obscura and zappa.

A strange coincidence this evening on our radio Obscura ~ the frop in Bob's pipe ~ Maharishi Charms ~ Happy Girl Cigarettes ~ Wake and Bake audio stream. We're entertained by eight straight selections alternating between Frank Zappa and the Grateful Dead, quite algorithmically random, in reverse order:

  1. Grateful Dead - Scarlet Begonias [June 26, 1974, Dick's Picks 12]
  2. Frank Zappa - Dead Girls of London [original L Shankar version from the "Leaterette" bootleg]
  3. Grateful Dead - Viola Lee Blues [from the "live dead" quasi-bootleg, c. 1966]
  4. Frank Zappa - How Could I Be Such A Fool [from vinyl]
  5. Grateful Dead - Me and My Uncle [super-hyper-fast version, 12/1/66]
  6. Frank Zappa - Stuff Up the Cracks [woiiftm outtakes 07]
  7. Grateful Dead - Stealin' [original single version]
  8. Frank Zappa - I Ain't Got No Heart

This is an awesome start for the holiday weekend.

Radio Obscura #1

Posted at 2:25PM on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 in radio obscura and wbcq.

The following playlist is occasionally heard in random rotation on WBCQ's internet stream when 7415 is off air. This is a prototype of what to expect on the wbcq.com stream when we finally get around to implementing the Tobor archive system.

Juliet's Wild Kingdom:

jwk25 Comedy
jwk26 Elvis
jwk27 Elvis holiday music
jwk28 Confuse the government conspiracy people
jwk29 Beatnik poets, Buddhist monks, etc.
jwk30 September 11 Memorial
jwk31 The lighter/darker side of September 11
jwk32 Kulpsville
jwk33 St Patrick's Day
jwk34 Becker's Car
jwk35 Cars
jwk36 Language and free speech
jwk37 Cajun and Zydeco music
jwk38 Blues
jwk39 Bluegrass
jwk40 Southern Vermont
jwk41 Cows
jwk42 Cuba
jwk43 Torch singers
jwk44 Roy D Mercer phone pranks
jwk45 Interesting funny bits and cool music
jwk46 Vacation airline travel
jwk47 European vacation
jwk48 John Entwistle
jwk49 Child abuse
jwk50 Electroclash music
jwk51 Indian music
jwk52 Porn groove music
jwk53 Polka music
jwk55 Canadian comedy
jwk56 Justin Wilson comedy
jwk57 Strange, weird and wonderful punk rock covers
jwk58 Great speeches
jwk59 SWLFest
jwk60 SWLFest
jwkstrkfinal2 Shatner and Nimoy

Vintage Complex Variables Studio:

Magic Radio 1/20/01
Magic Radio 2/3/01
Magic Radio 2/10/01
Magic Radio 2/17/01
Magic Radio 3/17/01
Magic Radio #N10 for air 4 21 2001
Silk Purse 4
Tasha Takes Control 23 12/22/00
Tasha Takes Control 24 1/5/01
Tasha Takes Control 25 1/12/01
Tasha Takes Control 26 1/27/01
Tasha Takes Control 27 2/2/01
Tasha takes control # 32
Tasha takes control # 34 rebroadcast
Club 230 #8
Cows in space #5
Hear Now 11 for air 4 29 2000 final
Hear Now 28 for air 8 26 2000
Hear Now 29 for air 9 2 2000
Hear Now 37 for air 11 11 2000
Reckless abandon show for air 3-31-01

Recent Complex Variables Studio:

Tasha Takes Control 12/7/02
Tasha Takes Control 3/15/03
Tasha Takes Control 4/18/03
Tasha Takes Control 4/26/03
Tasha Takes Control 5/10/03
Tasha Takes Control 5/24/03
Tasha Takes Control 5/30/03
Tasha Takes Control 6/6/03
Tasha Takes Control 6/20/03
Tasha Takes Control 6/28/03
You Are What You Think 12/8/02
You Are What You Think 3/16/03
You Are What You Think 4/26/03
You Are What You Think 5/4/03
You Are What You Think 5/11/03
You Are What You Think 5/25/03
You Are What You Think 6/8/03
You Are What You Think 6/22/03

Marion's Attic:

Marion's Attic 4/29/00
Marion's Attic 7/8/00
Marion's Attic 12/2/00
Marion's Attic 1/6/01
Marion's Attic 1/20/01
Marion's Attic 1/28/01

The Captain's Bags:

Radio Free Euphoria 1 August 1992
Radio Free Euphoria 10 January 1995
Radio Free Euphoria 14 Fall 1995
Radio Free Euphoria 19 June 1997
Radio Free Euphoria 25 January 1998
Radio Free Euphoria 27 July 1998
Radio Free Euphoria 28 September 1998
Radio Free Euphoria 29 October 1998
Radio Free Euphoria 34 September 2000
Radio Free Euphoria 5 Fall 1993
6YCAT 1 June 1996
6YCAT 3 Fall 1996
Voice Of Influenza September 1996
VOT Inky Pen July 1999
Voice of the Runaway Maharishi 1 December 1993
Voice of the Runaway Maharishi 13 Spring 1996
Voice of the Runaway Maharishi 18 Spring 1997
Voice of the Runaway Maharishi 21 May 1999
WPUP 3 Early 1999
WPUP 4 April 1999

Radio Timtron Worldwide:

Radio Timtron Worldwide 01-11-03
Radio Timtron Worldwide 01-18-03
Radio Timtron Worldwide 02-22-03
Radio Timtron Worldwide 03-01-03
Radio Timtron Worldwide 03-15-03
Radio Timtron Worldwide 12-28-02

Various Winterfest and pirate-related material:

Final1bingo222
Maharishi Charms
New Militia Bingo22~2
Partial India
Voice of Pancho Villa, 1995
Voice of Pancho Villa, 1996 WSWL Relay
Voice of Pancho Villa, 2002
Voice of Pancho Villa, 2003