Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]thank you. > On Mar 19, 2016, at 9:17 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > > online here: https://wfmu.org/ > > in Jersey City 91.1 and the Hudson Valley 90.1 > > On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 9:21 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >>> On Mar 18, 2016, at 9:26 PM, Jeff Moore <jbmmllug at jbm.org> wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 3:48 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Nice. I have fond memory of public radio from our time in America, and >>> incredibly, we still have mugs from WHYY in Philadelphia from the early >>> 90s. They have survived several international moves. >>> >>> That's cool! WHYY in Philadelphia is one of the better public radio >>> stations, producing some good shows (like Terry Gross's Fresh Air) which >>> get shared around the network. >>> >>> WFMU, though - WFMU isn't a public radio station in any of the accustomed >>> senses of the word. WFMU isn't part of those conventional public-radio >>> networks (NPR, PRI, APM), and proudly, belligerently sometimes, has >> nothing >>> like the style of public radio. WFMU is a singularity (with a broad >>> international listenership, by the way). It's completely freeform (which >>> is to say that each individual DJ plays or does what that DJ wants to >> play >>> or do - within the limits of US broadcast obscenity rules, of course). >>> There's so much variety that some new listeners are initially kind of >>> befuddled - because depending on whose slot they tune in for, they could >>> hear: 78 RPM records and Edison cylinders played on period equipment, >>> facemelting Nordic death metal, sincere folk singers, Japanese pop, >>> roadhouse honky-tonk, obscure 1970s pop/rock, straight-ahead rock and >> roll, >>> free jazz, twelve-tone modern "classical" music, hard bop, garage rock, >>> 1980s-sounding jangle rock... or any of a few talk shows. >>> >>> http://www.wfmu.org/table >>> >>> One of the secrets to happy listenership is that once you identify your >>> favorite DJs - people whose taste frequently aligns with your own - you >> can >>> listen to their shows at your convenience, because shows at WFMU are >>> archives and playable on demand (via the website or via the Android or >> iOS >>> apps). >>> >>> http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/ >>> http://www.wfmu.org/mobile.shtml >>> >>> If any people here want to tell me (off list - I've done almost enough >>> plugging here) what kinds of music they like, I'll be glad to recommend a >>> few shows they might enjoy listening to. >> >> >> classical, classic jazz, foreign esp French please Nathan, >> >> >> where is this station located? ie out of ? >> >> thanks, >> >> Steve >> >> >>> >>> And back partly on topic - I'll continue to drop pictures taken with the >> SL >>> in the previously-referred-to Flickr pile. Some more added this >> evening: >>> >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/jbm0/sets/72157665752167155 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > 1714 > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information