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Paul Vernon working on something importantMy new Casting Hope podcast from Feba Radio is out today. The conversation introduces the new 5th generation of the Chrysolite studio – also known as the studio in a suitcase.
What is in this show?
Tim Miller, Tony Knowles, and Paul Vernon talk about their work on the new Chrysolite. Unfortunately, Charles Randall was away on holiday, but we hope to get him onto a future podcast when he can wax lyrical about the design and purposes of the new mixer in the Chrysolite. The podsafe music is from http://www.magnatune.com/.
The correct feeds for everything are:
Blog – http://feba.libsyn.com/
Podcast – http://feba.libsyn.com/rss
iTunes – itpc://feba.libsyn.com/rss
The show blog is available at: http://feba.libsyn.com/
On the road to Makamia, Cabo Delgado Province, MozambiqueAlthough there is no single north-south road, from where this photo was taken, a day’ driving north would reach Tanzania, and three to four days driving south would reach the capital, Maputo – indicating the vast extent of the beautiful country of Mozambique. This location was about an hour inland from the coastal (and natural harbour) of Pemba. We were on our way to visit the buidling site of a new radio station, intent on reaching the Mwane people, who inhabit the coastal region and islands of northern Mozambique.
Container Studio gets new meaning in Mozambique
Back in the UK after 5 weeks of African adventures, here is an interesting picture of a community radio station we visited in Beira, Mozambique. Look carefully … the building is simply three 40 foot containers stacked on top of each other. In fact, it is six containers in all. The on-air station is at the top. Middle section is the office on one side and recording studio on the other. Radio Peia is run by a Brazilian missionary and his family, who have been there for 8 years.
In the on-air studio, windows open, street sounds pouring in…
FM MAST ON NDENGU HILL, NEAR KAMWENDO, MALAWIPart of my current travels included visiting the future site of an FM radio project that will reach the Yao people of Malawi. The picture shows the completed mast and coax cable going down the hill to the transmitter building. This site is about 20 kms from the southern shores of Lake Malawi. The project is scheduled to reach first transmission by April 2008. It is a joint project between Feba Radio UK, TWR and BUSA. The mast needs to go higher, and there is a lot of building work to be completed, but it was very moving to stand up on that hill and envisage the numbers of people who could soon have a local radio station in their own language.
Jon Hargreaves sent me this graphic off Google earth of some places I will be visiting on my next Southern Africa trip, which includes Malawi, South Africa, and Namibia. Not Zimbabwe this time, sad to say, but that’s the way the cookie crumbles sometimes. Trip dates: 26 Feb – 8 March, which just happens to be my 50th birthday.
Last week I replaced my broken Palm T3 with a new TX and quickly discovered how useful it is with access at work & home, to wifi broadband. One interesting applicatlon is Mundu Radio, which works on many platforms of mobile devices to stream audio to your PDA or phone. It took less than 5 mins to create an experimental feed to Paradise Lost. The streaming works with GPRS & 3G connections too.
-sent via Palm
Anyone who is a current fan of the fabulous Goon Shows knows that attempting to locate digital recordings of these classic British comedies is not that easy. The Goon Show Site is a wonderful sight with this in mind because every month 4 shows are available for download as MP3 files.
Additionally, there are links to other Goon sites, helpful history pages, and lots of onformation about the cast and characters.
Well worth a look … and if you haven’t got a clue what all this is about, download a show, turn the volume up, and experience some of the finest comedy ever produced for radio …
Other links: The Goon Show Depository US Goon Show Archives BBC Radio 7 Wikipedia on The Goons
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