Radio Archive Added, New Shows, and This Weekend's Schedule

Hi everyone,

The big news to report to you this week is that SpiritPlants Radio now has an online archive of all of its original DJ'd programming, via links at the main radio page, or directly accessible at http://www.spfradio.yage.net/radioarchives.html

This weekend (Feb 28-Mar 1) includes debut shows by DJRL, DR Zart, and DJ Papa Delicious. The scheduled programming includes:

*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming:"Within's Within: Scenes from the Psychedelic Revolution" - Show information at: http://geocities.com/scriptorpress/withinswithin.html
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "ShamanicFreedomRadio with Opaquelens": Episode 11: Interview with Neil Kramer and Episode 12: Interview with Alexander “Osritt” Beiner - Show information at: http://shamanicfreedomradio.podomatic.com
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "Radiohuasca" with DJ Zart - this program is a production of the online ayahuasca community at: http://forums.ayahuasca.com
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "Eclectic Fusion" with DJ Loro - featuring new and recent indie rock and electronica
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: Regional Cuisine: Deep Fried Roots Music with DJRL - featuring such legends as Muddy Waters, Snooks Eaglin, and the Grateful Dead
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "21st Century Schizoid Show" with DJ Papa Delicious – Papa D is a long-time member of the online community at http://forums.lycaeum.org
* "Comedy Hour" featuring Denis Leary, Best of No Cure for Cancer (1993) & Lock N Load (1997)
* "Notes from the Psychedelic Salon" #169: “Truth is a Dangerous Thing” with J. Krishnamurti – Show information at: http://www.matrixmasters.net/blogs/?p=988
* "In the Groove, Jazz & Beyond" with Ken Laster – Show information at: http://www.lasternet.com/inthegroove
* "News Hour" featuring President Barack Obama’s Address to the US Congress, 2.24.2009
* "Long Live Rock!": Grateful Dead, live at Winterland, San Francisco, CA (4/15/70)

Having the archives, where shows can be downloaded or streamed, is a big deal. Working on getting a player embedded into the page directly, and new shows. Good progress all around!

Peace,
Raymond
Station Manager

PS-Just consolidated links on this page's side bar to include link to archive.

Three New DJs This Week!

Hi all,

SpiritPlants Radio features three new DJs this week! I'm writing from the middle of the weekend and DJ LeAnn's show "Audiophoria" maxed out at 22 listeners, an all time high for the station! Congrats to her and welcome to Loro and to Slave to the Wave as well.

Highlights of this weekend (Feb 21-22)'s scheduled programming include:

*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming:"Within's Within: Scenes from the Psychedelic Revolution"
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "ShamanicFreedomRadio with Opaquelens": Episode 9: Rupert Sheldrake at Goldsmiths, part 1 of 2 and Episode 10: Rupert Sheldrake at Goldsmiths, part 2 of 2
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "Awoken a Dream: An Ambient Suite" by Slave to the Wave
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "Audiophoria" with DJ LeAnn
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "I Love Rock n Roll: An ‘80s Mix with" with DJ Loro
* "Comedy Hour" featuring Rodney Dangerfield, "No Respect" (live), 1980
* "Psychonautica" 66: Dale Pendell at World Psychedelic Forum
* "Taran's Free Jazz Hour"
* "News Hour" featuring "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" and "The Rachel Maddow Show"
* "Long Live Rock!": Yes, live at Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut (12/10/74)

More new DJs next weekend. On a good roll now :)
Peace,
Raymond,
Station Manager

Free Form Weekends in February (Feb 7-8 & Feb 14-15)

Hi everyone,

The first two weekends of February (Feb 7-8 & Feb 14-15) are Free Form Weekends featuring:

***Within's Within: Scenes from the Psychedelic Revolution
***Japan is Dumb: The Exotic Musical Stylings of DJ Lain
***ShamanicFreedomRadio with Opaquelens
***Tripology with DJ Tom Ellis
***Action Potential with DJ Abrahm
***MixWars with DJ Jay
***Strange Gourds: Music of the Smashing Pumpkins with DJ Lucious
***Children of Hurin with DJ Lucious

Tune in right now: http://yage.net:9000/listen.pls

These weekends' programming continues the 2009 SpiritPlants Radio schedule. Your feedback (spiritplantsradio@gmail.com) will be greatly appreciated in helping to improve our station!

Good news to share is that SpiritPlants Chat has a radio announcement bot that announces the current show or song every 30 minutes. A small but definite improvement in promoting station. While taking these two weekends off from new weekend programming, I will be reaching out in a number of directions for new DJs, new shows, and new listeners. Will report on the fruit of these efforts soon.

Peace,
Raymond
Station Manager

Concluding Jan 09's Scheduled Programming

This weekend's programming in part celebrated the 10th anniversary on-air/online for my show "Within's Within: Scenes from the Psychedelic Revolution." There was a new episode of this show, plus five episodes ranging from 2004 to 2008.

The scheduled programming included:

*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "Within's Within: Scenes from the Psychedelic Revolution"
*Classic* episodes of "Within's Within: Scenes from the Psychedelic Revolution" from 2004-2008
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "Japan is Dumb: The Exotic Musical Stylings of DJ Lain"
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "ShamanicFreedomRadio with Opaquelens": Episode 8: Under the Carpet
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien with DJ Lucious"

The challenge faced at this point is how to attract more listeners to this fine content. A few things are in the works. A radio bot for the SpiritPlants Chat, one that announces every so often what is playing on the station, and the listen link. Also an embedded radio player for the radio page and for the SpiritPlants.org main page. Also wondering about how to get connected to podcast listings. Anyway, it was a good month of programming, weekdays and weekends alike. On now into February, and new efforts for new success.

Peace,
Raymond,
Station Manager