Another New DJ and Celebrate the Return of Phish!

Hi everyone,

Last weekend was an "Encore Weekend," and I even overlooked blogging here. Ah well. It was an unplanned Encore, in truth: the radio's server was being migrated to a new one, and so it was too chancy to put on new programs. So, in the end, the schedule got bumped to one weekend later. Of especial note this weekend is "Under Eternity Blue" with DJ Arkstar. Arkstar's podcast "Grateful Dead Listening Guide" has been twice featured on the radio weekend schedule, but the new show he made exclusively for SpiritPlants Radio. Also exciting is that "Long Live Rock!" features Phish's 3/6/09 performance at Hampton Coliseum in Virgina, their first show after a 5 year hiatus. They sound great!

The weekend schedule in full features:

*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "Within's Within: Scenes from the Psychedelic Revolution" with DJ Soulard - Show information: http://geocities.com/scriptorpress/withinswithin.html
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "Under Eternity Blue" with DJ Arkstar - featuring ambient electronica
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "ShamanicFreedomRadio with Opaquelens": Episode 20: Banned Special!! - Show information: http://shamanicfreedomradio.podomatic.com
* "Comedy Hour" featuring Woody Allen, "Stand-up Comic, 1964-1968"
* "Notes from the Psychedelic Salon" #180: “What Science Forgot with Terence McKenna” – Show information: http://www.matrixmasters.net/blogs/?p=1166
* "In the Groove: Jazz and Beyond with Ken Laster" - Show information at: http://www.lasternet.com/inthegroove
* "News Hour" featuring President Barack Obama's Speech at Georgetown University (4/14/2009); and "Democracy Now!'s interview with Noam Chomsky - Show information at: http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2009/4/13
* "Long Live Rock!": Phish at Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia, 3/6/2009
* "Hearts of Space" #871: "Sakura: An East Asian Journey for a Blossoming Spring" - Show information: http://www.hos.com/

Enjoy it!
Peace,
Raymond
Station Manager

Return of Radiohuasca!

Hello everyone,

Had some technical issues that kept this post delayed. Some streaming issues the past couple of weekends too. Hoping that they are now past. This weekend (Apr 11-12)'s schedule includes all sorts of goodies, including new shows by Nick Zart (Radiohuasca, a welcome return) and RawSushi (Heart of the Sunrise, second show):

*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming:"Within's Within: Scenes from the Psychedelic Revolution" with DJ Soulard - Show information: http://geocities.com/scriptorpress/withinswithin.html
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "Heart of the Sunrise" with DJ RawSushi - featuring progressive rock bands such as King Crimson, Genesis, and Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "Radiohuasca" with DJ Zart - this program is a production of the Ayahuasca.com community (http://forums.ayahuasca.com)
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "ShamanicFreedomRadio with Opaquelens": Episode 19: Interview with Ralph Metzner - Show information: http://shamanicfreedomradio.podomatic.com
* "Comedy Hour" featuring Robin Williams, "Live 2002"
* "Notes from the Psychedelic Salon" #178: “A Random Walk Through Two Great Minds with Dr. Timothy Leary and Robert Anton Wilson” – Show information: http://www.matrixmasters.net/blogs/?p=1139
* "Taran's Free Jazz Hour" - Show information at: http://www.taransfreejazzhour.com/
* "News Hour" featuring "Democracy Now!" Featuring "A New Way Forward: Protests Scheduled Across the Country Calling on Banks to Nationalize, Reorganize, Decentralize" - Show information: http://www.democracynow.org/2009/4/10/headlines
* "Long Live Rock!": Grateful Dead Listening Guide #2: "Golden Rings & Secret Spaces" - Show information: http://deadlistening.blogspot.com/2009/02/gdlg-002-golden-rings-secret-spaces.html
* "Electronica Monthly" #26: Best of 2008 - Show information: http://www.electronicamonthly.com/php/podcasts.php
* "A View from Space": Conspiracy Theory Radio with Gary “the Spaceman” Bell

There will be more shows next weekend, and then a short hiatus. Enjoy it all.

Peace,
Raymond,
Station Manager

PS - Added to the side bar links on this page the blogs for our shows "Audiophoria with DJ LeAnn" and "21st Century Schizoid Show with DJ Papa Delicious"!

New DJs and Great Shows!

Hi all,

Another great weekend of shows, including debuts by Azure and RawSushi, and a second broadcast by DJRL. It is just fantastic to see how each new DJ brings a different spin to the radio, re-invents it for him or herself.

This coming weekend (Apr 4-5)'s scheduled programming includes:

*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming:"Within's Within: Scenes from the Psychedelic Revolution" with DJ Soulard - Show information: http://geocities.com/scriptorpress/withinswithin.html
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "Heart of the Sunrise" with DJ RawSushi--featuring progressive rock bands such as King Crimson, Genesis, and Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "Regional Cuisine: Deep Fried Roots Music" with DJRL
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "World’s Window: Ruminations Psychedelic & Otherwise (Being an Account of My Travels in the New World)" by Azure - Show information: http://azure.sati.us/window/animamundi.html
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "ShamanicFreedomRadio with Opaquelens": Episodes 17-18: "Martin Ball's Interview," parts 1 & 2 - Show information: http://shamanicfreedomradio.podomatic.com
* "Comedy Hour" featuring Eddie Murphy, "Greatest Comedy Hits" (1997)
* "Notes from the Psychedelic Salon" #176-177: “Surfing Finnegan's Wake with Terence McKenna,” parts 1 & 2 – Show information: http://www.matrixmasters.net/blogs/?p=1083
* "In the Groove: Jazz & Beyond with Ken Laster" - Show information at: http://www.lasternet.com/inthegroove/
* "News Hour" featuring "Democracy Now!" Features Noam Chomsky on US Expansion of Afghan Occupation, the Uses of NATO, and What Obama Should Do in Israel-Palestine - Show information: http://www.democracynow.org/2009/4/3
* "Long Live Rock!": Pink Floyd, Alameda Coliseum, Oakland, California, 05.09.1977 - Show information: http://braindamage.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=448647

Can't say it enough: your feedback (spiritplantsradio@gmail.com) will be greatly appreciated in helping to improve our station!

Peace,
Raymond
Station Manager