Weekend of New Shows Includes Debut of DJ SvB!

Hi everyone,

It's been several weeks since the last new weekend of shows, and the radio stream was down for over a week during that time. Technical issues. Happy news is that as of today it is back up and the new weekend of shows is ready to roll out:

*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: "DJ SvB Presents: 6 Degrees of Chill Music" - DJ SvB's first show!
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "ShamanicFreedomRadio with Opaquelens": "Episode #24: Glastonbury Beltane Special" and "Episode #25: Interview with Robin Williamson" - Show information: http://shamanicfreedomradio.podomatic.com
* "Comedy Hour" featuring Bill Cosby: "Best of Bill Cosby" (1969) | "Millennium Collection" (2001)
* "Psychedelic Lectures" featuring "Notes from the Psychedelic Salon 184: Boundaries of the Human Mind with Bruce Damer” | Show information: http://www.matrixmasters.net/blogs/?p=1212
* "Jazz Cafe" featuring "In the Groove with Ken Laster:Art Blakey Tribute" | Show information: http://www.jazzandbeyond.com
* "News Hour" featuring "Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman" | Show information: http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2009/5/29
* "Long Live Rock!": featuring "Grateful Dead Listening Guide #4: Call of the Wall" | Show information: http://deadlistening.blogspot.com/2009/04/gdlg-004-call-of-wall.html

I think some more intersting news may be coming down the pike, regarding an additional stream be added in some capacity. More on that soon.

Peace,
Raymond

Radio Encore Weekends: May 16-17 & May 23-24

Hi everyone,

While I travel the next two weekends, the radio will have Encore Weekends featuring these & other great shows:

* "Within's Within: Scenes from the Psychedelic Revolution" with DJ Soulard
"ShamanicFreedomRadio with Opaquelens"
* "Under Eternity Blue" with DJ Arkstar - featuring ambient electronica
* "Radiohuasca" with DJ Zart - this program is a production of the Ayahuasca.com community
* "Regional Cuisine: Deep Fried Roots Music" with DJRL

Interesting new items: the radio site now has added to it a podcast page, ones that have been featured on SpiritPlants Radio; and we've started studying our visitor traffic with Google Analytics. There are all sorts of ways to improve a site--one of them has to be raising people's awareness of it.

May 30-31 will be the next weekend of new shows.

Peace,
Raymond,
Station Manager

This Weekend Features New Episode of Radiohuasca (Ayahuasca Radio Show)

Hi everyone,

Among the new shows this weekend is "Radiohuasca" with DJ Zart. This is the fourth episode of his show, one devoted to spreading information about ayahuasca, a deep, special psychedelic substance. Zart's show features music, an interview, and commentary. The weekend (May 9-10)'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: "Radiohuasca with DJ Zart" - This show is produced by the Ayahuasca.com online community | Show information: http://forums.ayahuasca.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=156866#156866
*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "ShamanicFreedomRadio with Opaquelens": Episodes #23: “Glen’s First Mushroom Trip / Swine Flu Report” - Show information: http://shamanicfreedomradio.podomatic.com
* "Comedy Hour" featuring Louis CK: "Live in Houston 1996" & "Shameless" (HBO Special 2006)
* "Psychedelic Lectures" featuring "Psychonautica" #72: Ralph Metzner, “Alchemical Divination” | Show information: http://dopecast.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=461289
* "Jazz Cafe" featuring "Taran’s Free Jazz Hour" | Show information: http://www.taransfreejazzhour.com
* "News Hour" featuring New York Review of Books: David Hare Reads "Wall," a monologue about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | Show information: http://www.nybooks.com/podcasts/
* "Long Live Rock!": featuring Led Zeppelin, San Diego Sports Coliseum, June 19, 1977
* Storybook Time: New Yorker Fiction: Nathan Englander Reads Isaac Bashevis Singer's “Disguised” | Show information: http://www.newyorker.com/online/2009/04/13/090413on_audio_englander

The next two weekends will be "Best of Weekends" and new programming will resume the last weekend of May. But before then, enjoy this new weekend of shows!

Peace,
Raymond
Station Manager

Some Initial Thoughts on Internet Radio

Hello everyone,

Here is the first weekend in May, the weather in the northern hemisphere is getting more springlike every day. A time of renewal, returning hope. It's good that when one looks to Washington DC these days, one does not cringe as much. One of our DJs, Arkstar, suggested that I comment more about the programs on the station, and on the making of the station from week to week. This is that first effort.

This coming weekend (May 2-3)'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 - I am especially happy to be spinning The Church this week, one of the best modern psychedelic bands that I know - I saw them twice many years ago and still remember how amazing they were

*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "Regional Cuisine: Deep Fried Roots Music with DJRL" - featuring the music of Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, Stevie Wonder, Jimi Hendrix, and more - this episode is like a psychedelic party, a lot of fun from start to finish

*New* Original SpiritPlants Radio programming: "ShamanicFreedomRadio with Opaquelens": Episodes 21-22: Interview with Ross Hemsworth Parts 1 & 2 - Show information: http://shamanicfreedomradio.podomatic.com - much interesting discussion in this interview of the Glastonbury Festival in the UK, a real psychedelic fest from what I have heard over the years

* "Comedy Hour" featuring Margaret Cho, "Notorious C.H.O." (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York City, 2002) - Cho is fucking funny, like your really smart gay friend who likes to go off on a thousand different topics in a unwitheringly witty way

* "Psychedelic Lectures" featuring "Psychonautica" #71: Interview with Jan Irvin” – Show information: http://dopecast.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=453012

* "Jazz Cafe" featuring John Coltrane, "The Olatunji Concert" (1967) - Amazing concert, not for the faint hearted, but for those who want to hear what dark psychedelic jazz sounds like

* "News Hour" featuring President Barack Obama's 100 Days in Office Press Conference (4/29/2009)

* "Long Live Rock!": featuring "Grateful Dead Listening Guide #3: The Jingle Bell Rainbow" - Show information: http://deadlistening.blogspot.com/2009/03/gdlg-003-jingle-bell-rainbow.html

* "Electronica Monthly" #27 - Show information: http://www.electronicamonthly.com/php/podcasts.php#EM027 - I wish this show was much longer!

For 36 hours of weekend programming I spend at least as much getting the schedule ready. It is challenging, to find and work with DJs and the deadlines they get. Sometimes it works great. Sometimes it doesn't. Also to get podcasts and other external material. I'm still finishing the last bits for this weekend, including this podcast. I'll try to keep adding comments here from now on.

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

Peace,
Raymond
Station Manager