Archive for October, 2005

80s Airwaves WILL return as a Podcast!

Monday, October 24th, 2005

Did you not make it until Midnight on Friday? Here’s the last song we played on 80s Airwaves - the radio station. It was dedicated to Rodney Bingenheimer.
As we sipped our champagne and listened to the final hour of our radio station, Aimee and I discussed what to do next. […]

Our Final Day - So Long for Now

Friday, October 21st, 2005

Today is the last broadcast day for 80s Airwaves. It’s been nearly 18 months since we launched and we’ve learned a lot in that time. Read my blog posts from earlier in the month for gory details on what went wrong. If I had to boil it down to one word, it […]

Tonight’s Friday Night Concert + Ric Ocasek CD Winners so far!

Friday, October 14th, 2005

Oct. 13th was the first John Peel Day in Britain — to celebrate, Dr. Hal serves up two complete Peel sessions by EEKAMOUSE and DEPARTMENT S, throws in not one but two Kraut-rock bands, IDEAL and TON STEINE SCHERBEN, then finishes off with a rare 1987 Chilean concert by SODA STEREO. Plus the usual […]

Wow.

Monday, October 10th, 2005

With last Sunday’s announcement and then the Transmitter we sent out last Friday morning, we’ve received nearly two dozen emails from friends, family and mostly loyal listeners. If we haven’t got back to you yet - we will. But please know that we sincerely appreciate all the positive vibes and well wishes. […]

The Time Has Come…

Sunday, October 2nd, 2005

After 17 months of being on the air with 80s Airwaves, later this month Aimee and I will turn the station off for good. Aimee has been highly supportive of this “business” of mine but all indicators seem to point that we have over-stayed our welcome. Specifically:
1. Ratings: The great thing about […]

Hal’s URLs for FREE MUSIC

Saturday, October 1st, 2005

Offspring UK
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=62042
!Action Pact!
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=62026
REM — “Time of Outtakes”
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=56795
The Eurythmics @ Berkeley’s Greek Theatre, Aug. 2 1986
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=62056
from last show (4 weeks ago):
Cook da Books, Sebastian’s Men, 3 Johns
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=62022