Dad's Car Radio

Field Day

Here is a brand new Dad's Car Radio podcast!

Download FieldDay_1_Final.mp3

This one was recorded during the last week of school and features Chelsea and Dad of course, but also special guest Megan. It was Field Day and in addition to that topic you will also hear Dad giving directions to a stranger, what the Spanish TMX Elmo is really doing, a story about Dad's friend Franklin, a couple of tunes and a discussion about our favorite attraction on the road to school, Dead Kid Hole!

Promoted by it's developers as Quarry Lake at Greenspring, but re-named by Chelsea in honor of the accident that is, sadly, certain to happen someday.

Low fences, high cliffs, deep water, all surrounded by homes, offices and shopping. What could possibly go wrong? We'll tell you when you listen to this episode of Dad's Car Radio.

Internet Radio in Serious Danger

If you enjoy listening to music over the Internet - and who doesn't?  - then PLEASE pay attention and act on this important issue TODAY.  A new royalty structure, pushed for by the RIAA and announced on Monday March 5th, 2007  by the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board would immediately and dramatically change the way Internet radio stations pay royalties to music copyright owners. Currently royalties are a calculated as a percentage of revenues generated byt the station. The new structure calls for a fee per song, per stream. This would increase the amount charged by 1,000%, effectively killing the business.

Every channel - no matter how few listeners it attracts - would be subject to a $500 minimum per year.  Which seems pretty arbitrary to me.  You can read more details Here.

How you can help.

Sign the Petition at SavetheStreams.org

Contact your Congressional Representatives.

Listen to some Internet radio today and marvel at the myriad of choices.  Here are a few of my favorites:

Radio Hannibal 

AccuRadio - Pick a micro niche and customize it, very cool.

WFMU

SOMA FM - Great grooves here

Pandora - you can also click on the customized Pandora streams over there in the left hand column of this page

WTMD Our Local No-Commercial station- we're lucky to have ti available over the air.

We are also lucky to have WRNR sorry they don't stream but I had to mention them too if I was going to plug WTMD.

Those Upset Uptight Parents Were Right

Remember a few years ago, back when Britney Spears was just a teen-age virgin who acted like a slut? 

Ah, those innocent days...  Remember all the parents who were so upset at the bad role model she was? Remember thinking, "Jeesh, get a life - she's just a girl singer - who cares?" 

Oops. I did it again, indeed.  I misjudged the uptight parents. It turns out they were right.

Could this be Britney's new man???