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Re: SomaFM

#51

Post by eatwater123 » Tue, May 31, 2022, 6:18 PM UTC

My favourite. Please remember to donate if you can! A little slice of internet & music heaven.

Re: SomaFM

#52

Post by joemi » Tue, May 31, 2022, 6:20 PM UTC

tootie wrote: post #40

Neat. I do this with public radio (KCRW, WQXR, WFMU) but this opens up a lot of variety.

WFMU is truly amazing. I've been listening to them for decades, have several friends who have done shows there and/or volunteered, and I even performed live on air there once many years ago. But what's truly amazing is their show archives and playlists, almost all the shows are recorded and streamable, going back many many years.

There are a bunch of radio stations that get this right currently, but WFMU is one of the only ones (or maybe THE only one?) that's been getting it right for soooooo long.

Re: SomaFM

#53

Post by amerine » Tue, May 31, 2022, 6:21 PM UTC

Groove Salad For Lyfe

Re: SomaFM

#54

Post by pdxpatzer » Tue, May 31, 2022, 6:21 PM UTC

thank you for the reminder to donate ! I listen to soma.fm all the time

Re: SomaFM

#55

Post by vlod » Tue, May 31, 2022, 6:24 PM UTC

helios_invictus wrote: post #50

vlod wrote: post #46

Thanks for the reminder to donate. I've been getting into DEFCON radio. I like all the 'quirky' clips. Even tempted to go to the conference this year.

You mean these clips?! http://nerdshow.com/def-con-somafm-clips-with-quotes/

Yep. thanks!

Re: SomaFM

#56

Post by W-Stool » Tue, May 31, 2022, 6:24 PM UTC

netsharc wrote: post #47

W-Stool wrote: post #28

I've been donating to SomaFM for many years, and it is my music provider of choice in my home office (Space Station Soma for me). Some years ago I had an afternoon to kill while visiting San Francisco and Rusty was kind enough to let me stop by and say hello. A quick 10 minute visit turned into one of the most interesting two hours I've spent in my entire life. Rusty gave me the whole tour of the software interface t…

Did you meet Big Url too?

I always thought it was "Big Earl". You're right!

Re: SomaFM

#57

Post by justinzollars » Tue, May 31, 2022, 6:26 PM UTC

I used to listen to SomaFM in 2005 while I was in Grad School! It was awesome!

Re: SomaFM

#58

Post by indigodaddy » Tue, May 31, 2022, 6:28 PM UTC

Radio Paradise [1] is also going strong after 20+ years. Fantastic curation and you can even stream in lossless for free (or at least I seem to be able to from the Android TV app).

[1] https://radioparadise.com/

Re: SomaFM

#59

Post by neals » Tue, May 31, 2022, 6:30 PM UTC

Wow, I totally forget about this since Spotify. I used to listen to Groobe Salad all the time :) Thanks, donating and tuning in to some nice ambient beats and grooves!

Re: SomaFM

#60

Post by kdmccormick » Tue, May 31, 2022, 6:31 PM UTC

seydor wrote: post #37

I don't understand why internet radio has died. Sure, spotify etc but broadcast music is different. Radio didn't die because CDs existed

did $10/mo give you access to almost every CD ever released, playable anywhere?