Project 42 Radio

Thrown into the big ‘ol music mixer this week…

Melissa Etheridge – “Fearless Love”

Broken Bells – “The High Road”

Hockey – “Song Away”

Lady Gaga w/Beyonce – “Telephone”

Over at the Facebook site, we’ve asked people for opinions on how much new music, if any, to play here in the Secret Broadcast Cave.  John’s response:

New music — yes.
American Idol-based music — no.
There is pop beyond the "Idol" juggernaut!!!

John makes a good point.  We do like some of the music from the Idol phenomenon – though, to be honest, we can count the artists we like from the show on one hand and still have fingers left over.  We can’t totally ignore it, though, since we don’t answer to anyone else, we can be more selective when we want (and that’s why you don’t hear much Nickelback here.)

We’re non-commerical here at Project 42, and that means we have to run on someone else’s hamster wheel to keep the generators on here in the cave.  The down side of that is we don’t have as much time for music discovery as we’d like. So, in this thread, we’re asking for your suggestions. 

If there’s an artist we’re missing, tell us here.  Give us a song title or two to consider; website links would also be helpful.  We’ll consider any of them at least once, but excessively vulgar or violent lyrics are automatically out.  If we add your suggestion to the library, we’ll acknowledge it here so all seventeen of the people who read this will know that you have excellent taste.  Click the comments link at the top of this post to get started!

We’ve recieved our first donation towards the Project 42 Radio Operating Fund. I’d mention them by name, but I don’t know if they want to be named, so for now, we’ll just say thanks.

In the future, we’ll acknowledge everyone who donates here, but only if you wish to be. Otherwise, we’ll just call you “Anon E. Moose” or something like that. As always, donations are strictly voluntary. Don’t give unless you’re able. We hope you like what we’re doing here, but in the end, there are always more important things to take care of first.

Thanks for listening!

–Don

The famous recording studio is being sold by recording label EMI.  So if you have a few spare pounds under the cushions…okay, you’d better have a lot of cushions.

…because sometimes, you just gotta dance.

The lead singer of The Knack has died after a bout with cancer. He was 57.  Doug sang lead on The Knack’s 1979 number one hit, “My Sharona”.  At the band’s website, the band says “Our hearts are broken forever.  We will miss you Doug.”  So will we.

We’re determined to keep the Project 42 Radio stream commerical-free. That being said, we still have to pay the light bill.  We pay for every listener connection and when the number of listeners increase so does the cost of bandwidth and licensing. 

If you feel the programming here is worthy of a few bucks for providing a commercial-free music source and you have the means, please consider helping us offset the expense.  Let’s be clear about one thing: we only accept donations from those who are willing and able.  If you can’t or don’t want to donate, you can continue to listen to Project 42 Radio as much as you want.  It’s still free, and always will be. We’re here to share the music, not get rich.

Should you choose to toss a dime or two at us via the PayPal link, rest assured all donations and transactions are secure and go toward helping Project 42 Radio grow and remain commercial free. All donations are 100% voluntary but unfortunately–not tax deductible. In the future, we may also accept some promotional income through affiliate programs.  If that happens, we’ll make the ads as inobstrusive as possible.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

The folks here at Project 42 have made improvements here at the Secret Broadcast Cave. We’re now capable of having more listeners tuned in simultaneously.  We’re also done more tweaking to the doohickeys and frammistats to make our station sound even better, even if you have dinky little speakers on your computer.

There is a downside, at least if you’ve been listening via iTunes.  We’ve informed Apple about our changes, and until they get around to modifying our link in iTunes (and how long that takes in entirely up to them), you likely won’t be able to listen this way.  Until then, you can click on the big green “Listen Now” button on the top right, and you’ll be taken to our launch page.  You can listen through your browser, or click the icons under the web player to launch Project 42 in your favorite media player.

We apologize if you’ve had any trouble tuning in, and as always, appreciate any comments and suggestions you might have.