Friday, December 23, 2005

ACOUSTIC STORM CHRISTMAS This weekend, we've got a special edition of the program, it's "An Acoustic Storm Christmas." The show will present the best variety of acoustic rock for the holidays, including some rarely-heard acoustic and unplugged versions of Christmas rock classics. Plus, you'll hear vintage Beatles' Christmas greetings and music from their fan club records. Check the "Stations" page on the Acoustic Storm http://www.acousticstorm.com web site for the day and time you can hear the holiday show on our 29 affiliate stations. "An Acoustic Storm Christmas" is also being offered as a syndicated national radio special to non-affiliates. Here are the confirmed stations, dates and times (including additional airings): San Jose, CA: KFOX http://www.kfox.com (12/24, 10p-12m) live streaming Milwaukee, WI: WKLH http://www.wklh.com (12/24, 7p-9p; 12/25, 12p-2p) Columbus, OH: WLVQ http://www.qfm96.com (12/24, 6p-8p) Buffalo, NY: WGRF http://www.97rock.com (12/25, 6p-8p) Albany, NY: WPYX http://www.pyx106.com (12/24, 10p-12m; 12/25, 10a-12p) live streaming Springfield, MA: WAQY http://www.rock102.com (12/25, 10a-12p) Toledo, OH: WXKR http://www.wxkr.com (12/25, 10a-12p) Charleston, SC: WRFQ http://www.wrfq.com (12/25, 10a-12p) Daytona Beach, FL: WHOG http://www.whog.fm (12/25, 8a-10a) Santa Rosa, CA: KVRV http://www.977theriver.com (12/24, 10p-12m; 12/25, 6-8a) Bridgeport, CT: WRKI http://www.i95rock.com (12/24, 10p-12m; 12/25, 9a-11a) Portland, ME: WMGX http://www.wmgx.com (12/24, 7p-9p; 12/25, 8a-10a) Amarillo, TX: KARX http://www.amarillonights.com/karx (12/24, 12p-2p; 12/25, 12p-2p) Dubuque, IA: KGRR http://www.kgrr.com (12/24, 6p-8p; 12/25, 1p-3p) Bellingham, WA: KISM http://www.kism.com (12/24, 6p-8p) Brattleboro, VT: WKVT http://www.wkvt.com (12/25, 6a-8a) Bucyrus, OH: WQEL http://www.wbcowqel.com (12/23, 12p-2p) Lewistown, PA: WCHX http://www.chx105.com (12/25, 9a-12p; 12/26, 8a-11a) If you're not within earshot of any of the radio stations that will be carrying "An Acoustic Storm Christmas," a few of them stream live on the internet, so you can still hear the show on the web: 12/24: Albany, NY: WPYX http://www.pyx106.com 10pm-12am (Eastern time) San Jose, CA: KFOX http://www.kfox.com 10pm-12am (Pacific time) 12/25: Albany, NY: WPYX http://www.pyx106.com 10am-12pm (Eastern time) Phoenix, AZ: KPKX-The Peak http://www.987thepeak.com 7am-10am (Mountain time) Jim Thorpe, PA: Penn's Peak Radio http://www.pennspeakradio.com/ 12pm-3pm (Eastern time) Make your holidays complete by joining us for "An Acoustic Storm Christmas" this weekend. Wishing you a peaceful holiday and new year! - Jeff Parets and the Acoustic Storm staff 11:18:35 PM

Now Watch the Yule Log on your Video iPod digital christmas. A Yule Log for your iPod. If you don't live in the New York area, and you have one of those fancy video iPods, you can now download some holiday cheer from Channel 11. (Their Yule Log phenomenon was previously discussed here.) For more information about Yule Log traditions, wikipedia features in depth articles on both the traditional and the modern. [Inspired by logging out of gmail.] [MetaFilter] 9:52:59 PM

Motif: Beyond Cyberpunk Beyond Cyberpunk! A decade and a half beyond.... Sci-fi author and editor Lou Anders wrote a really nice blog piece about the online text release of Beyond Cyberpunk! that had escaped our notice, until now. Thanks, Lou. It's always so gratifying to hear stories of how BCP! affected people. Thanks, Peter! [Street Tech] 5:15:37 PM

On Auction: Ralf Zeigermann Airbrush Painting, 1983 Buy It Now. Now for sale on eBay. [The Cartoonist] 4:27:40 PM

By Dan Sabbagh Via Threadwatch.org Time to search for alternative to Google?. Time to search for alternative to Google? is a Times Online article stating that Google has grown too big for it's boots, and that if it continues to do deals with large companies like the one with AOL, more people will switch to alternatives such as MSN. By JamesLittle. [Threadwatch.org - Marketing and Technology Discussed] 4:19:51 PM

PBS Documentary and More Not in Our Town. In 1993, a series of racist incidents plagued Billings, Montana. When a brick was thrown through 5 year old Issac Schnitzer's menorah-decorated window, the predominantly non-Jewish city responded in a remarkable way: the local paper printed thousands of menorahs, and people displayed them in their windows as a gesture of solidarity. Since then, the story has inspired a book, a play, a song and a movement. [MetaFilter] 4:02:32 PM

The Fictional World of Lindsey Gemme... Sunsets, summers, dust and dirt, like a beach bay boat. quiet, spacious, round and rich, like a bowl of cream. Swimming into light, lighting into rocks that stretch for the clouds which look like children imagined them in dreams absorbing the colors of every roughly used crayon. Skillet raging satin sand flat, like a forest flat and large like the floor at the bottom of a blue lake flat like a forest of sunshine and wind Prickling tranquility, passive aggressive tapping at the waves of the sky And they say it's better than snow Christmas time swinging from a cactus ... 11:34:11 AM

Mediaburn + 1 New Year To Arrive One Second Late. Owing to the gradual slowing down of the Earth`s rotation, the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, based at the Paris Observatory, has announced that 2005 will contain an extra second. [Physics Org] 10:30:55 AM