About raptnrent: I got the name from my keys - R Apt and R Ent for the back door to my apartment and the back door to the house. I liked that they were also words: Rapt, meaning enthralled, riveted, captivated, and Rent, meaning torn asunder, violently wrenched. I thought it made for an interesting juxtaposition, open to all kinds of interpretations.
Tag Archives: ds106radio
How to ds106radio
Some people expressed interest in joining the ds106radio DJ roster, so we can maintain our status as the only station with more DJs than listeners. One common question that comes up is When to broadcast? The only regular broadcast that … Continue reading
Live from Stellar Records
I mentioned Stellar Records earlier. It’s a regular Monday Night thing we do at Stellar Human, our neighborhood vintage clothing store, where I happened to start my modeling career. Basically people are invited to bring vinyl, hang out and spin … Continue reading
Livefutzing is something of a tradition here
We had our first night of ds106radio broadcasts last night, with a possible record crowd. At one point the ds106radio page said we had 23 listeners, although some may have been ghosts and doubles. They were treated to Isaiah Beacon’s … Continue reading
This is your brain on the radio
We had a bunch of interesting radio show ideas this past week, including: talk show news show day in a life work together to take over the city work together to defeat Dr. Oblivion AI pros & cons AI propaganda … Continue reading
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“My mind is exploding with sound”
On Monday and Tuesday nights we listened to the BBC adaptation of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep on ds106radio. We had great participation on Monday, and only one person showed up on Tuesday, but there were still many valuable … Continue reading
“You tried to walk on the trail we were carving”
I managed to do a couple of shows on ds106 radio over the holiday weekend. Even more surprising was that they had semi-coherent themes, as opposed to my usual random shuffling. Alan had an impressive rant on Edtech Who the … Continue reading
Danger: Hippies
When @cogdog points out something online, I try to pay attention. So when he highlighted the Internet Archive’s filmstrip collection, I took a look. The Hippies caught my eye. It’s a somewhat strident and paranoid view of 60s counterculture, for … Continue reading
A night of adventurous listening
Episode One: Three Skeleton Key For our first live listening session, we listened to Three Skeleton Key, the opening episode from ESC: Sonic Adventure in the Anthropocene by Jacob Smith. This is a fascinating series that uses an old-time radio … Continue reading
The sounds of science
We listened to three audio productions this week on ds106 radio and discussed them on Discord. Here is what we heard: ESC: Sonic Adventure in the Anthropocene Episode One: Three Skeleton Key From Tree to Shining Tree CBS Radio Mystery … Continue reading
The only station that takes attendance
phb256a · Attendance Bumper In the back end of the ds106radio management system, you can see how many people are listening online, typically zero, and where they are located: One day Nigel was broadcasting from the South Pacific and had … Continue reading
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