The Return Of The Downloadable Podcast

Thanks to all who have contacted me regarding the podcast of the Abstract Index radio show. I'm pleased to announce that, starting this week, I'll resume hosting each episode at Podomatic. Podcasts from that site are both downloadable and streamable.

If you prefer a streaming broadcast, please continue to visit the CIUT podcast, which has better fidelity than Podomatic.

JB In Full Effect

I've put up a podcast from the archives.

Let's go way back to October of '92. This was a midnight broadcast on York University's CHRY's "Full Effect" radio show.

Myself, Paul E Lopes and DJ DTS (still with The Masterplan Show to this day) indulged - and that's exactly the right word - our love of James Brown's funky family. There's some tomfoolery in the mix, but it's got that late night radio vibe and it's a lot of fun.

Podcasting Is Back Up

Apologies for not having the February 27 and March 5 shows unavailable for podcast purposes. They're both up, and March 12 will follow soon.

Funky Friday

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It's not often that I get to an extended get down on the Abstract Index. The funk is almost always in the mix, explicitly or not, but naturally I jumped at the chance to fill in Michael Clifton's "Funky Fridays" show last week at the punishing timeslot of 5:30-8:30AM (good on ya, Michael...). I used to do a morning show ('87-'89 - yikes!). At best, the timeslot allows you to be alone with your thoughts, your tunes and a tankard of coffee, with a calm energy that's not yet worn down by the day's many trials. Or you can get your freak on really early to rouse the audience out of bed. I was feeling a bit of both this past Friday, and just went off. Mind you, I had to make sure I hit one third Canadian content which, as Lisa Simpson says, is "a challenge I can do".

Unfortunately the archive is pretty lousy - a very poor quality mono MP3 (which is mono in the sense that one jack isn't plugged in to some patch bay at CIUT, creating inadvertant dub when the drum channel of a stereo signal gets wiped out). On the other hand, it's a very small file to download. And let's face it, funk has often thrived on limited sound quality.

The hour from 6-7AM is now up, along with its corresponding playlist.

Abstract Index Podcast!

The Abstract Index podcast graphic.

Yes it's true, I've finally caught up to 2004 and have made my first steps into podcasting. I intend to archive 4 weeks of shows at any given time, plus occasional treats like non-broadcast interviews and items from the vault of radio shows past... My page can be found here.

I'm no professional, I can't even find it listed in iTunes yet although I'm reasonably sure I added it to the directory. If you have any problems with or suggestions for the podcast aspect of the Abstract Index, please let me know.