[Hip Priest]

Nice to pick up a new station. As it happens, I've just been listening to a brief broadcast from Israel Radio - the first time I've heard that station.

I've just looked up their site and it seems that the same broadcast goes also to Northern America. Here's the details:

Time (GMT) is 1830 - 1845. Frequencies are 9345 on the 31 metre band, 7545 on the 41 metre band and 6985 on the 41 metre band. I had decent reception at the 7545 frequency.

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

Originally Posted by Hip Priest

Time (GMT) is 1830 - 1845. Frequencies are 9345 on the 31 metre band, 7545 on the 41 metre band and 6985 on the 41 metre band. I had decent reception at the 7545 frequency.

I'll look for it, but that is a tough region to pick up for me. Sometimes I'll hear Radio Egypt International, and Radio Tunisia (though, I suppose this is more so North Africa), but other Middle Eastern stations are rare.

[!@#$%!]

dammit guys, you keep tantalizing me with this weirdness.

i have a confession to make and it's this-- the disposable income that was supposed to go into this radio thing ended up buying sweet vinyl records.

but perhaps in the next round of funding i'll be able to join your arcane conversations.

and 56, how was your scotch & soda the other day?

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

As long as the records you got are good, that is money well spent!

I really enjoyed the scotch and soda, the J&B variety if you're curious. They told me it was an old bottle of the stuff too, it looked aged. Then we started playing the shot game, and its all blurry from then on. I ran into a red headed friend I haven't seen since grade school, and naturally bought her a Red Headed Slut. Who knew there was also a shot called Used Condom?

[!@#$%!]

ha ha, sounds like really good times

didn't i said it would be an euphoric drunkenness? well, then, i think i wasn't too far off the mark!

used condom: oh this reminds me of an old thread... never mind.

and yes, they are lovely records of course. one of them is 180g vinyl and...

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

I should also mention I sang karaoke, which is never a good thing, no matter who is doing it. All Prince songs too....ah...

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by Пятхъдесят Шест

I should also mention I sang karaoke, which is never a good thing, no matter who is doing it. All Prince songs too....ah...

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

Alright, this could go in a few different threads, but I'm sort of counting on Hip Priest giving me an assist here. And may be of interest to !@#$%! as well.

Way back in June, I believe, we had the Sonic Youth Book Club, which failed, but I have just begun to finish the book after all this time. Granted I put it down for a while, as I often do with books, usually to start a different one, and so on. Anyway, the book, Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol was adapted for Radio on BBC Radio 4. This from wiki:

In 2006 the novel was dramatised in two parts by the BBC and broadcast on Radio 4. It was played more for comic than satirical effect, the main comedy deriving from the performance of Mark Heap as Chichikov, and from the original placing of the narrator. Michael Palin narrates the story, but is revealed actually to be following Chichikov, riding in his coach for example, or sleeping in the same bed, constantly irritating Chichikov with his running exposition.

I would really like to hear this, but I can't seem to find it on the BBC website. However, I know Hip Priest is an avid listener of BBC Radio, and I'm guessing he can navigate the site better than I. I only say this because I remember you posting the Number Stations program broadcasted by BBC Radio. So what do you know pal?

[Hip Priest]

I wish I could link it for you, but the BBC podcast service relates to the previous sven days, or what is being repeated. I remember the dramatisation - Michael Palin was in it - and can say that it was a good broadcast. It was part of the 'Classic Serial' slot.

I do listen to a lot of BBC radio, so when it's repeated, chances are I'll know and I'll certainly notify you.

[Hip Priest]

THE GAUDEAMUS INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR

The Gaudeamus International Book Fair currently underway in Bucharest, has been organized by the Romanian Broadcasting Corporation and includes a large Francophone element. Speaking now is the Fair’s Honorary President, France’s ambassador to Romania, Herve Bolot.

“I am very happy to be here at the Gaudeamus Bookfair. This is a remarkable initiative, whose scope stands proof of the fact that literature is doing fine, that there really is demand for literature and the pleasure that books bring, that reading and its power to excite the imagination, remains invaluable. The world that Gutenberg gave birth to still has sunny days ahead, though new worlds are gaining ground.”

France has come to this Fair for the second time; it is participating alongside new comers from Wallonie, Brussels, which also has a national stand in the Fair. This book fair’s programme includes book-launches and meetings with French writers, meant to bring French literature closer to the Romanian public. Over 250 Romanian as well as foreign publishers are taking part in the event, trying to attract as many booklovers as possible, and turn them into faithful customers. 87 thousand people visited the Fair last year; organizers expect that this year figure will exceed 100 thousand.

Visitors to the complex can take part in exhibitions, book launches, meetings with writers; they can also take part in a theme photography exhibition with the title “READING”, and can participate in a special tombola with a Dacia Logan car up for grabs. The Fair’s also traditionally includes ”The Education Stock Exchange”, hosting offers made by educational institutions, as well as a children’s book exhibition. This edition of Gaudeamus includes an area tailored for meetings and discussions, entitled “The Contacts Stock Exchange.” The Romanian Minister of Culture and Religious Affairs Adrian Iorgulescu praised the organizers for the importance this cultural event has gained.

“This is an extraordinary way for visitors, allowing them to come into direct contact with books. Someone said earlier “The book never surrenders, the book never dies.” Books and literature have indeed charted their own course, and all of us here have a moral and professional duty to do our best to support this destiny.”

For the first time ever, the Bookfair has a library where readers can sit down and leaf through a book, shrouded in the quiet pleasure reading provides, over a cup of tea or coffee.
(Leyla Keamil)

I want to go.

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

Thanks Hip Priest. How often do they rebroadcast past shows? I see The Brothers Karamazov is on Radio 4 now, this is off interest too. Also, if you have not read Dead Souls, you're missing out!

aBook fairs are fun, and ones in Bucharest sound even better.

[Hip Priest]

The place it's probably most likely to be repeated on is the very excellent BBC Radio Seven, the spoken-word station that is basically all old stuff. They mainly concentrate on comedy from the 1950's up to the present day, but they do drama aswell. They have a constant and superb podcast service, but again it relates to the previous seven days.

edit: link now OK.

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

I listened to Radio 4 a bit last night, and I think I'm going to start making a hobby of it. A wealth of good programming I see here.

[Hip Priest]

I'm currently getting perfect reception from Radio Austria International, another station I don't remember coming across.

It seems Father Christmas is being banned from Vienna's Christmas market, aswel as others across Austria and Germany.

[Savage Clone]

Is Krampus still cool though?

[Hip Priest]

They didn't mention that, I'm afraid. Sorry I couldn't be of more assistance. Father Christmas is the issue for them at the moment.

Austria's English broadcast has finished. I've found Spanish radio now, but with inferior reception.

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

Don't think I've ever heard Radio Austria International before. But I might have, there is a German language station I pick up every now and again (not that I know what they're saying).

For what is Father Christmas being banned for?

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

Originally Posted by Hip Priest

Austria's English broadcast has finished. I've found Spanish radio now, but with inferior reception.

I think this station is notorious for poor reception, and they refuse to send verification cards.

[Hip Priest]

Thanks for the information. It was unbearable; I've now switched to the very fine Radio Bulgaria.

Originally Posted by Пятхъдесят Шест

...For what is Father Christmas being banned for?

It seems to be because he's an 'English-language invention'.The banning seems at least partly to be another bout of anti Americanism; A Vienna city hall spokesman confirmed: "There are rules governing what stallholders can do and one of them is to agree not to use the image of santa as a condition of being able to trade there. "Santa is an English language creation, people who want to see him should go to America where I am sure Coca Cola will be happy to oblige."

Ironically, it seems that the only Santas that can be seen are the ones on the stickers and placards of the 'Ban Santa' protestors!

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

Actually, that really upsets me.