From Free Speech Radio News: "In Washington, the House took up a more than $500 billion military spending bill today, which could fund the Pentagon and all related agencies for the year 2014. Over the next few days, representatives will consider at least 100 amendments. Some of them aim to release cleared detainees from their indefinite detention at Guantanamo Bay, block funding for military action in Syria, ban the use of drones for domestic surveillance and defund programs that allow the government to spy on American citizens. As Congress also debates deep cuts to food stamps, education and affordable housing, many progressive lawmakers and policy advocates say the increases in war and weapons spending show misplaced national priorities. On Capitol Hill, FSRN’s Alice Ollstein reports."

From Wikipedia: "Richard Dorian "Dickie" Goodman (April 19, 1934 – November 6, 1989) was an American music and record producer born in Brooklyn, New York. He is best known for inventing and using the technique of the "break-in", an early precursor to sampling, that used brief clips of popular records and songs to "answer" comedic questions posed by voice actors on his novelty records.... In June 1956 Goodman created his first record, "The Flying Saucer Parts 1 & II," which he co-wrote with his partner Bill Buchanan, and featured a four-minute rewriting of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds radio show. This recording was the subject of a copyright infringement case against Goodman. The lawsuit was settled out of court. "The Flying Saucer" was officially released under the artist name "Buchanan and Goodman" and was Goodman's highest-charting single on Billboard, peaking at #3. Buchanan and Goodman followed up with four other records: "Buchanan and Goodman on Trial" (#80 in 1956), "Flying Saucer The 2nd" (#18 in 1957), "The Creature (From A Science Fiction Movie)" (as by Buchanan and Ancell) (#85 in 1957), and "Santa and the Satellite (Parts I & II)" (#32 in 1957)." The trial song was about the legal wrangling over their use of popular songs in other songs,

Episode 890 of weekly experimental new music show, by folks formerly behind Staalplaat. Click on title for playlist 890. tracklist for Vital Weekly 890: 0000 Tune 0014 Lumincolor - Amerigo! 0311 Mammoth Ulthana - Interludium 0610 Maeror Tri - Onoskelis 0914 Adam A Williams - The Odyssey 1215 Ben Steed - I Can No Longer See You 1509 Sindre Bjerga & Micromelancolie - Towards Water 1808 Nacht Plank - Notes From An Open Window 2110 Monolyth & Cobalt - A Last Echo 2403 Philippe Lamy - Mots Effaces 2704 Jannick Schou - Eldey 3007 Skrvty Puvar Byrokracie - Favocisla 3309 Jeremie Mathes - Higidura 3608 Jesus Is Angry - Eight Movement: Intergalatic Climax Of The Half-Dead 3908 ExclusiveOr - Archaea 4212 Hübsch & Martel & Zoubek - Coin Rang. Clock Clacked 4510 Deer - One 4810 Kneer & Rose & Barrett 5103 Ralf Gerritse & Oscar Wyers - Groene Driehoek 21.04.13 5410 ID M Thfft Able 5714 Yol - Eco 5924 Tune

First, "The RAIN Report," wit two Homeland Security trainers talking about ham radio's involvement in the ICS&NIMS programs. Then "PiratesWeek," with "pirates in the news this week include Massachusetts Broadcasters Seek Better Pirate Ammo. Steven Walsh introduced H.R. 1679, which would give the state attorney general the power to seek action against pirates, including seizing equipment and seeking money damages. We also take a look at the FCC Activities. Select postings from the Free Radio Network, HF Underground and note stations logged per the Free Radio Weekly ‭Off Air Recordings include the stations of: Red Mercury Labs, Pee Pee Vagina Radio, Black Cat Radio and Radio Free Whatever. Haarp facility to close down, A story from International Radio Report On the Media looks at Voice of America and the new law that allows some of its programming to be finally available for a domestic audience."

From Free Speech Radio News: "Debate continued in Congress today on a more than $500 billion military spending bill. Lawmakers considered many controversial measures, including amendments to defund the NSA's domestic spying programs, transfer some detainees from Guantanamo Bay, combat a culture of sexual assault in the armed forces, and undo the 2001 law used to justify the so-called global war on terrorism. On Capitol Hill, FSRN’s Alice Ollstein reports."

Overnight filmic content.

Do not call during rebroadcast. Off The Hook, from the hacker zine 2600, airs every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. ET in New York City on WBAI 99.5 FM, and is rebroadcast the next morning at 5 a.m. on WGXC and free103point9 Online Radio. It is simulcast online via streaming MP3 and via shortwave on WBCQ The Planet at 5110 KHz. Join #offthehook on irc.2600.net to chat during the show. Email show at oth [at] 2600.com Do not call during the 5 a.m. rebroadcast.

From a time long ago, when boys and girls dreamed of growing up to become rock stars, a fictional story of a long-forgotten industry. Includes words and works from The Byrds ("So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star"), Daniel Johnston ("I Picture Myself with a Guitar"), Elton John ("I'm Going to Be a Teen-Age Idol"), The Replacements ("Talent Show," "Kids Don't Follow," "Treatment Bound," "I Don't Know"), Foreigner ("Juke Box Hero"), Dr. Hook ("The Cover of the Rolling Stone"), and Jackson Browne ("The Load Out").

From "Free Speech Radio News": "Today, a federal court in New York City began hearing a legal challenge to the National Security Agency’s sweeping domestic data collection program. The American Civil Liberties Union sued the NSA in June after documents leaked by Edward Snowden revealed that the government had been collecting and storing the phone records of millions of Verizon customers. As the ACLU and other privacy advocates try to end these spying powers by taking the government agency to court, lawmakers in the House of Representatives tried this week to end them by cutting funding, using an amendment to the more than $500 billion military funding bill. Michigan Democrat John Conyers co-authored the amendment. “All this amendment is intended to do is curtain the ongoing dragnet collection and storage of the personal records of Americans. It does not 'defund the NSA' and it would continue to allow them to conduct surveillance as long as it’s on someone who is the subject of an actual investigation!” The measure failed by just 12 votes, despite broad support from many Democrats and Republicans. The House also rejected, by wider margins, amendments to prohibit the expansion of the Guantanamo Bay prison and end the indefinite detention of the 86 detainees who have been cleared for release." Locally, Republican Rep. Chris Gibson of Kinderhook voted for the amendment, against the NSA surveillance.

From his "Lightning Field" earthwork in New Mexico, to the gallery-filled with dirt in New York City, Walter de Maria's works are examined. Also his "Cricket Music" and "Ocean Music."

Episode 17 of 2013 of two-hour free jazz show that airs on eight European radio stations and free103point9 Online Radio and WGXC 90.7-FM in the Hudson Valley, in New York, in the United States. Click on title to access the playlist. emanem challenge: SME-john stevens,dr/ jeff clyne, b/ bruce cale, b/ trevor watts, as/ paul rutherford, tbn/ kenny wheeler, flhrn new surfacing: john stevens, perc, cornet, vo, tp/ nigel coombes, vin/ roger smith, g sitting on your stairs: lol coxhill, ss/ michel doneda, ss nottwo satoko fujii ma-do: natsuki tamura, tp/ satoko fujii, p/ norikatsu koreya, b/ akira horikoshi, dr colin webster | mark holub the claw: webster, ts, as, bari sax/ mark holub, dr, perc rob mosher rob mosher's polebridge: rob mosher, ss, cl, eng horn/ micah killion, tpt/ john marcus, vln/ stephanie nilles, p, b3, vo/ andrew small, b, fiddle driff circuitous: dave rempis, ts, as, bari s/ keefe jackson, ts, bcl, cbcl/ pandelis karayorgis, p/ frank rosaly, dr window a doorway: guillermo gregorio, cl/ steve swell, tbn/ pandelis karayorgis, p the whammies play steve lacy vol 2: jorris dijkstra, as, lyricon/ pandelis karayorgis, p/ jeb bishop, tbn/ mary oliver, vln, viola/ nate mcbride, b/ han bennink, dr cocoon: p karayorgis, p/ jef charland, b/ luther gray, dr red toucan knoten: thomas heberer, tp/ achim kaufman, p norbert stein pata on the cadillac: norbert stein, ts/ & band muscle kings of mexico: sami sippola, s/ ville rauhala, b mike mahaffay natural: mike mahaffay/ john jensen/ michael lastra/ lisa lipton/ michael moss/ scott steele/ enrique ugalde

From Wikipedia: "Cooper-Moore (b. 1946, Virginia) is an American jazz pianist, composer and instrument builder/designer based in New York City. He began performing church music in the Piedmont region of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. In 1970, he formed a collective trio, Apogee, with saxophonist David S. Ware and drummer Marc Edwards. He has toured extensively in Europe [1] as well as the United States. His current group, with Tom Abbs and Chad Taylor, is called Triptych Myth. Another group Moore heads is the Digital Primitives trio, along with Chad Taylor and Assif Tsahar.[2] He has also performed with Daniel Carter. Among the many instruments Moore has built are "a deedly-bo [sic], a three-string fretless banjo and a mouth bow.""

Prof. Alfred McCoy, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison discusses details from his article for TomDispatch, “Surveillance Blowback: The Making of the US Surveillance State, 1898-2020; speaks of importance of Snowden’s leaks; attempt by Congress to curtail government surveillance; traces it back to US war on Philippines and role of Ralph Van Deman, father of US military intelligence; his collaboration with private right wing groups in 40s; describes WW1 crackdown on Left, IWW; COINTEL in 60s; recalls predicting 4 years ago the rise of US surveillance state; how Obama has expanded Bush surveillance programs into space.: Interviewer Jeff Blankfort from KZYX.

Musical performances from live webstream at Spotty Dog Books & Ale available from free103point9 and WGXC at http://comm.free103point9.org:8000/spottydog.mp3.m3u and rebroadcast at midnight, Sat., July 27, 2013 on WGXC 90.7-FM. weyou is the duo of Jesske Hume and Nate Wood. As a band, Hume and Wood incorporate their multi-instrumental abilities into indie, folk, and avant-garde songwriting. weyou’s sound is often ambient and at times wildly experimental. http://www.weyoumusic.com/about.cfm http://weyou.bandcamp.com/

From "Free Speech Radio news": "Today, the defense for Army Private Bradley Manning gave closing arguments before a military judge at Ft. Meade, Maryland. Manning faces 22 charges for leaking military and government documents to Wikileaks. One of those charges is “aiding the enemy”, which could bring life in prison. And much of the final arguments centered on this charge. For more, we’re joined by journalist Kevin Gosztola. He is one of the few reporters who has been covering the trial daily. He’s posting updates on Firedoglake.com."

Two hours of shortwave radio-oriented programming, starting with solar weather, news on meteor showers and ham radio, and other reports. Other reports include:

5:15 a.m.: "The RAIN Report" Hosted from Chicago by Hap Holly, KC9RP. This week: "Two Homeland Security trainers talk about ham radio's involvement in the ICS & NIMS programs."

5:30 a.m., "The Shortwave Report" with host Dan Roberts and international news via shortwave radio. This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, Spanish National Radio, NHK World Radio Japan, and the Voice of Russia.

6 a.m.: "Glenn Hauser's World of Radio" DX and station news countries all over the world.

6:30 a.m.: "Amateur Radio Newsline" This week: "Ham radio will share a ride to space on a pair of joint mission satellites; a pico balloon remains aloft for over 70 hours; Massachusetts looks to enact an anti pirate radio law and Lithium battery safety is once again a major concern."

The Revolution will not be televised, it will be on the radio. With Malcolm X, Bill Frisell, Gil Scott-Heron, Nina Simone, Bob Marley, The Clash, T. Rex, Public Enemy, Sam Cooke, Chris Lee, Leonard Cohen, and Steve Earle.

Radia Episode 434: "Number Twelve" by Sophie Wilder (Soundart Radio). "Radia" is a weekly show put on by an international network of stations interested in creative and forgotten ways to make radio. Each week, one station makes a show for the rest. This week: Sophie Wilder has been making strange noises for over thirty years, initially at home but then as part of the legendary lost 80s band Well Crucial. Nowadays she intersperses infrequent improvisation as part of the A Band with weekly broadcasts of bizarre sounds on Soundart Radio. Her home equipment consists of a couple of battered synth modules, a few musical toys and primitive recording equipment Things Sophie likes Electronic experimentation Birdsong Old Science fiction Totnes The great outdoors Cats Things Sophie hates Convention Capitalism Broccoli Winter Spiders Garden gnomes Things Sophie is A drifting clarifier An experimenter Usually late An introvert Things Sophie is not Organised Good at writing about herself Sophie Wilder is not married, has no children, and does not live in Surrey.

This regular edition features works by Darius Ciuta, Joe Stevens, Iain Armstrong, Terje Paulsen, a framework intro by James Bailey, and sounds from the Aporee Soundmaps World Listening Day 2013 project by Sala, Ricardo Huismann, Damir Kustic, Enquiring Ear, Udo Noll, Nicolai de Haan, Greg Peterson, and John Grzinich.

In New York, when radio stations apply for licences, or have a question about the rules of broadcasting, they have to call someone in Washington, as the federal government makes rules for the nation's airwaves, and the Federal Communications Commission, enforces those laws. In some states, New York included, there are officials who think regulating the airwaves is their job. In 2011, New York followed Florida and New Jersey, in passing a law making pirate radio illegal, even though states have no jurisdiction over the federally-regulated airwaves. Now Massachusetts wants to pass a similar law, though instead of making pirate transmissions illegal, the bill would empower the state Attorney General to initiate legal action against a broadcaster, which could result in monetary forfeiture of $5,000 to $10,000. In the current legislative session in Albany, a few officials in New York's State Senate want to toughen New York's law, moving an "unauthorized transmission" from a class A misdemeanor to to a class D felony. The bill the legislature is considering says, "JUSTIFICATION: Local radio stations often have their programming and signal 'bumped off' the air, or drowned out by unofficial, unlicensed 'pirate' radio stations that broadcast without FCC approval." This is not true. Legal radio stations rarely, if ever, "have their programming and signal" "bumped off the air, or drowned out by unofficial, unlicensed 'pirate' radio stations." This station, for instance, has never had that problem in two and a half years. Sometimes, on the crowded New York City radio dial, pirate stations create static, interference, or bleed on in certain spots over legal station signals, but this is also very rare. Also, the few pirates that there are in New York City operate on the couple of frequencies where there are not legal stations, so they can be heard. So they often use 87.7-FM, or 89.7-FM, just below the traditional start of the FM radio dial, but heard on most radios. But the original New York law, and this new update, defines an "unauthorized radio transmission" as "a radio transmission in this state, on a radio frequency... or frequency modulation (FM) radio stations between the frequencies of eighty-eight megahertz (MHz) to one hundred eight megahertz (MHz)." So the pirates on 87.7-FM and 87.9-FM are not covered by this law. And states do not have jurisdiction over the airwaves, so when one of these laws is challenged in court they will all be thrown out. So who is behind S3490-2013? The bill is sponsored by Sen. Adriano Espaillat who represents Washington Heights in New York City. The bill passed its committee May 21 with James Seward, the Senator who represents Delaware, Ulster, and Schoharie counties in Albany, voting in favor. Plus, "Free Speech Radio News" updates listeners about the Bradley Manning trial.

First, artist Walter de Maria died July 25, 2013. Tune in to hear about his "Lightning Field" earthwork in New Mexico, and the gallery he filled with dirt in New York City. Also hear the artists "Cricket Music" and "Ocean Music," and two songs recorded with a pre-Velvet Underground Lou Reed and John Cale. Then, From Wikipedia: "Richard Dorian "Dickie" Goodman (April 19, 1934 – November 6, 1989) was an American music and record producer born in Brooklyn, New York. He is best known for inventing and using the technique of the "break-in", an early precursor to sampling, that used brief clips of popular records and songs to "answer" comedic questions posed by voice actors on his novelty records.... In June 1956 Goodman created his first record, "The Flying Saucer Parts 1 & II," which he co-wrote with his partner Bill Buchanan, and featured a four-minute rewriting of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds radio show. This recording was the subject of a copyright infringement case against Goodman. The lawsuit was settled out of court. "The Flying Saucer" was officially released under the artist name "Buchanan and Goodman" and was Goodman's highest-charting single on Billboard, peaking at #3. Buchanan and Goodman followed up with four other records: "Buchanan and Goodman on Trial" (#80 in 1956), "Flying Saucer The 2nd" (#18 in 1957), "The Creature (From A Science Fiction Movie)" (as by Buchanan and Ancell) (#85 in 1957), and "Santa and the Satellite (Parts I & II)" (#32 in 1957)." The trial song was about the legal wrangling over their use of popular songs in other songs,

IO.SOUND produces this program. Sketchpad is an ongoing monthly radio program produced for free103point9. free103point9 is a nonprofit arts organization based in New York State that defines and cultivates the genre of Transmission Art by promoting artists who make work with, for, and about the electromagnetic spectrum. The Sketchpad program features a re-broadcast of previous Radius episodes. Each episode is followed by a playlist of works selected by that episode’s artist. The series seeks to highlight the peripheral work that influences the research and production of the episode.

THE DARK SPECTRUM follows a series of electromagnetic (EM) spectrum mapping, interception and transmission performance structures, which the SPEKTR collective started exploring in 2004. Their new work in this series will focus on processes of encoding/decoding of the EM spectrum and natural/man made signals. SPEKTR will collectively spend time with a standard suite of tools: HF, VHF, UHF and L-band Receivers and Transmitters software defined radios, home-brew VLF receivers, and ELF probes complimented by software toolkits (COTS and custom coded) to decode, encode and visualize digital signals. Combined with image and audio recording devices and manipulation strategies, the collective will work together to develop new ideas and segments for a new performance focusing on the digital and encoded/encrypted signals domains.

First, the Weekly Presidential Radio Address, and Republican Response. Then "PiratesWeek," with "pirates in the news this week include Massachusetts Broadcasters Seek Better Pirate Ammo. Steven Walsh introduced H.R. 1679, which would give the state attorney general the power to seek action against pirates, including seizing equipment and seeking money damages. We also take a look at the FCC Activities. Select postings from the Free Radio Network, HF Underground and note stations logged per the Free Radio Weekly ‭Off Air Recordings include the stations of: Red Mercury Labs, Pee Pee Vagina Radio, Black Cat Radio and Radio Free Whatever. Haarp facility to close down, A story from International Radio Report On the Media looks at Voice of America and the new law that allows some of its programming to be finally available for a domestic audience."

Still more blurring of the lines between news and entertainment. Now they've upped the ante by using news programs to promote their own entertainment shows.. And that's just for starters ( What do Sharknado and Under The Dome have in common.? Who owns Simon and Shuster? What did ABC World News NOT say during its coverage of the roller coast death in Texas. Here's a hint: who owns ABC?) . On the plus side, two of the network evening newscasts no longer use celebrities to intro their newscasts....one network still does. So, what does REAL journalism look and sound like? glad you asked. Hosted by Paul Fischer. From Pacifica Radio. Earth Intruders Bjork Volta. Atlantic 2007 03:51 Hollywood Lana Del Ray Black Beauty EP. self released preview 2013 04:06 Celluloid Heroes The Kinks Everybody's In Show-Biz. RCA 1972 06:22 Mean Taylor Swift Speak Now. Big Machine 2010 03:58 An Impression No Age An Object. SubPop 2013 02:30 Meditations Hologram Forever. Captured Tracks 2013 02:48 Cheap Treat Eric Copeland Joke In The Hole. DFA 2013 03:11 One Big Family Mean Lady Love Now. Fat Possum 2013 04:11 Axis Pet Shop Boys Electric. X-2 2013 05:35 Case And Point Smith Westerns single. Mom+Pop 2013 04:38 Bad Idea (Radio Edit) Aluna George Body Music. Island 2013 03:15 Strong London Grammar single. Metal And Dust Records 2013 03:59 Darkstar Beck The Information. Interscope 2006 03:42 Hollywood Jackie Greene American Myth. Verve 2006 05:00 Here Is The News Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) Time. Jet 1981 03:46 Additional Credits This program contains soundbites...including network newscast excerpts and excerpts of movie trailers and newscast intros... excerpt The Blob Trailer from NBC Nightly News....excerpt trailer Attack of the Killer Tomatoes...excerpt NBC Nightly News coverage of "Sharknado", Excerpt CBS News Sunday Morning coverage of "Under The Dome... excerpt Jane Lynch on MSNBC talking about death of Glee cast member and then segment promoting her new game show on NBC...Evening Newscast Celebrity intros...and the new ones for two network evening newscasts that dropped celebrity intros...and the network evening newscast that still uses a celebrity intro... excerpt of ABC World News Saturday coverage of death on an amusement park ride...a network owned by an amusement park giant...Disney.... Face mod. Bob Schieffer Q and A with House Speaker John Boehner...keeps trying to get Boehner to answer his question.... Royal baby coverage montage....for illustrative, analysis and commentary purposes.

We interrupt this program with news that aliens have invaded the airwaves, for this show about space sounds, invading Martians, interviews with aliens, and more.

Michael Smallberg on regulatory 'revolving door'; Keane Bhatt on TAL and Guatemalan genocide.

Radio and media news.

Matthew Hall at The Awl notes Prince's long-term relationship with computers. Tune in "Computer Blue," "Something in the Water (Does Not Compute)," "My Computer" (with Kate Bush), "Emale," "Batdance," Plus clear reference points: Funkadelic's "No Compute," and Afrika Bambaata’s "Looking For The Perfect Beat." Plus The Time's "777-9311."

Rebroadcast from "Saturday Afternoon Show" July 27, 2013. THE DARK SPECTRUM follows a series of electromagnetic (EM) spectrum mapping, interception and transmission performance structures, which the SPEKTR collective started exploring in 2004. Their new work in this series will focus on processes of encoding/decoding of the EM spectrum and natural/man made signals. SPEKTR will collectively spend time with a standard suite of tools: HF, VHF, UHF and L-band Receivers and Transmitters software defined radios, home-brew VLF receivers, and ELF probes complimented by software toolkits (COTS and custom coded) to decode, encode and visualize digital signals. Combined with image and audio recording devices and manipulation strategies, the collective will work together to develop new ideas and segments for a new performance focusing on the digital and encoded/encrypted signals domains.

Nathan Fuller on the conclusion of Bradley Manning's military trial.

Bryant covered wars and the White House that caused the wars for the BBC. This is his irreverent and self-deprecatory take on his trade and life. Hosted by Ian Williams from WJFF in Jeffersonville, NY.

Radio and media news about the Bradley Manning trial, and efforts by Congress to stop the NSA phone call surveillance program. And more.

Radio and media news.

The SPEKTR Collective recounts their recordings and projects during their residency at Wave Farm.

Liminal Transmission is a theoretical and experiential research-based project concerned with testing the limits of FM radio's frequency response (30Hz - 15kHz). Using tone generators and sound art works that employ frequencies situated along the upper and lower ranges of human auditory perception, this broadcast will probe the poles of the FM frequency response spectrum through a live experiment conducted on WGXC.

Writes Cornell, "The hypothesis for the experiment is as follows:

If FM radio operates within a set frequency response range, then frequencies that are situated outside of that range are transmitted as "silence". If not silence, then what sounds will fluctuate the carrier wave?

Ginger Rogers is featured, dancing on the radio. From Pacifica Radio.

International radio and media show. The show is produced jointly by PCJ in Taiwan and Canada. Producer/Presenter: Keith Perron.