GOON RADIO: GBS-FM is back on the air

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Doctor Zero: Sep 21, 2002; Would you like a jelly baby?
It's been in my pocket through 4 regenerations,
but it's still good.

Well, I think it's time to pimp the weekend radio shows.

Tonight, at 7pm central, 8pm eastern tune in for my Friday show, Zero-G on Ghetto Radio - http://ghettoradio.us/

I'm thinking to do a "Welcome to GBSFM" type show with my own slant (alternative, rock, 80s), so let me start your musical weekend off tonight and listen in!

# ? Aug 13, 2010 14:52

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# ? Apr 29, 2024 17:26

I.T Zander: Aug 27, 2008; by angerbot

I've gotten three power metal songs in a row.

This music is what furrys listen to while zipping up their suits.

# ? Aug 13, 2010 15:42

hobbit barfer: Jan 1, 2006; I is gone light you pon fire

My suspicions have been confirmed, goons hate rap and love renaissance fair music :ohdear:

# ? Aug 13, 2010 15:57

dirby: Sep 21, 2004; Helping goons with math

hobbit barfer posted:

goons hate rap

Then what you have to do is add more rap to the playlist (searching and then uploading if necessary).

# ? Aug 13, 2010 16:02

Nihiliste: Oct 23, 2005; The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

When tagging and uploading, by the way, try to keep things consistent with what's already on the station. This is how we end up with "Belle & Sebastian" and "Belle and Sebastian" as separate artists.

# ? Aug 13, 2010 16:05

Radio Nowhere: Jan 8, 2010

I see the entire Conet Project (see Numbers or Shortwave Thread) has been loaded, awesomeness!

I added GBS-FM to http://www.yourmuze.fm/ for you Blackberry users.

# ? Aug 13, 2010 16:49

Cemetry Gator: Apr 3, 2007; Do you find something comical about my appearance when I'm driving my automobile?

Would the numbers station really qualify as music though? Unlike noise, where the creators call it music and it's intention is music, numbers stations are just recordings of spy broadcasts. It seems like it would fall under the spoken-word issue.

Of course, that's up to other people who aren't me. But just wondering.

# ? Aug 13, 2010 17:02

dirby: Sep 21, 2004; Helping goons with math

Cemetry Gator posted:

Would the numbers station really qualify as music though?

Of course, that's up to other people who aren't me. But just wondering.

I agree with you; but it's not up to people that aren't you until you report the dongs.

Edit: However, I don't know much about this project, but if the numbers stations were used as a base to create actual songs, that's a different story.

dirby fucked around with this message at 17:14 on Aug 13, 2010

# ? Aug 13, 2010 17:11

Doctor Zero: Sep 21, 2002; Would you like a jelly baby?
It's been in my pocket through 4 regenerations,
but it's still good.

Cemetry Gator posted:

Would the numbers station really qualify as music though? Unlike noise, where the creators call it music and it's intention is music, numbers stations are just recordings of spy broadcasts. It seems like it would fall under the spoken-word issue.

Of course, that's up to other people who aren't me. But just wondering.

Don't ask don't tell. :ssh:

# ? Aug 13, 2010 17:25

spankmeister: Jun 15, 2008

What was that song that was on last night that was basically a bunch of screaming and grunting and poo poo (not metal or anything just general hosed upedness)

# ? Aug 13, 2010 17:28

Fuschia tude: Dec 26, 2004; THUNDERDOME LOSER 2019

spankmeister posted:

What was that song that was on last night that was basically a bunch of screaming and grunting and poo poo (not metal or anything just general hosed upedness)

This is GBS-FM. You'll have to be more specific than that.

# ? Aug 13, 2010 17:37

DaWolfey: Oct 25, 2003; College Slice

Cemetry Gator posted:

Would the numbers station really qualify as music though? Unlike noise, where the creators call it music and it's intention is music, numbers stations are just recordings of spy broadcasts. It seems like it would fall under the spoken-word issue.

That is all true but a lot of them have little tunes in them, they sound cool and are short, so we let them slide.

Mostly because it invites lots of "WHAT THE gently caress IS THIS, ITS loving TERRIFYING" comments, and that's always fun.

# ? Aug 13, 2010 17:39

spankmeister: Jun 15, 2008

Fuschia tude posted:

This is GBS-FM. You'll have to be more specific than that.

Hmm, good point.

I think it was around eleven twelve-ish and it was like 10 minutes or some poo poo, it started out with grunting and screaming and about halfway through some rock/punk music started and the grunting continued.

# ? Aug 13, 2010 17:47

Joe Anglican: Mar 24, 2005; I've got a megaphone I've been saving for a special occasion.

spankmeister posted:

Hmm, good point.

I think it was around eleven twelve-ish and it was like 10 minutes or some poo poo, it started out with grunting and screaming and about halfway through some rock/punk music started and the grunting continued.

You don't mean Cromagnon/Primordial Orgasm or whatever, do you?

# ? Aug 13, 2010 17:52

Comfy Chairs: May 21, 2005; by Ralp

hobbit barfer posted:

My suspicions have been confirmed, goons hate rap and love renaissance fair music

Not true, goons like good hip-hop. But like any other genre there's a lot of crap. I'd take a decent selection of hip-hop over hours of renaissance fair and power metal any day. Just spare me the over-produced autotuned rap that sounds like a Cyberman trying to be gangsta.

# ? Aug 13, 2010 17:58

StevePerry: Sep 5, 2003; don't stop believin

110 listeners? That's great. Well done. This is the kind of listenership that brings post-rave artists out of retirement.

# ? Aug 13, 2010 18:35

Keru: Aug 2, 2004; 'n suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us 'n the sky was full of what looked like 'uge bats, all swooping 'n screeching 'n divin' around the ute.

Peachstapler posted:

110 listeners? That's great. Well done. This is the kind of listenership that brings post-rave artists out of retirement.

I hope that means what I hope it means.

# ? Aug 13, 2010 18:39

CRIP EATIN BREAD: Jun 24, 2002; Hey stop worrying bout my acting bitch, and worry about your WACK ass music. In the mean time... Eat a hot bowl of Dicks! Ice T; Soiled Meat

Peachstapler posted:

110 listeners? That's great. Well done. This is the kind of listenership that brings post-rave artists out of retirement.

Let's do this.

# ? Aug 13, 2010 18:40

Doctor Zero: Sep 21, 2002; Would you like a jelly baby?
It's been in my pocket through 4 regenerations,
but it's still good.

I am hearing some rumblings out of the eastern bloc.

# ? Aug 13, 2010 18:43

I said come in!: Jun 22, 2004

Hell yes! So glad this is back, plus its playing some great music currently.

I'm assuming that it is a huge no no to download songs off GBSFM? While upload privileges are given to goons, download is likely not allowed for legal reasons?

I said come in! fucked around with this message at 19:23 on Aug 13, 2010

# ? Aug 13, 2010 19:13

Fart.Bleed.Repeat.: Sep 29, 2001

DaWolfey posted:

Hey Bass, where�s the DJs?
DJs were a part of the old GBS-FM, but we have offloaded that duty to DJ Only station, GhettoRadio. Sign up there if you want to do a show. Unlike the old GBS-FM, Ghetto shows run all the time, not just at weekends.

GhettoRadio is indeed alive and well. Primary focus is on DJ'd entertainment and (as incredulous as it might be) poo poo that just doesn't fit in with GBSFM. There is a homegrown playlist that is playing during off-show hours but FTP has been broke for a few weeks now so the playlist isn't the same user-driven experience as GBSFM. At some point we(GBSFM and GR) should work out a graceful handoff, I know it's been sorta discussed and then dropped, but now that it's out of the closet might be the impetus needed

Anyway, blah blah long storied history, whatever :downs:

The main page to grab a link to listen is just https://www.ghettoradio.us or you can load up your player(whatever that may be) with ghettoradio.us as the server and port 8209

Digging a little deeper is the Dj pages and forum located at https://www.ghettoradio.us/forums. When you register there's a question about a secret password to prove you're a human. The secret password is uh, gbsfm
If you leave it blank or put in something else, you can still see the playlsit and some stuff, but wont be able to post anything, so youre pretty useless. Mainly the forums are where DJs post info about past and upcoming shows, so you can find track names of obscure poo poo, or post sugestions and whatnot

What?! YOU want to entertain us???
gently caress yeah! There is a thread in the main DJ forum to gain access to that, or hit up the IRC channel, theres p much always someone around.

What IRC channel? Same server irc.buttes.org(I think it is) and the channel is #GhettoRadio

Anyway, once you have some DJ buttons, theres a pretty simple schedule(kinda like a TV guide grid on :catdrugs:

) where you just pick a blank spot and then its yours. Most nights after about 8:00 america time, there is someone on the air. Weekends tend to start earlier and last longer(THATS WHAT SHE SAID!) and have people during the day

Seeing a lot of old names in this thread so far, most of ya'all know the deal. Welcome to the new ~~suckers~~listeners! Enjoy your stay

Also much like GBSFM, GhettoRadio is not an offical Something Awful project. While this does limit the interaction(especially in the forums and :argh:

single sign on aspects) It has brought in several awesome listeners and DJs that don't know WTF a goon is and would probably crap themselves if they did fully understand. Not too worried about things getting out of hand, as the retards tend to weed themselves out, and trolls are sometimes fun to feed

Fart.Bleed.Repeat. fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Aug 13, 2010

# ? Aug 13, 2010 19:14

DaWolfey: Oct 25, 2003; College Slice

Peachstapler posted:

110 listeners? That's great. Well done. This is the kind of listenership that brings post-rave artists out of retirement.

We've hit 124!

# ? Aug 13, 2010 19:42

1: Feb 28, 2007; 1️⃣
Just another number.

My first thought when this turned up was "great - free music!", but I've been listening for a day-and-a-half and have already spent �70 at Amazon buying albums by artists I've just been introduced to. This is not free at all!

Have you considered adding an Amazon search box similar to the one these forums have? If people are going to be buying stuff anyway you may as well cash in on the referral fees.

# ? Aug 13, 2010 20:18

Tube: Jun 1, 2000; I'm going off the rails on a CRAZY TRAIN!; Fallen Rib

It seems like sometimes data's getting duplicated. People's comments on songs show up twice, which isn't such a big deal, but then you also get a number of song requests showing up twice as well (check toward the bottom of the queue right now, and you'll see several, with the same song and requester). Sometimes there's even a bit of a delay or something on the duplication, as comments will duplicate a couple of seconds later, or queued songs will have some other requests between them.

# ? Aug 13, 2010 20:21

Incoherence: May 22, 2004; POYO AND TEAR

Tube posted:

It seems like sometimes data's getting duplicated. People's comments on songs show up twice, which isn't such a big deal, but then you also get a number of song requests showing up twice as well (check toward the bottom of the queue right now, and you'll see several, with the same song and requester). Sometimes there's even a bit of a delay or something on the duplication, as comments will duplicate a couple of seconds later, or queued songs will have some other requests between them.

I think that's part of the Baby's First Python App glitching. If you refresh, they usually go away.

# ? Aug 13, 2010 20:21

Comfy Chairs: May 21, 2005; by Ralp

I said come in! posted:

Hell yes! So glad this is back, plus its playing some great music currently.

I'm assuming that it is a huge no no to download songs off GBSFM? While upload privileges are given to goons, download is likely not allowed for legal reasons?

Not for legal reasons, more because doing so would completely rape the site's bandwidth.

Tube posted:

It seems like sometimes data's getting duplicated. People's comments on songs show up twice, which isn't such a big deal, but then you also get a number of song requests showing up twice as well (check toward the bottom of the queue right now, and you'll see several, with the same song and requester). Sometimes there's even a bit of a delay or something on the duplication, as comments will duplicate a couple of seconds later, or queued songs will have some other requests between them.

It's a bug in the Javascript that builds the playlist in the browser. They're not actually duplicate entries as they still only get played once, more of a visual glitch. Until it gets fixed a page refresh will usually fix it, but it is annoying.

edit: Incoherence :argh:

# ? Aug 13, 2010 20:25

Fuschia tude: Dec 26, 2004; THUNDERDOME LOSER 2019

I said come in! posted:

Hell yes! So glad this is back, plus its playing some great music currently.

I'm assuming that it is a huge no no to download songs off GBSFM? While upload privileges are given to goons, download is likely not allowed for legal reasons?

Heh. "legal"

# ? Aug 13, 2010 20:27

DaWolfey: Oct 25, 2003; College Slice

Yeah we're not sure on why that's happening.
What browser are you using?

You can easily clear it with a refresh.

# ? Aug 13, 2010 20:27

Tube: Jun 1, 2000; I'm going off the rails on a CRAZY TRAIN!; Fallen Rib

Incoherence posted:

I think that's part of the Baby's First Python App glitching. If you refresh, they usually go away.

Oh, hey, you're absolutely right

It sounds like it's probably something for someone to look into, but I suppose it's no big deal really.

Have I mentioned how thrilled I am to have this up and running again? I hadn't really listened to GBS-FM much in the last couple of years, just because it tends not to go well with trying to study, but it's absolutely amazing to have around when you do want it (like I have this summer). So, thanks to everyone who made that happen; you guys are awesome.

e:

DaWolfey posted:

Yeah we're not sure on why that's happening.
What browser are you using?

You can easily clear it with a refresh.

I'm on Firefox 3.6.8, if that's helpful at all.

Also, at least with the chat thing, it only seems to happen in conjunction with a slight lag delay of a second or two, and not consistently even then. Or at least, that's how it appears when it's one of MY comments that duplicates.

If it were a decade ago, I'd suggest that it might be an issue with checking UDP packets, but I'm sure your technology's better than that, at least. I'm not a Python guy, though, so I don't really know what sort of possibilities there are for these things.

Tube fucked around with this message at 20:34 on Aug 13, 2010

# ? Aug 13, 2010 20:28

I said come in!: Jun 22, 2004

A friend just linked me to the mp3 of kuuenbu's melt down. :lol:

I looked it up and he doesn't post on the forums anymore (been 2 years). I wonder what are the chances of him making a come back to host music again. :allears:

# ? Aug 13, 2010 20:35

Doctor Zero: Sep 21, 2002; Would you like a jelly baby?
It's been in my pocket through 4 regenerations,
but it's still good.

# ? Aug 13, 2010 20:47

Jonnty: Aug 2, 2007; The enemy has become a flaming star!

Tube posted:

Oh, hey, you're absolutely right It sounds like it's probably something for someone to look into, but I suppose it's no big deal really.

Have I mentioned how thrilled I am to have this up and running again? I hadn't really listened to GBS-FM much in the last couple of years, just because it tends not to go well with trying to study, but it's absolutely amazing to have around when you do want it (like I have this summer). So, thanks to everyone who made that happen; you guys are awesome.

e:

I'm on Firefox 3.6.8, if that's helpful at all.

Also, at least with the chat thing, it only seems to happen in conjunction with a slight lag delay of a second or two, and not consistently even then. Or at least, that's how it appears when it's one of MY comments that duplicates.

If it were a decade ago, I'd suggest that it might be an issue with checking UDP packets, but I'm sure your technology's better than that, at least. I'm not a Python guy, though, so I don't really know what sort of possibilities there are for these things.

Had you recently voted or commented?

# ? Aug 13, 2010 21:01

Chexmix: Dec 10, 2006; Looks like you'll have to go handle this yourself.

CapCityGoofBall posted:

This is great for discovering new bands. If you hear any Foxy Shazam, that's all me baby

Will not, once my noise track gets played and I can add something else. :colbert:

Anyway, this is great - I'm really enjoying listening to this, even the boring-rear end metal! I never tuned in to the original incarnation, but I'll be spinning the hell out of this pretty often, I think.

# ? Aug 13, 2010 21:02

1st_Panzer_Div.: May 11, 2005; Grimey Drawer

Wow, surprised but really glad it's back. That said make sure to visit ghetto radio to get your DJ shows, they're all really awesome.

Edit: And I completely forgot what it was like to have your ears bleed, man did I miss that feeling.

1st_Panzer_Div. fucked around with this message at 21:08 on Aug 13, 2010

# ? Aug 13, 2010 21:05

Valfar: Nov 12, 2004; Born to lose, live to win.

I said come in! posted:

A friend just linked me to the mp3 of kuuenbu's melt down. I looked it up and he doesn't post on the forums anymore (been 2 years). I wonder what are the chances of him making a come back to host music again.

Kuuenbu may have his "issues", but he does know his metal. He's done a lot of great shows, and I hope he'll come back and do more (and play some loving Manowar!!). Also gently caress yeah, GBS-FM is back!!

# ? Aug 13, 2010 21:09

Alfajor: Jun 10, 2005; The delicious snack cake.

Awesome, this is perfect random music for work!
Is there a way to scrobble what's playing to Last.FM? It'd be highly entertaining to pass all the strange music on to my recently listened feed.

*edit: Are people uploading songs in over 7 minutes in purpose? :argh:

# ? Aug 13, 2010 21:11

Comfy Chairs: May 21, 2005; by Ralp

Alfajor posted:

Awesome, this is perfect random music for work!
Is there a way to scrobble what's playing to Last.FM? It'd be highly entertaining to pass all the strange music on to my recently listened feed.

*edit: Are people uploading songs in over 7 minutes in purpose?

Sadly no last.fm. The way the streaming server sends audio back to the client means it can't parse it into Song/Title very well. Also most last.fm plugins for media players don't scrobble radio streams. If someone wanted to make a desktop app that did send GBS-FM dong info to last.fm there's a rudimentary API that might work.

# ? Aug 13, 2010 21:24

Jonnty: Aug 2, 2007; The enemy has become a flaming star!

Sounds like inclement weather is on the way, folks.

# ? Aug 13, 2010 21:38

FIRE CURES BIGOTS: Aug 26, 2002; by Y Kant Ozma Post

Is this legal? I thought internet radio had to pay outrageous taxes and fees (to the RIAA, not the artists) above and beyond what commercial broadcasters had to pay.

# ? Aug 13, 2010 21:52

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# ? Apr 29, 2024 17:26

Test Pilot Monkey: Apr 27, 2003; I've seen Westerns, I know how to speak cowboy.

Seems like the answer to my question is that people hate goon music.

Oh well, time to upload some more!

# ? Aug 13, 2010 22:08

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