Monthly Archives: May 2005

3Canal CDs now online!

3Canal’s “Jab Jab Say” is now available at CD Baby–order your copy today! Roger tells me that “The Best of 3Canal” will be soon be online as well. And don’t forget to check out Caribbean Free Radio’s photoblog, Caribbean Free Photo!

Caribbean Free Radio #17 – 12 Special

In which I feature music by the Trinidad & Tobago band 12 and interview 12′s front man Sheldon Holder. It’s almost the end of the month, but not too late to Vote for Caribbean Free Radio at Podcast Alley. Help us end the month in the Top 50! This podcast was edited using Propaganda, by [...]

Caribbean Free Photo

As though I don’t have enough on my plate, I’ve started a photoblog. You can subscribe to the feed here.

Caribbean Free Radio #16 – Master & Commander (St. Barts Harbour Tour)

In this episode Bruno Gréaux, the Harbourmaster of Gustavia, the capital of St. Barts, takes me on a tour of his domain. Photos from the tour are viewable here. You can listen to this podcast in any of the following ways: MP3 | Online Player | RSS Feed Links: Tortuga Rum Company – our sponsor [...]

Chilepodcast

Learning Spanish (or want to)? Then this new podcast might be one for you. Chilepodcast is hosted by a fiftysomething language teacher who speaks slowly and clearly–and also reads poetry and talks about his native Chile. I’m also hoping he’ll lose the reverb he uses on the poetry readings.

New brooms sweep clean. . .

Okay, I have neither the time nor the know-how right now to solve the problem with Internet Explorer, so I’ve reverted to the old-look WordPress theme. Which I prefer anyway: the new-look theme was cleaner, it’s true, but to me it did not reflect the chaotic nature of life in this region–and in particular the [...]

Get the Fox!

Had a note this morning from my intrepid troubleshooter in Washington DC (aka my cousin Christiana) who informs me that Internet Explorer is not playing nice with CFR. It would appear that when viewed in Internet Explorer, the contents of this site’s sidebar slide to the bottom of the page, depriving users of all the [...]

Caribbean Free Radio #15 – A Visit from the Beeb

In this episode I turn the tables on the BBC Caribbean Service‘s Franka Philip, who came to interview me on Friday. Hear the inside story on one of the few World Service stations with an increasing listenership, plus a couple of tunes on the side. You can listen to this podcast in any of the [...]

Caribbean people do get around

Just listened to the April 16 episode of the Front Porch Podcast by “comedian, author and vigilante pundit” Baratunde, which includes an interview with the co-owner of the LT Organic Farm Restaurant and Market in Waukee, Iowa who, it turns out, is from Guyana. Of course. Where else? (Thanks to James Slusher for the link)

IceRocket

Having fun with IceRocket, a search engine which allows you to search blogs. Especially like the fact that it can list results in chronological order and create RSS feeds of searches. (Thanks to Andrew of the Exit50 podcast for the tip). Tags: icerocket, searchengines, search, blogs

Caribbean Free Radio #14 – Fire In the City

In which I tour the section of Port of Spain destroyed by fire on April 9, 2005 in the company of architect Mark Franco, and ponder the past, present and future of Trinidad and Tobago’s capital city. Click here to see photos of the area both during and after the incident. Thanks to Horace Ové [...]

CFR article in Caribbean Beat magazine

The May/June 2005 edition of Caribbean Beat magazine features, among other greater things, an interview with CFR’s host, who, incidentally, is back from St. Barts with oodles of podcast-worthy material. Now only to find the time to put it all together. . . .