Caribbean Free Radio
The Caribbean’s first podcast – almost live from Trinidad and Tobago!
Monthly Archives: June 2005
Jun 30
Get your CFR apparel!
You asked for them (well, some of you did) and now they’re here — CFR t-shirts are now available from our CaféPress Store! For now it’s only items bearing the frog-with-iPod logo, but I’ll probably add another design or two in the near future. Since I’m all the way in the southern Caribbean US buyers [...]
Jun 28
Not invited to the iTunes 4.9 party?
Woke up this morning to find that the new version of iTunes 4.9 has been released, but where is CFR in the iTunes podcast directory??? Up to this morning, however, I’m seeing a record of iTunes 4.9 activity on my latest podcast feed. Have tried submitting the feed using the link at the iTunes Music [...]
Jun 27
Caribbean Free Radio #22 – Aboriginality
Another dispatch from the garden, in which I talk about: The addition of the CLR James papers to the Memory of the World Register | Amerindian names of the Caribbean islands | Andy Palacio & the Garifuna in Belize | interview with Andy Palacio at Global Hits You can listen to this podcast in any [...]
Jun 23
Am I being censored by TWiT?
Seems I wasn’t the only one who felt compelled to respond to Patrick Norton’s throwaway comment about buying Trinidad & Tobago on This Week In Tech Episode 10. Two Trinidadians, one quite irate and another who took it in a spirit more similar to mine, have left comments on the TWiT site, but somehow the [...]
Jun 23
Up and running again
I foolishly posted the note about service being interrupted due to my switching web hosts fairly late last night, which meant that most of you did not see it. Thanks to all who called and e-mailed — your concern warms my heart. I’m glad to know that CFR’s absence may mean something in the grand [...]
Jun 22
Interruption in service
I’m in the process of changing web hosts, so CFR may be down for a few hours between tonight and tomorrow. Sorry for the inconvenience!
Jun 21
Caribbean Free Radio #21 – Garden State of Mind
An endless series of interruptions drives me into my garden for this freewheeling episode (apologies in advance for iffy sound quality and general raggedness), in which I talk about: Why long weekends and public holidays don’t do it for me| Labour Day in Trinidad and Tobago and Tubal Uriah “Buzz” Butler | Mangoes | Anthuriums [...]
Jun 19
Caribbean Free Photo
Taken a look at Caribbean Free Photo lately? Lots of interesting additions, including pics of a 3canal photo shoot, a streetwise dog, and a Guyanese ship.
Jun 14
Caribbean Free Radio #20 – Pan Jazz with Ron Reid
Another longish one, in which I talk jazz and steel with Trinidadian Ron Reid, composer, bassist, steel pannist and professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Hear Ron’s take on arranging for steel orchestras, the steel pan as a jazz instrument and much, much more. And if you’ve been liking what we’re doing [...]
Jun 12
I knows nothing. . .
. . . but I least I know a few smart people. Woke up this morning to find several messages from said individuals alerting me to the fact that the forum I thought I had set up so well yesterday evening had some major issues. All sorted out now, I believe. But thank you Wendy [...]
Jun 11
A Forum is born
CFR now has a Discussion Forum! Feel free as well to check out our slightly re-designed home page, and while you’re at it, why not take a look at Caribbean Free Photo?
Jun 09
Caribbean Free Radio #19 – Starring Michael Cherrie
CFR inaugurates its “Theatre” category with a longer show than usual, in which I chat with Trinidadian actor Michael Cherrie, recently of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, about his craft and career. This episode features monologues from Blue/Orange, Othello, Master Harold and the Boys and The Dragon Can’t Dance, a few of which [...]
Jun 06
CFR Special Edition – A Trinidadian in Ireland
In this special edition of Caribbean Free Radio, the intrepid and erudite Nicholas Laughlin, last heard on CFR’s soundseeing tour of Mount St Benedict, takes us on a visit to the burial site of poet W. B. Yeats in the village of Drumcliff in Sligo, Ireland. As this isn’t a Caribbean subject, I didn’t want [...]
Jun 04
CFR not in iPodderX Directory!
Downloaded iPodderX Version 3 a few days ago, but only just got around to installing it and checking it out. It looks like it has some fabulous features, and I’ve had a soft spot for iPodderX since August Trometer, one of iPodderX’s developers, responded so kindly to one of Delphine’s blog posts some months back. [...]
Jun 03
Caribbean Free Radio #18 – Back to my Roots
After a series of fancy-schmancy theme shows, I revert in this episode to the good ol’ CFR formula of talk-music-talk–and I mention those other roots as well. This podcast was edited using Propaganda, by MixMeister Technology. Stay tuned for a review of my experience with Propaganda! It’s a new month, which means the voting starts [...]
Jun 02
12 updates web site
The band 12, who were featured in Podcast #17, have updated their web site. Among the goodies now available there is a free download of their song “Carnival”. Check it out. And we’re now in June, which means that the voting begins again at Podcast Alley . . . .