"I'm sitting outside Sunderland Uni' on the river Wear, Northumberland"

writes CFR listener Justin Benn, who lives in Alnwick (home of Harry Potter’s castle) in Northumberland and is completing his MA in Media Production, Film and Video at Sunderland University. Through CFR, Justin and I also discovered that we have mutual first cousins!

And have you put yourself on CFR’s Frappr map?

Technorati Tags: podcast, t-shirt

See Ryan Naraine. Ryan is wearing a CFR hoodie purchased at the CFR CaféPress store. Ryan looks hot.

Now see Ryan Naraine sitting at the computer. Ryan is wearing a CFR hoodie. Ryan looks hot — and productive. (So hot and productive, in fact, that you can almost ignore the fact that he’s using a PC.) Judging from the look of deep concentration on his face and the earbuds in his ears, Ryan is probably not listening to CFR (which, after all, hasn’t released an episode in weeks). More likely he’s trawling the web for cricket news for the West Indies Cricket Weblog, while listening to some other more regularly updated podcast.

Janine Mendes-Franco and C*POP take a time out from a video shoot in Trinidad on October 25, 2005.

Janine wears a CFR Frog Jr. Spaghetti Tank, and C*POP sports an Organic Cotton Tee bearing his own C*POP Box Design.

Always knew CFR had fans in far-flung places, but here are the t-shirts to prove it!

Listener Wendy Warnick took this photo of Fairbanks, Alaska residents (L to R) Andy Reynolds, Cindy Wentworth and Mason Damrau sporting their Caribbean Free Radio apparel during a rehearsal of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’s UAF Steel Drum Band (“The Northernmost Steel Drum Band in the World”).

Fairbanks has a vibrant community of steel pan fans and players, and steel pan music is often on the menu at the city’s annual Summer Arts Festival.

Technorati Tags: caribbean, music, podcast, steel orchestra, steel pan

CFR listener Andreas Ekberg, who divides his time between Sweden and New York, received his CFR t-shirt today in Stockholm. He also promises to send photos of his CFR mug when he receives it!

While you’re at it, check out some of Andreas’s designs, which include cool fonts, e-cards and other artworks, wearable and otherwise.

Technorati Tags: cafepress, caribbean+free+radio, podcast, t-shirt

For copyright reasons I can’t post the photo here, but you can see the fleet-footed Russ flying the CFR colours by visiting this link.

Lori Lynch proudly sports a CFR spaghetti tank at Port of Spain hotspot Crobar.

CFR’s #1 Beltway-based listener, Christiana B., braved the hordes of tourists near the White House to get this one. Thanks, Christiana!

New York resident John Batson models his CFR Stencil Tee during a visit to the Motherland this past weekend.

You too can be the proud owner of a CFR t-shirt (PodFrog or Stencil design) by clicking here.