Plants and Animals

Great CD that got delivered to the station ... and which I picked up. Canada! There's something in the water up there that makes great indie-pop-country bands. And whistling ... someone in this band can whistle which is always a plus in my book.

Halloween Mix 2009 from FMA

Little mix i've put together for the Halloween 2009 Rock on the Rock on Waiheke Radio. Enjoy!

Special Moments, Eric: The Falklands Follies

Bill Direen & the Bilders

Picked this up just casually in passing today at the radio station Bill Direen & the Bilders "Chrysanthemum Storm".

Wow!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Direen

Grab a couple of tracks here: http://william.direen.free.fr/

Americana by MonsterZero

Americana by MonsterZero

Waiheke Radio gets closer...

Well it's been about 6 months since the Hauraki Hoedown was last on air but thats not to suggest that Country Mike has been just sitting around commiserating the demise of the Beach ... oh no. We decided that we'd just build our own damn station.... enter Waiheke Radio. In the six months since we hatched this idea we've managed to form a Trust with some truly dedicated and intelligent folks on it, yours truly has become a special advisor to the Trust. We've got our first transmitter pole up as well as secured a grant from the local Community Board to pay for the second transmitter. We've gained a community lease on the old premises vacated by Beach FM and given that a once over, we've put in a grant application to the lottery board, and have had 2 public meetings. I've also got the new site running so head on over to http://www.waihekeradio.org.nz for more updates and pics of how its all going. At this pace the Hoedown should be back on air within a couple of months I reckon.

Son of Country Mike Podcast #1

Yeeee Haaaawwww (and all that) ... finally out its the Son of Country Mike Podcast #1 ... for your listening pleasure. Its short it's swe... well, not really sweet, but ... well just download it and give it a go! You can get it here: Son of Country Mike Podcast #1 at least until they remove it for copyright violations or some such arcane legal skullduggery. The gist of Son of Country Mike podcasts are 3 songs, a couple of comments, all resulting in one podcast - not too much effort. #1 features a grand composition about anal sex and Evangelical preachers brought to you by the Portaland, Oregan band "I Can Lick Any Son of a Bitch in the House" followed closely by an Alex Chilton ditty about the Far East, and all wrapped up with a longish sea shanty(?) by the Akron/Family ... whats not to like about that?