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Entries from October 2007

Festival Radio Update

October 27th, 2007 · No Comments

The hard drive was unsaveable. I’m currently in the process of re-ripping my entire CD collection. It will take several months.
I’ve put a higher priority on re-ripping recent submissions, and am alternating recent submissions with back catalog. As I rip material, I am replacing tracks on the station, so the rate of [...]

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Glass Half Full — A Music Photographer’s Vision of Hope

October 6th, 2007 · No Comments

Another great article from our Australian correspondent, Sue Barrett
Glass Half Full — A Music Photographer’s Vision of Hope
By Sue Barrett
OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
Irene Young is a music photographer, whose clients have included Laura Nyro, George Thorogood, Suzanne Vega, New Kids on the Block and XTC. Irene is also a breast cancer survivor and [...]

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Tags: Sue Barrett · artist profiles

Hard Drive Failure

October 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

The hard drive on which I keep the music for Festival Radio has crashed. I will be trying to retrieve the data (like a chucklehead, I do not have the ripped music backed up - my system is quite ancient in computer terms).
So, as a result, updates to Festival Radio will be slowed down [...]

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Tags: Festival Radio · Online Folk Festival