http://radio.kevbo.us Streaming 24/7 Holiday Music from Chicago Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:19:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Welcome back, everyone! Choose your player to the right to start listening, or click on the big Play button to start listening in your browser. Happy Holidays! - Kevin http://radio.kevbo.us/?p=19 As the more intrepid of my visitors are already aware, the 2008 Holiday Radio Stream is now live. To tune in, click the giant play button on the right-hand side of the page, or look for the player of your choice beneath that. For those of you with iPhones - ... http://radio.kevbo.us/?p=18 Oh, wow, is it already that time? Well, as the decorations, TV commercials, and holiday movies will attest, this season seems to start earlier and earlier every year. It’s surprising, what with the economy being what it is, but I guess nothing stops the commercialism of Christmas! Holding with the ... http://radio.kevbo.us/?p=16 This is good stuff! I’m a fan of a cappella anyway, so I love this time of year for listening to the Whiffenpoofs, etc., belt out their favorite holiday tracks. This one is particularly good, though. Thanks, B.A.! http://radio.kevbo.us/?p=15 That’s right! The 2007 Holiday Season is officially upon us, which means that the Holiday Radio will start streaming Christmas music 24/7 to the tubes out there on the Internets. As with every previous year, the Radio is running on a bigger, faster, more powerful server than ever before, so ... http://radio.kevbo.us/?p=14 I’ve just removed about 100 or so songs that bordered on being too offensive for most listeners. That Bob Rivers sure is funny but, man, he pushes it sometimes. http://radio.kevbo.us/?p=13 If you look to the right, under the ‘Play now online’ header, you’ll see a big flash-based Play button. This will stream the music to you via a proxy, which should help people on slow connections or behind corporate firewalls. Give it a shot and let me know how it ... http://radio.kevbo.us/?p=12 All of the song data has now been loaded, and the radio is up and running. Enjoy! Happy Holidays! Kevin http://radio.kevbo.us/?p=11 The final track list for this year’s launch is just about complete. There are a total of 1746 tracks currently, comprising 4 straight days of music (though there are probably around 100 duplicates because many albums contain the same popular tracks: i.e., Mariah’s ‘All I Want For Christmas’). The source ... http://radio.kevbo.us/?p=10 Hey, everyone, I’ve now got the server in test mode while I make a few final tweaks to the configuration, etc. Like every other year, the streaming radio is going to be better than ever: faster server, faster connection, more songs (4 whole days worth!), and more features (e.g., mobile phone ... http://radio.kevbo.us/?p=9