December 3, 2009 – 11:45 am
While the media report on the woes of the music industry and the part that the internet has to play in it’s current state of turmoil, much less is made of the power that has been given to individual artists by this new technology. Self promotion and even distribution of music can all be done without major label backing. This post takes a look at some artists doing it for themselves… Read on! Read More »
November 29, 2009 – 8:10 pm
As you may have heard, 209radio, our broadcast home for the last 6 years faces closure this Monday (30th November) unless we can come up with £28k. It’s a lot of money, but you never know! We’re urging people to give what they can by either donating at http://justgiving.com/209radio or by joining the 209radio Lottery at http://209radio.co.uk/lottery.
If the station goes, Cambridge loses a unique and valuable community resource not to mention some of the finest musical programming in the UK (big claim but we’re serious). If you can stump up any dosh, it’s much appreciated. Even if not you can show your support by adding a Twibbon to your Twitter avatar here : http://twibbon.com/cause/209radio/Join
We urge you, whatever happens, to tune in and have a listen at 105FM in Cambridge or online at http://209radio.co.uk to what may be the station’s last few broadcasts.
November 21, 2009 – 10:39 am
Things aren’t completely finished here by any means but we’ve got to get started sometime so here we go! This site will be a place where Gil & I will post about stuff we’re interested in, stuff about our radio show on 209radio.co.uk including tracklistings, full audio and transcripts of all past and future interviews we’ve conducted with a veritable galaxy of stars for the show (we’ll get them all up eventually promise), mixes for download and recommended purchases.
Not to sound too pretentious, but we hope this will become a kind of cultural hub for you (as if you really needed another one of those!)
Anyway, why not subscribe to the RSS feed and keep up to date with us, oh, and don’t forget to leave comments on anything we post… it’s a good way to be in touch with Beatnik!
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Love you!
Pete
September 22, 2009 – 12:55 pm
Hello!
First things first, you should be receiving this newsletter because at some point you either came to a Beatnik or Jazteka event in Cambridge, a Bossaphonik event in Oxford, you listen to the radio show or are just a friend of Beatnik in one way or another. If none of the above applies to you, and / or you never, ever wish to hear about our events and radio show again, here’s your chance to unsubscribe from the WeAreBeatnik Newsletter; Read More »
