I Resolve to Listen to Independent Radio

Friends and listeners,

I'd planned to wow you with a 3,000-word post on vinyl ripping this week, but a cursory inspection of my computer last night failed to turn it up, and I'm afraid it may have been deleted. Too much "holiday cheer" has erased the file name from my mind. I'll see if it doesn't show itself over the weekend.

I've made a change in the programming schedule, and I'll be doing a salute to Winter and New Year's Eve in lieu of a year in review. Seems to me I just did one of those in September. Maybe next week. Maybe next September.

Downloads should be restored tomorrow. If they're not, it means another free hosting provider is sick of me. Didn't we start the year on this note?

In the coming year, there will be some changes to this blog. It will continue to be home to the Greater Bostonians and the MUZAK Appreciation Society, but my other MP3 hostings may find a new home. Much of that is in development right now, and when I know more, I'll share.

I've been meaning to give the show a proper podcast for some time, and this is likely to be the outlet for that. I'm planning to cut the best hour out of each two-hour show so that you'll have something of decent quality that doesn't take all day to download.

That's it for this week. If you're still in need of a resolution you can keep, here are three good ones:

1. Shop at an independent record store at least once every three months.
2. Listen to a new podcast or an Internet radio station at least once a week.
3. Give generously to the nice folks at WFMU. It's almost that time again.

Thanks to everyone who listened, commented, dropped me an e-mail or dropped by the studio. A very special thanks to Otis Fodder for his tireless work on this year's 365 Days Project, one of the best examples you'll find of what the Internet can do to inform and entertain.

Have a merry one. Hear you in '08.