Katharsis Nov. 24 '08

The show this week...

was a little dark, noisy and abstract: Menace Ruine (continued from Aubrey's Shindig), Bass Communion, The Fun Years, Bohren & der Club of Gore, I Heart Lung, Tarentel, Zak Riles, Grails, Psychic Pollution, Antony & the Johnsons, Talk Talk, Goldmund, Barbara Buchholz, Fennesz, Immune, Michael Brook, Slaraffenland, and Aidan Baker & Tim Hecker.

The recording is in .ogg vorbis format recorded directly from the cjsw stream. I prefer vorbis files to mp3’s due to their better fidelity at similar bit rates (ie. an .ogg vorbis file sounds better than an mp3 file of a similar bitrate) and the fact that vorbis is open source (ie. non-proprietary). Most computer audio software programs can play .ogg files but I realize that not all hardware music players (such as the iPod) can play .ogg files. If you want to convert the show recording to an mp3 or AAC file so that you can load it on to your iPod I recommend FreeRIP for PC users.

There is always some quality degradation with conversion between compression formats but as the cjsw .ogg stream is at a higher bitrate than the .mp3 stream converting the .ogg recording to an mp3 of similar bitrate shouldn’t sound any worse than a recording of the mp3 stream.

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Katharsis Nov. 17 '08

In this week's recording...

Kaki King (covering the Cure), +/-, Longwave, Jesu (covering the Cure), Guitar, Halou, Richard Pinhas & Merzbow, Aiden Baker, Stafrænn Hákon, Adrian Klumpes, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Fennesz/Brandlmayer/Dafeldecker, Klimek, Machinefabriek & Soccer Committee, Woven Hand, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Yo La Tengo, Sumner McKane, The Twilight Sad, The Standard, Au, Immanu El, and Helios.

The show recording is in .ogg vorbis format recorded directly from the cjsw stream. I prefer vorbis files to mp3’s due to their better fidelity at similar bit rates (ie. an .ogg vorbis file sounds better than an mp3 file of a similar bitrate) and the fact that vorbis is open source (ie. non-proprietary). Most computer audio software programs can play .ogg files but I realize that not all hardware music players (such as the iPod) can play .ogg files. If you want to convert the show recording to an mp3 or AAC file so that you can load it on to your iPod I recommend dBpoweramp Music Converter (dMC) for PC users.

There is always some quality degradation with conversion between compression formats but as the cjsw .ogg stream is at a higher bitrate than the .mp3 stream converting the .ogg recording to an mp3 of similar bitrate shouldn’t sound any worse than a recording of the mp3 stream.

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Katharsis Nov. 10 '08

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This week: Murcof, Colleen, Hauschka, Benoît Pioulard, Machinefabriek & Soccer Committee, Talkdemonic, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Barbara Buchholz, Chequerboard, Rumpistol, Funckarma, Tobias Lilja, Tujiko Noriko / Lawrence English / John Chantler, Guitar, Azeda Booth, Alias, Christopher Willits, Dot Tape Dot, School of Seven Bells, Fabio Orsi, Stephan Mathieu, Windy & Carl, Grouper, and Fennesz.

The show recording is in .ogg vorbis format recorded directly from the cjsw stream. I prefer vorbis files to mp3’s due to their better fidelity at similar bit rates (ie. an .ogg vorbis file sounds better than an mp3 file of a similar bitrate) and the fact that vorbis is open source (ie. non-proprietary). Most computer audio software programs can play .ogg files but I realize that not all hardware music players (such as the iPod) can play .ogg files. If you want to convert the show recording to an mp3 or AAC file so that you can load it on to your iPod I recommend dBpoweramp Music Converter (dMC) for PC users.

There is always some quality degradation with conversion between compression formats but as the cjsw .ogg stream is at a higher bitrate than the .mp3 stream converting the .ogg recording to an mp3 of similar bitrate shouldn’t sound any worse than a recording of the mp3 stream.

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Katharsis Nov. 3 '08

enjoy

Very mellow selections tonight: Jenks Miller, Gregory and the Hawk, Juana Molina, Lucid 44, Rayna Gellert & John Paul Jones, David Grubbs, Richard Buckner, Mount Eerie (featuring Phil Elverum, Julie Doiron &, Fred Squire), Jenks Miller (again), Rodney "Guitarsplat" Brent, The Nels Cline Singers, Bohren & Der Club of Gore, Beach House, Earth, Voice of the Seven Woods, Heaven And, The Beans, Damien Jurado, Max Richter, Shearwater, Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh, The Durutti Column, Jay Crocker, Crooked Fingers, Dreamend, and Yellow6.

Thanks again for your support during last week's funding drive!


The show recording is in .ogg vorbis format recorded directly from the cjsw stream. I prefer vorbis files to mp3’s due to their better fidelity at similar bit rates (ie. an .ogg vorbis file sounds better than an mp3 file of a similar bitrate) and the fact that vorbis is open source (ie. non-proprietary). Most computer audio software programs can play .ogg files but I realize that not all hardware music players (such as the iPod) can play .ogg files. If you want to convert the show recording to an mp3 or AAC file so that you can load it on to your iPod I recommend dBpoweramp Music Converter (dMC) for PC users.

There is always some quality degradation with conversion between compression formats but as the cjsw .ogg stream is at a higher bitrate than the .mp3 stream converting the .ogg recording to an mp3 of similar bitrate shouldn’t sound any worse than a recording of the mp3 stream.

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Thank-you! Thank-you! Thank-you!

The cjsw funding drive is over for another year...

and thanks to the support of our amazing listeners, we surpased our goal and ended up raising $205,000! (& a little over $1200 of that was raised on Katharsis). To those who pledged, thanks so much for your support! Now on with our regular programming... Read more...

FUNDING DRIVE!

Tonight is your opportunity to express your appreciation...

for this show and for cjsw in general.

Every year once a year we ask our listeners for monetary support to help keep the station operating and healthy. Go check out the details here.

As incentives to pledge I will be offering the following:

$ Prefuse 73 – Preparations CD

$ John Vanderslice – Emerald City CD

$ Jim Bryson – Where the Bungalows Roam CD

$ Clinic – FunF CD

$ Jose Gonzalez – In our Nature CD

$ Great Lake Swimmers – Ongiara CD

$ Local Pack 1: Azeda Booth – Mysterious Bodies CDEP
Clinton St. John – Black Forest Levitation CD
Sea of Is – Honest(l)y CD

$ Local Pack 2: Veritas – Black Dark/Black Cold CD
Lint – Lint CD
Gerry Hebert Quartet – The Beat Niq Sessions Volume 2: Constructive Interference

Due to burner issues I may not be able to offer mix cd's this year. The mixes are done, I just can't get them off my pc in a physical format (sorry).

There are many other valuable incentives listed here. The biggest incentive is another year of great programing. Please tune in and support spontaneous, free-thinking, independant, adventurous, non-commercial radio.

Thanks in advance!

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Katharsis Oct. 20 '08

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Captured on the recording this week: The end of the last song in Lucid 44's live performance on Aubrey's Shindig (he did 2 songs solo on acoustic guitar), Manhattan Love Suicides, David Grubbs, Psychic Pollution, Land of Talk, Deerhoof, Deerhunter, Mamiffer, Murcof, Tujiko Noriko/Lawrence English/John Chantier, Guitar, Jesu, Lowfish, B. Fleischmann, Swod, Nest, Library Tapes, Hauschka, Dot Tape Dot, Helios, Library Tapes (again), Port Royal, and The Green Kingdom.

Next week, funding drive!


The show recording is in .ogg vorbis format recorded directly from the cjsw stream. I prefer vorbis files to mp3’s due to their better fidelity at similar bit rates (ie. an .ogg vorbis file sounds better than an mp3 file of a similar bitrate) and the fact that vorbis is open source (ie. non-proprietary). Most computer audio software programs can play .ogg files but I realize that not all hardware music players (such as the iPod) can play .ogg files. If you want to convert the show recording to an mp3 or AAC file so that you can load it on to your iPod I recommend dBpoweramp Music Converter (dMC) for PC users.

There is always some quality degradation with conversion between compression formats but as the cjsw .ogg stream is at a higher bitrate than the .mp3 stream converting the .ogg recording to an mp3 of similar bitrate shouldn’t sound any worse than a recording of the mp3 stream.

Read more...