A few people are having problems with the feed – all with iPodder (I think earlier versions?). I upgraded recently to 2.03 and some of my feeds sprang to life as if by magic – so if you’re having problems with this or other feeds, try upgrading to iPodder 2.

If that doesn’t work it could be the redirect I had (any web geeks know why some clients are looping around the logs? I’m using a .htaccess redirect via mod rewrite but it scares the willies out of me) but I’ve changed it back – I was trying to do some crafty Google optimisation – so make sure your feed has the old URL:

http://www.mutantpop.net/radioclash/rssfeed.php

I wonder why podcasting clients are so dumb as not to understand basic web standards and protocols, such as web redirection? I mean they’ve only been around for over ten years…nothing really.

Sorry pod-programming guys and gals, iTunes will kick your arse unless you sort stuff like this out (I know JimBob at Whole Wheat had a few major gripes too about how the file request headers were done)…I mean, the most stoopid browser like Mozilla understands this stuff. So why not your podcatching client?

Gah…

Usually I regard most radio-stations (usually corporate conglomerates) joining podcasting as happily as a half-eaten cockroach in my sandwich…but WFMU is a station that has a long history in supporting experimental and cutup audio, the closest to podcasting as I know it and unlike others is a non-commercial, freeform radio station.

And as well as People Like Us, Audio Kitchen with the Professor and other shows, any radio station that has a show called “Advanced D & D with Donna Summer” with a description of “Breakcore, folk-rock, death metal, dirty 70’s disco, raw satanism.” is a friend of mine!

So go download: http://podcast.wfmu.org/ and support them.

Late night drunken ramble through the brambles, thorny relationship power issues, a belated introduction but thankfully some great music courtesy of DJ Charles on the decks…

• Fourstones – Mort vs Toots (Mort Sahl vs Toots and the Maytals
• Clash – Straight to Hell (unedited version)
• Black Box Recorder – Being Number One (thanks Greg!)
• Negativland - Helter Stupid (excerpt, especially for all you Godcasters/fundy Xtians out there)
• TimG- Teenage Kicks with Somebody(Undertones vs Whitney)
• Rolo – Radio Beauty (Radiohead vs American Beauty)
• Bozilla – I‘d Rather Jack than Bomb Iraq (from end of the month club)
• dsico – Billie Jean Dancehall
• DJ Tripp - breatheroads (Erasure vs Portishead)

Listen here (57:49 33MB): http://www.realityengine.co.uk/radioclash/show-archive/rc_show29.mp3

In honour of the new CLASH-line (and the fact that I must be the most non-interactive podcast out there!) I have a question, which is a bit random, but will fit the next show, believe me:

What’s the maddest or oddest thing you’ve heard?

Either call the line or email me a response, with either your description, your impersonation of the sound/noise/track/song/mashup/pregnant moose, or play/send it to me…

If anyone responds I’ll use it in the next show, mashup/mix stylee…oh how I love that phone ’sound’…

Yes I’ve given into the Borg(tm) and gotten a voice mailbox phone number too – if you want to give Radio Clash a ding-a-ling, ring my bell or make your fingers do the walking on the telephone, man, then call (before midnight tonight, or anytime actually)

So those of you in the US can call: 206-202-CLASH (or 5674 for those of us without letters on our phones, most of the world actually…) and leave a nice message for me, and I’ll try and play it on, in, or mash-up-between the show.

If you’re one of those international playboys (last of, bright young thing, etc) then add your international code +1 before that to call (e.g. in the UK it’s 00 1). Or those of youse without personal jets could record a greeting as a small MP3 (32-64Kbs) and mail it to radioclash *at* mutantpop d.o.t. net. All the same to me, I can even make it sound like your calling from Milkwaukee if you want…

I expect the odd wrong number, maybe the odd recorded-spam and a few confused Mexicans (which would be odd as it’s a Seattle number…but hey, spose it’s better than being Skyped by odd Polish teenagers…)