Here you’ll find info about the Mutant Pop Radio Clash podcast…

What is it? (the short of it)

Radio Clash is a music podcast, mostly playing new music, weird covers, remixes, some mashups and whatever takes my fancy.

Accolades include:

• Oldest English podcast still running – since November 2004.
• Occasional co-hosts include Kirk, Scott from the Night Nurse Show, and the Who Boys.
• Worlds first podcast on psychedelics (then legal mushrooms, in June 2005!).
• Featured in The Independent, Spin magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Now Playing, BBC Collective, BBC Radio 6 Phil Jupitus’ blog and Dazed and Confused.
• Shows done from remote locations including a field in Canada, Paris, Outer Hebrides, Lisbon and America including Bootie UK Invasion San Francisco special three parter.
• Interviews with many people involved in mashups and audio appropriation: rx, Phil n’ Dog, Who Boys, DJ Earworm, Eric Kleptone of The Kleptones, Holestar, Adrian and Mysterious D from Bootie, Don from Pirate Soundsystem, even a little bit of Jack White at one point, and many more.

Yes I know I don’t look like my voice…photo by Kirk

Who are you?

Well this wasn’t in the first version of this FAQ, partly because I didn’t want RIAA and BPI copyright stormtroopers crashing through my windows, but as it is actually a frequently asked (well inferred) question unlike the rest of this FAQ which is totally made up, so I thought I’d better put it in.

I’m Tim, 34, living, breathing (barely) and podcasting from London, UK. Trained as a fine artist to degree level, I now work as a designer by day, and by night I swing from building to building, saving lives, liberating copyrights and podcasting as I go.

I do not have a wife and 3 kids, any cats, nor live in converted barn in Surrey. I am very thankful of that, and I give praise to the gods/goddess/other (delete as inexplicable) every day. I do in fact have a partner called John who is a university lecturer whom I’ve been with for 10 years. No sign of any converted barns, hamsters, Volvos or patio furniture as yet.

You can see a picture of me somewhere around here.

Unfortunately.

To hear me talk about how Radio Clash started and as an intro, listen to this 5 minute MP3 clip I did for Britcaster in May 2006.

Umm, what’s this ‘podcasting’ malarkey?

Basically ‘broadcasting’ MP3 files to iPods or other MP3 playing devices through the Internet via software and what’s called a RSS feed – (in plain english the link provided below with ‘rssfeed’ in it, it’s like a hi-tech version of those ticker-tapes you seen in news rooms in old b&w movies).When I upload a show, your software checks that link periodically and if there’s a new show, it downloads it. It’s that simple.More about the definition of podcasting here: and here: (that’s a good ‘How to’ guide).

How do I listen to Radio Clash?

You’ll need to install some software to ‘catch’ the feed (podcatching software, or clients) and download shows as I put them up. It’s usually available on Windows and Mac, and there are Linux ones too.So download an install one of these programs (there are others called RSS Readers that will also do the trick, but unless you are geekoid shaped or a blog junkie you SO don’t want to go there at this moment ).You can now also subscribe via Apple’s iTunes program (since version 4.9) – you can just click on the button on the homepage (in the sidebar) or search for ‘Radio Clash podcast’ in the iTunes Music Store, or you can subscribe directly if you put in the feed URL (see this page for details) into the box that appears when you select Advanced > Subscribe to Podcast (was called something like Manual Subscribe in 4.9, it’s now MUCH more friendlier).Juice (was Ipodder)
http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/ – the original and still the best, not fancy but it actually downloads the shows, more than can be said for others with more bells and whistlesiPodderXNot sure what’s happened to this after the legal namechange but for a Mac version similar see Juice above.Newsfirehttp://www.newsfirerss.com/ – one of the few that works with mfeeds feeds on the Mac. Annoying nagware tho.Dopplerhttp://www.dopplerradio.net/
nimiqhttp://www.nimiq.nl/

The Windows ones need Microsoft .NET framework 1.1 all apart from iPodder and of course the Mac ones,- so if that’s a problem download that one. You can download the Framework for free from Microsoft’s site tho – the install will usually go and download it for you.

OK downloaded the program, it has a nice lovely lemon as it’s icon making my desktop jif-lemon fresh. What then?

When you’ve installed the program just plug the RSS link into it:http://www.mutantpop.net/radioclash/rssfeed.php And when it checks the feed (or you can usually click a ‘Check feeds’ button or suchlike) it should automatically download the show.Magic!

How do I hear future shows?

If you set your program to check frequently (in Juice that’s under ‘Scheduler’, iTunes does this automatically and you can change it under ‘Preferences’) then it’ll check back periodically and download any new shows without having to check this site. Cool huh? You can also listen in your browser if you have Quicktime or Windows Media setup to do such gubbins by clicking on the link in the blog, or your favourite MP3 player, but it’s much more lazy (ie. better) to do the podcasting shuffle as you don’t need to keep remembering to come back to the blog.

Do I need an iPod to listen?

No – any MP3 player or MP3CD player can play these shows – I use an iPod and several iRivers, they work happily on all.

Where can I hear more podcasts?

And if you’ve got a taste for this and want to d/load more shows, go here:Newest blogs: http://podcastalley.com/, http://www.podcastpickle.com Reviews of podcasts: http://www.podcastreviews.net www.podcheck.com

Are you making money from this podcast?

In a word, no.

Do you want to? I have this great money making scheme…

Oh really? I have this person you really need to talk to from Nigeria, he really needs the cash AND he’s a prince…you two would get on well together…To sound like I’m on A-B repeat, ‘no’. Check out what I play in my casts; I talk about why I don’t make money from these. Yes I’d love a bigger audience, get paid for this, champagne every day and a stretch limo who wouldn’t?But the caveats are way too large…and I want to enjoy this and not see it as work, or change what I do in any way.If you’re from someone who has a legal genuine solution for these caveats, or can work with someone who places creativity over capitalism, then drop me an email.Otherwise save it for those honest, genuine, totally not guillible people who try and sell me rx and Cialis tabs, and I’m sure they’d be really interested…

What press have you gotten? I’m a groovy hip-n-happening journo and want to cover Radio Clash!

Ooh always happy for any press exposure for Radio Clash, interviews, help with your research, answer questions about mashups/bootlegs or podcasting etc, or even write for publications/books – please contact me at the address below. More the merrier. Dangerous to say this without getting all boastful and it going to my head, but Radio Clash has had press attention from The Independent, .net magazine, SPIN magazine, Dazed and Confused, the BBC (6Music and BBC Collective) and Entertainment Weekly magazine.To find out what press we’ve got so far go here

(sorry Don, yeah I’m publishing press clippings on my site, so shoot me!:-P No indie disco chancing as yet tho so I think the world is fairly safe…)

You can also hear me talk about Radio Clash in this 5 minute clip for Britcaster May 2006 – it’s all my own music so it’s fully podsafe/non-commercial CC, so feel free to use it, or a short clip from any of the shows if the legal side is not a problem.

How can I contact you?

You can contact me at (Sorry due to spam you’ll need to type this into your email client rather than clicking!) or have a look at the Contacts page for all the contact options

Why are you writing as if you are someone else?

Because I can.

Hope this helps!