shortwave music

April 25, 2007 12:47 PM

shortwavemusic An audio blog of music and noise (and musical noise) found on the shortwave band.
posted by carter (22 comments total)

Reminds me lying awake at night as a kid with a shortwave radio, and finding stuff like this and wondering where on earth it was coming from.
posted by carter at 12:50 PM on April 25, 2007

I love this stuff.
posted by roll truck roll at 12:52 PM on April 25, 2007

I so wish I could listen to a few of these right now...
posted by dan g. at 1:03 PM on April 25, 2007

Reminds me of The Quiet American blog.
posted by basicchannel at 1:45 PM on April 25, 2007

Via Projects? If not, small world!
posted by brundlefly at 1:47 PM on April 25, 2007

No, it was from a list ...
posted by carter at 2:06 PM on April 25, 2007

Small world, then. Awesome site.
posted by brundlefly at 2:10 PM on April 25, 2007

Small world indeed. The guy did say that he's just relaunched the site; it must be being announced in a number of different places. Also I guess the link checker doesn't cover all parts of Metafilter.
posted by carter at 2:16 PM on April 25, 2007

I remember listening to CHU on shortwave as a kid (en francais, "say ash oo") on shortwave just to hear the time go by.
posted by Oriole Adams at 2:54 PM on April 25, 2007

Wow. Makes me really wish I had a movie to score with weird radio stuff. Truly otherworldly and beautiful.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 3:24 PM on April 25, 2007

Haha. Small, small world indeed. Thanks for the endorsement on the blue! I'm flattered.
posted by mykescipark at 3:27 PM on April 25, 2007 [1 favorite]

I really enjoyed this, thanks. I recommend the Bulgarian stuff. Wow.
posted by Area Control at 4:06 PM on April 25, 2007

Way to go, mykescipark! Just dropped over to projects to vote for ya there! See also.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:16 PM on April 25, 2007

Reminds me of sitting at my desk at night as a kid with a shortwave radio and a bong.
posted by thrakintosh at 4:56 PM on April 25, 2007

Excellent stuff, mykescipark!
posted by jason's_planet at 5:19 PM on April 25, 2007

A+ mykescipark.

Wish I could find a working link for persian love, but I'm guessing you have it already.
posted by vronsky at 6:26 PM on April 25, 2007

I should have said, via sound-scavengers. As the FAQ says it's a little slow, but they come up with some interesting stuff.
posted by carter at 6:49 PM on April 25, 2007

Conet Project:
related... NPR piece on music by the 'Numbers Stations'
posted by acro at 7:33 PM on April 25, 2007

Being able to identify the ‘Mystery Torch Song from Ukraine’ remains my proudest AskMe moment: I’m glad I was able to contribute a little someting to this fascinating project.
posted by misteraitch at 12:42 AM on April 26, 2007

What an interesting website. Kudos
posted by chuckdarwin at 4:51 AM on April 26, 2007

I think this might be my favorite Mefi post ever. I was gonna say "great post, carter" but now that the author turned out to be another guy from here, congratulations to both. It's fantastic.
posted by micayetoca at 6:31 AM on April 26, 2007

I should duck back in and say that misteraitch's glorious answer to my original "Mystery Torch Song" quandary - asked on my behalf as a non-user - led me to become a card-carrying MeFite. So thanks. :-)
posted by mykescipark at 2:45 PM on April 26, 2007