My addiction to the Internet is growing. I don’t know if this is a good thing. I may need an intervention.
A few minutes ago I found a radio station that can supply me with a nice Bluegrass fix. You’d figure that I just turned on the radio (note: link to same model, not my actual radio), gave the dial a twist, and hit on something local, seeing as I’m in the Bluegrass region of KY. Well, that’s not how it happened at all.
Twhirl notified me of an update to Leo’s friendfeed which pulled a post from TWiT.tv which sparked my interest. The post was for The Tech Guy ep. 450. I normally don’t keep up with his Tech Guy shows, but look on occasion, because there are neat little toys or issues addressed, and since I wasn’t really doing anything, I clicked over, then clicked over to the show notes, and found a discussion on Internet radio. Leo had told someone about C. Crane radio. Since I had never heard of C. Crane, and had an interest in discovering another radio manufacturer/retailer (and had heard of Internet radios, but never looked up any info on ’em) I followed the link.
From C. Crane’s site, I found a radio which intrigued me, so I went to it’s product page, read up on it, and, once again, found another link I could resist from clicking. That link sent me to a directory of Internet radio stations — Reciva. I did a search to see if any of the area stations were listed (only a few were). It was there that I found a listing for WMMT, an FM station in Whitesburg. WMMT’s programming? Bluegrass. Naturally, I clicked.
Once the little pop-up loaded the stream, I was thrilled to hear the sound of a banjo, fiddle, and guitar. I was thrilled. I haven’t heard Bluegrass in a few years, where the last station nearby that played classic country and bluegrass (WAOL, Ripley, OH) was purchased and reformatted.
Anyway, I’m sitting listening to a station 160 miles away.
And it’s all because of my inability to step away from the computer.
favorited this one, dude