Blue Moon Atelier Radio

26/01/2024

I love this thing so much. Last night I was learning a jazz piece. JAZZ. I've been playing for 4 weeks now, and last night I played jazz. My left index and middle fingertips are (possibly permanently?) numb, but I just LOVE playing bass!

25/12/2023

Merry Jollifications!

24/12/2023

The station is now all Christmas choons! We'll be adding in some fun poetry readings intermittently later too! Merry Holidays!!

11/12/2023

Our Stream URL has moved! Please update your bookmarks:
http://boogie.vside-radio.com:8160

27/07/2023

A force of nature. She was complicated and troubled, but passionate and fierce. An outspoken voice of a generation, and absolutely right about the catholic church. Rest easy, Sinead.

Sinéad O’Connor, the Irish singer of “Nothing Compares 2 U,” has died, The Irish Times reports. She was 56. Her cause of death has yet to be revealed. Her family said in a stateme…

21/07/2023

A couple of weeks ago, I shared a 60F UND ME (obfuscated because fb just loves to bury these kinds of things, which is also why the lenq will be in comments), I said I'd have another to share later for another friend fighting cancer. That time has come.

There's a running joke that the first thing they ask you when you go to hospital is "Cash or credit card?" That is not true at all. The first thing they ask is "Do you have insurance?" The second is "Cash or credit card?" because even if you have insurance, there are deductibles and co-pays, and they usually want that up-front. So, instead of patients being able to rest, and look after themselves and do all they can to heal, they are often under stress because of the financial burden due to our for-profit healthcare system, making these sorts of things necessary in order to help ease that burden and alleviate the stress.

--steps off soapbox--

This time, the patient in question is my artist friend, Chris Malidore . He is battling Hodgkins Lymphoma. The good news is that it is one of the easier ones to treat, although Chris's blood gremlins are stage 4, and the treatments are kicking his arse a bit as well as the arses of the gremlins. He and his wife and caregiver Delphine Malidore could use a bit of help, and this is where you come in. If you can, please drop some dollars in the proverbial bucket; but if nothing else, you could help by sharing the lenq far and wide. And check out Chris's and Del's art - buying art from them would be very helpful, too!

Lenq in comments!

27/06/2023

Our previous post was for a g 0 f u n d m e for an acquaintance of Mary's who is fighting cancer. After that post, The Id, an indie prog band from the UK got in touch and offered to donate proceeds from the sale of their new single, "Human" to Lani's Fight. We are so grateful for their generosity! You can hear "Human" now in rotation on the station, and if you'd like to grab a copy, head over to their Bandcamp page: https://theid.bandcamp.com/track/human-iteration-2

Thank you so much, Tim and the gang of Id! And thank you to anyone who can drop some $$ love for Lani's Fight - every little bit helps!

track by The Id

24/06/2023

Sharing this in case anyone seeing it can lend a hand. The wife of one of my artist acquaintances is battling the Unweaver (cancer). A particularly nasty variety, treatment for which will be unreasonably expensive. I'll likely have another one to share coming up as another artist friend is just beginning treatment, too. Until we stop treating healthcare as a for-profit business, these things are necessary :(

Hello friends and family from around the world. We are Shawna and Nazli - two best friends of Lani Zup… Shawna Fantel needs your support for Lani’s Big Fight

24/04/2023

Mary will be DJing at an event in Second Life called Fantasy Faire (one of the biggest Relay for Life events in Second Life) - at 4pm -6pm EST today. If you're in SL and want to come hang - we'll be here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sipala/71/155/89.

You can also stream in a browser if you're not in SL: http://cp1.digistream.info:10308/stream

This is not airing over Blue Moon Atelier Radio - to hear the set you'll need to be in Second Life, or use the stream link above!

06/03/2023

HU do we love? Why, these lads, of course! DJ Mary's current favourite jam is this choon from The HU:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb3ysMtu8t0
Fantastic, spirit-fortifying sounds from Mongolia!

Official music video for "Bii Biyelgee" by The HU.Stream or Download - Our new album RUMBLE OF THUNDER is out NOW! Stream on your preferred platform here: ...

11/01/2023

Thrilled to have new music from the inimitable Peter Gabriel - you can catch his latest, Panopticom, streaming on Blue Moon Atelier Radio.

https://petergabriel.com/news/panopticom-released/

01/12/2022

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24/11/2022

Join us for a ThanksgivingTradition - Arlo Gutherie's legendary Alice's Restaurant Massacree! Airing twice on Thanksgiving Day, at noon and 6PM EST.

19/10/2022

It's spooky season again! We've added in some seasonal tunes for the next few weeks, featuring some of our favourite artists, as well as some classic TV themes sure to bring back some memories!

(Batty art by Mary, for the algorithms :D )

29/06/2022

The 80s Hour is underway! Listen in online, or join us in Second Life for our weekly listening party! https://streaming.live365.com/a54407

01/06/2022

Coming up on today's 80s Hour, we'll be highlighting artists we've lost in the past couple of weeks. If you're a Second Lifer, please join us in-world for a listening party - contact "Elizabeth Burleigh" for info!

Tune in at 5pm EDT! https://streaming.live365.com/a54407

31/05/2022

It's our 1-year on-air anniversary! 🥳🎂🥂🎙🎵🎶📻🎈🎊🎉

Streaming now!
https://live365.com/station/Blue-Moon-Atelier-Radio-a54407

19/05/2022

Very sad to learn of the passing of Vangelis.
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/19/1100133193/vangelis-dead

Vangelis composed the music for Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire, which won him an Academy Award.

24/04/2022

Released for Earth Day 2022 - poignant tune from Marillion:
https://youtu.be/AeLpe-O0lBc

To mark Earth Day 2022 Marillion present the Official Music Video of the special edit of 'Reprogram The Gene' from the studio album 'An Hour Before It's Dark...

22/03/2022

We're totally digging this tune from Tiger Moth Tales featuring Camel's Andy Latimer with a beautiful guitar solo. Click through to see the video and, of course, tune in to Blue Moon Atelier Radio for this and several other fantastic songs from the latest Tiger Moth Tales album!

Peter Jones' Tiger Moth Tales share Light from the recently released album, A Song Of Spring

14/03/2022

We adore Tiger Moth Tales and are proud to add several songs off the latest album "A Song of Spring" to the rotation, including "Mad March Hare". Check out the video, and pop round to the Bandcamp page (link in comments) for more from the astounding Pete Jones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX4R_v-SVkw

Tiger Moth Tales new CD "A Song of Spring"https://www.whiteknightshop2.co.uk/home/Tiger-Moth-Tales-c36255878https://tigermothtales.bandcamp.com

13/03/2022

One of our favourite bands, Marillion, have a new album out, and it's currently #2 on the album charts in the UK. We can't get enough of "Care" from An Hour Before It's Dark. Check it out here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA7Dl7TTrOQ

Track 6 from Marillion's 2022 studio album 'An Hour Before It's Dark'. Produced and arranged by Michael Hunter and MarillionRecorded and Mixed by Michael Hun...

07/03/2022

It is Relay Season, and Blue Moon Atelier Radio is proud to support Second Life Relay team Aether Chrononauts Tiny Steps (ACTS). During Relay Season, all Wednesday 80s Hour shows will be dedicated to raising funds for Relay For Life on behalf of ACTS. If you have a Second Life account, you are welcome to join us for the listening party! Navigate to our web site for details and a link. And, you can always listen in to the online stream if you can't make it or aren't a Second Lifer :)

**SLT = GMT-8, or PST

26/01/2022

It's the 80s Hour on Ice! In Second Life that is! Log on and join us for a listening party - bring your own skates, or grab a pair when you get here!
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rosehaven%20Reverie/198/215/4001

12/01/2022

Are you a Get Me Radio listener? If so, you can now find us across most of your favourite listening places (Alexa, Apple, Roku...) via the Get Me Radio app on those services!

https://www.getmeradio.com/stations/bmar-5134/?station_id=5134

24/12/2021

We've set the station to play all holiday tunes through the next day or two...*crossing fingers* that we've enough tunes to sustain it and not get kicked out to the random auto DJ mode! ;)

Happiest of Holidays one and all!

https://player.live365.com/a54407

22/12/2021

If you missed it on Sunday, join Mary at 5pm EDT this evening for the Cool Yule Edition of The 80s Hour! Tune in via https://player.live365.com/a54407

21/12/2021

Happy Solstice! We've increased the frequency of holiday tunes on the stream.

We'd like to highlight one of our favourite artists: Frightened Rabbit
You'll hear Frightened Rabbit's only officially released Christmas tune "It's Christmas So We'll Stop", as well as a couple of tunes released as part of charity drives - "She Screams Christmas", and "Cheap Gold" - during the season. Frightened Rabbit is an indie band out of Scotland, and you may notice we play them quite a lot, as well as Scott Hutchison's solo project Owl John, and Mastersystem - his and his brother Grant's collaboration with the Lockey brothers out of Editors and Minor Victories. Unfortunately, we lost lead singer/guitarist/songwriter Scott Hutchison in 2018, but we're grateful for the music he gifted us with in his time amongst us.
Head over to the Frightened Rabbit Bandcamp page for more!
https://frightenedrabbit.bandcamp.com/

20/12/2021

We've increased the frequency of holiday tunes on the stream!

We'd like to highlight one of our favourite artists: Tiger Moth Tales.
You'll hear a few tunes from Pete Jones's (AKA Tiger Moth Tales) "The Depths of Winter" album, as well as 2 songs from a charity release - a rollicking rendition of "The Wassail Song", and one of our favourite seasonal tunes, "Snowbound Snowman", a brilliant merging of Genesis's "Snowbound" and Frost*'s "Snowman".
Head over to the Tiger Moth Tales Bandcamp page for more "proggy pudding"!
https://tigermothtales.bandcamp.com/album/the-depths-of-winter

10/12/2021

I have to admit...this one really hurts. 😢

Nesmith along with Mickey Dolenz, Davy Jones and Peter Tork made up the original Monkees. RIP Mike Nesmith, gifted musician and ex-Monkee. pic.twitter.com/wnqeqEN4O6 — David Brunt () December 10, 2021