Radio Paradise (mobile)

westslope May 15, 2013 - 07:43	fredriley wrote: Yes, so was I in my teens. (For kids of the Net generation reading, SW was the only semi-reliable way of international broadcasting in the pre-Internet days, hence its use by spies.) Back in the Cold War days, SW radio was...interesting, to say the least. My favourite was Radio Tirana, from the seriously weird and extremely repressive and isolationist Albania (Enver Hoxha's Albania made North Korea seem like a beacon of openness and rationality), which had some pretty 'idiosyncratic' takes on world events many of which were unintentionally comic. Like ROTFL, dude :o) I still have a SW radio at home, though it only has a couple of bands. I must crank it up again to see what remains on the airwaves. Once upon a time in the late 1970s I stuck my thumb out over a 5 year period and managed to cover a good chunk of South America and Africa. The coolest ex-pats always had SW radios. The coolest local intellectuals always had SW radios. I'll bet big money--C$100K--that 'spies' are still using SW radio. Safer and more reliable than other techniques that are easily monitored. [ Reply ]
FourFortyEight Mar 25, 2013 - 15:56	Damnit... Can't buy this??? Wtf??? [ Reply ]
Rockit Mar 13, 2013 - 08:03	You know what? If a friend at work never told me about RP I probably never would have discovered this very cool group & many other artists. I count my blessings! [ Reply ]
4merdj Dec 21, 2012 - 13:33	mistabird wrote: Einfach guter Sound !! Ja! [ Reply ]
oldsaxon Dec 21, 2012 - 13:32	Numbers stations still creep me out but I just turned this up so....good song. giving it a nine edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvr6o7fBcTY [ Reply ]
mistabird Dec 09, 2012 - 06:06	Einfach guter Sound !! [ Reply ]
seangostage Oct 07, 2012 - 12:17	Love this band, have not heard this track. [ Reply ]
oldsaxon Sep 18, 2012 - 07:30	Number stations just creep me out. [ Reply ]
fredriley Jul 17, 2012 - 10:32	1wolfy wrote: Love this !! As a kid I was really into short wave radio...i'd often listen to the "numbers" and marvel at their secret meanings Yes, so was I in my teens. (For kids of the Net generation reading, SW was the only semi-reliable way of international broadcasting in the pre-Internet days, hence its use by spies.) Back in the Cold War days, SW radio was...interesting, to say the least. My favourite was Radio Tirana, from the seriously weird and extremely repressive and isolationist Albania (Enver Hoxha's Albania made North Korea seem like a beacon of openness and rationality), which had some pretty 'idiosyncratic' takes on world events many of which were unintentionally comic. Like ROTFL, dude :o) I still have a SW radio at home, though it only has a couple of bands. I must crank it up again to see what remains on the airwaves. [ Reply ]
Mr_Cabbagehead Jul 17, 2012 - 09:33	Amen Brother! [ Reply ]
blotto Jul 17, 2012 - 09:29	PT is pure awesome. [ Reply ]
1wolfy Jul 17, 2012 - 09:27	Love this !! As a kid I was really into short wave radio...i'd often listen to the "numbers" and marvel at their secret meanings [ Reply ]
fredriley Jul 17, 2012 - 09:27	matz wrote: spy number stations? What does that mean? See Wikipedia , then have a listen at Numbers Stations . I'd not heard of them before listening to this track then someone commenting on the audio clips at the end. Go back a page or two in the comments and you'll see. [ Reply ]
RedGuitar Jul 17, 2012 - 09:25	I really like this song!!! [ Reply ]
merkin_muffley Jul 05, 2012 - 00:57	There is a great longer version of this on Recordings 2. Hard to find but well worth it lots of extended versions, jams and demos. [ Reply ]
matz May 15, 2012 - 00:30	fredriley wrote: Aw, Bill, you cut off the spy number stations sample at the end of this track, which really are eerie and complement the song. Please reinstate the cut off bits on the next play, pretty please :o) spy number stations? What does that mean? [ Reply ]
matz May 15, 2012 - 00:29	Can anyone help? What do those numbers mean the woman speaks in the outro of the song? [ Reply ]
jnesser May 02, 2012 - 11:46	LOVE PT!!! [ Reply ]
FlatCat Apr 13, 2012 - 07:07	Wow, this just gets better and better. Amazing. [ Reply ]
stunix Apr 13, 2012 - 07:02	as my ole' man would say... "They dont write them like this anymore!" [ Reply ]