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The Facebook page

Posted by on Aug 10, 2009 in stuff | 0 comments

Check out the new Facebook page and become a fan at http://www.facebook.com/gumboradio

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So long, Sam

Posted by on Jun 4, 2009 in stuff | 0 comments

Sam Butera passed away yesterday in Las Vegas. The legendary New Orleans saxophonist was 81 years old.

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Eddie Bo passes away

Posted by on Mar 21, 2009 in stuff | 0 comments

Eddie Bo died Wednesday of a heart attack. He was 79 years old.

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The Promised Land

Posted by on Mar 6, 2009 in stuff | 0 comments

Check out this trailer for the documentary about Lil’ Band O’ Gold – The Promised Land: A Swamp Pop Journey.

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So long, Snooks

Posted by on Feb 18, 2009 in stuff | 0 comments

New Orleans R&B guitarist Snooks Eaglin passed away today. He was 72 years old.

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8 days a week

Posted by on Jan 5, 2009 in stuff | 0 comments

I updated the playlist this morning. There’s now just over 8 days worth of music, 3,250 songs, when broadcasting in the live mode. For the most part I’ve been able to keep a clean connection and keep it running live. There’s been a few hiccups though when I had to flip it back to the 5-hour loop on Live365’s servers.

Does anyone know a sensible way to export an iTunes playlist – that only lists the song, artist and album – and then convert into a format for displaying in text on the Web? I’ve tried a couple of ways that just don’t have the best results. I did export the playlist into a PDF file, but it was about half a meg and 55 pages long. Not the slickest solution. So if you’ve got an idea or two about how to export out of iTunes to post the current playlist online, I’m all ears.

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