Dark Psion
First Post
I'm sure many people here used to listen to the Dr Demento show, both on the radio and on the internet, but lately his show has been vanishing from both. See here for the few radio stations still streaming his show. His official website has now added the service of buying a show for $2.
http://www.drdemento.com/
Personally, I have two problems with this;
1: It is not a download like iTunes, it is a stream. You are paying $2 just to listen to a show once. Lose your internet, have an emergency or just forget it was running and you're SOL.
2: Before launching this service, fan sites dedicated to Dr Demento got letters from lawyers demanding them remove any audio from any shows. One site The Mad Music Archive had to give up a huge archive of the Dr Demento shows that were available for free. The Dr Demento website called them pirates.
Most radio shows do have an "insider" site, but you pay about $6 for a month's access to all shows, which you can download. Some are available in iTunes format as an automatic download and even video iPod format is becoming available with additional extras; private messageboards, Video feed of the show, direct e-mail to the show, occational extra hour of the show and access to comedy bits on the shows.
I have a feeling that this is being done by those who control the show as the good Dr has yet to even mention it on his show, but I must say it has soured me a little on his show. Especially since it is $2 just to listen. I might buy a show for $2, but not just to listen.
http://www.drdemento.com/
Personally, I have two problems with this;
1: It is not a download like iTunes, it is a stream. You are paying $2 just to listen to a show once. Lose your internet, have an emergency or just forget it was running and you're SOL.
2: Before launching this service, fan sites dedicated to Dr Demento got letters from lawyers demanding them remove any audio from any shows. One site The Mad Music Archive had to give up a huge archive of the Dr Demento shows that were available for free. The Dr Demento website called them pirates.
Most radio shows do have an "insider" site, but you pay about $6 for a month's access to all shows, which you can download. Some are available in iTunes format as an automatic download and even video iPod format is becoming available with additional extras; private messageboards, Video feed of the show, direct e-mail to the show, occational extra hour of the show and access to comedy bits on the shows.
I have a feeling that this is being done by those who control the show as the good Dr has yet to even mention it on his show, but I must say it has soured me a little on his show. Especially since it is $2 just to listen. I might buy a show for $2, but not just to listen.
