RFF recently assisted in our own small ways, the creative community outreach of FediVision.
It was heartening to see so many artists put themselves out there and even more friends realise how much amazing indie art is right next door, accessible and keen to share, chat and collab.
We invite you to keep fomenting that cycle of discovery and support. Building durable connections for art and comradery.
We have seen recipriocal boosts for artist voices and community friends alike. Powerful!
If you reckon that is too heavy and would prefer everyone just shut up and push play, I urge you to spend a few moments on the channels, follow some artists to not just see the lovely vibes of an uncompetitive organic community but to be inspired to amplify them!
If you haven't had the chance to interact with a friendly independent artist you are missing out on not just making their day/week/more, but also more often than not getting love and appreciation in return.
🏴☠️ 🎙️ 📻 heyyo peeps!!! it's me, vanta, fedi's fave pirate radio DJ here to bring ya some top-shelf tunes from none other than emo pop punk darlings FALL OUT BOY!!!!! tune in now 😁
I love podcasts. I love podcasts about people, stories of the ordinary.
Which is why I love Rumble Strip.
A couple of years back, Erica won a Peabody award for her episode "Finn & The Bell", a look at the story of Finn Rooney, a 17yo who took his own life, and the many ways in which he touched the small Vermont community he lived in.
If that subject matter isn't too much for you, then I wholeheartedly recommend listening to it -
The reason I bring up a podcast episode from two years ago is that the latest episode is a return to it, with a ten minute catch up with Finn's mother. It's a beautiful, heartfelt conversation with a woman who's slowly coming to terms with something so awful.
Erica is a master at capturing conversations, of drawing people into trusting her, and seemingly forgetting that there's a microphone between them.
🏴☠️ 🎙️ 📻 hey there peeps!!! it's me, vanta, fedi's fave pirate radio DJ!!!!! i've got hella top-shelf folk punk tunes for your earballs courtesy of PAT THE BUNNY!!! interspliced with the usual vantaradio antics, naturally. tune in now!!!
@queue i usually queue up a buncha bumpers and interstitials then shuffle them, then i randomly put chunks of them between a few hours worth of music then fine-tune the between-song sections as it's going
so i know the vague shape of the show at the start but it still morphs a lot lol
On 5 June, we will host James R. Brennan (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) for a seminar on the the history of a Zanzibari counter-revolutionary radio station based in northern Mozambique and supported by Portugal in the final months of the Colonial War.
🏴☠️ 🎙️ 📻 heyyo peeps!!! it's me, vanta, fedi's fave pirate radio deejay!!!!! today i'm here with some truly top-shelf folk punk thrashgrass tunes for ya courtesy of DAYS N DAZE!!! of course interspliced with a smattering of the usual vantaradio antics. tune in now!!!