Journal Trolling4Dollars's Journal: Ask Hashsnot: RealAudio/Video Streams Worth Watching? 2
In light of the dumbed down quality of radio and television in un-America, are there any audio or video feeds in Real format that any of my friends or foes would like to recommend?
A few years back, before the bubble burst, I used to watch some movies from movieflix.com. However, when they went to a pay service with very few free streams, I lost interest. Most of the stuff there is not worth paying to see.
The other place I frequent is The Internet Archive's Prelinger Film Collection. It can be kitchy fun to watch those old outdated hygeine films from the 40s and 50s. Or the clips about the great "future" with flying cars and robots.
For good, relaxing "space music", I go to Hearts of Space which is Linux friendly as it has RealMedia streams. This is the perfect way to relax on a Sunday night before the start of the week. If it's not on your local Public Radio station, then you should look into the streams available in neighboring cities. The show features mostly instrumental music with which you can typically relax and zone out. The progams vary in theme from classical to world beat, electronic to jazz, folksy to sacred. I've been listening since before they went into syndication. My first listen was in 1982 when I was 12, and I've continued to follow the program as I can. A+++
For decent news that you can trust slightly more than the "news" in un-America, great music compared to Clear Channel crap, and radio shows that we don't really have here anymore, there is BBC Radio. It's a shame that radio here in un-America is in such bad shape. All they play is worthless news-o-tainment, and shit "music". NPR and Public Radio Internation have some interesting programming, but since their funding is pretty low because most Americans are too stupid to appreciate real music, news and entertainment, the donations don't come flooding in. At least in the UK, the Beeb is funded from a tax that provides Auntie with a richer base for decent production. Oh... and the Brits tend to be a lot more literate than your typical citizen in un-America, so they appreciate programming of a higher caliber. Check out Radio 2 and Radio 7!
So... those are a few things I've found for entertainment, but I want more... Are there any local TV stations from around the world that netcast over RealVideo? There used to be, but I'm having more and more trouble finding them. I'd love to be able to see some programming from outside of the U.S. So far eDonkey has been the only ticket, but I'd really like to know if there are live streams of anything. eDonkey allowed me to see "The Worst Week of My Life", by far one of the funniest comedies I've seen in a long time, in March about a week out of sync with it's original air dates. BBC America is just starting to run it now. If you get BBC America, watch this series, it's hilarious!!!
Out!
i'll check out hearts of space (Score:2)
Star Trek: New Voyages (Score:2)
If you hate what Paramount has done with Enterprise, try this. Gene Roddenberry's son is involved in this remake of the "lost seasons" 4 & 5 of STTOS. Interesting acting, and they seem to have Gene's problem hitting deadlines, but still good nonetheless. 2nd episode comes out at the end of the week.