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Amateur
and International Broadcasting
News
Magazines, Information, & Commentary
Music
Writers
(Fiction & Non-Fiction)
Movies
Computers
& Retrogaming
Humour
& Strangeness
Miscellanious
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AMATEUR & INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING,
NEWS SERVICES, & CAMPUS/COMMUNITY RADIO
RADIO 2XS - A very good internet-only radio station.
LIVE RADIO ON THE INTERNET - A very good list which is more frequently updated these days than it used to be.
TOP SHORTWAVE RADIO STATIONS &
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTERS - Lots of clandestine and pirate broadcasts!
CLANDESTINE RADIO
SOUNDS OFF THE WIRELESS - DX'ing, numbers stations, that kind of stuff.
(By the way, this website keeps moving. I try to catch up with it as best I can. Check back in a couple of weeks if you get a 404 error.)
GLW LIST OF PUBLICATIONS, RADICAL WRITERS, & ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
TETSUO KOGAWA'S POLIMORPHOUS SPACE PAGE - Specs on how to build your own simple transmitter, streaming media archives, & a lot of other useful information can be found here.
M.S.'s RADIO HOMEPAGE - Amateur radio & related links.
FREE RADIO NETWORK - No comment except 'just listen'...
NO-FI RADIO - Some excellent shows get archived here. Lots of twisted music.
RADIO
NEDERLAND - International broadcasters list.
COUNTRIES.COM - Useful for links to
international services.
SLOW-SCAN TELEVISION - Rarely
mentioned mode of broadcasting.
NATURAL RADIO - Waiting for
a sign...
BBC HOMEPAGE - Great for european news.
XINHUA NEWS AGENCY
- News agency of the PRC government.
PBS/NPR - Informative site with link to
National Public Radio.
CHSR-FM - UNB/STU's
Campus/Community Radio Station, Fredericton, NB.
RADIO IGUANA - My Yahoo! LaunchCast station. REQUIRES YAHOO! LAUNCHCAST PLAYER
CKCU-FM - Carleton University's Campus
Radio Station, Ottawa, ON.
CHUO-FM - University of
Ottawa's Campus Radio Station.
CKDJ-FM - Algonquin College's Campus Radio Station, Ottawa, ON.
KPIG - California station with a variety
of roots music and stuff.
NEWS MAGAZINES & COMMENTARIES
,
OR VISIT A SPONSOR!!!
ASSOCIATION OF ALTERNATIVE NEWSWEEKLIES - Runs headline news from its member publications & links to more than 110 online papers.
DISINFORMATION - A guide to 'extreme' information that is usually ignored or surpressed by media conglomerates.
iMC: INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTER - Indymedia is a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage. Indymedia is a democratic media outlet for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of truth.
THE WIRE WEB - This makes a good homepage. News and music links.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR - Don't
let the title fool you. Primarily an international news site. Worth a look.
L'EXPRESS - A good
newsmagazine (en francais).
NEW AFRICAN MAGAZINE - News from the
world's most under-reported continent.
JEUNE AFRIQUE - More of the same.
AFROL.COM - Welcome. afrol News is a news agency, established in 2000. It exclusively covers the African continent, both in English and in Spanish.
EMPEREUR - Miscellanious news and
items of interest, including Ptolemy, UFO's, and Habyarimana.
PHNOM PENH POST - All the latest
Cambodian news.
THE ECONOMIST - Another good
newsmagazine (what else am I supposed to say?)
SUPERSPHERE - It's an alternative
news souce, but there's a lot of other stuff here as well.
INTERNATIONAL PRESS
INSTITUTE - "Dedicated to freedom of the press and improving the standards
and practices of journalism"
MUSIC
!!!
!!!
RATE YOUR MUSIC - Read music reviews or post your own.
TROUSER PRESS - "The Bible of Alternative Rock since 1983". Great ref source for early punk.
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART: THE RADAR STATION
- If you don't own "Trout Mask Replica" yet, you should soon!
EXPECTING RAIN: UNOFFICIAL DYLAN
SITE - A lot of good links here.
THE BOREDOMS - "A Temple of Worship to the Boredoms"...wild Japan act.
JON WAYNE - "Howdy. This is the new Jon Wayne website. Hope you like it. We don't care if you don't...Oh yea, in case you're wondering... we ain't John Wayne the dead actor, we' re Jon Wayne the band!"
GOMEZ - Weedly and retro, (but what the hell is wrong with that?)
WEEN.NET - It's its own thing.
OR VISIT THE SPONSORS OF THIS PAGE
TZOME.COM - Indie .mp3 site based in Canada. Very fast file transfers, and get paid for podcasts that use your songs!
MP3LIZARD.COM - Indie .mp3 site based in Finland. Very fast file transfer.
WIERDOMUSIC.COM - 'Your first step in exploring the wonderful world of strange, wacky, odd, and just plain bizarre music.'
AL CAIOLA - Take a
listen to the "Sounds For Spies And Private Eyes" recording.
THE KNITTING FACTORY/SHIMMY-DISC -
Kramer's legendary NYC avant-garde label (Shimmy-Disc) is now owned by The
Knitting Factory jazz label. Link to both here. Kramer, Bongwater, and much of
the Daniel Johnston catalogue is here.
DOGBOWL - ...but it's easier to find
Dogbowl's stuff here.
JEFFREY LEE PIERCE & THE GUN
CLUB - CowPunk shrine.
!!!
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - Good bio & more here!
VELVET UNDERGROUND LINKS PAGE - The VU reissues, solo projects, bio, etc.
RAREBIRD'S ROCK AND ROLL RARITY REVIEWS - Helps to patch up the empty spaces in the catalogs of many great bands.
VIC CHESNUTT - Rarely noted
songwriter from Georgia, US.
WARREN
ZEVON - Link to lyrics from one of the greatest songwriters ever.
GRAHAM PARKER - With and
Without "the Rumour", his former band.
THE YOUNG GODS - I'm not
really into "The Swans", but this was a good suggestion nonetheless.
MOTT THE HOOPLE -
Influential Brit band from late 1960's.
DIAMANDA GALAS - Her voice
is...her own.
DIMENTIA 13 - Ohio Psychedelia from the 1980's.
GRAM PARSONS - From the
International Submarine band to his work with Emmylou Harris; tabs, lyrics, bio,
& stuff.
!!!
DANIELLE DAX - It's not easy to
find her music, but this will help.
JOHN COOPER CLARKE -
Old-school punk poet laureate.
ASIAN CLASSICAL
MUSIC - Great .mp3's. Doesn't sound much like Hoople, though!
ASIAN
FOLK & ANTHEM ARCHIVE - Some very rare stuff here, including the anthem
of the Khmer Republic (1970-1975).
MICROTONAL
MUSIC - Mathy stuff. Also try the OTHER USEFUL
RESOURCES links page.
BLACKEY'S
ANTHEM PAGE - An Anthem page with an anti-academic look, at least!
LYDIA LUNCH - The 'No-Wave'
goddess.
THE SHAGGS - Proof that
"training" is overrated.
UNCLE TUPELO -
Important "Western" band.
THE DAMNATIONS - This texan band's
discography has more live recordings than studio ones.
TORTOISE -
Listenable but not insipid.
SYD BARRETT -
Great file links on this italian site.
(IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU VISITED A SPONSOR AT LEAST...
NO GUILT...
...REALLY!!)
THIN WHITE ROPE - Late '80's /
early '90's emo-rock with scientific (geological) lyrics.
GRAHAM BOND - Still under
construction, but some good articles & reviews are here.
THE ORANGE ALABASTER MUSHROOM -
Canadian psychedelia at its best.
THE CYBORGS - An earlier band of this same ilk.
DINNER IS RUINED -
Couldn't find a website on this amazing group, but only a review here and there. Here is the Pierro Scaruffi page.
PSYCHEDELIC MUSIC - 'Psychedelic music has it's root in the sixties. But since than, many tunes have been composed and many musicians and fans still live with the old ideals. Also young people share our love for strange tunes and try to expand their mind with the help of music.'
HAWKWIND
- Greatest space-rock band of all time.
SUICIDE (ALAN
VEGA/MARTIN REV) - Influential & edgy.
X-RAY SPEX - Rare!
Easier to track down if you're a vinyl junkie!
OXFORDMUSIC - Found a lot of acts
I thought were important here.
BAD MUSIC - Official
website of the Bad Music Foundation.
THE UNDERGROUND
MUSICIAN'S RAILROAD - Links and information for indie bands and artists.
WRITERS (FICTION &
NON-FICTION)
!!!
Buy Great Books By Great Authors
FYODOR
DOSTOEVSKY - Oxygen for the serious mind. 'Ahahahahaha...'.
SURREALISM -
Also see the DADA page.
ANTONIN ARTAUD - The
best english-language site on the french author that I could find.
ARTHUR
RIMBAUD - The best english-language site on the french author that I could
find.
ALBERT CAMUS - Ever
read "The Plague"?
BUCKMINSTER FULLER - "This
document is a study of the comprehensive designer Buckminster Fuller, an
outstanding character of the 20th century, and a kind of practical visionary."
MALCOLM LOWRY - Canada's
greatest author (in my opinion).
THORSTEIN VEBLEN -
Consumption is at times conspicuous.
LI PO - A short page
on the 8th century Chinese poet.
JOSEPH CONRAD
- Most e-texts are here.
W. S. BURROUGHS - Burroughs
website
PATRICK MARTIN'S POETRY RESOURCE -
Everything in this realm.
BANNED BOOKS ARCHIVE
QUOTES PAGE - The whole site is worth a look.
THE ETEXT ARCHIVE - Everything... news, 'zines, etc.
THE MODERN WORD -
Bio and archives on infuential literary types.
MOVIES AND FILM-RELATED
!!!
ZeD WEBSITE - A Canadian Broadcasting Corperation site featuring multimedia creations, with the emphasis on short video & music. The television program is well worth checking out.
THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE FILM SITE -
Ditto
ROTTENTOMATOES.COM - Movie
reviews and previews.
THROUGH THE MAGIC
DOOR... - As if the last two sites weren't enough.
SCIFI-MOVIES.COM
- All kinds of 'em.
CLASSIC FILM SAFARI - Has
even more links to lists of this kind.
DISASTER
MOVIES - Disaster movies are few and far between these days. Here's one of
the few sites around on the subject.
SPAGHETTI CINEMA/M.A.M.A.
(MARTIAL ARTS MOVIE ASSOCIATES) - Same story here. Info on DVD releases
leads me to believe this site is well-updated.
TOKU TOKUSATU MOVIE
POSTER GALLERY - Some of the designs here are incredible. Even if B-Movies
aren't your thing, you've got to appreciate this.
PARIS, TEXAS - Site devoted to
the amazing Wenders/Shepherd film.
THE YEAR OF
LIVING DANGEROUSLY - Think Indonesia, 1963.
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
- Algeria, 1962. More realism & historical accuracy.
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN - In-depth
review of the film adaptation of Crichton's classic.
APOCALYPSE NOW - Hold
the popcorn (for some four hours!).
SPACE: 1999 CYBER MUSEUM - This was
a TV show, but a GREAT one.
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY - The
"Internet Resource Archive".
COMPUTERS & RETROGAMING
or at least VISIT A SPONSOR!!!
DISCLAIMER: The builder/maintainer of this site is not responsible
for any damage(s) resulting from the use or mis-use of any programs, files, or
other items obtained from the sites listed below in this section.
LUNARPAGES AFFILIATE PROGRAM - The best webhosting affiliate program. Check it out and find out why!
APL PROGRAMMING
LANGUAGE INFORMATION - One of the least understood & most innovative
programming languages.
APLSE -
Limited docs, "readme's", and the executables. This 1995 version of APL features
graphics commands not available in APLX and SHARPAPL.
eFORTH - This
"language" is so minimal that if you rename it to the name of a popular OS, and
your other system files are there, you can use it as a substitute boot for your
machine! (Of course, what happens next is anybody's guess...)
eFORTH AND ZEN -
...ok, that's just plain scary. Computer languages that reflect buddhist
philosophy. Question answered.
PILOT - This page is
not always up-to-date. Neither is the language, which is very primitive and has
implementations inconsistant with the standards they themselves represent. This
is the only PILOT-dedicated page I could find with ANY active links on it.
Failing that, there is a IEEE-PILOT
implementation someplace (the link has moved to places unknown at present), with documentation files and a couple of programs. If you find it, and are working in DOS, then first download G-/GUNZIP, and other
useful utilities. You will need these things, if you figure it's worth the
effort. BTW, you will still have work to do on the code even after the format
changes. And then you'll discover that there are errors in the interpreter
itself! No! The STANDARD itself! A great project if you're having a party with a
bunch of old-school command-line programmers.
BON'S CGI FREEBIES - 'A compilation of the web's BEST and FREE CGI scripts and programs! Here you'll find free CGI scripts ranging from ad rotation software, counters, form-to-email handlers, to message boards, guestbooks, feedback programs, and MORE!'
THE RETROCOMPUTING MUSEUM -
After you check out some of THESE languages, you will find out just how far some
people will take an idea for the sake of a sick joke.
ACR DATA RECOVERY - 'Use the EXACT data recovery and computer forensic software used by Data Recovery Companies, Government Agencies, and IT Professionals worldwide.'
RETROGAMES - A concise guide to old video game systems and emulators for your new PC.
TRS-80 REVIVED SITE - The Tandy/Radio Shack machines were very expensive in their day, and Ira Goldklang has done a helluva job collecting the links to emulators & software for these early home computers.
ZX81 DOWNLOAD PAGE - Emulators, files, and
news on a scary "machine".
DOS ONLY PAGES - For those of us who
thought "multitasking environments" another form of planned obselescence..
SIMTELnet - Another good source of
necessary files.
DIGITAL PRESS - More emulation.
BETA.Lab - This is supposed to emulate
something... not quite sure what!?!
HUMOUR & STRANGENESS
(see also
MISCELLANIOUS below)
!!!
SURREALIST
COMPLIMENT GENERATOR - This was off-line for a long time. It's BAAAACK!!!
KCNA RANDOM INSULT GENERATOR - 'You politically illiterate flunkey, you would be well advised to behave with discretion!'
ROBOPoet - The Random Poetry Generator by Sherry Nelson.
IT'S THE CAT'S ASS - 'Thinly-veiled egotism masquerading as entertainment'.
CAFE COMPENDIUM - "Field
Guide to Astrological Types", "The Coney Island Mermaid Parade", etc. (Not that
this tells you much!)
USELESS FACTS - I couldn't find a
"Book of Lists" website. This seemed to be in the same gist.
PATENTLY ABSURD - Devoted
to strange inventions.
WORST OF THE WEB - As if you need
this...I know...
DRINK FROM THE FURRY CUP
- An advisement site, obviously.
IVORY - AFRO BIZARRE
HUMOUR - Don't know what to make of it all, but there sure is a lot of
cabbage in here!
FOOLSTOP.COM - Great central
source.
AMIRIGHT? - Fun with song lyrics.
NATIONAL LAMPOON - I put this
link here for religious reasons.
ENGRISH.COM - 'Have a winning pleasantlife'.
EBOLA ZAIRE FAN CLUB - 'it bothers people when you are lucid & ironic.'-A.Camus
NEWS OF THE WIERD - Chuck
Shepherd's legendary page.
MAD MARTIAN MUSEUM - "Ok. Ummm...
Not Ok."
ALI'S WEIRD CANDY - This page is
"Primo".
WALLY'S WORLD - ...is insane, in
keeping with the "spirit of things".
WEB WIERDNESS - Have you detected
a pattern yet here?
THE WEIRD SITE - This is my
favourite of these links pages.
BIGKID PAGE OF WEB WIERDNESS -
This is frequently updated
INSANELY GREAT
SCIENCE WEBSITES - LavaLamp-generated Haikus, "Robot of the Week", and
Liquid-Nitrogen Ice Cream recipes, among many other things.
THE FABULOUS FURRY FREAK BROTHERS - The online tribute to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.
THE SUBGENIUS HOMEPAGE - You will be
struck down if you take this seriously.
THE BONSAI POTATO -'Zen without the wait'.
UNDERWORLD INDUSTRIES WEB EDGE - A historic decision has been made, here in the twilight of the Old Millennium, to retire The Web's Edge to the status of Decommissioned Archive.
UWI'S WHAT'S HOT
& COOL - "A fringe fanatic's guide to the strange, different,
avant-garde, & just plain wierd." (Some of the links still work).
MISCELLANIOUS
, or PLEASE VISIT THE SPONSORS!
TEXTFILES.COM - 'On the face of things, we seem to be merely talking about text-based files, containing only the letters of the English Alphabet (and the occasional punctuation mark).
On deeper inspection, of course, this isn't quite the case. What this site offers is a glimpse into the history of writers and artists bound by the 128 characters that the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) allowed them. The focus is on mid-1980's textfiles and the world as it was then, but even these files are sometime retooled 1960s and 1970s works, and offshoots of this culture exist to this day.'
TEST PATTERNS -
Stare.
INTERESTING IDEAS - Roadsite
art and that kind of thing.
HOW STUFF WORKS - It's easy to
get lost in this site.
NATIONMASTER.COM - 'A massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. Using the form above, you can generate maps and graphs with ease on all kinds of statistics. What's more, you can select exactly which countries you want to include.'
WHERE IN
THE WORLD TRAVEL - This is the full listing page.
FIELDING'S DANGER
FINDER(R) - ...and these are the places that most guides left out.
ELECTRONIC SCHEMATICS ON
THE WEB - From a company based in Tasmania.
THE QUAD PAGE -
Quadraphonic sound & links.
IPPSO'S RENEWABLE ENERGY AND
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PAGE - Too many links to describe here.
WORLD INFO PAGE - By E.G. Matthews. Informative, & stocked with a lot of commentary.
FLAGS OF THE WORLD - All
in one place. Some of these are "three sheets to the wind", so to speak. [HAR
HAR HAR]
WORLD STATESMEN - 'World Statesmen is an online encyclopedia of nations, colonies, international organizations and religious groups. Country facts, chronologies, maps, anthems, flags, links, and multiple indexes will help you explore world history.'
THE DICTATOR.COM - dictatorship n : a form of government in which absolute power is concentrated in a dictator or a small clique; a government organization or group in which absolute power is so concentrated; a despotic state
FRIENDLY DICTATORS PLAYING CARDS - Click anywhere on the globe, and check out the bio.
MICRONATIONS.NET - Apart from a few serious secessionist movements, most micronations are essentially nation-state simulations. Unlike role-playing games, micronations have real people who compete for power, wealth and each other.
OAXACA! - Info about Oaxaca.
VIET-MONARCHY - 'A website focused on the unique history, traditions and culture of the Vietnamese monarchy, particularly under the Nguyen Dynasty.'
KHMER REPUBLIC - Info about 1970-1975 Cambodia, then known as the Khmer Republic.
MYSTERIES MEGASITE - Can be cheezy, but so what?
INTERNET MODERN
HISTORY SOURCEBOOK - Self-explainatory & very comprehensive.
HISTORY HOUSE ONLINE - "An
Irreverent History Magazine"
CANADIAN POLITICAL
PARTIES - If you want to see if there's any difference between them, that
is.
TRANS-CANADA TRAIL - Get your name 'in lights'.
POLITICAL RESOURCES ON THE WEB - Constitutions, country information.
DIRECTORY OF FOREIGN EMBASSIES IN CANADA - List compiled on the University of Saskatchewan website.
PLAY65.COM - Play Backgammon Live
CHESS
GAMES IN .PGN FORMAT - Kasparov, Capablanca, Lasker, all 'dem.
CHESS LIVE ON THE NET - Also has
good links to other chess sites.
THE CHESS VARIANT PAGES -
Burmese, Shogi, Xiangqi, Shape, Historical... thousands of chess variants you
can also play online.
DADA ONLINE - Excellent site
devoted to the defunct art movement. No antelopes. And your papers were burnt.
WORLD HOCKEY
ASSOCIATION - Excellent site devoted to the defunct league. The team
histories are funny.
AMERICAN BASKETBALL
ASSOCIATION - Excellent site devoted to the defunct league. The team
histories are funny here too.
CANADAKICKS - Links to A-League,
CPSL, and other soccer-related sites.
JAI-ALAI LIVE - A Great sport.
Watch it live. I don't advise playing it.
INSECT
RECIPES - Grubby.
SPACE AND TIME DESIGNING, INC -
Astrology, Herb & Natural Health, Feng Shui, Numerology, if you're into that stuff.
THE UNBLINKING EYE -
Photography site. Just kind of liked it.
SPIDER DIVINATION - Once
you understand this, go to the simulation link at the end of the page! Make sure that you paint the symbols onto the nachos before you put them into the bowl.
GONGS! - Buy gongs.
I CHING LINKS - Texts, documents,
readings, & discussions relating to the "Book of Changes".
PHYSIOGNOMY -
On the face of it...
WHO WERE YOU IN YOUR PAST LIFE? -
Oh yeah, that's right, NOW I remember!
ELIZA - Quote: 'A friend you could never have before'. (Some friend !!!)
ANOMALIES - The Strange & Unexplained.
BAD ASTRONOMY - 'Devoted to airing out myths and misconceptions in astronomy and related topics.'
SETI@HOME. It is a worthwhile project, especially if you're not feeling alienated enough yet.
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