Beyond the Mist

[PanStargazer]

Beyond the Mist with PantheStargazer is now streaming live on Xsyon Radio twice per week, 5pm-9pm Pacific (8pm-12am Eastern), Wednesdays and Saturdays.

The show format is still evolving and it is my intention to include more than music and my banter about the glories of chaos hare lung. Depending on the response perhaps contests, interviews, Q&A, who knows?

You can find stream status and a webplayer here: http://bit.do/xsyon

Come on down, pull up a fire, and join me on Xsyon Radio while I serve up hot hits and deep cuts from Beyond the Mist!

[Bonegetter]

Starting soon?

[PanStargazer]

I've been off air the past week or so, rethinking the show and adjusting my expectations to reflect the situation. I'm planning to start back up soon, but maybe not for another week or so. I will also likely move the time slot back a couple hours. I'll post here when I'm ready to reboot.

[Bonegetter]

Awesome thank you for the update! Looking forward to the return.

[PanStargazer]

I'm aiming to go back on air this Saturday. I'm pushing the showtimes back to 7pm PST. So Wednesdays and Saturdays, 7-11pm US Pacific time. 

A bit about my musical background and show content. I don't play pop music, especially contemporary pop, including mashups. There are plenty of other sources for that sort of thing. I aim for a show you're not likely to find anywhere else. My tastes range from thrash and funk to psytrance and jam bands, with a whole lot in between. My "holy trinity" is Jimi, Jim, and Janis. The grunge scene hit while I was a college student in Seattle. I was in-house DJ for Seattle Hempfest for a few years and provided music for their VIP and membership parties.

I'm planning to work the show into one hour segments, where each segment fits into some theme or category. Might be based on a genre, a decade, or a theme. The segments on a show may or may not be related to each other.

I perform live music on my shows too, as an act of devotion more than anything else. I lost a close friend a couple years ago and guitar is how I have come to terms with it.

My shows can be challenging, socially and intellectually. I aim for that through the music, not my discourse, but sometimes the piehole won't stay shut. I'm not after ratings. I don't do hype. I don't cater to popular opinion. (I have my own and it suits me quite well, thank you.) I don't do this to be popular, I dislike celebrity, and I find glamour to be repugnant. I do this to scratch an itch that I can't easily scratch any other way.

That said, you're welcome to join me. Just stay off my lawn! ;)

[PanStargazer]

No show tomorrow, March 18. I'll be back on-air Wednesday, March 22.

[Blaberg]

Looking forward to the show on Wednesday!

[Blaberg]

I tried to tune in, either I have the time zones confused or something else was wrong, the link just took me to a dead page. Do I need to log in somewhere or download something..? I'm sad I missed it!

[Blaberg]

Umm I think I got the timezones wrong. Unfortunately that means your show starts at 4 o clock in the morning here in the EU. I don't suppose I could convince you to record it? :cool:

Well, I might be able to catch the last hour if I get up real early :)

[PanStargazer]

At this point in the venture, I won't be recording. As the project matures if I actually produce content worth podcasting, like skits, interviews, or hosting in-game events, then I will most definitely podcast those portions of the show.

As it stands now, don't try to get up early to catch the end of the show. I shut down early if no one is tuned in after the mid point of the show, which tells me I need to adjust show times. I am considering moving one of my shows to a more euro-friendly time, perhaps 2100 GMT. Right now I am focused on migrating the server so that I have full admin rights. Once that's done, I'll tweak my schedule.

Thanks for your interest, be patient! I'll get this sorted out soon enough.

[Blaberg]

Ok, I will keep an eye out for how things develop and hope to tune in at a later date!

[PanStargazer]

I've moved to a new Icecast server and set up a second low bandwidth stream, with webplayers for both streams.

I'm dropping the Wednesdays shows for now.

Currently my shows are Saturdays 7pm-9pm US Pacific Time.

high quality (128kbps): http://bit.do/FRX2060
low bandwidth (24kbps): http://bit.do/FRX2020

[wastelandstoic]

Show some support for Pan and his Xsyon Radio Show here and in game folks! He ended it last week because there was only one listener.

Pan you got my vote and my fellow tribe member Willowhawk is a listener as well (He was afk making an event post last week). If you enjoy doing the show to hell with the number of listeners, just do it. I plan to listen if I'm at my comp during the shows time.

And thanks! I've appreciated all you selections thus far...

[PanStargazer]

Thanks. I ended it because I was not in top form last weekend and I only had one listener. The aftermath inspired a new catchphrase: "Some days the marmot wins." I'm not going to hit it out of the park every week and I don't expect to. Nor do I expect to have an epic supreme audience every week. However, I will point out that the quality of the finished craft (the show) is limited by the quality of materials (the audience).

I do enjoy doing the shows and I'm normally fine with a smaller than average audience, but if I'm off my game, I'll take any excuse I can get to call it a night and come back next time with renewed perspective.

I am still adjusting to Xyson as a venue, developing a new style and format tailored to suit our unique environment and community. These shows are private parties to which I extend an invitation to members of the Xsyon community. When you tune in, you are a guest at my virtual campfire where I share music, stories, humor, and ... perspective. I have a request. I ask that you conduct yourselves as guests, not as consumers. When you tune in, give me a shout in global, if you have to tune out early, let me know.

It helps me put on a better performance if I know my audience. Sooner or later, I will eventually play something you don't like unless you have no taste and no standards and when I do I want to know just as much as when I play stuff you do like. Your feedback matters more than merely informing me of your tastes, it becomes part of the show and gives me leverage I can use to build inspired sets on the fly.

I can put on a good show just about any week, but I can't (or maybe won't) put on an epic show without an epic audience, so dump your lame off of tribe land somewhere and bring your awesome!

[PanStargazer]

Because of the server issues, I'm going to cancel the show for tonight, May 13. I will resume once connections are stable again.

[PanStargazer]

On second thought, I've changed my mind. The show will go on!

[PanStargazer]

After 51 years I should know to not second guess my gut instinct regardless of the appearance of things. I'll be back on air after the server issues are sorted out.