Celebrate the fall harvest and the successful return of summer farmers' markets in Germantown.  Come out to Historic Wyck House on Friday September 28 for the first annual Harvest Festival.  Listen to live bands, tour the gardens, eat good food and meet neighbors from the community. 

G-town Radio will also be there doing a live broadcast from the site.

First Annual Wyck Harvest Festival
6026 Germantown Ave
Friday, September 28, 2007
5:00 - 7:00 PM
following the farmers' market.

For more information contact the Wyck house:
215-848-1690
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Sept. 9, 2007

Tune into On the Frontlines with the Royal Majestic Sound.

Check tonights playlist after the jump (updated throughout the show).

In a special segment of the Old School Radio this afternoon, host TG welcomes legendary DJ Jazzy Jay from the Zulu nation. Live in the studio today, August 31 with a replay tomorrow from 2-4 PM.  Reach out on the IM now: gtownradio

Tune in today at 4 PM as G-town Radio brings you more live programming you won't find on your radio dial.  At 4 PM you will hear the premiere edition of Passing the Torch hosted by Malcolm Cain Jr.  Each week Malcolm, age 15, discusses topics vital to the African American community such as health care, black on black crime, education and much more.  Passing the Torch is unique in that it looks at these topics from a youth's perspective.  Tune in today.  Join in the discussion by sending an Instant Message to gtownradio

Several other live shows are now appearing on G-town Radio.  Look for more info later today and throughout the weekend. 

Cutting the Cord is an ongoing series that explores the different ways you can listen to Internet Radio besides sitting in front of your computer.

Cutting the Cord, Pt 5: FM Takes a Backseat to WiFi

In this Tech Digest post a brand new Internet Radio by Freecom is previewed, the MusicPal (pictured at right).  The player will be available this August in the UK.  Wired or wireless, the player plays any internet radio stream or local mp3 library as well as supporting RSS / blog feeds.  Listen through built in speakers, plug in headphones or run a line into your stereo system.  Even use it as an alarm clock.

Even cooler looking are the new Tivoli NetWorks and NetWorksGo radios.  Both are interestingly positioned as Internet / FM radios where FM is considered a fall back for when a wireless signal is not available.  The NetWorks unit has the same great look of Tivoli's traditional AM-FM radios with a wood cabinet and elegant design in addition to the large multi-line digital display.  The NetWorksGo radio (pictured above) is a portable unit with FM and USB port for MP3 or flash memory connections.   Both units will be released late in 2007.  Pricing is not yet available.

Recently, David Pogue of the New York Times reviewed five new devices (including the Tivoli NetWorks and Com One Phoenix, pictured at right).  This tech site, Silicon Republic, from Ireland reviewed yet another (the Logik IR100) the same week in this article.  The variety of features and price points among them suggests the market is opening up as companies compete to produce the iPod of internet radio.  

If It Doesn't Do Digital I Don't Want It 

As we move into a post-iPod world the standard features on radios are rapidly changing.  Radio tuners and stereos have usb ports on the front of them for mp3 players or memory sticks.  Network jacks are appearing alongside RCA connectors on rear panels.  WiFi antennas are built into entertainment systems just like on laptops.  The younger generation doesn't own cds or cassettes or records.  Entire music libraries exist as digital files toted around on hard drives and flash drives.  New music is found online through internet radio, myspace and music sites.

All these changes are coming out at a trickle right now but much more is on the way.  The devices listed above are only the beginning.  The Tivoli units will most likely be a little too expensive for most but you can be sure someone is designing a better, cheaper music player as we speak.  Philadelphia is scheduled to be completely wireless by year's end.  You could very shortly be sitting under a tree in Fairmount Park listening to G-town Radio instead of anything on the FM dial.  It is not quite here yet but it is coming. 

See also:
The Revolution Will Now Be Mobile
Cutting the Cord homepage

A little bit of history today at G-town Radio as we hosted our first live show from our studio in the heart of Germantown.  Staf, Tyree, Sleeves, Ultraviolet & Luke Raws took control of the studio for Stereotronics.  Two hours of hip-hop that doesn't reach you on the radio.  Look the Stereotronics crew every Sunday and many more live shows as we roll out the new sound of G-town Radio.  Believe.

More pictures after the jump.