I have (or should I say 'had') a listener who for some reason cannot fathom today's technology yet chose to take it out upon both the station and myself personally. Being that on the blogosphere, I am in the top 6000 of over 360,000 registered real blogs out there in the world, I thought I'd educate people on how NOT to present one's self to an internet radio community.

This person, whom for professional purposes, shall have their username withheld, has been disrupting my show's chatroom for weeks as a listener. Allegedly they believed that the chatroom was somehow evil or possessed and continuously singled them out as a user for which to fool with. First they claimed the chatroom would kick them out, then they claimed it was "flooding" them and ONLY them. Not even their friend who was also in the chatroom , experienced such "defects" in the system. In fact NO ONE did. This person chose to take their computers shortcomings and blame it on professional software and the station and management staff that pays for it's usage. Basically, they were complaining about FREE entertainment for which they were not equipped to use.

Today I find myself and the station removed from certain networking sites as their "friends". Since last nights fiasco I had thought of writing a letter scolding both for their actions but decided to be the bigger person and not do so...until I noticed my removal. With that, I wrote something rather simple.

The letter reads as follows:

Subject : "Thank you.

Darkstar
KMRL owner."

Following my just posting this I got a Yahoo Instant Message saying "are you happy now that you've lost two listeners?"

My reply was simple: "read your email".

For the record? Documented proof shows that no one was "flooding", spamming or booting said person from chat. The person in question was untouched all night. I thank them for drama no one needed. I can only suggest they possibly seek mental help for their paranoia issues, then suggest they purchase new computing equipment and learn a modicum of internet and chat etiquette.

As for losing listeners? Actually, I stand to gain more as people gravitate to places of little drama and with more of a family or kindred feel. Radio does not count it's listeners on it's hands, however, I do know for a fact that there are listeners that do not enter chat because they don't like other chatters and their drama. Suffice it to say, I now know my chatroom on show nights should now explode with more rather than less. Chatrooms are not the show. They are an added feature to enhance the experience and possibly alter the actual outcome of the show.

Bad chatters are a hindrance. Like weeds we hope they wither and die so the rest of our foliage may be fruitful. Goodbye weed. We no longer need you.

Wednesday Nights at 10pm EST/ 7pm Pacific...The Darkhours with DJ Darkstar. Now 100% Drama FREE!

It's time to experiment into the future. After several practise runs with a working Virtual DJ program, the Darkhours takes on a new direction. There have been projected changes to the show and this is one of them. Along with that, expect future shows to have call in features via Skype for call in interviews and listener calls.

What you can expect tonight:

Actual club style mixed music blocks. I've been a club DJ for over 2 decades (some may have heard DJ Darkstar mentione on the old 92.7WLIR/WDRE) who can mixmaster live vinyl, cd and video. Mp3's are child's play to me. One of my specialties is successfully mixing the impossible. Be prepared for a serious wild ride. Expect experience an uncontrollable urge to dance and also expect to say "Oh my goth I LOVE this song!!"

This time, no serious theme, just fun with dark music from all over the various shades of gray to black...maybe some blood red, possibly some bizarre holiday tunes and discussions on all things bizarre, new movies and tv shows like talk of vampires in media like Twilight and Trueblood and more as the Fall/winter movies like The Spirit and The Punisher emerge in full force. Discussion on the dark world around us, impressions, dark humor and geeky silly banter. All the stuff that makes the Darkhours fun. Join us in chat as usual. So come on by and remember the happiness in darkness starts at 10pm EST/ 7pm Pacific.

What the hell.... it's free, right? Why not give it a shot if you're new to internet radio.

Use the button below to reach the site to listen ...

...or try:
Listening here or here

Lastly, if all else fails, try :
listen here with a simpler Flash player

And don't forget to join us in the CHATROOM
***REMINDER: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A REGISTERED USER IN CHAT TO USE CHAT***

simple directions here

Some of you may need to temporarily disable your FIREWALL for 2 hours to access LIVE 365

The Darkhours - Episode LXXV: SHOCKtober begins!

It's finally here!! What is the month long celebration of Halloween I call Shocktober! This is the month that all my shows are dedicated to my favorite holiday. A dark carnival hosted by your favorite madman, featuring music on the topic, spooky tunes, funny songs, odd real life stories of the macabre and the occult and the usually funny bits you find on the Darkhours that makes it one big Halloween party everyday because, well... everyday is Halloween!

What the hell.... it's free, right? Why not give it a shot if you're new to internet radio.

Use the button below to reach the site to listen ...

...or try:
Listening here or here

Lastly, if all else fails, try :
listen here with a simpler Flash player

And don't forget to join us in the CHATROOM
***REMINDER: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A REGISTERED USER IN CHAT TO USE CHAT***

simple directions here

Some of you may need to temporarily disable your FIREWALL for 2 hours to access LIVE 365

OK... time to freshen up the show a bit. Always striving to become more interesting and entertaining, the Darkhours continues to open yet another season with fun, frolic and fright fests!
Some things about the shows past may be revisited like impressions and humor but in the search to perfect the shows format, we continue to allow the show to be tweaked and shaped by the listeners in the chatroom.

The Darkhours continues to strive to be the show of the people, influenced by the people and supportive of the people...as long as they are Dark people...or seek endarkenment.

What the hell.... it's free, right? Why not give it a shot if you're new to internet radio.

Use the button below to reach the site to listen ...

...or try:
Listening here or here

Lastly, if all else fails, try :
listen here with a simpler Flash player

And don't forget to join us in the CHATROOM
***REMINDER: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A REGISTERED USER IN CHAT TO USE CHAT***

simple directions here

Some of you may need to temporarily disable your FIREWALL for 2 hours to access LIVE 365

news:

The Season Premier of the Darkhours Season II was one of the proudest moments for the show as we hit record high numbers for both attendance and listenership! The turnout was awesome! With record attendance and a steady stream of comers and goers in the chatroom it almost looked like an episode of "Hear Kitty Kitty (formerly Webkittyn Wednesdays")

I want to thank everyone for coming and making it a huge success. I know that our numbers crushed our competition with 5 times the listenership and participants...and O did wehave a good time!

Besides the hot new theme/intro to the show, the Darkours featured bands like: Sirenia, Gothminister and Lords of Acid....there was a block of odd cover by Korn, Candyflip and Fear Factory and we tripped into the alternative vault for tunes from Dominatrix, Depeche Mode, Alice Cooper, Dead or Alive, Camouflage and so much more!

We also world premiered the single "Judgment Day" ... the dark hip-hop song by Bronx-Ville. featuring Miladah. The crowd agreed, it's got hit written all over it!

This was one helluva show! This is one of those shows you'll wish you never missed...and if you didn't miss it, one of those you'll be sure to treasure...til next week.

I'd like to thank Miladah from the band Bronx-ville (myspace page) for making a guest appearance in the chatroom when we world premiered the truly excellent dark sounding hip-hop tune; "Judgement Day", and excellent mix of rap, hip hop and gothic choir sounds.

The new Darkhours show blog has opened. This is where you'll normally find posts about the show besides the station blog and right here.

Spring break for the station is over. The DJ's are meandering back into the studios and prepping their shows. Some of us have been steadily continuing to broadcast throughout.

news:

Last weeks Darkhours was an amazing show with near record attendance! Lots of new faces are filing in as the word of mouth spreads.The Darkhours seems to have passed it's final tweaks for Season II starting this Friday night at it's usual time, 11pm EST. Be on time to hear the premier of the all new season II Intro theme!

Ok, check it out. Here are the changes for the new Season of Mojo Radio Live!:

Webkittyn Wednesdays is now a thing of the past. The new Season of the show starts a new era in it's 2 hour format with a more biting Webkittyn in her new show: "Hear Kitty Kitty". Come on by Wednesday May 2 starting at 10pm EST. Let's see who she flings poo at from her Hear Kitty Kitty Litterbox.

Webkittyn had busted her ass finishing the site and revamping the forums. You really need to check them out. Have you seen all the cool changes?

Deathsquad's show has gotten better and better. If you haven't checked it out, now is the time.

Kineada has a new sound with his new mic equipment. His set up is very similar to mine and his sound is boomin'!

Rustic Measure with Ravennacht is one of those well produced shows that makes even a guy like me appreciate Country Music.

Bug has moved her Back in the Day Buffet to Thursdays at 9pm EST and her ever popular Buggy Cam is there as always.

Digital Tapas with Binary Blonde, our resident Trance/techno Queen will be returning after a long hiatus. We're glad to have her back!

Lots of new shows and DJ's flowing into the studios with new features like The Bear, 42nd Crossroad, The Open Door Policy with Jackofalltrades... and lot's of new surprise shows coming and jocks you'd never thought you'd find at Mojo Radio!

42nd Crossroad with DJ Tree will play old school blues and classic rock and will premier just before the Season Premier of "Hear Kitty Kitty"

This is just a taste of what's been up with KMRL.

Check the schedule for dates and times. Don't forget to adjust it to your local time zone.

That's my new motto. Catchy, huh?

Mojo Radio Live...often imitated, never duplicated.

Contrary to rumour (which I can't understand how this could be construed as such) MOJO RADIO LIVE is NOT closing down!

Recently we were more of a clogged artery than a radio station. Our schedule was full of shows, but not much talent. We've released a lot of dead wood from their obligations so that we can bring you better programming.

I believe our main problem as a fledgling station was that we were too much into the "throw it against the wall and see what sticks" mentality. Slapping shows up onto the schedule without any auditions or history of a following for the sake of ...well...filling up the schedule. This is why we're semi-shutting down for restructure.

Now when I say that, I don't mean that if you log onto KMRL, there's nothing going on. The current default playlist is still running and some DJ's are free to continue to broadcast at will whether they are in their time slot or not, so don't think there's nothing to listen to.

I repeat: We are NOT closing down. We're just learning from our mistakes. Gone from us are the divas. We are now refilling our time slots with great, committed talent. People who understand that this, as fun and exciting as it can be, is a business first and a fun place second. Not to sound harsh, but that's the cold hard facts. None of that hippie love, dancing circles around the campfire barefoot shit.

What we're doing is trying to make the station grow. To do that, you must cut out all the divas and drama and bring in people that are either more established professionals or those with a professional work ethic. It's a radio station yes, but it's ours and it's a bigger job than it sounds like on paper. With that said, we seek a higher caliber in any show broadcast on KMRL. We want things different than every other radio station out there.

Our standards have raised. People with a following (a REAL one that is) will be filling the station's scheduler. Some other new shows are so off the wall, their following will grow quickly whether they have a fanbase or not. So be on the look out for shock jocks and really radical views and all new genres of music!

So there you have it in a very big nutshell. We're not closing. We're just getting better. Keep your ears peeled. You may stumble across new jocks practising under the personal mentorship of some of our more seasoned highly rated jocks to insure full quality control and all around awesome programming! You never know what surprises you might get!

Also, be on the look out for a high tech interface in the default rotation where YOU the listener can have a say in what you hear even on the default playlist which is being expanded as we speak...er....read!

So tune in and watch the baby grow in to a man (easier without all that excess estrogen drama around).

KMRL...we're only getting better. Now HOBBYIST DIVA FREE!

If you've been missing my shows live on KMRL, you can always catch the podcasts archived on Podomatic.

I posted the last two shows, The Darkhours - "Episode XXII: Snowbound" and " The Darkhours - Episode XXIII: To end a truly BLACK History month- Modern Black Rockers". I don't post playlists to duplicate the hopeful thrill of doing the unexpected as if you were listening live. Give a listen and have a party!

..
Click here to get your own player.

Remember, the show airs live every Friday night at 11pm EST exclusively on KMRL: MOJO RADIO LIVE!!!

Well.. The station has been going so well, we went the next step. For those of you who've yet to catch the mojo, our internet radio station, KMRL MojoradioLIVE has taken off like gangbusters! (Do they still say 'gangbusters'?)

Now we've gone and opened the ever-expanding KMRL Store Powered by Cafe Press

Now all the fans of the DJ's can get great KMRL shwag! Those D'Sari out there can now get DJ Darkstar merchandise! You can get almost everything from beer steins to tile boxes to the dreaded rumoured Darkstar thong.

Fan of the Darkhours? Click the button below and let the fun begin! (also a great place to get Kittyn boxers!)

This week, the Darkhours returns for another sonic adventure into the macabre.

Friday Nights theme- TEEN MOVIES:

Teen cult movie soundtracks. This includes tracks from 80’s teen flicks, Horror/Vampire movies, Tim Burton films, Occult movies and Superhero/Comic book films. This is definitely going to be a fun party.

This week, everything changes for the better. Everything from engineering and sound quality to control has improved as all the bugs have been knocked out of production in comparison to the inaugural show. This week, hear a more polished relaxed broadcaster, who doesn’t say the word “meanwhile” so much. Watch and listen as The Darkhours evolves into a must have radio show, and as always, available for download shortly afterward as a podomatic podcast. (just ignore the first abominati....I mean errr....podcast)

General press release for various communities. Reposted here so pretend you don't know anything.

A few weeks ago I entered into a partnership to acquire a professional Internet Radio Station (iRadio) called KMRL (Kittyn MOJO RADIO LIVE!).

Stemming from a year long gig as cohost of the highly popular Webkittyn Wednesday we decided to branch off and get our own pro radio station.

Starting tonight and every Friday Night at 11pm EST I will be hosting my first real solo show under the monicker :"DJ Darkstar's Darkhours". Two hours of pure odd entertainment FREE on the internet with dark, wacky and twisted humour, music of Darkness (Goth, Metal, Industrial, Alternative, First Wave/Classic New Wave, Darkwave, Euro Metal and Novelty songs) and the signature impressions that helped make Webkittyn Wednesdays the number one show on our old iRadio station.

Tonights inaugural show is a trial by fire spinoff of the Webkittyn Wednesday show, with Webkittyn sitting in the sidekick chair attempting to jostle me with heckling as she claimed I did to her for a year. The following weeks will stem fully into the solo format and though it may be a tad more serious than the debut, will as always be entertaining and supply a pseudo Metro-Manhattan feel.

So join us tonight on MOJO RADIO LIVE!. at 11pm EST Friday 9/8 and every Friday after.

What the hell.... it's free, right? Why not give it a shot if you're new to internet radio.

Use the button below to reach the site to listen ...

...or try:
Listening here or here

And don't forget to join us in the CHATROOM

These days, it's been pretty crazy. I haven't been able to get a blog out in awhile what with the Labor Day holiday in relation to the day jobs busy-ness business so let's see if I can bring anyone interested up to speed. This post is about the iRadio station.

All I can say is "WOW". It's pretty intense. Webkittyn took last Wednesday off for surgery so there was no show but I want to thank those who stopped by the chatroom for coming by even though nothing was on the schedule. Our kick-ass playlist seemed to suffice as I hear that our default list beats some of our competitors actual shows in ratings!

The week before was a great night for Webkittyn Wednesday. The chatroom (recently made pithy by Coyote) was packed with people and the listenership was beyond our wildest expectations. It rivaled if not surpassed our hey day numbers at our old station. Within our first week unofficially open, our ratings on Live365 went from somewhere in the 2700+ rating scale to 75 without any talent on the schedule except for Webkittyn Wednesday!

So now we're filling up the schedule with lots of diverse talent at all different time slots. Morning shows, Late night romps, Prime time parties all dishing out all sorts of different genres and styles. I'll give you an example. I've heard punk rock radio shows before and wasn't amused until the new Deathsquad Show debuted last night. I tell ya, I was a fan within the first hour! It wasn't just his song selection either, but his commentary on everything from Iran to Mangolomaniacs*. It was smooth and well produced for a prerecorded show and best of all, his debut show pulled in amazing numbers! He's gonna be big, I can see it now!

People were so pumped afterward, we hung out in the chatroom like those parties that end, yet no one wants to go home yet... So I, like that guy at the party that pulls out a guitar and starts to strum, went across the hall to the newly built Darkstar Studios and decided to try it for the first time to make sure things checked out and that all systems are go because, Friday night will be my first solo show. The all new "Darkhours" will aire from 11pm to 1am EST so I want all the glitches out of the broadcast ahead of time. I even figured a way to use my Shure SM-58 studio mic for radio broadcasting. So if you have nothing to do on Friday night or you just started school and you want to feel like you went to some dark debaucherous club or want that Metro-Manhattan feel come on down. It's not like there's any other good iRadio on at that time anywhere anyway, right?

As for KMRL...We have allot of good shows planned. I'm not just saying that because I co-own the station. These are seriously GOOD shows! We lucked out on the talent we've amassed. Some have already been internet broadcasters or simply podcasters and some already come with huge blog or iRadio followings. Webkittyn is one helluva program director. It's even beginning to generate revenue already! Now THAT'S how you run a professional radio station!

Last nights show was another great time. It was once again packed and people are starting to relax more after recent developements. I tell ya...it's fun being part of a popular budding station.

And keep an ear out for the off hours. You never know who'd hijacked the station to do unscheduled practise runs.

*Mangolomaniacs is a mojo Radio Kittynism

Ok..being part owner of a professional internet radio station is pretty cool shit! The default playlist is hand picked by Webkittyn with a little input by me and now has 231 songs to provide about 17 hours of yummy ear candy without repeating. What I'm most pleased with is that without a full scheduled compliment of disc jockeys the station has a listener base based purely on the old 118 song playlist. What a treat this will be to them with the new updated list! I must say, I'm impressed that a default playlist is getting such a large listenership and response. People are listening from work to home and I'm ecstatic! Just wait til the talent and shows get up and running!

The requests by interested talent are starting to pour in. That's a good thing. It takes more than a pithy popular playlist to make a good radio station.

We've decided I will do TWO shows. They will be bi-weekly. One for the Church of the Epical and one of pure lucious dark entertainment with impressions, humour and eclectic music. Some songs you may know, some you'll be glad you were introduced to. Both shows are as of yet unamed. Dates and times to be announced shortly.

Webkittyn Wednesday's inaugural show went very well. It had a great turn out! I want to personally thank all those who tuned in. The chatroom was bristling with old and new members.

We took last week off as we made more station improvements and also because Webkittyn was sick and it's just not Webkittyn Wednesday without her. Be sure to tune in this Wednesday 8/23/06 at 9pm EST as we return to the internet radio waves to hear radio gaga and good radio juju as only KMRL (Kittyn) MOJO RADIO LIVE can deliver!

Share your thoughts and/or afterthoughts in the temporary forum set up until the official forum is active.

Instructions for those with problems with listening to MOJO RADIO LIVE (Winamp/Real Player or Windows Media Player required):

I'll use Winamp for an example (download free at Nullsoft)

Open winamp (double click the icon)

in the top left, click "File", then click "Play URL".

Put this ENTIRE link in the url box.

http://www.live365.com/play/334217?from=pls&bitrate=128&AuthType=NORMAL&membername=mojoradiolive&SaneID=68.237.67.161-1144205147916211&lid=501-usa&now=1165287647125&session=10skH8WAKSgNs&tag=live365&LID=501-usa&token=170155e1910dabfcfc89a6809ee74b52-000305008

or to simplify, try this: http://tinyurl.com/mojoradio

Then press open. That should make the show play.

If there's a show that's on and that url doesn't work, go into the chatroom (http://www.mojoradiolive.com/chat/ during scheduled shows) and ask someone for the url and follow those instructions.

Or...

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Ok... You've come to listen to us on Mango Radio...but that time is past. We've practised enough. Enough so that I and several more investors have pooled together our talents and created the most amazing professional internet radio station I've ever been involved with.

Right now, at this very minute, the station, KMRL (kittyn) MOJO RADIO LIVE is ON THE AIR! There's a standing playlist with our custom commercials and everything. The sound is cleaner, the player is glitch free and there's no chance of those cursed RIAA violations!

Tonight 8/9/06 at 9pm EST, the first inaugural show of MOJO RADIO LIVE will be Webkittyn Wednesday now on KMRL: MOJO RADIO LIVE!!

Don't forget to join us in the all new chatroom!

Coming soon: More DJ's and more shows as we grow... Especially my very own solo musical entertainment show and possibly a talk based Epical radio show!

Since this is a fully licensed professional commercial station, if you or anyone else you know would like to advertise on our station, please, feel free to let us know how we can help your business.

We'll keep you posted. On behalf of myself, Webkittyn, Meathe and Deathsquad/Waterdeep MUD, we thank you in advance for your listenership and support.

Now run go tell your friends.

Discuss your thoughts on the changes here in the Dark Forums.

On a side note, I found it ironic that the first file the player pulled up to be our inaugural song was my single: "Darkside".

This Wednesday (for some of you getting this Wednesday morning, that's today) night 3/29/06, I'm filling in for Webkittyn on the Webkittyn Wednesdays Internet Radio Show on Mango radio. 9:30 pm EST. Go to http://www.mangoradio.us/ and click "tune in". You'll need to either disable popups so the Live 365 player can pop up and prompt you to pick a media player: WMP, Winamp, Realplayer etc.) For some, using Internet Explorer will play it automatically with no need to open a player.

It's a crazy show with cool and or strange tunes...some popular rock/alternative/goth/industrial/dark wave and metal songs, some obscurities, odd impressions, weird clips from movies and TV and all around opinionated but entertaining banter from yours truly, D'Sar the Darkstar (otherwise called "The Gotard" when playing the role of Webkittyns Bababooey).

Tune in tonight for the solo show, 9:30PM EST. "Webkittyn Wednesdays on Mango Fukken Radio!"