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Maintained by Craig Bailey (ccb@floydianslip.com)

  1. What is "Floydian Slip"™?
  2. What stations carry the show, and when does it air?
  3. Can I listen on the Net?
  4. Didn't the station that aired "Floydian Slip"™ go off the air?
  5. Can I tune in using my shortwave radio overseas?
  6. Can I get a dub of the show?
  7. Do you play RoIOs ("recordings of illegitimate origin" or "bootlegs")?
  8. I've got some choice RoIOs. Would you like dubs?
  9. What do the acronyms you use for album titles stand for?
  10. Do you know if the Floyd will be touring/ putting out another album soon?
  11. My band sounds a lot like Floyd. Would you like a demo?
  12. What software do you use to manage the "Floydian Slip"™ mailing list?
  13. Can I purchase Floyd CDs through the "Floydian Slip"™ Web site?
  14. Can you give me Storm Thorgerson's phone number?
  15. Your discography is incomplete! What about "A Nice Pair" or "A Collection of Great Dance Songs"?
  16. How do I listen to your Storm Thorgerson interview in streaming audio?
  17. I've seen advertisements for a Pink Floyd event called "The Pink Floyd Experience." Is that any relation to your radio show/Web site?
  1. What is "Floydian Slip"™?
    "Floydian Slip"™ is an hour-long Pink Floyd radio show hosted by Craig Bailey. Each week we showcase the breadth of the Floyd's music — from early works with Syd Barrett to the group's current line-up. Solo works are included as well. The program has a library of 45 compact discs from Pink Floyd and its members.
  2. What stations carry the show, and when does it air?
    "Floydian Slip"™ airs on Classic Rock Champ — WCPV, 101.3-FM, Burlington, and WCVR, 102.1 FM, Randolph, Vt. USA— every Sunday from 7 to 8 p.m. Eastern Time (00:00-01:00 UTC/GMT). Champ's offices and studios moved from Shelburne Road, Burlington, Vt., to Fort Ethan Allen in Colchester, Vt., in December 1998. The station started simulcasting its signal at 102.1 on Jan. 23, 2003, and began streaming its audio across the Net on March 27, 2006. In summer 2007, streaming outside the U.S. was disabled due to increasing licensing fees.
  3. Can I listen on the Net?
    Yes, as long as you're within the United States. Champ began streaming its audio on the Net on Monday, March 27, 2006, allowing listeners across the globe to tune in to "Floydian Slip" each week. Unfortunately, in summer 2007, the station restricted streaming to listeners within the United States, citing increasing licensing fees.

    Learn more about listening online.

    If you'd like to encourage the station to share the program with other Clear Channel stations so you can listen on the FM band in your part of the country, please let station management and Clear Channel Communications know how you feel. (Clear Channel is the corporate owner of Champ.)

    I suggest sending Randy Michaels (below) a letter explaining your interest in hearing "Floydian Slip" on the Net, and CCing everyone else below:

Randy Michaels, Chief Executive Officer
Clear Channel Radio
50 E. Rivercenter Blvd. Fl. 12
Covington, KY 41011
USA

John Hogan, President/Chief Operating Officer
Clear Channel Radio
50 E. Rivercenter Blvd. Fl. 12
Covington, KY 41011
USA

Steve Cormier, Program Director
Champ
P.O. Box 1093
Burlington VT 05402
USA
champ@champ1013.com

In your letter, you might mention:

  1. I created "Floydian Slip" in 1989, and that since 1995, the show has aired weekly on Champ. It's probably the longest-running radio show devoted to the Pink Floyd anywhere.
  2. The near-fanatical, global interest in Pink Floyd, and your own strong interest in the band and in hearing "Floydian Slip" on the Net.
  3. Each day, the show's Web site, floydianslip.com, receives several hundred visitors, generating tens of thousands of hits daily.

When writing, refer to our station as "Champ (WCPV-FM and WCVR-FM) in Burlington and Randolph, Vt.," so Clear Channel will be sure to know which station you're talking about. The company owns more than 1,200 stations nationwide.

If you're a programmer of a Clear Channel Communications station, and you'd like to air "Floydian Slip"™, we'd like to speak with you! Download our two-page syndication information packet (140 KB PDF file).
  1. Didn't the station that aired "Floydian Slip"™ go off the air?
    An early incarnation of the program originated at Solid Rock 106-VIC at Ithaca College (Ithaca, N.Y.) in the mid-1980s, under the title of "The Pink Floyd Hour." When I took it over in 1989, I changed the title to "Floydian Slip"™, and produced it for a semester until my graduation. By 1994, I'd become evening announcer at the now-defunct WEXP 105.1 FM in Burlington, Vt. I revived the show at WEXP on Friday, Dec. 2, 1994, hosting it on a monthly basis — every new moon — from 11 p.m. to midnight. WEXP's parent company, UBC Inc., sold the station in June 1995 to Hall Communications, which changed the format, call letters and staff. Shortly thereafter, I proposed the program to Champ. After searching a few months for a sponsor, the program began airing 9-10 p.m. on Champ on Wednesday Oct. 25, 1995. On Oct. 23, 1996, the show moved from 9-10 p.m. to 10-11 p.m. Effective March 22, 1998, the show airs Sundays from 7 to 8 p.m.
  2. Can I tune in using my shortwave radio overseas?
    No. The FM radio band and the shortwave radio band are different. It doesn't matter how sophisticated your shortwave receiver is, it won't be able to receive "Floydian Slip"™.
  3. Can I get a dub of the show?
    I used to make dubs of the program for anyone willing to supply a blank cassette with a return mailer and postage. However, the number of requests I began receiving for dubs, made it prohibitive to continue making that offer. (For the record, I only started archiving cassette copies of the show for my own collection with program #198, aired Sept. 5, 1999. Moving into a new home with a built-in bookcase that stretches the length of the room and nearly to the 12-foot ceiling prompted me to start building a tape collection to help fill the shelves! Still, a year later I grew tired of the extra work, and stopped archiving shows altogether.) So, unfortunately, the answer is: No, I can't make a dub for you.
  4. Do you play RoIOs ("recordings of illegitimate origin" or "bootlegs")?
    I own only a handful of RoIOs. I can't tolerate the low fidelity of most concert RoIOs, and wouldn't subject my audience to it. I am, however, always looking for high-quality RoIOs. If you have a suggestion for a particularly good RoIO you'd like to recommend, email me.
  5. I've got some choice RoIOs. Would you like dubs?
    I'm always willing to listen to anything. But remember, I can't return anything sent to me. My postal address is: Craig Bailey, Random Precision Productions, 67 Union St. #2D, Winooski, Vt. 05404-1948 USA.
  6. What do the acronyms you use for album titles stand for?
    If you're new to Echoes (the Pink Floyd Internet mailing list) or the alt.music.pink-floyd and alt.music.roger-waters newsgroups, you should commit these acronyms to memory as quickly as possible, as they're thrown around a lot on the Net. On the other hand, some of those listed below are my own inventions for unusual EPs and the like.


    You may come across other acronyms in addition to these listed here, but this is a complete list of all albums we play on "Floydian Slip"™. You may also encounter variations on the acronyms listed here. More often than not, album titles consisting of one word are refered to simply by the title itself. Those are not listed here.
  7. Do you know if the Floyd will be touring/putting out another album soon?
    David Gilmour has gone on record repeatedly in the early 2000s as saying he has no plans to take part in another Pink Floyd tour, and that "Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd" (2001) most likely marks the end of Pink Floyd. He also said he's enjoyed the smaller solo appearances he made around that time, and will likely continue making those sort of concert appearances.

    Former bandmate Roger Waters has also been active touring the world, has released a live album ("In the Flesh") and compilation ("Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Volume 1") in the early 2000s and is said to be working on a new studio record for release sometime.

    The band's July 2005 appearance with Roger Waters at the Live 8 concert was a one-off event. And, despite an offer of copious amount of money to launch a reunion tour, the band members declined.

    As far as new Pink Floyd albums go, an album of new material seems highly unlikely, though it's a safe bet we'll see more archival material released along the lines of "Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81."
  8. My band sounds a lot like Floyd. Would you like a demo?
    I'm always willing to listen to anything. But keep in mind that "Floydian Slip"™ is a Pink Floyd show, and I only rarely play anything but the group, solo works from its members or covers. Still, if you've got a hankering to have me hear something, feel free to send it along. Keep in mind that I cannot return anything I've been mailed. Send your materials to: Craig Bailey, Random Precision Productions, 67 Union St. #2D, Winooski, Vt. 05404-1948 USA.
  9. What software do you use to manage the "Floydian Slip"™ mailing list?
    For years, we managed our mailing list by hand. In September 2003, we developed an automated system using PHP/MySQL to handle subscribing and unsubscribing to the list, and to manage the distribution of messages to the list. At this moment there are 698 subscribers to our list. Add yourself to the list.
  10. Can I purchase Floyd CDs through the "Floydian Slip"™ Web site?
    On July 4, 1997, "Floydian Slip"™ partnered with CDNow to create our Pink Floyd store. In January 2003, we changed our affiliation to Amazon.com. You can browse complete lists of CDs, cassettes, videos, books and T-shirts for purchase online. Or visit the "Floydian Slip"™ discography, read about each Floyd and solo member album, make song requests, and purchase each album online.
  11. Can you give me Storm Thorgerson's phone number?
    Since we posted our autumn 1997 interview with Floyd designer Storm Thorgerson at the "Floydian Slip"™ Web site, this has become one of our most asked questions. As you might imagine, we feel something of an obligation not to pass that information out to just anyone who asks. So the simple answer is, unfortunately, no.
  12. Your discography is incomplete! What about "A Nice Pair" or "A Collection of Great Dance Songs?"
    The "Floydian Slip"™ discography is a compilation of the albums that we have in our collection. We don't own either of the albums mentioned above — since they only contain songs we have in other original releases — so they're not included in our discography.
  13. How do I listen to your Storm Thorgerson interview in streaming audio?
    Our Storm Thorgerson interview aired Oct. 29, 1997. The complete interview is available as a streaming MP3 file along with a complete transcript here at the "Floydian Slip"™ Web site. You'll need a couple things to listen to the program as streaming audio:
    1. Software that supports the streaming MP3 format
    2. A 56kbps or faster Internet connection

    There are many applications for Windows and Macintosh OS that support streaming MP3s. Perhaps the most pervasive is Real.com's RealPlayer. The basic player is free to download. When installing the player, if given the option, you'll want to associate it with the .m3u and any other streaming MP3 extension.

    If you have the latest version of RealPlayer installed on your system — or some other application that can handle streaming MP3s — and are still having troubles starting the stream, check your browser's helper application list to make sure the streaming MP3-capable application is associated with the .m3u extension. This is crucial: This way, when your browser encounters an .m3u file, it'll launch the app to play the stream.

    One more note regarding connection speed: The interview file was encoded at a rate of 32 kbps. Consequently you'll need to be connected to the Net at a speed of at least 32kbps to be able to start and maintain the stream. Even if you have a 56k modem or faster connection — like a cable or DSL modem — unless you're connected at a speed of at least 32kbps, you won't be able to listen to the stream. (On the other hand, in some rare cases visitors with 33.6kbps might also be able to listen to the stream.)

    If you're unable to start the stream, select the interview segment to download it as an MP3 file for playback following download. Be sure your browser's helper application list is configured to prompt you to save files with the extension .mp3 to your disc so you can download the file and play it back later.
  14. I've seen advertisements for a Pink Floyd event called "The Pink Floyd Experience." Is that any relation to your radio show/Web site?
    No. You're probably looking for information about the Floyd tribute band produced by Annerin Productions, the producing branch of Jeff Parry Promotions of Canada, and the same company behind Bjorn Again, the ABBA tribute.

    The company created their Floyd tribute in October 2003, and followed it up with a fairly vague marketing campaign that's left Floyd fans wondering what exactly the show consists of.

    It's a live show of Floyd music, performed by six musicians.     Read about that Pink Floyd Experience.


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