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Bomb Shelter Radio - The 3 Years Later Affair


The first broadcast of BSR was during the week of July 25, 2005. 

In looking through some old station materials and history, it appears that it has been 3 years, 8 months, 10 days since the last broadcast. That broadcast was held at Intervention 6 in Rockville, Maryland. I had already been on hiatus for some period of time, but I was asked to return to Intervention. The station and the listeners had some wonderful parties, and some memorable radio during Intervention's run. It was, as a recall, a pretty good show. Then again, almost all of them were... I had let myself forget that under the weight of Real Life(tm). 

44 months is a long time to be away. It is time to break loose a bit, poke fun at the serious, and remember not to take much seriously. BSR is back. SAY IT LOUD! WE ARE BACK BABY (ribs)! The plan is to return to a regularly scheduled show, add some improved technology, more awful music, lots of incoherent (incohe-rant) talk, and all the weirdness that hopefully makes you smile and think. We hope you will enjoy the chaos, the games, the chat room, the music, and the endless stories, news, and thumbing our noses at the cadre of serious idiots who clog our lives with mental gunk.

Season 13, Episode 1 debuts tonight at 8PM US/Eastern Time {Midnight UTC}. If you are looking for unpolished fun, please join us.

Look for the chat room (slack) and listen links on our website at http://bomb.shelter.radio.am/

Thanks for listening! -- Illya

PS: This may give you a clue to the title of the blog entry.


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