Awesome Radio

“Ever since Metallica cut their hair, they’ve been bad.” A narrow-minded, politically incorrect broadcaster sits in his trailer, ranting about various issues and taking credit for all of The Smashing Pumpkins’ hits in this hilarious animated short by Joe Bennett and Conner O’ Malley.

What did people do to share memes before the Internet? Heck, go back further to a time when the main method of broadcast communication was radio. Comedian Alasdair Beckett-King envisions what it might have been like if the BBC had to describe memes over the airwaves back in the 1940s.

Back in the ’80s and ’90s, NPR produced a series of broadcasts that retold the original Star Wars trilogy as a radio drama. Using original audio recordings of the series, combined with movie music and sound effects, Nigel Langes compiled all of the episodes into a playlist of three videos, running about 11 hours in total.

Capital Breakfast DJ’s Lisa Snowdon and Dave Barry had their guest Chris Hemsworth break some uncomfortable news from the family of one of their listeners as Thor. Odin’s son did it in one take.

Craving a more adventurous musical journey? thesixtyone provides a DIY internet radio and music sharing experience for the masses. The masses who enjoy completing sidequests that is.

Any fan of public radio who acknowledges Valentine’s Day ought to get a kick out of these expressions of love, courtesy of the NPR. Fun, nerdy fun for someone’s inbox. (Thanks Tyler!)

Want satellite radio in your car, fast and cheap? Just stick on the magnetic antenna, run one wire, and plug the XM Snap! into your 12V outlet to add hundreds of stations via its built-in FM transmitter.

Gigaware brings HD Radio to the iPhone and iPod Touch, albeit with an external in-line control; it’ll play HD2/HD3 and includes iTunes tagging and bookmarks via a free app.