I need a favor, please help

[theradiokid]

Hello to all XM subscribers.

I am in a situation, and would like to ask a favor. If you can help, I’d appreciate it.

As you know, tonight at midnight (EST), the XM lineup will change. One of my favorite channels is “XM Café.” That channel is going away.

Before I continue, I must say that I am visually impaired, and use a screen reader to read the internet. As a visually impaired person, I love radio, and connect to it. I digress…

I have just moved to a new apartment. Unfortunatly, this is one of the few places my XM won’t work.

My next option was to try XM online, but the player is incompatable with my talking software, so I can’t access the “Café,” and hear it’s final moments.

So, here’s what I’m asking: The lights in the “Café” will go dark at Midnight, 3 hours from the time I write this. If someone could please record “XM Café” in it’s final moments, and then upload it to sendspace or the internet archive, then email me the direct link at: [email protected], I’d appreciate it very much. I know it’s a lot of work on short notice, but I’ve done everything I can do in my power to hear it for myself, but have failed. It would mean a lot to hear the last moments of this channel, as it was a favorite, so if you can help, thanks in advance. My email address is: [email protected].

What made this channel so great was this: The song ends, and then you hear the sound of a door opening, followed by café ambience (people, the raddling of plates, a coffee grinder, etc), all under the voice of Bill Evans, Brian Chamberlyn, or Kathy Carter. I truly felt like I was in that XM Café, sipping a cup of coffee, while listening to various artests play for me. It was a nice getaway channel for when I felt stressed or angry. I could just escape to the XM Café, and hear great music. So goodbye to the XM Café from 1 of it’s most loyal patrons. “XM Café” (XM 45), farewell. You will be missed. Oh, and, can I please just have 1 more coffee to go?

Thank you for your time and assistance.

--The Radio Kid
(AKA Oswego Jeremy, as nicknamed by George of the Radio Racket.)
My email: [email protected].

 

[JH_Radio]

Okay, as usual, i missed something here. XM cafe was something like The Spectrem?
John
Bensalem, PA

 

[theradiokid]

Well,In the end, someone sent me the audio of the end of the “XM Café.” The last song played on the channel was called “Lost Cause.” In it’s final moments, the song ended, then, it went into straight simulcast mode of “The Spectrum,” mid sentence of the “Spectrum” jock talking about some Irish band. The jock was Meg Griffon. All in all, it was a terrible way to shut down the “Café.”

To Brian, Bill, and Kathy: Even though the last song played on the channel was called “Lost Cause,” the channel was anything but that. I will truly miss “XM Cafe” (XM 45.) Longlive “XM Café!”

--The Radio Kid
(AKA Oswego Jeremy, as nicknamed by George of the Radio Racket.)
My email: [email protected].