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is nationally renowned for his weekly two-hour radio festival of mad music and crazy comedy heard on radio stations coast to coast. It's a free-wheeling unpredictable mix of music and comedy. The Doctor plays new funny songs sent in by amateur and professional singers and comedians. |
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May 9, 2008
PHONE-IN RADIO SHOW WITH THE DOC THIS WEEKEND!
Dr. Demento will be on Mick Williams Cyber-Line on Saturday night.
You can phone in and talk to him live on the radio! The number is (800)
992-8721. Their web site is
www.cyber-line.com and you can check that for more information or
to use the chat room.
(NOTE: The show is three hours long, starting at 9 PM Central time,
but the Doc is only scheduled to be on during the middle hour, starting
at 10 PM Central time, or 8 PM Pacific, 11 PM Eastern.)
May 3, 2008
NEW DR. DEMENTO SHOW FEATURE - FOR ONLINE LISTENERS ONLY
Starting with the first weekend of May each new Dr. Demento Show will have
an extra segment for online listeners only. Each Bonus Segment will have 10
minutes or more of songs that do not appear on that week's radio show.
Online listeners will generally hear the Bonus Segment after the Demented
News during the first hour of the program. The bonus segments will be heard
on both the 32Kbps and the 128Kbps streams.
March 11, 2008
TOPICS FOR THE SECOND QUARTER of 2008
| show # | date (Sundays) |
| 08-14 | 4-6 | Baseball |
| 08-15 | 4-13 | Ourselves (songs with "I" or "me" in the title) |
| 08-16 | 4-20 | Earth Day |
| 08-17 | 4-27 | Top Ten |
| 08-18 | 5-4 | tobacco |
| 08-19 | 5-11 | mothers |
| 08-20 | 5-18 | alcohol |
| 08-21 | 5-25 | Top Ten |
| 08-22 | 6-1 | Demented Dance Party |
| 08-23 | 6-8 | women |
| 08-24 | 6-15 | men |
| 08-25 | 6-22 | summer |
| 08-26 | 6-29 | Top Ten / America |
January 24, 2008
ABOUT OUR "REQUEST A SONG" PAGE...
For over a decade, dating back before we had a proper website of our own,
Very Keri has very graciously hosted our request page. Before that, Keri
was a loyal member of the phone crew on the L.A. local edition of the Dr.
Demento Show.
As part of a general upgrade of www.drdemento.com, the "Request A Song" page
is now part of our own site.
You can still enter Keri's world by visiting www.clamhead.com.
A thousand thanks to Keri for being way ahead of the curve, and making it
possible for listeners to request songs online over the years.
Yours in dementia - Dr Demento
January 21, 2008
2008 MEMBERSHIP KIT COMING THIS SPRING...
We're busily putting together a new Demento Society membership kit
for 2008, including Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes #16. We're very
excited about it and know you'll love it!
We are a bit behind schedule this year but hope to have the new
package ready to ship sometime in the spring of 2008.
Due to the policies of our online partners, we are not able to accept
advance payments this year. Any payments already sent will be
returned. As soon as the package is ready to ship, we'll let you know
in this space, on the radio show and in our newsletter. I promise
it'll be worth the wait!
We still have the 2007 and 2006 membership kits in stock...but for
how long, we don't know. Get 'em while you can!
January 21, 2008
REGARDING CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS...
When you order online, you will get an email reply from Yahoo Small
Business. This form may imply that your credit card has already been
charged at that point. In fact, your credit card account will not be
charged until your order (including membership kits) is actually
shipped.
January 5, 2008
A COUPLE OF CHANGES...
I've decided to make a couple of changes in the Dr. Demento show, effective
with show 08-01 airing Jan. 5-6 (and available for streaming Jan. 7).
First of all, we've reduced the number of commercial breaks. This will allow
for more flexibility and longer uninterrupted sets. (The overall timing of
the show remains about the same).
Secondly...I'm changing the countdown from a weekly Funny Five to a monthly
Top Ten. This will allow us to bring more variety and surprises to the
show, and reduce the amount of repetition from one week to the next.
The Top Ten shows will air on the last weekend of each month; on these
shows, the Top Ten will take the place of a special topic. On the remaining
shows, we will be able to cover the special topics more extensively than in
the past.
We'll still have the same unpredictable mix of mad music and crazy comedy,
old and new.
I'd welcome your comments, and do keep those requests coming!
- Dr. Demento
P.S. The on-air announcement of these changes in this weekend's show contains a
little erroneous info: The monthly countdown will be a Top Ten, not a Funny
Five as the announcement says. Also, it will be Jan. 26-27, which is three
weeks from this weekend, not four.
TOPICS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER of 2008
| show # | date (Sundays) |
| 08-01 | 1-6 | Babies |
| 08-02 | 1-13 | I Am |
| 08-03 | 1-20 | I Like / I Hate |
| 08-04 | 1-27 | Top Ten |
| 08-05 | 2-3 | Tropical Tunes (incl. Hawaii) |
| 08-06 | 2-10 | Love songs |
| 08-07 | 2-17 | Birds |
| 08-08 | 2-24 | Top Ten |
| 08-09 | 3-2 | D-pod shuffle |
| 08-10 | 3-9 | Celebrities |
| 08-11 | 3-16 | Green (Spring/St Patrick's) |
| 08-12 | 3-23 | Kids |
| 08-13 | 3-30 | Top Ten |
November 23, 2007
CHANGE IS ON THE WAY
drdemento.com and drdemento.net now have a new webmaster, "Mysterious
Mose."
He has been a loyal listener for many years and has very impressive
technical credentials.
We will be taking many steps in the coming months to improve our sites. A
major priority will be to upgrade the audio streaming service, to make it
easier and more enjoyable to hear the show online.
Mose welcomes your comments and suggestions. He can be reached at
webmaster@drdemento.com.
-Dr. Demento
October 6, 2007
A note from Dr. Demento...
Recently a few people have written scathing online denunciations of Talonian Productions, the company that produces and distributes the Dr. Demento Show.
Talonian is not what some uninformed denouncers have claimed. Talonian Productions is wholly owned by myself. Talonian currently employs a manager, Arthyr Chadbourne, and a webmaster.
For many years the show was supported by national advertisers. The fees they paid supported the entire budget of the show and enabled me to make a living. That's the way radio is supposed to work.
In the past few years advertiser support for the show has evaporated. I've heard various explanations of this, but the most sensible one seems to be that our listenership is spread too thinly among various demographic groups. Advertisers prefer programming that appeals to particular segments (such as women aged 18-34 or men 30-45) so that they can reach listeners prepared to buy their products in a more efficient manner. I was always proud that the show appealed to entire families, but that is starting to look like more of a curse than a blessing.
Therefore, though we still have some fine stations carrying the show, we are not making enough from radio to support it.
For that reason, we decided to launch a fee-based Internet service. We felt this offered a chance for the show to become self-supporting once again, and in addition made it possible for people in areas not served by one of our radio affiliates (which is most of the country, alas) to hear the show.
Many listeners have been happy with this service. Others have complained, mostly to such forums as rec.music.dementia. Most often, they are unhappy that our Internet streams are not free of charge. It may be true, as the old song said, that "the best things in life are free"...but we do have to pay royalties to the creators of the songs we play, and we also have to pay for the website's own operation...and I do have to make a living somehow. Therefore, we charge *a very modest fee for the streaming -- a rate we feel is fair to ourselves and our audience.
Several of the show's radio affiliates stream their own programming, free of charge (the expense is defrayed by advertising). Since we don't share in the stations' ad revenue, we have asked them to discontinue their streams while our show is on. Most stations have been very understanding about this.
I have loved doing this show for 37 years, and have felt incredibly lucky to have made a living from something I love. However, unless the show's financial situation changes soon I will be unable to continue the show much longer.
Thank you for your understanding and support!
-Dr. Demento
GET YOUR 2007 MEMBERSHIP KIT NOW!
The Demento Society Blue Ribbon Membership kit for 2007 is still available for a limited time only.
The package includes a genuine Dr Demento blue ribbon, just like the blue ribbons they give out at the fair (but demented!!) It also includes a membership card, button, bumper sticker, and discount coupon...and, as always, an extra-special CD, available only to Demento Society Members. Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes #15 features many of the most requested songs of the past year, including the top two songs and many others featured on the Funny 25 countdown! Along with all this you get an 8x10 color photo personally autographed to you by Dr. Demento himself.
Membership dues are the same as last year -- just $34.90 including shipping for kits delivered in the USA. International memberships are $41.95 including shipping.
Don't delay, order yours today! Simply go to our Online Store page.
Wwwwwwwwwwind Up Your Computer!
THE DEMENTO ONLINE CLUB
The insider's best direct path to gleefully insane musical pleasures!
As you know, a new Dr. Demento Show can be heard online each week, along with many older shows, in streaming audio for $2 per show. By joining the DEMENTO ONLINE CLUB, you can save money, hear more shows in better sound, and get lots of exciting extras!
Find your favorite shows from the past and present, most available in high quality 96Kbps stereo, or 128Kbps stereo for more recent additions!
(High speed connection required for high quality streams.)
Demento Online Club Features:
- A NEW show each week.
- Upon subscription you will automatically receive the three most recent shows FREE!
- Live online chats with Dr. Demento. Find people that share your questions and answers while talking online with Dr. D.
- Discussion forum to communicate with other DOC members. You can discuss favorite shows, share your interests and get acquainted with each other in the Forum.
- Bonus MP3 streaming audio (most in high quality 96Kbps or 128Kbps). Both new and old shows available to members only . . . at no extra charge!
- Three free online shows per week your choice from our large library.
- Post your ads in the Classifieds section.
- Get the latest Demento Society newsletter before it’s mailed!
- Updated F.A.Q.’s
All this for only $14.95 per month! ($32 value)
Subscribe for a full year, and as an extra bonus, you’ll receive the Doctor Demento Society membership kit free! A $214.30 value for just $179.40! If you’re already a Society member, you can get a year’s Online Club membership for just $144.50. Either way, you win! A great deal for great fun.
>>> Click Here to Sign Up! <<<
Click here to see our list of streaming shows.
TO OUR LISTENERS...
Conditions in the radio industry continue to change rapidly.
Unfortunately many of these conditions have led to the Dr. Demento Show being available on fewer stations than before. If the show is no longer being heard on the station where you used to hear it, please let the station management know that you want Dr. Demento back.
Dr. Demento is continuing to produce new shows each week (except for very infrequent re-runs), as he has for 37 years. We will continue to make each new Dr. Demento Show available for streaming at our website every Monday.
Dr. Demento and everyone here greatly appreciates your support and hope you will continue to enjoy the show for a long time to come.
ATTENTION WEIRD AL FANS --
"Weird Al" Yankovic has a great new parody song, "You're Pitiful." Due to various bugaboos dreamed up by men in suits, it will not be included on Al's next album.
However, through special arrangement with Weird Al we have made it available as a FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD right here!
You're Pitiful 40kbps
You're Pitiful 96kbps
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RIAA Targets Internet Radio
Excerpts from article by Joe Lewis on Mon, 03/05/2007 - 12:11.
In a decision that could drive the nail in the coffin to Internet
radio providers, the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board has endorsed a proposal
by SoundExchange to enact royalty rates for webcasts and streaming music
sites that will stay in effect from 2006 until 2010.
SoundExchange, the royalty
collecting division of the Recording Industry Association of America
(RIAA), will seek to retroactively charge webcasters for streaming
content delivered throughout 2006 to users, a decision that could send
the sites packing for good.
...
Eliot Van Buskirk and Sean Michaels of
Wired lament the financial implications of the U.S. Copyright Royalty
Board’s decision:
...and would owe this retroactively, in addition to licensing fees going forward. RAIN's
math indicates that the rate would render Internet radio unsustainable,
or at the very least, more ad-laden than terrestrial radio -- and that's
before the songwriters' licenses are taken into account.
And this
Techdirt
piece continues the thought:
- The new rates pretty much decimate a large portion of the industry.
And, it's only going to get worse, as the royalty rates increase at
incredible rates ("2007's rate is a 37.5% increase over 2006; 2008
and 2009's annual increases are about 28% per year; and 2010 adds another
5.5% increase.") Of course, this is utterly backwards and damaging
to the industry itself.
- A webcaster (especially the smaller, independent ones) is a great
means of promotion for artists. It tends to attract more loyal and
well-targeted audiences, who are more likely to want to later go out and
buy a CD, a t-shirt or attend a concert. It lets the industry better
promote material from a wider range of artists. However, in the
industry's desperate need to charge for every single use, they're
effectively killing off yet another wonderful promotional
vehicle.
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Join the Demento Online Club’s crusade for better, mind numbing ear-candy while enjoying MAD MUSIC and CRAZY COMEDY right to your home via the Internet. Dr. Demento presents a NEW show each week, commercial free from the fabulous studio close to the famous "Smogberry trees." Find your favorite shows from the past and present, most available in high quality 96Kbps stereo, or 128Kbps stereo for more recent additions!
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The Goose Has Flown... "Dr. Demento Gooses Mother" is now out of print, and no longer available on CD. We still have a few cassettes left.
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The aliens have left the solar system... "They Came From Outer Space" is now out of print, and no longer available.
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