Just read the following in Max's news of the day and felt it deserved a thread of its own. THIS IS EXCITING!!!! And, obviously Max & Bert are looking for a lot of participation, so come on Mudders.....JOIN IN!!!

Introducing Mudcat Radio, Episode I "Feet First" Wednesdays 7pm to 8pm EST in Real Audio here at the Mudcat, hosted by Max and Bert.

Episode I "Feet First" is going to be one heck of an experiment. We decided not to do a dry run or an experiment without an audience, and just make it the theme of the show. Anyhow, we're going to expect anything and have fun with it.

The hopeful itinerary of Episode I will be as follows:

Theme Song Intro (more about this later) Mudcat Radio and Episode I Introduction What's On (A look around the globe about what's going on out there with Traditional Music - Submissions not only welcome, but necessary)

Interview (Episode I - Sandy Paton by Phone Pending) Songs and Mudcatter Song of the Week (Whatever Bert and I want to play live or spin off of CD) Possom Sitings (...make your own witty remark here...) Mudcat Talk (Max and Bert talk about what's going on in the forum) On the Phone 1-888-488-9050 (call ins are welcome throughout the show, but this is possible a planned or organized section... who knows) Folk Talk (whatever we want to talk about) Record Review (Episode I, maybe Guy Wolff's Music From Wolff Pottery) World News (News from Mudcatters around the globe - Australia, Iceland, Canada, etc.) Theme Song Out We are going to be having a Theme Song Contest for two songs, an intro song at the beginning and a goodbye song at the end. We can have multiple winners for each and will rotate all the entries. Send your entries on CD or tape or email them, anything. The winners will receive Mudcat Music, which could be a copy of Art Thieme's "On the Wilderness Road" (Vinyl) or any number of albums that have been contributed to the Mudcat.

As mentioned above, we will take calls throughout the show, and will also be in the chat, so be sure to put your two cents in one way or another. We are really interested in a very interactive experience.

We have no expectations really, we're just going to try to have some fun with this. Feel free to contribute stuff for us to do and talk about. And be sure to tune in Wednesdays 7-8pm Eastern Standard Time.

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