Star Wars series, Star Trek series, 2001 Space Odyssey, Holst the Planets, Carl Sagan's Cosmos, and much much more! There will be techno, classical, new age, and much more.

So don't miss tonight's show: Sunday 4 am to 6 am UTC (8 pm to 10 pm Pacific time).

Dr Z & The Synthetic Zen Show

Midway between the 2nd and 3rd music segments I've recently introduced a new segment called "Tech Talke With Hawke" and/or World News and the Digital Frontier. I discuss and explain various technologies, digital rights, risks, and other issues, both as a monologue and in dialogue with those posting questions in the Chatroom or via Instant Messaging or postings on my forums. I am considering moving this to the Thursday show that is usually mostly news and commentary.

The third part of the show (my favorite part of the show) I play music from around the world including Celtic, Gaelic, Japanese, Native American, Indian, Inuit, Hawaiian, African, East Asian, Spain, South American, Turkish, Russian, Middle-eastern, and many other styles.

The final part of the show I play classical, new age, meditative, opera, trance, and ambient music as well as the "World Music" including Native American, Japanese, lots of Celtic, Gaelic, Inuit, Indian, Middle-eastern, Turkish, South American, African, and much more!

So, be sure to tune in: Saturday night, 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm Pacific time (Sunday morning, 4:00 am to 6:00 am UTC/GMT).

That's 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm Mountain,

10:00 pm to midnight Central.

11:00 pm to 1:00 am Eastern.

You get the idea. ;-)

You can also instant message me for requests from my playlist via:

YIM (Yahoo): synthzen or thesyntheticzenshow

ICQ: 335222863

MSN (Microsoft): msverbsthenoun@hotmail.com

AIM (AOL): syntheticzen

Cheers!

Greetings,

I am regrettably giving notice to everyone who listens to my show on www.nekkidradio.com
that this upcoming Saturday, November 18th, 2006 (Sunday November 19th UTC),
will be my last show with NR.

I will continue my broadcasts with KYRS at www.kyrs.org and through my website at
www.thesyntheticzenshow.com and on KYRS FM 95.3, 92.3, & soon 89.9 FM in the greater
Spokane & Cheney WA & Cour d'Alene, ID areas.

I am extremely grateful and indebted to NR for giving me the opportunities to
learn and experience broadcasting over the Internet, and the experience has
been and will continue to be invaluable to me.

I have been disappointed in recent (many) months that it seems my show format
doesn't really map to NR's listener base. I've had shows with no one
listening by myself and one other (presumably Manny).

Whereas my broadcasts with the "real" radio station has been quite the
opposite.

Whereas NR I receive nearly no feedback from listeners, KYRS I get wonderful
feedback with every show.

Also the recent split, and chaos thereafter, of NR, and the additional
requests for more schedule changes, when my few NR listeners' number
complaint has been changing schedules, has made it difficult to build up any
sort of "fan base" on NR alas. But I think it really comes primarily down to
the targeted audience, the NR listeners seem to expect a few styles of more
mainstream, or on the other end of the spectrum, off the wall, programming,
and apparently not the selection I provide in my shows.

In having to decide which station I would drop and which I would stay with to
try to free up some of my overloaded schedule, I'm afraid that I will have to
give up my slot with NR.

Again I am very grateful and appreciative for honor and the opportunity of
broadcasting over 2.5 years on NR, and it is with heavy heart that I provide
this notice.

I wish everyone in the NR family all the best, and hope for many years of
continued growth for NR.

This is Dr Z (Hawke) & The Synthetic Zen Show, signing off from Nekkid Radio but continuing elsewhere...

Wishin you and yours, wherever you may be. Be well.
--
Dr Z and The Synthetic Zen Show
KYRS FM 95.3, 89.9, & 92.3 FM Broadcasts:
Sundays 10 pm - Midnight Pacific (Mondays 6 am - 8 am UTC)
http://www.kyrs.org
For playlist and details see: http://www.synthzen.com
ICQ: 335-222-863
AIM: syntheticzen
Yahoo: thesyntheticzenshow
Yahoo: synthzen

http://www.kyrs.org or if you're in the greater Spokane, WA area, you can tune in your radio dial to 92.3 or 95.3 FM.

Until then:

May the road rise up to meet you,

May the wind be always at your back.

May the sun shine warm upon your face,

The rains fall soft upon your fields.

And until we meet again,

May God hold you in the palm of his hand.

May God be with you and bless you:

May you see your children's children.

May you be poor in misfortune,

Rich in blessings.

May you know nothing but happiness

From this day forward.

May the road rise up to meet you

May the wind be always at your back

May the warm rays of sun fall upon your home

And may the hand of a friend always be near.

May green be the grass you walk on,

May blue be the skies above you,

May pure be the joys that surround you,

May true be the hearts that love you.

Jimi Hendrix

Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)

Michael Hedges

Calliope's Burden

Hawke (myself)

Joe Satriani

Dire Straits

Eric Johnson

Runa Pacha (Bolivian)

Vehkavaara

And more...

So tune in to listen to the wonderfully flexible instrument, the guitar.

-Dr Z & The Synthetic Zen Show

This is the second show in the series of broadcasts focused exclusively on music inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's works. There has been a lot of great commentary and feedback from the first show in November 2005.

Many people have asked, nay begged for the next show. ;-)

Well, the wait is nearly over...

When:

Sunday, April 30th, 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm Pacific Time

(3:00 am to 5:00 am UTC/GMT).

Where:

KYRS FM Radio 92.3 or 95.3 in the greater Spokane, WA, USA area,

OR

Online

http://www.kyrs.org

then click in the upper right hand corner the KYRS website, where the red text that states "CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE".

OR

Just go to the streaming page directly, here:

http://show.thesyntheticzen.com/kyrs/ThinAirRadioStreamingPage.html

1. hours of music of many styles, much of it absolutely gorgeous in various languages, including Tolkien languages (Elvish, Orcish, etc.).

If you missed the previous broadcast, you can download it from:

http://www.thesyntheticzenshow.com in the Downloads / Show Archives / NEKKID Radio section of the site.

You go to that download section directly here:

Download Tolkien Music Broadcast #1 Show Archive

Musicians include (but not limited to): Annie Lennox, Led Zeppelin, Glass Hammer, Enya, Mostly Autumn, Rob Gullane, Uruk-hai, Anois, Za Frumi, Gandalf, The Tolkien Ensemble with Christopher Lee, Essi Vuorela, Veera Luostarinen, & Rajaton, Gnomusy, Morgan the Bard, David Arkenstone, Patrice Deceuninck, Guiseppe Festa, Azrael, Bo Hansson, Blind Guardian, Rick Wakeman, Brobdobingian Bards, Barroquejon, Alarin, Argent, Barclay James Harvest, Bassic, Battlelore, Broceliande, Tristania, The Starlit Jewel, Myrddin, and more!

You can chat live with the DJ during the show with Instant Messaging:

ICQ: 335-222-863

AIM: syntheticzen

Yahoo: thesyntheticzenshow

Yahoo: synthzen

MSN: drz@synthzen.com

IRC (Internet Relay Chat):

server: irc.merp.com

channel: #broadcast

AND

server: irc.tolkiengateway.net

channel: #TolkienAudio

Catch the show and enjoy!

Until then, Namarie

The “World Music” segments include Celtic, Gaelic, Japanese, Chinese, Inuit, Native American, South American, African, Middle-eastern, Finnish, Russian, Indian, Australian Aborigine, Pakastani, Turkish, Medieval, Baroque, and other diverse music.

The “Dead Can Dance” music segment includes any of the hundreds of records music and vocal pieces from the group or Lisa Gerrard with others.

The “Select Film Soundtracks” music segment includes pieces you will usually never get to hear on any of the “classical” or “popular” radio stations, including: Braveheart, Last of the Mohicans, Lord of the Rings, Matrix, Reloaded, Revolutions, Animatrix, Ultimate Matrix, Conan the Barbarian, Dragonheart, Excalibur, Brahm Stoker's Dracula, Gladiator, Baraka, etc.

The “Synthetic Zen” music segment includes pieces from Enigma, Enya, Roger Waters, myself, Kitaro, Michael Hedges, Paul Oakenfold, and others.

Information

This day in history

Zenthesis

Tech Talk with Hawke

Internet Weather report

Infinidigitum

The “This Day in History” subcategory is a quick listing of events on the day (or week) of the show as listed on The History Channel's website, and other history related websites, sometimes just a quick “bullet” list, and other times with a little more brief detail.

The “Zenthesis” subcategory is a short reading or quotation from such sources ass Aristotle, Descarte, Socrates, Sophocles, Plato, Jean Baudrillard, Mahatma Gandhi, Arthur Schopenhauer, Aquinas, The Tao (Dao), Lao Tzu, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Goethe, Kant, Kung-fu Tzu (Confucius), Quine, Han Fei Tzu (Legalism), Sun tzu (The Art of War), I Ching, Buddhism Without Beliefs, Robert Aitken, J.R.R. Tolkien, Sartre, Sellars, Nozick, the list is ever growing...

The “Internet Weather Report” segment is a quick listing of the current reports from the

SANS Institute Internet Storm report and Top 10 current Internet Attacks list.

The “Tech Talk with Hawke” segment covers technology of the day for both the technology geeks, and the “Average Joe” just trying to makes heads or tails of the new innovations of the 21st century. Recent example topics discussed include: How to deal with Spam/UCE (Unsolicited Commercial Email); Wifi wireless networking; VPN (Virtual Private Networking); Hackers, Hacking, Innovators, Computer Criminals, and Script-Kiddies; Spyware, Adware, Malware; Viruses, Worms, & Trojans.

“Infinidigitum” (I'm still trying to come up with a more apropos name, I've also considered “The Electronic Frontier” “Report from the Cyber Rights War” and others. I'm wide open for suggestions): Technology news impacting your Civil Rights, Privacy, and Security. Keeping the public informed about technology, privacy, and security issues threatening civil rights and technology. Recent example topics I've discussed include: MGM vs. Grokster and the Supreme Court Rulings and the chilling effect on innovation; The Digital Broadcast Flag; Electronic Voting Machines.

Other names for the Electronic Civil rights section have included: The Virtual Frontier: News and commentary from the Electronic Frontier, The Digital World, The Cyber Universe, The Cyberverse, Privacy Battleground, and the Technology and Civil Rights War.

Sources for Infinidigitum, Tech Talk with Hawke, and Internet Weather Report include, but not limited to:

EFF.org (Electronic Frontier Foundation)

Slashdot

Wired.com

BBC

CNN.com

MSNBC.com

FoxNews.com

Drudgereport.com

Wall Street Journal

New York Times

Washington Post

This day in History from Historychannel.com

SANS Internet Storm Center Weather report & Top 10 current attacks

Scifi.com

Merp.com

OtherHands.com

GuildCompanion.com

The list goes on extensively

Sample show schedule (this varies sometimes from show to show just for fun ;) ):

00:00 – 00:05 Show Introduction with editorial disclaimer

00:05 – 00:07 This day in history

00:07– 00:10 Reading and/or quote

00:10 – 00:30 World Music, Dead Can Dance, Synthetic Zen

00:30 – 00:34 PSA, STID, DJ Promos, Sponsors

00:34 – 00:35 Internet Weather Report

00:35 – 00:45 Tech Talk with Hawke

00:45 – 00:58 World Music, Dead Can Dance, Synthetic Zen

00:58 – 01:00 STID, PSA

01:00 – 01:30 World Music, Dead Can Dance, Synthetic Zen

01:30 – 01:35 PSA, STID, DJ Promos, Sponsors

01:35 – 01:45 Infinidigitum, Technology and Civil Rights

01:45 – 01:58 World Music, Dead Can Dance, Synthetic Zen

01:58 – 02:00 Show closing and farewell and show hand-off to next show

It might also be useful to know some of my background and qualifications related to the content of The Synthetic Zen show.

CLICK THE "READ MORE" LINK to read the rest of this article and view the attached poll.

I have worked in many industries including: automotive, professional photography and fashion, theater, medical, educational/instructional, security, technology, information security, mining, construction, ranching, food services, and many others. I started working my first paying job at nine years old at a mining camp, as a general laborer, helping with surveying, chopping wood, washing dishes, and more. Over the years I had manual labor jobs including lumber jacking, mining, surface blasting, road construction, heavy machinery operator, heavy construction laborer, surveyor, delivery driver, convention & events organizer, labor crew foreman, ranch hand, horse trainee/trainer, and many others until I was about 17/18. Then I worked as an automotive technician speciliazing in automotive computer, electrical, emissions and performance systems. I have also over the years worked as a certified nurses aide, emergency room prep tech, emergency medical technician trainee, security guard (armed and unarmed), body guard, habilitation therapist, professional commercial photographer, lab technician, server (waiter), store clerk, cashier, apartments and office buildings maintenance worker (and later manager), the list goes on and on...

During this whole time I continue working in the technology industry since 1981 starting out programming inventory and accounting software when i was 11. I've worked building over 10,000 computers with my own hands, and surpervised the building of many others by others, I've installed hundreds if not thousands of networks, administrated desktops, servers, mid-range servers, and mainframes, working in just about every facet of the computer and information technology industries possible. I have had my some of my published and other works re-republished and adapted by some of the largest technology and government organizations in the US and internationally.

In later years, I was certified through a program sponsored by the NSA and FBI for Information Security. I have worked as a “grunt” and as top level executive and business owner, working my way from the bottom to the top in many industries and companies, so I have a broad range of experience in relating with other's challenges and injustices. Since retiring, I'm now working toward becoming a Recreational & Music therapist to work with children who have learning, emotional, disabilities and challenges.

The above give you and idea of the "Synthetic" part

Below is more the music and "zen" part"...

I have been playing music since 1979, starting with piano and keyboard, in the mid-80s i started playing (mostly Blues) harmonica and chromatic harmonica, then in 1989 picking up guitar and bass then teaching in the 90's. I started playing Native American wood flutes in 1999, and started learning the African Djembe drum in 2005. I started composing electronic (computer-generated) music in 1992.

I have been broadcasting an online show 2-3 times per week for an Internet Radio station called NEKKID Radio (www.nekkidradio.com) since February 2004. This has helped me in slowly fleshing out what kind of show I wanted to do, and help towards developing some broadcasting skills.

I have been involved in theater and video as an actor and musician on and off most of my life, and that has helped with developing a stronger stage and on-air “presence”.

I have a natural keen interest in trying to understand all aspects of a topic.

I have studied martial arts (Kung fu (4 styles) and Aikido) since 1974, and this has without a doubt been a key part of my interest and studying of East Asian history, culture, language, spiritualism, and philosophy.

Below are some of my favorite quotes that I try (and frequently fail, but try, try again) to live by:

"Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later." -Brook's Law

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." -Mahatma Gandhi

"All truth passes through 3 stages. 1st it is ridiculed. 2nd it is violently opposed. 3rd it is accepted as being self evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer

"If a man does his best, what else is there?" -General George S. Patton, US Army

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." -Aristotle

"Rather fail with honor than succeed with fraud." -Sophocles

"The only thing I know is that I know nothing" -Socrates

"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." -Plato

"Flexibility masters hardness." -The Tao (aka. Dao)

"Though we have heard of stupid haste in war, cleverness has never been associated with long delays." -Sun Tzu (The Art of War)

"May you live in interesting times." -Ancient Chinese Curse

"A monk asked Chao-chou, Has the dog Buddha nature or not? Chao-chou said, Mu. "-Wu-Men Kuan "The Gateless Barrier" (Zen koan)

"An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger." -Kung Fu Tzu (aka Confucius)

"Those who know, do not say. Those who say, do not know." -Lao Tzu ("Father of Taoism")

"...I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday...that's no way to treat an expensive musical instrument!" --Meat Loaf

"Yes, of course. Who has time? Who has time? But then if we never TAKE time, how can we ever HAVE time? -The Merovingian (The Matrix Reloaded)

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." -Thomas Jefferson

"Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases." --Thomas Jefferson

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin (or was it Thomas Jefferson?)

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination

encircles the world." -Albert Einstein

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own." - Goethe

_________________

Dr Z and the Synthetic Zen Show

http://www.thesyntheticzenshow.com

CS, SANS-GCIH, MCSE, MCP+I, SCSA, CNA

Computer Scientist - Systems Engineer, Software Developer, & Information Security Specialist.

(Retired).

Open-source/Open-thought advocate

My broadcast time with KYRS on Sundays has changed from Sundays 10 pm to Midnight, to 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

every Sunday night!

Additionally, I'm pending approval, but it's all but approved, for a new show on Fridays from Noon to 1 pm called

"Tech Talk With Hawke".

I'll post more information about "Tech Talk With Hawke" when the final approval is in from KYRS.

Heck, if I could do it every day, I'd love that too!

I'm hoping KYRS picks me up for once show per week, but meanwhile, things have been too busy for three shows per week. So, for now, I'm only going to do my broadcasts on Sundays 4 am to 6 am UTC/GMT (that's Saturday nights from 8 pm to 10 pm Pacific (since the time change)).

If KYRS accepts my show, I'll post here to let everyone know what time that is. I've donated the streaming for their station. you can listen to them 24 hours at:

http://www.kyrs.org

Check them out!

They're a great community based, volunteer run radio station.

Just last week I received my pre-ordered OpenBSD 4.0, in addition to a t-shirt and a music cd. OpenBSD is freely available open source software, but by buying these items it helps support their continuing development efforts in fighting the good fight.

This week's show plays most of the tracks from their "Best of" "Compilation I" "OpenBSD the Songs 3.0-4.0".

I will make the show archive available for download shortly after broadcast (a couple days delay, in case you miss the live version.

There's lots of useful information in addition to the fun and some great music too!

You can read additional details about the songs and the lyrics and the playlist at:

http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html

I will post an update when the show archive is available for download.

This show is as a heads up to (finally) including the new section to The Synthetic Zen Show, the segment: "Tech Talk with Hawke".

Typically I will spend the first 15 minutes or so of the show covering a specific technology topic that impacts your civil rights, privacy, and/or security, etc.

Topics will range widely from how to protect yourself on wireles networks,  the issues caused by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) & MPAA (Motion Picture Association America), spyware, open source versus closed source, security issues, dealing with spammers, hackers, etc.

Listeners will be able to post questions by phone, email, IRC, & IM.

So check it out, give feedback, and enjoy!

-Hawke (aka Dr Z & The Synthetic Zen Show.

Sunday 4am to 6am UTC (8 pm to 10 pm Pacific).

Where: http://www.synthzen.com or http://www.nekkidradio.com

How: Listen online with any streaming media player

• 2001 A Space Odyssey
• Babylon 5
• Battlestar Galactic (new and old series)
• Star Wars
• Star Trek
• The Animatrix
• The Matrix
• The Matrix Reloaded
• The Matrix Revolutions
• Stargate the Motion Picture

This first show will be more of the classical, baroque, medieval, techno, and ambient songs.

In upcoming days I'll begin listing the various artists on my website.

Future shows will cover more of the other styles.

For details on how to listen, and more, check my broadcasting website here:

http://www.synthzen.com

or

http://www.nekkidradio.com (Look for Dr Z & The Synthetic Zen Show).

You can listen to either the dialup or broadband streams, with any operating system, browser, or streaming media player.

Don't miss this great 2 hour tribute to J.R.R. Tolkien