Kool Kids Klub Podkast Episode 31: Golgo 13 Movie review

This week the gang takes a bullet in the head for attempting to take on The Professional: Golgo 13 anime. Join Veemon Josh, Zeonic Freak, Jonn J'onnz and Chibi Goku in this weeks installment.

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Music Update For November 30 2011

You can now listen to thmem music from the following cartoons on ToonRadio.net!

• The Comic Strip
• Madballs
• Maxie's World
• Ovide and the Gang
• Spiral Zone
• The Shoe People
• Red Photon Zillion
• Beverly Hill Teens
• The Bionic Six
• Fraggle Rock
• Transformers: The Headmasters

No Chinese Domain For Toon Radio

Since I cannot budget another domain name, I have declined the offer to have a Chinese Toon Radio domain name (toonradio.cn). The domain will probably go to a third party. Since they are in no way associated with me, you are free to harass toonradio.cn wants it goes online.

Toonradio.cn will not be the first impostor. There was a Toon Radio Advance when I started this thing.

The Hunt for Wikis for ToonRadio.net

I am testing various wiki software that are compatable with my setup here at ToonRadio.net. I narrowed it down to a few choices. To optimize things, I am trying to integrate the wiki into the current pre-existing website, which is interesting since mose wiki solutions are php based, and ToonRadio .net uses C#.

Toon Radio Needs Your Content

In spite all I do, I cannot really over come the social nature of ToonRadio.net It's a problem since I'm a introvert aspie, and coming up with blog and stream content is burning me out. This a part of why I don't post reviews and such here. It's not that I can't do them. I just can't put enough thoughts together to form a blog post. A service like Twitter is a much better social networking site for me. The small size of Twitter updates fit better with how I think.

Though Twitter is a great way for me to express myself, it does nothing for this blog or ToonRadio.net as a whole. I need more content than I can provide. All I can do here is post when I add music to teh play list, and any music news I happen to stumble upon as I surf the Net. Now, I do host the Kool Kids Klub, and you can always be sire that new epsiodes will be available by Sunday after the show airs on the stream, but I feel that there should be more.

And that's where you guys come in.

I am going to reopen the Toon Radio Forums, as well as add a wiki here.Once tehy are up and public again, you guys will be able to add your own content to ToonRadio.net. If you love to contribute even more, you can email me on becoming a guest blogger here at ToonRadio.com, as well.

You can help out by simply spreading the word about ToonRadio.net. Tell your friends, family, and even your pets, that there is a radio station, online, that plays your favorite cartoon themes from yesturday and today.

Music Update For November 28 2011

While making a video I decided to add the following cartoon theme songs to ToonRadio.net:

• Almost Naked Animals
• Bubble Guppies
• Rated A for Awesome
• The Looney Tunes Show
• Voltron Force
• Babar and the Adventures of Badou
• Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil
• Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness
• Redakai: Conquer the Kairu
• Phineas and Ferb
• Regular Show
• Wild Kratts

You can listen to these and otehr theme songs by clicking here and tuning into ToonRadio.net!

Christmas Music has been added to ToonRadio.net for the 2011 Holiday Season!

Happy Hollidays everyone! It's Thanksgiving Day. That means it is time to start playing holiday themed music!  I don't have enough music to run only holiday music (as usual), but expect something festive every 15 minutes or so.

I run Christmas music from Thanksgiving to January 6th every year. Let's enjoy this years spread!

Thanksgiving Music Update 2011

Give thanks that ToonRadio.net now has music from the following cartoons [and anime :)]!

• Dragon Ball
• Jimbo and the Jet Set
• MoonDreamers
• The Raggy Dolls
• Rambo: The Force of Freedom
• The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
• My Pet Monster
• Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos
• StarCom:  The US Space Force
• Saint Seiya / Knights of the Zodia
• Care Bears Movie
• Care Bears Movie II

Celebrate by clicking here, and start listening to ToonRadio.net today!

Kool Kids Klub Podkast Episode 30: Fist of the North Star TV Review

The Kool Kids Klub goes to defeat our brothers in the deadly martial arts as we discuss FotNS TV, Gears of War 3 and Chris Chan. Join ZeonicFreak, Jonn J'onzz, Veemon Josh and Chibi Goku in this weeks episode.

Episode HERE!

New ad is by ZeonicFreak.

Music Update For November 22 2011

Another day, another set of cartoon theme songs added to the playlist. Here's what I added:

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
The Berenstain Bears (1985)
Clementine's Enchanted Journey.
Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
Disney's Wuzzles
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
The Centurions
The World of David the Gnome
Noozles
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

It's dangerous to go alone. Take ToonRadio.net with you on your iPhone or computer by clicking here!

Make sure you have ToonRadio.net bookmarked in your browser as well!

Music Update For November 20 2011

I spent some time on my birthday to add the following cartoon theme songs to the Toon Radio Music Library.

Kidd Video
Murun Buchstansangur
Pink Panther and Sons
Pole Position
Adventures of the Little Koala
The Trap Door
Turbo Teen
The Family Ness

You can listen to these and other theme songs by clicking here and tuning into ToonRadio.net!

Music Update For November 19 2011

I spent my Saturday adding theme and insert songs from the following cartoons to the Toon Radio playlist.

• Around the World with Willy Fog
• Saturday Supercade
  • Donkey Kong
  • Donkey Kong Jr.
  • Frogger
• Monchhichis
• The New Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo Show
• Captain Tsubasa
• The Biskitts
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
• Cat's Eye
• Bananaman
• You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown  TV Special
• The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
• Lady Georgie

Listen to these songs and more by clicking here and tuning into ToonRadio.net today!

Music Update For November 18 2011

I wasn't planning on it, but I just added theme songs from the following cartoons to the playlist

Henry's Cat
The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Pandamonium
The Flying House
Thnunderbirds 2086
Gilligan's Planet
SuperTed
Super Dimension Fortress Macross

You can listen to these and other theme songe by tuning in today!

Annoying Orange: The Series

The Sacramento Bee is reporting that Cartoon Network has picked up the YouTube show Annoying Orange.

I never really cared for Orange, and I never gave the series much thought, but now the Orange will be on CN. I don't know if I like that. Could Annoying Orange be animation's Justin Beiber?

No Oscars For Hans Zimmer

According to the November issue of Film Score Monthly, Hans Zimmer is sitting out of the Oscars next year. The compsor of such animated films such as Kung Fu Panda and Rango will not be submitting any of his projects for Oscar consideration. This is somewhat unfortunate for Zimmer fans as Rango would mostly likely have been nominated.

R. I. P. Compact Disc (1976 - 2012)

Side-Line Music Magazine reported last week, and recently confirmed,  that the major music labels are planning to phase out the CD by the end of next year.

Introduced to the world by Sony in September 1976, the CD has been the way music has been distributed for the last 3 decades. It has finally been replaced with digital distribution. Yes, the Intenret.

From what I can tell, all new music shall be released online, and online only. The very thing the music industry tried to stop has finally made them converts.

 It was only a matter of time. I haven't bought a CD in months, and then it was so I could rip it for this website.

 So, what does this mean for animation?

 Probably not much, animation rarely gets soundtrack releases. That means there will now be no soundtrack releases. The only way we will get our favorite theme songs now is if the labels and studios put the songs on their website, or allow websites like Toon Radio offer the songs for you guys to download.

Which begs me to ask, if I offer the songs I have to paid download, would you buy them? Post a comment, tweet, or email your response.

In the meantime, you can just listen to the music now through our radio stream.

Music Update For November 17 2011

For your listening pleasure, I added theme songs from the following cartoons to the playlist today.

• Blackstar
• Macron I
• Queen Millennia
• Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years
• Superbook
• Ulysses 31
• Willo The Wisp.
• Hero High
• Postman Pat
• Spider-Man (1981)
• Swiss Family Robinson
• Urusei Yatsura

As always, you can listen to these, and the rest of the theme songs we have by clicking here and tuning in to ToonRadio.net!

South Park Extended to 2016

Animation Magazine is reporting that Trey Parker and Matt Stone have reached a new deal with Comedy Central to extend South Park to 2016, for a total of 20 seasons. The creators will remain as the show's writers, directors and editers.

Good deal for Parker and Stone. I haven't watched South Park in years, but I hear the show still has its moments. This shouldbe great news to the show's fans.

Pixar's New Brave Trailer

A new trailer for Disney/Pixar's Brave has been released to the Internet. Comingsoon.net's video is below.



Though I am not as impressed as I was with the teaser, Brave still holds my interest, even if the premise seems a bit more shallow in the trailer.

Since trailers rarely include the score from the film, I can't say how good the music will be. Still, the score in the trailer seems appropriate for the film's setting. The chanting gives the music flavor, and teh pitch seems to rise and fall with the intensity of the seen.

Music Update For November 16 2011

I added theme songs from the following cartoons today:

• Heathcliff (1980)
• Heathcliff (1984)
• Astro-Boy (1980)
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
• The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang
• The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show

It feels good to be working with shows I actually remember watching. You can listen to these songs by clicking here and tuning in!

Kool Kids Klub Podkast Episode 29: Fist of the North Star Movie

The gang gets ready to fight for there lives in the post-apocylopse world of Fist of the North Star. Join the battle with ZeonicFreak, Jonn Jonnz, VeemonJosh and ChibiGoku.

Episode HERE!!

Music Update For November 15 2011

I added the theme songs from the following cartoons to the playlist.

• [The New Adventures of] Flash Gordon
• The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
• Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
• The New Fred and Barney Show
• Ultraman II
• Casper and the Angels
• The New Shmoo
• Spider-Woman
• Mobile Suit Gundam

This will complete our collection of 1970s cartoon themes (for now). Next up, I will go through the 1980s, and see what I don't already have.

In the meantime, feel free to click here and tune in, and listen to what we already have.

Music Update For November 14, 2011

For your listening pleasure, I have added the following theme songs to the playlist.

• Captain Future
• Challenge of the Super Friends
• Godzilla (The Animated Series)
• Tarzan and the Super 7
• Fabulous Funnies
• The Adventures of the Little Prince
• Yogi's Space Race
• Fangface
• Galaxy Goof-Ups
• Galaxy Express 999
• Space Pirate Captain Harlock

Click here to tune in and listen to these and the other theme songs we have.

The Anatomy of Good Film Music, Part 1

Even though this is a website based around music, I do not talked about music very often. There reasons for this are many. Some of which are my own faults. Others are the faults of the music and film industries.

I don't listen to music as much as I used to, nor watch as many cartoons. The business side of the website has taken over, mostly due to my lack of time management skills and pathetic business training. All I can do here is try to get this site to be semi-automous. The less work I have to do to run the site the better. This includes adding music. I will still add as I go, but I need to slow things down. I should restrict such administrative activity to the weekends.

Speasking of which, I need to know if I should play score tracks. I already play a few scores, but I need to know if you guys want more. I already have a few requests, but I would like to know if they are the exception or are they the rule.

On the industry side of things, film music is a strange beast. A lot of what makes film music great has nothing to do with the music itself, but with the scene the music is paired with. If the scene is memorable, you are more likely to enjoy the accompanying music, for instance. This relationship between music and video also makes criticing film music dificult. Who is the blame for a bad piece? The composer who wrote it, or the director who demanded the music to be a certain way? There could be many answers to this, many of which may turn out to be wrong.

I am going to try to do more reviews, but first I need a rating system. I need something I can quickly check while listening to a tune or watching cartoons. I have already come up with four major points for this, which are :

1. The music has to be good: Good music is good music regardless of its purpose
2. The music must compliment the film: Music is their to set the mood. This mood must be approprioate for the film
3. The music must also not be a distraction: The film itself should have center stage and not the music.
4. The music must work as a stand-alone piece. There must be a reason to buy the soundtrack.

Point 4 is nearly impossible to do while meeting points 2 and 3. However, this is the most important point for a website such as this one. Toon Radio streams music, not video, and thus it has to work without video cues, which restricts the music I can play.

As for the other points, I will expand and explain what I mean by them in later blogs, but for now, you can tune into out radio stream, and listen to the film music we have already.

Thank you for reading this post. :)

The Art of A Radio Playlist

I modified the music playlist.

The Kool Kids Klub PodKast Episode 27: Halloween Special

This episode has the likes of ZeonicFreak18, VeemonJosh and JonnJonzz as we discuss Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.

Download Episode HERE!