This is going to be a different kind of posting. It is about a random act of caring at the crossroads of music and technology. I am a child of the sixties and count myself fortunate to have been at Woodstock at age 18 where the seeds of my activism were planted by the likes of John Sebastian, Joe Cocker, Country Joe, Jimi, and Joni. I recently sent a note to one of my favorite podcast shows called Musician’s Radio, where I listen to interviews with survivors of the bygone era of my youth such as Graham Nash and David Crosby. Whether young or old, the guests all speak with a level of frank humility that gives the show an air of authenticity. The tagline of the show is “For Musicians, By Musicians”. I find the allusion to the Enlightenment hopes of Jefferson, Madison, and Lincoln inspired, and anything but corny or misplaced. Although I am but a rank amateur, the show inspires me to let music into my life and direct other kindred spirits in the ways of righteous musicality.
While updating my list of podcast favorites, I noticed why my podcatching software had difficulty downloading the last couple shows from Musician’s Radio. I had worried the show had fallen into hard times. As the following exchange will prove, my concern was unfounded.
Error in Musician’s Radio RSS feed
I love your show and recommend it widely. However, there has been a PHP bug in your RSS feed for at least a few months. Whenever I upgrade Ubuntu on my Desktop/Web Server, I have to remember to update the php.ini file.
I suspect the bug can be fixed by setting output_buffering = On in your php.ini file.
I run Firefox on Ubuntu. This is what I see when I try to view your RSS feed:
A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Warning
Message: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/musicia9/public_html/index.php:4)
Filename: controllers/rss.php
Line Number: 52Greg Hoke
I got two very kind responses. This one came from the web developer, and, yes, I got a kick out of it. Can you tell?
Musician’s Radio RSS Feed
Hi Greg,
I’m the original developer of the site, and wanted to thank you for emailing your suggestion to fix the RSS feed. They forwarded it on to me and I took a look, and thought you’d get a kick out of the problem if you’re a developer yourself.[...Techno-trivia didacted...]
Anyway, thanks again for emailing them, otherwise it probably never would have come to my attention.
Rock on,
- Dylan
I also got a note from one of the frequent hosts of the show, Kevin McCormack
Thanks from Musicians Radio
Greg-
With your help we are hopefully getting to the bottom of this and some other issues.
I really appreciate your taking the time.
Glad you like the show.
Best,
Kevin
I just checked. The Musician’s Radio RSS feed is fixed! Subscribe to it and enjoy! It is sure to please.