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Music, spoken word, a book reading. Finished or unreleased. Explain it and send it.
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Read the shelf
Poems, stories, letters and zine pages from the people on this radio. Pick a tape, read it. The music keeps playing if you start a mix first.
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Send us something to read
Poems, short stories, essays, letters, zine pages, in any language. Your words go on the shelf as a tape. Read the rules first, they are short.
House rules for texts
- Your own words. Or public domain, or with written permission from the author. Nothing copied from anyone else.
- Human-made. Written by a person. If a machine helped in any way, say how in your note.
- Explain it. Add a short note (at least 100 characters) saying why you wrote it, when, and what to look for. Same rule as the mixes.
- Any form, any language, up to 1,500 words. Short is welcome. Long pieces can be split in parts. If it is not in English, say which language it is in and add a line in your note about what it says.
- Strong feelings are welcome. Threats, harassment, doxxing and attacks on people for who they are are not.
- Add a content note if the text deals with something heavy (violence, abuse, self-harm, addiction). It shows above the text.
- Credit. Use your real name or a nickname. It becomes your artist page.
- Your text stays yours. We only fix typos if you agree, and you can ask us to take it down any time.
- We read everything. Not everything goes on the shelf.
Formatting: leave a blank line between paragraphs. Write **like this** to highlight a phrase in yellow and ~~like this~~ to strike it out.
Who is on the radio
Send us your mix
Finished mix or unreleased track, we want it. Every genre and every language is welcome. The one rule: tell us what we are listening to. Poems and other writing go on the Read shelf: .
How can I contribute?
This radio is made by the people who listen to it. There are no investors and no algorithm. Pick whatever suits you.
Send a text
A poem, a story, a letter, a zine page. It goes on the shelf as a tape.
Become a member
A small monthly amount keeps the station on air and gives you a say in how it runs.
Join as memberGive once
No monthly commitment. One donation pays for storage and hosting for a while.
DonateLend a hand
Curate a show, make flyers, translate, fix code, or listen to submissions.
Spread it
Tell one person. Print the link on a flyer and leave it in a record shop, a laundromat or a pub.
Members keep the radio on
There are no ads and no investors. Members cover the costs, and the station stays free for everyone to listen to and submit to. Members get:
- A vote on the monthly theme and on guest curators.
- Your name (or nickname) in the credits, if you want it.
- A printable zine with the best mixes and texts of the season.
- Early access to new mixes.
You can cancel any time. Membership never affects what gets played.
Why this radio exists
From the people, to the people.
This is a small radio with a simple idea: people make things, and other people listen. Nothing sits in between deciding what you should hear.
Away from the algorithm
Most of what we hear online is chosen for us by systems built to keep us scrolling. They learn what is already popular and show us more of it, and slowly everything starts to sound the same. Here, a person listens to every submission, and a person decides what goes on air.
Made by hand
Smooth, plausible content can now be produced without end. What stays rare is a real person with something to say, in their own voice, flaws included. A cracked note, a noisy recording, a poem that wanders off: these are proof that someone was there.
Do it yourself, together
DIY has never meant doing it alone. Community radio, zines, tape swaps and open mic nights all ran on the same thing: neighbours sharing what they make with each other. This station is a small attempt to build that again, online, in any language.
How it works here
Every genre and every language is welcome: ambient, techno, folk, pop, hip hop, and also poems, stories and zines on the Read shelf, and spoken word or book readings as audio. The only requirement is that you explain what you send: what it is, how it was made, and why it exists. That is not a filter. It is the conversation that turns listening into something more than background noise.
Make it. Explain it. Share it.
Keep the radio on
There are no ads and no investors. Donations pay for hosting and audio storage. Any amount helps.
DonateRights and takedowns
Music and mixes. Only share what you made, or what you have permission to share. If your mix is built from other people's recordings (a DJ set, a cover, a sample collage), say so in your note. We may only be able to publish those through a platform that holds the licences.
Texts and book readings. Only share your own words, texts in the public domain, or texts you have written permission to use from the author or publisher. Reading a book that is still in copyright without permission is not something we can publish.
What you confirm. When you send something you confirm the above. We keep your email as a record of that.
Takedowns. Your work stays yours. If you want something removed, or you believe something here is yours and should not be, write to myshkin.crate@gmail.com. We take it down quickly and then talk.
Contact
myshkin.crate@gmail.com