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Belteshazzar
Oct 4, 2004

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:sax: :dance: :rock: :dance: :cry:

Website: https://gbs.fm/
Stream URLs (HTTPS): 96k 128k 192k 256k 320k FLAC
Stream URLs (Winamp): 96k 128k 192k 256k 320k
Mobile: Works on AIMP (Android), TuneIn Radio (Android / iOS) or any app that supports Shoutcast
Discord: https://discord.gg/KektazU
IRC: SynIRC #gbs-fm

quote:

<Jonnty> With the GBS FM v2.0 source code, I strive for dangerously bad design

What the gently caress is this
GBS-FM is an online radio station and one of the longest-running offsite goon projects, going back to 2004 in its original incarnation. Anyone with a forums account can register and add whatever the hell they want to the playlist, for a varied listening experience you just can't find anywhere else. Death metal? Sure! Tuvan throat singing? Why not? Denpa-kei? Throw it on!

How does it work
Visit the website above and register an account if you haven't already. Then search the immense catalog of 500,000+ songs or upload your own terrible music and add it to the playlist. There are only a few basic ground rules:
  • Music only (for an extremely broad definition of "music" - pretty much anything except tracks that only consist of people talking)
  • No racist/nazi poo poo
  • Search before uploading!
  • Tag your poo poo correctly
  • Songs longer than 11 minutes in length can't be played without moderator approval
  • You can only have one song on the playlist at a time, unless a moderator has bestowed a token on you
  • Each song can only be played once a week
  • Don't use the comments box at the bottom of the page for chat! All the comments are saved and are shown the next time that song is played, so it won't make any sense.
If you can't be bothered to look up every song individually, the Discord and IRC bots have commands to add music by search keyword or totally at random.


I remember this, isn't it all just horrible troll poo poo
It varies a lot! There are certainly...questionable...tracks in the rotation, but fundamentally, GBS-FM is what you make it. Compared to back in the 2000s when the playlist was spammed to 4+ hours at all times of day, the current community is smaller and more laid-back, so you have much more of a chance to make an impact. Someone may like what you've added and follow on! I've personally discovered countless artists over the years from hearing random stuff come across the playlist. Be prepared to hear a lot about Bob Pokosy, though.

What’s all this oh-so-hilarious ‘dong’ business about?
No-one quite remembers, but it’s likely that it was a typo that stuck, way back in the dawn of time. All the jokes have been made, it’s just part of GBS-FM’s heritage now. And who doesn’t love a good dong? :dong:

Where do I download the filez!! :v:
You can't! Sorry!

Why is it playing "bees" over and over again
Something broke! Get on the chat and bitch and moan till somebody fixes it

Theme days!


Who is responsible for this
GBS-FM 2.0 is hosted by Scuttle with dubiously working code provided by Jonnty.
The original station was run by kalleboo of blessed memory.

Note that GBS-FM has absolutely NO CONNECTION TO SOMETHING AWFUL WHATSOEVER, so don't email SA Tech Support!


Here's to many more years of dongs to come!

Belteshazzar fucked around with this message at 10:58 on Dec 9, 2023

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Belteshazzar
Oct 4, 2004

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Jonnty claims to have fixed the error that was happening when registering a new account, so now is your chance to join the fun!

Belteshazzar
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Yes, the new user registration is apparently not working. If you hop on over to the discord the admins should be able to sort you out manually though.

Belteshazzar
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Gene Hackman Fan posted:

hey so i used to upload a lot of stuff back in the GBSFM 1.0 days (and at least one namechange ago), but i've lost my password. is there any way to reset that or should i contact a GBSFM mod or the discord?

I don't think accounts carried over from v1 at all so if you never registered on the v2 site you probably just need to register a new account. Otherwise yes, notify @Admin on the Discord.

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