Episode #30 of "Coffee Shop" got recorded and uploaded on August 7. Still no decision on the "modified format." The good news is that "First Person, Plural" is now accessible from the show's web page. To wit, there is a "featured rerun" saved in the form of various MP3 files that visitors to the page may download and listen to using any player they have that supports MP3 format. Perfect for those of you who can't commit to the regular broadcast Thursday at noon Pacific time. Perhaps a similar repackaging would be suitable for "Coffee Shop" now that Live365 has lost its appeal.

CCC is branching out into video. Our first project is to be entitled "None Of Your Business!" and seeks to be business media criticism with a twist. The featured on-air personality will be yours truly, putting my MBA from Goizueta Business School at Emory University to good use. More about that as the technical considerations get sorted out.

What a difference a month makes. My rec league team won the league championship. OTOH, Live365 is using the CARP/Library of Congress rulings as an excuse to put the screws to the microbroadcasters on their server. Already they are restricting access to our show to "Preferred Listeners" of their service, and they plan to delete our account unless we agree to pay a "royalty administration fee." Not being pleased with the idea of paying royalties on our own intellectual property, Pattie and I are going to record only one more episode, the 30th, of "Coffee Shop." After uploading that one (each of the previous 29 episodes has already been uploaded at some point), the show will be out of production. Live365 lowers the boom in mid-September: our Internet station will be off the air at that point. So if you want to hear more "Coffee Shop" episodes than you have heard to date, you will need to purchase "Preferred Listener" status from L365, or you can just hang around the CCC site and wait for the series to reemerge in a modified format, hint hint.

Our terrestrial radio show, "First Person, Plural," is ticking along nicely. We have thirteen episodes sewn up and are airing our first rerun this Thursday. We will be rebroadcasting Episode Five. Tune in if you can.

My brother-in-law Deeve (don't ask) bought Pattie a webcam for her birthday. We have been using it to explore the world of digital video. More about that as we become more experienced in the field, but early returns indicate that an Internet-based TV show or similar project may well be the next step for Cultural Construction Company.