F.A.Q

How do I listen? You can listen directly using the music player available directly on the website http://ishtarandromeda.libsyn.com. It's on the upper right hand corner of the screen. Change episodes by using the left or right buttons. Fast forward or rewind an episode by moving the slider.

What if I want to download the file? You can download the file directly at both the top and bottom of each episode. Using a PC: right-click, save target as on either the "Pod" symbol at the top of each episode or the name of the file next to the words "direct download" at the bottom of the page. Using a MAC: using a 2-button mouse, cursor over the "pod" or filename (using the same criteria as the above Windows instructions), right-click, download linked file. Or if you do not have the 2-button mouse, put the cursor on the link for the MP3 then press the "control" button and click the mouse.

What's this about a subscription? You can subscribe to the podcast, so you will be notified when new episodes appear.

You can subscribe directly via the RSS page at http://ishtarandromeda.libsyn.com/rss and clicking at the top where it sys "subscribe to this feed".

You can type the address mentioned above into your favorite podcast playing software:(http://www.podcastingnews.com/topics/Podcast_Software.html).

Lastly the Theme Show is proud to be featured on iTunes, to subscribe through iTunes go to this link: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=169878664&s=143441

Will it work on my music player? Yes. Once you have saved the file, open it in whichever software you use to move music onto your mp3 player or what have you.

Why does downloading the file take so long? The first and most important thing to remember is to be patient. These are High Quality MP3 files approximately 1 Hour and 15 minutes in length. This translates to between 65 and 75 MB of information that needs to be transferred to your computer. This can seem excruciatingly slow, especially if you are on dial-up. Hopefully if I have done my job correctly however, the wait will be worth it. Once you click the file, you should see a little symbol in the lower left hand corner of your browser that looks like a little hard drive. As long as you see this symbol, your feed IS downloading, and you do not need to click anything again. Clicking over and over, definately does not make it go any faster, in fact it makes it slower as it has to begin downloading from the beginning.

Can you send me such-and-such song? Though I now have two episodes featuring "Pirates" I do not condone stealing music. If I do not have the song I am looking for, I pay for it, and I expect you to do the same. Please do not mail me asking me for songs. You may however politely e-mail me and ask me where you can find a song and I will be sure to direct you to the proper place where you can buy the album or the track, or the band's Website/ MySpace etc. when it is not out as a major release. On the extremely rare occasion that you have asked me about a song that I know is absolutely out of print and that CD copies are rare and hard to find, I may consider sending you a low-quality copy.

Anything else I should know? Just three more things, I am currently working on two projected related to the show.

The first is adding time stamps to the posts, so if you only want to hear a cretain song you just have to forward your player to the appropriate timestamp to hear the song.

The second is the lisenter map. It is a painstaking process to be sure, but I am trying to map my listeners so you can all see where one another come from.

Thirdly you should know, in case you don't want to subscribe that there is also a mailing list. To get on the mailing list please send a e-mail to me [e-mail] with the subject "Theme Show" and the Body "Add Me". Similarly to be removed from the list send the same address and subject with the body "Remove Me".