The Crystal Ship or 'TCS' is a former North American shortwave pirate radio station, founded in 1982, reactivated in 2004, betrayed and busted in 2011. Now known as the TCS Shortwave Relay Network, with shows broadcast by other pirate radio operators. 'The Poet' and 'The Radical' program left-leaning political opinion, and specialize in music from the '60s, '70s and '80s.
September 2, 2011
August 29, 2011
THE “HAS-BEEN” INFESTATION IN PIRATE RADIO! Commander Bunny Don’t transmit, Commander Bunny Don’t produce shows, 'Commander Bunny' just makes trouble and tells big-big-bigger-BIGGEST LIES! (And, he's a freakin' MORON, Too!)
Pirate Radio News & Commentary,
"a la Commander Bunny"
by John Poet
(This post written in the style of the has-been shortwave radio pirate and part-time internet stalker known as 'Commander Bunny' who does not broadcast anymore-- but without all the dirty words
"Oh my
aka
a "fun practice" of Pirate Radio.
"Time for this Non-Influential, Non-Broadcasting,
Over-Rated Has-Been to either shape-up or
'Have a Big Cup of STFU!'
"We are recommending a
“Truth About the Pirate Radio War Video” for the
short attention span, short-minded 'Commander Bunny' and his other non-broadcasting, FRN sock-puppet know-it-alls!
"When all you can do is collect people's personal information and mailing addresses, libel listeners, snitch out REAL stations with REAL transmitters to the F.C.C., and you
DON’T BROADCAST ANYTHING,
you really have no place in shortwave Pirate Radio! 
(but maybe you belong in the Virginia State Hospital...)
"There is noplace
(oh, wait-- that's not a disguise!)
'Commander Bunny' = F.C.C. Snitch
((Now, REMEMBER-- this was supposed to be
in the 'style' of 'Commander Bunny'.
Did I do it? Was it pretty close?
other than missing the filthy language.... ?
J.Poet))
August 24, 2011
August 18, 2011
'The Crystal Ship' Listeners Email Reactions To News of Bust. TCS Shows To Be Carried By Relay Stations This Fall
by John Poet
Pirate Radio News & Commentary
As I stated in our previous post, I was about to publish some listener reaction to the torpedoing of The Crystal Ship when we were interrupted by the raging sock-puppeteer sometimes known as 'Commander Bunny' also known by many other names... Bunny was attempting to frame a well-known DXer as the snitch who complained to the FCC about TCS, with his poorly done faked emails, in an attempt to deflect the rising anger of the pirate radio community against him for his suspected involvement in getting TCS busted by the FCC. That frame-up attempt on his part has been a rather embarassing failure which has only seemed to reinforce the case against him.
In the interim, aware that I intended to post some email comments, I was contacted by a listener who was concerned about the possible repercussions of being known to have said anything nice about us:
I assured the listener that, being aware that this could make them some sort of a target for certain unsavory individuals, and having no wish for any of my friends to end up on *someone's* 'enemies list', I had always planned to remove names and any other identifying information. (And yes, it is a pretty sad state of affairs that would make this anonymity necessary for the protection of our fans.)
Well, on with the unsigned reactions below.... and yes, they are real: I don't find it necessary to manufacture affirmations-- we've always gotten enough of the real thing!
Pirate Radio News & Commentary
As I stated in our previous post, I was about to publish some listener reaction to the torpedoing of The Crystal Ship when we were interrupted by the raging sock-puppeteer sometimes known as 'Commander Bunny' also known by many other names... Bunny was attempting to frame a well-known DXer as the snitch who complained to the FCC about TCS, with his poorly done faked emails, in an attempt to deflect the rising anger of the pirate radio community against him for his suspected involvement in getting TCS busted by the FCC. That frame-up attempt on his part has been a rather embarassing failure which has only seemed to reinforce the case against him.
In the interim, aware that I intended to post some email comments, I was contacted by a listener who was concerned about the possible repercussions of being known to have said anything nice about us:
"I found your latest blog post very interesting, and it certainly looks like CB has driven in the final nail in his coffin. I ask however that when (and if) you do a blog post quoting the outpouring of support from listeners, that you please not give my name, nor post any references pointing to me (***** ******, for example). I'd really appreciate that, as *********, and don't want any trouble."
I assured the listener that, being aware that this could make them some sort of a target for certain unsavory individuals, and having no wish for any of my friends to end up on *someone's* 'enemies list', I had always planned to remove names and any other identifying information. (And yes, it is a pretty sad state of affairs that would make this anonymity necessary for the protection of our fans.)
Well, on with the unsigned reactions below.... and yes, they are real: I don't find it necessary to manufacture affirmations-- we've always gotten enough of the real thing!
August 11, 2011
DESPERATE LIES OF A DESPERATE SNITCH! Bunny Attempts Frameup of Bigley for TCS Bust, Botches Manufactered Email. Poet Irrefutably Proves Email A Fake
Pirate Radio News & Commentary
By John Poet
Well, I was just getting ready to make a nice, mostly upbeat (for a change) post, quoting some of the outpouring of support from our listeners which we received in reaction to the news of our FCC bust, when I read a rather frantic email from DXer Artie Bigley. This demands my immediate attention, so the rest will have to wait a bit...
It seems that "Commander Bunny" has produced an Email on his blog (or rather, the text of an alleged email... and I Do mean "produced" errr, "manufactured"), purporting to be an Emailed complaint from Artie Bigley to the FCC, asking them to bust The Crystal Ship. (Since "CB" will probably remove the original page shortly, like he always does, here's a screencap.)
The Email reads as follows:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
X-From_: xxmailto:xxbigleyxx@hotmail.com Sat April 9, 10:15:43 2011
X-Originating-IP: [removed]
From: Artie Bigley
To: teslamotorhome@simbala.net
Subject: FCC Enforcement action Detroit Office
Date: Sat, 9 April 2011 10:15:33 -0400
Dear Mr. Bridgewater:
I want to report Pirate Radio activity in central Michigan, and special attention on a
Communist who calls himself "Poet". He is using 6815 kilohertz to broadcast his Communist message on his station "the Crystal Ship". He broadcasts the Russian National Anthem. He is a treasonous voice of dissent and needs to be silenced.
Your attention to this matter is appreciated. He also has a blog called "freeradiocafe",
where he will announce when he is going on the air. He also posted that he was in Central
Michigan on this blog. I also want to FOIA any information about this station from the FCC
database as soon as possible. I am doing what I can to rid the airwaves of these lowlifes.
73s,
Artie
> Subject: Illegal Pirate activity, FOIA Request
> Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 13:20:31 -0400
> From: James.Bridgewater@fcc.gov
> To: xxxxmailto:xxxxpersolja@hotmail.com
>
> Mr. Bigley,
>
> The FCC received your information about illegal pirate radio activity on April 9, 2011
and have taken appropriate measures. While we would like to respond to your FOIA request,
you did not provide the address to which you want the FCC's response to be sent. Please
respond with a mailing address for the response.
>
> Thank you.
>
>James.Bridgewater - Detroit FCC
>CC:Diane Law-Hsu
> Enforcement Bureau
> FCC
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
("Treasonous voice of dissent"? Well, thank you, "CB", we do what we can!)
My first, knee-jerk conclusion to news of the release of this supposed email was, that it was a fake manufactured by "Commander Bunny" to attempt to frame Bigley as the informant who complained to the FCC about The Crystal Ship-- in order to redirect the anger of pirate DXers over TCS' bust from himself to Bigley.
Well, upon closer inspection, my first, knee-jerk reaction turns out to be
----absolutely correct!!!
By John Poet
Well, I was just getting ready to make a nice, mostly upbeat (for a change) post, quoting some of the outpouring of support from our listeners which we received in reaction to the news of our FCC bust, when I read a rather frantic email from DXer Artie Bigley. This demands my immediate attention, so the rest will have to wait a bit...
It seems that "Commander Bunny" has produced an Email on his blog (or rather, the text of an alleged email... and I Do mean "produced" errr, "manufactured"), purporting to be an Emailed complaint from Artie Bigley to the FCC, asking them to bust The Crystal Ship. (Since "CB" will probably remove the original page shortly, like he always does, here's a screencap.)
The Email reads as follows:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
X-From_: xxmailto:xxbigleyxx@hotmail.com Sat April 9, 10:15:43 2011
X-Originating-IP: [removed]
From: Artie Bigley
To: teslamotorhome@simbala.net
Subject: FCC Enforcement action Detroit Office
Date: Sat, 9 April 2011 10:15:33 -0400
Dear Mr. Bridgewater:
I want to report Pirate Radio activity in central Michigan, and special attention on a
Communist who calls himself "Poet". He is using 6815 kilohertz to broadcast his Communist message on his station "the Crystal Ship". He broadcasts the Russian National Anthem. He is a treasonous voice of dissent and needs to be silenced.
Your attention to this matter is appreciated. He also has a blog called "freeradiocafe",
where he will announce when he is going on the air. He also posted that he was in Central
Michigan on this blog. I also want to FOIA any information about this station from the FCC
database as soon as possible. I am doing what I can to rid the airwaves of these lowlifes.
73s,
Artie
> Subject: Illegal Pirate activity, FOIA Request
> Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 13:20:31 -0400
> From: James.Bridgewater@fcc.gov
> To: xxxxmailto:xxxxpersolja@hotmail.com
>
> Mr. Bigley,
>
> The FCC received your information about illegal pirate radio activity on April 9, 2011
and have taken appropriate measures. While we would like to respond to your FOIA request,
you did not provide the address to which you want the FCC's response to be sent. Please
respond with a mailing address for the response.
>
> Thank you.
>
>James.Bridgewater - Detroit FCC
>CC:Diane Law-Hsu
> Enforcement Bureau
> FCC
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
("Treasonous voice of dissent"? Well, thank you, "CB", we do what we can!)
My first, knee-jerk conclusion to news of the release of this supposed email was, that it was a fake manufactured by "Commander Bunny" to attempt to frame Bigley as the informant who complained to the FCC about The Crystal Ship-- in order to redirect the anger of pirate DXers over TCS' bust from himself to Bigley.
Well, upon closer inspection, my first, knee-jerk reaction turns out to be
----absolutely correct!!!
July 29, 2011
Shortwave Pirate 'The Crystal Ship' is Dead. Latest Transmission Site Closed by FCC. 'Commander Bunny' Believed To Be 'FCC Snitch' Responsible For Supplying Name & Address Info Leading to Unusual Sort of Bust
By John Poet
Nearly twenty-nine years after its first transmission, The Crystal Ship has been forced to leave the air due to an FCC "Notice of Unlicensed Operation" which was delivered to the site of their last transmissions at Lansing, Michigan in late May 2011. Yes, we are (more or less) busted. There will be no more TCS programs broadcast from our own transmitters, nor the frequency of transmissions which listeners had come to expect and enjoy. That show is now over.
(( It is possible, however, even likely, that new programs will eventually show up in "relay land", broadcast by other operators, some time in the future. Anyone interested in transmitting any new TCS shows in mp3 format sometime in the near future is urged to contact us privately at tcsshortwave@gmail.com ))
Feud Over Cmdr. Bunny's FRN Sock-Puppets Preceded Bust
Because of the feuding that took place between the operator known as "Commander Bunny" and TCS' John Poet during April-May of 2011, over Poet's outing of the Bunny's use of "sock-puppets" to control the 'Free Radio Network' website, support his opinions and attack and bully dissenters, we believe that "Commander Bunny" was responsible for making a complaint against The Crystal Ship to the Federal Communications Commission, and providing them with specific details which made for an "easy bust".
Circumstances suggest that, along with the complaint, went real name and address information on the station operator known as John Poet. (It is admittedly possible that he turned this information over to "Kracker" of Radio Jamba International, or one of his other henchmen, to do the actual dirty work of snitching to the F.C.C.-- so that he could maintain the more pleasant fiction to himself that "I didn't do it-- someone else did." Kracker in particular has seemed anxious to signal his involvement by circulating a photoshop of a sinking Crystal Ship entitled "SinkingDaShip" along with other comments. However, since 'Commander Bunny' was the only one who could possibly have supplied the pertinent information, we hold him ultimately responsible for being an FCC informant).
We have already established, in an earlier blog post, how "Commander Bunny" gained access to Poet's actual name and address info as a result of Poet's admittedly foolish purchase of a CB Tshirt on ebay, cross-referenced with Poet's I.P. from postings on the Free Radio Network website. He later used this information to threaten Poet, not realizing that the FCC bust had already happened.
Nearly twenty-nine years after its first transmission, The Crystal Ship has been forced to leave the air due to an FCC "Notice of Unlicensed Operation" which was delivered to the site of their last transmissions at Lansing, Michigan in late May 2011. Yes, we are (more or less) busted. There will be no more TCS programs broadcast from our own transmitters, nor the frequency of transmissions which listeners had come to expect and enjoy. That show is now over.
(( It is possible, however, even likely, that new programs will eventually show up in "relay land", broadcast by other operators, some time in the future. Anyone interested in transmitting any new TCS shows in mp3 format sometime in the near future is urged to contact us privately at tcsshortwave@gmail.com ))
Feud Over Cmdr. Bunny's FRN Sock-Puppets Preceded Bust
Because of the feuding that took place between the operator known as "Commander Bunny" and TCS' John Poet during April-May of 2011, over Poet's outing of the Bunny's use of "sock-puppets" to control the 'Free Radio Network' website, support his opinions and attack and bully dissenters, we believe that "Commander Bunny" was responsible for making a complaint against The Crystal Ship to the Federal Communications Commission, and providing them with specific details which made for an "easy bust".
Circumstances suggest that, along with the complaint, went real name and address information on the station operator known as John Poet. (It is admittedly possible that he turned this information over to "Kracker" of Radio Jamba International, or one of his other henchmen, to do the actual dirty work of snitching to the F.C.C.-- so that he could maintain the more pleasant fiction to himself that "I didn't do it-- someone else did." Kracker in particular has seemed anxious to signal his involvement by circulating a photoshop of a sinking Crystal Ship entitled "SinkingDaShip" along with other comments. However, since 'Commander Bunny' was the only one who could possibly have supplied the pertinent information, we hold him ultimately responsible for being an FCC informant).
We have already established, in an earlier blog post, how "Commander Bunny" gained access to Poet's actual name and address info as a result of Poet's admittedly foolish purchase of a CB Tshirt on ebay, cross-referenced with Poet's I.P. from postings on the Free Radio Network website. He later used this information to threaten Poet, not realizing that the FCC bust had already happened.
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