Screenshot: www.SubSonicRadio.com
I didn’t want to post here about it until everyone could see it in all it’s glory, so it’s technically old news, but a user theme I created for Subsonic Radio finally went live today. Subsonic Radio is a site that hosts and streams virtually every bit of Disney-related audio imaginable, with a very active forum for fellow enthusiasts and nostalgia-junkies. The site is owned and primarily operated by one Subsonic himself, who added an additional layer of user-interaction to his site by allowing visitors to develop and submit their own themes. The first link in this post should load the site with my theme in place.
Any one-time-or-greater visitor to central Florida’s own Magic Kingdom should immediately recognize the inspiration behind the theme: the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad attraction in Frontierland division. About 90% of all of the imagery in the theme was cut and assembled from amateur vacation photographs of the attraction, and all of the audio in the Flash originates from amateur video shot while riding the coaster. In this sense, the theme is as much a tribute to the ride itself as it is to the community that shares this media with everyone online.
I originally developed the theme over the course of a few weeks, and submitted it in late June of 2009; so it’s been dormant for almost eight months, but good things are often worth the wait. Subsonic has help, but most would be surprised to know how much time and effort goes into running such a dynamic website! Now that it’s up, the site’s many and frequent users are chiming in with their positive reviews in the forum. Give it a look!