Thanks, that did the trick, although it took long enough to start up that i thought it had failed again.

To sort of answer my previous question about the difference in processor usage over the command line, C implementation: i have regular problems with hiccups in audio with pyRadio that i didn't have in pianobar. Changing the volume causes it to happen, switching app focus does it, etc. I'm sure after a reboot it will be smoother--it's due to the tendency of Maemo5 to *#&% up memory/processor usage after a few days of uptime, which is getting tiresome. So, not pyRadio's fault but indicative it has higher resource requirements (unsurprisingly).

Looks slick so far--more feedback after some usage (and a reboot).

Edit: Get a room, you two. :P