Looking back over the last few months, I see that have been rather neglectful of this blog. Something does seem to happen to me often. In an attempt to correct that, I am going to begin again with posting play lists from Murphy's Magic Mess on Lincoln's KZUM and show notes from the various talk shows I do.
We begin with the January 2012 full moon play list from Murphy's Magic Mess. Airing on January 8th, this play list is a combined effort by Murf, Corwin and myself. The show started out with me behind the boards. Rather frustratingly, the previous show ran up right to the hour and left me seconds to get set up. But we muddled through the first hour without too much trouble. Murf moved over to the boards shortly after the top of the second hour and took over from there. Corwin selected a few pieces here and there towards the bottom of the hour. We all hope that our listeners enjoyed the selection.
Our friends in the music business are always sharing new and wonderful music with us. Jose Luis Serrano Esteban, Uwe Gronau, Michael Brant DeMaria, and Tron Syversen are just four of the artists to send us some of their newest music.
Inkubus Sukkubus - Wytches' Chant '98
Jose Luis Serrano Esteban - Moon - A New Horizon (NEW)
Teri Liles Mason - Ancient Mother, Beloved Children - Om Gaia
Uwe Gronau - Searching for the Truth - Time Rider (NEW)
Michael Brant DeMaria - Timeless Dawn - Bindu (NEW)
Tron Syversen - Amorous - Peaceful Journey (NEW)
Jose Luis Serrano Esteban - Planet Earth - A New Horizon (NEW)
Dr Didg - King Tut - Out of the Woods
Annbjorg Lien - January - Baba Yaga
Lis Addison - Sensory Skin - The Grace of the Green Leaf
Candice Knight - Dangerous Smile - Reflections
Meg Davis - Wind in the Pipes - Captain Jack and the Mermaid
Afro Celt Sound System - House of the Ancestors - Volume 1: Sound Magic
Janiva Magness - The Devil is an Angel Too - Devil is an Angel Too (This is an artist introduced to us by Deb Andersen of the Wimmins Show on KZUM.)
Jessica Radcliffie - Give Me the Moon - Beautiful Darkness: Celebrating the Winter
S. J. Tucker - For Love of all Who Gather - Blessings
Spiral Rhythm - Moon is High - I Am
Omnia - Moon - Wolf Love
Cultus Ferox - Goddesses - Wiederkehr (Corwin discovered this band a couple of weeks ago. They are very talented and very much the eye candy as well.)
Omnia - Jabberwocky - Wolf Love
Joe - Buncha Lady - The First 49 (Murf and I disagree on the artist for this, but as she has been playing this song years I bow to her memory.)
Michael Longcor - Smuggler's Song - Norman and Saxon
Meg Davis - Swing the Cat - Captain Jack and the Mermaid
Remember to tune in every Sunday morning at 9am Central for two hours of New Age and Pagan music on KZUM.
Sister Gladys from the Glorious Gospel headed out a little early this morning, so we popped in some music and went with it for the last ten minutes or so of her show. Starting with some Candice Night and Hennie Bekker before going into our usual intro of Wytches’ Chant ‘98.
To celebrate Mabon, we had a little journey into the Darkness of the year, a visit with Baba Yaga, the Russian Crone Goddess, and ended with a little visit from Cernunnos, Lord of the Hunt and Forest. The linked YouTube video for the Baba Yaga threesome is courtesy Cindy, who hosted Spiral Dance on KZUM in the late 80's and early 90's. Murf was her minion back in the day, and it is thanks to Cindy and the Wimmin's Show that we KZUM has provided new age and Pagan music to its listeners for over 20 years.
We celebrated Memorial Day at Murphy's Magic Mess on KZUM. Music, song and conversation. Sounds like a typical show, eh? We focused a lot of the music on pieces that relate to the military and our fallen heroes. We would also like to take a moment to remember those who have bravely faced adversity, sacrificed their lives for a cause, and have been unsung heroes.
Inkubus Sukkubus - Wytches’ Chant ‘98 - Away with the Faeries
Matthew Schoening - Fire - Elements
Robert Linton - Field of Lilies - Whispering at Nightfall
Michael Dulin - Without a Word - Timeless II
Greg Maroney - Prayer for the Planet - The Journey
Steven C - Be Here Now - Spiritual Piano
Lisa Hilton - Underground - Underground
Kelly Andrew - Homeward - Reflections
Abigail Spinner McBride - Angel Invocation - Fires of Creation
Dagda - Abhaile - Hibernia
Robin Spielberg - My Bonnie - From Sea to Shining Sea
Blackmore’s Night - Keeper of the Flame - Autumn Sky
Castlebay - King of the Faeries - Bards and Blarney
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammar - Gentle Soldier of my Soul - Drum Hat Buddha
Dragon Ritual Drummers - Pagan Soldier Song - Passage
Blackmore’s Night - Home Again - Home Again
Michael Lancaster - Flowers of the Forest - Highland Pipes
Ann Lister - A Call to Arms - Waiting for the Hero
Alan Stivell - Brian Boru - the Celtic Circle: Legendary Music from a Mystic World
The Dolmen - Eternal Soldier - Ah Ry Ah
Damh the Bard - Morrighan - Spirit of Albion
Michael Longcor - Brown Bess - Norman and Saxon
Michael Longcor - Clampfer Down - Norman and Saxon
John McDermott - Scotland Forever - Timeless Memories
Michael Longcor - The Supplication of Kerr Cross - Norman and Saxon
Well, my friends. Looks like I have been rather neglectful of this blog for about two months. I am playing catch up on a lot of things. No excuses!
As I write this I am editing an episode of Selections from the Mess and preparing for tomorrow's Murphy's Magic Mess. So I am multitasking the best I can and trying to get caught up.
Just to give you all an update on how things are going in the World of Phil: Since my last post in March I have been working hard to get several things organized and moving. My paying job has been keeping me busy with certification requirements and keeping me on overnight (not a happy Phil). The radio station has gone through some changes - all for the good in the end. We conducted our Spring Pledge Drive with a goal of $50,000 and we exceeded that goal; our program director left us after 18 months for greener pastures (ie, to live near to his girlfriend in Chicago); Corwin and Ihave been doing our best to get guests onto Lavender Hill and we are working well with Murf on the Mess. Sarah and I have been arranging guests on Pagan-Musings and succeeding in doing so. Since Kaedrich's visit in March we had Frater Teneo of Omaha Thelema join us to discuss the Book of the Law and Judika Illes on to talk about her many books. Keep checking back this week for playlist and show note updates to get us all caught up since March. And to finish off the distractions from blogging, Sarah and I attended Mystic Fest Spring Edition in Omaha as vendors Beltaine weekend. We skipped doing an episode of Pagan-Musings that weekend and are just now getting ourselves sorted out so we can prepare for Contagion:Outbreak in June, also in Omaha.
So with all the busy-busy, not only have I neglected my blogging, I missed deadlines for two article submissions. I was to write an article for the Witches' Hour eZine and another for Proud Pagan Podcasters. I was even given extensions by both outlets, and still failed to finish on time. I am going to polish up what I have and submit both articles all the same. I hope to be able to write regularly for the Witches' Hour and hope that my contribution to PPP will help increase our listener base for PMPC.
So, back to editing and preparing for the rest of the shows this weekend. Remember to tune into Murphy's Magic Mess every Sunday at 9am Central on KZUM followed by Lavender Hill at 11am. And of course, listen to Pagan-Musings every Saturday at 2pm on BTR.
Phil was away to Mystic Fest Spring Edition in Omaha, so Kate Smith (formerly of Polka Celebration on KZUM) filled in. And what a ball they had on the show!
Inkubus Sukkubus - Wytches' Chant '98 - Away with the Fairies
Kathryn Kaye - A Look to the West - Dreaming Still
Kelly Andrew - Precious Moment - Reflections
Annette Cantor - Gaia Dreaming - Songs to the Earth
Robin Spielberg - Let My Call you Sweetheart - Sea to Shining Sea
Robert Linton - Wind Swaying the Trees - Throughout the Autumn Light
Robin Spielberg - You Are My Sunshine - Sea to Shining Sea
Michael Dulin - Moonlight Sonata - Timeless II
Goddess Alchemy Project - L.O.V.E. - Frequencies of the Motherland
Victoria Parks - Song for Beltaine
Pomegranite - May Queen - Pomegranite
Gaia Consort - Beltaine Fires -Secret Voices
Shawna Carol - Blessed Be - Goddess Chant: Sacred Pleasure
Spiral Rhythm - Dance My Children Dance - Roll of Thunder
Anne Lister - May Morning - A Flame in Avalon
Emerald Rose - Merry May Folk - Bending Traditoin
Annwn - Penguin Lust - Lover's Enchained
Damh the Bard - Pipes of Pan - Herne's Apprentice
Crwyoryn - Song of Taliesin
Golden Bough - Call Me to the Dance
Rude Girls - Ballad of Rufus and Beverly
Sj Tucker - In the House of Mama Dragon - Haphazard
Phil's throat was getting a little scratchy by the time he and Corwin wrapped up Murphy's Magic Mess and got ready to do the Lavender Hill segment of the Wimmin's Show on KZUM-HD 89.3FM in Lincoln, NE. But the show must go on. :)
A lot of stuff was covered during the show, as usual.
Corwin touched base on the anti-gay sentiment in the Muslim community in London's East End. Good for the gays! Despite the posters and slogans throughout the area, they are organizing a Pride parade for the East End.
Phil brought up that Sandra Dunn, an M-F transgendered woman is running for mayor of Amarillo, TX. Not the first transgendered person to run for office, and if she wins, she won't be the first to do that either.
Acceptance of gay marriage is on the rise in the U.S. According to polls, there has been a 7% shift in favor in the last two years. This puts the support and dissent at nearly a 50-50 split. But times are a changing. From March 4, 2010 to March 4th of this year, 700 hundred gay and lesbian couples were married in Mexico City. If our neighbors south of the border can suuport gay marriage, the U.S. should be able to.
Filing your taxes as a same-sex couple (in those states where it is legal) is a bit complicated if using TurboTax.
We mentioned it last week, but it is worth mentioning again. The U.S. Supreme Court protects "hate speech" by the Westboro Baptist Church as part of the Freedom of Speech Amendent.
A web site devoted to get information out, and personal stories, on being transgendered.
There is so much more to cover, but we didn't have time in the show. Heck, we didn't even touch on most of what is listed here. Tune in next Sunday at 11am CST for more Lavender Hill and all things gay locally, nationally, and around the world. Half an hour just doesn't seem to cover it all, but we will do our best to help fill in some of the blanks with this blog series.
Support Lavender Hill and the Wimmin's Show on KZUM-HD 89.3FM Lincoln, NE. Visit the KZUM homepage and make a pledge/donation in support of the Wimmin's Show. All pledges received between now and March 24th will be added to the Spring Pledge Drive goal of $50,000. Help KZUM, the Wimmin's Show and Lavender Hill to reach that goal by making a pledge now.
Photo of Corwin and Phil courtesy Deb Andersen of the Wimmin's Show
Hello, everyone! Thank you for listening to Lavender Hill, either in its original live format on KZUM-HD 89.3FM in Lincoln, Ne or in its podcast version on the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel.
We covered a lot of ground in this week's episode, from next door in Iowa to across the pond in the UK and over into the Middle East. We hope that you learned something from our tidbits or news, or bits of idle presidential history gossip and the on-going debate on same-sex marriage in the United States.
We have had some wonderful feedback and constructive criticism from our listeners, both through KZUM and our podcast. Thank you so much! We are working to improve the show's format as we go along and we welcome any suggestions or comments from our listeners. You can email us or leave us a note through the facebook page for the Wimmin's Show, our mother program on KZUM.
To help you follow along with some of what we have discussed, and some of the things we just didn't have time to touch upon, please refer to the following links list:
Those are just a FEW of the news articles, videos, and other resources that Corwin and Phil stumble across each week while preparing for the show. There is no way in a 30 minute show that we can cover it all, but we will do our best to deliver the most pertinent news during the show, as well as share some of the local events to the Lincoln, NE area.
Again, thank you for listening and check back with us on this blog, on the Wimmin's Show facebook page and on the air every Sunday morning at 11am.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to the forth installment of Selections from the Mess, a weekly podcast version of Murphy's Magic Mess on KZUM-HD 89.3FM in Lincoln, NE. This series is the pod-friendly music from the Mess, containing the promos, PSAs and discussion that also air during the show.
Our Selections Play List:
Michael Dulin - Sicilian Song - Timeless II
Kathryn Kaye - A Calm Awakening - Dreaming Still
Paradiso & Rasamayi - Guidance - 3rd Eye Rising
Al Conti - Song of Rig - Northern Seas
Al Conti - thor's Journey - Northern Seas
Kenny Klein - Maria's Not a Catholic Anymore - Fairy Queen
This week on the Mess we helped celebrate with the rest of the Pagan community our uniqueness and diversity throughout the world. February 27th was the Prayer for Peace Vigil in many cities across the nation and around the globe. This vigil was a peaceful demonstration in response to the Catholic Truth Society's little pamphlet called Wicca and Witchcraft: Understanding the Dangers. A pamphlet aimed at teaching the Catholic community how to prosthelytise to and covert Wiccans and Witches to the Catholic faith.
The following is the play list from the Mess.
Inkubus Sukkubus - Wytches' Chant '98 - Away with the Fairies
Michael Dulin - Scilian Song - Timeless 2
Kelly Andrew - Winter's Dream - Reflections
Josh Johnston - Atlantic - The Shape of Things
Kathryn Kaye - A Calm Awakening - Dreaming Still
Paradiso & Rasmayi - Guidance - 3rd Eye Rising
Greg Maroni - Sitting by the Fire - The Journey
Ken Elkinson - Changes from the Sea - Music for Commuting
Greg Maroni - Prayer for the Planet - The Journey
Al Conti - Song of Rig - Northern Seas
Al Conti - Thor's Journey - Northern Seas
Abigail Spinner McBride - Prepare Yourself - Fire of Creation
Dagda - Tuath de Danaan - Hibernia: The Story of Ireland
Abigail Spinner McBride - Fire of Creation - Fire of Creation
Robert Gass & On Wings of Song - A Circle is Cast - Ancient Mother
Kate West and Hearth of Hecate - Earth My Body - Elements of Chant
Ann Lister - Dance with the Dragon - Waiting for the Hero
Omnia - Wake Up - Wolf Love
Rowena - Saved - My Mother's Song
Kenny Klein - Maria's not a Catholic Anymore - Fairy Queen
S J Tucker - Go Away God Boy - Sirens
Inkubus Sukkubus - Witch Hunt - Away with the Fairies
Haze - The Cure - The Book of Shadows
Haze - Christ after Christ - The Book of Shadows
Gaia Consort - The Gathering - Gaia Circles
Other than the direct shots across the bow with Maria's Not a Catholic Anymore and Go Away Godboy, we feel that our music choices for the show were peaceful and understanding towards the Catholic community and we hope that no individual Catholic was personally offended by any of the music.
Please refer to last week's blog on the Mess for more information and listen to Selections from the Mess #3 on the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel for an indepth discussion of the issue.
Our thanks and support go out to all who participated, in anyway, in the vigils. We greatly appreciate your sincerity of heart and spirit on this issue and wish you all the best!
On Sunday, February 27th there will be a Prayer for Peace Vigil on the north steps of the Lincoln Capitol Building from 10am to noon. This is in conjunction with several similar prayer vigils nation wide and around the globe. The issue that many Pagans, especially Witches and Wiccans, take with this new pamphlet is that it specifically targets Wicca and Witchcraft for conversion. The 27th is also the anniversary of Pope John XXII's papal bull "the theory of witchcraft" which was at the root of the Inquisition.
Hello to one and all! It has been a rather eventful week or so for Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel. We have been adding a variety of music programs through Musica Pagani and Selections from the Mess. You can check them out on our BTR page.
Today we did an episode of Pagan-Musings talking about Spring Cleaning and Pagan Charities.
It may seem a little early to talk about spring cleaning, but in my opinion it is never to early to plan what to do with your Schtuff. As we are coming out of the cold and dark of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, naturally our thoughts turn towards the warm and light time of the year. We look around our homes and see what we have not done, not out of laziness but out of comfort. We see stacks of papers that have accumulated, bills and receipts, unanswered letters and holiday cards, etc. We also notice that as the weather begins to warm up we want to think about doing those things we have put off. For me that is cleaning the apartment. Don't think that I am a terrible house keeper with piles of dirty laundry and dishes that could walk themselves to the sink. This may seem to happen sometimes, though....
What I am talking about is getting rid of the clutter that has gathered over the last few months. I am a pack rat, I freely admit it. I have stacks of books, newspapers, junk mail and other schtuff cluttering my desk and office space. As I look around at it all I cringe to think of how much schtuff I have left undone during the winter. I want to get organized. And one of the best ways to do that is to start somewhere and clean.
Along with cleaning comes Cleansing. On Pagan-Musings we have talked about this before. As you clean out the clutter you also Cleanse the space. You can use special cleaners that are enchanted or spelled to help you rid the home of negativity. You can also, after finishing a room or project burn some sage, sweetgrass or other herbal incense to Cleanse the space and purify the air. Either way you look at it, you are making your home a better, healthier place to be.
Charity also comes to mind during this time of year for me. I am passionate about certain worthy causes and only wish that I had more time and money to donate to these causes. Weekly I spend at least two hours volunteering at KZUM, our local community radio station, working on Murphy's Magic Mess. At the Mess we bring our listeners a variety of New Age and Pagan music every Sunday from 9-11am. Oddly enough, the show is on right after the gospel program. I have recently (as readers of this blog and listeners to PMPC know) added Lavender Hill - a segment on the Wimmin's Show - to my KZUM hours and been asked to stay after to help the host of the Wimmin's Show produce her program. Between recording the Mess, doing the Hill and working behind the scenes with the Wimmin's Show I donate at least five hours a week to KZUM and the local community.
I also spend a good deal of time working towards reaching the goals of the Pagan Alliance Network, helping to build and create Pagan community. Not just on the local level, but world wide. I am focused on helping to get the networking mindset out to the global Pagan community. This spring I will be spending more time on that project, as well as other community projects, to help create a better awareness of the Pagan community in the larger global community. Websites, social networking, blog writing and essay/article projects will assist in that. Working directly with other local and national Pagan groups will help with that.
My cohost on Pagan-Musings Podcast also has plans for charitable work in the future. Namely, her and her partner have been seriously talking about becoming foster parents. A very worthy cause and one that I support them him. I love children and have pondered adoption or fostering myself. More power to them, as the saying goes.
And now, on to the play list for today's show. (format: Artist - Song Title - CD/Album Title)
KaliSara and I hope that enjoyed listening to our rants during the show and that you learned something from it. We started off talking about Elizabeth Dodd's pamphlet Wicca and Witchcraft: Understanding the Dangers and talking about the GOP House Reps and their budget proposals. Then we stepped off our soap boxes and actually got to the planned topic. :) Check out Lady Libety League for a listing of some of the Pagan Charities out there.
I have wanted to do an LBGTQ news and talk radio program for sometime now. All these past two years at KZUM, in fact. I've always wanted to do a Pagan news and talk program at KZUM, but that is another story.
In all the years that I have been listening to KZUM, I do not recall a program specifically geared towards the LBGTQ community. Sure, they have the Wimmin's Show Sundays at 11am Central (used to be at 11:30, right after W.I.N.G.S.) and other similar shows - directed at women and lesbians. But that doesn't quite fit the bill.
Back in September, Corwin (one of Murf's minions) and I both suggested such a show to the program director. Oddly enough, we did this independent of each other. I brought it up again after the annual programmer's appreciation party in January. The program director is supportive of the idea, but doesn't know where to put us for sure. Corwin and I also discussed it with Deb from the Wimmin's show after it was announced that we would no longer be carrying W.I,N.G.S. She loved the idea.
Well, we are doing it a little bit differently than we had originally planned. Instead of being our own independent show, starting this Sunday (February 20, 2011), Lavender Hill will debut as a segment of the Wimmin's Show. As Deb put it, we will be the Min of the Wimmin's Show. She has also asked me to stay through her entire show as technical adviser and producer.
Let's see, that gives me how many shows (between KZUM and the internet)? Hmmm....
Pagan-Musings Podcast on the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel every Saturday at 2pm Central
Murphy's Magic Mess on KZUM every Sunday at 9am Central
Lavender Hill (segment) on KZUM every Sunday at 11am Central
The Wimmin's Show (producer and technical adviser) on KZUM every Sunday at 11:30am Central
Selections from the Mess on the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel every Monday at 7pm Central
Musica Pagani Special Edition on the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel every Thursday at 7pm Central
Musica Pagani on the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel every Friday at 10pm Central
That's SEVEN programs. And we are planning to podcast Lavender Hill as well. Which means that our listeners can catch the program either live on Sundays or listen/download it any time they want after it is posted. Still deciding how we want to set that up. Probably be a separate listing on BlogTalkRadio.com. Corwin and I will decide that Thursday at our planning session.
Well, that's is all for now. I need to get some rest and be ready for more plotting and planning of these shows and other adventures coming up this year.
Ah, it is Valentine's weekend and love is in the air at the Mess. Or is that Dr. Strangelove? Either way, Murf and the minions pulled out a bunch interesting love songs.
Inkubus Sukkubus - Witches' Chant '98 -Away with the Faeries
Kathryn Kaye - The Wind is a Lady - Dreaming Still
Riad Abdel-Gawad - Mother of the World - EGYPT: Mother of the World (in honor of the recent changes in that blessed country)
Greg Maroney - Where Ever You Are - The Journey
Paradiso & Rasamayi - Love - 3rd Eye Rising
Michael Brant DeMaria - Gaia - Gaia
Kelly Andrew Kaveny - Aphrodite - Olympus
Brown Paper Bags - We Just Stepped Out of the Cave, Man - Brown Paper Bags (Lincoln, NE)
Emerald Rose - Pagan Girl - Bending Tradition
Annwn - Penguin Lust - The Lovers Enchained
Bonnie Phipps - Don Gato - Dinosaur Choir (1992)
Tom Chapin - Two Kinds of Seagulls - This Pretty Planet
Rude Girls - the Ballad of Rufus and Beverly - Mixed Messages
Rude Girls - Safety First - Mixed Messages
Heather Alexander and Leslie Fish - Miss Conceptions - Magic Moon Dust and Melancholy
Well, folks. At Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel we have been doing some changes. We are keeping the Pagan-Musings Podcast as it is, a talk show with some music, news, interviews, and random babbling from RevKess and KaliSara. But we are adding several new programs to our list.
Selections from the Mess is just such a program. It is a weekly special series from Musica Pagani, hosted and produced by RevKess, featuring the pod-friendly music from that week's episode of Murphy's Magic Mess on KZUM-HD 89.3FM in Lincoln, NE. The original, full length show airs and streams live on Sundays at 9am Central, bringing the listener two full hours of New Age and Pagan music enjoyment. Whenever possible, RevKess will be taking cuts straight from in studio recording of that week's show. This first episode unfortunately had to be pieced together from his own music archives as the gain was set wrong on the recording equipment and there was major sound distortion.
The Play List:
Katherine Kaye - Waiting for the Rain - Dreaming Still
Matthew Shoening - Water - Elements
Paradiso & Rasamayi - Wisdom - 3rd Eye Rising
Heidi Anne Breyer - Off Season - Another Place and Time...
Lis Addison - New Nation - Grace of the Green Leaf
T. Thorn Coyle - Lugh's song - Face of a New Day
Emerald Rose - Three More Drops - Archives of Ages to Come
S.J. Tucker - Firebird's Child - Blessings
S.J. tucker - In the House of Mama Dragon - Haphazard
Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel hopes that you enjoy this little one hour music offering and that you will tune in to other programs available in archives or catch a live show soon!
