January 2012 Full Moon Show on the Mess

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.

1. Inkubus Sukkubus - Wytches' Chant '98
2. Jose Luis Serrano Esteban - Moon - A New Horizon (NEW)
   
3. Teri Liles Mason - Ancient Mother, Beloved Children - Om Gaia
4. Uwe Gronau - Searching for the Truth - Time Rider (NEW)
   
5. Michael Brant DeMaria - Timeless Dawn - Bindu (NEW)
   
6. Tron Syversen - Amorous - Peaceful Journey (NEW)
   
7. Jose Luis Serrano Esteban - Planet Earth - A New Horizon (NEW)
   
8. Dr Didg - King Tut - Out of the Woods
9. Annbjorg Lien - January - Baba Yaga
10. Lis Addison - Sensory Skin - The Grace of the Green Leaf
11. Candice Knight - Dangerous Smile - Reflections
12. Meg Davis - Wind in the Pipes - Captain Jack and the Mermaid
13. Afro Celt Sound System - House of the Ancestors - Volume 1: Sound Magic
14. 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.)
    
15. Jessica Radcliffie - Give Me the Moon - Beautiful Darkness: Celebrating the Winter
16. S. J. Tucker - For Love of all Who Gather - Blessings
17. Spiral Rhythm - Moon is High - I Am
18. Omnia - Moon - Wolf Love
19. 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.)
    
20. Omnia - Jabberwocky - Wolf Love
21. 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.)
    
22. Michael Longcor - Smuggler's Song - Norman and Saxon
23. 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.

The Mess Pays Respect to the Arch Druid

Hello, everyone and thank you for listening to the Mess! Finally, after weeks of seemingly endless heat, we finally woke to a wonderfully cool morning. It was 71 degrees when I walked out to the car this morning to rush off to the radio station.

1. Wytches' Chant '98 - Inkubus Sukkubus -Away with the Faeries
2. Ankh of the Earth - Buedi Seibert - Pyramid Call
3. Bird Dance - Jeffrey Fisher - Satyagraha: Songs of the Earth
4. Life Dream - Buedi Seibert - Pyramid Call
5. Forest Heart - Michael Stribling - Paradise Lost
6. Selinzi - Bruce Kaphan - Hybrid
7. Into the Heart - Ann Licater - Doorway to Dream
8. Death of a Space Piper - Rare Air - Space Piper (dedicated to Isaac Bonewits)
   
9. Place of Refuge - Acoustic Ocean - Reflections on Still Water
10. Across the Water- Eric Chapelle - Across the Water
11. Night Flight - Acoustic Ocean - Reflections on Still Water
12. Every Wish - Eric Chapelle - Across the Water
13. Ganesh Mantra - Larisa Stow - Reaching Out (1&2)
14. The Coming and Going of the Fey - Kiva - Live from the Forest Inn
15. Madron Well - Sora - Heartwood
16. Lake of Shadow - Phil Coulter - Lake of Shadow
17. A Jo'rneyman's Song - Barleyjuice - The Barleyjuice Irish Collection
    
18. Be Pagan Once Again - Isaac Bonewits - Be Pagan Once Again
19. Avalon is Rising! - Isaac Bonewits - Avalon is Rising
20. We Won't Shave Any Longer - Isaac Bonewits - Avalon is Rising
21. Will You No Come Back Again - Isaac Bonewits - Avalon is Rising
22. Tir nAn Og - Elvendrums - The Dragon
23. We Do Not Die - Velvet Hammer - Storybook

This past Thursday, Isaac Bonewits passed away from cancer. He was with family and friends when he died peacefully. Murf, Corwin and I decided that it would be a good tribute to him to play much of his music and discuss his life. Please visit NeoPagan Net for more information Isaac, his books and his songs.

Winter Holiday Mess

Murf and her minions are preparing for the Winter Holidays with a mess of holiday favorites, old and new. Be sure to tune in each week to hear what new and exciting music we have found, as well as keep up to date on some of the Pagan news, both local and world wide. You can catch us live on the radio at 89.3 FM in Lincoln, Ne, on Time Warner Cable channel 10 in Lincoln and surrounding areas, and on the web at KZUM's web site with streaming audio. You can also catch our recent shows on our MySpace page (due to FCC regulations we are only able to provide the show as a video stream (non-download) for a period not to exceed 14 days from original post date).

We sincerely apologize to our online listeners that the show was not available for streaming this morning. We were informed by the host of Glorious Gospel that one of their listeners had called, but he was not sure who to call. Emails and phone calls were made over the course of the show and we hope to have gotten the problem fixed. Unfortunately it did not happen during our broadcast.

But, we were able to actually record the show this morning. We had been having equipment issues for the last couple of weeks, but those have been taken care for the nonce. You will be able to catch today's show on the MySpace page.

And now on to the show:
As it is Yule season, we have been playing a selection of holiday music, both vocal and instrumental. We are ALWAYS open to requests, so if there is a new age or Pagan holiday song you would like to hear, please drop me a comment or send me an email and I will do my best to get it on the air for you.

Once again we had a nice selection of newer releases to play from today, as well as many of our old favorites.

Play List for Sunday, December 6, 2009

1. Wytches' Chant '98 - Inkubus Sukkubus - Away with the Faeries
2. In Search of Home - Michael Brant DeMaria - Ocean
3. The Moon Told Me - 9 Muses - Feel to Heal
4. Circle of Stone - Tina Malia - Shores of Avalon
5. Dance of My Ancestors - Joseph Akins - Spirit Touch (NEW)
6. Amazing Grace - Ann Licaster and Jeff Oster - single (NEW, Native American)
7. Silver Rainbow & Gwiezenn - Govannen - Healing Waters: Legends of the Chalice Well (NEW)
8. The Fox and the Hare - Christopher Boscole - O Christmas Tree
9. An Avalon - Govannen - Healing Waters: Legends of the Chalice Well (NEW)
10. Icicles - Christopher Boscole - O Christmas Tree
11. A Circle is Cast - Robert Gass & On Wings of Song - A Circle is Cast
12. Greenman - Robert Gass & On Wings of Song - A Circle is Cast
13. Fight Fiercely, Harvard - Tom Lehrer - Songs and More Songs
14. Wind Above the Tor - Jhenah Telyndru - Magick Folk
15. Overland Blues - Yoshida Brothers - III (also on Best of...)
16. Storm - Yoshida Brothers - Best of...
17. Fighting for Strangers - Steeleye Span - Original Masters
18. Circle Song - Wendy Rule - The Wolf Sky
19. Evolution - Wendy Rule - The Wolf Sky
20. Charge and Covenant - T. Thorn Coyle -Give Us a Kiss!
21. Maiden, Mother, Crone - Spiral Rhythms
22. The Winter King - Damh the Bard
23. Word of God - Kathy Mar - My Favorite Sings
24. Alive! - Omnia - Alive!
25. Water, Fire, and Smoke - Kathy Mar - My Favorite Sings

I do my best to get you web info and such on many of our artists that we play. Today, not so much. I may get the chance to do an update to this posting before the end of the week. I have been working very long and odd hours the last several weeks and am feeling it. But I will be doing what I can to make sure that you get your play lists ASAP. In the meantime, do not forget to visit our MySpace page to catch some previous shows in video format. Who knows, one day we may get the chance to piece together some stills of Murf and her minions, as well as photos of some of the artists that we frequently play and put them all together into a video for you! Oi, I can hear Murf cursing me for that idea already....

Tune in next week and we will be entertaining you with even more seasonal songs. Among other offerings, we have Leigh Anne Hussey's Homebrewed Carols and Loreena McKennitt's holiday albums. Hope to catch you all next Sunday!

The Mess for Sunday, October 19, 2009

Greetings and well met, my friends! Thank you for being so patient with me. I am attempting to get caught up on my blogging for the Mess and for Pagan-Musings. I know I am VERY far behind on PM, but at least the Mess is going to be easy to get caught up on. :)

Sunday was a wonderful show, as always! We had another visit from the Polka Goddess (Thursday mornings at 10am CST) and she suppliedus with some rather interesting animal polka music to fit with week two of our Animal song marathon.

We also wrapped up our pledge drive with getting another $1000 pledge from a faithful listener, Stephanie. THANK YOU!

1. Wytches Chant '98 - Inkubus Sukkubus - Away with the Faeries
2. Begin Again - Terri Liles Mason - Om Giaia
3. Die & Be Reborn - Abigail Spinner McBride - Fire of Creation
4. (NEW) Persephone - Bruce Mitchell - New Earth Goddess
5. (NEW) Forgotten Dreams - Michael Stribling - Promise
6. Never So Many Colors - Matthew Labarge - October
7. Ancient Woods - Conni St. Pierre - Between the Branches: Legends of the Wild
8. The Borderlands - Conni St. Pierre - Between the Branches: Legends of the Wild
9. Down Moon - Gunner Madsen - Two Hands
10. March of the Faeries - Heartbeat - Bloodmoon
11. Dragons - Anne Lister
12. God's Dog - Tad Laven
13. Lizard Dreams - Cecelia Eng - Songs by Mercedes Lackey
14. Sheik Shaboon - Heather Bishop
15. Atenveldt Invasion - Leslie Fish & Joe Bethencourt
16. Banana Slugs Racing Down the Fields - Austin Lounge Lizards
17. Misconceptions - Heather Alexander & Leslie Fish
18. (POLKA) Chillin/Dark Dance - Polkacide
19. I Had a Rooster - Pete Seeger - Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes: Little to Big Animal Folk Songs
20. Teenage Mutant Kung Fu Chickens - Ray Stevens - #1 with a Bullet
21. (POLKA) Big Balls in Cow Town - Jimmy Sturr w/ Willie Nelson
22. Animal Song - Savage Garden - Affirmations
23. (POLKA) Weener Dog Polke - Polkacide
24. Cat & the Fiddle - Phoenix - Keepers of the Fire
25. Do Virgins Taste Better than Those Who Are Not - Bodbiangian Bards
26. House of Mama Dragon - SJ Tucker

Be sure to tune in weekly at 9am CST on Sundays to catch Murphy's Magic Mess. Murph is there EVERY week and Damon most every week. For a little while I will be sporadic in my attendance. I have gotten a new job and we are still working out the details of my availability. Looks like I will be at the station only once a month for a little while, but I am going to keep up on these postings as long as Damon remembers to send me the set lists every week! Unfortunately, work does not allow us to listen to the radio, so those Sundays that I am not at the studio I do not get to listen to the show.

But, I will be there this Sunday as we start our decent into the Dark of the Year. Listen for songs by Marc Gunn off his happy Songs of Death CD (released August 2009) as well as more from the Epic of Gilgamesh and other interesting takes on Death and Dying.

We should also have a special guest coming this weekend, Dale Bacon will be gracing us with his presence and we will talk about the Ghosts of Lincoln tour that he conducts each year, as well as other aspects of his interesting and unique story telling style. I am definitely looking forward to it and I hope you are as well.

Pax Musica!