Pledge Member Stops In

KZUM Member and major supporter of the show, Stephanie Daughter stopped in this morning to share some of her poetry with us and get a tour of the studio. Thank you, Damon, for bringing her up. We also gave her a wonderful little surprise, Dale Bacon joined us this morning. A full house indeed! Murf, Damon, Stephanie, Corwin, Dale AND myself. A lot of bodies crammed into a little room. But a wonderful time was had by all.

1. Wytches' Chant '98 - Inkubus Sukkubus - Away with the Faeries
2. Imagine It Falling - Gunnar Madsen - Two Hands (NEW)
   
3. Dawn in Pennsylvania - David Mauk - Ground Swell (NEW)
   
4. Moonrise - Jeffrey Fisher - Satyagraha: Songs of the Earth (NEW)
   
5. Kerenyi - Gunnar Madsen - Two Hands (NEW)
6. New Light - Michelle McLaughlin - Out of the Darkness (NEW)
   
7. Babbling Brook - Jeffrey Fisher - Satyagraha: Songs of the Earth (NEW)
8. Summertime - David Mauk - Ground Swell (NEW)
9. Demeter - Kelly Andrew Kaveny - Olympus
10. So Long Mr Selfish - Michelle McLaughlin - Out of the Darkness (NEW)
11. Avalon Is Rising - Isaac Bonewits - Be Pagan Once Again
12. William Tell Overture - Brave Combo - Box of Ghosts
13. America, America - Libby Roderick -
14. Price of Command - Mercedes Lackey
15. Chant for Confusion of Enemies - Michael Longcor
16. Dead Gerbil Jam - Kenny Klein - Fairy Queen
17. Ode to a Dead Gerbil - Stephanie Daugherty - original poem
    
18. All for One - Blackmore's Night -
19. Freedom Road - - Sister Jeannie's Turn to Throw the Bomb
20. Reeds of Runnymeade - Leslie Fish and Bethencore
21. Gentle Soldier of Soul
22. The Flag Was Still There - John McKutchen

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!

Once in Time, Murphy's Magic Mess 08/09/09

Well, folks, it would seem that not only was not present the show, but my brain took a vacation and I didn't get around to doing anything with the play list until today. Almost entire week AFTER the show aired. And, it would look as if Damon's having some technical difficulties of his own getting the show recorded so he can post it to the show's MySpace page. Terribly disappointing. I shall see what I can do to assist him with that for tomorrow's show.

So, here is the play list. Remember, Murf's theme song for the show is Wytches Chant 98 by Inkubus Sukkubus. It is not listed here as this is the play list as it was sent to me by Damon:

1. Once in Time by Christopher Boscole from Presence of Angels.
2. Hoedown Jig by Christopher Boscole from Presence of Angels.
3. Present Being by Christopher Boscole from Presence of Angels.
4. Unknown - Sorry, there was a bit of confusion! :)
5. Acient Forest by Acoustic Ocean from Light Returning.
6. Nantucket by Kori Linae Carothers from Trillian.
7. Magic Garden by Marc Enfroy from Awakening
8. In a stone circle by Ian Anderson from 12 Dances with God
9. Ganesha Mantra by Larisha Stow & the Shakti Tribe from Reaching In
10. Ganesha Mantra II by Larisha Stow & the Shakti Tribe from Reaching In
11. Stolen Child by Loreena McKennitt from Night from the Alhambra
12. The Bonny Swans by Loreena McKennitt from Night from the Alhambra
13. Ordinary Day by J.P. Jones from Salvation Street
14. Blood of Eden by Peter Gabriel
15. Dragons by Anne Lister from Spreading Wings
16. Old Time Religion by Peter Seger from Peter Seger's Sing Along CD
17. Online Religion by Tom Smith from Plugged.
18. Pray your Gods by Toad the Wet Sprocket.
19. Penquin Lust by Annwn.
20. Superman Sex Life Boogie by Tom Smith from Plugged.
21. The Gate by Enigma from The Screen Behind the Mirror.
22. Push the Limits from The Screen Behind the Mirror.
23. GURU - Didn't catch it - will check with Murphy
24. God is Alive, Magick is Afoot by Buffy Saint-Marie from Unknown.

I'm not going to try to go into any show notes, as I was not there for it. But I will do my best to make up for it with tomorrow's show. Remember, tune in to listen to us at 89.3 on the FM dial in Lincoln, NE or Time Warner Cable's channel 10 in Lincoln. If you are one of our MANY online listeners, go to KZUM and click on the streaming audio. But you know that already. :D The show is EVERY Sunday at 9am CST.

Gods bless and keep your ears AND eyes on the traffic as you listen to KZUM, Lincoln's own Community Radio Station.

-Phil aka Rev Moonbeam

Sunday, July 25, 2009

Greetings everyone! I do hope you liked the show this weekend. If I may toot my horn, I thought the show was uber fantastic and very smooth....for the first time I was behind the boards for the show the WHOLE show! lol Yes, I am the crazy person who selected the majority of the music for the show this time around. A little different, but still keeping with the general theme as it is put forth by Murf. It would seem to that I a getting better at this kind of thing. :)

It was quite humorous to watch Murf AND Damon scribbling down my play list. Murf so that she can add it to the playlist archive on the website and Damon so he can use it for the MySpace page. Woot! And only about five or so pieces that were not selected by me. :) I think I did pretty good and at least one of my listeners concurs. Thanks, Stormcrow!

THE PLAYLIST:

1. Wytches Chant 98 by Inkubus Sukkubus off of Away with the Faeires
2. In the Beginning by Dragon Ritual Drummers off of The Epic: A Drum Opera
3. Otherside of the Moon by Juliet Lyons off of My Siren Song
4. Meet Me By the Standing Sgtones by Leigh Anne Hussey off of Homebrew
5. Carpe Diem by Kori Linae Carothers off of Trillium
6. Begin Again by Terri Liles Mason off of Om Gaia
7. Nocture No. 2 by Arturo Mayorga off of Cascades
8. Visionary Temples by Dean Everson & Scott Huckaby off of Healing Dreams
9. In the Between by Zingaia off of Soles on Earth
10. The Mummers Dance by Loreena McKennitt off of Book of Secrets
11. I Am the Goddess by Spiral Rhythm off of Roll of Thunder
12. Intro: Viator by Corvus Corax off of Viator
    
13. Second Sight by Glass Wolfe off of Xotica
14. Glastonbury Song by the Waterboys off of Dream Harder
15. Hey, It's Cannon by Tom Smith
16. Trans Poly U Fight Song by Tom Smith
17. Dead Gerbel Jam by Kenny Klein off of Fary Queen
18. The Howling by Within Temptation off of the Heart of Everything
19. Freaks in Love by Elton John off of Peachtree Road
20. Foliorum Viridum by Agalloch off of Of Stone, Wind and Pillar
21. Worlds Wedding by Emerald Rose off of Songs for the Night Sky
22. City Magick by Chalice and Blade off of Wild Hunt
23. Ruse Up Witches by Leigh Anne Hussey off of Homebrew
24. The Rede by Gaia Consort off of Gaia Circles

And Now For Some of the Stuff We Didn't Do:

TIDBITS AND QUOTES:

Frogs have it easy, they eat what bugs them. -- Anonymous

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

                                       -- George Eliot 

Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense.

                                        -- Robert Frost 

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

                                        -- Kurt Vonnegut 

I was never lost but I was bewildered once for three days.

                                        --  Daniel Boone

Astrological Calendar for July 26th-August 2, 2009 – all times are Central. 

Sunday, July 26th, the Moon entered Libra this morning at 12:25am. 

Monday, July 27th, the Moon is void of coarse at 9:53pm. 

Tuesday, July 28th, the Moon enters Scorpio at 5:36am and is in its 2nd quarter at 5pm. 

Thursday, July 30th, the Moon is void of coarse at 7:54am and enters Sagittarius at 3:10pm.

Friday, July 31st, Venus enters Cancer at 8:28pm. 

Sunday, August 2nd, Pallas enters Virgo at 12:29am, the Moon is void of coarse at 12:42am and enters Capricorn at 3:08am, and Mercury enters Virgo at 6:07pm.  



Calendar of Events for July 26th-August 2nd, 2009 

Friday, July 31st, birthday of Madame Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society; date of the fabled meeting

of British witches to raise cone of power to stop Hitler's invasion in 1940. 

Saturday, August 1st, Lammas or Lughnasadh; birthday of Edward Kelley, a medium of Dr. John Dee;

anniversary of the founding of AURORA Network in the UK. 

Sunday, August 2nd, birthday of Henry Steele Olcott, co-founder of the Theosophical Society.  



Announcements: The 2nd Annual Pagan Alliance Network Yard Sale is scheduled for Friday the 31st-Sunday

the 2nd. Contact panfounders@yahoo.com for details.

The Pagan Alliance Network is hosting an open Lammas celebration on Saturday the 1st at 7pm.  Again contact

panfounders@yahoo.com for details.

Pagan-Musings, a podcast on Blog Talk Radio, will be addressing science and magic on Saturday the 1st at

10pm.  Pagan-Musings is hosted by RevKess and KaliSara and is a program for discussion of news and topics

of interest to the Pagan Community.



Tune in next week for our Lammas Celebration show.  We will be including music and songs about Harvest as

well as a reading by yours truly about Lammas.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Sunday, July 19, 2009

My most sincere apologies for being so behind on posting this blog. I have recently started back to work and I am adjusting to this new schedule. My time online has been significantly influenced by the hours that I am working. But enough with the excuses.

It would seem that I put my foot in this week with the show. Murf and Damon have elected for me to put together the music for the first half of the show AND to run the boards for at least half an hour. Well on my way to becoming a certified programmer with KZUM. Woot!

So I have been busy with planning what to play during the show. I am seriously thinking that I should just go ahead and put together enough music for the whole show and see what happens. Who knows, Murf may decide to let me sit behind the boards for the bulk of that morning. /crosses fingers and hopes/ Not sure which way I should be hoping there. LOL

Between the music selections and the other things that we would like to be doing for the program, I think I have my work cut out for me for the 26^th. I make no promises, but I plan to have our tidbits and quotes going again as well as some world holidays and a brief calendar of events. We are approaching on August and Lammas, so there is bound to be some interesting things going on in the world of Paganism and Witchcraft.

WHAT'S NEW WITH THE MESS:

• Glass Wolfe sent us a wonderful CD, you heard some of it on the show from the 19^th

• Murphy's Magic Mess is now available online. For two weeks at a time, you can listen to each program of the Mess on MySpace. You do not have to be a member to listen to the show. Visit www.myspace.com/Murphysmagickmess and click on the video feeds. (Damon was a little over zealous when he made the page and accidentally put a “k” into the mess.) As the Mess is a music show you will not be able to download the program like you would a podcast. FCC regulations and all that jazz.

• Murf is moving her website. For the last several years Murf has had a website detailing the playlists and special guests from the Mess. Yahoo is shutting down GeoCities free websites, so Murf has to move. We do not yet know where she is moving the website. Could be an extension of the MySpace page or could be something entirely different. Stay tuned for further updates.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

• KZUM Grill-a-thon at Russ's Market on 17^th and Washington, Friday the 24^th and Saturday the 25^th from 11am-6pm. Come join programmers and staff from KZUM as they cook up some good old fashion burgers, hotdogs, and bratwurst and help support KZUM. This is a fund raising event for KZUM.

• The Pagan Alliance Network is hosting it's monthly Meditation and Divination Night on Saturday the 25^th at 7pm. Phil is playing host for this event. Please contact him for directions. The Meditation and Divination Night is an opportunity for people to meet, experience a guided meditation and practice with their divining skills.

• Pagan-Musings podcast is covering the Pagan Alliance Network and its history on Saturday the 25^th at 10pm CST. You can listen live at www.blogtalkradio.com/Pagan-Musings, or download the show at a later date. Join RevKess and KaliSara, the founders of PAN, as they discuss the history of PAN, current projects, and future plans.

Murphy's Magic Mess on MySpace

And here we are! Murphy's Magic Mess is now available on MySpace.com.

Remember, this is a public profile, so you do not have to be a member of MySpace to access the show online. It is a "video", which means you cannot download the program like you would a podcast, but you can listen to it. Each show that is posted will be available for two weeks.

Now you can listen to Murf, Damon/Sir Fluff, and Phil/Rev. Moonbeam anytime you want!