Monthly Archives: June 2013

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PWN #98: Summer Solstice, Snowden & More

The 98th edition of Pagan Weekly News aired at 9am Central on 18 June 2013. Among many topics discussed, RevKess and Zaracon spent some time with Summer Solstice, some recent and upcoming book releases and an update on PRISM and Edward Snowden.

Summer Solstice

The Summer Solstice is being celebrated in the Northern Hemisphere this time of year. It is also known as Litha by some and Midsummer by others. The names for this festival vary depending on your tradition, heritage, culture and region. Suffice it to say, it is a celebration of Summer and of Life.

Our friends in the Southern Hemisphere are celebrating the Winter Solstice or Yule. We give a salute to them with a song at the end of the show.

LINKS

Music

  1. SJ Tucker – The Truth About Ninjas – Mischief
  2. Isaac Bonewits – We Won’t Shave Any Longer – Avalon is Rising!  (RevKess misspoke during the show, this is We Won’t Any Longer. Still a good song! RevKess may be making a video for We Won’t Shave Any Longer later this year.)
  3. Damh the Bard – Cloak of Feathers – Herne’s Apprentice 
  4. Spiral Dance – Solstice Evergreen – The Quickening

Update & Further Info on Snowden & PRISM

On Tuesday the 11th of June, 2013, RevKess reported on the PRISM scandal and the whistle blower Edward Snowden who at that time was hiding from US officials somewhere in Hong Kong. Since then, there have been some concerns on the veracity of his claims and his history.

Many media sites are defending Edward Snowden, the Guardian being one of them. Snowden approached the Guardian to get his story out instead of US news sources. Read why: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/11/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-profile

Yet others say he has gone from whistle blower to traitor. See the story SCMP.com “Edward Snowden: US Government has been hacking Hong Kong and China. You can also read, on the Guardian no less, how Snowden has potentially weakened his own defense if brought to trial in the US on charges of espionage: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/11/edward-snowden-defence

Other related articles from the Guardian:

In other news….

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Musica Pagani Ep 3

Episode three of the reboot of Musica Pagani has hit the interwebs. Hear music from Brian Henke, Omnia, Acoustic Ocean and many others!

The list of artists that we can play just keeps growing. Some of the artists in this edition you will be familiar with from earlier editions of MP as well as other programming on PMPChannel. The newest on the list below is Brian Henke. RevKess got hear him perform at Heartland 2013 and came home to find his latest two CDs in the review stack from KZUM. Needless to say, permission request was sent off right away.

Upcoming editions will have more NEW music from artists like Jami Sieber, Cernunnos Rising and Michael de Salem. Keep checking in with PMPChannel on BTR and iTunes for the latest in New Age and Pagan music as well as news, views, interviews, and information from the other programming on the channel. Don’t forget to check out Pagan-Musings on Saturday the 22nd of June to hear an interview with George Nicholas and his daughter Katie from Cernunnos Rising and again on the 29th of June to hear an interview with some of the Tribe of Tuatha Dea.

Music

  1. Blackmore’s Night – Sake of the Song – Autumn Sky
  2. Al Conti – Silk and Jasmine – The Blue Rose
  3. Al Conti – Sacred Space – Poeta
  4. Al Conti – Dans For Loki (Loki’s Jig) – Northern Seas 
  5. AeTopus – Alley of Dust and Soul – Angels and Machines
  6. AeTopus – Vast – Between Empires
  7. AeTopus – Reflections in the Glass – Angels and Machines
  8. Lisa Hilton – City Streets – Getaway 
  9. Lisa Hilton – Stepping Into Paradise – Getaway
  10. Lisa Hilton – Unforgotten – Getaway
  11. Leigh Ann Hussey – Greenmantle – Homebrew
  12. Leigh Ann Hussey – Rise Up Witches – Homebrew
  13. Leigh Ann Hussey – Witches Come Again – Homebrew
  14. Gaia Consort – Every Sacred Thing – Secret Voices 
  15. Gaia Consort – No Shadows – Evolve
  16. Gaia Consort – Face in the Clouds – Vitus Dance
  17. Brian Henke – Dancing with the Child in You – A Child’s Garden
  18. Brian Henke – Dancing in the Garden, Head in the Clouds – A Child’s Garden
  19. Brian Henke – A Boy Wizard – Seven Magic Spells
  20. Acoustic Ocean – Into the Mystery Landscape – Chimes of the Spirit
  21. Acoustic Ocean – Tsunami – Chimes of the Spirit 
  22. Acoustic Ocean – Midnight Rendnevous – Chimes of the Spirit
  23. Omnia – Taranis Jupiter – Wold Love 
  24. Omnia – The Well – Pagan Folk
  25. Omnia – Wytches’ Brew – Alive!
  26. Isaac Bonewits – Quarter Farewell – Avalon is Rising

While preparing the show notes today, RevKess stumbled across this site that is devoted to Leigh Ann Hussey. Her music is available for free download at www.motogrrl.org/Bands, but this site has details on her life, music career and her unfortunately and untimely passing. For those of you who enjoy Leigh Ann’s music and want to learn more about her, please visit the sites linked and share her life and love of music with others. Leigh Ann was also an author, you can hear Colin Hussey read her novella “The Lover of Lord Eithras“, or read the story. There doesn’t seem to be any videos on YouTube or elsewhere for Leigh Ann’s music, something just might have to be done about that.

Bonus Videos

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Murphy’s Magic Mess: Father’s Day

ad bannerWhat a combination of music and features for the Mess today! Phew! Father’s Day, Soundbackers Union and the pre-Solstice show.

What is the Soundbackers Union? It is KZUM’s special “elite” membership group for listeners. Along with our usual membership pledge drives in the Spring and Fall, this year we started the Soundbackers Union with limited edition swag and all kinds of bonuses for the members. You can find out more at www.kzum.org, donations are being accepted online through noon Central Friday the 21st.

Music

  1. Inkubus Sukkubus – Wytches’ Chant ’98 – Away with the Faeries
  2. Takashi Suzuki – The Unknown Sight – Voyage: Hiroshima Eternal
  3. Al Conti – the Minstrel’s Song – The Blue Rose
  4. Masako – Forgotten Moments – Masako
  5. Lia Scallon – Joyful Inspiration – The Luminous Pearl
  6. David Arkenstone & Charlee Brooks – Origins – Loveren
  7. Anima – Ancient Future – Light of Aluna (radio edits)
  8. Lunacy – Shango – Lunacy
  9. Al Conti – Odin the Wanderer – Northern Seas
  10. Clannad – Robin, the Hooded Man –
  11. Sj Tucker – Hymn to Herne – Blessings
  12. Blackmore’s Night – March the Heroes Home – Under a Violet Moon
  13. Dave Carter & Tracey Grammar – Gentle Soldier of My Soul – Drum Hat Buddha
  14. Fred Small – I Will Stand Fast – I Will Stand Fast
  15. Fred Small – Scott & Jamie – I Will Stand Fast
  16. Tuatha Dea – The Blessing – The Tribe (feat. Spiral Rhythm
  17. Bryan Bowers – Old Lovers – For You
  18. John McCutcheon – Dad’s Got That Look – Family Garden
  19. Buffy Sainte-Marie – He’s a Pretty Good Man if You Ask Me – Best of….
  20. The Chorus of Life – Gaia’s Circles – Gaia’s Voice
  21. Robin Moore – What’s Wild Is Wild (spoken word from the children’s storyteller himself)
  22. Tuatha Dea – Hypocritical Mass – The Tribe (feat. Murphey’s Midnight Rounders)
  23. Tom Petty – The Last DJ – The Last DJ
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PMP: 2013 Heartland Speakers’ Panel

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The Saturday 15 June 2013 edition of Pagan-Musings Podcast features segments of the 2013 Heartland Speakers’ Panel. The featured guests for Heartland this year were Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone, Mike Nichols, and Ed “the Pagan” Hubbard. Barbara Criswell of Aquarius Books in Kansas City acted as moderator. The topic for the panel was “Where do you envision Paganism, Wicca, etc going from here?”

The topic was paired well with the focus of many of the workshops and presentations from the honored guests. Janet and Gavin have decades of experience between them that they shared with the audience of the panel and with the participants of their workshops. Mike Nichols has been teaching about witchcraft since the 1970’s and is the author of The Witches’ Sabbats. Ed Hubbard has over 20 years experience as a priest and is co-manager of Pagans Tonight Radio Network.

The panel discussion was recorded in an open air auditorium, so there is some sound distortion. For that we apologize. Other than the wind and some audience noises, the only real sound issue was that some of the participants from the audience were hesitant on the microphone or even too shy to approach the microphone. Over all, the sound is decent enough to be able to hear everything being said. If you miss something and cannot figure it out, let us know and we would be happy to clarify things for you.

Links for Panelists

Music

  1. Cernunnos Rising – The Witches Tree – Urban Druid 
  2. Damh the Bard – The Two Magicians – Tales from the Crow Man 

Bonus Link

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PWN #97

The 97th edition of PWN is all wrapped up for your listening pleasure. Zaracon was unavailable this week, but RevKess muddled through with news and talk about many issues. From Trayvon Martin to household incomes to government scandals to Target taking aim at Pagans. A little more music than usual was included.

Articles and Links Discussed

Music Played

  1. Spiral Dance – Tolven Stone – The Quickening
  2. Frenchy and the Punk – Catapult to the Highlands – Thread & Stone
  3. Kenny Klein – Rowan and Bracken – Fairy Queen
  4. Damh the Bard – Save Me – Spirit of Albion
  5. Telergy – Incarceration – Legend of Goody Cole
  6. Leigh Anne Hussey – Meet Me By The Standing Stones – Homebrew

Articles and Links We Didn’t Get To or Thought Were Interesting Enough to be Listed Here

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Musica Pagani #2

Sunday the 9th of June 2013 brings you the second installment of Musica Pagani the reboot. RevKess had a lot of fun putting this edition together. Recorded in advance, the show is full of music that everyone is sure to enjoy. Whether you like new age instrumental, heavy drumming and some rock, or simple Pagan ballads from some of the greatest musicians around the globe, there is sure to be something for everyone.

Before giving you the play list, the cast of personalities on PMPChannel would like to remind you to visit their advertisers and sponsors.

The Music

  1. Blackmore’s Night – Sake of the Song – Autumn Sky
  2. Al Conti – The Princess & the Emperor – The Blue Rose
  3. Al Conti – The Rainbow Bridge – Northern Seas
  4. Al Conti – Ripples on Water – Poeta
  5. Lis Addison – Hearts & Bones – Crown in the Sky
  6. Lis Addison – Solar Winds – The Song of the Tree
  7. Lis Addison – Mother Gaia – Crown in the Sky
  8. Annette Cantor – Spider Woman – Songs for the Goddess
  9. Annette Cantor – Isis – Songs fro the Goddess
  10. Annette Cantor – Venus – Songs for the Goddess
  11. Cernunnos Rising – Wise Old Yew – Urban Druid
  12. Cernunnos Rising – Beyond Us Is the Cost – Urban Druid
  13. Cernunnos Rising – Willow, Water, Moon & Stream – Urban Druid
  14. Didges Christ SuperDrum – Mystic Rituals – Alien Technology 
  15. Didges Christ SuperDrum – Grok Otok – Alien Technology
  16. Didges Christ SuperDrum – Snake Oil – Alien Technology
  17. Celia – Walking the Labyrinth – Carry Me Home
  18. Celia – Trees Breathe – Breathe
  19. Celia – Metta Prayer – For the Asking
  20. Hennie Bekker – Mystical Mother – Temba
  21. Hennie Bekker – Urban Trance – Spectrum
  22. Hennie Bekker – Inner Peace – Spa 
  23. Murphey’s Midnight Rounders – Wreck of the Modern Pagan – Swede Hollow
  24. Murphey’s Midnight Rounders – Daylight Comes Again (single)
  25. Murphey’s Midnight Rounders – As You Depart – I Am the Goddess

Musica Pagani and all the other shows on the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel can be reached via email at paganmusings@gmail.com. Follow PMPChannel on Twitter. Like us on Facebook.

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The Mess: *K8’s Birfday Show

*K8 and the empty "Pun Jar"

*K8 and the empty “Pun Jar”

This week we celebrated *K8’s birthday, or as she put it: Birfday. She was lucky enough to attend a show at the Zoo Bar in Lincoln, show casing the Brave Combo with opening act by the Bolzen Beer Band (local to Lincoln). As has become tradition on the Mess, the birthday person gets to program the majority of the music. This week’s show was not overtly Pagan, but did feature many of *K8’s favorite songs and bands. She is a big fan of polka, having been a former host of KZUM‘s The Polka Show.

Music

  1. Inkubus Sukkubus – Wytches Chant ’98 – Away with the Faeries
  2. Masako – Ottauquechee River – Masako
  3. The Antler Kin – Monica Richards -InfraWarrior
  4. Al Conti – Bamboo Night Garden – The Blue Rose
  5. Lia Scallon – Grace & Gratitude – The Luminous Pearl
  6. The Knowing – Takashi Suzuki – Voyage
  7. Catherine Marie Charlton – Be Still My Soul – River Flow
  8. Beach Boys – Unreleased Backgrounds – Pet Sounds
  9. Mike Rayburn – Bele Chere – Wooden Voices
  10. Brave Combo – Joy Waltz – Polka’s Revenge
  11. Peter, Paul, & Mary – It’s Raining – Around the Campfire
  12. Leonard Nimoy & William Shatner – Music to Watch Space Girls By – Spaced Out
  13. Beach Boys – Sail Plain Song – Endless Harmony
  14. Beach Boys – Loop de Loop (Flip Flop Flyin’ in an Aeroplane) – Endless Harmony
  15. Brave Combo – Flying Saucer (live version) – Kick-Ass Polkas
  16. Roger Miller – You Can’t Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd – Roger Miller Live!
  17. Bolzen Beer Band – Gypsy – Sex Drugs Polka
  18. Big Lou – Doggie Dance – Dogs Playing Polka
  19. Brave Combe – Bumble Bee – Let’s Kiss
  20. Emerald Rose – Pagan Girl – Bending Tradition
  21. Gaia Consort – Just Because – Gaia Circles
  22. Frenchy and the Punk – Vitame Vas – Happy Madness
  23. SJ Tucker – Kash Kash – Solace and Sorrow
  24. John Denver – Grandma’s Feather Bed – The Very Best of John Denver
  25. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – Seasons in the Sun – Have a Ball
  26. Polkadelics – Swingin’ the Alphabet – One Step Over the Line
  27. Tom Chapin – Two Kinds of Seagulls – Mother Earth (or This Pretty Planet)
  28. Karan Casey and friends – the Waves Down in the Ocean – Seal Maiden
  29. O Brother Where Art Thou? – Indian War Whoop – O Bother Where Art Thou? soundtrack
  30. Leonard Nimoy & William Shatner – Highly Illogical – Spaced Out
  31. Leslie Fish – The Gods Aren’t Crazy – Avalon is Risen
  32. The Blues Brothers – Rubber Biscuit – Briefcase Full of Blues
  33. Those Darn Accordions – Fire – Squeeze This!
  34. New Generation Band – Let’s Go Beer Drinking – This Ain’t Your Daddy’s Polka
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PMP: Pagan Values Event 2013

Since 2009, the Pagan Values Event (under a few names) has been happening every June. Started by Geoffrey Stewart as a social experiment to allow Pagans of various paths to write about what they see as modern Pagan values, this event has taken on a life of its own.

From the 2012 description: “Started as a blog carnival in 2009 and expanded into an open event for bloggers and podcasters in 2010, this event lasts the month of June and provides a bully pulpit for Pagans and Polytheists and many others to speak about our Values. In a world where our many faiths and paths are often held up for ridicule or as straw dogs of evil for Fundamentalists, it would be easy to remain silent; especially as articulating our values and how we act upon them challenges the Fundamentalist’s claim of ownership over all Values and Virtues, and can attract unwanted attention from them

“However, in not articulating these things we also miss out on the friendships and connections that can arise with like-minded folks of many Faiths and Paths. We miss out on the opportunity to speak the Truth of who we are and what we do. We miss the chance to perhaps bring some much needed change and inspiration to a world in need.

“What are the Ethics, the Virtues, and Values that Contemporary Paganism has taught you to cherish, to live, to bring with you in your every interaction with the world? What do you do, inspired by these values? What adventures, or misadventures, has your Paganism and the Values and Virtues and Ethics it has inspired led you too? What and who have you encountered on your spiritual and moral journey as a Pagan? How have you acted upon these Values. What have you done inspired by these Virtues? What wrestling matches have you had when these Ethics encountered the real world?”

RevKess visited with Geoffrey last year about the event and again this year. This year’s conversation was recorded and aired on the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel as part of the Saturday June 8th edition. This year David Dashifen Kees of Hail Columbia is acting as coordinator. He has created a Twitter account to help spread around the links from the various participants. You can also follow postings on the Facebook page.

Links

  • Geoffrey’s own blog.
  • Geoffrey mentioned as one of his  memorable postings for the Event over the last five years a blog by Deborah Lipp. You can find that listing here.
  • The Pagan Values Event page on Facebook.
  • Pagan Values open group on Facebook.
  • Zephyrrine writes on Wondering Witchy Eye about the Values of a Witch.
  • Esotericresearch writes on her Book of Shadow and Light page about the Four Powers of the Sphinx.
    • T Thorn Coyle has written a book that addresses these four powers in detail. You can read about the book at her site or even purchase the book  through Amazon and other retailers.

Music

  1. Acoustic Ocean – Under the Starlit Sky – Chimes of the Spirit
  2. Celia – Metta Prayer – For the Asking 
  3. Tuatha Dea – The Landing-Tuatha De Danaan (feat. Spiral Rhythm) – The Tribe
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Home of the Ancestors – Premier

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The Home of the Ancestors premiered on the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel on Wednesday the 5th of June 2013 (click the image to the left to hear the archived show). Host Julian Marcus started out the series by telling his listeners some of what to expect, and not to expect.

HotA is a series about ancestral religions, ancestor worship, honor our ancestors and how you can incorporate such traditions into your own religious and spiritual practices. The concept idea started out as a show about Hellenism and Greco-Roman practices. As Julian and RevKess brain stormed and discussed and planned how the show would be formatted, Julian decided that expanding the concept to embrace multiple faith paths would be the better way to go. It will also prompt Julian to expand his own education on the general top of ancestor religions.

Unlike other programs on PMPChannel, HotA will be under an hour most episodes. Julian is putting something else different into the show format… Homework for the listeners. Not the kind that gets graded, but a question or simple project for the listener to answer or do. He asks that those who do these little assignments either email him or message the show page on Facebook. These activities will get the listener involved in he production of the show.

With a long list of potential interviews and contributors, a month oracle (starting in August) and view points from and about a variety of religious and spiritual practices, HotA is going to be a fascinating addition to PMPChannel.

You are invited to tune in live every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month at 9pm Central/7pm Pacific on the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel.

Links

Music

  1. Spiral Dance – Magick – Magick
  2. Wendy Rule – Guided by Venus – Guided by Venus

You can listen to Home of the Ancestors and all the other Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel programs on BTR, iTunes and Stitcher, or use your favorite podcatcher.

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PWN #96: Florida Pagans, Monsanto, and more

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The 96th edition of Pagan Weekly News led off with news from the state of Florida. Lots of things going on down there for the Pagan and New Age communities. What with the uproar, now simmered down, in Pahokee over the first Summer Solstice Pagan Festival and the new banning of herbal tinctures state wide.

After a false start, RevKess was able to get things going an hour late. The joys of doing things live and hitting technical issues that cannot be resolved on our end. Thank you to the BTR help desk for taking the time to get things fixed. Still don’t know what actually happened, but it is a fix.

Links

  • Florida Pagan Summer Solstice Festival near Pahokee, FL:
    • Coverage from Florida.NewsZap.com. This first bit of coverage does not bode well for the event, but look at the links below before you react. If you aren’t familiar with these happenings then you might be pleasantly surprised.
    • The Mead Muse writes about the early information on the Summer Solstice Festival.
    • First press release from the Lady Liberty League detailing the goals of the Task Force.
    • Second press release from the Lady Liberty League detailing the results of Peter Dybing’s meeting with several community pastors from Pahokee.
    • Video coverage from a local news station: 
  • Monsanto backs down from lobbying in the European Union. More coverage from a German website.
  • Could a Tea Part-Democrat alliance be slowing progress in Washington?
  • SARS-like virus, part of the coronavirus family, appears in the Midddle East and Europe. Watch some video coverage from CNN: 
  • After Pope Francis appeared to perform an impromptu exorcism before thousands of people, Father Gabriele Amorth, head of the International Association of Exorcists, is calling for the rules to be relaxed and allow all priests to perform the rite. 
  • More witch hysteria in Africa.
  • Community notes from the Wild Hunt: Cherry Hill Seminary receives $10,000 donation match challenge and the Solar Cross Temple helps Oklahoma.
  • Patrick McCollum revisits the religious matrix in a guest posting on the Wild Hunt.
  • NA student fined for wearing eagle feather. 17 year old Poarch Creek Band of Indians member wore an eagle feather to her graduation from Escambia Academy High School in Alabama and has her diploma and transcripts withheld and fined $1,000.

Music

  1. Tuatha Dea – Bagabi – Kith & Kin
  2. Kellianna – Serpent Mound – I Walk With the Goddess 
  3. Spiral Dance – Asgard’s Chase – Through a Sylvan Doorway
  4. Omnia – Shamaniac – Wolf Love 
  5. Frenchy and the Punk (as Gypsy Nomads) – Tall Tales from the Tavern – Thread & Stone 
  6. Dragon Ritual Drummers – Bamboula – Volume 2

Other News….

Bonus Videos

Paradiso and Rasamayi have a new video available on YouTube: 

Celia is giving away free digital downloads of her “Symbol” song through Friday morning (6/7/13):