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Lavender Hill #125

The 125th episode of Lavender Hill heard Corwin and Phil being joined by special guest David Csontos. David has been on the show a few times before to talk about this plays. This time he was on to talk about something entirely different.

David is a playwright and activist. We know about some of the work he has done for the stage, so i won’t go into that other than to say I really enjoyed co-starring in his “I Am My Imaginary Friend” earlier this year. What I do want to go into is some of his activism work. He’s a fire safety activist and a gay activist. As Lavender Hill focuses on LGBTQA issues we’ll talk about some of what he has done in the world of gay activism.David Csontos & Karen Judkins 080711

Namely the purpose for his visit to the show on the 21st of July. A year ago he got tired of looking around the net for a social networking site or group geared towards gay men over 40 that is not a hook-up site. Not the easiest thing on the net to find. Almost all the sites that would pop up on a Google search or digging around Facebook were either hook-up sites, porn sites, or just not what he was looking for. So….David created the Facebook group Gay Men Over 40…and the people who love them.

GMO40 is designed to allow gay men and those who love them (lesbians, bisexuals, transgender people, straight allies) to talk about things that are important to them. As well as just have some fun from time to time. During the show we read some of the comments from members about why they enjoy the group and what they get out of being in the group. One member said that of all the online social groups he has joined (over the past 30 years – wow, he started in the VERY early days of modeming) GMO40 has introduced him to real and true friends.

There have been some heart warming and heart breaking stories to come from GMO40. One man in the group was struggling to come out in his later years. He finally reached the point where he was ready to tell his family and close friends. Then we heard nothing from him for days. His daughter logged into the group under his account and told is why we hadn’t heard from him. He had taken his own life but in his suicide note he asked that someone log into his Facebook and tell the people of GMO40 that he was sorry. Recently a mother joined the group looking for information and support for her gay son. She has thanked the members for everything they have done to help her and to the best of David’s knowledge is still a member of the group.

Though the name of the group implies that all the members are 40 years old or more, the admins have decided that the minimum age for membership is 25. There is no age maximum. GMO40 is as inclusive of a group as possible. You don’t have to be gay to be a member. There are many straight allies in the group as well as bisexuals, transgender people and lesbians. All are welcome if they can follow the simple rules set out in the page description:

Nude photos/artwork prohibited. Anything which would imply that this site is like a hook-up site (including posting ‘clean’ photos with the intent of using GMO40 as a hook-up site) is prohibited. We refrain from posting links aimed at re-directing members to sex-activity groups of any kind. Those interested in such things know how to search elsewhere. The group admins (Gregg, Jeffrey, Philipp, Ron & David) reserve the right to delete anything at all that is considered inappropriate for an all-inclusive group.

We don’t bash someone for political beliefs. If a gay topic mixed with politics comes up (& it will, since there is almost no separation of church & state in government now), it can be discussed but be cool.

We refrain from overt talk of religious beliefs. The search for God is a deeply personal one. That is not to say that the group as a whole is anti-God. Spiritual matters are allowed but not proselytizing.

At David’s request we started the show off with a song by Doug Strahm, “Your Love” from Everything Has Changed. 

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Lavender Hill #124: Post Star City Pride

On 14 July 2013, Corwin and Phil hosted the 124th edition of Lavender Hill on KZUM in Lincoln, NE. This was their post-Star City Pride show. During the show they talked about their experiences at SCP as well as covered several stories from the news that effect the LGBTQA community. *K8 (a fellow minion on Murphy’s Magic Mess) sat in on the show and can be heard laughing at Corwin and Phil’s banter in the background as well as makes a few comments along the way.

Lavender Hill airs live on KZUM every Sunday at 11am CT. You can find the show on Facebook and email the hosts at lavenderhill89.3@gmail.com with questions, comments or suggestions.

Before we get into everything we talked about on the show, Phil wanted to mention that he has been playing catch up on some sound editing for The Wimmins Show. You can catch podcasts of three new segments from TWS. Women Out Loud with Amy Plettner, an acoustic session with Claudia Nygaard and right after this edition of Lav Hill, indie rock group Lakookala.

Stories and Links

The Music

  1. Rufus Wainright – Somewhere Over the Rainbow – (live) House of Rufus (2011) 
  2. Me’Shell NdegeOcello – A Tear and a Smile – Peace Beyond Passion

Just for grins….

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MMM 7/14/13: Transitions

Murf's Blue DragonPost Star City Pride here in Lincoln, Ne. Phil over slept. He woke up 15 minutes into today’s Mess. Murf and *K8 were doing fine without him, but luckily they called to make sure he was on his way. If for no other reason than to arrive at the studio in time to do Lavender Hill. Even with him being late, he was able to get the whole play list entered into the Facebook notes for Murphy’s Magic Mess and get all situated for the long day at KZUM – he stayed to help engineer a special musical guest for The Wimmins Show.

Saturday was the marriage of two long time KZUM listeners, particularly of the Mess. And recently Murf lost a friend who was an English professor at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Much of today’s show was in dedication to all three of those wonderful people. A bit sad at times, but also a lot of fun at others.

The Music

(Playlist formatting note, *K8 enters information in a different order and Phil continued with that after his arrival. The order is Song title, Artist, CD.)

  1. Wytches’ Chant ’98 – Inkubus Sukkubus – Away with the Faeries
  2. Naked Love – Fiona Joy Hawkins – 600 Years in a Moment
  3. Beginning the Journey – Pure Heart Ensemble – Bliss of Being
  4. Dancing with Tinkerbell – Jami Sieber – Timeless
  5. The Blue Rose – Al Conti – the Blue Rose
  6. Undulant Sea – Meg Bowles – The Shimmering Land
  7. Dulcimer in G – Dan Kennedy – Lantern
  8. Massif Central Polka/Boy’s Lament for His Dragon/Polka Piquee
  9. Dancer and the Moon – Blackmore’s Night – Dancer and the Moon
  10. The Celtic Passage – Gerry Marchand – The Hooded Man
  11. the Lake of Innisfree – The Waterboys – An Appointment with Mr. Yeats
  12. Aeolis the Wind – Ruth Barrett & Cynthia Smith – The Heart is the Only Nation
  13. Handfasting Blessing – SJ Tucker – Blessings
  14. Love is Your Magic – Michelle Mays – The Promise
  15. Frey and Freya – T Thorn Coyle and Sharon Knight – Songs for the Strengthen Sun
  16. The Sweet Irlandaise – Alan Stivell – Again
  17. The Kirk  Douglas Ghoullie – North Sea Gas – The Caledonian Collection
  18. Bodhran – The Young Dubliners – Red
  19. Finn and the Old Man’s House – John Renbourn Robin & Williamson – The Wheel of Fortune
  20. The Hosting of the Sidhe – The Waterboys – An Appointment with Mr Yeats
  21. Danny Boy – Tuatha Dea – Tuatha Dea
  22. Salad of Doom – SJ Tucker
  23. What Up Your’s? – Barley Juice – The Barley Juice Collection
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Murphy’s Magic Mess, Summer Solstice/Super Moon 2013

ad bannerToday on KZUM‘s Murphy’s Magic Mess, Murf, *K8, and Phil celebrated the Summer Solstice and the Full Moon. *K8 diligently typed up the play list as we were going. Summer Solstice celebrations have been going strong all around the world. Doreen Valiente was honored in her place of birth with a “blue plaque” that declares her the “Mother of Modern Witchcraft.”

Click the plaque to see a video of the commemoration.

Click the plaque to see a video of the commemoration.

Included in the list of songs you will find links to videos, lyrics, the artists’ pages and other useful information about the songs. The format *K8 uses is slightly different from what you see on other play lists on this site. She uses “song title”, “artist”, “album”.

Playlist

  1. Isis, Astarte – Kate West & the Hearth of Hecate – Elements of Chant (word of caution when opening this link, it auto plays “Isis, Astarte”.)
  2. The Beginning – Takashi Suzuki – Hiroshima Eternal
  3. Blessings – Stephen DeRuby – Awakening
  4. Last Suitor – Al Conti – The Blue Rose
  5. Age of Wisdom – Lia Scallon – The Luminous Pearl
  6. Sunrise on East Mesa – John Huling – Ancient Canyons
  7. Ocean of Heart – Anima – Light of Aluna
  8. Jumproping – Dan Kennedy – Intuition
  9. After the Circus – Stephen Savage – Future Memory
  10. Goddess of the Sun – Beverly Frederick – Through the Darkness
  11. Strawberry Girl – Blackmore’s Night – Autumn Sky
  12. Hymn to the Goddess – Iris – Season of Song
  13. Magic Wheel (Green Grow the Rushes Oh!) – Chorus of Light – Gaia’s Voice (lyrics at http://www.paganlibrary.com/music_poetry/green_grow_rushes.php)
  14. Lady of the Silver Wheel – Damh the Bard – The hills they are hollow
  15. Children of the Sun – David Arkenstone – Celtic Book of Days
  16. Moon She Rises – Gaia Consort – Evolve
  17. Solstice Call – Gaia Consort – Evolve
  18. Venus Vina Musica – Corvus Corax – Venus Vina Musica 
  19. White Rabbit – Tuatha Dea – The Tribe 
  20. Willow, Water, Moon and Stream – Cernunnos Rising – Urban Druid
  21. The Truth about Ninjas – SJ Tucker – Mischief 
  22. Go Now – Kiva – Live from the Forest Inn

Be sure to tune in next week for Murphy’s Magic Mess as we celebrate Independence Day in the United States of America. Patriotic music, celebrations of freedom and much more!

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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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Lavender Hill: 6/2/13

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Lavender Hill is Lincoln’s first and only LGBTQA news and talk program. Hosted by Corwin and Phil every Sunday morning on KZUM, bringing you news, views and interviews from the LGBTQA community with a focus on Lincoln and Omaha, NE.

This week’s edition jumped around from Lincoln and Omaha to Illinois to Nepal to Puerto Rico and elsewhere around the globe.

Articles and Links Talked About

The Music

  1. (What If We Are) Just Like/Shannon’s and Lisa’s Song 
  2. Lesbian Bus Crash – Waxed

The President’s Pride Month Proclomation:

LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2013 — BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

For more than two centuries, our Nation has struggled to transform the ideals of liberty and equality from founding promise into lasting reality. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender(LGBT) Americans and their allies have been hard at work on the next great chapter of that history — from the patrons of The Stonewall Inn who sparked a movement to service members who can finally be honest about who they love to brave young people who come out and speak out every day.

This year, we celebrate LGBT Pride Month at a moment of great hope and progress, recognizing that more needs to be done. Support for LGBT equality is growing, led by a generation which understands that, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” In the past year, for the first time, voters in multiple States affirmed marriage equality for same-sex couples. State and local governments have taken important steps to provide much-needed protections for transgender Americans.

My Administration is a proud partner in the journey toward LGBT equality. We extended hate crimes protections to include attacks based on sexual orientation or gender identity and repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” We lifted the HIV entry ban and ensured hospital visitation rights for LGBT patients. Together, we have investigated and addressed pervasive bullying faced by LGBT students, prohibiteddiscrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in Federal housing, and extended benefits for same-sex domestic partners. Earlier this year, I signed a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the implementation of any VAWA-funded program. And because LGBT rights are human rights, my Administration is implementing the first-ever Federal strategy to advance equality for LGBT people around the world.

We have witnessed real and lasting change, but our work is not complete. I continue to support a fully inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act, as well as the Respect for Marriage Act. My Administration continues to implement the Affordable Care Act, which beginning in 2014, prohibits insurers from denying coverage to consumers based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, as well as the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, which addresses the disparate impact of the HIV epidemic among certain LGBT sub-communities. We have a long way to go, but if we continue on this path together, I am confident that one day soon, from coast to coast, all of our young people will look to the future with the same sense of promise and possibility. I am confident because I have seen the talent, passion, and commitment of LGBT advocates and their allies, and I know that when voices are joined in common purpose, they cannot be stopped.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2013 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to eliminate prejudice everywhere it exists, and to celebrate the great diversity of the American people.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.

BARACK OBAMA

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Lavender Hill: Finally Out with Dr Olson

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On Sunday 26 May 2013, both Corwin and Phil were out of town at a festival. Kate baby sat the boards while a previously recorded interview was aired. A big thanks to Kate for making sure everything played smoothly at the station.

On 23  April 2013, Phil interviewed author and psychiatrist Dr. Loren A. Olson regarding his book Finally Out: Letting Go of Living Straight, a psychiatrists own story. You can read Phil’s review of the book here.

From the back cover: Loren A. Olson, M.D. is a gay psychiatrist who came out at forty. A Finally Outfather and grandfather, he is also a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a recipient of the “Exemplary Psychiatrist Award” from the National Alliance of Mental Illness. He has presented findings from his research on mature gay men at the World Congress of Psychiatry in Prague. In 2009, Dr. Olson legally married Doug Mortimer, his partner of twenty-four years. They live on a farm in Iowa where they produce grass-fed beef from their herd of Belted Galloway cattle. Dr. olson blogs at www.MagneticFire.com.

Music from this Episode of Lavender Hill

  1. Matt Gold – Oh Joe – Drown Before You Swim 
  2. Jamie Anderson – No Closet – Center of Balance 

Lavender Hill airs live every Sunday at 11am Central on Lincoln, NE’s KZUM-HD 89.3FM and on the web at http://www.kzum.org. The hosts of Lavender Hill can be reached via email at lavenderhill89.3@gmail.com. Like Lavender Hill on Facebook.

 

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Mess Play List for 051913

Murf's Blue DragonMichelle from the Red Grail visited Murf, Kate and Phil at the studio this morning. She brought in a lovely little blue dragon statue for Murf. Would seem that the fae had been playing around with Michelle’s figurine collection and knocked the dragon shelf off. The dragon was perfectly up right, but the shelf was on the floor as at an angle. Now the little dragon is sitting at Murf’s home along with all her other dragon friends.

Tune in every Sunday morning to KZUM for Murphy’s Magic Mess, like us Facebook.

Hope you enjoy the attached videos.

  1. Wytches’ Chant ’98 – Inkubus Sukkubus – Away with the Fairies
  2. Stars Awaken – Catherine Marie Charlton – River Flow-Sanctuary
  3. Easy Living – Dan Kennedy – Intuition
  4. Infinite Love – Lia Scallon – The Luminous Pearl
  5. Glastonbury, VT – Masako – Masako
  6. The Merchant’s Rose – Al Conti – The Blue Rose
  7. Voice of the Tree – Lis Addison – Crown in the Sky
  8. Reflecting in the Glass – AeTopus – Angels and Machines
  9. Kokopelli – Terra Guitarra – Dragonfly
  10. Stepping into Paradise – Lisa Hilton – Getaway
  11. Ancestral Voyage – Sonic Tribe – (self)
  12. Silver Magick – Moonstruck – Moonstruck
  13. King of Elfland’s Daughter – Phoenyx – Keeper of the Flame
  14. Reel Slow – Paul Mounsky – Future Sounds of Gaeldom
  15. May Morning Dew – Sharon Knight – Song of the Sea 
  16. The Row in the Bower – Coyote Run – Coyote Run
  17. Elven Path – Nightwish – Angels Fall First 
  18. Wicked Spring – Tempest – Balance
  19. Tuath da Danaan – Dagda – Hibernia
  20. Bardic Voices – Sharon Knight – Incantation
  21. When a Ring’s around the Moon – Reel World String Band – Mountain Song: Reflections
  22. Elven Harper – Burlap Lute – Here Be Monsters
  23. Celtic Circle Dance – The Bringers – It’s About Time
  24. What’s Up Yours – Barleyjuice – The Barleyjuice Collection 
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Mother’s Day on the Mess – 051213

ad bannerHello, my friends! Sorry for any delay in the posting of the play list from Mother’s Day. Been a rather hectic week. But it is here, finally!

As you may recall, 12 May 2013 was Mother’s Day. It was also the start of a tracking week at KZUM. So, the play list has an obvious theme and reads a little differently. The theme was Mothers and Mother Goddesses. For good reason. And as you can see by looking at the list, we included the recorded label, recording company, or the artist’s name again if it was a self=published CD. This is the first time the list has been posted in this format, we hope you might find it useful.

Any errors are mine. I would appreciate any corrections that you might catch. You can comment to this posting with those corrections.

Mother’s Day Playlist

  1. Wytches Chant ’98 – Inkubus Sukkubus – Away with the Faeries – Resurrection Records
  2. at the beginning – dan kennedy – intuition  -Mt Pollux Music
  3. Talking Rocks – Stephen Savage – Future  -Memory Danforth
  4. Moon and Stream – Masako – Masako – Masako 
  5. Whispered From Within – Catherine Marie Charlton  -River Flow: Sanctuary – Birds Flower Music
  6. Gaia – Annette Cantor – Songs for the Goddess – Source Being Productions
  7. Mother Gaia – Lis Addison – Crown in the Sky – LAZZ Promotions
  8. Silk and Jasmine – Al Conti – The Blue Rose – Shadowside Music
  9. Joyful Inspiration – Lia Scallon – The Luminous Pearl – Sounds of Sirius
  10. Itu Lagu – AOMusic – Hokulea – Arcturian Gate
  11. Arms of the Mother – Abbi Spinner McBride – Enter the Center – Abbi Spinner McBride
  12. Good Mother Honey – Carolyn Hillyer – Grandmother Turtle – Seventh Wave Music
  13. Ancient Mother – Amikaeyla and Ariana – Oshun Gaia – Amikaeyla and Ariana
  14. Earth Mother – Desert Wind – Return to the Goddess: In Chants & Song – Alan Scott Bachman
  15. Mother of the World – Sharon Knight – Incantation – Trance Jam
  16. The Earth is Our Mother – Carien Wijnen – Womyn with Wings – Carien Wijnen
  17. Heart of the Mother – Elaine Silver – Lady of the Lake – Silver Stream Music
  18. A Mother’s Love – Gwydion Pendderwen – The Faerie Shaman – Serpentine Music
  19. The Goddess Suite – Kirshna Das – Pilgrim Heart – Triloka 
  20. My Mother’s Song – Rowena – My Mother’s Song – Spiral Gate Records
  21. GenIsis – Goddess Alchemy Project – Frequencies of the Motherland – Goddess Alchemy Project
  22. Maiden, Warrior, Mother, Crone – Murphey’s Midnight Rounders – Swede Hollow – MMR Music

Wanted to include more video links, but either YouTube is being stubborn or these particular tracks have not been set to video.

Remember to tune in live every Sunday morning at KZUM or on the radio at 89.3FM in the Lincoln, NE area. Like the show on Facebook and let us know what you think of our music line up.

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Lavender Hill 5 May 2013

Close-up of 1st Anniversary CakeLavender Hill is Lincoln, NE’s only (and as far as we know, the first) LGBTQA+ news and talk program. Hosted by Corwin and Phil on KZUM every Sunday at 11am Central, LH brings the listener news, views, and interviews from around the LGBTQA+ community with a focus on Lincoln and Omaha, NE. Only having a thirty minute time slot makes it difficult for Corwin and Phil to cover everything that they want, sometimes they have to gloss over things or just skip them all together. In this posting you will find links to some of the stories that they covered in this week’s edition, as well as one or two that were totally skipped. You can also visit the show’s Facebook page for additional news and opinion pieces, as well as videos and pictures.

The hosts can be reached through email. Feel free to contact them with comments, questions, and suggestions for the show.