Thursday, December 31, 2009

Mystery Stream Episode 147: Mercury MMIX


iF: Irregular Netwerk Presents HMK Mystery Stream Episode 147: Mercury MMIX

Well, as the saying goes - if it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done!

Click Hear: Mystery Stream Episode 147: Mercury MMIX

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Merry New Year!

Make it louder..

Migwell

Sunday, December 27, 2009

The Jazz Loft Project


From 1957 to 1965 legendary photographer W. Eugene Smith made approximately 4,000 hours of recordings on 1,741 reel-to-reel tapes and nearly 40,000 photographs in a loft building in Manhattan's wholesale flower district where major jazz musicians of the day gathered and played their music.

Smith's work has remained in archives until now.

The Jazz Loft Project is dedicated to uncovering the stories behind this legendary moment in American cultural history.

Learn More: The Jazz Loft Project.

Listen: WNYC.

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Migwell

Big thanks to: Grain Edit.

Saturday, December 26, 2009

KSYM Mainstream 120 On Deck Set

Join me and my bud Brian Parrish this fine Saturday morning as we sit in for Sir Bobby J and his Mainstream 120 show from 9-11am on KSYM, 90.1 San Antonio College Radio!

KSYM DJ Bobby Johnson




2009 KSYM Mainstream 120 T-Shirt

Friday, December 25, 2009

RIP Vic Chesnutt


(George Henze/WireImage)

Sad News... Vic Chesnutt, Singer and Songwriter, Dies at 45.

Vic Chesnutt Flyer Signed

Above is my signed 1991 flyer from the amazing February 19th Vic Chesnutt show at Coco Beach here in San Antonio - click to enlarge and read his awesome special message for me!

RIP Vic, thanks for the advice! You rock!

Peace,

Migwell

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Mystery Stream Flashback


Please enjoy these Christmas Flashback Mystery Stream links! These should tide you over while we prepare the last Mystery Stream of the decade:

2008 Christmas Mystery Stream

Back in 2005 I made it through the entire month of December, each and every day, posting some of my favorite and obscure Christmas gems.

Enjoy and Happy Merry Krimble!

Take Me Back: Audio Stocking Stuffers!

Peace,

Migwell

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Friday, December 11, 2009

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Saturday, December 05, 2009

Hammond Eggs Show: SEVENTY ONE {90.1 FM} KSYM






Broadcasting live from Building 13 on 90.1 FM KSYM, San Antonio College. Join me and my bud Sir Brian Parrish, host of The Casbah, every other Saturday morning as we dig into our top shelf Hammond B3 favorites, sip the Mermaids Grande (venti java du jour) and dish out the fresh Hammond Eggs Vibes.

Meanwhile, dig last week's show:

Click Hear: Hammond Eggs Show Episode 070.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Hammond Eggs #070

Hammond Eggs Episode: 070

Broadcasting live from Building 13 on 90.1 FM KSYM, San Antonio College. Join me and my bud Sir Brian Parrish, host of The Casbah, every other Saturday morning as we dig into our top shelf Hammond B3 favorites, sip the Mermaids Grande (venti java du jour) and dish out the fresh Hammond Eggs Vibes.

Meanwhile, dig last week's show:

Click Hear: Hammond Eggs Show Episode 069.







Make It Louder,

Migwell

Monday, November 16, 2009

Uga-Chaka!

Signed Grand Funk LP

Yeah, I gotta admit that We're An American Band was a bit ironic last night considering that Grand Funk was sandwiched between the amazing Del Castillo and Los Lonely Boys, but man, it was really an awesome show. The best part, other than the killer 70's era drum solo, my backstage access enabled me to get my Grand Funk album signed by founding members Don Brewer and Mark Farner after last nights Alamodome show!

Muchas Gracias to Ed, Robert, Bert and all the Del Castillo cats!

Peace,

Migwell

Friday, November 06, 2009

Hammond Eggs 69 Menu







It's on! 7am-9am tune in: KSYM 90.1 FM in San Antonio!

Brodcasting live from San Antonio College -Building 13...

Grab yourself a big fresh cup of java and tune in to Episode 069 of The Hammond Eggs Show!

Click Hear: Archived Hammond Eggs Shows!

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Migwell

Sunday, November 01, 2009

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Monday, October 26, 2009

The Velvet Underground Book


The Velvet Underground's association with Andy Warhol is well documented; perhaps what is less well known is the art that was actually made to promote the band's gigs and albums during the mid-to-late 60s. A new book documents the rise of their decidedly New York art.


New from Rizzoli books, The Velvet Underground: A New York Art (edited by Johan Kugelberg) collects together a wealth of early photography of the band, alongside a wonderful archive of posters and flyers.

More from the smart folks over at: Creative Review UK.

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HMK

Sunday, October 25, 2009

R.E.M. Live At The Olympia


This is not a live album of greatest hits. It doesn't really feel like a live album, either. It feels more like R.E.M.'s gift to its most diehard fans.

For five nights, between June 30 and July 5, 2007, the band performed at the Olympia Theater in Dublin. The purpose was to test out material that would eventually appear on the album Accelerate, released in early 2008.

But what R.E.M. also did was to work harder; to play tighter and more urgently than ever. Rockers who are all around the age of 50 had to go back — way back — to their younger selves to recapture the sound that made the group "the biggest little band in the world," according to Rolling Stone.

Among these 39 live tracks, you'll find neither "Losing My Religion" nor "Everybody Hurts." You won't hear "It's the End of the World as We Know It." Same goes for "Stand" or "Man on the Moon" or "Nightswimming." In fact, to a casual or occasional R.E.M. listener, only a handful of tracks will sound familiar: "So. Central Rain," "Driver 8," "Electrolite," "Drive."

What you get here are the songs R.E.M. and its diehard fans love. "Wolves, Lower," for example, or "Carnival of Sorts" — tracks that were recorded shortly after art student Michael Stipe dropped out of the University of Georgia.

Read the rest: NPR REM

Listen to all 39 of the band's least-known favorites, performed live: R.E.M. Live At The Olympia

The sound is amazing, I gotta get this!

REM Set List
Above is one of my prized signatures - it's the set list signed by Michael Stipe after their awesome Majestic Theatre show for the 1985 Fables tour. I took Tish and we had perfect 5rd row center floor seats. At the time Maps was my my absolute most favorite REM tune and without any prompting from me Mr. Stipe, for whatever reason, circled it and then signed his name.

One other memorable thing from this show was the white bandage Michael wore on his head for the first part of the show. From what I understand they had rented bikes and he took a little spill while riding around downtown San Antonio.

REM 85

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Migwell

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Hammond Eggs 68


It's on! 7am-9am tune in to KSYM 90.1 FM in San Antonio.

Grab yourself a big fresh cup of java and tune in to Episode 068 of The Hammond Eggs Show!

Click Hear: Archived Hammond Eggs Shows!





Make It Louder!

Migwell

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Episode 140: KiloCycles

Irregular Frequency Netwerk Presents HMK Mystery Stream Episode 140: KiloCycles
Welcome aboard. Grab your passport, your designated driver and buckle in for a trippy little psychedelic train ride through the left of center of your mind.... Irregular Frequency Netwerk Presents HMK Mystery Stream Episode 140: KiloCycles.

Click Hear: HMK Mystery Stream Episode 140: KiloCycles

Subscribe Gratis to the HMK Mystery Stream in iTunes: HMK Mystery Streams or check out the HMK Mystery Stream Archives for more info.

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Migwell

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Hammond Eggs 067

Hey y'all, if you missed this Saturday morning's Hammond Eggs show you can grab it now!

Click Hear: Hammond Eggs #67!





Join me and my bud Sir Brian Parrish, host of The Casbah, every other Saturday morning as we dig into our top shelf Hammond B3 favorites, sip the Mermaids Grande (venti java du jour) and dish out the fresh Hammond Eggs Vibes.

Click Hear: Archived Hammond Eggs Shows.

Make It Louder,

Migwell

Friday, October 02, 2009

Wow...

E.M. Forster's The Machine Stops:

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

HMK Mystery Stream Episode 090: Anis Berger

Underwater Rodeo SquidBot Test v.4

The Irregular Frequency Netwerk Presents: HMK Mystery Stream: Anis Berger Episode #090

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Mucho Mas: HMK Mystery Stream Archives

Make It Louder,

Migwell

Monday, September 28, 2009

"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" inspiration dies

The woman who inspired the iconic Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" has died, a charity said on Monday.

Lucy O'Donnell was a childhood friend of John Lennon's son Julian, and the song title was inspired by a picture that he had drawn of her at school.

Julian Lennon with his father John and Yoko Ono

"That's Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," Julian explained to his father when he took the picture home.

Many fans believed that the classic 1967 hit, recorded for the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album, was a thinly disguised paean of praise for the hallucinogenic drug LSD.

But O'Donnell, a housewife whose married name was Vodden, revealed two years ago that she had in fact been the source.


Above is Lucy Vodden: She was at nursery school with Julian Lennon.

"I remember Julian and I both doing pictures on a double-sided easel, throwing paint at each other, much to the horror of the classroom attendant," O'Donnell told BBC radio in 2007.

"Julian had painted a picture and on that particular day his father turned up with the chauffeur to pick him up from school."

The St Thomas' Lupus Trust charity said O'Donnell had died aged 46 after losing a fight against the autoimmune disease lupus.

It said Julian and his mother Cynthia, Lennon's first wife, were "shocked and saddened by the loss of Lucy."

"It's so sad that she had finally lost the battle she fought so bravely for so long," said Angie Davidson, the Trust's campaign director.

Thanks to Michael Holden at Reuters.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Hammond Eggs #66

Grab it now, Click Hear: Hammond Eggs #66!

Hey y'all, start your Saturday morning off with some hip and chill Vitamin B3 grooves courtesy of me and my bud and Brian Parrish broadcasting live from the KSYM studios at San Antonio College every other Saturday Morning from 7-9am on KSYM 90.1 FM.

Or Click Hear: Archived Hammond Eggs Shows.






That's Right, Episode #66 of The Hammond Eggs Show is being served hot & fresh, bright & early this Saturday morning, August 15th from 7-9am.

Grab yourself a big fresh cup of java, check out the latest: Hammond Eggs #66!

And remember, you can always tune in to archived podcast versions of Hammond Eggs: Click Hear: Archived Hammond Eggs Shows!



Thanks for listening, make it louder!

Peace,

HMK

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