Hammond Eggs is Now Being Served Episode: 040

Radio Island: HMK Mystery Stream #142

It's On! Grab a towel, a cold one and tune in!

HMK Mystery Stream: Irregular Frequency Episode 142: Radio Island.

Some material might not be appropriate for the young ones...

Cheers!

Click Hear: hmk.podomatic.com

Make It Louder!

Migwell

Viva Los Beatles

Viva Los Beatles!

Just in time for Summer! Back by popular demand, the reprint of the original 1992 Los Beatles shirts are here! I've got a limited number of Large and XL @ $15US each. Add $5US for shipping within the United States.

More info: Viva Los Beatles!

That's Right,

HMK

Search Results

Has this ever happened to you? Search.

Design and the Elastic Mind

One thing that makes city life inspiring is also one thing that makes it oppressive: other people. Technology may be able to help. The evolution of community and technology was one theme of "Design and the Elastic Mind," a recent exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art.

The title of an essay in the show’s catalog, by Paola Antonelli, a curator, suggests the exciting possibilities of the emerging dynamic: “All Together Now!” Yet Antonelli also acknowledges the flip side of that togetherness. Citing one “very mundane example of one versus many,” she mentions a crucial line of defense against the chatter of others: “First-rate noise-canceling headsets. Don’t leave home without them.”

Technology changes community and reacts to change. It also gets repurposed. Consider, in fact, noise-canceling headphones. Probably the most famous brand in that product category is Bose, which makes a couple of models under the name QuietComfort. Bose certainly positions the devices as a tool for one to obliterate the sound of the many (“Use them as a concert hall — or a sanctuary”). But the underlying technology had more specific origins.

According to the company, its noise-canceling system was devised by Amar Bose, the founder, following a disappointing experience with airline-provided headphones in 1978: extraneous cabin noise competed with the audio entertainment — and cranking up the volume just muddied the sound.

Prototypes from Bose’s Noise Reduction Technology Group were used by the Air Force and Army, and the first commercial version, introduced in 1989, was meant for aviation professionals. (A 1995 iteration was named “product of the year” by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.) The technology crossed over to the consumer market in the late 1990s, still in the noisy context of air travel, by way of a deal with American Airlines.

Continue reading Rob Walker's: The Silence Generation, thanks to The New York Times.

Personally, I just really dig my Sennheiser HD 595s.

That's Right,

HMK

Thanks to Alex Edg for the textured paper.

Hammond Eggs 039

Hey y'all, tune in tommorrow morning and dig the latest Hammond Eggs #39!

Every other Saturday morning from 7-9am you can tune in live and chill out with a big cup of fresh java, me and my buddy Sir Brian Parrish as we share our latest vinyl finds that focus on all things Hammond B3 and the funkier, bluesier side of Jazz.

Only on 90.1, KSYM on your fm dial here in San Antonio!

Make it Louder!

Migwell

HMK Mystery Stream: Bohemian Mai Tai Jet Set

It's On! Grab a towel, a cold one and tune in!

HMK Mystery Stream: Irregular Frequency Episode 107: Bohemian Mai Tai Jet Set

Some material might not be appropriate for the young ones...

Carpe Los Dias!

Click Hear: hmk.podomatic.com

Make It Louder!

Migwell

RIP James Harrell McGriff

Bummer...
Happy trails to one of the pioneers and true Kings of the Hammond B-3, Mr. James Harrell McGriff. Born April 3, 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Died May 24, 2008

Here's a couple of my favorites to help keep the jams alive.
Dig the upbeat vibe of Boston Bust Out from the 1966 Bag Full Of Soul lp. And I challenge you to not get up and shake it a little as you crank up The Worm Jimmy's McGriff's Blue Note Records Greatest Hits lp from 1963.

Rest in peace dude, Jimmy, and muchas gracias for all the sweet sounds.

Heaven's Rock & Roll Band just got funkier.

I've only got, like 6 or 7 of the lps off of this incredible list:

James Harrell McGriff Discography:

Jimmy McGriff at the Organ; Sue 1963
I've Got a Woman; Sue, 1963
At The Apollo; Sue, 1963
Topkapi ; Sue, 1964
Blues For Mr. Jimmy; Sue, 1965
The Last Minute; Sue
One of Mine; Sue, 1963
A Bag Full of Soul; Solid State, 1966
The Big Band of Jimmy McGriff; Solid State1966
Cherry, 1966 Solid State, 1966
Tribute to Basie; 1966 LRC, 1966
I've Got a New Woman; Solid State, 1967
A Bag Full of Blues; Solid State, 1967
Step One; Solid State, 196?
Funkiest Little Band in the Land LRC, 1968
Georgia On My Mind; LRC
Christmas with McGriff; ? Black Label
The Worm Solid State, 1968
Organ and Blues Band Solid State, 1968
Honey Solid State, 1968
Electric Funk Blue Note, 1969
A Thing to Come By Solid State, 1970
Something to Listen To Blue Note, 1970
Let's Stay Together Groove Merchant, 1971
Groove Grease Groove Merchant, 1971
Good Things Don't Happen... Groove Merchant, 1971
Black Pearl Blue Note, 1971
Flydude Groove Merchant, 1972
If You're Ready Groove Merchant, 1973
Come Together (With "Groove" Holmes) Groove Merchant, 1973
Giants of the Organ in Concert ("Groove" Holmes) Groove Merchant, 1973
Supa Cookin' Groove Merchant, 1975
Stump Juice (Jimmy Ponder) Groove Merchant, 1975
Mean Machine Groove Merchant, 1976
Main Squeeze Groove Merchant, 1976
Flyin' Time Groove Merchant
Black and Blues Groove Merchant
Tail Gunner LRC, 1977
Outside Lookin' In LRC, 1978
Soul Organ 1978 Pickwick, 1978
Movin' Upside the Blues 1982 Jazz America
State of the Art Milestone
Hip Hop Bebop Milestone
Countdown 1983 Milestone, 1983
Skywalk 1984 Milestone, 1984
The Starting Five (Rusty Bryant) 1986 Milestone, 1986
Blue to the Bone (Melvin Sparks) Milestone, 1988
You Ought to Think Headfirst, 1990
The Jazz Collector Edition (L. Killian) Laserlight, 1991
In A Blue Mood Headfirst, 1991
Jimmy McGriff; Laserlight, 1991
Pullin' Out The Stops!-Best Of Blue Note/EMI, 1994
Right Turn On Blue (Hank Crawford) Telarc, 1994
Blues Groove; Milestone ?, 1995
One of Mine, 1996
Dream Team; Milestone ?, 1996
Friends Forever: In Memory of Kenny Drew, Milestone ?, 1997
Straight Up; Milestone ?, 1998
McGriff's HouseParty; Milestone, 2000
100% Pure Funk; Milestone, 2001.
McGriff Avenue; Milestone, 2002.



Peace,

Michael

Kinky Boots

HMK Mystery Stream: Irregular Frequency: Kinky Boots!

Carpe Los Dias!

Click Hear: hmk.podomatic.com

Make It Louder!

Migwell

Hammond Eggs 05.23.08

Hammond Eggs #37

Hey y'all, Dig the latest Hammond Eggs #37!

Every other Saturday morning from 7-9am you can tune in live and chill out with a big cup of fresh java, me and my buddy Sir Brian Parrish as we share our latest vinyl finds that focus on all things Hammond B3 and the funkier, bluesier side of Jazz.

Only on 90.1, KSYM on your fm dial here in San Antonio!

Make it Louder!

Migwell

Wet Wednesdays! Coming This Summer

Wet Wednesdays! Classic Surf Instrumentals from the early to mid 60's, fresh from vinyl and iPod ready!

Here's a little preview - an Endless Summer knock off from 1965, The Islander, by The Sunliners who eventually changed their name and became Rare Earth in 1967. They had a handful of hits in the early 70's including covers of The Temptations' "(I Know) I'm Losing You" and "Get Ready".

Stay Tuned Y'all!