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Mystery Hearsay began in 1981. Your host Mike Honeycutt aquired a Sunday morning radio shift (2:OO to 6:OOam) on WLYX FM89. LYX was shut down the third and final time in 1989. The long shift allowed me to air a lot of material. Shows usually started off with an hour of punk - the second indie rock / new wave - the third Industrial/dark - the fourth Ambient. The program continues with a combination of musical flavors that squeeze into the current two hour show on FM 9O. Nonetheless, any genre may dominate and occasional bat turns or juxtapositions can segway into alchemica audio assaults. Eclectic euphoria is the desired effect in the spontaneity of the program.Material references are culled from early John Cage,Pauline Oliveros,John Debuffet,Rune Lindblad,late 7O's early 8O's to the present.
Formats vary from DAT, CD's, CD-R's, records, cassettes and mp3's via contacts from around the world.
How it all began:
During the early 8O's - Alex Douglas published a magazine called "C.ontact L.ist of E.lectronic M.usic (= CLEM)" which introduced me to the indie cassette network. "CLEM" was an indepth guide to people,places and organizationz active in promoting D.I.Y. (do it yourself) music, radio and events/festivals. The network inspired me to get involved and start my own cassette label to promote my own music and the music of network contacts. There's much more to tell. Just a tip of the ole meta 4 ick ull iceberg for now.
From the early years in the darkroom - through the video suite - to the World Wide Web. MH/mh thrives on the exchange and collaboration the network abundantly provides. An added reward is actually meeting and collaborating with some contacts in person. This site will hopefully bring insight and exposure to what makes the MH/mh - world helix machine churn and spiral along.