Mystery Hearsay began in 1981. The host Mike Honeycutt aquired a Sunday morning radio shift (02:00 to 06:00am) on WLYX FM89.3 - WLYX 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 89.9. Nonetheless, any genre may dominate and occasional bat turns or juxtapositions can segway into alchemical audio assaults. Unravelled that means styles and genres meld and interpolate from track to track. Sometimes the mixture is similar and consistent Eclectic euphoria is the desired effect for the programs spontaneious nature.

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 and cassettes 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 in 1983 to promote my own music and the music of network contacts. During the past three decades mh has promoted live shows,interviewed artist,DJ'd at clubs and produced a program on local access cable. Currently the cassette culture forum is the watering hole for some of the history with discussion, essays and member postings. 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 internet. MH/mh thrives on the exchange and collaboration the network abundantly provides.

Mike Honeycutt

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