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Crystal Daze and The Reverend Charles Pagan cultivate a year end retrospective of 2019 releases from some of our favorite albums of the year!I.Kendra Amalie - Facets of the Holy Diamond (Intuition)Direwolves- Crack in the Cosmic Axis (Grow Towards the Light)Elkhorn - Subway Mirror Heart (Sun Cycle) Wet Tuna - Disco Bev (Water Weird) 75 Dollar Bill - WzN3 (I Was Real)Moon Duo - Lost Heads (Stars Are the Light)Matt Valentine – Rockbottomless (Preserves)II.Dark Family - Another Day (Holiness) Golden Fleece – Crowd (Mind Mirror) Sunshrine – Hillside (Dream Milk)The Shining Realm - Enter the Shining RealmLand of Blood & Sunshine - Keeper of the Cabin (House of Bellows) III.Allah Las - Keeping Dry (LAHS)Levitation Room - Pass it On (Headspace)Divino Nino – Quiero (Foam)Altin Gun – Yolcu (Gece)Babe Rainbow - Something New (Today)Dusseldorf Dusterboys - Kaffe aus der Kuche (Nenn Mich Musik)Chris Forsyth- Mystic Mountain (All Time Present)Khruangbin feat. Leon Bridges - Texas Sun (Texas Sun) IV. Buried Feather- Melt Together (Cloudberry Dreamshake) All Them Witches - 1x1Mystic Peach - The Eye & the TwitchBlack Midi - 953 (Schlagenheim)The Juice is Okay – TV (A Familiar Space)Froth – Dialogue (Duress)V. Tinariwin - Iklam D'glour (Amadjar)Mdou Moctar - Asshet Akal (Ilana the Creator)Masakai Batoh – Nowhere (Nowhere)Minami Deustch - Nishi No Jikue (Can't Get There [EP])Hibushibire - Ecstasy Highwaystar (Turn On, Tune In Freakout!)Khana Bierbood - Bangsaen Lady (Strangers for them Far East)Junzo Suzuki and Snakes Don't Belong on Planes- The Order of the Ash Ra Solar Tempel (The Ascended Master Teachings of Junzo Suzuki and Snakes Don't Belong in Alaska) VPossum - Wizard Beard/Slight Gradient (Space Grade Assembly)Psychic Lemon - Free Election Collection (Freak Mammal)Plastic Crimewave Syndicate - Hell's Crown Boogie (Massacre of the Celestials)Trocpical Fuckstorm – Braindrops (Braindrops)Sunwatchers - Ptah, El Doud (Illegal Moves) VI. Dhidalah - Neur Typ (Threshold)Wand - Scarecrow (Laughing Matter)Thee Oh Sees- Face Stabber (Face Stabber)Green Seagull - Belladonna (single)Kooba Tercu - Cybele (Kharrub)

Keeping it Current Vol.3 The 2019 Year End Review

Crystal Daze and the Reverend Charles Pagan survive the Carson King wars to bring you a Halloween treat.  Some spooky, scary and straight up mind melting jamz!1 - Halloween Theme - John CarpenterWerewolf - The FranticsDead Man's Gun - Thee Oh SeesThe Bat - The VenturesPsychotic Reaction - Count 5iveThe Shadow Knows - Link Wray & The RaymenButchers Tale - The ZombiesScorpio 6 - Satan's Pilgrims 2- Suspria Theme - GoblinNight of the Vampire- Roky EricksonWitch - The SonicsDracula Drug - Frankie & The Witch FingersHell's Crown Boogie- Plastic Crimewave Aramaic Barborous Dawn - GhostTooth Factory - WITCHSeason of the Witch - Donovan 3  Night of the Sadist - ZumaLouise - SkeletonbreathWitch Hunt - FrogFeeling Down - AJGraveyard - The Phantom FiveSpooky - Dusty Springfield You're Dead - Norma TengeaNight of the Witch Doctor- Jim Stick Revelation Young Men Dead - Black Angels 4 Silver Seal - Tangerine DreamThe Cat - DarkMidnight Witch - AshBlack Death - ArroganceWithered Hand of Evil - Uncle Acid & The DeadbeatsAzathoth - Arzachel 

Halloween Spookadelic

The Reverend Charles Pagan and Crystal Daze pay homage to the myth and the year that is 1969!1Steppenwolf- Monster MedleyGuess Who - KeyChicago - Poem 58Caravan - Celil RonsSpooky Tooth - Evil WomanJethro Tull - For a thousand mothers2 Blue Cheer- Peace of mindJefferson Airplane- Eskimo Blue DaySam Gopal - Sky is BurningSpirit - Apple OrchardIron Butterfly - Filled With FearArzachel - Queen of St. Gang3Scott Walker - Seventh SealNick Drake - Three HoursDonovan - SupergirlCSN - Wooden ShipsNeil Young - Cowgirl in the sand4Yes - SurvivalTommy James & the Shondells- Cellophane Symphony Aphrodites Child - Magic MirrorBubble Puppy - Hot Smoke & SassafrassStooges - 1969King Crimson - Court of the Crimson KingKak - Lemonaide Kid5Cromagnan - CaladoniaSilver Apples- A Pox On YouCan - Father Cannot Yell13th Floor Elevators - Never AnotherOpen Mind - Before My TimeVelvet Underground - What Goes OnSly and the Family Stone - I want to take you higher

1969

Set1Luther ingram- Be good to me BabyGrodeck Whipperjenny - Put your thing on meRev. Jamal & Bob Johnson- Walking on the moonCymande - Getting it BackThe Temptations - Hurry tomorrowSet 2Janko Nolovik - Drug SongDemon Fuzz- Past Present FutureKool & The Gang- Ancestral CeremonyWar - Slipping into DarknessEarth Wind & Fire - Keep your head to the skyHot Chocolate - Call the PoliceOhio Players - Is anyone gonna be savedSet 3Charles Bradley - Ain't it a sinLos Coast - The Morning WeightKing Khan and the Shrines - Thorn in her prideTasche De La Roche- StarlightChicano Batman - Stoned Soul PicnicDani Bell & The Tarantist- MysterySet 4Shuggie Otis - Outta My HeadSly and the Family Stone - Thank YouDarondo - Let My People GoAmnesty - Can I Help YouIron Knowledge - Showstopper

Groovin' on the Cosmic Soul part 2

Episode 20 Grooving with Cosmic Soul Part 1!  The Reverend Charles Pagan and Crystal Daze explore soul and R&B’s trip as it begins to ingest the lysergic 60’s and comes out a very changed creature!1I put a spell on you- Screamin' Jay HawkinsI'm Coming Home - Mighty HannibalTime has Come - Chamber brothersCan you see me - Jimi HendrixSoul Sacrifice - SantanaPlastic Jim - Sly and the family stonesDon'tcha hear me callin' - 5th DimensionIt's Your Thing - The Temptations 2Readings in astrology - Curtis mayfieldTime - Edwin StarrI call my Baby Pussycat - ParlimentPsychedelic Shack - TemptationsI'll Bet You - FunkadelicTotal Destruction of your mind - Swamp Dogg 3Love Can be anything (Can't nothing be love but love) - TemptationsSmiling Faces - East of UndergroundTake a little trip - MInnie RipertonLittle people- Round Robin Monopoly Ohio/Machine Gun - Isley Brothers 4I wanna know if its good - FunkadelicCynthy-Ruth - Black MerdaUncle Joe - James knight & Brothers Rat kiss the cat on the naval - U.S.Living in the ghetto - Purple ImagaeHere today gone tomorrow - MandrillI amd the black gold - Rotary connection Closer  That lady Pts 1 & 2 - Isley Brothers

Groovin' on the Cosmic Soul part 1

Charles Pagan and Crystal Daze take a trip scanning the interdimensional radio, finding what alternate universes have for their top hits of the time! What will they find? Listen, Learn, Read On- Deep PurpleBrainstorm- HawkwindI Went Up, I Went Down- Pink FairiesDeath of an Electric Citizen- Edgar Broughton BandStagnant Pool- LeafhoundJust I Was Born- Blues Creation2Ice Cold Daydream- Shuggie OtisI’ll Bet You- FunkadelicRunning- Baby HueyHow I Got Over- DarondoWe Have Love- AmnestyIf You Want Me to Stay- Sly and the Family StoneGive Everybody Some- Mickey and the Soul GenerationNew Generation- The UniversalsKung Fu- Curtis Mayfield3      Unchanged World - Ellison      Kingdom Come - Sir Lord Baltimore      Learning to Die - Dust      Parade of Fools - Kahvas Jute      Crying For you - Mushroom      Lone Soul Road - Sainte Anthony's Fyre4Cadillac- T. RexNo Matter- BadfingerLet’s Pretend- The RaspberriesThirteen- Big Star

Interdimensional Radio

Reverend Pagan and Crystal Daze have been trading off vacations and trying to stay on top of it as summer kicks in.  Unfortunately, during all of this the godhead that is Roky Erickson passed away.  It goes without saying we wouldn’t being doing this show, nor would we have a name for this show without him.  That being said, Episode 18 “I Have Always Been Here Before” is our tribute to the legend.  His life was a story that is hard to imagine, let alone believe, and we are all the better for it!  He fought the demons of overuse, systemic abuse and mental health, and always emerged to create art!  We can only try to aspire to overcome our demons so often as he did.  RIP Roky!  We love you!Special Shout Out To Steven Krakow aka Plastic Crimewave for letting us use his amazing sketch as the Episode art!  He really is the best!!! Set I- 13th Floor Elevators part 11.       You’re Gonna Miss Me2.       Roller Coaster3.       Reverberation4.       Splash 15.       Don’t Fall DownSet II- 13th Floor Elevators Part 26.       Slip Inside This House7.       Earthquake8.       Dust9.       Never Another10.   May the Circle Remain UnbrokenSet III- Evil One11.   Two-Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)12.   Creature with the Atom Brain13.   It’s a Cold Night for Alligators14.   Sputnik15.   Mine Mine MindSet IV- Later16.   Burn the Flames17.   Nothing in Return18.   I Love the Living You19.   Think of as One20.   True Love Cast Out All EvilOutroI Have Always Been Here Before

I Have Always Been Here Before

 Today, Crystal Daze takes a look inside the wiring of electropsych and the uses of Moog in psych music. Spanning from the early '60s to current day, the rise of electronic elements in music has provided an ever expanding medium to work with. Take a trip inside the world of electropsych!Pre-intro:IBM MT/ST : Paperwork Explosion - Raymond ScottSet 1:E.V.A. - Jean Jaques PerryScrabble - Rene CostyCosmic Ballad - Perry & KingsleyThe Minotaur - Dick HymanCherubic Hymn - Bruce HaackSet 2:Doganin Otesi - Gokcen KayantanSewnetuwa - Hailu MerginEurope Endless - KraftworkGul Agaci Deglium - Metin AlatliSnow Flower - Ananda ShankarRindu - Vivi SumantiLost Island - Gokcen KayantanSet 3Rhizosphere Sequent - Richard PinhasMini Molecules - Ron GeesinElectro Sounds No. 8 - Cecil Leuter (Roger Roger)Beyond the Clouds- Nino Nardini/Roger Roger/Eddie WarnerSet 4:Popcorn - Hot ButterSunrise to Sunset - PelicanMisty Mountain - Silver ApplesTillicum - SyrinxAnother Part of Time - Beaver & KrauseCloud Song - The United States of AmericaLe Voyage de Penelope - AirSpitlord - Tobacco The Cosmic Game - Thievery CorporationOutro:Sleepy Time - Raymond Scott

Turn On, Plug In, Drop Out

Episode 16- Interview with Jeffery Alexander of Dire Wolves (Exactly Perfect Sisters Band)Today on Where the Eye Meets the Pyramid we sit down with Jeffery Alexander of Dire Wolves.  We talk on a number of things, about the recording process, his journey to where he is now, and even get esoteric with some philosophical observations.  We also play two Dire Wolves tracks (one past, one future).  Before that we run through a set of songs from bands that inspired Jeffery and his crew, and some of think fit with their sound!  Turn the dial up and let’s get weird!1Voice of Eternal Tomorrow- Sun-RaMorning Prayer- Pharaoh SandersThe Ankh of Amen-Ra- Alice Coltrane2Klockan Ar Mycket Nu- International HarvesterDe Fortrycktas Ater Komst- Trad Grad Och StenarFlesh Coloured Anti-Aircraft Alarm- Amon Duul IIIsle of Everywhere- Gong3Rainy Night House- Joni MitchellLyke Wake Dirge- Buffy Sainte-MarieDoktor of Physick- Fairport ConventionMindtrain- Yoko Ono4One Day the Sun Rose Red Over The Hill-Dire Wolves5Interview with Jeffery AlexanderOutroSpacetime Rider- Dire Wolves (Exactly Perfect Sisters Band)

Episode 16- Interview with Jeffery Alexander of Dire Wolves (Exactly Perfect Sisters Band)

Episode 15 Keeping it Current Vol. 2: Mid-Year Review!  Today we shift through the up to date releases of 2019 that we’ve been digging so far!  This in no way encompasses all that we’ve loved as the new Masakai Batoh and Khana Bierbood are high on our lists, but somehow didn’t weave into the sets as well as we had hoped!  Also included, is a new track from show friend Plastic Crimewave off the upcoming Plastic Crimewave Syndicate album Massacre of the Celestials. 11.       Blue Paradigm- Olden Yolk2.       Wolfman of Mayberry- Sparrow Steeple3.       Behold/Nightfall- Golden Fleece4.       Ape on Sunday- White Manna5.       Wray Gun- Opossum Sun Trail26.       Withstand - The Murlocs7.       Gamm - Cave8.       Honey Child - Hurricane Heart Attacks9.       Crystal - Cosmonauts10.     Leyla - Altin Gun11.     She's The Wind - Pyramid  312.   Psychic Driving- Sunwatchers13.   I Control the Weather- Dire Wolves (Exactly Perfect Sister Band)14.   To See Darkness- Elkhorn15.   Dream Song- Chris Forsyth416.   A Ghost Named Milk - The Burning Peppermints17.   Raspberry Jam – Allah-Las18.   Honey - Drugdealer Feat. Weyes Blood19.   Laurel - Froth20.  Visions of an Astral Journey - Pyramidial 521.   Blow! Blow! Blow!- Hibushibire22.   Nest of Vipers- Plastic Crimewave Syndicate23.   Floden- Effe Lorenzen24.   Tumastin- Mdou Moctar

Keeping it Current Vol. 2: The Mid-Year Review

Episode 14 we take a brief look into Prog and 70's Kraut Rock before sitting down for a chat with Steven Krakow aka Plastic Crimewave and Sara Gossett Spiral Galaxy!  We chat about their music, their various art projects as well as upcoming shows and an almost finished debut album!  In this episode we play 2 new tracks from their upcoming, as yet, untitled debut LP!   Below are bios for the band, Sara and Plastic Crimewave!Chicago-native Plastic Crimewave aka Steven Krakow is known for being a "psychedelic guru" of sorts, and is the creator of the Galactic Zoo Dossier, a hand-drawn magazine published by Drag City since 2001. Crimewave also: runs the Galactic Zoo Disk reissue label imprint that is manufactured/distributed by Drag City and roving label Galactic Archives, draws/writes the bi-weekly Secret History of Chicago Music comics for the Chicago Reader for over a decade, books/founded the avant/psych festival Million Tongues featuring international musicians, has exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary art, and has drawn countless comics, posters, album covers, and branding art for Lush Cosmetics. From 2001-2011, PCW headed up Plastic Crimewave Sound, legendary space-punk ensemble that recorded 5 LPs, toured nationally with Acid Mothers Temple, Comets on Fire and The Ponys, and whom Julian Cope described as "outtasite." PCW currently leads Plastic Crimewave Syndicate (who have opened for Hawkwind, Keiji Haino, Chrome, Loop, Josefus, Purling Hiss, and Woods and have released 2 albums on UK labels); conducts the Plastic Crimewave Vision Celestial Guitarkestra of up to 70 guitarists (performed in NY, Hyde Park Arts Center, and yearly at the Hideout block party), plays banjo/guitar in the spacey duo Spiral Galaxy, and has DJ-ed all over the world--from London to Tokyo.Plastic Crimewave has tons of cool merch including exclusive 45's with hand made comics, various GZD mixtapes, videos, etc.  And all can be found at:http://www.plasticcrimewave.com Sara GossettBorn and raised in Texas and a recent transplant to Chicago after 15 years in Virginia, Sara Gossett is an artist/illustrator, musician, and occasional DJ with a lifelong passion for all things related to vintage style and design. Recent projects include album art, posters, textile print design, hand-lettering commissions, spot illustrations for websites and more.Search here out for commissions or other art needs at: https://saragossett.com/home.htmlhttps://spiralgalaxychicago.bandcamp.com/1:At My Home- Twenty Sixty Six and Then Flissbandbaby, Macheal Tram Ich - Floh De CologneLiving in a Garden - Trash2: It's a Rainy Day (Sunshine Girl)- FaustThe Sun Song- EmbryoDesolation Valley & Waves - NektarEye Shaking King - Amon Duul II 3:Short Jam - GAMStone In - Guru GuruKinder des Alles 1 - Cosmic Jokers 4:For a Thousand Mothers - Jethro TullI Know What I Like - GenesisJohnny Barleycorn Must Die- TrafficSupertwister - CamelIsle of Everywhere - GongHocus Pocus - Focus 5:D Machine - Spiral Galaxy(Interview)Celestial Omen - Spiral Galaxy Outro:Temple of the Sun- The Shining Realm 

Spiral Galaxy! Interview with Sara Gossett and Plastic Crimewwave

EPISODE 13: All Night at the Spaceball PromFor the lucky 13th episode we thought what better way to celebrate than to have a Glam Rock throw down!  Put on your lipstick, shower yourself in glitter, and put on your shiniest pair of tights because we’re having a vamped up prom stomp!We need to take a moment and talk serious!  The world of glam was full of cross dressers, spaced-out dandies, and girls-who-wereboys-who-were-girls-who-were Space People! Keeping with that frame of mind we also want to remind our listeners about our motto: Be Weird, Stay Strange, and Remember to Take Care of One Another!  We want any of you out there in the LGTBQ community, and other maligned peoples, to know, that in these dark times, where the cruelest hypocrites in the world are making life seem impossible, taking care of yourself, and other humans is a revolutionary act in itself!  If you are struggling under these chances we are providing information on some support groups and suicide prevention hotlines!  It’s important that all the weirdos and losers, the lovers and dreamers, destroyers and builders stick together and do what we can to build a better world! The Trevor Project- 24-Hour Mental Health Text Message Service https://www.thetrevorproject.orgPride Fund to End Gun Violence- http://patfornm.com/pride-fund-to-end-gun-violence/American Foundation for Suicide Prevention- https://afsp.org/National Suicide Prevention Lifeline- https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/National Center for Transgender Equality- https://transequality.org/Equality Federation- https://www.equalityfederation.org/The Human Rights Campaign- https://www.hrc.org/ 11.       Hymn for the Dudes- Mott the Hoople2.       Ladytron- Roxy Music3.       Baby’s on Fire- Brian Eno4.       The Six Teens- Sweet5.       Calling All Destroyers- T. Rex6.       Cracked Actor- David Bowie7.       Andy’s Chest-  Lou Reed8.       Lonely Planet Boy- New York Dolls29.       Rock’n’Roll Crazy- Zappo10.   Saturday Night- Bilbo Baggins11.   Diversion- The Equals12.   Good Time Comin- Mustard13.   Pantherman- Pantherman 314.   Shake That Fat- Iron Virgin15.   The Man Who Speeks Evil- Slade16.   Raggarna- Magnus Ulgga17.   Dreamin’- The Arrows18.   Prisoner of Your Imagination- Suzi Quatro19.   Morning Starship- Jobraith20.   Hypnosis- Mud421.   Hold On- Ipsissimus22.   Waves- Happy Dagger23.   Babe, Ya Let My Hand Go- Fredreck Michael St. Jude24.   Bubblegum Factory- Redd Kross25.   Lysergic Bliss- Of Montreal26.   Terr-Fi- Fruit Juice27.   Queen- Perfume Genius528.   Second Coming- Alice Cooper29.   Angel- Space Waltz30.   Falling in Love with Myself Again- Sparks31.   I Pulled My Helmet Off (I’m Going to Love Her)- Zolar X

All Night at the Spaceball Prom

Sitting by a fire watching the damp, gray clouds pass overhead had Crystal Daze and Reverend Pagan in the mood for some weird folk.  Tune in as they scour the vale and traipse through the vales of their mind, and take winding path through the realms of acid folk.I1.       Diamond Day- Vashti Bunyan2.       All Things Quite Silent- Steeleye Span3.       I Don’t Know Where I Stand- Fairport Convention4.       Nothing More- Fotheringay5.       You Know What You Could Be- The Incredible String Band6.       Light Flight- PentangleII7.       Deep Inside - Fantuzzi 8.       Hiawatha - Simon Finn9.       Song to Comus – Comus10.   Ladyfingers - Daughters of AlbionIII11.   Blend - Sandy Bull IV  12.   Kulen Natt - Golden Ivy13.   Fire by the river – Harumi14.   Dio Mio No - Lucio Battisti V 15.   Hate Street Dialogue- Rodriguez16.   Drop Out!- Pearls Before Swine17.   The Witch- Mark Fry18.   Mannannan I- Loudest Whisper19.   Mannannan II- Loudest Whisper20.   Sign on My Mind- Dr. Strangely Strange Outro-Echo in the Guru- Ghost

April Showers Bring Strange Flowers!

The Reverend Charles Pagan comes back to Earth and gathers his thoughts after an epic weekend of mind-expanding music at the Milwaukee Psych Fest VII!  In trying to convey the amazing five day stretch from Des Moines to Wisconsin, the Reverend rambles through his travels and the moments in the week that stretched his brain like spaghetti.  If you look at the playlist for the show before listening you’ll probably be asking the same thing Crystal Daze did when Rev. Pagan sent him the tracks: WTF!  The Reverend swears, though, that by the end of this epic edition all will make some sort of sense.  So sit back, turn down the outside noise and join the Where the Eye Meets the Pyramid crew as they bring you the weirdest episode yet!!! Chapter One- From Cornfield to Cornfield1.       Tawine- Yamantaka//Sonic Titan2.       One- Yamantaka//Sonic Titan3.       Dark Star Blues- Acid Mother’s Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.OChapter 2- Easing into Head Space4.       Coconut- Harry Nilsson5.       Dubble Dragon- White Mystery6.       Mushroom Festival in Hell- WeenChapter 3- Welcome to the Future: Oblivion7.       Ancients to the Future- Plastic Crimewave Syndicate8.       Moonchanges- Sunwatchers9.       Saturn- Red Mass10.    Denied Doctrine- Nest Egg 11.    Tempera- New Candys 12.    Pink Lady Lemonade (Dancing Queen)- Acid Mother’s Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.OChapter 4- Lost in Transition13.    Kiss- Tom Jones (Prince cover)14.    Cherry Bomb- Runaways15.    If I close My Eyes- Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford16.    I’ll Be Around- The SpinnersChapter 5- Exhaustion is a State of Mind17.    Poison- The David Nance Group18.    Snow Tigers- Hot Garbage19.    Pretty Groovy- Faux Ferocious20.    Subway Mirror Heart- Elkhorn21.    Wild Animal part 5- Sunburned Hand of the Man22.    I Control the Weather- Dire Wolves (Exactly Perfect Sisters Band)Chapter 6- Wizards in the Blizzard on the Wayward Trails Home23.    Stone the Pass/Kill the Vibe- Plastic Crimewave Sound24.    Nite People- Colin Scot25.    Inside Looking Out- Kurt Vile 26.    Genius is Pain- National Lampoon’s John Lennon (Magical Misery Tour)27.    Marcus Say Jah No Dead- Sinead O’Connor28.    Marcus Garvey- Burning SpearEpilogueJust Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)- First Edition

What Condition My Condition is In

A mind opening exploration into psychedelic music from the far ago, to the now and beyond! Join Reverend Charles Lee Pagan and DJ Crystal Daze as they shine a light on the far-out music from all over the globe and various eras in rock history.

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