Murphy's Place

Dan Murphy
Updated 3-Jan-2009
When all the demonstrations have ended
And the reasons have vanished into space
And you can't seem to recall what you defended
Won't you come visit my place.  (Listen)

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NEW: A set of tunes recorded on the organ at the UU Church of Nashua, NH.
Radio Radio Online!  It's long overdue, but my radio shows are now coming online.  We will start with the Dylan Days series from WATD.  Each show will only be available for a few weeks though, and then will be rotated out as others are added.   Click here for the current set. Dylan Days is my show on WATD, 95.9 FM  where we play exclusively the songs of Bob Dylan as performed by Bob and many other artists.   Thanks once again to Joan Orr who worked with me at WCAS (AM740, Cambridge) circa 78-81, and now does a weekly slot Friday evenings on WUMB, Boston, and monthly specials on WATD. 

And for anyone who remembers WCAS, we now have a WCAS history page. If you have any old WCAS stories or recollections, send them along.  Coming soon: the original WTBS Nite Owl featuring the "Master Control Chorus and Orchestra" from the '60s and '70s.  For even more ancient history, check out Downhome Radio, an article originally published in April 1995 about a couple of kids who were doing bootleg radio in the late 1950's.
Survivorland Restaurant
 Video: Conceding once again to the "latest thing", I have posted a video on Youtube.  It was made the time I auditioned for the Survivor TV show.   OK, one of the times.  It's called Survivorland Restaurant, and any similarity to any other song you might have ever heard is, well, not surprising.  Watch here.  And digging even futher back in the archives, what did I find but the music video version of The Outpost, signature song on my 1997 CD.  Watch here.  Finally, here is a new video of an old song, a little gem called "Think of Me As Music" by Ric Masten.  Watch.
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 Music: And speaking of The Outpost, songs are slowly accumulating for another CD release.  Check 'em out here.
Comments from the Outpost, aka my BLOG. A look out the virtual window at the passing parade. Used to be, I delivered these on the radio (WMBR, 88.1 FM, Cambridge/Boston and elsewhere) and then put the text here on the web. Turns out the web part is a BLOG, and blogging is now huge.  Maybe I should give it up.  Sometime.  Click here for the latest rants. Comments from the Outpost have been heard sporadically on WMBR since 1996. All of the back commentaries, plus MP3 downloads, can be found here.
The Outpost and other Odd Places. "The Outpost" and 12 other odd and varied songs, featuring "The White House Un-American Activities Rag", aka the Watergate Story. Yes, that was over 3 decades ago, but who knows -- this administration's "Watergate" may be taking place this very moment! Then too, there is "Danforth", aka J. Danforth Quayle. The song should be irrelevant, but I keep thinking the guy in the White House now must have studied with the same speech coach.
More Songs. Hymn for a Green Tomorrow.
The Doormat Singers. In the mid 1960s, there emerged around MIT's Cambridge campus a couple of guys doing stupid songs about student life. They went by the name of the Doormat Singers. For some unfathomable reason, I have had several inquiries about the Doormat Singers recently, so I've collected all the junk I can find and put it here.  Checkout even more info courtesy of Daniel P. B. Smith who had the very first Doormat Singers page.
Other varied things to peruse:
TECO. TECO is the name of a text editor that I created on the DEC PDP-1 computer in 1962-63. It was subsequently ported to many other machines, and it was the original text engine for EMACS. I don't have a bunch of TECO lore here at present, but there is lots to be found on the web. I particularly enjoyed Tom Almy's page which includes versions of TECO that run on Windows! Imagine that. Some other interesting quotes are here.
Origins and Development of TOPS-20 TOPS-20 is a nifty operating system which I helped to create. It was originally known as TENEX, and this paper recounts the whole history. Visit TENEX and TOPS-20 Papers for more history and technical discussion. And check out Joe Smith's PDP-10 Page for tons of lore on DEC's 36-bit computers and operating systems. KI10 picture.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashua Check out Sermons for more of mine, including Rationality and Spirituality - The church also has a nifty pipe organ originally made in the 1890's.  Click here for a set of tunes I recorded on it a few years ago.
Imagine -- John Lennon
The Human Awareness Institute Producers of workshops on Sex, Love, and Intimacy. Stan Dale, the founder of the Human Awareness Institute and a dear friend, passed away on June 8, 2007 leaving behind an unmatched legacy of love and many thousands of people whose lives have been touched by Stan and the workshops he created.  For me, there is no better way to remember Stan than by listening to his voice and his heart through the recordings on this page dedicated to him.
Sun, Sand, and... Sometimes less is more!
Theater organs Yes, long before synthesizers, 10,000 watt PA amplifiers, and rock light shows, the most amazing combination of music and technology on earth was the theater pipe organ -- the "Mighty WurliTzer" and those made by several other companies. Many of these instruments are still use after 60+ years, lovingly maintained by loyal fans. I've had the opportunity to play a number of these, including the Detroit Fox 36-rank Wurlitzer. For the finest electronic theater organ ever, listen to the Rodgers Theatre 360 which, unfortunately, is no longer in production. Finally, check out some recordings I made a few years ago on the pipe organ at the UU Church in Nashua.  It is not a theater organ -- I just play it like one.

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