Wednesday MidDay Medley
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Ned’s Fright-Hole Cabaret + Nicolette Paige + Truck Stop Love + Shawn Saving, Francis Connor & Darren Defrain
Mark plays More New & MidCoastal musical releases from: Nicolette Paige, Truck Stop Love, Micronotz, Get Smart, The Embarrassment, and Pedaljets.
At 10:00, Ned Stacie aka Alec Nicholas shares details about NED’s Fright-Hole Cabaret: November 7, 12, and 13, Doors at 7:00pm, Show at 8:00pm, at The Warwick Theater, 3927 Main Street, KCMO, presented by The Emerald. From the team that who brought you the acclaimed NED’s Night-Hole LIVE presented at KC Fringe, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, with performances also in Los Angeles and New York; and NED’s Friend-Hole Cabaret in a sold out show last spring at The Warwick, now bring you NED’s Fright-Hole Cabaret! A spooky comedy cabaret, featuring NED and his infamous Night-Hole cast, Kansas City’s craziest variety performers, and even some special guests. More info at: www.eventbrite.com/e/neds-fright-hole-cabaret
At 10:30 our favorite Soul Child, Nicolette Paige joins us to talk about her work, music, farming, and recent travels to Africa. Nicolette Paige has released two albums and five singles. She is the owner/founder of Soul Child Awakenings, where she brings her healing and musical gifts to schools, hospitals, and elderly care centers. Nicolette is also the owner of Kansas City Urban Farm Co-Op.
Nicolette will share details about HEAL THE COMMUNITY TOUR – AFRICA to KANSAS CITY featuring MAMA C – an evening with revolutionary black panther, Charlotte Hill O’Neal, on Friday, October 30, at 7:00pm at the Kansas City Urban Farm Co-Op, 5051 E. Gregory Blvd., KCMO. Mama C is an internationally known musician, poet, ATR Priestess, author, and veteran Black Panther. Mama C will share stories, music, and poetry inspired by her decades of experience as a community leader and activist. A portion of the proceeds will go towards Mama C’s compound in Tanzania – United African Alliance Community Center. To learn more about the UAACC please visit the website below: https://www.uaacc.net/
At 11:00 Shawn Saving of Black Site Records with Francis X. Connor & Darren DeFrain talk about: No Choice but Action: Kansas Postpunk 1978-1994 a new Black Site double album featuring twenty-four tracks highlighting the evolution of the DIY music scene in the heart of “flyover country” from its punk roots in the late 1970s to the alternative rock era of the early 1990s. Produced in collaboration with Wichita State University, this record is the essential audio companion to the book from University Press of Kansas, No Choice but Action: The Kansas Postpunk Revolution, by Francis X. Connor and Darren DeFrain.
From Lawrence to Wichita, bands like The Embarrassment, Get Smart!, Micronotz, Pedaljets and Truck Stop Love built a decentralized, grassroots network fueled by basement venues, cassette culture, zines, and pure creative urgency, without the backing of major labels. This cultural history challenges everything we think we know about where music revolutions begin, revealing how Kansas became an unlikely but influential center of the American postpunk movement. No Choice but Action Release Shows are: Friday, October 16, at 8:00pm at Barleycorn’s, 608 East Douglas, Wichita, KS. with The Embarrassmen, the Blivets, and Freedy Johnston & the Heidi Gluck Band. AND, Saturday, October 17, at 7:00pm at The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire st. Lawrence, KS with Other Geese, Get Smart!, The Embarrassmen, and Truck Stop Love.
At 11:30pm Truck Stop Love joins us to talk about the re-release of their 1995 debut album, HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION, on vinyl for the first time. Guitarist/vocalist Rich Yarges and drummer Eric Melin formed the band in 1990, but it wasn’t until guitarist/vocalist Matt Mozier and bassist/vocalist Brad Huhmann joined Truck Stop Love in 1991, that the band solidified their aggressive, fuzzed-out rock sound. HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION, was produced at Memphis’ legendary Ardent Studios by Big Star drummer Jody Stephens and Jeff Powell (Afghan Whigs, Primal Scream), the album is a dizzying mix of TSL’s wide influences. Ignoring the advice of their lawyer, Truck Stop Love signed with Scotti Brothers Records, a label best known for “Weird Al” Yankovic and Survivor. Truck Stop Love will headline the No Choice But Action Book and LP release party Saturday, October 17 at The Bottleneck in Lawrence, KS with The Embarassmen (sic), Get Smart! and Other Geese. And Truck Stop Love will play their final farewell in their hometown of Manhattan, KS on Sunday, October 18, 6:00 to 8:00pm, at Auntie Mae’s Parlor 616 North 12th St. Manhattan KS.
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