Wednesday MidDay Medley
TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning

The Musical World of Krystle Warren
+ Monta At Odds & Gemini Revolution
+ Music from The Winfield Hangover

1. Monta At Odds – “Some Times Almost Never Happens”
from: Unsuspecting / Upstairs Recordings / originally released in 2005, Re-released in 2012
[Kansas City, Kansas based musicians, Dedric and Delaney Moore’s electronica and psychedelica recordings have been released through the Canadian record label, Upstairs Recordings who reissued their band, Monta At Odds, 2005 release “Unsuspecting” last year.

[Monta At Odds play the recordBar, Tuesday, October 29 with My Gold Mask, and Redder Moon.]

2. Gemini Revolution – “My Mind Has Wings”
from: My Mind Has Wings [EP] / Upstairs Recordings / November 1, 2013
[Gemini Revolution is: Dedric Moore, Delaney Moore, Mika Tayana. They were asked to perform at last year’s Pop Montreal Festival. Upstairs Recordings of Vancouver, Canada, released their self titled, full length debut to coincide with the festival.]

10:32 – Underwriting

10:33 – The WINFIELD HANGOVER, Sat, Oct 26, at Riot Room

By all reports it was a very wonderful Walnut Valley Festival this past September in Winfield Kansas. Many of the participants are keeping the spirit alive with The WINFIELD HANGOVER, Saturday, October 26, at Riot Room. Here are four musical acts in the Hangover: Loaded Goat, FastFoodJunkies, Wells The Traveler, and Betse Ellis…

3. Loaded Goat – “Shine”
from: Sick & Tired / Loaded Goat / 2012
[Martin Korb, Matt Hawkins, Eddie Crane, Paul Andrews, Rob Ritter. Written by Eddie Crane. Recorded and Engineered by Duane Trowr at Weights and Measures Soundlab.]

[Loaded Goat plays the WINFIELD HANGOVER, Sat, Oct 26, at Riot Room, w/: Betse Ellis, Wells The Traveler , Kansas City Bear Fighters, The John Brown Boys, Cadillac Flambe, and Fast Food Junkies]

4. FastFoodJunkies – “Bubba”
from: Your Dying Day / Independent / June 1, 2012
[all songs written by Fast Food Junkies © 2012, recorded by Mike West @ 9th Ward Pickin’ Parlor in Lawrence, KS. Landon Unruh: Banjo, Vocals; Chicken Dinner: Bass; Clint Snyder: Guitar, Vocals]

[FastFoodJunkies plays the WINFIELD HANGOVER, Sat, Oct 26, at Riot Room, w/: Loaded Goat, Wells The Traveler , Kansas City Bear Fighters, The John Brown Boys, Cadillac Flambe, Betse Ellis.]

5. Betse Ellis – “Stamper”
from: High Moon Order / Free Dirt Records / June 14, 2013
[Critically acclaimed 2nd solo release from renowned fiddler, Betse Ellis, a founding member of The Wilders]

[Betse Ellis plays the WINFIELD HANGOVER, Sat, Oct 26, at Riot Room, w/: Loaded Goat, Wells The Traveler , Kansas City Bear Fighters, The John Brown Boys, Cadillac Flambe, and Fast Food Junkies]

6. Wells The Traveler – “One For The Dreamers”
from: One For The Dreamers / Independent / August 23, 2013
[Manchester, England born Danny McGaw released one of our favorite recordings of 2012 w/ “Eccles Road.” Since then he has been playing with drummer Jason Jones & bassist Dan Hines (of the Lawrence band Paw), Chad Brothers on guitar, and Musician, Producer, and member of Truckstop Honeymoon, Mike West, who was intially brought in to produce the group’s debut recording, and ended up becoming the fifth member.]

[Wells The Traveler play the WINFIELD HANGOVER, Sat, Oct 26, at Riot Room, w/: Loaded Goat, Betse Ellis, Kansas City Bear Fighters, The John Brown Boys, Cadillac Flambe, and Fast Food Junkies]

10:45

7. John Vanderslice – “Song for Dana Lok”
from: Dagger Beach / Tiny Telephone / June 11, 2013
[John Vanderslice launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the recording and distribution of his 9th full length recording of original songs: Dagger Beach, on his own label, Tiny Telephone. For Kickstarter donors he also recorded a limited edition vinyl recording: Vanderslice Plays Diamond Dogs. We will bring you some of these tracks on vinyl on future WMM shows.]

[John Vanderslice plays Czar Bar, on Friday, October 25]

10:47 – The Musical World of Krystle Warren

2001 Paseo Arts Academy Graduate, Krystle Warren began her musical career wowing Kansas City audiences and collaborating with local jazz and pop musicians. After living in San Francisco and New York City, five years ago Krystle was signed to a French recording label, Because Music, and moved to Paris and released her album “Circles” in 2009. Krystle played numerous French and Britsh television programs, including Later with Jools Holland, garnering critical acclaim and traveling all over the world, touring with Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave, Norah Jones, and Joan As Police Woman. Krystle recently created her own music label: Parlour Door Music, to release her new recordings, including: “Love Songs: A Time you May Embrace” a recording that came from a 13 day session in Brooklyn, where she recorded the songs live with 28 musicians including her band, The Faculty, alongside choirs, horn and string sections. Krystle wrote the songs, and is releasing the music in two separate releases, in Europe.

8. Krystle Warren & The Faculty – “Forever Is A Long Time”
from: Love Songs: A Time You May Embrace / Parlour Door Music / April 9, 2012 UK]

9. Krystle Warren & The Faculty – “Every Morning”
from: Love Songs: A Time You May Embrace / Parlour Door Music / April 9, 2012 UK]

10:59

Krystle Warren recently returned home to Kansas City from Paris, to play on the Kansas City Live Stage in the Power & Light District Rhythms Series. We sat down with Krystle the day before that concert to talk about her musical adventures, her marriage, and the day she met Rufus Wainwright and auditioned before Rufus, Nick Cave, and Emmylou Harris for the New York and UK tribute concerts for Kate McGarrigle.

11:00

10. Krystle Warren – “Station I.D.”

11. Mark interviews Krystle Warren

11:27 – Krystle Warren’s Musical Collaborators

We heard Krystle refer to many people in the interview, she talked about the day she met Rufus Wainwright and auditioned before Rufus, Nick Cave, and Emmylou Harris for the New York and UK concerts in honor of the late Kate McGarrigle, the beloved singer and Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame member. After McGarrigle died of sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, in 2010, her children the acclaimed musicians Rufus and Martha Wainwright and her sister and musical partner Anna McGarrigle led tribute concerts in London, Toronto, and New York. The New York concerts were filmed for a feature documentary entitled Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle, directed by Lian Lunson who earlier has directed the film, Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man. Here from the new (2-CD) recording, “Sing Me The Songs – Celebrating The Works of Kate McGarrigle,” produced by Joe Boyd, who also curated the concerts, is Krystle Warren singing Kate McGarrigle’s “I Don’t Know.

12. Krystle Warren – “I Don’t Know”
from: Sing Me The Songs Celebrating The Works of Kate McGarrigle / Nonesuch / June 21, 13
[Features highlights from three concerts in honor of the late Kate McGarrigle. Proceeds from the concerts provided seed money for the Kate McGarrigle Foundation a non-profit organization dedicated to raising money in the fight against sarcoma and also to preserving her legacy through the arts. Net proceeds from the sale of Sing Me the Songs also will be donated to the Foundation. The double-disc set was produced by Joe Boyd, who curated the concerts, and features performances by Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Anna McGarrigle, Emmylou Harris, Antony, Norah Jones, and Teddy Thompson, among others. The New York concerts were filmed for a feature documentary entitled Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle, directed by Lian Lunson (Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man) and produced by Luson and Teddy Wainwright. Candid interviews with McGarrigle’s family and friends are paired with rousing performances of her music.]

Krystle talked about Joe Boyd, who produced and curated the Tribute to Kate McGarrigle, Joe Boyd is also the producer of another tribute recording, released earlier this year, featuring live recordings of the songs of the late Nick Drake. Joe Boyd was Nick Drake’s original producer. Here from “Way To Blue – The Songs of Nick Drake” is Krystle Warren and Teddy Thompson doing the classic “Pink Moon.”

13. Teddy Thompson & Krystle Warren – “Pink Moon”
from: Way to Blue – The Songs of Nick Drake / StorySound Records / April 16, 2013
[Joe Boyd, put together a series of concerts in the UK, Australia and Italy to celebrate Nick’s greatness as a songwriter. The concerts are called Way To Blue and they have involved singers as diverse as Teddy Thompson, Green Gartside (from Scritti Politti), Robyn Hitchcock, Vashti Bunyan and Lisa Hannigan, as well as bass master Danny Thompson (who played on Nick’s records), and the arrangements of Robert Kirby. These recordings are the edited highlights of concerts in New York and London. Over the years, Boyd has explored the possibility of producing an album in tribute to Drake s songwriting. But despite many well-known artists wishing to participate, he always resisted, because it seemed the only practical way to accomplish it would be for each artist to supply a track recorded separately, with their own chosen musicians. Boyd felt that the only way to avoid the pitfalls of the typical Tribute Album would be to have everyone together for a week in a rural studio, backing each other with harmonies and guitar parts, creating an organic whole of an album. By performing Way To Blue fifteen times over the course of four years, he has accomplished something resembling his original dream. The songs have been honed and shaped over the course of time, and the spirit of togetherness among the Way To Blue company has proved inspiring to all participants. The result is an album with the quality of a studio production and the spontaneity of a live performance.]

11:39 – Underwriting

11:40 – Krystle Warren’s Touring Life, opening for…

14. Joan As Police Woman – “Kiss The Specifics”
from: The Deep Field / 101 Distribution / Feb. 1, 2011
[Joan Wasser was a professional violinist, who after the death of her boyfriend Jeff Buckley, began to sing and write songs with some of Jeff’s band mates in a project called Black Beetle. Since assuming her current moniker in 2002 she assumed her new identity – a reference to the 70’s cop show, and has toured and collaborated with Rufus Wainwright and Antony and the Johnsons. She has received critical acclaim for her three studio albums REAL LIFE (2006), TO SURVIVE (2008) and a compilation of covers aptly titled COVER (2009).]

15. Rufus Wainright – “Jericho”
from: Out of The Game / Decca / April 24, 2012
[Produced by Mark Ronson, this is the seventh studio album from Rufus. Recorded in New York in the fall of 2011, the twelve songs include the Dap-Kings; Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs; Andrew Wyatt from Miike Snow; Sean Lennon and Martha Wainwright. On August 23, 2012 Rufus Wainwright and Jörn Weisbrodt married in Montauk, New York. Artist Justin Vivian Bond officiated. On February 2, 2013 Rufus Waiwright became a dad with the birth of Viva Katherine Wainwright Cohen born to Leonard Cohen’s daughter Lorca Cohen. Viva Katherine Wainwright Cohen will reportedly be brought up by both of her parents, as well as Wainwright’s partner, “deputy dad” Jörn Weisbrodt. ]

11:50

16. Krystle Warren – “To The Middle”
from: Circles / Because Music / March 13, 2009
[ 2009 release from the American singer/songwriter and her band The Faculty. Krystle Warren hails from Kansas City, Missouri. She learned to play the guitar by listening to The Beatles’ albums Rubber Soul and Revolver. Her musical tastes range from Rufus Wainwright to Betty Carter, Willie Nelson to Odetta. She has toured the US with Martha Wainwright, Zap Mama, Rodrigo & Gabriela and Erykah Badu.]

17. Teddy Thompson – “Saratoga Summer Song”
from: Sing Me The Songs Celebrating The Works of Kate McGarrigle / Nonesuch / June 21, 13
[British folk and rock musician born February 19, 1976. He is the son of folk-rock musicians Richard and Linda Thompson and brother of singer Kamila Thompson. He released his first album in 2000.]

18. Noel Coward – “The Party’s Over Now”
from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]

Sources for notes on tracks and interview segments come from: artist’s websites and wikipedia.org and where noted.

Show #496

Wednesday MidDay Medley
TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning

The Musical World of Krystle Warren
+ Monta At Odds & Gemini Revolution
+ Music from The Winfield Hangover

Mark plays the latest music from Kansas City, Kansas, based musicians, Dedric and Delaney Moore. Their electronica and psychedelica recordings have been released through the Canadian record label, Upstairs Recordings. Their band Monta At Odds plays recordBar, Tuesday, October 29, with My Gold Mask, and Redder Moon. Dedric and Delaney’s other musical project, Gemini Revolution, has just released new music. We’ll play their new 27-minute song: “My Mind Has Wings.”

We’ll also feature musical recordings from several bands participating in The WINFIELD HANGOVER, Saturday, October 26, at Riot Room, in Kansas City. We’ll play music from Loaded Goat, Fast Food Junkies, and Betse Ellis.

Krystle Warren Photo by Manu Noyon

At 11:00, Mark talks with Paseo Arts Academy Graduate, Krystle Warren. Five years ago Krystle was signed to a French recording label, Because Music, and released her album “Circles” in 2009. Krystle then created her own label: Parlour Door Music, and has been touring Europe opening for Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave, Norah Jones, and Joan As Police Woman. Krystle Warren’s new album “Love Songs: A Time you May Embrace” came from a 13 day recording session in Brooklyn, where she recorded the songs live with 28 musicians including her band, The Faculty, alongside choirs, horn and string sections. Krystle wrote the songs, and is releasing the music in two separate releases, in Europe. Krystle recently played Kansas City on October 6. We recorded this interview with Krystle on October 5, at 90.1 FM KKFI Studios.

Mark also plays music from: John Vanderslice, Brad Cox, Joan As Police Woman, Rufus Wainwright, and Teddy Thompson.

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Show #496

Wednesday MidDay Medley
TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning

Kaite Mediatore Stover & “True Grit”
+ Guest Producer Matt Kesler

1. John Vanderslice – “Juvenile Success”
from: Vanderslice Plays Diamond Dogs / Tiny Telephone / June 11, 2013
[John Vanderslice launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the recording and distribution of his 9th full length recording of original songs: Dagger Beach, released June 11, 2013 on his own label, Tiny Telephone. For Kickstarter donors he also recorded a limited edition vinyl recording: Vanderslice Plays Diamond Dogs. We will bring you some of these tracks on vinyl on future WMM shows.]

[John Vanderslice plays Czar Bar, on Friday, October 25]

2. Mat Shoare – “Keeping Everyone Happy”
from: Domestic Partnership / Golden Sound Records / December 11, 2013
[All songs by Mat Shoare. Made by Mat Shoare and Ross Brown. Most parts of this album were recorded by Mat Shoare in multiple bedrooms, basements, and offices from winter 2011 till fall 2012. It was finally focused into something cohesive by Ross Brown at The Reservation in Kansas City, MO.]

[The Mat Shoare band plays recordBar TONIGHT at 10:00 pm w/ Schwervon and Proletariat Chariot.]

3. Elliott Smith – “Twilight”
from: From a Basement on the Hill / ANTI- / Oct. 19, 2004
[6th and final studio album by the late American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003). Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland, Oregon, the area in which he first gained popularity. Recorded from between 2002 to 2003, it was released posthumously. The album was incomplete at the time of Smith’s death. Many of the songs Smith intended for the album remained unfinished, in some cases only lacking vocals. Smith’s family hired his former producer Rob Schnapf and ex-girlfriend Joanna Bolme to sort through and put the finishing touches on the batch of over thirty songs that were recorded for the album. The album was initially planned as a double album, due to contractual obligations with the DreamWorks label (now Interscope). Thus, a fifteen-track album was assembled and released. This became Smith’s highest-charting album in the US to date and was praised by critics, with reviewers complimenting the album’s attempts to expand Smith’s sound, such as the incorporation of instrumental passages as well as heavier, guitar-based material.]

[Thommy Vincent Hoskins, Cody Wyoming, Nick Davis, Andrew Ashby & Elizabeth Bohannon (of The CAVES), Richard Gintowt (of Hidden Pictures), Ben Summers (of The Grisly Hand) and Brent Windler (of Sons Of Great Dane) will be featured in the Elliott Smith Memorial Tribute, Sunday, October 20, at 8:00 pm, at The Brick, a benefit for Synergy Youth Resiliency Center, a Drop-In Center For Ages 12-20 with: Recording Studio, Basketball Court, Computer Lab, Free Laundry, TV Lounge, Exercise Room, Dental/Health Clinic and basic case management and counseling for youth who might be going through some kind of family or personal crisis.]

10:16 – Underwriting

10:17

4. Hidden Pictures – “Where Does The Story Go”
from: Where Does The Story Go [EP] / Golden Sound Records / 2013
[Engineered by Joel Nanos at Element Recording Richard Gintowt – vox, guitar; Claire Adams – vox, electric uke axe; Chad Toney – bass; Nate Holt – keys; Cameron Hawk – drums. Richard Gintowt who was formerly in the the band OK Jones, has been a frequent music writer and reviewer for The Pitch and other publications.]

[Richard Gintowt is moving to San Francisco and Hidden Pictures will play one of heir last shows at Czar Bar Friday, October 18 with label mates Fullbloods, Skypiper, and Kickback.]

5. Krystle Warren & The Faculty – “Five Minutes Late”
from: Love Songs: A Time You May Embrace / Parlour Door Music / April 9, 2012 UK]
[ Paseo Arts Academy Graduate was signed to a French label, Because Music and then created her own label: Parlour Door Music. Krystle has been touring Europe opening for Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave, Norah Jones, and Joan As Police Woman. Krystle Warren’s new album came from a 13 day recording session in Brooklyn, where she recorded the songs live with 28 musicians including her band, The Faculty, alongside choirs, horn and string sections. Krystle wrote the songs, and is releasing the music in 2 separate releases. Krystle recently played KC on Sun, Oct 6. Our recent interview with Krystle will be broadcast as part of next week’s WMM.]

6. Pokey LaFarge – “Central Time”
from: Pokey LaFarge / Third Man Records / June 4, 2013
[30 year old LaFarge was born Andrew Heissler in Bloomington, Illinois. It has also been noted that the nickname “Pokey” was coined by his mother, who would scold him to hurry when he was a child. This is his 7th full length release as leader of a band. It is his second with Jack Whites label Third man Records. two of his releases were on Free Dirt Records, the same label as our friend Betse Ellis.]

[Pokey LaFarge plays recordbar, tomorrow night, Oct. 17, with Victor & Penny]

7. Jeff Harshbarger and the Revisionists – “How Come That Blood on your Coat Sleeve”
from: The Sound of True Grit / Independent / Recorded live, Oct. 2, at The Plaza Branch.
[The revisionists: Mike Stover, Brad Cox, Betse Ellis & Kasey Rausch.]

10:30 – Interview with Kaite Mediatore Stover

Kaite Mediatore Stover – Director of Readers’ Services at The Kansas City Public Library, Author at ALA Editions, and Readers’ Services Manager at The Kansas City Public Library. Kaite joined us to discuss The Kansas City Public Library’s Big Read: “True Grit” by Charles Portis. More info on the Big Read at http://www.kclibrary.org

For the fifth time in six years The Big Read returns to Kansas City. “The Big Read,” was created by the National Endowment for the Arts to revitalize the role of literary reading in American popular culture.

True Grit is a 1968 novel by Charles Portis that was first published as a 1968 serial in The Saturday Evening Post. The novel is told from the perspective of a woman named Mattie Ross who recounts the time when she was 14 years old and sought retribution for the murder of her father by a scoundrel named Tom Chaney. It is considered by some critics to be “one of the great American novels”.

In 1969, it was adapted for the screen as a Western film True Grit starring John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn (a role that won John Wayne Best Actor at the Academy Awards) and Kim Darby as Mattie Ross. Wayne would reprise the role in Rooster Cogburn (1975) with an original screenplay. The sequel was not well received, and the plot was considered a needless reworking of the plot of True Grit combined with elements of The African Queen.

In 2010, Joel and Ethan Coen wrote & directed another film adaption also called True Grit, which starred Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross & Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn. The film was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director(s) (The Coen Brothers), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Jeff Bridges), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Hailee Steinfeld), and Best Adapted Screenplay (The Coen Brothers).

Narrated by Mattie Ross, a thrifty, churchgoing elderly spinster distinguished by intelligence, independence and strength of mind. She recounts the story of her adventures many years earlier, when, at the age of fourteen, she undertook a quest to avenge her father’s death at the hands of a drifter named Tom Chaney. She is joined on her quest by Marshal Reuben J. “Rooster” Cogburn, & a Texas Ranger named LaBoeuf (“La-beef”).

As Mattie’s tale begins, Chaney is employed on the Ross’s family farm in west central Arkansas, near the town of Dardanelle in Yell County. Chaney is not adept as a farmhand, and Mattie has only scorn for him, referring to him as “trash”, and noting that her kind-hearted father, Frank, only hired him out of pity. One day, Frank Ross and Chaney go to Fort Smith to buy some horses. Ross takes $250 with him to pay for the horses, along with two gold pieces he always carried. He ends up spending only $100 on the horses. When Ross tries to intervene in a barroom confrontation involving Chaney, Chaney kills him, robs the body of the remaining $150 and two gold pieces, and flees into Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) on his horse.

Hearing that Chaney has joined an outlaw gang led by the infamous “Lucky” Ned Pepper, Mattie wishes to track down the killer, and upon arriving at Fort Smith she looks for the toughest deputy U.S. Marshal in the district. That man turns out to be Reuben J. “Rooster” Cogburn, and although he is an aging, one-eyed, overweight, trigger-happy, hard-drinking man, Mattie is convinced that he has “grit”, and that he is best suited for the job due to his reputation for violence.

Playing on Cogburn’s need for money, Mattie persuades him to take on the job, insisting that, as part of the bargain, she accompany him. During their preparation, a Texas Ranger named LaBoeuf appears. He too is tracking Chaney, and has been for four months, for killing a senator and his dog in Texas, with the hopes of bringing him back to Texas dead or alive for a cash reward. Cogburn and LaBoeuf take a dislike to each other, but after some haggling, they agree to join forces in the hunt realizing that they can both benefit from each other’s respective talents and knowledge. Once they reach a deal the two men attempt to leave Mattie behind, but she proves more tenacious than they had expected. They repeatedly try to lose her, but she persists in following them and seeing her transaction with Marshal Cogburn through to the end. Eventually she is jumped by Cogburn and LaBoeuf, who had hid themselves from view and LaBoeuf begins to spank Mattie. Mattie appeals to Cogburn and he orders LaBoeuf to stop. At this point Mattie is allowed to join.

Together, but with very different motivations, the three ride into the wilderness to confront Ned Pepper’s gang. Along the way, they develop an appreciation for one another.

Readers will be able to connect with True Grit through a wide range of free public events, programs, book discussions, and a special exhibit at the Central Library.

True Life, True Grit: Achieve the Honorable – Ike Skelton
Tues. October 8, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. – Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III: A Conversation with Tom Bass
Thurs. October 10, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. – Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

What True Grit (Might Have) Looked Like: The Photographs of F.M. Steele – Jim Hoy
Sun. October 20, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. – Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

Mattie Ross: A Portrait of Feminist Heroism or Traditional Masculinity? – Jane Wood, Brenda Bethman, Crystal Gorham Doss & Adrianne Russell
Thurs. October 24, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. – Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

The U.S. Marshals: A Popular History of the Nation’s Oldest Law Enforcement Agency – Anthony Gasaway – Wed. October 30, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. – Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

True Grit Film Screenings of the 1969 and 2010 Film Adaptations

True Grit (2010; PG-13)

Wed. October 16, 2013 | 7 p.m. – Sugar Creek Branch, 102 S. Sterling

Fri. October 25, 2013 | 1 p.m. – Westport Branch, 118 Westport Rd.

Sat. October 26, 2013 | 2 p.m. – Trails West Branch, 1141 E. 23rd St.

True Grit (1969; M)

Fri. October 4, 2013 | 2 p.m. – Waldo Branch, 201 E. 75th St.

Sun. October 6, 2013 | 2 p.m. – L. H. Bluford Branch, 3050 Prospect

Thurs. October 17, 2013 | 10 a.m. – North-East Branch, 6000 Wilson Rd.

Sat., October 19, 2013 | 5 p.m. – Sugar Creek Branch, 102 S. Sterling

10:40

8. Jeff Harshbarger and the Revisionists – “Beulah LAND”
from: The Sound of True Grit / Independent / Recorded live, Oct. 2, at The Plaza Branch.
[The revisionists: Mike Stover, Brad Cox, Betse Ellis & Kasey Rausch.]

10:45

Charles Portis was born in El Dorado, AR, The United States December 28, 1933 in El Dorado, Arkansas and was raised in various towns in southern Arkansas. He served in the Marine Corps during the Korean war and after his discharge in 1955 attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He graduated with a degree in journalism in 1958.

His journalistic career included work at the Arkansas Gazette before he moved to NYC to work for The New York Herald Tribune. After serving as the London bureau chief for the The New York Herald Tribune, he left journalism in 1964 and returned to Arkansas.

He currently lives in Little Rock, Arkansas.

True Grit by Charles Portis — published 1968 — 72 editions

The Dog of the South by Charles Portis — published 1979 — 14 editions

Norwood by Charles Portis — published 1966 — 14 editions

Masters of Atlantis by Charles Portis — published 1985 — 11 editions

Gringos by Charles Portis — published 1990 — 7 editions

Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany by Charles Portis, Jay Jennings (Editor) — published 2012 — 4 editions

The 50 Funniest American Writers: According to Andy Borowitz
by Andy Borowitz (Editor), Mark Twain, S.J. Perelman

More information on the Big Read at http://www.kclibrary.org also kcbigbead.org

11:00 – Station ID

11:00 – Matt Kesler – “Guest Producer”

Matt Kesler is owner of The Midwestern Musical Co. at 1830 Locust, in the Crossroads District of Kansas City, Missouri. Matt is also a member of several legendary KC based bands: The Doo-Dads, Midtown Quartet and Pedaljets. Matt is the youngest of five siblings who all had their own musical loves. His parents took him to see Sonny & Cher, Doc Severinsen, Issac Hayes with Dion Warwick, and Elvis, all before he was ten. By the time he was 14 his brother and sisters had taken him to see Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, the Spinners, the Four Tops, and The Temptations. Matt started playing bass at the age of 15, and soon discovered Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Neil Young and The Stones.

9. Bunny Berigan – “I Can’t Get Started”
from: Charleston / ZYX Music / 2011
[Matt Kesler’s first instrument was the trumpet. His father was also a music enthusiast and one of his favorite performers was Bunny” Berigan. Roland Bernard “Bunny” Berigan (November 2, 1908 – June 2, 1942) was an American jazz trumpeter who rose to fame during the swing era, but whose career and influence were shortened by a losing battle with alcoholism that ended with his early death at age 33 from cirrhosis. Although he composed some jazz instrumentals like “Chicken and Waffles” and “Blues”, Berigan was best known for his virtuoso jazz trumpeting. His 1937 classic recording “I Can’t Get Started” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1975.]

10. Dinah Washington – “What A Diff’ence A Day Makes”
from: Verve Introducing Jazz Masters / Polygram / April 19, 1994
[Dinah Washington, born Ruth Lee Jones (August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963), was an American singer and pianist, who has been cited as “the most popular black female recording artist of the ’50s”. Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music, and gave herself the title of “Queen of the Blues”. She is a 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. Washington was married seven times. Her husbands were John Young (1942–43), George Jenkins (1946), Robert Grayson (1947), bassist and bandleader Walter Buchanan (1950), saxophonist Eddie Chamblee (1957), Rafael Campos (1961), and pro-football player Dick “Night Train” Lane (1963). She had two sons: George Kenneth Jenkins and Robert Grayson. Washington was an outspoken unapologetic liberal Democrat. She once said, “I am who I am and I know what I know. I’m a Democrat plain and simple, always have been. I’d never vote for a Republican because in my opinion they don’t have what it takes to run any kind of private or public office. That’s all.”Early on the morning of December 14, 1963, Washington’s seventh husband Lane went to sleep with his wife, and awoke later to find her slumped over and not responsive. An autopsy later showed a lethal combination of secobarbital and amobarbital, which contributed to her death at the age of 39. She is buried in the Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois.]

11. Ella Fitzgerald – “Cow Cow Boogie”
from: Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings / UMG Recordings / Aug. 29, 1995
[“Cow Cow Boogie (Cuma-Ti-Yi-Yi-Ay)” is a “country-boogie” style blues song utilizing the folklore of the singing cowboy in the American West. In the lyrics, the cowboy is from the city and tells his “dogies” (motherless calves)[1] to “get hip.” The music was written by Don Raye, and lyrics were written by Benny Carter and Gene De Paul. The song was written for the 1942 Abbott & Costello film Ride ‘Em Cowboy, which included Ella Fitzgerald as a cast member. The first recording was by Freddie Slack & his Orchestra, featuring vocalist Ella Mae Morse in 1942. The record was the first release by Capitol Records and their first million seller. The 1944 collaboration between The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald in resulted in a number-one hit on the Harlem Hit Parade and a number-ten hit on the pop chart.]

12. David McCallum – “Batman Theme”
from: Ultra-Lounge Vol. 13 – TV Town / Capital Records / Oct. 14, 1997
[This version is from actor/musician David McCallum. His cover of the original. “Batman Theme”, the title song of the 1966 Batman TV series, was composed by Neal Hefti. This song is built around a guitar hook reminiscent of spy film scores and surf music. It has a twelve bar blues progression, using only three chords until the coda. In the original version, the eleven cries of “Batman!” are sung by a chorus of four tenors and four sopranos (performed by The Ron Hicklin Singers). A long held myth purports that the chorus is actually a group of horns. Adam West’s book Back to the Batcave also fuels this rumor by claiming the chorus is instrumental, not vocal. However, Neal Hefti, the writer of the theme, stated that the chorus was made up of eight singers, one of whom jokingly wrote on his part, “word and music by Neal Hefti”. TV’s Biggest Hits by Jon Burlingame, published in 1996, focuses exclusively on TV theme songs, and includes an interview with Hefti about the creation of the Batman theme song. According to Burlingame, the song consisted of “bass guitar, low brass and percussion to create a driving rhythm, while an eight-voice chorus sings ‘Batman!’ in harmony with the trumpets.”In addition to Neal Hefti’s original version, and the television soundtrack version by Nelson Riddle, versions were covered by The Marketts (single “Batman Theme” and album The Batman Theme by The Marketts), The Ventures (The Ventures Play the “Batman” Theme, Dolton BST8042, 3/1966), Al Hirt, The Standells and Iggy Pop. The song has been widely parodied in the decades since its debut. The theme has been re-recorded by dozens of artists, including Link Wray, Voivod, The Jam, and The Who.]

13. Elvis Presley – “A Big Hunk O’ Love”
from: 30 #1 Hits / Sony Music / Sept. 23, 2002 [RCA Victor Single release June 23, 1959]
[Written by Aaron Schroeder and Sid Wyche, aka Sid Jaxon. The latter is best known for writing the jazz standard “Okay, Alright, You Win”, whereas Aaron Schroeder co-wrote a whole bunch of hits from the rock`n`roll area, from “Fools Hall of Fame” (Pat Boone) to “Because They’re Young” (Duane Eddy). In an interview conducted by Jan-Erik Kjeseth, he also revealed that in fact he worked with his partner Wally Gold in order to improve a song submitted by another writer, and the end result was “It’s my party”, a big hit for Lesley Gore. Schroeder and Gold tossed a coin as to whose name should go on the record, and Gold “won”. Other titles written by the duo include “It’s Now or Never” and “Good Luck Charm”; both of which – like “A Big Hunk o’ Love” – were originally recorded by American rock and roll icon Elvis Presley. “A Big Hunk o’Love” was released as a single on June 23, 1959, by RCA Victor and later topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks. The song was revived by Presley in 1972 during his engagements at the Las Vegas Hilton in February 1972 and was used in his live shows until mid-1973. It was performed live for the last time on January 26, 1974. The song is included in the 1972 documentary Elvis On Tour and his 1973 show broadcast via satellite, Aloha from Hawaii. During this time period, it was played by the Elvis’ TCB Band, and featured Glen D. Hardin and James Burton.]

14. Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers – “Born To Lose”
from: L.A.M.F. / Jungle Records / October 3, 1977
[The only studio album by The Heartbreakers, which included Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan, Walter Lure and Billy Rath. The music is a mixture of punk, R&B and rock and roll. The band played a seminal role in the formation of early punk. Thunders and Nolan were previously in the New York Dolls, an important protopunk band. Biographer Nina Antonia states in the L.A.M.F. liner notes that “Johnny and his wise-guys were not a punk band, in the 1976 application of the term, they were N.Y. street punks playing rock n’ roll but the kids still pogoed.” The acronym “L.A.M.F.” stands for “Like A Mother Fucker”, in a 1977 interview in the UK monthly magazine Zigzag Thunders said this originated from New York gang graffiti. Thunders claimed the gangs would add the LAMF tag after writing their gang name. However if they were on another gang’s territory they would write “D.T.K.L.A.M.F” (Down To Kill Like A Mother Fucker).]

15. The Ramones – “I Wanna Be Sedated”
from: Hey! Ho! Let’s Go: The Anthology / Rhino – Sire / July 20, 1999
[One of the band’s best known songs. It was originally released on their fourth album, Road to Ruin, in September 1978 and was the b-side of the UK single “She’s the One” released on January 10, 1979. The song was later released as a single in the Netherlands in 1979, then in the U.S. in 1980 by RSO Records from the Times Square soundtrack album.]

16. True Believers – “Rebel Kind”
from: Hard Road / Rykodisc / June 6, 1994 [Reissue]
[Principally recorded at Arlyn Studios, Europa Sound Centre and Austin’s Riverside Sound, Austin, Texas; Axis Studio, Atlanta, Georgia. Includes liner notes by Jody Denberg. TRUE BELIEVERS (1st LP) was originally released in 1986. HARD ROAD contains the True Believers’ self-titled 1st LP, plus their previously unreleased follow-up. In Austin, TX, a town where great roots rock bands grow like crabgrass in suburbia, the True Believers gained a reputation as something very special right off the bat, and their blazing live shows earned them a rabid following long before they cut their first record. Unfortunately, they also became the classic example of a fine band brought down by their own record company; their first album was cut on the cheap for an independent label (and often sounds like it), and after a major label bought out their contract and paid for a significantly more polished and powerful second album, the band was dropped following a corporate reorganization, and a potential breakthrough album was left collecting dust in the vault. Hard Road finally gives this great band their due, bringing together the True Believers’ self-titled debut and their previously unreleased follow-up on one compact disc. While the self-titled first album’s low-budget production (especially the out-of-balance snare sound) makes it sound more like a demo than a polished final product, the performances are game, the triple-guitar lineup kicks pretty hard, and the songs are great, especially “The Rain Won’t Help You When It’s Over,” “Tell Her,” and a rollicking cover of the Velvet Underground’s “Train Round the Bend.” The unreleased album’s production is a bit more boomy and bombastic than it needs to be, but it certainly gets the band’s wall of guitars on tape with a lot more authority and force (especially Jon Dee Graham’s slide work), and while the new rhythm section imposed on the band by producer Jeff Glixman doesn’t sound all that different than the band’s original timekeepers, the True Believers do sound a lot tighter and strike with greater impact on these songs, whether they’re rockers like “She’s Got” or introspective mid-tempo tunes such as “One Moment to Another.” And while these two albums were where Alejandro Escovedo first began to gain his reputation as one of America’s great songwriters, his brother, Javier Escovedo, and Jon Dee Graham make it clear he wasn’t the only fine songwriter in the group, and their tightly interlocked guitars are a wonder to behold. The True Believers deserved better than the hand they were dealt, and one listen to Hard Road provides all the proof you need.] ~ Mark Deming (Cd Universe)

[Producers: Jim Dickinson, Mike Stewart, Jeff Glixman. Engineers: Mike Stewart, Stuart Sullivan, George Pappas. True Believers: Alejandro Escovedo, Javier Escovedo (guitar, vocals); John Dee Graham (guitar, lap steel, vocals); Denny DeGorio (bass, harmonica); Gordon Copley (bass); Mark Shaffer, Kevin Foley (drums). Additional personnnel: David Hidalgo (vocals); Jim Dickinson (piano). Rolling Stone (5/19/94, p.102) – “…vividly documents the boys’ budding songwriting skills…”]

17. Alejandro Escovedo – “Diana”
from: More Oar: A Tribute To The Skip Spenser / Birdman / July 6, 1999
[More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album is a 1999 tribute album completed shortly before and released shortly after the death of Moby Grape founding member Skip Spence. The album contains cover versions by various artists of Spence’s music from his Oar album, released in 1969, presented in the same order as on the original album. On More Oar, Escovedo contributes his version of Spence’s “Diana”. Critic Rob Brunner commented, “The best contributions come from artists who realize that Spence’s work is as much about atmosphere as words and chords. …Alejandro Escovedo offers an appropriately bleary ‘Diana’, Spence’s darkest song. Matt Kesler plays bass on the track.]

18. The Paladins – “Re’jive’inated”
from: Ticket Home / Foil Records / 1999
[The Paladins are a roots rock/rockabilly band from San Diego, California. Founded in the early 1980s by guitarist Dave Gonzalez and his high school friend and double bass player Thomas Yearsley, they have recorded nine studio albums and built a reputation as one of America’s hardest-working live bands.]

19. Calexico – “Alone Again Or”
from: Convict Pool / Quarterstick Records / April 6, 2004
[Tucson, Arizona-based Americana / Tex-Mex / indie rock band. The band’s two main members, Joey Burns and John Convertino, first played together in Los Angeles as part of the group Giant Sand. They have recorded a number of albums on Quarterstick Records, while their 2005 EP In the Reins recorded with Iron & Wine has reached the Billboard 200 album charts. Their musical style is influenced by traditional Latin sounds of mariachi / conjunto / cumbia / Tejano music and also the Southwestern United States country music as well as ’50s-’60s jazz and ’90s-’00s post-rock, and they have been described by some as “desert noir” or indie rock. The band is named for the border town of Calexico, California.]

20. Bob Mould – “Star Machine”
from: Silver Age (Bonus Track Version) / Merge / Sept. 4, 2012
[Robert Arthur “Bob” Mould (born October 16, 1960) is principally known for his work as guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for alternative rock bands Hüsker Dü in the 1980s and Sugar in the 1990s. Born in Malone, New York, Mould lived in several places, including the Minneapolis – St. Paul area where he then attended Macalester College. There, he formed Hüsker Dü in the late 1970s, with drummer/singer Grant Hart and bass guitarist Greg Norton. Mould’s song “Dog on Fire” is the theme song for The Daily Show. They Might Be Giants perform the current version. On December 19, 1996, Mould made a cameo appearance on The Daily Show Holiday Spectacular in an homage duet of “The Little Drummer Boy” with Mould playing the part of David Bowie to Craig Kilborn’s “Bing Crosby”. In 2001, Mould played lead guitar in the house band for the film of John Cameron Mitchell’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and on the film’s soundtrack. In 2003, Mould also participated in a Hedwig tribute album, Wig in a Box, on which he covered the song “Nailed.”]

21. PedalJets – “Terra Nova”
from: What’s In Between / Electric Moth Records / June 25, 2013
[This song was released last Dec. as a 7′ green vinyl single. Now included on The Pedaljets first album of new material in 23 years. Paul Malinowski (Vocals, Guitar), Rob Morrow (Drums, Vocals), Mike Allmayer (Guitar, Vocals), Matt Kesler (Bass, Vocals). Produced by The Pedaljets and Paul Malinoski. The albums photos & design are from artist Archer Prewitt of the bands: the Sea and Cake and The Coctails. More info: thepedaljets.com]

22. Noel Coward – “The Party’s Over Now”
from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]

Sources for notes on tracks and interview segments come from: artist’s websites and wikipedia.org and where noted.

Show #495

Wednesday MidDay Medley
TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning

Kaite Mediatore Stover & “True Grit”
+ Guest Producer Matt Kesler

Mark plays New & Local Releases from: Mat Shoare, Jeff Harshbarger & The Revisionists, Krystle Warren & The Faculty, John Vanderslice, Pokey LaFarge, Elliot Smith and more.

At 10:30, Mark talks with Kaite Mediatore Stover – Director of Readers’ Services at The Kansas City Public Library, Author at ALA Editions, and Readers’ Services Manager at The Kansas City Public Library. Kaite joins us to discuss The Kansas City Public Library‘s Big Read: “True Grit” by Charles Portis. We’ll also play live recordings from Jeff Harshbarger & The Revisionists (Mike Stover, Brad Cox, Betse Ellis & Kasey Rausch) who recently performed music associated with the novel at the KC Public Library. More information on the Big Read at http://www.kclibrary.org

Matt Kesler

At 11:00 Matt Kesler joins us as “Guest Producer” of our second hour. Matt Kesler is owner of The Midwestern Musical Co. at 1830 Locust, in the Crossroads District of Kansas City, Missouri. Matt is also a member of several legendary KC based bands: The Doo-Dads, Midtown Quartet and The Pedaljets. Matt is the youngest of five siblings who all had their own musical loves. His parents took him to see Sonny & Cher, Doc Severinsen, Issac Hayes with Dion Warwick, and Elvis, all before he was ten. By the time he was 14 his brother and sisters had taken him to see Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, the Spinners, the Four Tops, and The Temptations. Matt started playing bass at the age of 15, and soon discovered Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Neil Young and The Stones.

Matt Kesler will share music from: Harry James, Ella Fitzgerald, The Beatles, Elvis, Booker T & the MGs, Ramones, True Believers, Frank Black, T. Rex, Marvin Gaye, The Embarrassment, Gun Club, and Alejandro Escovedo.

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Show #495

Wednesday MidDay Medley
TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning

“The Midcoast Sound”
+ Emily Behrmann & The Series at JCCC
+ Marion Merritt & Jennifer Appell co-host

1. King Khan & The Shrines – “Born To Die”
from: Idle No More / Merge Records / Sept/ 3, 2013
[Berlin-based garage rock and psychedelic soul band. Founded in 1999 by then 22-year-old King Khan, formerly of Canadian garage rock outfits The Spaceshits (where he operated under the pseudonym Blacksnake) and Kukamongas. The band is noted for its impressive stage antics. Typically King Khan is scantily clad, and the overwhelming frontman. His performances feature cheerleader/go-go dancer Bamboorella and a mixture of instrumentation including: keyboard, baritone saxophone, guitar, bass, drums.]

[King Kahn & The Shrines play the recordBar, Sunday, Oct. 20, with Hell Shovel]

Marion Merritt and Jennifer Appell joined me for the entire show to encourage ALL listeners to call 888-931-0901 during WMM, to express support for this show and 90.1 FM KKFI.

10:04 – Pledge Break #1

10:12

2. Drew Black and Dirty Electric – “Love & A Riot”
from: Midwestern Audio Vol. 2 – Electric Hullabaloo / Midwest Music Found. / Oct 5, 2013
[Written by Drew Black. Recorded, mixed, mastered by Mark Johnson at Atzero Studios in Lee’s Summit, MO. Drew Black – vocals, guitar; Terra Skaggs – bass; Zach Hodson – guitar; Michelle Bacon – drums]

[Drew Black and The Dirty Electric play Czar bar, Tues. Oct. 15 with: Aotearoa, & Hillary Watts Riot]

3. Animal Collective – “Rosie Oh”
from: Centipede Hz / Domino / September 24, 2012
[9th studio album by American experimental psychedelic band that grew out of childhood friendships in Baltimore County Maryland, currently based in NYC, LA, and Lisbon. The band consists of Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Deakin (Josh Dibb), and Geologist (Brian Weitz). Records released under the name Animal Collective may include contributions from any or all of these members; the lineup is not uniform. The group also runs the record label Paw Tracks.]

[Animal Collective play The Midland, Thurs, October 24, with Deradoorian. We’re giving 2 tickets to see Animal Collective as a “Thank You Gift” for the first 10 donations, on MC/Visa of $50.00 or more.]

4. Krystle Warren & The Faculty – “Tuesday Morning”
from: Love Songs: A Time You May Embrace / Parlour Door Music / April 9, 2012 UK]
[Paseo Arts Academy Graduate was signed to a French label, Because Music and then created her own label: Parlour Door Music. Krystle has been touring Europe opening for Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave, Norah Jones, and Joan As Police Woman. Krystle Warren’s new album came from a 13 day recording session in Brooklyn, where she recorded the songs live with 28 musicians including her band, The Faculty, alongside choirs, horn and string sections. Krystle wrote the songs, and is releasing the music in 2 separate releases. Krystle recently played KC on Sun, Oct 6. Over the weekend we interviewed Krystle for our Oct. 23 show.]

10:20 – Pledge Break #2

10:29

6. Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion – “Chairman Meow”
from: Wassaic Way / Rte. 8 Records / August 6, 2013
[Sarah Lee Guthrie is daughter of Arlo Guthrie and granddaughter of Woody Guthrie.]

[Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion play an early show on Sat, Oct. 12, at Davey’s Uptown with Olassa] [Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion play Knuckleheads later with Song Preservation Society, Olassa]

7. The Kinsey Sicks – “Toucha Touch Me – Tsa Security”
from: Electile Dysfunction / The Kinsey Sicks / May 8, 2012
[Formed in 1993, by original members: Ben Schatz (“Rachel”) is a Harvard-trained civil rights lawyer, former Director of the national Gay & Lesbian Medical Assoc, and one-time presidential advisor on HIV issues, who created the 1st national AIDS legal project and authored Clinton’s HIV policy during the 1992 presidential campaign, and Irwin Keller (“Winnie”) is a University of Chicago-trained lawyer & linguist & former director of the AIDS Legal Referral Panel of the San Francisco Bay Area, who authored Chicago’s gay rights ord., passed into law in 1989. In 2004, the Kinsey Sicks were joined by actor/singer/designer Jeff Manabat. In Oct. KC-based actor & singer, Spencer Brown joined in 2008 as (“Trampolina”).]

[The Kinsey Sicks perform: “America’s Next Top Bachelor Housewife Celebrity Hoarder Star Gone Wild,” Fri. Oct. 25, & Sat. Oct. 26, at Polsky Theatre, for the Performing Arts Series at JCCC.]

10:35 – Interview with Emily Behrmann

Emily Behrmann is General Manager of the Performing Arts Series at Johnson County Community College presenting diverse cultures, dance, music, cutting-edge performances. They’ve just started the 2013-2014 series with critically acclaimed performances from national performers as well as local music and dance companies including the Owen Cox Dance Ensemble. Emily joins us today to talk about what is coming up in the season.

The Kinsey Sicks perform their R rated show: “America’s Next Top Bachelor Housewife Celebrity Hoarder Star Gone Wild,” Friday AND Saturday, October 25, and 26, in the Polsky Theatre, for the Performing Arts Series at Johnson County Community College!!

Spencer Brown (“Trampolina”) – also known to KC audiences as Daisy Bucket

6 shows in the Polsky Theatre, next door to Yardley Hall, including the Kinsey Sicks, and other upcoming shows featuring: Rita Moreno, Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby, Arturo Sandoval, and many others. plus, classical/chamber music programs, theatre and comedy, and 5 dance shows.

This year the Performing Arts Series at Johnson County Community College has made new connections with local companies: KC Ballet, Owen/Cox Dance Group, Bach Aria Soloists.

Performing Arts Series at Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Boulevard, Overland Park, KS. For more information about the Performing Arts Series at Johnson County Community College, you can call (913) 469-4445 or visit jccc.edu/TheSeries

10:44

8. Wells The Traveler – “Never Been Easy”
from: One For The Dreamers / Independent / August 23, 2013
[Manchester, England born Danny McGaw released one of our favorite recordings of 2012 w/ “Eccles Road.” Since then he has been playing with drummer Jason Jones & bassist Dan Hines (of the Lawrence band Paw), Chad Brothers on guitar, and Musician, Producer, and member of Truckstop Honeymoon, Mike West, who was intially brought in to produce the group’s debut recording, and ended up becoming the fifth member.]

[Wells The Traveler play the late show at Davey’s on Sat, Oct. 12, w/ Brother Bagman, and Old Sound]

[Wells The Traveler play the WINFIELD HANGOVER, Sat, Oct 26, at Riot Room, w/: Loaded Goat, Betse Ellis, Kansas City Bear Fighters, The John Brown Boys, Cadillac Flambe, and Fast Food Junkies]

9. Neko Case – “Local Girl”
from: The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You / Anti- / Aug 30, 13
[9th solo release of Neko Case who also performs with The New Pornographers.]

[Neko Case plays Liberty Hall, in Lawrence, Kansas, on Tuesday, October 15, at 8:00pm]

10. Betse Ellis – “The Complainer”
from: High Moon Order / Free Dirt Records / June 14, 2013
[Critically acclaimed 2nd solo release from renowned fiddler, Betse Ellis, a founding member of The Wilders]

[Betse Ellis plays the WINFIELD HANGOVER, Sat, Oct 26, at Riot Room, w/: Loaded Goat, Wells The Traveler , Kansas City Bear Fighters, The John Brown Boys, Cadillac Flambe, and Fast Food Junkies]

10:52 – Pledge Break #3 & Phone call from Betse Ellis in St. Louis

11:00 – Station ID

11. Polvo – “Light, Raking”
from: Siberia (Bonus Track Version) / Merge Records / Oct. 1, 2013
[Formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1990, by guitarists/vocalists Ash Bowie and Dave Brylawski. Brian Quast plays drums, and Steve Popson plays bass guitar. Eddie Watkins was the band’s original drummer, but did not rejoin the band upon its reunion in 2008. Considered to be standard bearer of a genre which came to be known as math rock, although in interviews the band disavowed that categorization. Their sound was defined by complex and dissonant guitar harmonies and driving rhythm, complementing cryptic, often surrealist lyrics. The band’s name means “octopus” in Portuguese and “powder” or “dust” in Spanish; in Spain it also is a slang word for sex.]

12. Ghosty – “YR WILD LIFE”
rom: GHOSTY / More Famouser Records / April 17, 2012
[3rd full length release from Lawrence and KC area band. Ghosty is Andrew Connor, Mike Nolte an Bill Belzer who recorded their new album themselves over the last couple of years with help from David Wetzel, Josh Adams, Jake Blanton, Konnor Ervin, Ryan Connor, Kirsten Paludan, and Dan Talmadge. The new release was pressed on vinyl and available on LP and digital download. More info at ghostysounds.com.]

13. The ACB’s – “Surface”
from: Little Leaves / High Dive Records / March 5, 2013
[Konnor Ervin on lead vocals, Andrew Connor on Guitar & Vocals, Bryan McGuire on Bass & Vocals, Kyle Rausch on Drums & Vocals. The band joined us LIVE on the show on Feb. 27.]

[The ACBs play Replay, Oct 31, w/ Spirit is The Spirit, Dean Monkey & The Dropouts, Stiff Middle Fingers.]

14. Margo May – “Close The Door”
from: Midwestern Audio Vol. 2 – Electric Hullabaloo / Midwest Music Found. / Oct 5, 2013
[Margo May ha been working on a new release. She’s currently on the road singing backup for Josh Berwanger midway in the tour they play recordBar, on Oct. 31. Her new release will be out in November.]

11:11 – Pledge Break #4

11:19

15. Red Kate – “Pink Sweater”
from: When the troubles come (Vinyl) / Replay Records USA / August 23, 2013 [1st full-length from Punk 4-piece formed 2007. Engineered by Duane Trower at Weights & Measures Soundlab.]

[Red Kate play an in store performance at Mills Record Company Oct. 11 with Dated]

[Red Kate open for Sister Mary Rotten Crotch Oct. 18, at Davey’s Uptown with The Big Iron]

16. Bloodbirds – “Radiation”
from: Psychic Surgery / Independent / February 1, 2013
[KC based Psychedelic post-punk trio featuring ex-Ad Astra Per Aspera member Mike Tuley, his wife Brooke Tuley and Anna St. Louis. The album will be available as a vinyl LP in April. Recorded at Junior’s Motel, with additional recording at the Worst Place in the World, and House Tuley. Rcorded by Kirk Kaufman and Mike Tuley. Mixed by Mike Tuley.]

[Bloodbirds play recordBar Sat. Oct. 12, with Metatone, Zorch, and The Hips]

17. Schwervon! – “Cougar Pride”
from: Courage / Olive Juice Records / September 28, 2012
[Schwervon! is a two piece rock band. Nan plays drums and Matt plays guitar and they both sing. They lived in NYC for 15 years and have just relocated to Kansas City. Schwervon! have produced 5 full length albums, 2 seven inch vinyl only singles, in addition to touring the world and performing with: Belle and Sebastian, The Vaselines, The Wedding Present, Kimya Dawson, The Thermals, Grass Widow, Jeffrey Lewis, The Essex Green, Comet Gain, and Veronica Falls. They recorded Courage with Memphis-based engineer Doug Easley who has worked with Pavement, Sonic Youth, Cat Power.]

[Schwervon! play recordBar, Wed. Oct. 16, with The Empty Spaces, and Proletariat Chariot.]

18. The Bad Ideas – “Dead in My Head”
from: Lesson #1 / Independent / March 8, 2013
[Full length debut recording from the Kansas City based punk band, formed in October 2011. They’ve written all original songs and are influenced by post-hardcore, punk, and early pop punk. Their EP, Worse Thoughts, was one of our favorite recordings of 2012.]

[The Bad Ideas play the Return of Rock Down Drag Out, at Czar, Sat, Oct. 12.]
[The Bad Ideas play Replay on Thurs. Oct. 17 with Cherokee.Rock.Rifle, and Thrift Store 45s.]

11:30 – Underwriting

11:45

19. Radkey – “Out Here In My Head”
from: Cat & Mouse – EP / Wreckroom / June 4, 2013
[Radkey is a St. Joesph based band made up of three teenage brothers Darrion, Isaiah, and Solomon. Their influences include The Who and Nirvana. Thank you to Robert Moore for loaning me your vinyl. Radkey has been nominated for a Pitch Music Award for Best Live Act.]

[Radkey played this song last week on “Later with Jools Holland” on BBC 2.]

20. Marva Whitney – “With Fun In My Life”
from: Eccentric Soul: The Forte Label / Numero Group – Cleanteen Records / Sept. 3, 2013
[Born Marva Ann Manning, May 1, 1944 in Kansas City, Kansas. Whitney’s performing career started as early as three years old while touring with her family’s gospel group, the Manning Gospel Singers. In 1960, when she was 16, she joined a Kansas gospel group, the Alma Whitney Singers, and ended up marrying Harry Whitney, the brother-in-law of the group’s leader. Ever since, she has gone by her married name, Marva Whitney. Marva Whitney is well known as a funk vocalist. Singing with James Brown in the late 1960s, she was able to make a name for herself with powerful songs like “I’m Tired, I’m Tired, I’m Tired (Things Better Change Before Its Too Late)” and “If You Don’t Work (You Can’t Eat).” Her recording of “It’s My Thing (You Can’t Tell Me Who to Sock It To)” reached the R&B Top 20. Her song “Unwind Yourself” has been sampled numerous times, most recognisably by DJ Mark the 45 King on his 1987 track “The 900 Number”, which was then sampled by DJ Chad Jackson on his 1990 hit single “Hear the Drummer (Get Wicked)” (UK #3 in July 1990), by DJ Kool on his 1996 hit “Let Me Clear My Throat” (UK #6 in March 1997), Sway on his 2009 track Mercedes Benz and Mac Miller on his 2011 track Party On Fifth Ave. In 2006, Marva Whitney collaborated with German born DJ/collector/manager DJ Pari and Japanese funk orchestra Osaka Monaurail to produce a new single, “I Am What I Am”. Osaka Monaurail style themselves on the James Brown sound and the single was produced in the fashion of an authentic release of the recordings she produced with Brown in 1969. Two successful tours of Japan and a full length album release followed, also entitled “I Am What I Am”. In 2007, 2008 and 2009, the tour was also brought to Europe. In December 2009, Whitney collapsed on stage in front of thousands of fans in Lorne, Australia, while performing with The Transatlantics at Falls Festival. She was immediately rushed to Geelong Hospital, where doctors diagnosed a stroke. The remaining dates of her tour had to be canceled, but Whitney made a recovery and performed again in 2010. In December 2012, Whitney died from complications of pneumonia at her home. She was 68]

21. The Grisly Hand – “Coup de Coeur”
from: Country Singles / Independent / April 26, 2013
[Kansas City based, six member band that first started playing live in 2009. The current line up includes: Jimmy Fitzner (Guitar and Vocals), Lauren Krum (Vocals and Percussion), Johnny Nichols (Bass and Vocals), Matt Richey (Drums), Mike Stover (Steel Guitar), and Ben Summers (Guitar and Mandolin). The band’s debut release “Safe House” was release in November of 2010. Their EP “Western Avenue” was one of our Best Recordings of 2012. Mike Stover and Lauren Krum of The Grisly Hand joined us LIVE on April 24.]

[The Grisly Hand play recordBar, Fri, Oct. 11, w/ Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, & Great Big Pile of Leaves]

11:50 – Pledge Break #6

13. Noel Coward – “The Party’s Over Now”
from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]

Sources for notes on tracks: artist’s websites and wikipedia.org

Show #494

Wednesday MidDay Medley
TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Public Art is Beautiful!

“The Midcoast Sound”
+ Emily Behrmann & The Series at JCCC
+ Marion Merritt & Jennifer Appell co-host

Mark plays New & Local Releases from: Radkey, Red Kate, Schwervon!, Krystle Warren, Betse Ellis, Wells The Traveler, Drew Black & Dirty Electric, Margo May, The Grisly Hand, Bloodbirds, The ACB’s, The Bad Ideas, Ghosty, Polvo, Neko Case, King Khan & The Shrines, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Animal Collective, and The Kinsey Sicks.

At 10:35, Mark talks with Emily Behrmann about the current 2013-2014 season for the Performing Arts Series at Johnson County Community College. More info at jccc.edu/TheSeries

Marion Merritt and Jennifer Appell join Mark for the entire show to encourage ALL listeners to call 888-931-0901 during Wednesday MidDay Medley, to express support for this show and 90.1 FM KKFI.

KKFI’s Fall Fund Drive, “Thank You Gifts”:
$90.00 donation – a 3 color “Free Range Radio” T-shirt
$150.00 donation – a “Guest DJ” for a 1-hour music show
$200.00 donation you can receive both!

If you donate $50.00 or more, on MC/Visa/Discover/AMEX only during Wednesday MidDay Medley, you can also choose one of the following “Thank You Gifts” listed below:

A voucher for 2 tickets to any show at The Series at JCCC including: The Kinsey Sicks, Rita Moreno, Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby, Arturo Sandoval, and many others.

2 Tickets to Animal Collective, Oct. 24, at The Midland

2 Tickets to City and Colour, Oct. 25, at The Midland.

The MidCoast Spirit Bag:
Midwestern Audio Vol. 2 – Electric Hullabaloo the new CD compilation (from Midwest Music Foundation)
A paperback edition of True Grit (from KC Public Library)
100 sticks of incense (from It’s A Beautiful Day)
Merge Records Fall 2013 Sampler or No Sleep Records Summer 2013 Sampler / a King Khan button / a GROUPLOVE bumper sticker / a Polvo poster / two different Mills Record Company bumper stickers (from Mills Record Company)

Tune in to Wednesday MidDay Medley October 9, 10-Noon, on KKFI 90.1 FM and donate during the show (at special levels) to receive these great “Thank You Gifts.” Support Community Radio and Wednesday MidDay Medley!

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Show #494

Wednesday MidDay Medley
TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning

New & Local Releases + “Sidewalk Radio”
+ Brenton Cook & Midwestern Audio Vol. 2 +
Out in The Crossroads + Summer Osborne + OutSpokenKC
+ Krystle Warren Live from Paris!

1. Spirit is the Spirit – “I Believe That We Will Win”
from: Baktun Baby / Independent / November, 2012
[Lawrence, Kansas based 5-piece band known for their beautiful Psychedelic-Folk-Rock sound. Members include: Austen Malone, Noah Compo, Josh Landau, Brook Partain, Danny Bowersox]

[Spirit Is The Spirit play the big CD Release Show, for Midwestern Audio Vol. 2 – Electric Hullabaloo, a new compilation of local music from Midwest Music Foundation, Saturday, October 5, at 9:30 pm, at recordBar, 1020 Westport Rd, with Jorge Arana Trio, Les Izmore, and Rev Gusto.]

2. PedalJets – “Conversations”
from: What’s In Between / Electric Moth Records / June 25, 2013
[This song was released last Dec. as a 7′ green vinyl single. Now included on The Pedaljets first album of new material in 23 years. Paul Malinowski (Vocals, Guitar), Rob Morrow (Drums, Vocals), Mike Allmayer (Guitar, Vocals), Matt Kesler (Bass, Vocals). Produced by The Pedaljets and Paul Malinoski. The albums photos & design are from artist Archer Prewitt of the bands: the Sea and Cake and The Coctails. More info: thepedaljets.com]

[The Pedaljets play recordBar, 1020 Westport Rd, Saturday, October 5 at 7:00pm, with Expassionates.]

3. Ghosty – “You Shut Me Out”
from: GHOSTY / More Famouser Records / April 17, 2012
[3rd full length release from Lawrence and KC area band. Ghosty is Andrew Connor, Mike Nolte an Bill Belzer who recorded their new album themselves over the last couple of years with help from David Wetzel, Josh Adams, Jake Blanton, Konnor Ervin, Ryan Connor, Kirsten Paludan, and Dan Talmadge. The new release was pressed on vinyl and available on LP and digital download. More info at ghostysounds.com.]

[Ghosty plays the Riot Room, friday, October 4, with Outsides, and Mr. History.]

10:15 – Underwriting

10:16 – Interview with George Biswell

As many of you know, this year 90.1 FM KKFI celebrated 25 years on the radio airwaves. George Biswell has been a big part of 90.1 FM’s history, serving as a programmer, a volunteer, Board Member, and Active Member Chair. He is a husband and father and veteran, and retired Kansas City, Missouri, City Employee, and he joined us to talk about his new performance art project: “Sidewalk Radio,” a venture of his Home Town Sound – Mobile DJ Service, that will be playing on First Friday, this Friday, October 4, on the western edge of the Crossroads.

George Biswell talked about his experiences as a volunteer at KKFI. George worked for many years in governance and serving on the board. Last week, KKFI lost another one of our longtime programmers, Jeanne Jasperse, who hosted the Coffee House Radio Show, for over 25 years, Sunday mornings at 9:00 am. George talked about Jeanne, and some of the things he learned, during his experience volunteering at KKFI.

George Biswell’s new performance art project: “Sidewalk Radio,” a venture of his Home Town Sound – Mobile DJ Service, that will be playing on First Friday, this Friday, October 4, on the western edge of the Crossroads.

10:26

4. Rev Gusto – “Boys Are At it Again”
from: Midwestern Audio Vol. 2 – Electric Hullabaloo / Midwest Music Found. / Oct 5, 2013
[Jerry Frederick on Vocals & Guitar, Sam Frederick on Bass, Shaun Crowley on Guitar, Peter Beatty on guitar, Quinn Hernandez on Drums. Rev Gusto released their first self-titled EP recorded at Element Recording.]

[Rev Gusto play the big CD Release Show, for Midwestern Audio Vol. 2 – Electric Hullabaloo, a new compilation of local music from Midwest Music Foundation, Saturday, October 5, at 9:30 pm, at recordBar, 1020 Westport Rd, with Jorge Arana Trio, Les Izmore, and Spirit Is The Spirit.]

10:30 – Interview with Brenton Cook

Brenton Cook works as a computer programmer and is Web Administrator for the Midwest Music Foundation, He last joined us on April 3, as Guest Producer, and he returned to share music and information about Midwestern Audio Vol. 2 – Electric Hullabaloo, a new compilation of local music from Midwest Music Foundation. More info at: http://www.midwestmusicfound.org

Artwork for Midwestern Audio Vol. 2 – Electric Hullabaloo is created by: Sheppa Appehs.

11:37

5. Metatone – “Dark Empress”
from: Midwestern Audio Vol. 2 – Electric Hullabaloo / Midwest Music Found. / Oct 5, 2013
Also on: Metatone / Independent / May 14, 2013
[Recorded & mixed by Metatone 2012-2013. Written by J. Ashley Miller & Metatone. J. Ashley Miller: Vocals, Guitar; Gary Miller: Percussion, Harmonica, Vocals; Jon Kraft: Drums; Rabbit Killer: Mr. Squeaky; Abbi Miler: Vocals; Hank Eddins: Bass; Rhys Ziemba: Guitar; Iko: Vocals, Hype. More info at metatone.bandcamp.com]

11:45

6. Middle Twin – “Animate”
from: Midwestern Audio Vol. 2 – Electric Hullabaloo / Midwest Music Found. / Oct 5, 2013
[The 5-piece Electronic/Indie/Rock band is based in Lawrence, Kansas. The band is formerly known as Brain Food. The band members include: Demi Renault, Eric Davis, Isaac Flynn, Joel Martin, and Jon Fitzgerald]

11:49

Midwestern Audio Vol. 2 – Electric Hullabaloo, and the CD Release show, Saturday, October 5, at 9:30 pm, at recordBar, 1020 Westport Rd. with Jorge Arana Trio, Les Izmore, Rev Gusto, and Spirit Is The Spirit.

11:56

7. Jorge Arana Trio – “Catching Bullets with Your Teeth”
from: Mapache / Independent / October 26, 2012
[Debut album by the Jorge Arana Trio. Recorded at Soundtrek Studios with Justin Wilson, May 7th, 2012.
Jorge Arana – Guitar / Keys , Josh Enyart – Drums , Jason Nash – Bass]
[Also on: Midwestern Audio Vol. 2 – Electric Hullabaloo / Midwest Music Found. / Oct 5, 2013]

[Jorge Arana Trio play the big CD Release Show, for Midwestern Audio Vol. 2 – Electric Hullabaloo, a new compilation of local music from Midwest Music Foundation, Saturday, October 5, at 9:30 pm, at recordBar, 1020 Westport Rd, with, Rev Gusto, Les Izmore, and Spirit Is The Spirit.]

11:00 – Station ID

8. Grenadina – “Tina Needs a Girlfriend”
from: Get Shallow / Music Road / September 3, 2013
[Produced by Johnny Burke at Vibe Studios in Bedford Heights, Ohio. Music by Grenadina. Lyrics by Katie Ford. Grenadina is: Steph Castor, Katie Ford, Mia Morrow, Stef Petrozz ]

[Grenadina plays Out In the Crossroads, on Saturday October 5, on the main stage on Baltimore Ave, between 19th & 20th Streets, as part of the 2-day festival to commemorate LGBT History Month, and National Coming Out Day. The main stage features: Dirty Dorothy, Eddie Sarfaty, Kristie Stremel, Tom Goss, Victoria Barbee, The Depth and The Whisper, Jeb Havens. Info at http://outinthecrossroads.com.%5D

11:04 – Interview with John Long

John Long is Founder & Publisher of Camp Magazine. He joined us to discuss: Out In the Crossroads, a 2-day street festival Friday, October 4, and Saturday, October 5, on Baltimore Ave, between 19th & 20th Streets, Sponsored by Hamburger Mary’s, Camp Magazine, and LikeMe Lighthouse-Kansas City, to commemorate LGBT History Month, and National Coming Out Day. The main stage features: Dirty Dorothy, Eddie Sarfaty, Kristie Stremel, Tom Goss, Victoria Barbee, The Depth and The Whisper, Grenadina, and Jeb Havens.

It is a 2-day street festival on Baltimore Ave, between 19th & 20th Streets, October 4-5.

Friday, Oct 4 – Main Stage Performances

Dirty Dorothy – The Friends of Dorothy Show!
She’s been entertaining in Kansas City, the Midwest and all over the rainbow for a long time. Her weekly show at Kansas City’s Missie B’s is legendary. And her ability to work a crowd and keep them in laughter for a long, long time is second to none! Dirty Dorothy hosts the evening with a special expanded version of her new Friends of Dorothy Show that can be seen every First Friday in the Crossroads at Hamburger Mary’s KC!

Eddie Sarfaty – Comedian
Eddie Sarfaty’s appeared on The Today Show, Comedy Central, Logo, The Joy Behar Show, and is one of the subjects of the documentary, Laughing Matters. He excels at bitingly – but lovingly – mocking authority, his family and most of all, himself.

DVJs Synematix – The Street Dance!
KC based Video DJs, DVJs Synematix have played to thousands, mixing music and video live, wowing crowds everywhere they go. The will perform their audio and visual show for the Friday night Street Dance with lights, live dancers, and divas, all choreographed to deep, guttural, throbbing music.

Saturday, Oct 4 – Main Stage Performances (Starting at Noon)

Kristie Stremel – Folk Rock/Singer/Songwriter
Born and raised in Kansas, she started singing and playing guitar at age 15, and has developed into one of the most amazing talents in the Midwest. Armed with guitar and a cup of coffee, her country-tinged rock style has been wowing fans since the mid-90s,. She has seven albums to her credit, and has a publishing catalog of over 70 songs.

Tom Goss – Guitar/Singer/Songwriter
Tom Goss is a gay singer-songwriters—a former Catholic seminarian turned guitar-toting troubadour whose heartfelt lyrics, hooky melodies and quirky charm have earned him a dedicated national following. He started performing in DC coffee – houses in 2006, the tireless 29-year-old has released two full-length CDs (Naked Without and Back to Love), two EPs (Rise and The Politics of Love), a live DVD (Live At Terry’s), four music videos, and nearly 500 shows in 100 cities. His new CD, Turn It Around, was released April 12.

Victoria Barbee- Kansas City Jazz
Kansa City based jazz singers, and particular favorite of Kansas City’s jazz-loving LGBT community. Her mellow tones and her captivating aura can be experienced the first weekend of every month at the Hotel Phillips in Downtown KC.

The Depth and The Whisper – Pop/Rock
PRESENTED BY LIKEME LIGHTHOUSE – Albert Bickley & Dave Tanner formed the band in 2010 as an way to explore new musical territory. They released “One Steady Breath” in 2011, recorded at Guttersnipe Recording Co., and featuring a number of prominent KC musicians. Each of the six songs on their debut EP received radio play in Kansas City. The group is proud to have helped raise money for 90.1 FM KKFI, as well as Hope House, and is grateful to support the LikeMe Lighthouse. The band recently returned from its 3rd tour to NYC and are working on a new full-length album.

Grenadina – Indie Band
A Lawrence & Kansas City 4-piece band who pride themselves in the coining of “girlcore” a soft-mannered pun at the lack of a female presence in heavy music. Grenadina earned the “Best EP of 2012” for Pretend for Me from Kill Your TV KC. Currently ranked at Number 1 on Reverbnation’s local indie charts for Lawrence, KS, the band has received much praise from national artists & publications.

Jeb Havens – Pop/Singer/Songwriter
Jeb Havens has been singing, playing the piano, and writing songs since the age of 10. Since moving to San Francisco in 2007, he has performed at numerous venues and events in SF and LA, including Sonoma Pride, Red Devil Lounge, Lone Star Saloon, Easter in the Park, Kimo’s, SF Pride, and Martuni’s Piano Bar, where he co-hosts a monthly showcase of local queer music called Homophonic. He has performed with numerous touring artists, including grammy-winning gay singer/songwriter Matt Alber.

Along with Camp, Hamburger Mary’s, Yelp and Miller Lite, our neighbors here on Main street and in this building, the LikeMe Light House is also a sponsor and beneficiary of this weekend.

Besides the Main Stage, there are also vendors, food trucks, and info tables for area non-for-profit service groups.

Out In the Crossroads, a 2-day street festival on Baltimore Ave, between 19th & 20th Streets, October 4-5, to commemorate LGBT History Month, and National Coming Out Day. The main stage features: Dirty Dorothy, Eddie Sarfaty, Kristie Stremel, Tom Goss, Victoria Barbee, The Depth & The Whisper, Grenadina, & Jeb Havens. Info at http://outinthecrossroads.com

11:14

9. Summer Osborne – “Phoenix”
from: As I Am / Summer Osborne / June 30, 2013

[Summer Osborne, will perform at ShOUT 2013, Friday, October 11, at 11th & McGee, sponsored by Kansas City Diversity Coalition, a one-day festival with Social Bar KC, Bistro 303, Missie B’s, & Sidekicks. The event features: Dirty Dorothy, Latrice Royale, and Frenchie Davis.]

11:19 – Interview with Summer Osborne

St. Louis based singer songwriter Summer Osborne has been performing on stage since the age of four. She has been performing her original music since 2005, releasing 8 full-length albums and an EP. Since 2009, Summer has been constantly on tour playing Pridefests in St. Louis, Vancouver, Columbia, Memphis, Springfield, Lexington, Belleville. Summer is a champion of the KC HRC Battle of The Babes – Acoustic Stage. Summer has shared the stage with The Indigo Girls, God-Des and She, Tiffany, Jen Foster, Sugarbeach, The Cliks, Crystal Waters, Betty, Martha Wash, RJ Helton, Jennifer Holliday, Kimberley Locke, Tret Fure, and Shannon Curtis. Her new album “As I Am” just came out on June 30th.

Summer Osborne started singing at the age of 4. She plays guitar, and piano and keyboards, and other instruments. Summer has released a full length album, every year, for the past 8 years. Summer talked about how she write many journals, and that she doesn’t force her songs to be written, instead they just come from her through her thoughts and writings. They flow from her ideas and experiences.

Mark talked about he encountered Summer’s amazing voice at the Human Rights Campaign KC – Battle of the Babe Bands, two years ago where she blew away the judges & the crowd with her powerful stage presence. It was a tough crowd, but Summer commanded their attention.

11:26 – Underwriting

9. Summer Osborne – “Welcome”
from: As I Am / Summer Osborne / June 30, 2013

11:27

Summer Osborne, performs at ShOUT 2013, Friday, October 11, at 11th & McGee, sponsored by Kansas City Diversity Coalition, a one-day festival with Social Bar KC, Bistro 303, Missie B’s, & Sidekicks. The event features: Dirty Dorothy, Latrice Royale, and Frenchie Davis.

“As I Am” A personal proclamation of loving ourselves and others, A recognition that we are all connected. A healing piece.

Summer used to work in education, with middle school students. Mark and Summer talked about how working in middle schools is great training for being a confident performer on stage, how if you can lead a middle school classroom, you can do a lot of things.

11:34

10. Summer Osborne – “As I Am”
from: As I Am / Summer Osborne / June 30, 2013

11:39 – Interview with Schaeffer Nelson

Schaeffer Nelson grew up in Kansas and studied creative writing at the University of Southern California, where he graduated in 2010. Schaeffer has worked in film and volunteered for Out Here Now, the KC LGBT Film Festival, and he joins us today to discuss “OutSpoken KC: Love and Marriage”, a dramatic reading of true stories from Kansas City’s LGBT Community, to be held Monday, October 7, at 7:00 pm, at Unity Temple on the Plaza.

OutSpoken KC is a project of: The Gay & Lesbian Archives of Mid-America (GLAMA) and OUT HERE NOW: The KC LGBT Film Festival, collaborating on a community initiative to collect, record & preserve stories from our local LGBT and allied communities.

Stories are more important now than ever.

The writings and recordings gathered through OutSpoken KC will become part of a special collection that will become part of a special collection at the Gay & Lesbian Archives of Mid-America housed at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

With Supreme Court verdicts on two landmark cases — California’s Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act — due in late June, and with same-sex marriage victories being won across the country, we are asking: What has it meant to be an LGBT person in love, partnership, or marriage in Kansas City?

Stories were collected through the summer.

Read for the first time ever publicly, these wildly diverse stories come from every corner of our city and range from historical to the everyday.

A gay immigrant who sought asylum in the Plaza.

A Northland lesbian couple that survived a frighteningly homophobic custody battle.

A Parkville trans woman’s stunningly awkward first date.

An interracial lesbian couple that encountered the racial politics of Kansas City’s separatist Womantown in the 1980’s.

The production is sponsored by GLAMA (The Gay and Lesbian Archives of Mid-America) and OutHereNow: The KC LGBT Film Festival with performances from: Shawna Downing & Jordan Foote.

“OutSpoken KC: Love and Marriage”, a dramatic reading of true stories from Kansas City’s LGBT Community, to be held Mon, Oct 7, at 7:00 pm, at Unity Temple on the Plaza.

More info at: http://www.outspokenkc.com or http://www.facebook.com/outspokenkc:loveand marriage

11:49

12. Vi Tran Band – “This One’s For Me”
rom: American Heroine / Independent / October 4, 2013
[The Vi Tran Band is singer, songwriter, guitarist – Vi Tran, with Katie Gilchrist on vocals, percussion; Sean Hogge on guitar; Jerod Rivers on drums, vocals; and Ben Byard on bass, vocals]

[Vi Tran Band play a special CD Release show at the Kill Devil Club, in KC on First Friday Oct. 4, with Tran Band & The American Heroine Orchestra (Vi Tran, Katie Gilchrist, Sean Hogge, Jerod Rivers, Ben Byard, Mark Lowrey, Hermon Mehari, Rachel Gaither, and Christine Gross). The night begins with Jessica Furney Paige & Friends, and then David George & A Crooked Mile. There will also be a 12:00 Midnight Late-night Jam Session led by Mark Lowrey & Hermon Mehari]

11:53 – Interview with Krystle Warren

Krystle Warren & The Faculty play the Kansas City Live Block, 1330 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri, Sunday, October 6, starting at 6:00P with – District Rhythms a show that will feature Lee Langston opening.

The Missouri Lottery and Magic 107.3 FM present Kansas City native and international recording artist KRYSTLE WARREN & The Faculty on Sunday, October 6, 2013, at KC Live! in Downtown Kansas City’s Power & Light District – part of the 2013 District Rhythms Concert Series. The free show begins at 6 p.m. and is hosted by Jerold “Action” Jackson. Free admission. Families welcome. Anyone under 21 must be accompanied by an adult. 21+ after 9 PM Concertgoers receive $2 parking at the KC Live! and Main Street (Cosentino’s) Parking Garages. The District Rhythms Concert Series is presented by The Missouri Lottery, Miller Lite, Magic 107.3 FM and the Kansas City Power & Light District. #KCDistrictRhythms

Krystle Warren talked with us live on the phone from just outside Paris, France, where she has lived for nearly 5-years.

For more information: http://www.krystlewarren.com/
https://www.facebook.com/krystlewarren

Other events:

Tonight, Wednesday Oct 2, 6 p.m. The KCK Public Library presents another in their “Bad Film Series” at the Main Library, at 625 Minnesota, in downtown KCK, the film that they are showing is “Creature from the Haunted Sea.” This is the movie where former longtime KKFI Programmer, the late Steve Peters, played the monster, in the underwater scenes. As his wife Kathy Peters wrote, “Yes, indeed, he put on the Brillo pad monster suit with the ping pong ball eyes and swam around the tank at Marine land of the Pacific making threatening gestures!” This Roger Corman, B-movie is a classic hoot, you’ll find yourself applauding the monster even when it isn’t Steve in the suit!

Also Tonight, Wednesday, October 2, at 6:30 p.m. at The Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St. The Sound of True Grit: Music Inspired by the Novel – Jeff Harshbarger and The Revisionists. Musician Jeff Harshbarger – accompanied by his band The Revisionists – discusses and performs new and traditional songs reflecting the historic era in which True Grit unfolds.

13. Noel Coward – “The Party’s Over Now”
from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]

Sources for notes on tracks: artist’s websites and wikipedia.org

Show #493

Wednesday MidDay Medley
TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning

New & Local Releases + “Sidewalk Radio”
+ Brenton Cook & Midwestern Audio Vol. 2 +
Out in The Crossroads + Summer Osborne + OutSpoken KC

Mark plays more Local & New Releases from: Spirit Is The Spirit, The Pedaljets, Ghosty, Rev Gusto, Metatone, Middle Twin, Jorge Arana Trio, Grenadina, Summer Osborne, Vi Tran Band, and Kristie Stremel.

At 10:15 Mark talks with former 90.1 FM Programmer, George Biswell about his new performance art project: “Sidewalk Radio,” a venture of his Home Town Sound – Mobile DJ Service that will be playing on First Friday, October 4, on the western edge of the Crossroads.

Artwork created by: Sheppa Appehs

At 10:30 Brenton Cook joins us to play tracks from Midwestern Audio Vol. 2 a new compilation of local music from Midwest Music Foundation with a big CD Release Show, Saturday, October 5, at 9:30 pm, at recordBar, 1020 Westport Rd. with Jorge Arana Trio, Les Izmore, Rev Gusto, and Spirit Is The Spirit.

At 11:00, John Long of Camp Magazine joins us to discuss: Out In the Crossroads, a 2-day street festival on Baltimore Ave, between 19th & 20th Streets, October 4-5. Sponsored by Hamburger Mary’s, Camp Magazine, and LikeMe Lighthouse-Kansas City, to commemorate LGBT History Month, and National Coming Out Day. The main stage features: Dirty Dorothy, Eddie Sarfaty, Kristie Stremel, Tom Goss, Victoria Barbee, The Depth and The Whisper, Grenadina, and Jeb Havens. Info at http://outinthecrossroads.com

At 11:15 we’ll talk to St. Louis based musician, Summer Osborne, who’ll perform at ShOUT 2013, Friday, October 11, at 11th & McGee, sponsored by Kansas City Diversity Coalition, an organization created when KC Lesbian & Gay Community Center merged with KC Pride. KCDC is hosting the one-day festival with Social Bar KC, Bistro 303, Missie B’s, & Sidekicks. The event features: Dirty Dorothy, Latrice Royale, and Frenchie Davis.

At 11:39 we’ll talk with Schaeffer Nelson about “OutSpoken KC: Love and Marriage”, a dramatic reading of true stories from Kansas City’s LGBT Community. Monday, October 7th, at 7:00 pm, at Unity Temple on the Plaza. Admission is free.

Artwork for Midwestern Audio created by: Sheppa Appehs

Show #493

Wednesday MidDay Medley
TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning

New & Local Releases + Judy Mills of Mills Record Company
+ Joel Nanos of Element Recording Studio

1. Marva Whitney – “Daddy Don’t Know About Sugar Bear”
from: Eccentric Soul: The Forte Label / Numero Group – Cleanteen Records / Sept. 3, 2013
[Born Marva Ann Manning, May 1, 1944 in Kansas City, Kansas. Whitney’s performing career started as early as three years old while touring with her family’s gospel group, the Manning Gospel Singers. In 1960, when she was 16, she joined a Kansas gospel group, the Alma Whitney Singers, and ended up marrying Harry Whitney, the brother-in-law of the group’s leader. Ever since, she has gone by her married name, Marva Whitney. Marva Whitney is well known as a funk vocalist. Singing with James Brown in the late 1960s, she was able to make a name for herself with powerful songs like “I’m Tired, I’m Tired, I’m Tired (Things Better Change Before Its Too Late)” and “If You Don’t Work (You Can’t Eat).” Her recording of “It’s My Thing (You Can’t Tell Me Who to Sock It To)” reached the R&B Top 20. Her song “Unwind Yourself” has been sampled numerous times, most recognisably by DJ Mark the 45 King on his 1987 track “The 900 Number”, which was then sampled by DJ Chad Jackson on his 1990 hit single “Hear the Drummer (Get Wicked)” (UK #3 in July 1990), by DJ Kool on his 1996 hit “Let Me Clear My Throat” (UK #6 in March 1997), Sway on his 2009 track Mercedes Benz and Mac Miller on his 2011 track Party On Fifth Ave. In 2006, Marva Whitney collaborated with German born DJ/collector/manager DJ Pari and Japanese funk orchestra Osaka Monaurail to produce a new single, “I Am What I Am”. Osaka Monaurail style themselves on the James Brown sound and the single was produced in the fashion of an authentic release of the recordings she produced with Brown in 1969. Two successful tours of Japan and a full length album release followed, also entitled “I Am What I Am”. In 2007, 2008 and 2009, the tour was also brought to Europe. In December 2009, Whitney collapsed on stage in front of thousands of fans in Lorne, Australia, while performing with The Transatlantics at Falls Festival. She was immediately rushed to Geelong Hospital, where doctors diagnosed a stroke. The remaining dates of her tour had to be canceled, but Whitney made a recovery and performed again in 2010. In December 2012, Whitney died from complications of pneumonia at her home. She was 68]

10:05

2. Ha Ha Tonka – “Rewrite Our Lives”
from: Lessons / Bloodshot Records / September 24, 2013
[Formed in Springfield, Missouri their music is steeped in Ozark folk. Originally from West Plains, Missouri. Brett Anderson – keyboard, guitar, and vocals; Lennon Bone – drums & vocals; Lucas Long – bass & vocals; Brian Roberts -guitar & vocals. Signed to Bloodshot Records out of Chicago. The band is named after Ha Ha Tonka state park in southern Missouri.]

[Ha Ha Tonka are hitting the road and they’ll play a special “Lessons” Release show at The Bottleneck in Lawrence, Kansas, this Saturday, September 28, with Amanda Shires.]

3. Katy Guillen & The Girls – “The Race”
from: Katy Guillen & The Girls – EP / Independent/ August, 2013
[Formerly: The Katy Guillen Trio, prior to that: Katy & Go Go. The current band was formed in KC in Sept. of 2012 w/ Katy Guillen (guitar, vocals), Claire Adams (bass, vocals) & Stephanie Williams (drums).]

[Katy Guillen & The Girls play Coda, 1744 Broadway, KCMO, on Saturday, September 28 at 6:30pm]

10:12

4. The Silver Maggies – “End of Time”
from: My Pale Horse / Money Wolf Music / March 28, 2013
[Fronted by lead singer/songwriters – Patrick Deveny and Terrence Moore (American Catastrophe, The Black Water). Founding members include Felix Dukes on electric guitar, Jonathan Knecht on drums and Steve Tubbert (Zoom) on bass. Terrence joined The Silver Maggies in 2010 after performing with them that year at the Murder Ballad Ball. He brought several original songs to add to the repertoire and splits singing and songwriting duties. This spring the band added Amy Farrand (American Catastrophe, Atlantic Fadeout, EIO) on vocals and additional instrumentation, as well as Samon Rajabnik on B3 organ. Both artists performed on “My Pale Horse” and joined the band for a raucous set at the 2012 Murder Ballad Ball in Kansas City. The album was recorded over the last year by Chris Cosgrove at Black Lodge, Cosgrove Audio, WaveLab and Element Recording. Mixing was done in Tuscon, AZ at WaveLab by veteran producer/engineer Craig Schumacher (Calexico, Neko Case, DeVotchKa and many others).]

[The Silver Maggies play the Americana & Folk Rock Showcase at Californos, Fri., Sept. 27, at 9:00pm with The Clementines, The Walltalkers, Nikki & The Rooftop Punch, Tommy Donoho & Justin Penny.]

10:17 – Underwriting

In the 1st of a series of interviews about the music business in KC, we’ll feature individuals involved in production and recording and making the music available to listeners and fans.

10:18 – Interview with Judy Mills

Judy Mills opened Mills Record Company, a new independent record store, just 4 months ago at: 314 Westport Road, in Kansas City. Judy Mills has been a waitress, a student, a teacher, a poet, a corporate road warrior and a corporate retail slave.

Judy Mills, brought in some music for us today and new vinyl from Neko Case.

10:22

5. Neko Case – “Middle Cyclone”
from: Middle Cyclone / Anti – / 2009
[8th solo release of Neko Case who also performs with The New Pornographers. Released March 3, 2009. Grammy Nominated for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Features “piano orchestra” made up of forsaken and abandoned pianos, asembled out in Neko’s barn on her farm. [Also: notorious 32 minute track of frogs.]

6. Neko Case – “Where Did I Leave That Fire”
from: The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You / Anti- / Aug 30, 13

[Neko Case plays Liberty Hall, in Lawrence, Kansas, on Tuesday, October 15, at 8:00pm]

10:29

Judy Mills talked about her journey to open a record store and the resurgence of Vinyl.

Judy Mills is also a big Jack White fan.

[Jack White was born John Anthony Gillis on July 9, 1975. He is a musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor. He is best known as the vocalist, guitarist and pianist of The White Stripes which disbanded February 2011. On April 24, 2012, White released his debut solo album, Blunderbuss which received wide critical acclaim. He is ranked No. 70 on Rolling Stone’s list of “The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”. White’s popular and critical success with The White Stripes enabled him to collaborate as a solo artist with other renowned musicians, such as Beck, The Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck, Alicia Keys, Bob Dylan, Electric Six, and Loretta Lynn, whose 2004 album Van Lear Rose he produced and performed on. In 2006, White became a founding member of the rock band The Raconteurs. In 2009, he became a founding member and drummer of his third commercially successful group, The Dead Weather.]

10:36

7. The Raconteurs – “Broken Boy Soldier”
from: Broken Boy Soldiers / Third Man Records / May 16, 2006
[Formed in Detroit, Michigan, featuring: Jack White (of The White Stripes, and The Dead Weather), Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence (of The Greenhornes, Blanche and The Dead Weather), and Patrick Keeler (also of The Greenhornes). Broken Boy Soldier” is the title track and the third single to be released from the album Broken Boy Soldiers by The Raconteurs. This track was used in an episode of the NBC television series “Life”. Broken Boy Soldiers is the debut album by American rock band The Raconteurs, released May 16, 2006. The album was generally favored among critics and spawned the #1 hit single “Steady, As She Goes”. The album earned a nomination for Best Rock Album at the 49th Grammy Awards.]

Judy Mills talked with us about her store hosting a “cassette store day,” and “in store” performances from: Akkilles, Lazy, Bloodbirds, Maps For Travelors (to name a few).

10:45

8. Braids – “Fruend”
from: Flourish // Perish / Domino / August 20, 2013
[2nd album from art rock band from Calgary, Alberta, currently based in Montreal, Quebec. Braids currently consists of Raphaelle Standell-Preston, Austin Tufts and Taylor Smith. The band members (along with former member Katie Lee) met at a young age and began collaborating in high school. Their debut album Native Speaker was released on January 18, 2011 in Canada and the United States to generally positive reviews.]

DJ Shadow, seemed like a perfect choice for Judy’s last selection, since this recording is famous for being composed almost entirely of sampled content, most of which originated from various vinyl records obtained by DJ Shadow during trips to record shops.

10:54

Judy Mills is the proprietor of Mills Record Company, a new independent record store that just recently opened at 314 Westport Road, in Kansas City. More info at: http://www.MillsRecordCompany.com

9. DJ Shadow – “Midnight In a Perfect World (Gab Mix)”
from: Endtroducing… (Deluxe Edition) / Universal – Island Records / Nov. 19, 1996
[Joshua Paul “Josh” Davis was born June 29, 1972. He is a music producer and DJ. He is a prominent figure in the development of instrumental hip hop and first gained notice with the release of his highly acclaimed debut album “Endtroducing…..”. He has an exceptionally large personal record collection, with over 60,000 records. Endtroducing….. is famous for being composed almost entirely of sampled content, most of which originated from various vinyl records obtained by DJ Shadow during trips to record shops. Endtroducing….. was produced by Shadow in the span of two years using minimal equipment, most notably the Akai MPC60 sampler. In creating the album’s overall atmosphere, he strived to capture the downbeat nature of his previous releases for the Mo’ Wax label. The album’s content features both moody, slow-paced tracks and upbeat jams reminiscent of DJ Shadow’s early hip hop influences.]

11:00

10. FIDLAR – “Gimmie Something”
from: FIDLAR / Mom + Pop / January 22, 2013
[Debut from L.A. based skate punk/garage punk band. Elvis Kuehn (guitar/vocals) & Max Kuehn (drums) are sons of Greg Kuehn, keyboardist for Long Beach punk legends T.S.O.L., Zac Carper (vocals/guitar) is son of famed surfboard designer John Carper, along with bassist Brandon Schwartzel, the 4 have been performing together as FIDLAR since 2009. The name is an acronym for “(Bleep) It Dog, Life’s a Risk’, a skate mantra from singer Zac Carper’s former roommates.]

[FIDLAR plays Czar Bar, Friday, September 27, with The Orwells]

11. Animal Collective – “Mercury Man”
from: Centipede Hz / Domino / September 24, 2012
[9th studio album by American experimental psychedelic band that grew out of childhood friendships in Baltimore County and Baltimore, Maryland, currently based in New York City, Los Angeles, and Lisbon. The band consists of Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Deakin (Josh Dibb), and Geologist (Brian Weitz). Records released under the name Animal Collective may include contributions from any or all of these members; the lineup is not uniform. The group also runs the record label Paw Tracks on which they have released their own material as well as that of other artists.]

[Animal Collective will play The Midland, Thursday, October 24, with Deradoorian. On our Oct. 9 Fall Fund Drive Show, during Wednesday Midday Medley only, we will be giving 2 tickets to see Animal Collective as a “Thank You Gift” for the first 10 donations, on MC/Visa of $50.00 or more.]

12. Helen Gillet – “Atchafalaya”
from: Helen Gillet / Independent / June 8, 2012
[Recorded by Chad Meise in KCMO. Mastered by John Fishback (New Orleans); Produced, Composed and Performed by Helen Gillet. A familiar face in New Orleans’ experimental jazz scene. Her first New Orleans-recorded album, “Running of the Bells,” was released in 2011. Helen Gillet’s album has been compared to intensity and grace of John Cale and the recordings of The Velvet Underground and Nick Drake. Hellen Gillet was part of WE an art/performance/installation created in 2011 by Jane Gotch and Mark Southerland.]

[Helen Gillet plays TOMORROW NIGHT, Sept. 26, at 8:30 pm, in Sean Starowitz rocket grant funded series at the Walnut Place Laundromat, with Snuff Jazz and James Singleton and Brian Steever.]

[Helen Gillet plays a special CD release show for her new recording Ferdinand, at The Brick, 1727 McGee, Friday, September 27, at 9:00pm, with James Singleton on Bass, effects, and pocket trumpet, and Helen Gillet on Cello, and effects.]

[Helen Gillet on Cello & James Singleton on Bass will do a stripped down acoustic show performing music from Gillet’s new Ferdinand, at Birdies, 116 West 18th street, on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 7:00 pm]

13. La Guerre – “Lake Ontario”
from: The Three [EP] / The Record Machine / May 7, 2013
[Katlyn Conroy is a singer songwriter who is based in Lawrence, KS and is a member of, Cowboy Indian Bear. La Guerre is the Fench for “war.” La Guerre just released a 7-song EP called “Violent” w/ The Record Machine on Aug. 20, 2013.]

[La Guerre plays the recordBar, 1020 Westport Rd, Tuesday, October 1, at 9:00pm with Springfield-based lullabye-rock 5-piece Plaid Dragon, and also: Echo Collider.]

11:16 – Interview with Joel Nanos

Mark Manning talks with Joel Nanos of Element Recording (Photo by Vi Tran)

Joel Nanos, musician, producer, engineer and owner of Element Recording Studio. Joel has been part of the recording of some of our favorite releases of the year from: The Architects, The Grisly Hand, Soft Reeds, Radkey, She’s a Keeper, Maps for Travelers, La Guerre, and Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear.

Joel brought in six songs, that he has worked on, to share with our listening audience

We just heard La Guerre, (Katlyn Conroy’s musical project)

Joel talked about making the transition of being a musician to owning his own recording studio.

So much of the great local music we play on this show has your name attached to it as engineer and/or producer. For many in our listening audience, can you talk about the differences in working as an engineer and working as a producer?

One of the musical duos that Joel introduced has worked with is Madisen Ward and his mother Ruth Ward, who we invited to play live on Wednesday MidDay Medley on July 10. Ruth Ward told us that there was a family connection that brought them into Joel’s recording studio to do their beautiful recording, “We Burned The Cane Field.”

11:21

14. Madisen Ward & the Mama Bear – “Darling Moon”
from: We Burned The Cane Field / Independent / October 6, 2012
[Singer songwriter, Madisen Ward graduated from William Chrisman High School in Independence, Missouri in 2007. He plays live and records with his Mother, Ruth WardMama Bear, both on guitar, with Mama Bear harmonizing with her son. Their debut EP was recorded in Kansas city’s Element Recording by Joel Nanos.]

11:27 – Underwriting

11:28

Joel Nanos shared his observations of the local music scene.

Joel is currently working on new music with the band Hidden Pictures.

11:32

15. Hidden Pictures – “Where Does The Story Go”
from: Unmastered mix from recording sessions / / 2013
[Richard Gintowt – vox, guitar; Claire Adams – vox, electric uke axe; Chad Toney – bass; Nate Holt – keys; Cameron Hawk – drums. Richard Gintowt who was formerly in the the band OK Jones, has been a frequent music writer and reviewer for The Pitch and other publications. Richard also operates his own DJ company. Richard Gintowt joined us on Wednesday MidDay Medley, on July 25, 2012.]

11:35

Lauren Krum and Mike Stover of The Grisly Hand were on Wednesday MidDay Medley back on April 24 to talk about their wonderful full-length recording “Country Singles.”

11:39

16. The Grisly Hand – “Phineas Gage”
from: Country Singles / Independent / April 26, 2013
[The Grisly Hand, is a Kansas City based, six member band that first started playing live in 2009. The current line up includes: Jimmy Fitzner (Guitar and Vocals), Lauren Krum (Vocals and Percussion), Johnny Nichols (Bass and Vocals), Matt Richey (Drums), Mike Stover (Steel Guitar), and Ben Summers (Guitar and Mandolin). The band’s debut release “Safe House” was release in November of 2010. Their EP “Western Avenue” was one of our Best Recordings of 2012 . More info at: thegrislyhand.com]

[The Grisly Hand play The Brick, Sunday, September 29]

11:42

We talked with Joel Nanos about how the music industry is changing so quickly.

Last year, one of our favorite local bands picked up all of their members and moved as a group to Portland, Oregon, and have just released a new EP “What’s More Than Appropriate?” that Joel produced.

11:46

17. Minden – “What’s More Than Appropriate?”
from: What’s More Than Appropriate? / Independent / July 24, 2013
[Recorded in October 2012 by Larry Crane at Jackpot Studio (PDX). All songs written by Casey Burge and Minden. Casey Burge (vocals), Dan Talmadge (keyboard, vocals), Lia Gist (vocals), James Taylor (guitar), Evan Houston (bass), Ryan Johnson (drums). Mixed and mastered by Joel Nanos at Element Studio (KCMO). Art direction by Andrew Heuback.]

11:49

Joel Nanos is owner of Element Recording.

More information at: http://www.elementrecordingstudios.com

18. She’s A Keeper – “Plattsburg”
rom: Sterling / Independent / Oct/Nov. 2013
[5-piece band from Kansas City, includes: Fritz Hutchison – vocals, banjo, percussion; Zac Jurden – vocals, guitar; Colin Nelson – vocals, guitar; Elliott Phillips – bass, mandolin; Kate Sopcich – cello, keyboard. The band is currently working on a second full-length album. Zac sent us this track which is one of two singles off our new record. The song is named after the place in Missouri. Zac told us that they are looking to release the new record in october or november if everything goes according to plan. ]

[She’s A Keeper play at Concert for the Climate, Saturday, Sept. 28, starting at 11:00 am at Kaw Point Riverfront Park. You can go to http://www.ConcertForTheClimate.org for all event details.]

Wednesday MidDay Medley in on the web:

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11:59:30

19. Noel Coward – “The Party’s Over Now”
from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]

Sources for notes on tracks: artist’s websites and wikipedia.org

Show #492

Wednesday MidDay Medley
TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning

New & Local Releases + Judy Mills of Mills Record Company
+ Joel Nanos of Element Recording Studio

Mark plays New & Local Releases from: Marva Whitney, Katy Guillen & The Girls, Ha Ha Tonka, The Silver Maggies, She’s A Keeper, Minden, La Guerre, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, The Grisly Hand, Hidden Pictures, Helen Gillet, Maria The Mexican, Neko Case, Animal Collective, FIDLAR, and Braids, we’ll also play The Raconteurs, and DJ Shadow.

In the first of a series of shows about the music business in our area, we’ll feature individuals involved in how the music was produced and recorded and made available to listeners and fans.

At 10:30, Mark welcomes Judy Mills of Mills Record Company, a new independent record store that just recently opened at 314 Westport Road, in Kansas City. Judy Mills has been a waitress, a student, a teacher, a poet, a corporate road warrior and a corporate retail slave. Judy will share some of her favorite recordings. More info at: http://www.MillsRecordCompany.com

At 11:15, Mark talks with Joel Nanos, musician, producer, engineer and owner of Element Recording Studio. Joel has been part of the recording of some of our favorite releases of the year from: The Architects, The Grisly Hand, Soft Reeds, Parts of Speech, She’s a Keeper, Maps for Travelers, La Guerre, and Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear. More information at: http://www.elementrecordingstudios.com

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Show #492