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

A little bit country +
Money Wolf Music with Jamie Searle & Thommy Hoskins
+ The Dawg Daze of Summer Festival

Wednesday MidDay Medley gets a little bit country.

1. Wussy – “Teenage Wasteland”
from: Attica / Shake It Records / May 27, 2014
[Fifth studio album from Cincinnati, Ohio, indie rock band formed in 2001. The 11 songs on Attica! were recorded at Ultrasuede Studios in Cincinnati, which is owned by former Afghan Whigs bassist John Curley. The album also saw the return of a member of one of Wussy frontman Chuck Cleaver’s former bands–Ass Ponys guitarist John Erhardt performed on Attica! as Wussy’s fifth member. Attica!’s opening track, “Teenage Wasteland”, describes singer Lisa Walker’s memories of listening to the Who, especially the song “Baba O’Riley”, and includes shoutouts to several of its members. The song also contains a guitar part that closely resembles that on Baba O’Riley. The album’s title track also references Dog Day Afternoon, portraying it as a tale of romantic desperation.]

[Wussy plays the recordBar, Thursday, July 3, with Schwervon!, and Admiral of the Red.]

2. Loose Park – “Good As Life”
from: Monstrous / Independent / June 4, 2013
[Brand new music from Kansas City based band formed in June 2013 with Matthew Dunehoo on guitar, vocals; Beckie Trost on Bass guitar; and Mike Myers on Drums . This trio are also members/former members of Doris Henson/Baby Teardrops/Ecstatics, The String & Return/In The Pines/Spacesuit, and Soft Reeds.] [Notes from Matt Dunehoo: Two men and a lady present: Loose Park’s “MONSTROUS: A Recorded Album of Sacred Music.” We had initially thought we’d record this on our own at home, but fate led elsewhere and basic tracking occurred January 9th 2014 at Element Studios with the generous Joel Nanos in Kansas City, Missouri, the day after our first show. The album was then mixed by me, Matthew Dunehoo, alone at home using a seven-and-a-half-gallon stainless steel brew kettle and a my first Sony thinking-compewtur, between January and May, 2014. But seriously, the album had to take this long as it’s still coming together this very night and I have so much appreciated my first chance to produce the imperfect album now in your ears, thank you Beckie and Mike. Finally mastered mercifully (tomorrow) by Jason Carter at Atomic Disc, Salem, OR. Loose Park began when I moved home in a fog from NYC in June 2013 and began writing music upon landing with my longtime friend and drummer Mike Myers. We invited new longtime friend Beckie Trost into the fold to bass it up and never looked back. Loose Park, the park, has always been a sanctuary of magical possibility for me over the years. I remember one summer in particular when I was often in odd spots of heart I’d head there regularly to listen to the Cocteau Twins and walk around and try to come back to Earth a bit more pleasantly than how I’d left it. Loose Park the band has been a sort of sanctuary for me as well and possibly I think for Beckie and Mike, though you’d have to ask them to be sure. Mike’s basement is filled with friendly spiders and candles and gummy bears and guitarin’ good times, exactly the way a midwest basement should be. Mike said early on that he thought the songs in this set of 12 were “manic.” So here you are, 12 manic spazzings from Loose Park, the modern day indie def leppard. Thanks for listening to this album and for being a part of it with us. Special thanks to Alissa Myers for being so patiently accommodating, to Robert Rodriguez for the beautiful artwork and everyone who supports what we and all the artists in KC and everywhere else do to try and approach the weirdness with Love. Sincerely, Matthew, May 27 2014 (May 28 with this last revision…)]

[Loose Park play Czar Bar, July 18 with Molehill, Kangaroo Knife Fight, and Scott Schumann]

3. Cibo Matto – “10th Floor Ghost Girl”
from: Hotel Valentine / Chimera Music / February 14, 2014
[First release in 15 years from Yuka Honda (keyboarss/samples) and Miho Hatori who have released solo records and collaborations with other artists.]

10:14 – Underwriting

10:15 – a little bit country

4. Ruddy Swain – “Treasure of Love”
from: Ruddy Swain [EP] / Independent / November 13, 2011
[Ruddy Swain is David Regnier of Dead Voices and Lauren Krum of The Grisly Hand.]

[“Treasure Of Love” was written by J.p. Richardson, and George Jones. It was released as a single by George Jones on Mercury Records in 1958.]

[In 1968 country superstar George Jones witnessed a fight between Tammy Wynette and her husband Don Chapel. At Jones’s urging, Wynette and her daughters drove away with him. Wynette and Jones married Feb. 16, 1969, and Wynette’s 4th daughter, Georgette, was born in 1970. Jones and Wynette, were nicknamed the “President and First Lady” of country music, and they recorded a string of hit duets that seemed drawn directly from their volatile relationship, which resulted in their divorcing in 1975. Their classic recordings included “Two Story House,” “Golden Ring,” and the humorous “(We’re Not) The Jet Set” written by Bobby Braddock.]

5. George Jones and Tammy Wynette – “Something To Brag About”
from: George Jones and Tammy Wynette – Super Hits / Sony – BMG / April 23, 1995
[Originally from their November 13, 1971 release “We Go Together” on Epic records. It was Jones first record with Epic and his first with his new wife. The song was written by Bobby Braddock, and first recorded by Charlie Louvin and Melba Montgomery. Melba Montgomery recorded several country duets with George Jones in the 1960s.]

6. John Prine w/ Melba Montgomery – “Milwaukee Here I Come”
from: In Spite Of Ourselves / Oh Boy / 1999
[A big fan of George Jones, and country duets, John Prine re-recorded “(We’re Not) The Jet Set” with Iris Dement, for his 1999 Release In Spite of Ourselves, and invited one of George’s former duet partners, Melba Montgomery, to join him on another George Jones hit single written by Lee Fykes. Originally released in 1968, as a 7 inch vinyl release on Musicor Records, from George Jones & Brenda Carter. It became part of George and Tammy Wynette’s live shows.]

7. John Statz with Josh Harty – “Paradise”
from: 12 August / Money Wolf Music / February 18, 2014
[Written by John Prine. Recorded unrehearsed, live, with no edits, at Silo Sounds on the south side of Denver, on a free day between shows. John and Josh had played Denver the night before, and only had to drive as far as Fort Collins the next. Josh Harty is originally from North Dakota and John Statz is from Wisconsin.]

10:30 – Interview with Christian Hankel, Tommy Donoho, Jamie Searle & Thom Hoskins

Christian Hankel is a composer, producer, and performer. He’s been active in the Kansas City music and theater communities for over 20 years. He plays bass and sings in the band The Hillary Watts Riot, He is also known for his work in the bands: Alacartoona (2003-12), The Mongol Beach Party (1989-93) and Damawa (1993). He has worked as an actor, writer, producer for stage shows such as The Orphans Feast, The Oil Boiler, and the film, Night Is the Mirror to name a few, he also a force at Money Wolf Music

Tommy Donoho is a Kansas City based singer songwriter musician producer. Tommy performs as a solo artist and with the band Dollar Fox and Hillary Watts Riot. He has recorded and written numerous songs, As co-founder of Money Wolf Music he has recorded and presented many area and national artist in showcases, secret shows, record releases, and limited edition pressings.

Christian Hankel and Tommy Donoho joined us to share as many details as they can about the Money Wolf Secret Show #7, Thursday, July 10, at 7:00pm, with Josh Harty & John Statz. Special guests for the secret show, Jamie Searle and Thommy Hoskins will also join us live in our 90.1 FM Studios and play a song each.

Thom Hoskins has been playing in the KC music scene for 10 years as a solo artist, and in the bands: Buffalo Saints, The Belles, Blackpool Lights, and Hidden Pictures. Balancing music with marriage and two children, Thom Hoskins wrote, recorded and pressed his four song E.P. Still Feeling Bronze in his home studio. Hoskins is due to release a follow up full-length record this year as well as a split E.P. with local songwriter Doby Watson. Currently a student earning credits toward a Bachelor of Arts degree in music composition. Hoskins played at the 2014 Folk Alliance Music Festival on the Money Wolf Music Stage.

Thom Hoskins plays LIVE on Wednesday MidDay Medley, July 2, 2014

10:35

8. Thom Hoskins – “A Previously Recorded Episode” (Live)
[This new song will be included in Thom’s upcoming full length release that is currently in the mixing and mastering phase.]

[Thom Hoskins plays the Money Wolf Secret Show #7, July 10, 7:00pm, with Josh Harty & John Statz. Special guests for the show, Jamie Searle and Thommy Hoskins. More info at http://www.moneywolfmusic.com]

Jamie Searle won critical acclaim as lead vocalist and songwriter for the band It’s Over who won a Pitch Music Award for Best Live Act. He left It’s Over to concentrate on his music education as a student of UMKC’s Conservatory of Music where he has immersed himself in musical theory, composition, harmonic structure, melody. Now out of school, Jamie has spent much of the last year and a half recording a full length release of material he has composed for a large ensemble of musicians. The result is: “Violet Music Vol. 1” the debut full length release from Jamie’s band, My Brothers & Sisters, a collective of at times up to 18 musicians, including a strings, horns, percussionists, bass, keyboards, vocalists, and back-up vocalists, and Jamie on vocals, guitar and conducting. In the midst of the two year process of recording this record Jamie also got married and became a father.

Jamie Searle plays LIVE on Wednesday MidDay Medley. July 2, 2014

10:44

9. Jamie Searle – “The Hallow” (Live)

[Jamie Searle plays the Money Wolf Secret Show #7, July 10, 7:00pm, with Josh Harty & John Statz. Special guests for the show, Jamie Searle and Thommy Hoskins. More info at http://www.moneywolfmusic.com The ustream channel that will be webcasting the show as a pay-per-view: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/money-wolf-music%5D

Money Wolf Music Roster

The Latenight Callers – the band at David Lynch’s pool party, noir a-go-go
The Silver Maggies – dramatic, cinematic, electrifying, gothic-country noir
John Statz – soulful singer/songwriter Americana
The Peculiar Pretzelmen – old-timey, heavy, wild, junkyard voodoo blues
Dollar Fox – heartfelt, harmony-filled, Americana folk rock
The Hillary Watts Riot – freaky-fun, post-punk, disco-noise, dance rock
Dead Ven – hardworking, hook-laden, roots-based, acoustic street punk
Connacht Town – double-fisting, barn-burning, good time, Irish pub rock
Jason Beers – mind-boggling, alternate reality, master of the banjo

Money Wolf Secret Show #7, July 10, 7:00pm, with Josh Harty & John Statz. Special guests for the show, Jamie Searle and Thommy Hoskins. More info at http://www.moneywolfmusic.com The ustream channel that will be webcasting the show as a pay-per-view: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/money-wolf-music

10:50

10. John Statz with Josh Harty – “Record Spins”
from: 12 August / Money Wolf Music / February 18, 2014

11:00 – Station ID

Bobby Womack died on June 27, 2014 at age 70. His passing was announced by a publicist at XL Recordings. Though the cause of his death is currently unknown, he suffered diabetes, prostate cancer, heart diseases, colon cancer, pneumonia and Alzheimer’s disease. Bobby Wopmack, was a singer songwriter musician who had a musical career that spanned over 50 years, working with Sam Cooke and Mos Def and Gorillaz. Womack was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009, long after he’d lost his fortune and his career to addiction.

According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website, Womack was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and sang gospel music at a young age, performing with his brothers in The Womack Brothers. Under the influence of gospel and R&B legend Sam Cooke, who signed the group to his personal label, Womack moved into secular music. In the early 1960s his group recorded “It’s All Over Now,” which was covered and by the Stones and became the band’s first number-one hit.

His songs have been recorded by multiple artists, and he played as a session musician in Memphis in the 1960s.

Musician, singer-songwriter and record producer, frontman of Blur and co-founder, vocalist and principal songwriter of Gorillaz, Damon Albarn and XL Recordings president Richard Russell helped Womack regain his career with 2012 comeback album “The Bravest Man in the Universe.” The album was a departure for Womack, full of electronic music and beats. But it was lauded by critics for a simple reason: That distinctive voice of his still brought chills.

“I don’t think he ever really thought that he would do anything again,” Albarn said of Womack in March. “Watching his rehabilitation and watching his ability to confront new material and new challenges was nothing short of miraculous at the time, and he still today continues to battle his demons and his illness. But he’s a beautiful person and when he opens his mouth and that voice comes out, it is something that is somehow touched by God.”

11. Bobby Womack – “Please Forgive My Heart”
from: The Bravest Man in The Universe / XL Records / June 8, 2012
[First album of new material in over 13 years. Earlier this year, the 68-year-old Bobby Womack was released from the hospital following a successful recovery from pneumonia. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee has also been battling cancer and was scheduled to undergo surgery this year and looks forward to touring in support of his album.]

12. Shy Boys – “Life is Peachy”
from: Single Release / High Dive Records / July 15, 2014
[Stereogum has premiered the band’s new song, “Life Is Peachy”, the A-side to their new 45 rpm, 7″ single coming from High Dive Records. Brothers Collin Rausch, Kyle Rausch, and roommate Konnor Ervin, are members of the Kansas City based band, Shy Boys. They joined us live in the KKFI 90.1 FM on Feb. 15.]

11:05 – Underwriting

11:07 – Dawg Daze of Summer Festival

13. Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder – “Shady Grove”
from: History of The Future / Skaggs Family Records / July 24, 2007
[Born July 18, 1954, Ricky Skaggs is an American country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, mandocaster and banjo. He is the winner of the Grammy Awards, CMA (Country Music Association) Award, IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Awards, and TNN/Music City News Country Awards. Skaggs was born in Cordell, Kentucky. He started playing music at age 5 after he was given a mandolin by his father, Hobert. At age 6, he played mandolin and sang on stage with Bill Monroe. At age 7, he appeared on television’s Martha White country music variety show, playing with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.]

[Ricky Scaggs plays Sat. at the Dawg Daze of Summer Festival, July 10-12, in Savannah, Missouri. ]

14. Rhonda Vincent – “Only Me (feat. Willie Nelson)”
from: Only Me / Upper Management / January 28, 2014
[Born July 13, 1962, in Kirksville, Missouri. Rhonda Vincent is an American bluegrass singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. In 2000, The Wall Street Journal proclaimed Vincent “the new Queen of Bluegrass”. Vincent’s musical career began when she was a child in her family’s band The Sally Mountain Show, and has spanned more than four decades. Vincent first achieved success in the bluegrass genre in the 1970s and ’80s, earning the respect of her mostly male peers for her mastery of the progressive chord structures and multi-range, fast paced vocals intrinsic to bluegrass music. Vincent is an in-demand guest vocalist for other Bluegrass and Country music performers, appearing on recordings by Dolly Parton, Alan Jackson, Tanya Tucker, Joe Diffie and other notables.]

[Rhonda Vincent plays Thursday Night, at the Dawg Daze of Summer Festival, July 10-12, in Savannah, Missouri. More info at: http://www.dawgdazefestival.com ]

11:15 – Interview with Andrew Earl and Chanelle Johnson

The 2014 Dawg Daze of Summer Festival at Ol’ MacDonald’s Farm in Savannah, MO on July 10th-12th is a three day event featuring the best in bluegrass music genres. Featuring over 25 musical acts on 2 stages. More info at: http://www.dawgdazeofsummerfestival.com

Andrew Earl and Chanelle Johnson joined us live here in our 90.1 FM Studios to share all the details about this year’s Dawg Daze of Summer Festival

The Festival takes place July 10-12, at Ol. MacDonald’s Farm, in Savannah, Missouri. Can you tell us about the setting? More info at: http://www.dawgdazefestival.com.

Thursday night is Rhonda Vincent & The Rage

Friday night is The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Saturday night is Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder

also featuring:

The Grascals
Split Lip Rayfield
Head For The Hills
Mountain Sprout
Dirtfoot
The HipNecks
Deadman Flats
The HillBenders
Old Salt Union
Honky Suckle
The Hatrick
Deep Fried Squirrel
Famous Seamus and The Travelbongs (2 sets)
AJ Gaither OMB
Tyler Gregory
My Six Gun Heart
Dr. Cotton
Dirty River Ramblers
Josh Jennings Band
The Faretheewells

11:22 – Ticket Giveaway!

15. The HillBenders – “Another Day, Another Dollar”
from: Down To My Last Dollar / Compass Records / January 29, 2013

[The HillBenders play this year’s Dawg Daze of Summer Festival, July 10-12, in Savannah, Missouri.]

More information available at: http://www.dawgdazeofsummerfestival.com/

The festival has a hillbilly theme and features a roving hillbilly musical entourage called “The Hillbilly Radio™” which has been combined in the past of The Fall Down Drunks, Tyler Gregory, Ben Hoppes and Famous Seamus and The Travelbongs.

Dawg Daze also hosts food vendors with a focus on “Keeping the Scene Clean” through proper recycling, container reuse and waste reduction.

The new location, Ol’ MacDonald’s Farm, will host a 13,000+sqft arena in which there will be two stages – yes, two stages. One larger stage at the North end and one smaller stage at the South end. The two stages will host hour long sets in a back to back fashion creating a non-stop musical experience without overlapping sets. Festival goers won’t miss a beat having the opportunity will hear every band playing at the festival in it’s entirety.

Ol’ MacDonald’s Farm was acquired by new owners in the fall of 2011 and is in it’s developmental stage as they turn this beautiful farm into a great camping destination and event center. Looking for a festival to grow with them year after year, the owners are excited to host The Dawg Daze of Summer Festival along with other music and camping events as well as corporate events, weddings and rodeos.

This year’s Dawg Daze of Summer Festival, July 10-12, in Savannah, Missouri. More info at: http://www.dawgdazefestival.com.

11:34

16. Ozark Mountain Daredevils – “Chicken Train”
from: Ozark Mountain Daredevils / A & M Records / December, 1973
[American Southern rock/country rock band formed in 1972 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. They are most widely known for their singles “If You Wanna Get To Heaven” in 1974 and “Jackie Blue” in 1975. The Daredevils are also mentioned in the “Don’s Story” chapter of American humorist David Sedaris’ book Barrel Fever. Bassist Michael “Supe” Granda has also written a book about the band, It Shined.]

[Ozark Mountain Daredevils play Friday night at the Dawg Daze of Summer Festival, July 10-12, in Savannah, Missouri. More info at: http://www.dawgdazefestival.com ]

11:38

17. Damawa – “Pomona”
from: haj-paj / Damawa / 1993
[Damawa is: Betse Ellis: Violin & Percussion; Hafiza Sue Capehart: Flute & Percussion. Jim Skeel: Melodica & Percussion; and Christian Hankel: Percussion, Percussion, Percussion & Bike Horn. Produced and Mixed by Damawa. Recording & engineering by Jim Skeel except for live recordings and engineering by Christian Hankel. Damawa (dah mah wah): The Nigerian verb “to mix”. This is what we do…with our ideas, sounds and inspirations. The result is your multicultural experience of the Damawa Effect. haj-paj (hahdj pahdj): The aural connotation is obvious. Also of significance, haj (or hajj) is the annual religious journey to Mecca.]

11:42

18. La Guerre – “Worst/Best”
from: Rare and Collectible Spirits / The Record Machine / March 25, 2014
[Katlyn Conroy is a singer songwriter who is based in Lawrence, KS and is a member of, Cowboy Indian Bear. La Guerre is the French for “war.”]

[La Guerre played Lawrence Field Day Fest, Thurs, June 26, 8:00 pm, at Wonder Fair, 803 Mass St.]

19. Lykke Li – “No Rest For the Wicked (Klangkarussel Remix) [feat. Klangkarussell]”
from: No Rest For the Wicked (Remixes) – EP/ LL Recordings and Atlantic Records. / May 30, 2014
[Remix of the lead single from I Never Learn, the third studio album by Swedish recording artist Lykke Li.]
[According to Li, the album is the final installment in a trilogy chronicling “a woman in her twenties and her search for love and herself”, which began with her first two albums, Youth Novels (2008) and Wounded Rhymes (2011). After experiencing “the biggest breakup of her life”, Li moved from Sweden to Los Angeles, where she spent two-and-a-half years in writing I Never Learn. “I made no such plans to make an album. My first instinct was just to try to heal myself and to come back to some sort of life. And then I was so emotionally broken that I just started to write… I love writing, and it was so amazing to get lost in the process. I didn’t think that someone would ever hear it”, she told Billboard. During much of her time in California, Li listened to Van Morrison’s 1968 album Astral Weeks, Harry Nilsson demos, The Band and Dennis Wilson. She described I Never Learn as a collection of “power ballads for the broken”, adding that the album is “about me and the guilt and the shame and the hurt and the pride and the confusion of being a woman.]

[Lykke Li plays Kansas City at the Uptown Theare, Saturday, September 27.]

20. Metatone – “Happy Rebirthday!”
from: Crossroads Summer Block Party 2014 Artist Compilation / Golden Sound Records / June 2014
ALSO from: 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]

11:59:30

21. 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
Additional content and material written by Jamie Rich

Show #532

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

A little bit country +
Money Wolf Music with Jamie Searle & Thommy Hoskins
+ The Dawg Daze of Summer Festival

Wednesday MidDay Medley gets a little bit country.

Mark plays more New & Local Releases from: Loose Park, La Guerre, Shy Boys, Metatone, Damawa, Cibo Matto, Wussy, Lykke Li, Ruddy Swain, Josh Harty & John Statz. We’ll also play: George Jones & Tammy Wynette, John Prine & Melba Montgomery, Ricky Scaggs, Rhonda Vincent, The Hillbenders, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, and Bobby Womack.

At 10:30, Mark talks with Christian Hankel and Tommy Donoho of Money Wolf Music about the Money Wolf Secret Show #7, July 10, 7:00pm, with Josh Harty & John Statz. Special guests for the show, Jamie Searle and Thommy Hoskins will also join us live in our 90.1 FM Studios and play a song each. More info at http://www.moneywolfmusic.com

At 11:15 Andrew Earl and Chanelle Johnson join us to share all the details about this year’s Dawg Daze of Summer Festival, July 10-12, in Savannah, Missouri. More info at: http://www.dawgdazefestival.com

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Show #532

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 + Folkicide +
Out Here Now – KC LGBT Film Festival with Jamie Rich & Nick Corporon
+ Kyle Pugh & Evan Senn and their film: “Blind Guy”

1. The Belle Brigade – “Ashes”
from: Ashes 7″ Single/ ATO Records / 2013
[Also available on “Just Because” the follow up to their 2011 self titled debut.]

[The Belle Brigade played Starlight Theatre, last night, June 24, opening for Ray LaMontagne.]

2. John Velghe & The Prodigal Sons – “Set it Fire”
from: Organ Donor Blues / Lakeshore Records / June 24, 2014
[John Velghe – vocals, guitar, piano, and rhodes with The Prodigal Sons: Mike Alexander on guitars and vocals, Chris Wagner on bass guitar and vocals, Matt Anderson on Drum Kit, Michael Walker on Trombone, Sam Hughes on Saxophones, and Hermon Mehari on Trumpet. With Kirsten Paludan on vocals, and Josh Quint on pedal steel. Alejandro Escovedo shares his vocals on three album tracks and plays guitars on a few others. Produced by John Velghe. Recording and Mastering was Engineered by Duane Trower. Recorded and Mastered at Weights and Measures Soundlab, Kansas City, MO. Mixing and additional Recording at Guttersnipe Recording Co. Kansas City, MO.]

3. Sturgill Simpson – “Built By Design”
from: Metamodern Sounds In Country Music / High Top Mountain Records / May 13, 2014
[Sturgill Simpson – vocals/acoustic guitar/backing vocals, Laur Joamets – electric & slide guitar , Kevin Black – bass guitar , Miles Miller – drums/percussion/ backing vocals, Mike Webb – keyboards/mellotron , Dave Cobb – classical guitar/percussion. Produced & Engineered by Dave Cobb , Assistant Engineers – Justin Herlocker & John Netti . Mixed by Dave Cobb & Sturgill Simpson. Mastered by Pete Lyman, Infrasonic Mastering. All tracks recorded at LCS in Nashville, TN.]

10:15

4. Conor Oberst – “Zigzagging Toward the Light”
from: Upside Down Mountain / Nonesuch Records / May 16, 2014

[Conor Oberst plays KC, Wed, July 2, at 8:00 pm at CrossroadsKC, 417 E. 18th St, KCMO with Dawes]

5. Radkey – “Feed My Brain”
from: Feed My Brain 7″ Single / Little Man Records / June 10, 2014
[Radkey is a St. Joesph based band made up of three teenage brothers Darrion, Isaiah, and Solomon. Their influences include The Who and Nirvana.]

[Radkey plays Belfast tonight, and Dublin tomorrow night on their European tour that lasts through the first week of July.]

10:24 – Underwriting

6. Folkicide – “Little Nihilist”
from: Meaningless Glare of Broken Human Beings / Independent / June 15, 2014

10:30 – Interview with Folkicide

KC based singer-songwriter, Folkicide, has described his music as “despair-core” and writes that his vision of constructive pessimism, he hopes in time, will be recognized as a new acoustical genre, fully devoted to the documentation of the delightful futility of existence. Since 2010 Folkicide has released 4 full-length recordings and one EP, writing and arranging and recording over 60 tracks. He adds to his discography with a new album of 13 songs called, “Meaningless Glare of Broken Human Beings” Engineered and mastered mid-August by David Moore at Merriam Shoals Studio. The album also features guest artists: Jason Beers, Betse Ellis, Mike Walker, Darren Welch and Marco Pascolini. More info at http://www.folkicide.bandcamp.com

Folkicide brought along one of the guest artists on his new record, Marco Pascolini. Marco is also a member of Mr. Marcos V7, Expassionates, Brannock Device, and The Naughty Pines, Dead Voices.

Folkicide and Marco Pascolini

Folkicide

10:36

7. Folkicide w/ Marco Pascolini – “Melodic Screams” (Live)
also on: Meaningless Glare of Broken Human Beings / Independent / June 15, 2014

10:39

“Meaningless Glare of Broken Human Beings” was engineered and mastered by David Moore at Merriam Shoals Studio, last Summer.

The artwork created for the album covers and for Folkicide shows involves the process of collage.

10:45

8. Folkicide – “The Little Death” (features Betse Ellis on Violin)
from: Meaningless Glare of Broken Human Beings / Independent / June 15, 2014

9. Jack White – “Alone In My Home”
from: Lazaretto / Third Man Records / June 10, 2014
[Born the youngest of ten children, raised in Southwest Detroit and a resident of Nashville since 2005, Jack White is one of the most prolific and renowned artists of the past fifteen years.]

[Jack White plays The Midland Monday, August 18, in a SOLD OUT show.]

10. Curtis Harding – “Keep On Shining”
from: Soul Power / Burger Records / April 24, 2012
[The Michigan-bred, Atlanta-based singer-songwriter, and backup singer and writer for Cee-Lo Green and as a member of Night Sun, the lo-fi soul project he formed with Cole Alexander of The Black Lips. His first-ever solo album, Soul Power, was recorded at the Living Room Studios in Atlanta with Justin McNeight and Edward Rawls, who has worked with the Black Lips and the Coathangers. BURGER RECORDS in Fullerton, California, is a record store, and record company, that call themselves a rock n roll philanthropic quasi-religious borderline-cultish propaganda spreading group of suburban perma-teen mutants. More info at: http://www.burgerrecords.org]

11. Loose Park – “Dangerous Work”
from: Monstrous / Wreckroom / June 4, 2013
[Brand new music from Kansas City based band formed in June 2013 with Matthew Dunehoo on guitar, vocals; Beckie Trost on Bass guitar; and Mike Myers on Drums . This trio are also members/former members of Doris Henson/Baby Teardrops/Ecstatics, The String & Return/In The Pines/Spacesuit, and Soft Reeds.]

[Loose Park play Lawrence Field Day Fest, at The Bottleneck, Friday, June 27, at 11:30.]

11:00 – Station ID

12. Monta At Odds– “I’m A Nexux Type”
from: Robots of Munich / Haymaker Records / 2014
[5th full length release from Kansas City, Kansas based band formed by brothers Dedric and Delaney Moore. Their upcoming vinyl release of “Robots of Munich” will be released on the new record label created by Brenton Cooke called Haymaker Records. Robots of Munich was release on Cassette on RSD, April 19, 2014]

[Monta At Odds play the recordBar, Friday, June 27, at 10:00 pm in a live visual exploration of works created by Barry Anderson for the Janus Restraint with music by Monta At Odds, Redder Moon and Cortland Gibson of Organized Crimes. As a bonus it will be the Redder Moon EP release party.]

11:04 – Interview with Jamie Rich, Brent Husher, Avery Ford, and Nick Corporon

Jamie Rich, is Director, of the 2014 OUT HERE NOW: Kansas City LGBT Film Festival, June 26 – July 3, at Tivoli Cinemas, in Westport. Joining us in the conversation about this year’s festival is Brent Husher, who was part of this year’s screening team that watched most of the submissions this year. Brent also handles all social media for the festival. Also joining us is Avery Ford from the OUT HERE NOW organizing committee.

As part of OUT HERE NOW’S on going commitment to support the work of local filmmakers, last year it produced its first original short film directed by Lisa Marie Evans entitled OUTWRITE. This year, the festival is helping rising, young native Kansas City filmmaker, Nick Corporon, with the launch of his feature film.

Nick will be at opening night of the festival, Friday, June 27, to discuss his new feature length film “Retake.” Nick joined us on the phone from LA.

Nick Corporon, grew up in the Kansas City area.

One of Nick’s most popular short films is called “Barbie Boy” which won the top prize in the Kansas City LGBT Film Festival in 2011. BARBIE BOY has gone on to be shown in festivals around the world. Nick talked about what that film is about and why its story has had such international appeal.

The 2014 OUT HERE NOW: Kansas City LGBT Film Festival

Thursday, June 26 – Celebration of Courage Screenings

A New Comedy/Musical – Midwest Premiere
WAITING IN THE WINGS
THUR JUNE 26 | 7:00PM
This star-studded romantic comedy and musical is one of the most delightful and charming films of the year. Two entertainers destined for the big time are mistakenly mismatched in a casting office and end up in two VERY different shows. Tony (Adam Huss), a beefy male stripper from New York, is erroneously cast in an Off-Broadway musical and needs to trade in his tear-away briefs for a tux and tap shoes…while Anthony (Jeffrey A. Johns), a naive musical theatre enthusiast from Montana, is cast in an All-Male Strip Show and forced to decide if he can put modesty aside to pay the rent. Hilarity ensues as they realize that “to make it” they need to learn some new tricks. Two dancers and two dreams makes for one very mixed up musical. Featuring Lee Meriwether, Shirley Jones, Sally Struthers & Christopher Atkins. It’s a treat for anyone who has ever dared to step on the stage. (You should go watch the trailer now!) Meet Writer/Producer/Actor Jeffrey A. Johns who will be in attendance at this premiere screening celebrating the courage to follow your dreams. An audience Q&A with Jeffrey follows.

13. Waiting in The Wings – PROMO
from: OUT HERE NOW: Kansas City LGBT Film Festival 2014 June 26 – July 3 at The Tivoli

Friday, June 27 – 2014 OFFICIAL OPENING NIGHT SELECTIONS

Nick Corporon “Retake”
FRI JUNE 27 | 5:30PM
Kansas City area native Nick Corporon has directed several award-winning short films including the internationally acclaimed BARBIE BOY which took top honors in our 2011 festival. Nick is back in his hometown as part of the launch for his first feature length film entitled RETAKE. At this free opening night event, you’ll learn more about Nick’s new film and be treated to a screening of BARBIE BOY. Come meet a rising young filmmaker
and celebrate and support the work of a local talent ready to take that next step in his already notable career.

TO BE TAKEI
FRI JUNE 27 | 7:00PM
A star’s trek for life, liberty and love. George Takei doesn’t shy away from digging into his remarkable career and personal life in this delightful and incisive biography. As a child forced into Japanese-American internment camps, the actor-turned-activist reveals the ways that racism affected him well into his early acting career. Even after landing the iconic role of Hikaru Sulu on Star Trek, Takei’s sharp eye, coupled with his wicked sense of humor, continued to challenge the status quo. Now at 76, Takei and his husband, have become the poster couple for marriage equality, highlighting homophobia through TV interviews and hilarious skits, many of which have gone viral and garnered widespread attention. Whether dishing on William Shatner or parodying comments of notable homophobes, Takei proves time and again why his presence in popular culture remains as fresh and necessary as ever.

14. To Be Takei – PROMO
from: OUT HERE NOW: Kansas City LGBT Film Festival 2014 June 26 – July 3 at The Tivoli

LILTING
FRI JUNE 27 | 9:00PM
The dashing Ben Whishaw (JAMES BOND:SKYFALL and CLOUD ATLAS) and legendary actress Cheng Pei Pei (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON) star in an intimate and thoughtful film about love, loss and connection. Mourning the recent death of his lover Kai, Richard (Whishaw) reaches out to Kai’s mother Junn (Pei Pei), a Chinese-Cambodian woman who has never learned English during her years in London. Kai was Junn’s lifeline to the world, though he never came out to her. With delicate power and humor, LILTING explores the pleasures and pains of communication, and offers a sophisticated portrait of a gay male relationship that goes beyond the first flushes of love to the heights and bittersweet depths of sharing a life with someone. A critically acclaimed festival must-see.

Saturday, June 28 – SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES
an evening of extra-fabulous entertainment co-presented by CAMP + Industry Video Bar

TRU LOVE
SAT JUNE 28 | 4:45PM
Tru is a serial bed-hopping lesbian who cannot commit to a relationship or a job for long. Restless by nature and wounded by the past, she gets by on her wits, her considerable good looks and charm but at the ripe old age of 37, it is all starting to wear a little thin. Then she meets Alice, a beautiful 60-year old widow, who has come to town at the last minute to visit her daughter, Suzanne, a too-busy corporate lawyer who is also a friend of Tru’s. When Tru agrees to meet Alice and let her into Suzanne’s house (for which she mysteriously has a key) sparks fly and Alice and Tru begin forging an unlikely friendship and more. Suzanne, who has a deeply conflicted relationship with her mother and a complicated and a secret past with Tru, becomes increasingly alarmed at the growing bond between Tru and her mother. But it backfires, as “Tru Love” is hard to contain. When love finds you, rules and roles don’t apply.

15. Tru Love – PROMO
from: OUT HERE NOW: Kansas City LGBT Film Festival 2014 June 26 – July 3 at The Tivoli

THE 10 YEAR PLAN
SAT JUNE 28 | 7:00PM
Following on the success of his previous hits, IS IT JUST ME? and eCUPID, director J.C. Calciano is back with another sexy romantic comedy you’re sure to enjoy! Myles (Jack Turner) and Brody (Michael Adam Hamilton) are best friends with two very different ways of finding love. Myles, a handsome and successful lawyer as well as a hopeless romantic, wants nothing more than to find the man of his dreams to share his life with. His best friend Brody, a hunky and hot Los Angeles police officer, sleeps with every man he meets in an attempt to avoid feeling unloved. Fearing what will become of them when they get older, the two friends make a pact: to be a couple in ten years if neither one has found true love. Now two months shy of their deadline, both friends set off to do whatever it takes to avoid ending up as each other’s last resort. Check out the film’s trailer at our website then come out for a night of fun.

FIRST PERIOD
SAT JUNE 28 | 9:15PM
If John Waters were to direct a John Hughes film using the cast of “Strangers With Candy,” you’d get this hilariously twisted take on an 80’s high school movie. New girl Cassie and school outcast Maggie are easily the most unpopular girls at their high school. Together, they decide the way to win the hearts of cute boys and popular girls is to enter– and win–the annual Talent Show. But rivals Heather, Other Heather, and their popular boyfriends Dirk and Brett will stop at nothing to keep Cassie and Maggie the laughing stock of the school. It’s going to take courage, a make over, and maybe even a rap battle to beat them in true 80s style. It’s a fun, smart cast brimming with zany charm plus special appearances by camp classic favorites Cassandra Peterson and Judy Tenuta. This fun-filled, late night screening will hosted by some of Kansas City’s favorite local entertainers. See who’s coming at our website.

SUNDAY, June 29 – CENTERPIECE SUNDAY

DUAL
SUN JUNE 29 | 5:00PM
A charming story of an encounter between a lost tourist and a female bus driver late one night on the way from the airport. This colorful, funny and insightful film feels like a lesbian equivalent of “Before Sunset” as two young women wander the warm nighttime streets, talking, having fun and gradually coming under each other’s spell. As the pair talk more deeply about what they want from life. But despite that fact that they seem very similar, one is hiding a secret and the other is simply trying to find her place in the world. The charisma of two leads make DUAL so watchable. Beautifully shot, the perfectly fitting soundtrack by Danish female duo Monkey Cup Dress, whose song “Cold Heart” is lip-synched by the cast at the start of the film, helps set up the warm, whimsical and romantic nature of the film. The perfect choice for this year’s OUT HERE NOW Women’s Centerpiece Screening.

MY STRAIGHT SON
SUN JUNE 29 | 7:30PM
Diego, a young and successful photographer, lives in the glamorous but shallow and excessive world of fashion. A tragic accident turns his world upside down; his partner Fabrizio is now in a coma. Unexpectedly, and right at this inopportune time, Diego’s estranged son Armando shows up. Now, both of them have to adapt to each other; Armando to the unknown, homosexual world of his father, and Diego to the closed attitude of his teenage son. One father, one son. Both of them will need to fix their differences and everything depends on how you look at it. This remarkable Venezuelan film with its critically acclaimed script and the many notably funny and touching supporting acting performances – was the recent winner of the 2014 Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film and our choice as this year’s Men’s Centerpiece Screening.

MONDAY, June 30

POWER EROTIC
MON JUNE 30 | 5:45PM
This commanding, new documentary explores how strength, power, dominance and masculinity influence gay male sexuality. Thought provoking and controversial, sometimes unsettling, yet brutally honest in its approach, this film dares to shatter illusions and raise complex issues regarding gay male sexuality. With interviews from influential academics to sex symbols and everyone in between, we gain a range of perspectives into the maze of conflicting attitudes regarding masculinity, power and sexual behavior. The director encounters 15 gay men whose sexuality revolves around power, dominance and control. The camera voyeuristically captures their sexual interactions providing insightful conversations, some of which are captured after actual sexual encounters allowing unusual access to the deeper, psychological aspects of sexuality.

2014 Jury Award – Feature Film
THE WAY HE LOOKS
MON JUNE 30 | 7:45PM
This sweet, charming, engaging coming-of-age story is truly a gem for audience members of all ages. Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go on an exchange program abroad. When Gabriel, a cute new student in town, arrives at their classroom, new feelings blossom in Leonardo making him question his plans. Based on the director’s globally acclaimed short film, I Don’t Want To Go Back Alone, Daniel Ribeiro has masterfully re-crafted his touching story of young love into a full- length film. The recipient of our festival’s Jury Award for outstanding feature film, this Midwest premiere screening is co-hosted by PFLAG-Kansas City and PASSAGES-KC.

Tuesday, July 1 – DIRECTOR’S SHOWCASE NIGHT

BOYS
TUES JULY 1 | 5:45PM
In this beautiful and uplifting gay romance, two teen track stars discover first love as they train for the biggest relay race of their young lives. Chiseled Dutch phenom Gijs Blom stars as Sieger, a thoughtful 15-year-old who grapples mightily with his emerging gayness. Equally handsome Ko Zandvliet co-stars as his love interest, the spirited and outgoing Marc. In their boyish summer courtship the two of them swim, bike, run and share ice creams and kisses as they gradually find the courage to be vulnerable with one another. The romance between them unfolds with a palpable sense of longing and an aching sequence of heartache as Sieger tries to fight the inevitable. With its authentic and perfectly poignant tone BOYS ranks as one of the most wholesomely romantic gay teen films ever. See the film’s trailer online at our website to know more.

2014 Director’s Showcase Screening
OUT TO KILL
TUES JULY 1 | 7:45PM
A flashy, fleshy, gay-themed murder mystery from award- winning filmmaker Rob Williams with popular gay singer/ songwriter Tom Goss in his feature film debut. When gay private investigator Jim Noble moves into a beautiful loft complex in Tampa, he never expects to find his first case literally right outside his door – the corpse of up-and- coming singer Justin Jaymes floating in the pool right in the middle of the building’s courtyard. When he’s hired to solve the crime, Jim quickly learns that everyone in the complex has secrets, and that someone was willing to kill to keep their secrets hidden. Meet Director Rob Williams and lead actor Tom Goss who will both be in attendance at this Midwest Premiere of their film. (Also starring Mark Manning.) Rob and Tom will offer an Audience Q&A following.

Wednesday, July 2 – LIKEME® LIGHTHOUSE NIGHT

2014 Jury Award – Documentary
KUMU HINA
WED JULY 2 | 5:45PM
At a time when gender non-conforming people are marginalized and mistreated the world over, KUMU HINA presents an intimate portrait of a proud and confident mahu (transgender) teacher who is passing on ancient Hawaiian culture and traditions to her students as she searches for love and a fulfilling romantic relationship in her own life. Over the course of a momentous year, Hina inspires a tomboyish young girl to claim her place as leader of a boys’ hula troupe, and takes a chance at happiness when she marries a man who finds it difficult to adjust to life in modern Honolulu. As the trials and tribulations of Hina’s journey unfold, her Hawaiian roots and values give her the strength and wisdom to persevere, offering viewers a rare glimpse of island life that tourists rarely see and an understanding of the true meaning of aloha — unconditional love and respect for all.

HETEROSEXUAL JILL
WED JULY 2 | 7:45PM
A mix of over-the-top comedy, sharp wit, and pathos, HETEROSEXUAL JILL rides the edge of laughter and pain, desire and repression, and explores the complicated attachment to one’s sense of self in the face of love. Unable to make progress with her ex-lesbian conversion path, a neurotic “All American” Jill tracks down her butch ex-girlfriend Jamie to prove to herself that she is no longer attracted to her. Strung along by guilt and desire, Jamie agrees to the preposterous plan of “dating” Jill so that Jill can close this chapter of her life and move forward with men. Meanwhile, David and Lola compete for the affections of José , a sexually ambiguous and seductive man from Brazil. As complications arise with Jill and Jamie’s relationship, Jill starts to see José as her ticket out. However, when the love triangles shift and realign, Jamie has her own identity crisis that she is ill-equipped to handle.

Thursday, July 3 – CLOSING NIGHT

2014 Out Here Now Shorts Showcase & Competition
THUR JULY 3 | 5:45PM
At this popular annual closing night event, you get to vote for the film that will win this year’s Short Film Competition and receive the cash prize. (No admission charge, donation at the door.) Watch the previews at our website, then come vote for your favorite of this year’s three finalists:

GRIND – a flashy short film musical that takes a sexy and artistic look at the ways we connect in today’s multi screened hook up culture and asks, “Do you REALLY know who you’re talking to?” Stars Anthony Rapp (RENT).

RONNY & I – A young man comes to terms with his sexuality and his hidden love for his best friend.

SECRETS & TOYS – a delightful short film where a surprise visit, a bumbling bestie, and many years of tight-lipped deception cause EVERYONE’S ish to hit the fan.

JOHN APPLE JACK
THUR JULY 3 | 7:45PM
For this year’s closing night film, we’re serving up a fresh romantic comedy about a Playboy learning to LOVE and a Virgin learning to LIVE. As kids, John and Jack were best friends. Twenty years later, they’ve grown apart and now barely recognize each other. A handsome gay man and heir to a restaurant empire, John lives with extravagance – champagne, fast cars and fast men – bedding nearly every hot guy in town. Jack is a working-class, line cook at John’s flagship restaurant. But when Jack learns his sister is about to marry his childhood crush, Jack, a light bulb flicks on, passions ignite and the wedding must suddenly be stopped! The spoilt, promiscuous John was once easy for Jack to ignore. But a newer, penniless, more soulful man may soon prove too hard to kick to the curb. The challenge for both John and Jack is to find a way to blend money, sex, love and family into one sumptuous recipe for life.

Tickets at http://www.OutHereNow.com
or Tivoli Cinemas Box Office 4050 Pennsylvania, in Westport Manor Square

All Seats $8.50 (Shows after 6:00pm) $6.75 (Shows before 6:00pm)
(816) 200-2059
info@OutHereNow.com
http://www.OutHereNow.com
#OutHereNowKC

The 2014 OUT HERE NOW: Kansas City LGBT Film Festival, June 26 through July 3, at Tivoli Cinemas, in Westport.
More info at: http://www.OutHereNow.com

11:30

17. Sharon Van Etten – “Afraid of Nothing”
from: Are We There / Jagjaguar / May 27, 2014

11:34 – Underwriting

11:35 – Interview with Kyle Pugh & Evan Senn

Kyle Pugh is a 28 year old image-maker from Kansas City, Missouri. He is originally from Cameron, Missouri and studied graphic design at park University. A year ago he left the advertising world to create: Brigade Visual Support, a Midwest-based collective operating out of Kansas City, Missouri and Wichita, Kansas. The company handles photography, cinematography, still editing, and motion editing.

Evan H. Senn is a camera operator and editor residing in the Midwest of the United States. Born and raised in Kansas, Evan had early attraction to images, both moving and still. After receiving a film-degree, Evan worked in the advertising world and after 5 years in commercial film-making, Evan made the choice to venture off on his own, to help create Brigade Visual Support.

11:36 – Interview with Kyle & Evan about “Blind Guy” film

Brigade Visual Support is a Midwest-based collective operating out of Kansas City, Missouri and Wichita, Kansas. Their newest short film “Blind Guy” featuring Jim “The Blind Guy” Hoschek will be released July 1 through their website at: http://www.thisisbrigade.com.

The film “Blind Guy” will also make it’s theatrical premiere on Monday, June 30 at 7:45 pm at The Tivoli Theater as part of the 2014 OUT HERE NOW: Kansas City LGBT Film Festival.

11:44

18. Sam Billen – “It Is Not A Lie”
from: Places / Primary Colors Collective / September 15, 2012
[From Lawrence, Kansas, In 2009, Sam Billen released Headphones & Cellphones with The Record Machine. It was his first his first solo record in 5 years since leaving Northern Records who also released his decade-long band, The Billions, who disbanded in 2008. After the break up of the Billions, Sam took some time to focus on making his own music and starting a family. Sam works full time at the University of Kansas, and started a new business, Primary Colors Music. Sam joined us live on Wednesday MidDay Medley on November 22, 2012 where Sam played LIVE in our 90.1 FM sdtudios.]

19. Attic Light – “Market (clean)”
from: Different Shades of Black / Independent / June 27, 2014
[Formed in Kansas City, Missouri by Nathan Bowman on vocals, guitar; Mike Pittman on guitar; Patrick Rippeto on bass, and Chris Hankins on drums. Their debut EP was recorded at Studio City KC with sound engineer Adam Lichtenauer.]

[Attic Light plays a CD Release Party at Davey’s Uptown Rambler’s Club, Friday June 27, at 8:00 pm.]

11:59:30

20. 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
Additional content and material written by Jamie Rich

Show #531

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 + Folkicide +
Out Here Now – KC LGBT Film Festival with Jamie Rich & Nick Corporon
+ Kyle Pugh & Evan Senn and their film: “Blind Guy”

Mark plays more New & Local Releases from: Loose Park, John Velghe & The Prodigal Sons, Radkey, Folkicide, La Guerre, Monta At Odds, Sam Billen, Attic Light, Jack White, The Belle Brigade, Curtis Harding, Sturgill Simpson, Conor Oberst, and Sharon Van Etten.

At 10:30 Mark welcomes KC based musical artist, Folkicide who has just released his new full-length vinyl album, “The Meaningless Glare of Broken Human Beings.” All songs on “The Meaningless Glare of Broken Human Beings” were written by Folkicide. The album also features guest artists: Jason Beers, Betse Ellis, Mike Walker, Darren Welch and Marco Pascolini on various tracks of the 13 song release. More info at http://www.folkicide.bandcamp.com

At 11:00, Mark talks with Jamie Rich, Director, of the 2014 Out Here Now: Kansas City LGBT Film Festival, June 26 – July 3, at Tivoli Cinemas, in Westport. Join us in the conversation about this year’s festival is Nick Corporon, originally from KC, Nick will be at opening night of the festival, Friday, June 27, to discuss his new feature length film “Retake” and for a screening of his film “Barbie Boy,” that explores gender. For more info: http://www.outherenow.com

At 11:30 Mark talks with Kyle Pugh and Evan Senn of Brigade Visual Support, a Midwest-based collective operating out of Kansas City, Missouri and Wichita, Kansas, about their newest short film “Blind Guy” featuring Jim “The Blind Guy” Hoschek. The film will be release July 1 and will be posted at: http://www.thisisbrigade.com

Tune in on 90.1 FM KKFI
or streaming live at kkfi.org

Show #531

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

That’s Soooo Gay! (Our Annual Gay Pride Show)
+ Kyle Piccola & Jamie Rich & Avery Ford
& Out Here Now: KC LGBT Film Festival

1. Judy Garland – “Intro / Keep Your Sunny Side Up”(outtake)
from: The Judy Garland Show – the show that got away /Hip-O /2002
[orig. taped June 24, 1963]

2. RuPaul – “The Beginning”
from: Glamazon / RuCo / April 25, 2011
[RuPaul Andre Charles (born November 17, 1960), best known as simply RuPaul, is an American actor, drag queen, model, author, and recording artist, who first became widely known in the 1990s when he appeared in a wide variety of television programs, films, and musical albums. Previously, he was a fixture on the Atlanta and New York City club scenes during the 1980s and early 90s. RuPaul has on occasion performed as a man in a number of roles, usually billed as RuPaul Charles. RuPaul is noted among famous drag queens for his indifference towards the gender-specific pronouns used to address him—both “he” and “she” have been deemed acceptable. “You can call me he. You can call me she. You can call me Regis and Kathie Lee; I don’t care! Just as long as you call me.” He hosted a short-running talk show on VH1, and currently hosts reality television shows RuPaul’s Drag Race and RuPaul’s Drag U.]

3. Bronski Beat – “Small Town Boy”
from: Age of Consent / London / 1984
[Debut single of English synthpop group. The song is a popular gay anthem and reached number 3 in the UK, number one in Holland, Italy, top 10 in Australia, Canada, France, Switzerland, and number 48 in the U.S.]

4. Dos Fallopia (Lisa Koch) – “Definition: Lesbian”
from: My Breasts Are Out Of Control / Tongueincheek Records / 1994

5. Company – “Opening: I Hope I Get It”
from: A Chorus Line – Original Cast Recording / Columbia / 1975

6. Dos Fallopia (Lisa Koch) – “Definition: Equal Rights”
from: My Breasts Are Out Of Control / Tongueincheek Records / 1994

7. Divine – “You Think You’re A Man (7″ Mix)”
from: Essential Divine / RTR / 2006

8. Dos Fallopia (Lisa Koch) – “Definition: Pro Choice”
from: My Breasts Are Out Of Control / Tongueincheek Records / 1994

9. Al Franken and Phil Hartman – “Daily Affirmation Theme”
from: Original Soundtrack to: Stuart Saves His Family / Milan / 1995

10. Hedwig & The Angry Inch – “Tear Me Down”
from: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Hedwig & The Angry Inch / Hybrid / 2001

10:13 – That’s Sooo Gay

11. The BTC Orchestra – “The Liberace Fanfare”
from: Behind The Candelabra (Music from the HBO Original Film) / Elektra / May 20, 2013
[2013 American drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh about the life of pianist Liberace and the secret affair he had with young Scott Thorson, based on Thorson’s memoir, Behind the Candelabra: My Life With Liberace (1988). It premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2013. It aired on HBO on May 26, 2013. It will not be released theatrically in the United States. It was released theatrically June 7, 2013 in the United Kingdom. The film features Michael Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as Scott Thorsen.]

12. Liberace – “The Impossible Dream” [Vinyl]
from: Liberace Sends You Love [3 record set] / Brookville Records – ABC Records / 1974
[Born in West Allis, Wisconsin, his career spanned four decades of concerts, recordings, motion pictures, television, and endorsements, Liberace became world-famous. During the 1950s–1970s he was the highest-paid entertainer in the world and embraced a lifestyle of flamboyant excess both on and off stage. He publicly denied being gay during his lifetime, and sued those who said he was. Towards the end of his life his chauffeur, Scott Thorson, sued him for palimony. He died of an AIDS-related illness in 1987.]

13. Jim Nabors – “It Takes All Kinds To Make The World Go Round”
from: Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. / Sony / 1965
[Jan. 29, 2013, Hawaii News Now reported that Jim Nabors married his partner of 38 years, Stan Cadwallader, at Seattle, Washington’s Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Jan. 15, a month after same-sex marriage became legal in Washington. An urban legend maintains that Nabors married Rock Hudson in the early ’70s, shortly before Nabors began his relationship with Cadwallader. At least publicly, the two were never more than friends. According to Hudson, the legend originated with a group of “middle-aged homosexuals who live in Huntington Beach” who sent out joke invitations for their annual get-together. One year, the group invited its members to witness “the marriage of Rock Hudson & Jim Nabors,” at which Hudson would take the surname of Nabors’ most famous character, Gomer Pyle, becoming “Rock Pyle.” Those who failed to get the joke spread the rumor. Hudson was also gay but closeted, and because of the fear that one or both of them might be outed, Nabors & Hudson never spoke to each other again.]

14. Paul Lynde, Maureen Stapleton, Dick Van Dyke, Bryan Russell -“Kids”
from: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Bye Bye Birdy / RCA-BMG / 1960 [Paul Lynde’s sexual orientation was an open secret in Hollywood, although, in keeping with the prejudices of the time, it was not acknowledged or discussed in public. In a 2013 radio interview, Dick Van Dyke recalled the wrap party for Bye Bye Birdie. A series of men gave short speeches, each one praising Ann-Margret and predicting success and stardom for the young actress. When it was Paul Lynde’s turn to speak, he began, “Well, I guess I’m the only one here who doesn’t want to fuck Ann-Margret.” In 1965, Lynde was involved in an accident in which a young actor, reputed to be his lover, fell to his death from the window of their hotel room in San Francisco’s Sir Francis Drake Hotel. The two had been drinking for hours before 24-year-old James “Bing” Davidson slipped and fell eight stories, an event witnessed by two policemen, yet the event was largely kept out of the press, thus saving Lynde’s career. Despite his campy television persona, Lynde never publicly came out as gay and the press generally refrained from commenting about it. In 1976, a People magazine article on Lynde featured him and Stan Finesmith; the latter was dubbed Lynde’s “suite mate” and “chauffeur-bodyguard.” In the 1970s, this was as close as the press would come to hinting at his sexuality.]

15. Noel Coward – “What’s Going To Happen To the Tots”
from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]
[Born Dec. 16, 1899 / died Mar. 26, 1973. English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called “a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise”. Coward did not publicly acknowledge his homosexuality, but it was discussed candidly after his death by biographers including Graham Payn, his long-time partner, and in Coward’s diaries & letters, published posthumously.]

16. Charles Nelson Reilly, Claudette Sutherland, Company -“Coffee Break”
from: How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying / Victor / 1961

10:30 – Underwriting

10:32

For many Queer Kids growing up in small towns, in rural areas, during the 1970s and 1980s and 1990s, The CBS broadcast of the annual Tony Awards was the biggest night of LGBT programming. Here is this year’s winner of Best Actor in a Musical and in the Best Musical Revival, followed by last year’s winner of Best Actor in a Musical and Best Musical. Openly Gay and proud… Neil Patrick Harris and Billy Porter

17. Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Original Brdwy Cast – “Exquisite Corpse”
from: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Orig. Brdwy Cast Rec) / Hedwig Brdwy Co. / June 11, 2014

18. Billy Porter & Stark Sands – “Everybody Say Yeah!”
from: Kinky Boots (Soundtrack) / Sony – Kinky Boots LLC / May 28, 2013

19. Sharon Needles – “Call Me On The Ouija Board”
from: PG-13 / Sharon Needles / January 29, 2013
[Sharon Needles was born Aaron Coady on November 28, 1981 in Newton, Iowa. He has been candid in discussing his childhood years growing up in Iowa as a difficult time when he faced anti-gay and anti-“outsider” harassment, which prompted him to drop out of school before he could complete his high school education. In 2004, Needles moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he began working as a professional drag performer in nightclubs and various other venues. Needles rose to prominence on the 4th season of the Logo TV reality competition series, RuPaul’s Drag Race where he was crowned “America’s Next Drag Superstar” in April 2012.]

20. The Kinsey Sicks – “Toucha Touch Me – Tsa Security”
from: Electile Dysfunction / The Kinsey Sicks / May 8, 2012
[Based on their hit musical, “ELECTILE DYSFUNCTION: THE KINSEY SICKS FOR PRESIDENT,” The Kinsey Sicks were formed in 1993, by original members: Ben Schatz (“Rachel”) is a Harvard-trained civil rights lawyer, former Director of the national Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, and one-time presidential advisor on HIV issues, who created the first 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 and linguist and former director of the AIDS Legal Referral Panel of the San Francisco Bay Area, who authored Chicago’s gay rights ordinance, passed into law in 1989. In 2004, the Kinsey Sicks were joined by actor/singer/designer Jeff Manabat, who is responsible for Trixie’s inordinate glamour and soaring counter-tenor, as well as the entire group’s hot couture. Beginning in October of 2008, the Kinsey Sicks are joined by the hilarious and talented Spencer Brown (“Trampolina”), a Kansas City-based actor and singer, already known for his drag character Daisy Buckët (pronounced, of course, “bouquet”).]

21. The Sleazebeats – “Goosesteppin’ Nazis”
from: The Sleazebeats / Independent / Jan. 1, 2012
[Charlie Colborne – keyboards, guitar, vocals; Bill Belzer – drums; Jeff Harshbarger – bass; Recorded at More Famouser Studios w/ Mike Nolte engineer, mixing, mastering the recordings. The Sleazebeats have played Live on the show on several occasions.]

10:50

22. Lou Reed and John Cale – “Small Town”
from: Songs For Drella / Sire – Warner Bros. / 1990
[Dedicated to the memory of Andy Warhol, their mentor, who had died unexpectedly in 1987. Drella was a nickname for Warhol coined by Warhol Superstar Ondine, a contraction of Dracula and Cinderella, used by Warhol’s crowd. The song cycle focuses on Warhol’s interpersonal relations and experiences, with songs falling roughly into three categories: Warhol’s first-person perspective (which makes up the vast majority of the album), third-person narratives chronicling events and affairs, and first-person commentaries on Warhol by Reed and Cale themselves. The songs on the album are, to some extent, in chronological order.]

23. David Bowie – “Kooks”
from: Hunky Dory / RCA – (Rycodisk – Virgin – Sony) / 1971
[David Bowie wrote this song to his newborn son Duncan Jones. The song was a pastiche of early 1970s Neil Young. Bowie was listening to a Neil Young record at home as he got the news of the arrival of his son. British indie band The Kooks named themselves after the song. Duncan Jones was born May 30, 1971. Tomorrow is his birthday! Duncan Jones has become a successful film director best known for directing the award-winning science fiction films Moon (2009) and Source Code (2011).]

24. Klaus Nomi – “Ding Dong”
from: Simple Man / RCA – BMG / November 1982
[Klaus Sperber in Immenstadt, Bavaria, Germany on Jan 24, 1944. In the 1960s, he worked as an usher at the Deutsche Oper in West Berlin where he sang for the other ushers and maintenance crew on stage in front of the fire curtain after performances. Nomi moved to NYC in 1972. In the late 1970s while performing at Club 57, The Mudd Club, The Pyramid Club, and other venues, Nomi assembled a group of up-and-coming models, singers, artists, and musicians to perform live with him, which at times included Joey Arias, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, John Sex and Kenny Scharf. He also appeared on Manhattan Cable’s TV Party. David Bowie heard about Nomi’s performances in New York and soon met him and Joey Arias at the Mudd Club. Bowie hired them as performers and backup singers for his appearance on Saturday Night Live which aired on December 15, 1979. The band performed “TVC 15”, “The Man Who Sold the World”, and “Boys Keep Swinging”. During the performance of “TVC 15”, Nomi and Arias dragged around a large prop pink poodle with a television screen in its mouth. Nomi was so impressed with the plastic quasi-tuxedo suit that Bowie wore during “The Man Who Sold the World” that he commissioned one to be made for himself. Nomi can be seen wearing the suit on the cover of his self-titled album, as well as during a number of his music videos. Nomi wore his variant of the outfit, in monochromatic black-and-white with spandex and makeup to match, until the last few months of his life. Klaus Nomi released his second album, Simple Man, in November 1982.]

25. Judy Garland – “Half – Time Tags”(sponsor announcement)
from: The Judy Garland Show – the show that got away /Hip-O /2002 [orig. taped June 24, 1963]

11:00 – Station ID

25. Judy Garland – “Half – Time Tags”(sponsor announcement)
from: The Judy Garland Show – the show that got away /Hip-O /2002 [orig. taped June 24, 1963]

26. Mountain Sprout – “Christian Girlfriend”
from: Into the Sun / Independent / December 23, 2008
[Melissa Carper was in Mountain Sprout before The Carper Family. The Carper Family ended their set at the Folk Alliance International Conference with this very special and funny song.]

27. Kristie Stremel – “It’s Enough”
from: Songwriter / Stremeltone / April 1, 2014
[Kristie Stremel, with partner Lori Isabell, adopted baby son, Charlie. Kristie told Tim Finn in the KC Star, “The weight of bringing a new, little creature home was a little overwhelming at first,” she said. “But it has been everything I wanted it to be. I’ve always wanted to have a child. Sometimes, desire is all it takes. If you desire it, it will come to you.” “I have a different perspective now that I have a kid, and maybe it will change. But I can’t see giving up music for anything.” Stremeltone Records, was created in her home in Lawrence. The last track, “It’s Enough” was released early, as a video, featuring photos of couples in partenerships, relationships, marriages, unions, families. The video was your own response the the Kansas House of Representatives passing HD 2453 allowing business the right to refuse service to LGBT customers. The bill eventually died in the Kansas Senate.]

11:06 – Interview with Kyle Piccola, Jamie Rich, & Avery Ford

Kyle Piccola is the Senior Field Organizer for the KC Office of PROMO, Missouri’s statewide organization advocating for lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender equality through legislative action, electoral politics, grassroots organizing, community education.

Jamie Rich, is Director, of the 2014 Out Here Now: Kansas City LGBT Film Festival, June 26 – July 3, at Tivoli Cinemas, in Westport. Tomorrow night the festival continues with a special showing of: THE CASE AGAINST 8, Thursday, June 19, at 7:00pm, Co-sponsored by the Kansas City Human Rights Commission and PROMO. More info at: http://www.outherenow.com

Also joining us in the conversation is one of the newest members of the Out Here Now Film Fest creative team, Avery Ford.

Kyle Piccola, talked about the rapidly changing times when it comes to courts overturning marriage equality bans in various states across the country.

In addition to the court case challenging the marriage equality ban, PROMO is also involved with educating people about MONA, the Missouri Non-Discrimination Act.

PROMO now has a field office in Springfield.

Out Here Now: KC LGBT Film Festival, June 26 – July 3 at Tivoli Cinemas, in Westport.

Tomorrow night the festival continues with a special showing of: THE CASE AGAINST 8, Thursday, June 19, at 7:00pm, Co-sponsored by the Kansas City Human Rights Commission and PROMO.

THE CASE AGAINST 8 – Directed by Ben Cotner & Ryan White. USA. 2014. 112 min

This award-winning, high-profile documentary takes a riveting, inside look at the groundbreaking Supreme Court case that overturned Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage.

Plantiffs: Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo / Sandy Stier and Kris Perry

Five years in the making, with exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the powerhouse legal team of Ted Olson and David Boies, who previously faced off as opposing counsel in Bush v. Gore, along with the four plaintiffs in the suit, the film provides a definitive account of the battle that effectively ended marriage discrimination in California.

After the film, PROMO will host an update and discussion on the pending court case challenging Missouri’s same-sex marriage ban.

During the post film discussion audiences will hear from community leaders and two of the local plaintiffs in that case, Jim MacDonald and Andy Schuerman.

THE CASE AGAINST 8, Thursday, June 19, at 7:00pm, Co-sponsored by the Kansas City Human Rights Commission and PROMO. The 2014 Out Here Now: Kansas City LGBT Film Festival, is June 26 – July 3, at Tivoli Cinemas, in Westport. For more info: http://www.outherenow.com For more info about PROMO: http://www.PROMOonline.org

11:25

28. Summer Osborne – “Stand”
from: As I Am / Summer Osborne / June 30, 2013
[St. Louis based singer songwriter 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.]

[Summer Osborne plays Metro East Pride Fest, Belleville, IL, Sat, June 21]
[Summer Osborne plays Liberation Christian Church, St. Louis, MO, Sun, June 22.]
[Summer Osborne plays National Women’s Music Festival, Middleton, WI, Fri, Jun 27.]
[Summer Osborne plays St. Louis Pride Fest, Sun, Jun 29, St. Louis, MO]

11:29 – Underwriting

11:30 – Tribute to Larry Kramer.

If you believe theatre can change the world, it may be because you know of Larry Kramer.

American playwright, author, public health advocate, and LGBT rights activist, Larry Kramer was born June 25, 1935. He began his career rewriting scripts for Columbia Pictures, which led him to London where he worked with United Artists and earned an Academy Award nomination for the screenplay of “Women in Love” in 1969.

In 1980 and 1981 Larry Kramer began to witness many his friends becoming sick and dying from the spread of an unknown disease, that became known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). He co-founded the Gay Men’s Health Crisis, which has become the largest private organization to assist people living with AIDS in the world.

Larry Kramer co-founded the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) in 1987, a direct action, multi-faceted, protest organization credited with changing public health policy and perception of people living with AIDS, HIV and AIDS-related diseases.

Based on his own struggles, in the early years of the AIDS crisis, Larry Kramer wrote about his frustrations with our government’s lethargic response, to do anything to help. Larry Kramer was also frustrated by the gay community itself, criticizing gay men who he felt were in denial of what was killing them. From all of this came Larry Kramer’s nearly auto-biographical play, “The Normal Heart” that focused on the rise of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City between 1981 and 1984, as seen through the eyes of writer/activist Ned Weeks, a gay Jewish-American founder of a prominent HIV advocacy group. Ned was known and disliked for his loud, angry, public confrontations, in contrast to the calmer, more private strategies favored by his associates, friends, and closeted lover Felix Turner.

The Normal Heart was produced by Joesph Papp at The Public Theater in NYC in 1985, in a critically acclaimed Off-Broadway run that starred Brad Davis in the role of Ned Weeks.

In Kansas City, no professional theatre would do this show. The Normal Heart was produced independently in the Summer of 1991, as the very first production of Actors & Artists Against AIDS, Directed by John McCrite, staged with a cast of professional actors, in the basement of Unity Temple on The Plaza, the production earned critical acclaim and $10,000.00 in ticket sales from 8 performances, all to benefit The Good Samaritan Project.

Later, the play was revived in Los Angeles and London and again Off-Broadway in 2004. The Normal Heart made it’s Broadway debut, in April 2011, winning the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. This year The Normal Heart premiered as a feature film on HBO with Julia Roberts, Jim Parsons, Matt Bomer and Mark Ruffalo as Ned Weeks. The film of THE NORMAL HEART was directed and produced by Ryan Murphy, best known for creating the TV shows GLEE, The New Normal, and American Horror Story. Larry Kramer wrote the screenplay.

11:34

29. The Cast – “Scene 16: Felix’s Hospital Room”
from: The Normal Heart a play by Larry Kramer – The Broadway Benefit Reading / Broadway Cares – Equity Fights AIDS / 1994 [The Cast is: Jonathan Hadary reading stage directions, Eric Bogosian as Ned Weeks, D.W. Moffett as Felix Turner, Stockard Channing as Dr. Emma Brookner, and Tony Roberts as Ben Weeks. The Broadway Benefit Reading was directed by Jerry Zaks with an inroduction by Barbara Striesand. Performed live, as a staged reading on April 18, 1993.]

30. Michael Callen – “Love Don’t Need a Reason”
from: Purple Heart / Significant Other / 1988
[In partnership with Oscar winner Peter Allen and Marsha Melamet, Michael Callen wrote his most famous song, “Love Don’t Need a Reason”, which he sang frequently at gay pride and AIDS-related events around the country. Michael Callen (b. April 11, 1955) was a singer, songwriter, composer, author, and AIDS activist. He was a significant architect of the response to the AIDS crisis in the United States. First diagnosed with “Gay related immune deficiency” (GRID) in 1982, Callen quickly became a leader in the response to the epidemic. He was a founding member of the People With AIDS Self-Empowerment Movement among other organizations, and he testified before the President’s Commission on AIDS and both houses of the United States Congress. He was a founding member of the gay male a cappella singing group The Flirtations, with whom he recorded two albums. He also had a solo album, Purple Heart, which a review in The Advocate called “the most remarkable gay independent release of the past decade.” During the last year of his life, Callen recorded over 40 songs. On December 27, 1993, Michael Callen died of AIDS-related complications in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 38.]

31. The Magnetic Fields – “I Think I Need A New Heart”
from: 69 Love Songs / Merge Records / June 8, 1999

30. Harvey Fierstein – “I Am What I Am”
from: Being Out Rocks /Centaur Entertainment/Oct. 9, 2007 [La Cage Aux Folles Jerry Herman]

31. Patti LaBelle – “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”
from: Live: One Night Only / Columbia / 1996

32. Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Original Broadway Cast – “Brightest Star”
from: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Orig. Brdwy Cast Rec) / Hedwig Brdwy Co. / June 11, 2014

11:56

Our friends in the bands The Clementines, and Big Bad Gina play KC Gay Pride Saturday and Sunday. In what looks to be a very scaled down event, with almost entirely word of mouth promotion, KC Pride is presented by the Missouri not-for-profit organization KC Diversity Coalition. Kansas City’s 2014 Pride Festival is, Friday, June 20, 6:00 pm to 12:00 am / Saturday, June 21, 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm / Sunday, June 22, 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm in the West Bottoms. Near Kemper Arena. Approximate address is 2200-2500 State Line.

Their website promotion reads: 3 DAYS. 2 STATES. 1 FESTIVAL. Kansas City Pride Fest 2014 will take place in both Kansas and Missouri on State Line Road in the historic West Bottoms, next to Kemper Arena. This historical area, with its deep roots to the early years of the City, offer a stunning view of the Downtown Kansas Skyline. http://www.GayPrideKC.org for more details.

11:59:30

33. 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 #530

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

That’s Soooo Gay! (Our Annual Gay Pride Show)
+ Kyle Piccola & Jamie Rich & Out Here Now: KC LGBT Film Festival

We celebrate The Pride Season with our annual show, “That’s Soooo Gay!” Mark spins music from: Liberace, Charles Nelson Reilly, Paul Lynde, Jim Nabors, Noel Coward, Harvey Fierstein, Sharon Needles, Rupaul, Divine, Klaus Nomi, The Sleazebeats, The Kinsey Sicks, Dos Fallopia, Judy Garland, Patti LaBelle, Al Franken, Kristie Stremel, Summer Osborne, Neil Patrick Harris, Billy Porter, David Bowie, Lou Reed, John Cale, The Magnetic Fields, Bronski Beat, Michael Callen, the Broadway casts of “Hedwig & The Angry Inch,” “Kinky Boots” and “Chorus Line,” plus a tribute to Larry Kramer, writer of “The Normal Heart.”

At 11:00, Mark talks about Gay Pride, Marriage Equality, and Independent Films with Kyle Piccola, Senior Field Organizer at PROMO and Jamie Rich, Director, of the 2014 Out Here Now: Kansas City LGBT Film Festival, June 26 – July 3, at Tivoli Cinemas, in Westport. With a special showing of: THE CASE AGAINST 8, Thursday, June 19, at 7:00pm, Co-sponsored by the Kansas City Human Rights Commission and PROMO. For more info: http://www.outherenow.com

Tune in on 90.1 FM KKFI
or streaming live at kkfi.org

Show #530

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 MidDay Medley Spins Seven Inch Singles
+ Chambers + Phil Neal + Vi Tran & The Buffalo Room
+ Annie Cherry & Sara Hadley

1. The Velvet Underground and Nico – “All Tomorrow’s Parties” (Mono Single Version) (Vinyl)
from: 7” / Verve Records – MGM Special Disc Jockey Record / July, 1966 (Sundazed 2009)
[Recorded April 1966 at Scepter Studios, New York, NY. Issued a year ahead of their debut album, this was the top side of the band’s first single because it was Andy Warhol’s favorite VU song. Previously recorded by Lou Reed, John Cale, and Sterling Morrison on the 1965 demo tape. It was the closest The Velvets ever got to The Top 100, peaking at 103 in Cash Box. Flip side was “I’ll Be Your Mirror.” Part of a six-single set called “The Velvet Underground Singles 1966-69” issued through Sundazed Records.]

2. Regina Spektor – “You’ve Got Time”(Vinyl)
from: Special Record Store Day 7” Single Release / Sire Records / April 19, 2014
[“You’ve Got Time” is the theme song for the Netflix original series Orange Is The New Black. Produced by Rob Cavallo, the track was nominated for a 2013 Grammy award. This RSD exclusive is on orange vinyl.
You’ve Got Time”/”Call Them Brothers” (feat. Only Son) (non-album track)]

3. Chambers – “Inner Room (Single)”
from: Inner Room / The Record Machine / June 10, 2014
[Single release from band’s debut recording. 4 piece Mood Rock band from Denton, Texas. When Judson Valdez and Chase Johnson started working together in October of 2012, they were playing as backing musicians for a mutual friend’s project. After only a couple of months playing together, they quickly realized that they shared creative similarities and decided to try writing music together. Along the way of writing the songs that would eventually become Chambers first album, they recruited Johnson’s sister Piper, stole their sound engineer, Daniel Pelletier, away to play bass to round out the band and became Chambers.]

[Chambers plays Replay Lounge in Lawrence, Kansas, on Friday, June 13 with La Guerre, and Chambers also play Czar Bar, in Kansas City, Saturday, June 14.]

10:15 – Interview with Judson Valdez & Piper Johnson of Chambers

Chambers played the Middle of the Map Fest, April 5, at the recordBar, the band is now heading out for a midwest tour starting this week in support of your debut release Inner Room.

Chambers is a 4 piece band with: Piper Johnson – Synths, Lead vocals, backing vocals; Chase Johnson – drums, samples, Backing vocals; Daniel Pelletier – Bass, backing vocals.

Early the band members realized that they had strong but very different voices and instead of trying to conform their different styles to each other, made it into their strength. What has come out of this process is a collection of songs that features 3 different singers, complex arrangements of harmonies, and a variety of instruments and styles.

Judson said in an interview that making “Inner room” “taught us to respect each other and ourselves as creators.”

In just under two years the band has already played with: Grimes, Cold War kids, Efterklang, Chelsea Wolfe, Tennis, Torres, Frontier Ruckus, and toured with Seryn.

10:28 – Underwriting

10:30

4. Phil Neal & the Wornalls – “Lifeline”
from: Lifeline / Delaware Street Records / May 24, 2014

10:35 – Interview with Phil Neal

Kansas City based veteran singer songwriter, and rock and roller, Phil Neal has written dozens, of what he calls “Midwestern Rock” numbers. His band, The Wornalls bring his songs to life. Doug Gunn on drums, Danko Loftus on bass, Gary Paredes on guitar, Ben Eisiminger on keyboard, and Bruce Sidener on guitar. We’ll hear songs from their new album “Lifeline”.

Phil Neal’s early eighties band, The Artists, had a video in rotation on MTV, critical acclaim, and national management. When the band fell apart, Phil continued on, writing songs, and playing for over three decades, with several different bands, all while raising a family, and making a home, here in Kansas City.

Phil Neal & The Wornalls new release Lifeline is available on i-Tunes and CD baby and other musical outlets. More info at: https://www.facebook.com/ThePhilNealBand

10:48

5. Phil Neal & the Wornalls – “Fear of the Man”
from: Lifeline / Phil Neal / May 24, 2014

6. Cadillac Flambé – “Old American Law”
from: Old American Law / Little Class Records / June 14, 2014
[Third release from Kansas City’s delta darlings, Cadillac Flambé, a band that has been breathing new life into the Americana scene with their rejuvenating tumble boogie. Rooted in the solitary country blues of Leadbelly and the urban grit of John Lee Hooker, they till in the harmony of Johnny & June Cater and combine the funk punk blues brandish of The Black Keys, conjuring up their own explicit type of roots music they like to call “Blue-Eyed Americana Psychedelic Soul.” Their 2013 release “Movin’ On” was a collection of recordings memorializing the loss of their harmonica player, James “Pappy” Garrett, a follow up to their 2011 debut release, Eli’s Porch. From their humble farmhouse beginnings, husband/wife duo Kris & Havilah Bruders, harmonize and she vocals, lead guitar and keys.]

[Cadillac Flambé play a CD Release Party, Saturday, June 14, at 8:00pm, at The Tank Room 1813 Grand Blvd, Kansas City, with Dead Voices, and Freight Train Rabbit Killer.]

[Cadillac Flambe’ play BOULEVARDIA, Sun, June 15 at 2:25 pm on The Chipotle Homegrown Stage.]

7. Orthon Anderthon – “Cold Wind”
from: Amateur to Laughter / Independent / June 20, 2014
[Orthon Anderthon is: Joshua Davison, with Cowboy Cowden, Benton Grayson. The band is currently working on their new record More info at: http://www.orthonanderthon.wix.com]

[Orthon Anderthon play a special Album Release party at the Uptown Arts Bar, Friday, June 20, at 9:00 pm with Herald the Spider.]

11:00 – Station ID

8. The Good Foot – “Bad Way” (Vinyl)
from: Numeration / Bad Way (Split Single) 7″ Vinyl / Shipshape Records / Feb. 18, 2012
[7-piece, KC soul revue that is one of the most popular bands in the area. The band includes: Julia Haile, Adam Wagner, Tim Braun, Quentin Schmidt, David Conarroe, Nick Howell, and Nick Rowland. Known for their interpretations of the Motown & Stax songbook, as well as their own original compositions.]

Too Much Rock is a music blog site created by Sid Sowder in 1997, as a place where he could document his life as it relates to music. Sid posts his photos and videos and comments of the live music shows he attends. The site is not created as a for profit venture. While he asks that folks not steal his pictures, the watermarked ones are all available via a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License, and as long as you give him proper credit. His pictures appear on hundreds of bands websites and press kits and magazines.

The Too Much Rock Single Series is a collection of 45 RPM songles that marry great songs with great bands all for the love of vinyl. Each old-school two-song single features one unique song pared with one cover chosen by Too Much Rock. 500 limited edition copies are pressed and given to the band, to sell as merchandise at shows and at local record stores.

So far, their have been three Too Much Rock 7″ Single Releases…

9. Josh Berwanger – “Oh Bis!” (Vinyl)
from: Too Much Rock Single Series No. 003 / Too Much Rock / June 3, 2014
[Recorded and engineered by Joel Nanos at Element Recording. From Berwangermusic.com: “Josh Berwanger made a name for himself as a member of The Anniversary, a Kansas band that released two albums (2000’s Designing a Nervous Breakdown and 2002’s Your Majesty) and selling over 100,000 records before imploding in a breakup of Fleetwood Mac-style proportions while attempting to tour Japan. Undeterred, Berwanger put together a new band—a country-rock outfit called The Only Children–and would go on to release two criminally underrated records (2004’s Change of Living and 2007’s Keeper of Youth) before pulling the plug on that project and taking a job doing the next most logical thing possible– coaching high school basketball in Lawrence. For his 2013 release Strange Stains, Berwanger joined forces with old pal and original drummer for The Anniversary, Michael Hutcherson. “Josh and I met in 1996 while playing in local KC pop punk bands,” recalls Hutcherson, “I am honored to be making music with Josh again. For all that’s changed in our lives over the years, we’ve still got a symbiotic musical relationship. No questions, no egos, just rock & roll.”]

[Josh Berwanger plays Boulevardia, Saturday, June 14, at 5:45 pm on the Chipolte Homegrown Stage]

[Josh Berwanger plays lawrence Field Day Festival, Saturday June, 21, at 11:00 pm at The Bottleneck.]

10. Schwervon! – “Landlocked” (Vinyl)
from: Too Much Rock Single Series No. 001 / Too Much Rock / Novemebr 12, 2013
[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. “Landlocked” is the first song written by the duo after moving to Kansas City. On the flip side the duo recorded the Raincoats’ off-kilter 1979 anthem “Off Duty Trip.”]

[Schwervon plays Davey’s Uptown, Friday, June 13, with Folkicide, and Estocar from Seattle.]

11. Rev Gusto – “Local Girls” (Vinyl)
from: Too Much Rock Single Series No. 002 / Too Much Rock / 2014
[Written by Graham Parker. B-side of TMR single Still There. Jerry Frederick on Vocals & Guitar, Sam Frederick on bass, Shaun Crowley on lead guitar and keys; Peter Beatty on guitar & back-up vocals; Quinn Hernandez on drums, Recorded with and engineered by Joel Nanos at Element Recording. Rev Gusto has jusT signed with High Dive Records and will be putting out a full length very soon!]

11:16 – Interview with Vi Tran, Annie Cherry, & Sara Hadley

Writer, actor, musician, artist, teacher, singer, songwriter – Vi Tran was born near Saigon, Vietnam and raised in southwestern Kansas. He began performing as a toddler in the refugee camps of southeast Asia. Vi has appeared in theatres all across Kansas City as an actor, has also become a big part of the Kansas City Music Scene. In 2013 his debut full length recording “American Heroine” was part of our 113 Best Recordings of 2013. Vi joins us today to talk about his new venue, The Buffalo Room, 817 Westport Road, KCMO. A performance venue and creative commons in the grand tradition of the historic artists’ salons of Paris, London, and New York, but with a Midwestern twist.

Annie Cherry & Sara Hadley, the producers of the first event at The Buffalo Room, this weekend’s Burlesque on the Rocks: Led Zeppelin Edition – June 13 & 14, at 9:00 pm.

Annie Cherry, is also appearing in the upcoming Late Night Theatre production of The Dykes of Hazzard, at Missie B’s, 805 West 39th Street, KCMO, July 5 through July 28.

Burlesque on the Rocks: Led Zeppelin Edition – June 13 & 14, at 9:00 pm. More info at: http://www.facebook.com/buffaloroomkc

11:29 – Underwriting

11:30

12. Hospital Ships – “Come Back To Life” (Vinyl)
from: Split Single with The Hips / Replay Records / October, 2012
[Tecorded and mixed by JG at 801 Lincoln. Also available on band’s full length release “Destruction In Yr Soul” released on Graveface, June 18, 3013. It was the follow up tho the band’s 2011 release Lonely Twin. This is Jordan Geiger’s Lawrence based band with Nathan Dixey, Taylor Holenbeck, Nathan Wilder. Jordan Geiger is the keyboardist for The Appleseed Cast and the occasional member of Shearwater and Minus Story. The choir on “Come Back To Life” is by Cowboy Indian Bear and the HIPS, by the way of The Record Machine. The band played Middle of The Map Fest 2013.]

13. Mazzy Star – “I’m Less Here”(Vinyl)
from: Record Store Day Limited Edition Single / Rhymes of an Hour / April 19, 2014
[This special Record Store Day, limited edition color vinyl release was not included in the band’s “Seasons of Your Day,” from Rhymes of an Hour, released September 24, 2013, their 4th studio album by alternative rock band formed in Santa Monica, California, in 1989, a collaboration of guitarist David Roback and bassist Kendra Smith. Roback’s friend Hope Sandoval became the group’s vocalist when Smith left the band. Mazzy Star is best known for the song “Fade into You” which brought the band some success in the mid-1990s and was the group’s biggest mainstream hit, earning extensive exposure on MTV, VH1, and radio airplay. Roback and Sandoval are the creative center of the band, with Sandoval as lyricist and Roback as composer of the majority of the band’s material. Mazzy Star has deep roots within the Californian Paisley Underground movement of the early 1980s. David Roback, along with his brother Steven, was one of the main architects of leading Los Angeles psychedelic revival band, the Rain Parade.]

14. Red Kate – “On My Mind” (Vinyl)
from: Red Kate & The Bad Ideas – Split 7″ / Mills Record Company / May 31, 2013
[KC based Punk band Red Kate is a 4-piece that has been rocking venues since 2007. Bassist and lead vocalist L. Ron Drunkard, Andrew Whelan on drums, vocals; Brad Huhmann on guitar, Desmond Poirier on guitar, vocals. Red Kate and The Bad Ideas have joined forces to release a new Split 7” Single. Just released as The Bad Ideas head out for a 3 week east coast tour. Engineered by Duane Trower at Weights and Measures Soundlab in Kansas City. Premiere vinyl release on the “Mills Record Company” label.]

[Red Kate plays the Lawrence Field Day Festival, at the Jackpot, Saturday, June 21, at 11:30 am.]

11:44

15. Jorge Arana Trio – “Dagger” (Vinyl)
from: Split Single Jorge Arana Trio + Ambulants / Bridal Horse records / November 5, 2013
[Jorge Arana – Guitar, Josh Enyart – Drums , Jason Nash – Bass, Chaski Zapata-Dye – Violion, Recorded at Trim The Fat Studios, Summer 2013. Engineered by Jason Nash with additional help from Justin Wilson. Mixed & mastered by Paul Malinowski. Album art by Andy Ozier. Photography by Alex Bonham-Carter.]

[Jorge Arana Trio play Gaslight Gardens, Fri, June 27] [Jorge Arana Trio play Californos, Sat, July 5]

[Jorge Arana Trio play the recordBar, Sat. July 19] [Jorge Arana Trio play the Riot Room, Fri, Aug 1]

16. Valerie June – “Wanna Be On Your Mind” (Vinyl)
from: 7” Single Release / Sunday Best / May 20, 2013
[Also available on The album ‘Pushin’ Against a Stone’ was mostly recorded at Dan Auerbach’s (The Black Keys) Easy Eye studio in Nashville, as well as L.A. and Budapest, and was produced by both Dan Auerbach and Kevin Augunas and released May 6th 2013. Earlier this year, Valerie June opened for Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings in Lawrence, Kansdas at Liberty Hall.]

17. Erik Voeks – “Ole’” (Vinyl)
from: Free Range [EP] / Spring Records / March 30, 2012
[Produced by E. Voeks, Patrick Hawley and Troy Van Horn. Drums and percussion by Patrick Hawley. Steel guitar by Mike Stover. Other instruments and voices by Erik Voeks. All songs written by Erik Voeks. Drums and percussion recorded by Joe Thebeau @ Victory Over Gravity Productions. Steel Guitar recorded by Mike Stover @ The Stoverdome. Everything else recorded by E.Voeks @ Sandusky Sound Co. Many thanks to Troy, Patrick, Mike, Joe, Cody Wyoming, Hidden Pictures, all the musicians that have played these songs in one form or another over the years and to my lovely wife, Coleen!.]

11:59:30

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.

Next week on June 18, we’ll present our annual Gay Pride Show…”That’s Soooo Gay” We’ll play music from: Liberace, Charles Nelson Reilly, Paul Lynde, Jim Nabors, Noel Coward, Harvey Fierstein, Sharon Needles, Rupaul, Divine, Kristie Stremel, Summer Osborne, Klaus Nomi, The Sleazebeats, Billy Porter, David Bowie, Lou Reed, John Cale, The Kinsey Sicks, Judy Garland, the Broadway cast of “Kinky Boots” Al Franken, Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Dos Fallopia, plus a tribute to Larry Kramer, author of “The Normal Heart.” We’ll also talk with Jamie Rich about the Out Here Now Film Fest.

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Show #529

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

Spinning Seven Inch Singles

Wednesday MidDay Medley shifts into 45 revolutions per minute as we spin some of our favorite recent 7 inch vinyl acquisitions. We’ll feature tracks from: Schwervon!, Erik Voeks, Josh Berwanger, Mosquito Bandito, Radkey, LAZY, Jorge Arana Trio, Hospital Ships, Soft Reeds, Rev. Gusto, Making Movies, Grand Marquis, The Good Foot, Red Kate, Mazzy Star, Valerie June, Saun & Starr, Regina Spektor, David Bowie, and The Velvet Underground.

At 11:15, we’ll talk with musician, actor, and writer, Vi Tran about his new venue, The Buffalo Room, Inside the Flea Market, Entrance in The Rear, 817 Westport Road, KCMO. A performance venue and creative commons in the grand tradition of the historic artists’ salons of Paris, London, and New York, but with a Midwestern twist. Beers. Banter. No Bull. The first event in the new space is: Burlesque on the Rocks: Led Zeppelin Edition, June 13 & 14, at 9:00 pm. More info at: http://www.facebook.com/buffaloroomkc

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Show #529

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”
+ Mike Tipton & Kodascope + Jen Harris
+ Marion Merritt + Lisa Cordes + Betse Ellis

1. Red Kate – “New Dreams” (cover of Naked Raygun song) (Vinyl)
from: Red Kate & The Bad Ideas – Split 7″ / Mills Record Company / May 31, 2013
[KC based Punk band Red Kate is a 4-piece that has been rocking venues since 2007. Bassist and lead vocalist L. Ron Drunkard, Andrew Whelan on drums, vocals; Brad Huhmann on guitar, Desmond Poirier on guitar, vocals. Red Kate and The Bad Ideas have joined forces to release a new Split 7” Single. Just released as The Bad Ideas head out for a 3 week east coast tour. Engineered by Duane Trower at Weights and Measures Soundlab in Kansas City. Premiere vinyl release on the “Mills Record Company” label.]

2. Josh Berwanger – “Oh Bis!” (Vinyl)
from: Too Much Rock Single Series No. 003 / Too Much Rock / June 3, 2014
[Recorded and engineered by Joel Nanos at Element Recording. From Berwangermusic.com: “Josh Berwanger made a name for himself as a member of The Anniversary, a Kansas band that released two albums (2000’s Designing a Nervous Breakdown and 2002’s Your Majesty) and selling over 100,000 records before imploding in a breakup of Fleetwood Mac-style proportions while attempting to tour Japan. Undeterred, Berwanger put together a new band—a country-rock outfit called The Only Children–and would go on to release two criminally underrated records (2004’s Change of Living and 2007’s Keeper of Youth) before pulling the plug on that project and taking a job doing the next most logical thing possible– coaching high school basketball in Lawrence. For his 2013 release Strange Stains, Berwanger joined forces with old pal and original drummer for The Anniversary, Michael Hutcherson. “Josh and I met in 1996 while playing in local KC pop punk bands,” recalls Hutcherson, “I am honored to be making music with Josh again. For all that’s changed in our lives over the years, we’ve still got a symbiotic musical relationship. No questions, no egos, just rock & roll.”]

[Josh Berwanger plays an in-store at Mills Record Company, Thurs. June 5, at 7 pm, with Loose Park.]

For our WMM Spring Fund Drive we were joined by Marion Merritt, Lisa Cordes, and Betse Ellis.

Betse Ellis, is one of the hardest working musicians in KC, known by many as a founding member of The Wilders. Betse recently released her 2nd full-length solo release, the critically aclaimed, “High Moon Order.”

Lisa Cordes is a critically acclaimed writer, playwright, actress, performance artist, arts administrator, development director, Artist Ink Alumni, Rocket Grant recipient, Mother, Grandmother, Daughter and one of my best friends of the past 20 plus years.

Marion Merritt is our most frequent contributor to WMM, joining us to share her musical discoveries and info from her encyclopedic brain. For 18 years Marion was the manager of the music department at Barnes & Noble on The Plaza, until she left in January to start her own independent record store, specializing in vinyl. Records With Merritt, is now open at 1614 Westport Rd.

10:12

3. The Quivers – “Step Up to the Mic”
from: Hot Young Mess / The Quivers / March 21, 2014
[Guests on WMM April 9] [Debut full length release from KC based rock & roll band. Terra Skaggs – Bass, Vocals; Todd Grantham – Piano, Organ, Vocals; Abraham Haddad – Guitar; Bernie Dugan – Drums; Desmond Poirier – Guitar.] [Special Horns on the track from Peter Lawless and Kyle Dahlquist.]

[The Quivers play Westport Saloon, Saturday June 14, with The Culprits.]

[The Quivers play CODA, July 11, at 9:00 pm with The Clementines & Filthy 13]

4. Little Dragon – “Klapp Klapp” (Vinyl)
from: Nabuma Rubberband / Republic Records / May 13, 2014
[Little Dragon are a Swedish band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1996. It consists of singer Yukimi Nagano (vocals, percussion) and her close high school friends Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrik Källgren Wallin (bass) and Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards). The band’s name was inspired by the “Little Dragon” nickname Nagano earned due to the “fuming tantrums” she used to throw while recording in the studio. “It’s a little exaggerated but there is some truth in it”, Nagano said. “But we’ve grown up a bit and I realised you can’t have a fit every day because otherwise you won’t be able to stand each other.”]

10:20 – Pledge Break #2

Each year Wednesday MidDay Medley interviews over 200 guests.

We’ve featured segments and interviews about: Main Street, Bach Aria Soloists, Bike KC, LikeMe Lighthouse, Spinning Tree Theatre, Martin Luther King Jr., The Midwest Music Foundation, The KC Fringe Festival, The Kauffman Center for The Performing Arts, The Charlotte Street Foundation, The Latino Writers Collective, The Kansas City Art Institute, The Folly Theatre, The Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, Out Here Now Film Festival, OutSpokenKC: Love & Marriage, The Kansas City Public Library, The 816 Bike Collective, The Urban Culture Project, Amnesty International, Byproduct The Laundromat, AIDS Walk KC, Gay Pride, The Writer’s Place, Johnson County Community College Performing Arts Series, and Bread KC. While playing music is our primary focus, we supplement the programming with interviews with area writers, musicians, film makers, actors, artists, who all ask to come on the show to share information with our diverse audience.

10:28

5. Shy Boys – “Postcard” (Vinyl)
from: Shy Boys / High Dive Records / January 21, 2014
[Brothers Collin Rausch, Kyle Rausch, and roommate Konnor Ervin, are members of this KC based band.]

6. The ACBs – “Attic Fan” (Vinyl)
from: Little Leaves / High Dive Records / March 5, 2013
[Konnor Ervin (lead vocals, guitar); Bryan McGuire (bass); Andrew Connor (guitar); Kyle Rausch (drums). Follow up to their December, 2010 release, Stona Rosa. Their songs have been featured on MTV’s The Inbetweeners, and Daytrotter. “Little Leaves” is a nod to frontman Konnor Ervin’s landscaping day job.]

[The ACB’s play The Crossroads Summer Block Party, First Friday, June 6, from 6:00 pm to Midnight, at 19th & Wyandotte, in Kansas City’s Crossroads with Forrester, La Guerre, Metatone, Mat Shoare, Loose Park, Rev Gusto and Jorge Arana Trio]

7. The Bad Ideas – “Apocalypse Detroit” (Vinyl)
from: Red Kate & The Bad Ideas – Split 7″ / Mills Record Company / May 31, 2013
[The Bad Idea’s full length debut, Lesson #1, was on our list of The Best Recordings of 2013. Their EP, Worse Thoughts, was one of our favorite recordings of 2012. The Kansas City based punk band, was formed in October 2011. Driven by original songs and influenced by post-hardcore, punk, and early pop punk. Breaka Dawn on lead vocals; Britt Adair on guitar, back-up vocals,Caitlin Curry on bass, back-up vocals, George Magers on drums. The Bad Ideas joined us last on May 28, 2014. Red Kate and The Bad Ideas have joined forces to release a new Split 7″ Single. Just released as The Bad Ideas head out for a 3 week east coast tour. Engineered by Duane Trower at Weights and Measures Soundlab in Kansas City. Premiere vinyl release on the “Mills Record Company” label.]

10:33 – Interview with Jen Harris

Jen Harris hosts the Pound Slam, presented by Poetic Underground. It is the first certified poetry slam in Kansas City, that happens every First Wednesday, at 9:00 pm, at The Uptown Arts Bar, 3611 Broadway. Jen Harris is a poet and writer and journalist and events planner and an activist. Jen is also co-founder of Creatful Studios

10:36

0. Jen Harris – Original Poem (LIVE)

10:40

Jen Harris thanks for being with us on WMM.

The Pound Slam happens every First Wednesday, at 9:00 pm, at The Uptown Arts Bar, 3611 Broadway. More info at: http://www.facebook.com/PoundSLAM

10:41 – Underwriting

10:42 – Pledge Break #3

90.1 FM is Local & Vocal & Heard All Over! 90.1 FM is a grassroots movement, a radio station created by the people in the village. 37 years ago those people created a not-for-profit, 501 (c) 3 organization called, The MidCoast Radio Project and for ten years volunteers worked to raise the funds to buy a signal, a tower, and create a physical station with studios and offices, to serve the community. In February of 1988, KKFI began broadcasting over the airwaves.

Those first radio shows were pre-recorded on reel to reel tape in the basement of Tom Crane’s house, and then delivered to the tower site and transmitter, to be played. Anne Winter aka Little Orphan Annie Kansas City’s first Punk show on the airwaves. In the late 1990s Robert Moore served as Station Manager. Former locations of 90.1 FM: The Crossroads, Westport, and now 39th & Main.

Programs on 90.1 FM have been recognized for their excellence from The Federation of Community Broadcasters, GLAAD, International Labor Communications Association, The Pitch Kansas City, Hear Me Out Toastmasters, and many others.

90.1 FM is telling the story of the Kansas City Metropolitan region with our organic and locally produced programming. Hundreds of guests are interviewed every month on 90.1 FM Public Affairs and Music Shows. So many bands and musicians got their first radio airplay on 90.1 FM. This station has been Playing More Local Music Then Anyone Else for 26 Years! In one week of programming you will hear over 2000 different songs.

10:48

8. Brooke Tuley – “Hey Bluebird”
from: FIRST MIDNIGHT / Independent / April 14, 2014
[In October the Bloodbirds announced they would be going on hiatus as the band’s bassist, Anna St. Louis, was leaving KC for California. In April, Bloodbirds drummer drummer Brooke Tuley released a solo record, produced, mixed and mastered by her husband and Bloodbirds frontman Mike Tuley who wrote on his Facebook page: “Brooke hid away all winter and recorded a slew of jams on our old 4-track. I helped her put them on the computer and gussy them up. Now she put them online! I’m really proud of her and I love her music so much! She’s making a tape to sell, and she’ll be playing shows soon. Be brave, Brooke! YEAH DOGGIE!. The Pitch calls it “a gorgeous, sparse 10-track collection in the vein of Sharon Van Etten’s Tramp, with some discordant, odd and eerie effects a la Cate le Bon. ” Brooke Tuley told Natalie Gallagher and The Pitch, “It [the recording of this record] started this fall after Bloodbirds kind of decided to stop playing music for a while,” Tuley explains over the phone. “I’m pregnant now, so it’s kind of just a project for in the meantime, before the baby comes. I’m five and a half months pregnant, and it started then.]

9. MY BROTHERS & SISTERS – “If Once” (Vinyl)
from: Violet Music Vol. 1 / Independent / April 12, 2014
[Written, Arranged, & Produced By: Jamie Searle. Jamie Searle on Guitar & Voice; Melissa Backstrom, Tianna Echevannia, Angel Gibson and Kimberley Newsom on Voice; Michael Gregory on Lead Guitar; Coleen DiekerBen Eisiminger – Violin & Keys; Carmen Agnes – Violin; William White – Tenor sax; Charles Calloway – Trumpet; Andrew Wilson – Trombone; Dylan McGonigle – Bass; Julian Goff – Percussion]

[MY BROTHERS & SISTERS, play Boulevardia, Saturday June 14, 3:00 PM. More info at: http://www.boulevardia.com]

10. Madisen Ward & the Mama Bear – “500 Miles
from: Celebration of Pete Seeger at Unity Temple / Recorded Live by KKFI / May 3, 2014 /
[Singer songwriter, Madisen Ward graduated from William Chrisman High School in Independence, Missouri in 2007. He plays live and records with his Mother, Ruth Ward, aka the Mama Bear. Both play guitar, and sing, with Mama Bear harmonizing with her son. Their debut EP We Burned The Cane Field was recorded in Kansas City’s Element Recording by Joel Nanos. The duo are returning to the studio to record more songs.]

[Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear play the recordBar, 1020 Westport Rd, TONIGHT, June 4, with Quirk and Ruckus (Katy Guillen & Claire Adams).]

[Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear play CODA, Thursday, June 7, at 8:00 with The Walltalkers.]

10:59 – Station ID

11:00 – Pledge Break #4

KKFI keeps me culturally connected. Through both the great public affairs, news, and music programs on 90.1 FM, we can all be “in the loop” with all that is happening in the area and the world. Information and entertainment that is guided by a mission, rather than a need to deliver consumers to advertisers.

11:08

11. Your Friend – “Bangs” (Vinyl)
from: Jekyll / Hyde – EP / Domino Records / February 20, 2014
[Lawrence based Taryn Blake Miller was signed to Domino Records. Jekyll/Hyde is available on cassette tape from the Whatever Forever. Your Friend is going out on tour through July, playing Cafe Berlin in Columbia TONIGHT, June 4, and traveling for shows in Lexington, Charlottesville, Baltimore, Brooklyn, Boston, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Boise, Vancouver, Portland, San Diego, and Phoenix.]

12. Kodascope – “Favorite Shirt (Radio Edit)”
from: Kodascope (Debut Release) / Independent / To be released sometime in 2014
[Studio tracks from recordings of band’s debut release. Matthew Hayden on drums, percussion; Justin Skinner on percussion, drums; Michael Tipton on vocals, guitar; Ashleigh Guthrie on keyboards; Brent Jamison on bass; and Andy Kirk on guitar.]

[Kodascope plays the recordBar, 1020 Westport Rd., Thursday, June 5, at 10:00 pm, with the electro pop sounds of Ontario’s Parallels.]

11:15 – Interview with Mike Tipton & Ashleigh Guthrie

Matthew Hayden on drums, percussion; Justin Skinner on percussion, drums; Michael Tipton on vocals, guitar; Ashleigh Guthrie on keyboards; Brent Jamison on bass; and Andy Kirk on guitar, make up the band Kodascope. Kodascope plays the recordBar, 1020 Westport Rd., Thursday, June 5, at 10:00 pm, with the electro pop sounds of Ontario’s Parallels. Joining us in the studio is leadsinger Mike Tipton.

Kodascope and will play the recordBar, 1020 Westport Rd., Thursday, June 5, at 10:00 pm, with the electro pop sounds of Ontario’s Parallels.

13. Kodascope – “Conversations and Proclamations”
from: Kodascope (Debut Release) / Independent / To be released sometime in 2014
[Studio tracks from recordings of band’s debut release. Matthew Hayden on drums, percussion; Justin Skinner on percussion, drums; Michael Tipton on vocals, guitar; Ashleigh Guthrie on keyboards; Brent Jamison on bass; and Andy Kirk on guitar.]

[Kodascope plays the recordBar, 1020 Westport Rd., Thursday, June 5, at 10:00 pm, with the electro pop sounds of Ontario’s Parallels.]

14. Diverse – “Full Circle”
from: Our Journey / buh music / May 9, 2014
[For this new recording Hermon Mehari, on trumpet, Ryan J. Lee on drums, and Ben Leifer on bass recorded the tracks in Paris, France with Tony Tixier on piano and special guest Logan Richardson on alto saxophone. Mentored by the great Bobby Watson at the UMKC, Hermon Mehari, Ben Leifer, and Ryan Lee, with saxophonist William Sanders, and pianist John Brewer, were the winners of the 2008 Origin Records / Gene Harris Jazz Festival Competition, beating out 10 other very original groups from across the country, the quintet opened for Roy Haynes’ ‘Birds of a Feather’ band at the Gene Harris Jazz Festival and were awarded a deal to record their debut album of original music. As the DIVERSE Trio , Hermon Mehari, Ryan Lee and Ben Leifer plays a mix of original music and standards. More info at: diversejazz.com.]

[The Hermon Mehari Trio plays The Majestic, Tonight, June 4]

11:34 – Underwriting

11:35 – Pledge Break #5

KKFI offers 24-7 programming, and YOU (the listener), basically get all of this amazing programming for “free.” I, for one, love that I can turn on my radio, or computer device, and tune into the 90.1 FM’s 100,000 watt, crystal-clear signal, and hear the music, information, news, entertainment, events, and stories, that I really cannot find anywhere else. 90.1 is my comfort, my special companion, my diverse friend, introducing me to all kinds of new & local music, as well as the news & information without the intrusion of commercials. It is radio brought to YOU by real people, who create these shows out of love, and are guided by KKFI’s noble mission that “seeks to stimulate, educate and entertain our audience, to reflect the diversity of the local and world community, and to provide a channel for individuals and groups, issues and music that have been overlooked, suppressed or under-represented by other media.”

11:43

15. The Lucky – “Gay Night (for the Straight Kids)”
from: Swimming Invisible / Independent / May 24, 2014
[Camilla Camille on vocals, guitar, octave pedal; Iason Mac Ai on vocals, lead guitar; Calandra Rene on bass; Dustin Mott on drums. Recorded at Massive Sound Studio by Paul Malinowski More info at: http://www.theluckyband.com]

[The Lucky play Midwest Musical Company for First Friday, this Friday, June 6.]

16. The Philistines – “Heart Like Candy”
from: The Philistines EP / Independent / March 2014
[The Philistines are a KC based rock ‘n roll/pop band with a psychedelic bent, made up of: Kimmie Queen on lead vocals; Cody Wyoming on lead guitar and vocals; Rod Peal on guitar; Michelle Bacon on bass; Josh Mobley on keyboard, Steve Gardels on drums.]

[The Philistines play the Riot Room, Thursday , June 5, with Tweak Bird, and Keef Mountain.]

17. Kristie Stremel – “It’s Enough”
from: Songwriter / Stremeltone / April 1, 2014
[Kristie Stremel, with partner Lori Isabell, adopted baby son, Charlie. Kristie told Tim Finn in the KC Star, “The weight of bringing a new, little creature home was a little overwhelming at first,” she said. “But it has been everything I wanted it to be. I’ve always wanted to have a child. Sometimes, desire is all it takes. If you desire it, it will come to you.” “I have a different perspective now that I have a kid, and maybe it will change. But I can’t see giving up music for anything.” Stremeltone Records, was created in her home in Lawrence. The last track, “It’s Enough” was released early, as a video, featuring photos of couples in partnerships, relationships, marriages, unions, families. The video was your own response the the Kansas House of Representatives passing HD 2453 allowing business the right to refuse service to LGBT customers. The bill eventually died in the Kansas Senate.]

11:52 – Pledge Break #6

11:59:30

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 #528

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”
+ Mike Tipton & Kodascope + Jen Harris
+ Marion Merritt + Lisa Cordes

Wednesday MidDay Medley plays The Midcoast Sound. We’ll feature tracks from some of our favorite mid-coast releases of the last 6 months from: Your Friend, Brooke Tuley, Kodascope, Josh Berwanger, Shy Boys, The Quivers, Diverse, My Brothers & Sisters, Kristie Stremel, The Bad Ideas, The Lucky, Red Kate, The Philistines, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, The ACB’s, and Little Dragon.

Poet & Writer Jen Harris

At 10:30, poet and writer Jen Harris joins Mark for a very special “Gemini Moment.” Jen will share an original poem about being a gemini. Jen hosts the Pound Slam, presented by Poetic Underground. It is the first certified poetry slam in Kansas City, every First Wednesday, at 9:00 pm, at The Uptown Arts Bar, 3611 Broadway, with a $100 cash prize for first place. $5 cover. More info at: http://www.facebook.com/PoundSLAM

At 11:15, Mike Tipton joins us to share new music from his new band, Kodascope. Matthew Hayden on drums, percussion; Justin Skinner on percussion, drums; Michael Tipton on vocals, guitar; Ashleigh Guthrie on keyboards; Brent Jamison on bass; and Andy Kirk on guitar, make up the band Kodascope and will play the recordBar, 1020 Westport Rd., Thursday, June 5, at 10:00 pm, with the electro pop sounds of Ontario’s Parallels. More info at: http://www.kodascopemusic.com

Marion Merritt and Lisa Cordes join Mark for the entire show to encourage listeners to call 888-931-0901, to support COMMUNITY Radio. Timothy Finn of Kansas City Star and INK named Wednesday MidDay Medley “The Best Place to Hear Local Music on the Radio.”

We want to THANK YOU for donating during our show!!!

$90.00 donation – a “90.1 FM KKFI” T-shirt
$150.00 donation – a “Guest DJ” for a 1-hour music show
$200.00 donation you can receive both!

For listeners of Wednesday MidDay Medley only:

If YOU donate $50.00 or more, on MC / Visa / Discover / AMEX, during the show, you can choose: A, B, or C, as our special “Thank You Gift.”

A.) The MidCoast Spirit Bag (includes):
*Shy Boys debut CD “Shy Boys” (from High Dive Records)
*PedalJets vinyl album “What’s In Between” (from Electric Moth Records)
*Midwestern Audio Vol. 2 – Electric Hullabaloo (from MMF)
*A Free T-Shirt – Gift Certificate (from Mills Record Company)
*$10 Gift Certificate (from Vinyl Renaissance W. 39th)
*Natural Hand Made Soap (from Doc Lerner’s Quality Goods)
*Natural Chapstick (from Doc Lerner’s Quality Goods)
*4 Free Buttons and/or Stickers (from It’s A Beautiful Day)
*Free Buttons & Bumper sticker from Records With Merritt
(Only 5 MidCoast Spirit Bags are available.)

B.) A Six – CD Set of the latest full length recordings from: Ghosty, Fourth of July, ACBs, Summer Osborne, and Midwestern Audio Vol. 2 – Electric Hullabaloo, plus a surprise, critically acclaimed CD from one of our favorite area bands. (Only 5 CD packages are available.)

C.) A Voucher for 2 tickets to any show at Performing Arts Series at JCCC, 2014-2015 Season:
*Buddy Guy with Quinn Sullivan – 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6 (Yardley Hall)
*New Dance Partners – 8 p.m. Fri and Sat, Sept. 26-27 (Yardley)
*Clint Black – 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5 (Yardley Hall)
*Los Lobos – featuring La Pistola y El Corazon – 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17
*Julie Fowlis – Music of the Scottish Isles – 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18
*Riders in the Sky – 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25 (Yardley Hall)
*Ben Sollee – 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26 (Polsky Theatre)
*Imani Winds and Harlem Quartet – 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1 (Yardley Hall)
*Thodos Dance Chicago – 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8 (Yardley Hall)
*Terry Bradshaw – America’s Favorite Dumb Blonde – 8 p.m. Fri, Nov. 21
*Chris Botti – 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5 (Yardley Hall)
*Julian Sands – A Celebration of Harold Pinter – 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5
*Marilyn Maye – 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13 (Yardley Hall)
*Tango Buenos Aires – 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29 (Yardley Hall)
*Voice — “If Music Be the Food of Love” – 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14
*Cherish the Ladies – 8 p.m. Saturday, March 21 (Yardley Hall)
*Heart of America Shakespeare Festival “The Merchant of Venice” 7:30 p.m. Thurs, Mar 26 – 8 p.m. Fri, Sat, Mar 27-28, 2 p.m. Sun, Mar 29
*Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain – 7 p.m. Sunday, April 12 (Yardley Hall)
(10 pairs of vouchers available.)

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or streaming live at kkfi.org

Show #528