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

Johnny Hamil, Marco Pascolini, Chad Meise
Music from GAV7D & Mr. Marco’s V7
+ Guest DJ – Mikal Shapiro

1. “Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks”
from: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to All That Jazz / 1980
[WMM’s theme song]

2. Perfume Genius – “Slip Away”
from: No Shape / Matador / May 5, 2017
[First single from the fourth album from Perfume Genius, the stage name for Seattle-based solo artist Mike Hadreas who was born in the suburbs of Seattle, Washington. Hadreas studied painting in school and took piano lessons as a child.His mother was a special education teacher,and is now an assistant principal at a middle school. His parents divorced when he was a teenager. Growing up, Hadreas was the only openly gay student at his school, and he received death threats which were not addressed by the administration. He dropped out of high school during his senior year. Two years after dropping out, he was attacked by several young men in his neighborhood. He moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn and worked as a doorman for a club in the East Village. In 2005, Hadreas returned home to Seattle and began recording music. In 2008, Hadreas set up a MySpace page under the name Perfume Genius, and thus began his music career. Hadreas’s music explores topics including sexuality, his personal struggle with Crohn’s disease, domestic abuse, and the dangers faced by gay men in contemporary society. No Shape was produced by Blake Mills (Fiona Apple. John Legend, Alabama Shakes). The album was praised by critics. Pitchfork awarded it an 8.8 and named it “Best New Album”, deeming it “his most realized album yet, a tender and transcendental protest record of love and devotion.” The Guardian commented that “No Shape sounds like a unique talent coming into full bloom.” Hadreas will embark on a headline tour in the U.S. and Canada this spring and summer. He will also be performing at a number of the major European and British music festivals this summer.]

3. Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble – “Love Captive”
from: Find Me Finding You / Drag City / March 24, 2017
[“Love Capture” features a duet with Alexis Taylor of the band Hot Chip. Lætitia Sadier was born May 6, 1968. She is a French musician best known as the singer of the band Stereolab. One of our mot favorite bands of all-time. Sadier was working as a nanny when she met guitarist Tim Gane at a gig in Paris during the late 1980s. Sadier was disillusioned with the rock scene in France, and soon moved to London to be with Gane and to pursue her career. She contributed vocals to Tim Gane’s band, McCarthy’s final albums and when McCarthy broke up in 1990, she and Gane immediately formed Stereolab. For the first incarnation of the band, they enlisted ex-Chills bassist Martin Kean, drummer Joe Dilworth and Gina Morris on backing vocals. Tim Gane has written the bulk of the music in Stereolab, Sadier is the main contributor of lyrics, written in both English and French. Sadier also plays keyboards, percussion, guitar and trombone. Stereo lab released 10 studio albums between 1992 and 2010 and released 7 special compilation albums. Tim Gane has gone on to release new music under the name Cavern Of Annti-Matter, that we’ve previously played on this radio show. Laetitia Sadier has release several solo albums and with the band Monade.]

4. The Besnard Lakes -“Golden Lion”
from: A Coliseum Complex Museum / Jagjaguar / January 22, 2016
[5th studio album from Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Formed in 2003 by the husband and wife team of Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas, the band also includes Kevin Laing on drums, Richard White on guitar, Sheenah Ko on keyboards, and Robbie MacArthur on guitar.]

[The Besnard Lakes play recordBar 1520 Grand, Sunday, May 14. at 8:30 with The Life and Times.]

5. The Black Angels – “Death March”
from: Death Song / Partisan Records / April 21, 2017
[American psychedelic rock band from Austin, Texas. They have released four studio albums and one compilation album. Their name is derived from the Velvet Underground song “The Black Angel’s Death Song.” Current members include: Stephanie Bailey on drums, percussion, bass; Christian Bland on guitar, vocals, bass, drums; Alex Maas on vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards; Kyle Hunt on keyboards, percussion, bass, guitar; Jake Garcia on guitar, bass, vocals.]

[The Black Angels play The Madrid, Tuesday, May 16, at 8:00 PM, with A Place To Bury Strangers.]

10:18 – Underwriting

6. Jessica Paige – “On the Brink”
from: Sweet Nothings / Independent / September 18, 2015
[Jessica grew up in Kansas, on a farm, and at a very early age discovered her passion for music and songwriting. Jessica has appeared at the Middle of The Map Fest, Folk Alliance International, Crossroads Music Festival, American Idol, & The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Info at: http://www.jesspaige.com]

[Jessica Paige and Calvin Arsenia play a special show called, Plaid Luau, Friday, May 12, at 9:00 PM at Californos in Westport, in their beautiful outside patio stage under the stars.]

7. Karla Lara – “Que Corra El Rio”
from: Recordarles / Descargar / 2013
[Que Corra el Rio translates: How the River Runs. The song is about Rio Blanco and the struggle of the Lenca people against the Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam which threatened to block the people’s use of the river and destroy their way of life. It’s about the lives that have been lost defending the river, including Berta Caceres.]

[Karla Lara plays live in Kansas City Tonight, when Cross Border Network presents, ”13 Colors of the Honduran Resistance” Wednesday, May 10, at 7:00 PM, at Uptown Arts Bar, 3611 Broadway KCM0, with Afro-indigenous autonomous feminist, poet & writer Melissa Cardoza & Karla Lara, a feminist who voices resistance through song & writing. These two Honduran activists are on a national tour honoring the life of Berta Cáceres. Melissa Cardoza’s book, “13 Colors of the Honduran Resistance” tells thirteen stories of women who joined the resistance to the U.S. backed 2009 coup d’etat. It has just been made available in a bilingual English/Spanish edition. Beloved Honduran jazz/folk protest singer Karla Lara, who appears in one of the book’s stories and has been an icon and sharp voice in the resistance. Melissa and Karla were amongst the closest friends to Berta Cáceres, the Honduran indigenous leader and organizer of COPINH who was assassinated for her work in defense of the Lenca people and against patriarchy, capitalism, and racism. This book and this tour are dedicated to Berta.A post-performance dialogue will examine parallels between current struggles in Honduras and the U.S. A $15.00 donation is requested, but no one will be turned away. More information at http://www.crossbordernetwork.org.]

8. Slowdive – “Sugar for The Pill”
from: Slowdive / Dead Oceans / May 5, 2017
[The 4th studio album from the 5-piece band formed i Reading, England, by members Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell in October 1989. The two sing and play guitar, and have been friends since they were 6 years old. This self titled new release comes 22 years after their last release.]

10:30 – Interview with Johnny Hamil, Marco Pascolini, and Chad Meise

The last time we had a mini-reunion of members of the famous long-time Kansas City band Mr. Marco’s V7 on this radio show was on February 16, 2011 when Johnny Hamil, Marco Pascolini, Kent Burnham and Mike Stover joined us on to talk about the band’s new release, Sparkin’ Your Mama. It was later that year, in 2011, that classically trained bassist Johnny Hamil, who dreams his musical compositions in his sleep, noticed something revolutionary for his creative process when Johnny’s dream compositions included lyrics for the first time, and this set him on a new path to create, the GAWD project, which is not Mr. Marco’s V7 proper, but it is members of the Mr.Marco’s V7 from throughout the long history of the the band. The concept was to collaborate a vocal version of a composition with musical friends and then have various lineups of the V7 family interpret the material in different ways: CartoonNoirJazz, PunkFunkPolka, and FreeExoticaMiddleEastern. Add to this a new vinyl release from Mr. Marco’s V7 called, Man Of Action! II Vol. 1 Motion Picture Soundtrack, the band’s first vinyl release in their 20 year history, that includes several songs for their past recordings.

Johnny Hamil’s Mr. Marco’s V7 bandmates, Marco Pascolini and Chad Meise are also with us to discuss the whole Mr. Marcos V7 spectrum and how all these new and different GAV7D recordings fit together.

Last Tuesday night GAV7D with Kyle Dahlquist, Jeff Freling, Kent Burnham, & Christine Brebes on violin, played The Ship.

This Saturday, May 13, GAV7D with Mark Southerland, Kyle Dahlquist, Amado Espinosa, Charles Simms, & Christine Brebes on violin, will play recordBar, 1520 Grand Avenue, with Hi-Lux, and Gramps The Vamp.

Sunday, May 21, The GAV7D Project play The Dubliner.

Mr. Marco’s V7 was titled after Johnny Hamil’s determination to put Marco Pascolini’s name in the title of the band name and Marco’s randomly looking at a hair tonic’s bottle’s secret formula (V7).

Marco Pascolini is one half of The Country Duo, with Kasey Rausch, and off shoot of theor band The Naughty Pines, he also plays with The Dead Voices, Expassionates, The Brannock Device, and more.

Chad Meise is a master of sound and the studio and stage producing and engineering records for Mr. Marco’s V7, Hearts of Darkness, Expassionates, Rex Hobart, Mike Dillon, The Gaslights, Atlantic Fadeout, and The Country Duo, to name a few.

10:39

9. GAV7D (Exotica) – “Cold Sunshine (Operation Barbarossa Complete)” (Vinyl)
from: Man Of Action! II Vol. 1 Motion Picture Soundtrack / MK 12 / 2016

10:44 – Continuing the Interview with Johnny Hamil, Marco Pascolini, and Chad Meise

Saturday, August 26, The original Mr. Marco’s V7 quartet will return to Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, for a special live show. Mr. Marco’s V7 will also be re-releasing their out-of-print first album that was recorded live at The Cowtown Ballroom. Mr. Marco’s V7 will perform the songs from that first album, along with the premiere of new works by the band.

Man Of Action! II Vol. 1 is the soundtrack album for MK 12 Film. The musicians featured on this record are: Johnny Hamil on bass, Marco Pascolini on guitar, Chad Meise on guitar, Mark Southerland on saxophones, Kyle Dalhquist on trumpet, Clarke Wyatt on keys, Chris Fugitt on drums, Robobobo on cymbals, Kent Burnham on drums, Mike Stover pon theremin, mandolin, & lap steel.

Johnny Hamil, Marco Pascolini, and Chad Meise, thanks for being with us on MM.

This Saturday, May 13, The GAV7D Project with Mark Southerland, Kyle Dahlquist, Amado Espinosa, Charles Simms, & Christine Brebes on violin, will play recordBar, 1520 Grand Avenue, with Hi-Lux, and Gramps The Vamp.

Sunday, May 21, GAV7D plays the The Dubliner.

10:55

10. Mr. Marco’s V7 – “The Yin & Yang Of A Killing Device In Honor To My Mother’s Wooden Spoon”
from: Man Of Action! II Vol. 1 Motion Picture Soundtrack / MK 12 / 2016

Chad Meise, Marco Pascolini, Johnny Hamil, and Mikal Shapiro on the May 10, 2017 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley.

11:03 – Station ID

Mikal Shapiro joins us as “Special Guest DJ”. For our 2nd hour Mikal will play music she loved growing up in the 1980’s and 1990’s: New Wave, Grunge, and musical recordings she would steal from her sister’s record collection from, The Cure, Suzanne Vega, and Shriekback. Mikal Shapiro, is a KC based singer / songwriter & filmmaker. She studied Film History, Film, & Writing at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, and received her MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago studying Film, Video, New Media, & Animation. Mikal is the creator of the web television project, “Go! Go! Global Girls.” She has also created music videos for herself, Dead Voices and Folkicide. Mikal performs with Chad Brothers as, The Shapiro Brothers, and she is a member of the 6-piece latin based band, Ayllu. Mikal Shapiro’s full length solo releases include: ”The Crow The Lark And The Loon,” (2008), “For Good,” (2010), and “The Musical,” (2015). Mikal Shapiro is producer & co-host of River Trade Radio, with Kasey Rausch, airing Sundays, at 9:00 AM, on 90.1 FM KKFI.

[Mikal Shapiro will play Prospero’s Books, 1800 West 39th Street, Monday, May 15, at 7:00 PM with Richard Alwyn Fisher, Kasey Rausch, Tony Ladesich, & Scott Easterday.]

Mikal Shapiro thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

11:06

11. Frank Black & The Catholics – “The Swimmer”
from: Dog in The Sand / Cooking Vinyl / January 30, 2001
[Singer, songwriter and guitarist Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV was born April 6, 1965. He is best known as the frontman of the influential alternative rock band Pixies, with whom he performs under the stage name Black Francis. Following the band’s breakup in 1993, he embarked on a solo career under the name Frank Black. After releasing two albums with record label 4AD and one with American Recordings, he left the label and formed a new band, Frank Black and the Catholics. He re-adopted the name Black Francis in 2007. Frank Black’s third album with backing group the Catholics, was released by the Cooking Vinyl record label in 2001, and was produced by Nick Vincent. The album was generally met with favorable reviews. Though retaining the live-to-two-track method of recording of the previous two albums, this album found the band branching away from purely electric rock to incorporate acoustic guitar, pedal steel, and Rhodes Piano and Wurlitzer organ into the sonic template. The album was initially released by the What Are Records? label in 2001, and was reissued by SpinART in 2003.]

12. L7 – “Monster”
from: Bricks Are Heavy / Slash Records / April 14, 1992
[Los Angeles, California, based band, active from 1985 to 2001, and reunited in 2014. Due to their sound and image, they are often associated with the grunge movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s. L7 influenced many of the “riot grrrl” bands of the 1990s. L7 were formed by Donita Sparks and Suzi Gardner in 1985. A year prior, Gardner had performed backing vocals on the Black Flag song “Slip It In”. The punk rock duo were joined by Jennifer Finch on bass guitar and Roy Koutsky on drums. Koutsky left shortly after and was briefly replaced by Anne Anderson in 1988. After Anderson quit the band, Demetra “Dee” Plakas became the permanent drummer. The band’s name derives from a 1950s slang phrase meaning “square”. The expression “L7” can be heard in the Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs song “Wooly Bully” (“Let’s not be L7, come and learn to dance…”), in the Rick James song “Bustin’ Out” (“L7- just a little too damn straight…”), in the Paul McCartney song “C Moon” (“I could be L7 and I’ll never get to heaven if I fill my head with glue”) and the Sex Pistols song “I Wanna Be Me” (“Don’t wanna be L7 I’ve had enough of this”).In 1991, the band formed Rock for Choice, a Pro-Choice women’s rights group that was supported by other prominent bands of that era including Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, and Rage Against the Machine. Their 1992 third album Bricks Are Heavy, produced by Butch Vig, was featured in Rolling Stone’s May 1999 list of ‘Essential recordings of the 1990s’, and was their most successful release.]

13. Eleni Mandel – “Giving Up The Fight”
from: Thrill / Hot Records / January 1, 2000
[Los Angeles, California based singer-songwriter. Since 2000, she has published albums through Zedtone Records in Toronto, Ontario, which in 2012 began licensing her releases to Yep Roc in the United States, and Make My Day in Europe. She is also a member of folk supergroup The Living Sisters with Inara George and Becky Stark. She has released 11 full length records.]

14. Shriekback– “Everything That Rises”
from: Oil & Gold / Island Records / January 1, 1985
[English rock band formed in 1981 in Kentish Town by Barry Andrews, formerly of XTC and League of Gentlemen (keyboards/synthesizers/vocals), and Dave Allen, formerly of the Gang of Four (bass), with Carl Marsh, formerly of Out On Blue Six (guitars/vocals) soon added to the line-up. They were joined by Martyn Barker on drums in 1983. Other members included: Luc Van Acker, Linda Nevill, Emma Burnham, Brian Nevill, Pedro Ortiz, Clare Hirst, Lu Edmunds, Wendy and Sara Partridge (from Electric Guitars), Steve Halliwell, Eve Moon, Ivan Julian, Mike Cozzi, and Jessica Palin/Jose Fina Cupido. Shriekback was originally formed in 1981 by Barry Andrews, and Dave Allen, expanding to a trio with the addition of Carl Marsh. They enjoyed some success on the dance chart on their original Y Records label, and had a string of hits on the UK Indie Chart, while their debut album, Care (1983) was picked up by Warner in the United States. They left Y for Arista Records for 1984’s Jam Science, also recruiting drummer Martyn Barker. The album reached number 85 on the UK Albums Chart, and the single “Hand on my Heart” charted in the Top 60 in the UK. They recorded the 1985 album Oil & Gold on Arista (released on Island Records in the USA). Marsh left Shriekback during the recording of Oil & Gold and was replaced on guitar by Mike Cozzi, with Andrews taking over lead vocals. Shriekback also left Arista and signed to Island Records for whom they recorded the 1986 album Big Night Music, after which Allen left to rejoin Gang of Four, and Shriekback remained a collaborative centred on Andrews. Allen would also go on to play in King Swamp and The Elastic Purejoy. Marsh was also in the band Happyhead. After a further album in 1988, Go Bang!, the band split up. Andrews continued working on other projects before re-forming Shriekback in 1992, although after the single “The Bastard Sons of Enoch” and album Sacred City, there would be no further releases until 2000’s Naked Apes & Pond Life album. Both Allen and Marsh returned to the studio to contribute to the recording of Shriekback’s 2003 release Having a Moment. Since Having a Moment, Andrews has recorded three albums for Malicious Damage (Killing Joke’s original label) under the Shriekback moniker. Film director Michael Mann was a fan of Shriekback, and used several of their songs in his films Manhunter and Band of the Hand, and in his television series Miami Vice. Shriekback are still actively producing music]

11:23 – Underwriting

15. Suzanne Vega – “Solitude Standing”
from: Solitude Standing / A & M / April 1, 1987
[American singer-songwriter and record producer, best known for her eclectic folk-inspired music. Two of Vega’s songs (both from her second studio album Solitude Standing, 1987) reached the Top 10 of various international chart listings: “Luka” and “Tom’s Diner”. The latter was originally an a cappella version on Vega’s album, which was then remade in 1990 as a dance track produced by the British dance production team DNA, and was the song used as a test during the creation of the MP3 format.Vega has released nine studio albums to date, the latest of which is Lover, Beloved: Songs from an Evening with Carson McCullers, released in 2016. Suzanne Nadine Peck was born July 11, 1959, in Santa Monica, California. Her mother, Pat Vega (née Schumacher), is a computer systems analyst of German-Swedish heritage. Her father, Richard Peck, is of Scottish-English-Irish origin. They divorced soon after her birth. Her stepfather, Edgardo Vega Yunqué, also known as Ed Vega, was a writer and teacher from Puerto Rico. When Vega was two and a half, her family moved to New York City. She grew up in Spanish Harlem and the Upper West Side. She was not aware of having a different biological father until she was nine years old. They met for the first time in her late 20s and remain in contact. She attended the High School of Performing Arts where she studied modern dance and graduated in 1977.]

16. Violent Femmes – “Please Don’t Go”
from: Violent Femmes / Slash Records / 1983
[Originally formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and active from 1980 to 1987 and again from 1988 to 2009. As of 2013, the band is active again. Performing as a trio, with singer, guitarist & songwriter Gordon Gano, bassist Brian Ritchie, and drummers: Victor DeLorenzo (1980–1993, 2002–2009 & 2013), Guy Hoffman (1993–2002), Brian Viglione (2013–2016), John Sparrow (2016-present). Violent Femmes have released nine studio albums and fifteen singles during the course of their career. The band found immediate success with the release of their self-titled debut album in early 1983. Featuring many of their well-known songs, including “Blister in the Sun”, “Kiss Off”, “Add It Up” and “Gone Daddy Gone”, Violent Femmes became the band’s biggest-selling album and was eventually certified platinum by the RIAA. Violent Femmes went on to become one of the most successful alternative rock bands of the 1980s, selling over 9 million albums by 2005. After the release of their third album The Blind Leading the Naked (1986), the band’s future was uncertain and they split up in 1987, when Gano and Ritchie went solo. However, they regrouped a year later, releasing the album 3 (1989). Since then, Violent Femmes’ popularity continued to grow, especially in the United States where the songs “Nightmares” and “American Music” cracked the top five on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.]

17. Eurythmics – “Cool Blue”
from: Touch / RCA / November 26, 1983
[British music duo consisting of members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart. Stewart and Lennox were both previously in the band The Tourists (originally known as The Catch), who split up in 1980; Eurythmics were formed that year in London. The duo released their first album, In the Garden, in 1981 to little fanfare, but went on to achieve global success with their second album Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), released in 1983. The title track was a worldwide hit, topping the charts in various countries including the US. The duo went on to release a string of hit singles and albums before they split up in 1990. By this time Stewart was a sought-after record producer, while Lennox began a solo recording career in 1992 with her debut album Diva. After almost a decade apart, Eurythmics reunited to record their ninth album, Peace, released in late 1999. They reunited again in 2005 to release the single “I’ve Got a Life”, as part of a new Eurythmics compilation album, Ultimate Collection. The duo have won an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in 1984, the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1987, the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 1999, and in 2005 were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame. Eurythmics have sold an estimated 75 million records worldwide. Touch was the band’s third album and was the duo’s first UK number-one album, and also reached the top 10 in the US. It has since been certified Platinum in both the UK and the US. The album was listed in Rolling Stone’s The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003, and again in a revised list in 2012. Touch was recorded and mixed in only about three weeks at Eurythmics’ own London studio facility, The Church. Touch was also the first album to be released simultaneously on record and on the then-new CD format in the United States.]

18. Louise Thiolon – “Le Gout Du Chagrin”
from: Louise Thiolon [EP] / Louise Thiolon / April 14, 2017
[Après une expérience en tant que claviériste du projet anglophone Cars On Rooftops, Louise Thiolon dévoile aujourd’hui ses propres textes, en français, son goût pour les arrangements et ses influences entre pop et folk. Son premier EP, sorti le 31 mars 2017 en autoproduction est entré en playlist sur FIP radio ainsi que plusieurs radios françaises, belges et suisses, et a reçu l’aval de nombreux webzines parmi lesquels Soul-Kitchen, Les Inrocks, ou encore LeCargo!. More info at: louisethiolon.bandcamp.com.]

19. Strawberry Switchblade – “Little River”
from: Strawberry Switchblade / Warner Brothers / April 1985
[Strawberry Switchblade were a Scottish female new wave duo formed in Glasgow in 1981 by Jill Bryson and Rose McDowall, best known for their song “Since Yesterday” from 1985, and their flamboyant clothing with bows and polka-dots. The punk movement expanded rapidly in the United Kingdom in 1976. At the time, Rose McDowall and Jill Bryson were part of the bohemian art scene who adored the New York Dolls and who followed Scottish punk band Nu-Sonics (aka Orange Juice) during their career, with McDowall playing and recording with Paisley punk band The Poems. Strawberry Switchblade is the only studio album released by the Scottish pop rock band Strawberry Switchblade.]

20. Frank Black & The Catholics – “Hermaphroditos”
from: Dog in The Sand / Cooking Vinyl / January 30, 2001

21. Dim Lit Daylight – “Bonus Track (The Lovecats)”
from: (Self Titled) Debut / A.D. Records / July 27, 2005

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

Next week on May 17, Sarah Beth Mundy joins us to talk about her new monthly series at The Outburst KC called, “Hymen In Hysterics” subtitled, “Meditations on Mental Disorder.” The next showcase is Thursday, May 25, at 8:00 PM. Also next week, the band Lovergurl join us live in our 90.1 FM Studios to share music from their debut EP recording, “The President is A Sex Offender,” with a special EP release show, Friday, May 19, at 8:00 PM, at recordBar, 1520 Grand, with The Bad Ideas and La Guerre. Also next week, classically trained musician Mark Lauer joins us to share music from his new recording, “Muses and Mavericks,” that will be released May 23, at Californos in Westport.

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Sources for notes: artist’s websites, bios, wikipedia.org

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Show #681

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

Johnny Hamil, Marco Pascolini, Chad Meise
Music from GAV7D & Mr. Marco’s V7
+ Guest DJ – Mikal Shapiro

Mark plays New & MidCoastal Releases from: Jessica Paige, Perfume Genius, Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble, The Besnard Lakes, The Black Angels, Slowdive, The GAV7D Project, Mr. Marco’s V7, and more.

At 10:30 KC based musician & composer Johnny Hamil joins us to share music from his ongoing GAV7D project, an off-shoot of Johnny’s musical work with Mr. Marco’s V7. Bandmates, Marco Pascolini and Chad Meise join Johnny to discuss the whole Mr. Marcos V7 spectrum and how all these new and different GAV7D recordings fit together. Johnny also shares information about upcoming GAV7D and Mr. Marco’s V7 shows: Tuesday, May 9, The GAV7D Project with Kyle Dahlquist, Jeff Freling, Kent Burnham, & Christine Brebes on violin, will play The Ship. Saturday, May 13, The GAV7D Project with Mark Southerland, Kyle Dahlquist, Amado Espinosa, Charles Simms, & Christine Brebes on violin, will play recordBar, 1520 Grand Avenue, with Hi-Lux, and Gramps The Vamp. Sunday, May 21, The GAV7D Project plays their “punkfunkpolka” version of songs at The Dubliner. Saturday, August 26, The original Mr. Marco’s V7 quartet will return to Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, for a special live show. Also, TBA Mr. Marco’s V7 will also be re-releasing their out-of-print first album, and performing it live at The Cowtown Ballroom along with the premiere of new works by Mr. Marco’s V7.

Mikal Shapiro

At 11:00 AM, Mikal Shapiro joins us as “Special Guest DJ“. For our 2nd hour Mikal will play music she loved growing up in the 1980’s and 1990’s: New Wave, Grunge, and musical recordings she would steal from her sister’s record collection from, The Cure, Suzanne Vega, and Shriekback. Mikal Shapiro, is a KC based singer / songwriter & filmmaker. She studied Film History, Film, & Writing at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, and received her MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago studying Film, Video, New Media, & Animation. Mikal is the creator of the web television project, “Go! Go! Global Girls.” She has also created music videos for herself, Dead Voices and Folkicide. Mikal performs with Chad Brothers as, The Shapiro Brothers, and she is a member of the 6-piece latin based band, Ayllu. Mikal Shapiro’s full length solo releases include: ”The Crow The Lark And The Loon,” (2008), “For Good,” (2010), and “The Musical,” (2015). Mikal Shapiro is producer & co-host of River Trade Radio, with Kasey Rausch, airing Sundays, at 9:00 AM, on 90.1 FM KKFI. Mikal Shapiro will play Prospero’s Books, 1800 West 39th Street, Monday, May 15, at 7:00 PM with Richard Alwyn Fisher, Kasey Rausch, Tony Ladesich, & Scott Easterday.

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Show #681

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

Music from The Middle of The Map
with guests: Chris Haghirian, and Nathan Reusch

Chris Haghirian has worked for The KC Star for 18 years and helped launch INK in April of 2008 where he puts together music promotions, and organizes music for Boulevardia, The Plaza Art Fair, and Wednesday “Winsday” home game concerts at Kauffman Stadium for the Kansas City Royals. Chris is the host, with Sarah Bradshaw, of Eight One Sixty, heard Tuesday nights at 6:00 pm, on 90.9 The Bridge.

Nathan Reusch is co-founder of The Record Machine, and independent area music label he started with friends and has fostered for over 13 years. Nathan is also the co-founder and curator of the Middle of The Map Fest.

Middle of the Map Fest: Thursday, May 4 to Saturday, May 6, with over 100 bands playing in Westport, Midtown, and The Crossroads of Kansas City. More info at: http://www.middleofthemapfest.com

1. “Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks”
from: Motion Picture Soundtrack to All That Jazz / Universal / Dec. 20, 1979
[WMM’s theme]

2. Anna Wise – “Go (Radio Edit)”
from: The Feminine: Act 1 / Anna Wise / April 27, 2016
[Anna Wise is a Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter, and performer based in Brooklyn, NY. Anna has garnered a dedicated following amongst musicians and music fans alike ever since her collaborations with Kendrick Lamar. Their song “These Walls” won the Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 2016 Grammy Awards. In 2016 Anna Wise self releasing her first solo project, The Feminine: Act I. The EP was described as both outspoken and therapeutic. In 2017, Anna released, The Feminine: Act II.][Anna Wise plays The Madrid, Thursday, May 4, at 7:30 PM for Middle of The Map Fest]

THURSDAY, MAY 4, 26 BANDS, ON 7 STAGES

THE MADRID THEATRE – ALL AGES – 3810 MAIN STREET
7:30 Anna Wise
8:15 Zipper Club
9:30 Lewis Del Mar

3. Zipper Club – “Breath”
from: Breath – Single / Epic Records / February 17, 2017
[Zipper Club is a Los Angeles/New York based band made up of: Lissy Trullie, Mason James (of Cerebral Ballzy), And Damar Davis on drums. Produced by James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins. The band is currently putting the final touches on their debut album.][Zipper Club play The Madrid, Thursday, May 4, at 7:15 PM for Middle of The Map Fest]

CALIFORNOS PATIO – AGES 18+ – 4124 PENN. AVE – WESTPORT
8:00 Emmaline Twist
9:00 The Slowdown
10:00 Jaenki
11:00 The Architects

MILLS RECORD COMPANY – ALL AGES – 4045 BROADWAY – WESTPORT
6:00 Jake Wells
6:45 Eems
7:30 Erik Voeks

RECORDBAR – AGES 18+ after 8PM – 1520 GRAND – THE CROSSROADS
7:30 Erica Joy
8:30 Chris Meck & the Guilty Birds
9:30 Not A Planet
10:30 Katy Guillen & the Girls

WESTPORT SALOON – AGES 21+ – 4112 PENN AVE. – WESTPORT
8:45 The Uncouth
9:45 Hipshot Killer
10:45 Vigil and Thieves
11:45 Wick & the Tricks

RIOT ROOM PATIO – AGES 21+ – 4048 BROADWAY – WESTPORT
8:15 The Sluts
9:15 Bears and Company
10:15 Duncan Burnett x The RIOT
11:15 The Phantastics

RIOT ROOM – AGES 21+ – 4048 BROADWAY – WESTPORT
8:30 The Widow’s Ride
9:30 34
10:30 The Philistines
11:30 Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel

4. Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel – “When The Morning Greets You”
from: When The Morning Greets You / Rad Cat Records / February 10, 2017
[Organ-led psych-pop band from Los Angeles with a trippy, lo-fi sound. Mr. Elevator and the Brain Hotel take their name from a Donovan lyric, and their melding of ’60s psych-pop and contemporary lo-fi underground made them a natural fit for California D.I.Y. empire Burger Records, who signed them in 2013. Their debut album, Nico and Her Psychedelic Subconscious, pitted trippy organ-led jams against tuneful pop in a way similar to ’60s-referencing West Coast acts like Foxygen and the Allah-Las.][Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel play Riot Room, 4048 Broadway at 11:30 pm for MOTM.]

FRIDAY, MAY 5 – 29 BANDS ON 7 STAGES

THE UPTOWN THEATER – ALL AGES – 3700 BROADWAY
8:00 Strand of Oaks
9:15 Jason Isbell

5. Strand of Oaks – “Heal”
from: Goshen ’97 / Dead Oceans / June 24, 2014
[Strand of Oaks, is a project by songwriter and producer Timothy Showalter. Originally from Indiana, he currently resides in Philadelphia. His music classifies with the genres rock and folk music, or folk rock. After high school, Showalter moved from Indiana to Pennsylvania. While Showalter was on tour, his wife had an affair. Escaping his detrimental relationship, he moved back to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 2003. A couple months later, he came home to find his house burned down. Showalter spent his nights in hotels and on park benches with a borrowed guitar while working at an orthodox Jewish day school. Despite the turmoil, he was able to find inspiration to continue writing music that would later be released. Showalter’s first album Leave Ruin was released in 2009 on the Pennsylvania label La Société Expéditionnaire while touring and collaborating with Lou Rogai (Lewis & Clarke). Pope Killdragon is a self-released album by Showalter. The album was produced by audio engineer, Ben Vehorn. While holding onto Strand of Oak’s folky sound, Vehorn added in synthesizers and effects pedals to create an album with a sound that was unexplored territory for Showalter. In between tours, Showalter wrote music for what would become Dark Shores. He recorded this album with John Vanderslice who produced the songs. “Dark Shores” (2012) is the 2nd album self-released by Showalter. Once Showalter returned from tour, he got to work recording about 30 demos in three weeks. He wrote and recorded songs in his home studio which led to his last album, HEAL (2014). This was the first album Showalter released on Dead Oceans. On Christmas Day in 2013, Showalter and Sue were driving back to Philadelphia from Indiana when they hit a patch of ice and crashed into two semi trucks. Showalter suffered a concussion and broke every rib on his right side. The near-death experience gave Showalter a boldness during mixing sessions while creating HEAL with John Congleton, just days after the crash. Since being released, “HEAL” has received much acclaim being named one of the best albums released in 2014. Showalter has toured extensively in support of the album and opened for Jason Isbell, Iron and Wine, and Ryan Adams. Strand of Oaks made their television debut in 2014 appearing on Late Night with Seth Meyers][Strand of Oaks play the 7th annual Middle of the Map Fest, Friday, May 5, at The Uptown Theatre, at 8:00 PM, opening for Grammy Award winner, Jason Isbell.]

6. Jason Isbell – “Stockholm”
from: Southeastern / Southeastern Records / June 11, 2013
[4th studio album by singer-songwriter Jason Isbell. Produced by David Cobb, the album was released to widespread critical acclaim. Initially set to be produced by Isbell’s friend and touring companion Ryan Adams, the album was recorded following a stint in rehab, with Isbell noting, “This time I want to remember it all.” The album was recorded without the full participation of Jason Isbell’s regular backing band The 400 Unit, with Isbell noting: “It really came to the nature of the songs more than anything else. It’s a very personal record for me. And I had gone into the studio with the intention of making more of a solo, acoustic album. But Dave [Cobb], the producer, and I both sort of got bored with that idea and we decided to bring a band in for some things.” The 400 Unit band members Chad Gamble and Derry deBorja appear on drums and keyboards, respectively.][Jason Isbell plays Middle of the Map, Friday, May 5, at The Uptown Theatre, at 9:15 PM.]

FRIDAY, MAY 5 – 29 BANDS ON 7 STAGES

RECORDBAR – AGES 18+ after 8PM – 1520 GRAND – THE CROSSROADS
8:00 BROTHER
9:00 Rachel Mallin & the Wild Type
10:00 Valley Hush
11:00 Cobi
12:00 Run River North

7. Valley Hush – “Ice Cream”
from: Valley Hush / The Record Machine / October 28, 2016
[Valley Hush is the Detroit-based indie-pop project of producer Alex Kaye and vocalist Lianna Vanicelli. The two strive to create content that is sincere, original, and significant for humanity.][Valley Hush play Middle of The Map Fest, Friday, May 5, at recordBar, 1520 Grand with Rachel Mallin and the Wild Type, opening for Cobi, and headliner Run River North.]

8. Run River North – “29”
from: Drinking From A Salt Pond / Run River North – Nettwerk / February 26, 2016
[San Fernando Valley, California based band with, Alex Hwang on vocals & acoustic guitar, Daniel Chae on electric guitar & violin, Jennifer Rim on violin, Joseph Chun on bass, and Sally Kang on vocals & keyboards.][Run River North play Middle of The Map Fest, Friday, May 5, at recordBar, 1520 Grand.]

CALIFORNOS PATIO – AGES 18+ – 4124 PENN. AVE – WESTPORT
8:00 Westside Royal
9:00 Pink Royal
10:00 Shy Boys
11:00 Walker Lukens
12:00 Berwanger

MILLS RECORD COMPANY – ALL AGES – 4045 BROADWAY – WESTPORT
6:00 Dylan Guthrie & the Good Time Guys
7:00 Momma’s Boy
8:00 Fullbloods

WESTPORT SALOON – AGES 21+ – 4112 PENN AVE. – WESTPORT
8:45 The Invisible World
9:45 IVØRY BLACK
10:45 Four Arm Shiver
11:45 Hyborian
12:45 Red Kate

RIOT ROOM – AGES 21+ – 4048 BROADWAY – WESTPORT
8:30 Instant Karma
9:30 Various Blonde
10:30 Spirit Is The Spirit
11:30 Big Jesus
12:30 Why?

9. Big Jesus – “Lock and Key”
from: Oneiric / Mascot Music Productions / September 30, 2016
[Atlanta Georgia based band made up of C.J. Ridings, Thomas Gonzalez, Spencer Ussery, and Joe Sweat][Big Jesus play Middle of The Map, Friday, May 5, at Riot Room, 4048 Broadway, in Westport.]

10. WHY? – “Proactive Evolution”
from: Moh Lhean / Joyful Noise Recordings / March 3, 2017
[5th studio album from Cincinnati, Ohio based 4-piece band founded in 2004 by Berkeley, California artist Jonathan “Yoni” Wolf, who had been using ‘Why?’ as his stage name since 1997. In 2004, Yoni Wolf enlisted his older brother Josiah, Doug McDiarmid, & Matt Meldon and formed Why?”][Why? play Middle of The Map Fest, Friday, May 5, at Riot Room, at 11:00 pm.]

RIOT ROOM PATIO – AGES 21+ – 4048 BROADWAY – WESTPORT
9:15 Lion
10:15 LIONMAKER
11:15 AZP
12:15 #ASSJAMZ

11. AZP – “Save Yourself (Radio Edit)”
from: Red Moon EP / AZP / May 12, 2015
[AZP is an American Rock/Soul sextet from Lincoln, Nebraska, mixed with a bit of Hip-Hop, topped off with valuable lyrics of life, freedom, and change. The band was formed in 2012 and is made up of: Zachary Watkins on lead vocals & Piano, Ishma Valenti on vocals & aux, Trey Shotkoske on drums, James Shehan on guitar, Ludwing Siebenhor on guitar & keyboard, and John Fuchinaro on bass.][AZP play Middle of The Map Fest, Friday, May 5, at Riot Room Patio in Westport.]

11:00 – Station ID

SATURDAY, MAY 6 – 51 BANDS, ON 6 STAGES

SATURDAY – DAY PARTIES

RECORDBAR – ALL AGES UNTIL 8PM – 1520 GRAND – THE CROSSROADS DISTRICT
11:30AM The MGDs – SOUL BRUNCH SET
90.9 THE BRIDGE – DAY PARTY
2:00 Kate Rose
2:50 Keaton Conrad
3:40 Gracie Schram
4:30 The Moose
5:20 Crystal Clayton
6:10 Crystal Rose

THE BRICK – ALL AGES UNTIL 8PM – 1727 MCGEE – THE CROSSROADS DISTRICT
90.1 KKFI & MARK MANNING – DAY PARTY
2:00 Nicholas St. James
3:00 The Good Hearts
4:00 Julian Davis & the Hay-Burners
5:00 TBA
6:00 Calvin Arsenia

THE TANK ROOM – AGES 21+ – 1813 GRAND BLVD – THE CROSSROADS DISTRICT
SHUTTLE COCK & the EIGHT ONE SIXTY – DAY PARTY
2:00 Sahvannes
2:25 Dev3n
2:50 Aaron Alexander
3:25 Domineko
4:00 Dom Chronicles
4:35 Heartfelt Anarchy
5:10 Kemet the Phantom
5:50 Ebony Tusks

MILLS RECORD COMPANY – ALL AGES – 4045 BROADWAY – WESTPORT
PLAYLISTPLAY & SOFAR – DAY PARTY
2:00 Heidi Lynne Gluck
3:00 Chloe Jacobson
4:00 Scout Alexandria
5:00 Jessica Paige
6:00 La Guerre

JOSEY RECORDS – ALL AGES – 1814 OAK STREET – THE CROSSROADS DISTRICT
DO816 – DAY PARTY
2:00 American Slim
3:00 False Brother
4:00 Second Hand King
5:00 Run With It
6:00 Mess

SATURDAY, MAY 6 – 51 BANDS ON 6 STAGES

CROSSROADSKC – ALL AGES – 417 EAST 18TH – THE CROSSROADS DISTRICT
7:00 Indy Ground Crew Set
7:30 Stik Figa
8:10 Ro Ransom
9:00 Talib Kweli
10:05 De La Soul

12. Talib Kweli – “Get By (Radio Edit)”
from: Quality / Rawkus Entertainment / November 18, 2002
[American hip hop artist Talib Kweli Greene was born October 3, 1975. He is an American hip hop recording artist, entrepreneur, and social activist. He is the son of professional educators. In 2011, Kweli founded Javotti Media, which is self-defined as “a platform for independent thinkers and doers.” Kweli earned recognition early on through his work with fellow Brooklyn artist, Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, when they formed the group Black Star.][Talib Kweli plays Middle of The Map Fest Saturday, May 6, at CrossroadsKC, opening for De La Soul after Ro Ransom, Stik Figa, & Indy Ground Crew (Steady P).]

13. De La Soul – “Me, Myself & I”
from: Three Feet High and Rising / Calliope Studios / March 14, 1989
[Last August 26, 2016 this legendary hip hop trio released their 9th full-length album, and the Anonymous Nobody… . In early 2015, De La Soul created a Kickstarter in order to fund the album. In under ten hours, it surpassed the projected goal of $110,000. Formed in 1987 on Long Island, New York. The group is best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres. The members, Posdnuos, Dave and Maseo formed the group in high school and caught the attention of producer Prince Paul with a demo tape of the song “Plug Tunin'”. With its playful wordplay, innovative sampling, and witty skits, the band’s debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising, has been called “a hip hop masterpiece.”][De La Soul play Middle of The Map Fest Saturday, May 6, at CrossroadsKC, headlining at 11:00 pm after Talib Kweli, Ro Ransom, Stik Figa, and Indy Ground Crew (Steady P).]

RECORDBAR – AGES 18+ after 8PM – 1520 GRAND – THE CROSSROADS DISTRICT
7:00 Westerners
8:00 Me Like Bees
9:00 The Noise FM
10:00 Caamp
11:00 Mothers
12:00 William Elliott Whitmore https://goo.gl/oh3aGr

14. Caamp – “See The World (Radio Edit)”
from: Caamp / Caamp / March 8, 2016
[Evan plays the banjo, Taylor plays the guitar and together they slam stages as the power duo, Caamp. The childhood friends have been writing songs since 2012 and began performing as Caamp in 2015. In March of 2016, the duo released their self-titled, debut record that has since put them on the map.][Caamp plays Middle of The Map Fest Saturday, May 6, at 10:00, at recordBar, opening for Mothers, and William Elliot Whitmore.]

15. Mothers – “No Crying in Baseball”
from: No Crying In Baseball – Single b/w It Hurts Until It Doesn’t / Mothers / Oct. 13, 2015
[Athens, Georgia based band formed in 2013 by visual artist Kristine Leschper while studying printmaking at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. The album was produced by Drew Vandenberg, who has worked on albums by Of Montreal, Deerhunter and Porcelain Raft, and features collaborations with Josh McKay (Deerhunter) on vibraphone and McKendrick Bearden (Grand Vapids), who played bass and provided string arrangements throughout the album. Mothers now includes: Matthew Anderegg, Drew Kirby, Chris Goggans in the band. Mothers released their debut album February 26, 2016.][Mothers plays Middle of The Map Fest Saturday, May 6, at 11:00 pm, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Ave.]

16. William Elliott Whitmore – “Dry”
from: Song Of The Blackbird / Southern Records / July 24, 2006
[American blues singer and musician from Lee County, Iowa, born May 11, 1978. In his live performances he mostly of plays the banjo or guitar while singing. While he has earned much acclaim from the folk, blues and alt-country communities, and hardcore punk community. Whitmore has toured with Chris Cornell, City and Colour, The Pogues, Murder By Death, Clutch, Lucero, Converge, Red Sparowes, Modern Life is War, Frontier Ruckus, Frank Turner and The Low Anthem.] [William Elliott Whitmore will be play Middle of The Map, Saturday, May 6, at 12:00 at recordBar.]

THE BRICK – AGES 21+ after 8PM – 1727 MCGEE – THE CROSSROADS DISTRICT
7:30 Smokey James & the Avalanche
8:30 The Creation Factory
9:30 Mystic Braves
10:30 Bonelang
11:30 iLLphonics
12:30 Har Mar Superstar

17. Smokey James & The Avalanche – “Down Like Fire”
from: Down Like Fire – Single / Smokey James & The Avalanche / March 1, 2017
[Smokey James & the Avalanche is a band from Kansas City, MO. Comprised of producers Justin Huey (Steel Train) and David Simmons Jr., SJ&A mixes elements of pop, r&b, funk and rock to lay a foundation for songs about love, loss, and faith.][Smokey James & The Avalanche play Middle of The Map Fest, Saturday, May 6, at 7:30 at The Brick.]

THE TANK ROOM – AGES 21+ – 1813 GRAND BLVD – THE CROSSROADS DISTRICT
7:00 Pageant Boys
8:00 Reyna
9:00 Tart
10:00 Overcoats
11:15 Arkells

18. Pageant Boys – “Last Rites”
from: Last Rites – Single / The Record machine / April 8, 2016
[Pageant Boys was birthed out of routine and necessity. On what was originally slated to be a short trip to Istanbul, Alex Sheppard started recording music with his girlfriend’s laptop and a bluetooth headphone mic. None of Sheppard’s previous musical efforts incorporated electronics in a major way; “It was born of necessity,” says Sheppard. The songs on his new EP, Shadowboxing, came out of those original sessions. Pageant Boys are set to release a new EP, Shadowboxing, in early 2017 on The Record Machine. Sheppard has been writing and recording for the last decade even though he is just in 20’s. Before Sheppard started performing and recording as Pageant Boys he released several albums as Alexandre. Shadowboxing is the maturation of Sheppard’s artistic vision and introduction to a larger audience.][Pageant Boys play Middle of The Map, Saturday, May 6 at The Tank Room, 1813 Grand Blvd)]

19. Reyna – “Ink On My Skin”
from: Ink On My Skin – Single / Reyna / April 8, 2016
[Milwaukee, Wisconsin based duo of Victoria and Gabriela.][Reyna play Middle of The Map, Saturday, May 6 at 8:00 at The Tank Room, 1813 Grand Blvd.]

20. Tart – “Toothache (Demo)”
from: Toothache (Demo) – Single Track / Tart / unreleased 2017
[Tart is the Detroit based project of Zee Bricker and Adam Padden.][Tart play Middle of The Map, Saturday, May 6 at 9:00 pm at The Tank Room, 1813 Grand Blvd.]

21. Overcoats – “Hold Me Close”
from: Young / Arts & Crafts Productions / April 21, 2017
[Overcoats is the New York-based female duo of Hana Elion and JJ Mitchell. YOUNG was written by Overcoats and co-produced by Nicolas Vernhes (Daughter, The War On Drugs, Dirty Projectors, Cass McCombs) and experimental R&B artist Autre Ne Veut, with additional production from Myles Avery and mixing by Ben Baptie (Lapsley, Lianne La Havas, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson). All songs written by Hana Rose Elion, Justine Mitchell and Adley Arthur Atkin.][Overcoats play Middle of The Map Fest Saturday, May 6, at The Tank Room, opening for Arkells, after Tart, and Pageant Boys.]

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

Next week, on May 10 Johnny Hamil and friends join us in our first hour, and for our second hour Mikal Shapiro will join us as our special guest producer.

Our Script/Playlist is a cut and paste of information.
Sources for notes: artist’s websites, bios, wikipedia.org

Wednesday MidDay Medley in on the web: http://www.kkfi.org, http://www.WednesdayMidDayMedley.org, http://www.facebook.com/WednesdayMidDayMedleyon90.1FM

Show #680

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

Music from The Middle of The Map
with guests: Chris Haghirian, and Nathan Reusch

Wednesday MidDay Medley plays music from artists participating in the 7th Annual Middle of the Map Fest, Thursday, May 4 through Saturday, May 6. We’ll hear tracks from: De La Soul, Talib Kweli, Jason Isbell, Overcoats, WHY?, Strand Of Oaks, William Elliott Whitmore, Caamp, Valley Hush, Westerners, Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel, AZP, Smokey James & The Avalanche, Anna Wise, Big Jesus, Pageant Boys, Tart, Zipper Club, Reyna, Mothers, and River Run North.

Founders & Organizers of Middle of The Map Fest: Chris Haghirian of The Kansas City Star, Ink, and Eight One Sixty on 90.9 The Bridge, along with Nathan Reusch co-founder of The Record Machine, curator of the Middle of The Map Fest, join us for the entire two-hour show to share their favorite tracks from artists playing Middle of The Map Fest. Chris and Nathan will also share information about Ink’s Middle of the Map Fest, Thursday, May 4 through Saturday, May 6, 2017, 3 days of music, 100+ bands in Westport, Downtown KC and The Crossroads Arts District. More info and tickets at: http://www.MOTMKC.com

Middle of The Map Fest includes: De La Soul, Jason Isbell, Talib Kweli, Lewis Del Mar, Strand of Oaks, WHY?, William Elliot Whitmore, Har Mar Superstar, Mothers, Zipper Club, Arkells, Anna Wise, Ro Ransom, Big Jesus, Cobi, Caamp, Overcoats, Mystic Braves, Walker Lukens, Valley Hush, Mr Elevator, The Architects, The Noise FM, Tart, Bonelang, The Creation Factory, Pageant Boys, AZP, Illphonics, Stik Figa, Me Like Bees, The Philistines, Katy Guillen & The Girls, Berwanger, Ebony Tusks, Reyna, Jaenki, Westerners, Spirit is the Spirit, Various Blonde, Nicholas St. James, Westside Royal, Chris Meck and the Guilty Birds, The Sluts, Kemet the Phantom, Gracie Schram, Duncan Burnett x RIOT, Heidi Gluck, INDYGROUND Crew Set, The Wild Type, Shy Boys, Not A Planet, The Phantastics, Erica Joy, Jake Wells, Sahvannes, Vigil and Thieves, Crystal Rose, Mess, The Slowdown, La Guerre, Jessica Paige, Fullbloods, Emmaline Twist, Hipshot Killer, Second Hand King, Dylan Guthrie & The Good Time Guys, Julian Davis and the Hay-Burners, Calvin Arsenia, The MGDs, Bears and Company, Use Your Atlas, Pink Royal, Aaron Alexander, DEV3N, Ivøry Black, Erik Voeks, Scout Alexandria, The Good Hearts, Domineko, Kate Rose and The Garden, LIONMAKER, 34, The Uncouth!, Heartfelt Anarchy, Keaton Conrad, Wick and the Tricks, Run With It, The Invisible World, Red Kate, Eems, Instant Karma!, The Moose, Crystal Clayton, Four Arm Shiver, ASSJAMZ, American Slim, Smokey James and the Avalanche, Chloe Jacobson, Hyborian, Momma’s Boy, The Widow’s Ride, LION, Dom Chronicles, and False Brother.

Middle of the Map Fest venues include: The Madrid Theatre – 3810 Main Street, Californos Patio – 4124 Pennsylvania, Mills Record Company – 4045 Broadway, recordBar – 1520 Grand, Riot Room and Riot Room Patio – 4048 Broadway, Westport Saloon – 4112 Pennsylvania, The Uptown Theatre – 3700 Broadway, Crossroads KC – 417 East 18th (off Oak), The Brick – 1727 McGee, The Tank Room – 1813 Grand, Josey Records – 1814 Oak. More info at: http://www.middleofthemapfest.com

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

Show #680

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

IVØRY BLACK + Spencer Brown of The Kinsey Sicks
+ Music of Wednesday MidDay Medley’s – MOTM Day Party!

Mark plays more New & MidCoastal Releases from: Nature Boys, Via Luna, Salty, David George, The Way Back, Nick Siegel, The New Pornographers, The Black Angels, and The Kinsey Sicks. Mark also plays music from bands playing Wednesday MidDay Medley/90.1 FM’s – Middle Of The Map Day Party, May 6, at 2:00 PM, at The Brick, with: Calvin Arsenia, Use Your Atlas, Julian Davis And The Hay-Burners, The Good Hearts and Nicholas St. James.

IVØRY BLACK

At 10:30, IVØRY BLACK joins us to play live in our 90.1 FM Studios. IVØRY BLACK plays Middle of The Map Fest, Friday, May 5, at 9:45 PM, at The Westport Saloon. Born in 1986 in Peoria Illinois, and given up for adoption at the age of four, it was difficult to find trust in people after living with eight different foster families. Running away at 15, IVØRY moved from Indiana to Oklahoma and eventually ended up in Seattle. In 2011 IVØRY moved to Kansas City, and has became a part of new family. On June 23, 2015, Ivory released the debut EP, “Ready Get Set,” and is now finishing up work on a debut full-length album, to be released this Summer. Along with Middle of The Map, IVØRY BLACK is will play The Westport Roots Festival on May 27; Kansas City Public Library – Plaza Branch on June 10, for the KCPT screening of a documentary “Real Boy” about a young man’s transition from female to male; and the LIKEME LikeHouse – Teen Prom on May 12. More info at: http://www.ivoryblackmusic.com

The Kinsey Sicks

At 11:15, Mark welcomes professional actor, singer, super-hero, Spencer Brown, who has appeared on stage at The Unicorn Theatre, Late Night Theatre, The KC Fringe, Union Station, The Folly Theatre, Off Center Theatre, Broadway Jazz Club, and for over 10 years has also performed as Daisy Buckët, voted Kansas City’s Best Drag Performer by the Pitch Kansas City. For the past nine years Spencer Brown has also toured internationally and recorded several albums with The Kinsey Sicks, “America’s Favorite Dragapella Beautyshop Quartet” where Spencer plays Trampolina. The Kinsey Sicks will be returning to KC to perform the U.S. premiere of their new show, “Things You Shouldn’t Say,” Friday, April 28, at 8:00 PM, at The Arts Asylum, 1000 E. 9th Street, in KC’s Crossroads Arts District. Tickets available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com // Moreinfo at: http://www.kinseysicks.com

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Show #679

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 presents
Big Bang Buffet’s Black Sheep Rising – Live on the Radio!

1. “Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks”
from: Motion Picture Soundtrack to All That Jazz / Universal / Dec. 20, 1979
[WMM’s theme]

2. The Sleazebeats – “Goosesteppin’ Nazis” (Live)
from: The Sleazebeats – The Sleazebeats / Independent / Jan. 1, 2012

Thanks for tuning into Wednesday MidDay Medley, on 90.1 FM KKFI. I’m Mark Manning. Today we welcome performers from Big Bang Buffet’s “Black Sheep Rising,” who just last night performed their benefit show for 90.1 FM at The Buffalo Room. Since last night’s stage show was “sold out” Wednesday MidDay Medley is presenting a special live radio broadcast of “Black Sheep Rising” featuring original pieces, live musical performances, and a special piece from director by Beth Marshall, that wasn’t part of last night’s show, but is being presented especially for radio.

Contributors include: Ron Megee, Jen Harris, Calvin Arsenia, Beth Marshall, Jon “Piggy” Cupit, Ryan Wilks, Nico Gray, Michael McQuary, Amy Britain, Janet Henry, and The Sleazebeats Charlie Colborne, Bill Belzer with Jen Appell who play live in our 90.1 FM studios as our “house band.”

Big Bang Buffet company members in Kansas City are joining with longtime performer friends returning from Chicago, Austin, Orlando, and Rochester, who will participate in this live radio showcase.

We just heard from The Sleazebeats: Charlie Colborne, Bill Belzer and Jen Appell who served as the house band for Big Bang Buffet’s “Black Sheep Rising,” last night at The Buffalo Room.

10:07

3. The Sleazebeats – “Smile” (LIVE)
from: The Sleazebeats – The Sleazebeats / Independent / Jan. 1, 2012

10:10 – Interview Beth Marshall and Nico Gray

One of the big reasons Big Bang Buffet show happened last night, was because of the tragic massacre at the gay night club Pulse, in Orlando Florida, June 12, where 49 people were murdered and 53 others were wounded, by one man, armed with a SIG Sauer MMCX semi-automatic rifle, and a 9mm Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol, all easy to obtain in a country that worships guns more greatly than they worship Jesus. The Orlando massacre shook the entire country, but for LGBTQIA folk, we were devastated. Especially because from 1990 to 1996 Big Bang Buffet produced hundreds of hours of programming, in a gay bar. So many of us “came out” at gay bars. Late Night Theatre currently is presented at a Gay Bar. We all know what a crowed gay bar, at 2:00 in the morning, looks like, and feels like.

Beth Marshall lives in Orlando. She knew people who were in Pulse that night. She has produced shows at Pulse. As the news of this tragedy filtered out, it was social media that connected us. On Facebook we shared our shock, and grief, and sadness In the hours following of this tragedy, one of our facebook threads, started with Beth and Amy Britain, who lives in Rochester Minnesota, with her wife, Dr. Sara Hocker who works at The Mayo Clinic. The thread was saying we should all get together and do a Big Bang Buffet show again, a reunion of sorts, Ron Megee jumped into the thread and encouraged the conversation. From that thread, last night happened. Our intention made real, just like every other Big Bang Buffet Show.

Beth Marshall (Core Member of Big Bang Buffett from 92-95) known for Hosting, Performance Art and her portrayal of Laurie Anne Normal in Big Bang Buffett World News Report is thrilled to be back for BlackSheep Rising. Beth is the Producing Artistic Director/CEO of her 10 year old theatre company in Orlando Florida- Beth Marshall Presents, the recent recipient of Orlando Weekly’s Top 14 People We Love and Orlando Sentinel’s Top 5 Most Fascinating People In Central Florida. Beth’s body of work includes Fringe Festivals Globally, Serving as The Producing Artistic Director of Orlando Fringe, National New Play Network Ambassador, The VP of Canadian Association of Fringe Fests and actor from award wining indy films like Sunlight Jr to cheesy reality tv like South Beach Tow- her award winning stage credits range from top regional AEA theaters to the divest of gay bars! KCMO forever has a piece of her heart!

Beth is here with Nico Gray who was the guest producer of last week’s Wednesday MidDay Medley, which seems like longer than a week ago.

Nico, last night you performed on stage for the first time in 20 years, you started the show, and you started with a very strong piece. Thank you for you brave and beautiful and difficult piece. How do you feel about last night?

Beth Marshall introduced the piece: I REMEMBER I’M A RAINBOW By Aradhana Tiwari, that show Directed for After Orlando: PlayFest: After Pulse

10:17 – I REMEMBER I’M A RAINBOW By Aradhana Tiwari

Directed by Beth Marshall, from After Orlando: PlayFest: After Pulse

Featuring the voices of: Beth Marshall, Nico Gray, Michael McQuary, Janet Henry, Jen Harris, and Amy Britian

10:23

4. Kristie Stremel – “Orlando (Keep Dancing)”
from: Orlando (Keep Dancing) – Single / Stremeltone / June 16, 2016
[Written by: Kristie Stremel. 2016 was a difficult year. On June 12, 2016, Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old security guard, killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in a hate crime inside Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Pulse was hosting Latin Night and most of the victims were Latino. About 320 people were inside the club, which was serving last call drinks at around 2:00 a.m. After arriving at the club by van, Omar Mateen approached the building on foot, armed with a SIG Sauer MCX semi-automatic rifle and a 9mm Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol and bypassed security and began shooting and taking hostages. After a three-hour standoff, he was shot and killed by Orlando Police Department officers. It was both the deadliest mass shooting by a single shooter and the deadliest incident of violence against LGBT people in United States history. It was also the deadliest terrorist attack in the US since the 9 /11 attacks in 2001. Recorded and Mixed by Paul Malinowski at Massive Sound. Mastered by John Hobson. Kristie Stremel on vocals & guitar, Anna Cook on cello & backround vocals, Ryan McCall on piano & background vocals. Described as “Joan Jett & Tom Petty’s love child,” and armed with her guitar, fueled by coffee, and over 75 published songs, singer, songwriter, producer, rock & roll mom. In October, 2013 Kristie and her partner, Lori Isabell, welcomed their adopted baby son, Charlie, into their family. In April 2014 Kristie released her 6th solo record, and the 9th full-length release of her musical career of over 20 years. Released on her own label, Stremeltone, it was Kristie’s first self-produced album. 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 Kristie’s response the the KS House of Representatives passing HD 2453 allowing business the right to refuse service to LGBT customers. In 2015 Kristie released, Wildflowers, her childrens book of song and poems with accompanying CD recording with contributions from Victor & Penny, Kelley Hunt, Ron Megee, Kasey Rausch and more.]

10:26 – Underwriting

10:29- Interview with Nico Gray

10:35 – Interview with Jen Harris

At the center of everything it was always the words, artists living on the edge, writing their way through political confusion, unwarranted wars, the fight for equality, and the bravery to go on stage and tell personal stories about our lives that had been kept silent for so long. Last night Jen Harris appeared in her first Big Bang show, but her work in Kansas City has been about creating venue, making her own path for herself and others. Poet Jen Harris is a Kansas City-based Spoken Word Poet, Women’s Rights and LGBT activist, published author, founder and host of KC Poetry Slam and poet-in-resident at Charlotte Street Foundation. Her next book of poetry and essays is due to release in the Fall of 2017.

The show was sold out last night and Jen touched the audience with her poetry, and showyou talked about how after the show she had several people crying in her arms,

10:41 – Poet Jen Harris Live

10:50 – Interview with Ryan Wilks & Jen Appell

Ryan Wilks is a queer artist in Kansas City who’s work focuses on gender, sexuality, and sensuality. Last year Ryan Wilks presented Gender Treason, his own art exhibition of giant portraits, of real people in Kansas City, who cross over the boundaries of gender and identify. His acclaimed show at Leedy-Voulkos Art Center was printed with a published book of his art. Ryan is currently working on a new exhibition, and continuing his journey of expression and greater understanding, which led him to last night where shared a new performance piece.

Ryan Wilks also created the backdrop for the stage, a 8 X 20 foot tall by painting.

Mark talked with Jen Appell about how they came to name the show “Black Sheep Rising” and about their weekly Monday morning meetings, over the past 6 or 7 weeks in planning the show.

11:02 – Station ID

5. The Sleazebeats – “Do You Like Who?” (Live) (2:08)
from: a new unreleased song

11:05 – Interview with Michael McQuary & Janet Henry

Michael McQuary’s groundbreaking shows in NYC, garnered him Two Bistro Awards. And TCM’s movie channel calls him ” The Man of 1001 Faces” due to his uncanny transformations of the golden age of Hollywood. Character actor and Internationally collected artist. He is also the creator designer of http://www.YourPowerSign.com

Janet Henry has trained unphysical theatre in Spain. She has appeared in One Time Productions Arts or Crafts, Byrd Productions, and Theatre League’s primer of the one woman show Cups, that was produced at The Unicorn Theatre.

11:10

6. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – “I Put a Spell on You ”
from: Single – (Jeremy Sole’s Zombie Stomp Remix) / self released / 2011
[Jeremy Sole is a critically acclaimed DJ, he is also a radio show host at KCRW in Santa Monica, California (www.kcrw.com) and is Co-Founder and resident deejay of “AFRO FUNKÉ.” Sole has drawn a loyal crowd every week for the past 7 years. This is his arena for Afrobeat, Latin, Brazilian and other authentic and remixed world rhythms. Hundreds of international guests have joined him, from deejays Rich Medina and Cut Chemist to impromptu jam sessions with Zap Mama and Stevie Wonder. “Jeremy is a great DJ, presenter, producer and knower-of-music …an extremely cool dude. I cannot stop listening to his remix of ‘I Put A Spell On You’ …it’s irresistible.” – Henry Rollins

11:14 – Interview with Calvin Arsenia

Since Calvin Arsenia came home to KC after living in Edinburgh, Scotland, he has released his EP, Moments, in 2014, and his EP Prose in 2015, and his Folk Alliance exclusive EP Catastrophe in 2016. He has played Folk Alliance International, Kansas City Fringe Fest, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, The Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts, Folk Alliance International, and in May he will play The Middle of the Map Fest.. Standing at 6 foot 6 inches, Arsenia’s powerful vocals span a 3.5 octave range, while playing piano, banjo, guitar and harp Calvin teaches music to elementary students. Calvin is also a graduate of Artist INC. He’s played The Kauffman Center, and He recently released his debut full-length recording, Catastrophe.

Calvin Arsenia thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

11:22

7. Calvin Arsenia – “Safe” (Live) (3:09)
This song is on: Catastrophe / Calvin Arsenia / February 14, 2017

11:27 – Underwriting

11:32 – Interview with Ron Megee

Originally from Anaheim, California, Ron Megee has worked at every theater in Kansas City including The Kansas City Rep, The Coterie Theatre, New Theatre, The Unicorn Theatre. I first met Ron Megee through The Unicorn Theatre. He was running the spotight for The Rocky Horror Show. We became friends while working together with Lou Jane Temple at Cafe Lulu. Laughter is healing and Ron Megee is a comic genius. He has created one of Kansas City’s most enduring and successful theatre companies, Late Night Theatre that began in 1997, and after a hiatus, was reborn several years ago at Missie B’s, on West 39th Street. In the last 20 years Late Night Theatre has produced over 100 shows, in the last 20 years, and are currently presenting. “Golden Girls Gone Wilder” now on stage through April 21,

11:37 – Ron Megee’s Performance piece

11:45 – Interview with Jon Piggy Cupit

Jon Piggy Cupit is a multi media artist. He’s always had an affinity to the theatre & stage, both in front of the curtain and behind it, (read: versatile) starting his career in the 5th grade as the back end of a dancing donkey and things have just been coming up roses ever since. With Big Bang Buffet and with Jon’s Thunder Pussy Productions, his works were complete theatre pieces with integral soundtracks and visual effects, often using video, and always using wigs. Jon “Piggy” Cupit was a graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute, in the fibers department, he was also a busboy and waiter at Cafe Lulu, and with friend Bernie Koehrsen he demonstrated how to properly shave legs on stage at Cafe Lulu. Jon “Piggy” Cupit was one of our most prolific and longtime contributors, helping to make the connections to what performance art really is, telling a story, using everything that art offers, to bring to life the stories and dialogue.

11:51 – Jon Piggy Cupit’s Performance piece

8. The Fifth Dimension – “One Less Bell To Answer”
from: AM Gold / A & M Records / 1970

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

Next week, on April 19, Barry Lee join us to discuss the Beatles Tribute Show at Knuckleheads, and Aaron Rhodes of Shuttlecock Magazine jon us as Guest Producer for our second hour.

Our Script/Playlist is a cut and paste of information.
Sources for notes: artist’s websites, bios, wikipedia.org

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Show #677

Wednesday MidDay Medley
TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
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Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning

More New & MidCoastal Releases
+ Red Kate & Stiff Middle Fingers Split Single
+ Guest Producer Nico Gray

1. “Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks”
from: Motion Picture Soundtrack to All That Jazz / Universal / Dec. 20, 1979
[WMM’s theme]

2. Cloud Nothings – “Modern Act”
from: Life Without Sound / Car Park Records / January 27, 2017
[1st single from the 4th studio album by the indie rock band from Cleveland, Ohio, founded by singer-songwriter Dylan Baldi. It currently consists of lead singer and guitarist Baldi, drummer Jayson Gerycz, bassist TJ Duke, and guitarist Chris Brown, who had joined the band earlier in the year as a touring member and is now a part of the band full-time. Beginning in 2009, the band originally started as a solo project, with Baldi recording both vocals and instrumentals in his parents’ basement, although he performed live with a full band. The band is signed to Washington, D.C.-based Carpark Records.]

[Cloud Nothings play Kansas City at recordBar, 1520 Grand, for Tito’s Sound Machine KC, on Friday, April 7, at 9:00 PM with False Brother, and Mess, presented by The Record Machine.]

3. Jametatone – “Flip The Hourglass”
from: Empty Bliss / J. Ashley Miller / March 21, 2017
[New EP from Jametatone, the solo project of J. Ashley Miller who also records with his band as Metatone. J. Ashley Miller is the The 2016 Charlotte Street Generative Performing Artist Award Fellow. J. Ashley Miller is a composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist. His genre-bending trans-modern work has been performed everywhere from YJ’s to the Kauffman Performing Arts Center to the MoMa PS1 in NYC. Ashley utilizes a diverse range of technologies, techniques, and collaborators to access obscure facets of the human emotional landscape. You can view more of Ashley’s work at http://www.jametatone.com.]

[Jametatone opened all four shows last Friday and Saturday night at The Outburst KC, where Calvin Arsenia performed his 2017 Release Catastrophe Unplugged with guest musicians Beau Bledsoe, Fritz Hutchinson, Mark Southerland, and artist & vocalist Seth M. Jones.]

4. The Sleazebeats – “Not My Life”
from: The Sleazebeats – 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.]

[The Sleazebeats play Big Bang Buffet’s “Black Sheep Rising,” Tuesday, April 11, at 8:00 at The Buffalo Room. A benefit for 90.1 FM KKFI featuring Ron Megee, Lisa Cordes, Jon “Piggy” Cupit, Kristie Stremel, Calvin Arsenia, Jen Harris, Linda Barnhouse, Maria Vasquez Boyd, Jen Appell, Bil Belzer, Charlie Colborne, Mark Manning, Susan Cedarquist-Brewington, BJ McBride, Michael McQuary, Janet Henry, Ryan Wilks, and Nico Gray. go to: http://www.kkfi.org for more information.]

5. Calvin Arsenia – “Safe”
from: Catastrophe / Calvin Arsenia / February 14, 2017
[Calvin Arsenia premiered these songs in a live show at recordBar last November. Since Calvin Arsenia came home to KC after living in Edinburgh, Scotland, he has released his EP, Moments, in 2014, and his EP Prose in 2015, and his Folk Alliance exclusive EP Catastrophe in 2016. He has played Folk Alliance International, Kansas City Fringe Fest, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, The Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts. Standing at 6 foot 5 inches, Arsenia’s powerful vocals span a 3.5 octave range, while playing piano, banjo, guitar and harp Calvin teaches music to elementary students. Calvin is also a graduate of Artist INC.]

[Calvin Arsenia plays Big Bang Buffet’s “Black Sheep Rising,” Tuesday, April 11, at 8:00 at The Buffalo Room. A benefit for 90.1 FM KKFI featuring Ron Megee, Lisa Cordes, Jon “Piggy” Cupit, The Sleazebeats, Kristie Stremel, Jen Harris, Maria Vasquez Boyd, Jen Appell, Bill Belzer, Charlie Colborne, Mark Manning, Susan Cedarquist-Brewington, BJ McBride, Michael McQuary, Janet Henry, Ryan Wilks, and Nico Gray. go to: http://www.kkfi.org for more information.]

6. Kristie Stremel – “Friendville”
from: Songwriter / Stremeltone / April 1, 2014
[Described as “Joan Jett & Tom Petty’s love child,” and armed with her guitar, fueled by coffee, and over 80 published songs, singer, songwriter, producer, rock & roll mom. In October, 2013 Kristie and her partner, Lori Isabell, welcomed their adopted baby son, Charlie, into their family. In April 2014 Kristie released her 6th solo record, Songwriter, and the 9th full-length release of her musical career of over 20 years. Released on her own label, Stremeltone, it was Kristie’s first self-produced album. 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 Kristie’s 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. Songwriter, is Kristie’s self produced record that was mixed by famed musician and producer Lou Whitney, who in 2001 produced Kristie’s first solo full-length, “All I Really Want,” for Slewfoot Records. In 2014 we lost Lou who was 72 and was battling cancer, but still playing in his band Outland through 2013. Kristie has said that Lou Whitney was… “my mentor, a father figure,” Lou told Tim Finn in the KC Star: “I thought she had all the ingredients,” he said. “The songs were poppy efforts to write songs that might actually do something. She was writing personal stuff but couching it in this rock-pop way.” Chris Meck, played on the 2001, release, “All I Really Want.” He joined in on Songwriter and helped with “Wildflowers” a full length CD compilation of 14 original songs and 5 poems for and about children, with a book containing all of the lyrics with illustrations created by artist and friend Blue Haas. “Wildflowers,” is a hardcover, 9 x 6 landscape, full color 46 page book. Chris and Kristie hadn’t played together in over 10 years. Kristie also released a single “Love Makes A Family” with a read-along book for the song she wrote for her son Charlie, in an effort to explain the importance of family and to help celebrate the diversity in families today. In 2016 Kristie released her sing “Orlando (Keep Dancing)” in response to the Orlando massacre at the Gay Bar Pulse where 49 people were killed.]

[Kristie Stremel plays Big Bang Buffet’s “Black Sheep Rising,” Tuesday, April 11, at 8:00 at The Buffalo Room. A benefit for 90.1 FM KKFI featuring Ron Megee, Lisa Cordes, Jon “Piggy” Cupit, The Sleazebeats, Calvin Arsenia, Jen Harris, Linda Barnhouse, Maria Vasquez Boyd, Jen Appell, Bil Belzer, Charlie Colborne, Mark Manning, Susan Cedarquist-Brewington, BJ McBride, Michael McQuary, Janet Henry, Ryan Wilks, and Nico Gray. go to: http://www.kkfi.org for more information.]

7. Slights – “Lily Jane Gray”
from: Rough Mixes For Demo / Independent / February 7, 2017
[Slights is a collaboration band between Ben Parks and Matthew Dunehoo. In late January, 2017 the band recorded an album in San Francisco with Ryan Kleeman and their friend Andrew Skikne on bass. Their new music was recorded at Ghost Cat Studios in San Francisco.]

[Slights, play The Tank Room, Fri, April 7 at 9:30 PM, with Spellbook, opening for Kids & Chemicals.]

10:28 – Underwriting

8. Red Kate – “Urban Church” (Vinyl)
from: Red Kate – Stiff Middle Fingers split 7″ / Black Site Records / April 8, 2017
[Bassist and lead vocalist L. Ron Drunkard, Andrew Whelan – Drums/Vocals, Brad Huhmann – Guitar, Desmond Poirier – guitar/vocals]

[Red Kate and Stiff Middle Fingers play a split-single record release at Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, Friday, April 7, at 9:00 pm, with Emmaline Twist, and Wick & The Tricks.]

10:32 – Interview with L. Ron Drunkard (Shawn Saving) & Shaun Hamontree of Red Kate
and Travis Arey of Stiff Middle Fingers

The KC based Punk Rock and Roll band, Red Kate has been rocking venues since 2007. In the review of their debut EP, The Pitch wrote, “Bassist and lead vocalist L. Ron Drunkard, (aka Shawn Saving) is a socialist activist by day, bellows like an Appalachian Roger Daltrey.”The band’s first full-length album, “When the Troubles Come” was released on Replay Records in 2013. Last year the band released their follow up full – length record, unamerican activities, on Kansas City’s coop record label, Black Site. Both releases were recorded and engineered by Duane Trower at Weights and Measures Soundlab. Red Kate includes bassist and lead vocalist L. Ron Drunkard, Andrew Whelan on drums, & vocals, Desmond Poirier on guitar & vocals, and most recently added Shaun Hamontree to the band on rhythm guitar.

Stiff Middle Fingers were formed in 2010 as a classic punk cover band playing songs by Black Flag, Minutemen, Ramones, Sex Pistols, and more. The band started writing their own songs and have shared the stage with Bomb the Music Industry!, Joyce Manor, Agent Orange, Peelander-Z, Radkey, and have earned a reputation as one of the midwest’s must-see punk bands. Lead vocalist TurdKing (aka Travis Arey) fronts the band with “the passion for achieving unity through the common self-loathing and anxiety of all people.” Travis is known for climbing all over the venue, working the entire room, and sometimes street, with his 75-foot mic cord. Stiff Middle Fingers include guitarist Aaron “Barry” Swenson (Podstar, Many Moods of Dad), drummer George Valyer (The Primetime Heroes), and bassist Doug Griffin (The Dead Sevens, Chris Aytes & the Good Ambition).

Red Kate and Stiff Middle Fingers are releasing a new split single containing 4 new songs. L. Ron Drunkard & Shaun Hamontree of Red Kate and Travis Arey of Stiff Middle Fingers are here to talk about their split-single record release at Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, Fri, April 7, at 9:00 pm, with Emmaline Twist, and Wick & The Tricks.

L. Ron Drunkard (Shawn Saving) and Shaun Hamontree , and Travis Arey Thank you for being with us on WMM

The new 4-song 7″ record is the 2nd release on KC’s coop record label, Black Site after the release of Red Kate’s critically acclaimed sophomore LP, unamerican activities.

Cover art, once again, was designed by Shaun Hamontree, who is also Red Kate’s new rhythm guitarist. American Catastrophe

Red Kate recorded their new music at Weights & Measures Soundlab, with engineer Duane Trower who with front man L. Ron Drunkard have honed the Red Kate sound over the past five years.

Stiff Middle Fingers recorded their cow-punk burners at Rundown Studios in Topeka, KS, which is owned and operated by their drummer, George the Valiant.

This record marks the debut of Stiff Middle Fingers on vinyl.

10:39

9. Stiff Middle Fingers – “3 Minutes to Midnight (radio edit)”
from: Red Kate – Stiff Middle Fingers split 7″ / Black Site Records / April 8, 2017
[Lead vocals from TurdKing (aka Travis Arey) , guitarist Aaron “Barry” Swenson, drummer George Valyer, and bassist Doug Griffin.]

[Red Kate and Stiff Middle Fingers play a split-single record release at Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, Friday, April 7, at 9:00 pm, with Emmaline Twist, and Wick & The Tricks.]

“Stiff Middle Fingers harness the angst and energy of early punk and the irreverent intelligence of early aughts Saddle Creek. The combination of these two elements makes their songs part-snarl and part-snark. Perfect for summertime skanking in the daytime or shaking the walls of any dive bar at night, Stiff Middle Fingers take all the frenetic energy of being dissatisfied with life after a few pots of coffee and directs at a single goal: making music that burns through the veins of their listeners.”

Red Kate and the Stiff Middle Fingers have joined forces to release a new Split 7″ Single.

Engineered by Duane Trower at Weights and Measures Soundlab in Kansas City.

The split 7″ is a follow-up to the band’s critically acclaimed sophomore LP, unamerican activities, released in 2016 on their coop label, Black Site.

With the election of an authoritarian narcissist to the White House and white supremacy again on the rise, this hard, fast and angry polemic on the current state of affairs has turned out to be unfortunately prescient.

10:46

10. Red Kate – “Hole” (Vinyl)
from: Red Kate – Stiff Middle Fingers split 7″ / Black Site Records / April 8, 2017
[ Andrew Whelan – Drums/Vocals, Brad Huhmann – Guitar, Desmond Poirier – guitar/vocals]

[Red Kate and Stiff Middle Fingers play a split-single record release at Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, Friday, April 7, at 9:00 pm, with Emmaline Twist, and Wick & The Tricks.]

RED KATE released its first LP, When the Troubles Come, on Replay Records in 2013 and a 7″ split on Mills Record Company with fellow KC punks, The Bad Ideas, in 2014.

BLACK SITE is a record label cooperative created by Kansas City musicians interested in supporting regional punk and rock bands release their recordings on a physical medium. With the world around us becoming a deluge of digital 1’s and 0’s, transient as a trust fund crust punk on a cross country excursion, tangible art is critical to maintaining connections to our past, our sense of place, and who we are as a people. Only WE can create the world we want to live in. Reciprocity and solidarity are the cornerstones of building long lasting, self-sustaining community power that pushes back against the commodification of culture. Music is not a business; Punk is not a brand, and DIY is not a lifestyle to be consumed. This is a way of life, and if we don’t hang together, we’ll surely hang alone.

Red Kate has been rocking venues since 2007. The band is bassist and lead vocalist L. Ron Drunkard, Andrew Whelan on drums, vocals; Desmond Poirier on guitar, vocals, and Shaun Hamontree on rhythm guitar.

Stiff Miffle Fingers feature lead vocalist TurdKing (Travis Arey), guitarist Aaron “Barry” Swenson (Podstar, Many Moods of Dad), drummer George Valyer (The Primetime Heroes), and bassist Doug Griffin (The Dead Sevens, Chris Aytes & the Good Ambition),

Brian Clifton, of Mills Record Company.com writes, “SMF as a live band is bristling and precise, while still maintaining an off-the-cuff quality, often marathoning through 15-song sets in under 30 minutes. ”

10:55

11. Jen Appell – “You Woke Me”
from: You Woke Me – Single / Independent / unreleased track
[Written by Jen Appell who sings vocals and plays piano. She calls this her love song to Thom Yorke]

[Jen Appell plays Big Bang Buffet’s “Black Sheep Rising,” Tuesday, April 11, at 8:00 at The Buffalo Room. A benefit for 90.1 FM KKFI featuring Ron Megee, Lisa Cordes, Jon “Piggy” Cupit, The Sleazebeats, Calvin Arsenia, Jen Harris, Linda Barnhouse, Maria Vasquez Boyd, Kristie Stremel, Bil Belzer, Charlie Colborne, Mark Manning, Susan Cedarquis-Brewington, BJ McBride, Michael McQuary, Janet Henry, Ryan Wilks, and Nico Gray. go to: http://www.kkfi.org for more information.]

11:00 – Station ID
11:00 – Guest Producer Nico Gray

12. Radiohead — “House of Cards”
from: In Rainbows / XL Recordings / October 10, 2007
[English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke (lead vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards), Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboards, other instruments), Ed O’Brien (guitar, backing vocals), Colin Greenwood (bass), and Phil Selway (drums, percussion, backing vocals). They have worked with producer Nigel Godrich and cover artist Stanley Donwood since 1994. After signing to EMI in 1991, Radiohead released their debut single “Creep” in 1992. It became a worldwide hit after the release of their debut album, Pablo Honey (1993). Their popularity and critical standing rose in the United Kingdom with the release of their second album, The Bends (1995). Radiohead’s third album, OK Computer (1997), propelled them to international fame; noted for its complex production and themes of modern alienation, it is often acclaimed as a landmark record of the 1990s and one of the best albums in popular music. The group’s next albums Kid A (2000) and Amnesiac (2001), recorded simultaneously, marked a dramatic change in style, incorporating influences from experimental electronic music, 20th-century classical music, krautrock, and jazz. Despite initially dividing listeners, Kid A was later named the best album of the decade by Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and the Times. Radiohead’s sixth album, Hail to the Thief (2003), mixed rock and electronic music with lyrics inspired by the War on Terror, and was the band’s final album for EMI. Their subsequent releases have pioneered alternative release platforms such as pay-what-you-want and BitTorrent. Radiohead self-released their seventh album, In Rainbows (2007), as a download for which customers could set their own price, to critical and chart success. Their eighth album, The King of Limbs (2011), an exploration of rhythm, was developed using extensive looping and sampling. Their ninth album, A Moon Shaped Pool (2016), prominently featured Jonny Greenwood’s orchestral arrangements.]

[Radiohead play Kansas City TONIGHT at the Sprint Center in a SOLD OUT SHOW!]

We welcome back to the show, our friend Nico Gray, who joins us as “Guest Producer” for our second hour. Nico is a former theatre actor, performance artist, writer, and is currently a marketing and advertising consultant. Rooted in KC, Nico grew up with radio. Nico writes that, “Music has always served as the ‘passport’ through spiritual journeys that have transplanted him to the brownstones of Chicago, the rooftops of Paris, the sea-side of Marseille and the balconies of NYC. ”

Nico Gray will also be featured in Big Bang Buffet’s “Black Sheep Rising,” Tuesday, April 11, at 8:00 at The Buffalo Room. A benefit for 90.1 FM KKFI featuring Ron Megee, Lisa Cordes, Jon “Piggy” Cupit, The Sleazebeats, Calvin Arsenia, Jen Harris, Linda Barnhouse, Maria Vasquez Boyd, Kristie Stremel, Jen Appell, Bill Belzer, Charlie Colborne, Mark Manning, Susan Cedarquist-Brewington, BJ McBride, Michael McQuary, Janet Henry, Ryan Wilks, and Nico Gray. go to: http://www.kkfi.org for more information

Nico Gray welcome to Wednesday MidDay Medley.

13. Roxy Music – “Grey Lagoons”
from: For Your Pleaure / Atco – Reprise / May 23, 1980
[the 2nd album by the English rock band Roxy Music, released by Island Records in 1973. It was their last to feature synthesiser and sound specialist Brian Eno, who would later gain acclaim as a solo artist and producer. The group was able to spend more studio time on this album than on their debut, combining strong song material by Bryan Ferry with more elaborate production treatments. For example, the song “In Every Dream Home a Heartache” (Ferry’s sinister ode to a blow-up doll) fades out in its closing section, only to fade back in again with all the instruments subjected to a pronounced phasing treatment. The title track fades out in an elaborate blend of tape loop effects. Brian Eno remarked that the eerie “The Bogus Man”, with lyrics about a sexual stalker, displayed similarities with contemporary material by the krautrock group Can. Of the more upbeat numbers on the album, “Do the Strand” and “Editions of You” were both based around insistent rhythms in the tradition of the band’s first single “Virginia Plain”. “Do the Strand” has been called the archetypal Roxy Music anthem, whilst “Editions of You” was notable for a series of ear-catching solos by Andy Mackay (sax), Eno (VCS3), and Phil Manzanera (guitar). Eno is very present in the final song from the album, “For Your Pleasure” making it unlike any other song on the album. The song ends with the voice of Judi Dench saying “You don’t ask. You don’t ask why” amid tapes of the opening vocals (‘Well, how are you?’) from “Chance Meeting” from the first Roxy Music album. A live recording of the song has been used in 1975 as a B-side to “Both Ends Burning”..]

[Bryan Ferry played The Uptown Theatre, Friday, March 24, at 8:00 PM]

14. Bryan Ferry — “Let’s Stick Together”
from: Let’s Stick Together/ Polydor / 1976

15. Line Renaud—“Casino de Paris”
from: Line Renaud au Casino de Paris/ Pathé / 1959

16. Kid Francescoli — “Blow Up (Single Edit)”
from: Blow Up- Single/ Microphone Recordings / 2014

17. Heart — “Strange Euphoria”
from: Greatest Hits/Live / Epic Records / 1980

18. Elton Motello — “Jet Boy Jet Girl”
from: 7” Single / Vogue / 1977

11:31 – Underwriting

19. The Plugz — “Reel Ten”
from: Repo Man Soundtrack / San Andreas Records / 1984

20. Time Zone — “World Destruction (feat. John Lydon) {Mix A}”
from: World Destruction Single / Celluloid / 1984

21. Aloe Blacc – “Ticking Bomb”
from: Lift Your Spirit / Interscope Records / 2013

22. Amanda Shires — “A Song for Leonard Cohen”
from: Down Fell the Doves / Lightning Rod Records / 2013

23. Quincy Jones — “Maybe God Is Tryin’ To Tell You Something”
from: The Color Purple/ Qwest Records /1985

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

Next week, on April 12, we welcome the cast of Big Bang Buffet Black Sheep Rising for a special Live radio version of the upcoming show.

Big Bang Buffet’s “Black Sheep Rising,” Tuesday, April 11, at 8:00 at The Buffalo Room. A benefit for 90.1 FM KKFI featuring Ron Megee, Lisa Cordes, Jon “Piggy” Cupit, The Sleazebeats, Calvin Arsenia, Jen Harris, Linda Barnhouse, Maria Vasquez Boyd, Kristie Stremel, Jen AppellBill Belzer, Charlie Colborne, Mark Manning, Susan Cedarquis-Brewington, BJ McBride, Michael McQuary, Janet Henry, Ryan Wilks, and Nico Gray. go to: http://www.kkfi.org for more information

Our Script/Playlist is a cut and paste of information.
Sources for notes: artist’s websites, bios, wikipedia.org

Wednesday MidDay Medley in on the web:
http://www.WednesdayMidDayMedley.org,
http://www.facebook.com/WednesdayMidDayMed…,
http://www.kkfi.org

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