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Wednesday, October 9, 2024

WMM presents Michael McQuary + Paris Williams + The Sexy Accident

1. “Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks”
   from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979
   [WMM’s Adopted Theme Song]

2. Nilüfer Yanya – “Mutations (Radio edit)”
   from: My Method Actor / Ninja Tune / September 13, 2024
   [On May 1, 2024 we played Nilüfer Yanya’s single “Like I Say (I runaway)” that came out Appril 24, 2024. This offering followed her celebrated 2022 album PAINLESS and was her release since signing to Ninja Tune. // My Method Actor is the third album by English singer Nilüfer Yanya, released on September 13, 2024 through Ninja Tune. It is Yanya’s first album on the label, and follows her 2022 album Painless. The album was preceded by the singles “Like I Say (I Runaway)”, “Method Actor”, “Call It Love”, “Mutations”, “Made Out Of Memory”, and “Just A Western”. // Yanya worked on the album with English record producer Wilma Archer, and wrote and recorded the album in London, Eastbourne, and Wales. Yanya called the album the “most intense […] in that respect. Because it’s only been us two. We didn’t let anyone else into the bubble.” The album centres on the theme of “entering a transition between one part of life into another”. / Yanya is the daughter of two visual artists. Her mother is of Irish and Barbadian heritage and her father is Turkish. Yanya grew up in Chelsea, London, listening to Turkish music and classical music at home. She gravitated to guitar rock and learned how to play the instrument at the age of 12. // Informally starting her musical career with demos uploaded to SoundCloud in 2014, Yanya turned down an offer to join a girl group produced by Louis Tomlinson of One Direction and focused on developing her own music instead. She has spoken out against this model of talent acquisition, telling The Guardian: “‘Let’s go and pinch some young people, tell them we’re going to make a really successful group but we’re obviously going to make a lot more money than them.’ It’s a very selfish thing to do.” The project was reportedly abandoned after a year. // Her first EP, Small Crimes/Keep on Calling, was released in 2016. Her second EP, Plant Feed, was released in 2017, followed by Do You Like Pain? in 2018. All three EPs were later compiled into the EP Inside Out in 2021. // In 2019, Yanya released her debut studio album, Miss Universe, which received rave reviews and critical acclaim, with critics noting her ability to bounce back and forth between musical and lyrical styles, shifting between “gimlet-eyed composure and cataclysmic panic”. Yanya’s music has been described as nervous and restless, combining influences from indie rock to soul, jazz, and trip hop. A Stereogum review called her voice “malleable and endlessly expressive.”In July 1-2, 2022, Yanya performed before Adele’s first live UK concert after five years, in Hyde Park. Later that year, Yanya was the UK opening act for rock band Roxy Music, who reformed in 2022 for a 50th anniversary tour. Yanya featured on the Bombay Bicycle Club track “Meditate” on the band’s 2023 album My Big Day.]

[Nilüfer Yanya plays The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., Lawrence KC, on Sunday, October 13, at 8:00pm with Angélica Garcia and Lutalo.]

3. The Phantastics – “Stay With Me”
   from: Closer / Silly Goose Records / December 14, 2013
   [Debut albu, from 8 member band from KC formed in December of 2010. Kemet the Phantom on lead vocals; Leigh Gibbs Adams on lead vocals; JJ Cantrell on lead guitar & vocals; Danny Florez on electric bass; Ashley Thompson on drums, DJ Mitchell on saxophone; Ryan Jamaal Davis on Trombone and rap vocals; Austin Quick on keyboards. The Phantastics specialize in genre-blending dance floor activators. In 2015, the music group was crowned “Kansas City’s best party band” by the Kansas City Star. Musicianship and diversity are at the core of their success. Rock, Rap, Dance, Funk, Jazz & Soul are all incorporated into their music. “The band that can do it all”, according to I Heart Local Music, has shared the stage with some of music’s most legendary acts including George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic. On May 6, 2022 The Phantastics released heir single “All That Fine.” and “Things You Do.” On Oct. 18, 2019 The Phantastics released LIVE AT THE PLAZA ART FAIR. On Aug. 24, 2018 The Phantastics released the EP, LIFE OF THE PARTY. On Dec. 14, 2013 The Phantastics released their debut album THE CLOSER. Info at: http://www.thephantastics.com]

[Leigh Adams, Lee Langston, Asa Barnes, and Derick Joliff-Cunigan play “We Are One” a Tribute to Frankie Beverly, on Friday & Saturday, October 11 & 12, at 8:00pm, and Sunday, October 13 at 6:00pm at Just Off Broadway Theatre, 3051 Central Street, KCMO.]

4. Mikal Shapiro & The Musical – “Little Black Ant”
   from: The Musical II / Mikal Shapiro / May 26, 2018
   [The sequel to Shapiro’s 2015 concept album “The Musical.” Mikal Shapiro, on vocals & guitar, Chad Brothers on vocals & guitar, Johnny Hamil on bass, and Matt Richey on drums. Special guests include: Hermon Mehari on trumpet, Tina Bilberry on viola & violin, Damon Parker on keyboards, and Lauren Hughes on vocals. Engineered and co-produced by Joel Nanos at Element Recording & Mastering Studios. Mikal Shapiro is a KC songwriter whose musical influences span popular songs, psych rock, lounge, classic country and old time spirituals. She has toured extensively across the U.S. and has recorded five critically acclaimed albums. KC Star and Tim Finn declared her album “The Musical” to be one of his top five releases of 2015. A third generation storyteller, she draws inspiration from her travels, love life, and the state of the Union.]

[Mikal Shapiro plays NeciaFest, a benefit for Necia Gamby, Sunday, October 13, Noon to 4:00 pm at The Brick, 1727 McGee Street, KCMO with Stephonne Singleton, Cody Wyomong, Les Izmore, Mark Manning, Jenna Bauer, a silent auction of artwork, restaurant gift certificates, music from business in Necia’s Volker Neighborhood, RSVP for tables, brunch with all proceeds to help Necia’s recovery from a severe stroke she suffered in late July.]

5. Supermoto – “Butane Rush”
   from: “Butane Rush” – Single / Manor Records / Sept. 30, 2024
   [Hailing from Kansas City, this 5-piece group started meeting in the pre covid winter of 2020. April of 2021 they released their first two songs “Moonlight” and “Polarized” which led to a run of energetic and successful live performances – all the while building up many catchy originals drawing on their inspirations of jazz, funk, r&b, city pop and disco.]

[Supermoto play HOWDY at 6523 Stadium Drive, KCMO on Thursday, October 10, at 8:00pm for the Abandoncy album release of Assailable/Agonoism, with God’s Computer and Young Mvchetes.]

6. Hembree – “Wonderful Life”
   from: Better Days / Hembree / August 9, 2024
   [Hembree’s third studio album. Performed by: Hembree. Hembree is: Isaac Flynn, Eric Davis, Garrett Childers, Alex Ward & Austin Ward. Mixed by: Isaac Flynn. Mastered by: Ian Sefchick. Drums engineered by: Martin Cooke. Additional vocals by: Devynn Carter on tracks 1, 6, 9 and 10. Recorded at Kingsize Soundlabs (Los Angeles, CA), Peermusic (Burbank, CA) and Isaac’s house. Produced by: Isaac Flynn . // Hembree released their The 15-track album, IT’S A DREAM on February 4, 2022. It was part of WMM 120 Best Recordings of 2023. Hembree, is a KC born band was formed in November of 2015, with Isaac Flynn on guitar, & lead vocals, Garrett Childers on bass & vocals, Eric Davis on keys & synth, Alex Ward on guitar, and Austin Ward on drums. Hembree is signed to Thirty Tigers of Nashville, TN. The band was founded by original members Isaac Flynn, Garrett Childers, and Eric Davis. Brothers Alex and Austin Ward later joined in 2018. Hembree quickly garnered national attention after their single “Holy Water” was placed in an Apple commercial that aired during Super Bowl LII. The band’s music has been featured in a variety of other national placements, including Monday Night Football (NFL) and Bose. Hembree has notably supported Elvis Costello, Phoenix, Cold War Kids, Vance Joy, JR JR, and Joywave, among others. The band first toured Europe in Fall 2018. In 2018, Hembree signed with Thirty Tigers to release their first full-length album House on Fire, released 4/26/2019. In 2019, Hembree performed at Hangout Music Festival. They will also appear on the soundtrack of 13 Reasons Why: Season 3 with the song “Culture”. Hembree was named one of NPR’s Slingshot 2018 Artists to Watch. Rolling Stone named Hembree as one of the thirty best artists at SXSW 2018. “Had It All” debuted on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 on January 19, 2017. Lowe described the song as “absolutely fantastic.” “Holy Water” was featured in Apple’s HomePod “Distortion” TV spot, which ran during Super Bowl LII, the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, and the 2018 Winter Olympics. Hembree released the single, “Reach Out” on July 20, 2021 and “Operators (feat. Bodye)” on Sept. 21, 2021on Oread Records. Info at: http://www.hembreemusic.com]

[Hembree plays The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., Lawrence KC, on Saturday, October 12, at 8:00pm with The Creature Comforts and Flash Floods.]

7. The Creature Comforts – “Gincatastrophe”
   from: Teaching Little Fingers to Play / Hembree / SEPTEMBER 1, 2000
   [The Creature Comforts played a very special reunion concert at recordBar on Friday, September 27, with Ultimate Fakebook. It was their first show since 2007. The Creature Comforts played multiple shows in Lawrence and around Kansas, and released their debut album. Sentimental Bliss,” on Noisome Records. The Creature Comforts were originally formed by Chris Tolle on guitar & lead vocals, Brian Everard on bass, and Billy Brimblecom, Jr. on drums. The band would become a foursome when J.D. Warnock on guitar *& vocals before self-releasing their sophomore full-length, Teaching Little Fingers to Play, in 1999. // As this album celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, alongside Fakebook’s This Will Be Laughing Week, The Get Up Kids’ Something to Write Home About, and the Main Street Saints’ Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven…But Nobody Wants to Die, the Creature Comforts have also honored that occasion by releasing Teaching Little Fingers to Play on limited-edition vinyl.]

[The Creature Comforts plays The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., Lawrence KC, on Saturday, October 12, at 8:00pm opening for Hembree with Flash Floods.]

8. Okay Kara – “Picture This”
   from: Oh MY God – That’s So Me / Okay Kara / September 6, 2024
   [Kaya Wilkins (born August 14, 1990), better known as Okay Kaya, is a Norwegian-American musician born in New Jersey. // Wilkins was born in New Jersey and raised in Nesoddtangen, 4 miles outside of Oslo. Raised by her mother along with 5 brothers, she has both Scandinavian and African-American roots. // Wilkins’ first release under the moniker of Okay Kaya was the song “Damn, Gravity”, which was released in 2015. Three years later, she released her first full-length album, Both. The album was recorded with her boyfriend Aaron Maine of the band Porches. In 2020, Wilkins released her second full-length album as Okay Kaya, titled Watch This Liquid Pour Itself, via Jagjaguwar. The album received three out of five stars from The Guardian. Her cover of Cher’s Believe was featured in the HBO show Industry. // Wilkins acted her first role in the Norwegian drama Thelma. In August 2020, she released her mixtape Surviving is the New Living.]

9. LYXE – “Hard To Talk”
   from: “Hard To Talk” – Single / LYXE / October 4, 2024
   [Ryan Wise (of The Sluts) on vocals, Jimmy Girod on percussion, AJ Knudson on bass,. This indie/alternative rock band LYXE, hailing from Lawrence, Kansas, is thrilled to announce the release of their highly anticipated new single, “Hard To Talk.” This catchy track captures the essence of modern rock while weaving in nostalgic threads reminiscent of the vibrant sounds of the 80s. With its infectious guitar riffs and punchy rhythms, “Hard To Talk” is poised to resonate with fans of both contemporary hits and classic indie anthems, drawing comparisons to iconic bands like The Strokes. // “Hard To Talk” showcases LYXE’s signature sound, blending the jangly guitars and punchy drum patterns that evoke the playful energy of 80s rock while maintaining a fresh and modern vibe. The band’s unique approach to songwriting shines through as they tackle themes of communication and vulnerability. This dynamic new single encapsulates the essence of youthful exploration and the struggles of navigating relationships in today’s fast-paced world. // Lawrence, Kansas band LYXE is a band with big guitars, a driving backbeat, and a glowing purple neon sign. Formed in 2019, they’re an energetic three-piece whose music blends the best of modern rock radio with danceable ’80s New Wave. If Wavves listened to a lot of early INXS, the music they made would sound like LYXE. I Heart Local Music describes them as “…easily Lawrence’s most exciting band at the moment, and they prove it with every show.” // LYXE, a three piece pop-rock outfit formed out of the love of getting fans to sing and dance along to hip shaking rhythms reminiscent of classic 80’s and 90’s sounds. They quickly became a favorite of crowds and musicians alike with the lead of Ryan Wise’s crooning vocals and vintage guitar sounds. The trio has an undeniable chemistry that caught the local scene like wildfire. Bassist AJ Knudson brings a loveable charisma to their live presence, while drummer Jimmy Girod’s subtle, elegant delivery gives this act a sophisticated backbone. // In their debut EP, Everything You Could Ever Want, LYXE strives to create an infectious party environment that hips cannot deny. Pulling inspiration from a wide range of genres, this six-song EP has a pop-rock, new wave nostalgia that sinks its teeth into you. Luring in listeners with dramatics and lush hooks on “Wave,” yet unafraid to tap into their feral side on “I Got Everything.” The record closes with “Fit,” which makes you feel like you’re in an argument with your prom date in 1989. In July of 2022, LYXE recorded their debut EP, Everything You Could Ever Want, at Element Recording Studios in Kansas City. The new EP gave listeners a different side of Wise’s songwriting with crooning vocals and vintage guitar sounds. .The EP was released on September 15, 2022. // On June 23, 2023 LYXE released a remastered version of their song “Wave (Remastered 2023)” produced by Joel Nanos. Remaster by Jake Vertigo, with: Ryan Wise (of The Sluts) on vocals, Jimmy Girod on percussion, AJ Knudson on bass, and Chase Horseman on synthesizer. This was originally the debut single “Wave.” // LYXE release their singe ”Ice Cream” on June 23, 2023 // For additional information or inquiries please contact: wearelyxe@gmail.com ]

10:30 – Underwriting

10. Yma Sumac – “Malambo No. 1”
    from: Mambo! / Capital Records / January 1, 1954
    [Mambo! is the fifth studio album by Peruvian soprano Yma Sumac. It was released in 1954 by Capitol Records. Most of the tracks were composed by her husband Moisés Vivanco. //
    Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo (born Zoila Emperatriz Chávarri Castillo; September 13, 1922 – November 1, 2008), known as Yma Sumac (or Imma Sumack), was a Peruvian-born American-naturalised vocalist, composer, producer, actress and model. She won a Guinness World Record for the Greatest Range of Musical Value in 1956. “Ima sumaq” means “how beautiful” in Quechua. She has also been called Queen of Exotica[6] and is considered a pioneer of world music. Her debut album, Voice of the Xtabay (1950), peaked at number one in the Billboard 200, selling a million copies in the United States, and its single, “Virgin of the Sun God (Taita Inty)”, reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming an international success in the 1950s. Albums like Legend of the Sun Virgin (1952), Fuego del Ande (1959) and Mambo! (1955), were other successes. // In 1951, Sumac became the first Latin American female singer to debut on Broadway. In “Chuncho (The Forest Creatures)” (1953), she developed her own technical singing, named “double voice” or “triple coloratura”. During the same period, she performed in Carnegie Hall and Lewisohn Stadium. In 1960 she became the first Latin American woman to get a phonograph record star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Afterwards she toured the Soviet Union, selling more than 20 million tickets. According to Variety in 1974, Sumac had more than 3,000 concerts “covering the entire globe”, breaking any previous records by a performer. Fashion magazine V listed her as one of the 9 international fashion icons of all time in 2010. She has sold over 40 million records, which makes her the best-selling Peruvian singer in history. // Sumac was born Zoila Emperatriz Chávarri Castillo on September 13, 1922 in Callao. Then the family (a middle class one) moved to Cajamarca, where she spent her childhood. Her parents were the civic leader Sixto Chávarri (Cajamarca) and the schoolteacher Emilia Castillo (Ancash). Sumac was the youngest of six children. Growing up with the air of the Andean mountains, imitating the birds and other animals, she was “unintentionally making” her huge vocal range. In 1934, she traveled to live in Lima with her relatives. After being privately tutored from the age of 5, she entered a Catholic school in 1935. // Probably Sumac’s first public appearance was on August 16, 1938, with Moises Vivanco in a religious festival at Callao. She graduated high school in 1940. She recorded at least 18 tracks of Peruvian folk songs in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1943. These early recordings for the Odeon label featured composer Moisés Vivanco’s troupe Compañía Peruana de Arte, of 16 Peruvian dancers, singers, and musicians. // She was discovered by Les Baxter and signed by Capitol Records in 1950, at which time her stage name became Yma Sumac. Her first album, Voice of the Xtabay, launched a period of fame that included performances at the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall. // In 1950, she made her first tour to Europe and Africa, and debuted at the Royal Albert Hall in London and the Royal Festival Hall before the future Queen of England. She presented more than 80 concerts in London and 16 concerts in Paris. A second tour took her to the Far East: Persia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Burma, Thailand, Sumatra, the Philippines, and Australia. Her fame in countries like Greece, Israel and Russia made her change her two-week stay to six months. During the 1950s, she produced a series of best-selling recordings of lounge music featuring Hollywood-style arrangements of Incan and South American folk songs, working with Les Baxter and Billy May. The combination of her extraordinary voice, exotic looks, and stage personality made her a hit with American audiences. Sumac appeared in a Broadway musical, Flahooley, in 1951, as a foreign princess who brings Aladdin’s lamp to an American toy factory to have it repaired. The show’s score was by Sammy Fain and Yip Harburg, but her three numbers were the work of Vivanco, with one co-written by Vivanco and Fain. Flahooley closed quickly, but the Capitol recording of the show continues to sell well as a cult classic, in part because it also marked the Broadway debut of Barbara Cook. // The 1950s were the years of Sumac’s greatest popularity; She played Carnegie Hall, the Roxy Theatre with Danny Kaye, Las Vegas nightclubs and concert tours of South America and Europe. She put out a number of hit albums for Capitol Records, such as Mambo! (1954) and Fuego del Ande (1959). During the height of Sumac’s popularity, she appeared in the films Secret of the Incas (1954) with Charlton Heston and Robert Young, and Omar Khayyam (1957). // She became a U.S. citizen on July 22, 1955. In 1959, she performed Jorge Bravo de Rueda’s classic song “Vírgenes del Sol” on her album Fuego del Ande. In 1957 Sumac and Vivanco divorced, after Vivanco sired twins with another woman. They remarried that same year, but a second divorce followed in 1965. Apparently due to financial difficulties, Sumac and the original Inka Taky Trio went on a world tour in 1960, which lasted for five years. They performed in 40 cities in the Soviet Union for over six months, and a film was shot recording some moments of the tour, and afterward throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America. Their performance in Bucharest, Romania, was recorded as the album Recital, her only live in concert record. Sumac spent the rest of the 1960s performing sporadically. // She married Moisés Vivanco on June 6, 1942. After this date, Moisés and Yma toured South America and Mexico as a group of fourteen musicians called Imma Sumack and the Conjunto Folklorico Peruano. Some people in Peru did not appreciate her style of singing, most notably the writer José María Arguedas (La Prensa, 1944). In 1946, Sumac and Vivanco moved to New York City, where they performed as the Inka Taqui Trio, Sumac singing soprano, Vivanco on guitar, and her cousin, Cholita Rivero, singing contralto and dancing. The group was unable to attain any success; however, their participation in the South American Music Festival in Carnegie Hall was reviewed positively. In 1949, Yma gave birth to their only child, Carlos. // She had five octaves according to some reports, but other reports (and recordings) document four-and-a-half at the peak of her singing career. Shortly after her death, the BBC noted that a typical trained singer has a range of about three octaves. // In 1954, composer and music critic Virgil Thomson described Sumac’s voice as “very low and warm, very high and birdlike,” noting that her range “is very close to five octaves, but is in no way inhuman or outlandish in sound.” // In 1971, Sumac released a rock album, Miracles. She performed in concert from time to time during the 1970s in Peru and later in New York at the Chateau Madrid and Town Hall. In the 1980s, she resumed her career under the management of Alan Eichler, and had a number of concerts both in the United States and abroad, including the Hollywood Roosevelt Cinegrill, New York’s Ballroom in 1987[40] (where she was held over for seven weeks to SRO crowds) and several San Francisco shows at the Theatre on the Square among others. In 1987, she recorded “I Wonder” from the Disney film Sleeping Beauty for Stay Awake, an album of songs from Disney movies, produced by Hal Willner. She sang “Ataypura” during a March 19, 1987, appearance on Late Night with David Letterman. She recorded a new German “techno” dance record, “Mambo ConFusion”. // In 1989, she sang again at the Ballroom in New York and returned to Europe for the first time in 30 years to headline the BRT’s “Gala van de Gouden Bertjes” New Year’s Eve TV special in Brussels as well as the “Etoile Palace” program in Paris hosted by Frederic Mitterrand. In March 1990, she played the role of Heidi in Stephen Sondheim’s Follies, in Long Beach, California, her first attempt at serious theater since Flahooley in 1951. // She also gave several concerts in the summer of 1996 in San Francisco and Hollywood as well as two more in Montreal, Canada, in July 1997 as part of the Montreal International Jazz Festival. In 1992, she declined to appear in a documentary for German television entitled Yma Sumac – Hollywoods Inkaprinzessin (Yma Sumac – Hollywood’s Inca Princess). With the resurgence of lounge music in the late 1990s, Sumac’s profile rose again when the song “Ataypura” was featured in the Coen Brothers film The Big Lebowski. // Her song “Bo Mambo” appeared in a commercial for Kahlúa liquor and was sampled for the song “Hands Up” by The Black Eyed Peas. The song “Gopher Mambo” was used in the films Ordinary Decent Criminal, Happy Texas, Spy Games, and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, among others. “Gopher Mambo” was used in an act of the Cirque Du Soleil show Quidam, as a musical motif in the Russian show Kukhnya (along with “Bo Mambo” and “Taki Rari”), and in an iPhone commercial in 2020. The songs “Goomba Boomba” and “Malambo No. 1” appeared in Death to Smoochy. A sample from “Malambo No.1” was used in Robin Thicke’s “Everything I Can’t Have”. Sumac is also mentioned in the lyrics of the 1980s song “Joe le taxi” by Vanessa Paradis, and her album Mambo! is the record that Belinda Carlisle pulls out of its jacket in the video for “Mad About You”. “Gopher Mambo” is used as the opening song in the British version of the television series Ten Percent. // On May 6, 2006, Sumac flew to Lima, where she was presented the Orden del Sol award by Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo and the Jorge Basadre medal by the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. // Sumac died on November 1, 2008, aged 86, at an assisted living home in Los Angeles, California, nine months after being diagnosed with colon cancer. She was interred at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in the “Sanctuary of Memories” section. // On September 20, 2022, a new memorial bust statue was unveiled at her final resting place, at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, in honor of what would have been her 100th birthday. // Stories published in the 1950s claimed that she was an Incan princess, directly descended from Atahualpa. The government of Peru in 1946 formally supported her claim to be descended from Atahualpa, the last Incan emperor. However, her biographer, Nicholas E. Limansky, claimed that her Incan royal origin was not true. “Hollywood took this nice girl who wanted to be a folk singer, dressed her up and said she was a princess. And she acted like it,” according to Limansky. // For years, rumors circulated that Sumac was a housewife from Brooklyn whose real name was “Amy Camus”, which she reversed to become Yma Sumac. The origin of the rumor may plausibly be traced to a cleverly formulated review by influential jazz critic Leonard Feather, who used literary device, in a December 1950 column, to suggest that Sumac’s voice was in fact a theremin, that Xtabay—or Axterbay—was Pig Latin for Baxter, and that the name of the singer was Amy Camus, who took Serutan (a contemporary laxative: “natures” spelled backwards).]

10:35 – Interview with Michael McQuary

Michael McQuary is “the past, the present and the future all ot the same time.” Michael McQuary is The Man of a 1001 Faces. Michael McQuary started as a child actor at The Portland Civic Theatre. After High School he left for New York City as a scholarship recipient at the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts. In NYC, Michael McQuary worked at River West Theatre, Divine Theater and Cooper Square Theatre. Michael’s solo shows played in the West Village at: Eighty-eights, the Duplex, the Trocadero, and the cabaret space in the Cooper Square Theatre with his show, Astonishing. He premiered his show, The Secret Power of Fu Manchu at Cooper Square where he alternated the late-night spot with RuPaul and Mona Foote. Michael was featured in the downtown clubs: SoHo Grand with Joey Arias & Suzanne Bartsch, the Pyramid, Boy Bar and Starlight Bar & Lounge. Michael also performed Uptown at: Danny’s Grand Sea Palace, Don’t Tell Mama, The Bon Soir and Rick Talbots Ladies. Michael premiered his one-man show, Crystal Allen Strikes Back by Jon Michael Johnson, at Danny’s Grand Sea Palace. Michael currently makes Kansas City home where he premiered his show, I’m Hollywood, at KC Fringe Fest. Michael works extensively in film and starred as CORVALO for Mile Deep Films, Keeper and Love Shadow, for Bill’s Eye Cinema, MADEYE, and two documentary films on his work, Portrait of an Artist, by Cooper Square Productions, and Man of 1001 Faces, by Taishi Studios. McQuary was featured throughout the first season of the Amazon television series, Daddy’s Diva’s playing seven hilarious characters.

Michael McQuary joins us to share details about his show, One Night Date with Michael McQuary, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024 at 7:00pm, at Englewood Arts, 10901 E Winner Rd, Independence, MO. More info at: http://www.englewoodarts.art

Michael McQuary thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Béla Lugosi – For Michael McQuary is all started with Béla Lugosi …and his cape.

Hollywood Monsters. Michael calls himself an X-File.

Michael McQuary was a child actor at The Portland Civic Theatre and Doris Smith scholarship recipient. Was on plaque bearing his name for 1977.

Michael McQuary was a scholarship recipient at the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts.

While in New York, numerous stage appearance included productions at the River West Theatre, the Divine Theater and the Cooper Square Theatre. Plays include Arlecchino’s Unlucky Heart, Royal Hunt of the Sun, Aristophanes’ Peace as well as the world premieres of Spreadin’ It, The Secret Power of Fu Manchu, and En Attendant Oiseau.

Michael has actively concentrated on solo work and has performed in numerous Manhattan clubs and cabarets. His various one-man shows have played the famous West Village cabarets, Eighty-eights, the Duplex, the Trocadero, as well as in the cabaret space in the Cooper Square Theatre with his show, Astonishing.

He premiered his show, The Secret Power of Fu Manchu at Cooper Square Theatre where he alternated the late-night spot with drag stars, Ru Paul and Mona Foote.

Michael was featured regularly at many downtown clubs in New York, including the SoHo Grand, with Joey Arias and Suzanne Bartsch, and at the Pyramid, Boy Bar and Starlight Bar & Lounge. Uptown, Michael performed at Danny’s Grand Sea Palace, Don’t Tell Mama, The Bon Soir and Rick Talbots Ladies. Michael premiered his one-man production, Crystal Allen Strikes Back by Jon Michael Johnson, at Danny’s Grand Sea Palace.

Michael currently makes Kansas City, Missouri, his home. In KC, he premiered his one-man show, I’m Hollywood, at the Kansas City Fringe Festival, where it was held over for extra performances.

Michael has moved into film in Kansas City with the starring roles CORVALO (Mile Deep Films & Television LLC) directed by Anthony Ladesich.

Keeper and Love Shadow, (Bill’s Eye Cinema), MADEYE. Connections, (Cooper Square Productions/Art in the Loop).

And two docs on his work: Portrait of an Artist, (Cooper Square Productions) and Man of 1001 Faces, (Taishi Studios). Mr. McQuary will be seen summer of 2022 in Daddy’s Diva’s on multiple television platforms. He plays 7 characters in Season 1.

Not to mention he’s Steven Spielberg’s favorite “BelaLugosi” actor.

Michael is also a part of a team, Holly and Woody, with Philip Hoosier and Bill Pryor of Bill’s Eye Cinema, that make “no texting” spots for movie theaters.

When not acting or performing, Michael is a visual artist specializing in rapidly drawn portraits known as “Your Essence in Seconds.” Michael’s “Power Sign” jewelry and wall art is avidly collected and can be seen on walls, around wrists, necks and on fingers around the world.

Michael McQuary will be in the upcoming feature film by Patrick Rea, “Super Happy Fun Clown.”

Mr. McQuary is The Phantom Of The Opera (recreating Lon Chaney’s version.

Also a Batman fan film as the Joker.

Michael McQuary thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Michael McQuary joins us to share details about his show, One Night Date with Michael McQuary, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024 at 7:00pm, at Englewood Arts, 10901 E Winner Rd, Independence, MO. More info at: http://www.englewoodarts.art

10:57

11. Eboni Fondren – “The Late Late Show”
    from: The Journey: To Kansas City with Love / Miss Wardine Records / July 23, 2024
    [New 11-song studio album from Kansas City Jazz vocalist star. From Bill Brownlee’s blog, PLASTIC SAX (Aug. 18, 2024) “Fondren recalls her apprenticeship with the organist Everette DeVan on the autobiographical introductory song. Fondren’s vibrant personality and rich voice have since become widely admired. Kansas City standouts including James Albright, Chris Hazelton and Mark Lowrey help Fondren realize her vision on the live recording made at the Uptown Lounge.”: // Eboni Fondren is a dynamic, accomplished vocalist, actor and voice over talent who has been working in and around the Kansas City area for the past 20 years. Her voice can be heard all over the KC airwaves and in all venues entertaining for the masses! She has performed on stage at Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Coterie Theatre, Spinning Tree Theatre, and others. Eboni is one of the most highly sought after and premiere jazz vocalists in Kansas City and has become a bandleader in her own right. In addition to her own musical projects which include Eboni and the Ivories, and a member of the Lost Wax Band, Eboni collaborates with some of Kansas City’s top musicians and can be heard swinging all over the local jazz scene. On October 11, 2024 her Paris debut recording, “An American in Paris” with the Laurent Marode Orchestra will be released.More info at: http://www.ebonifondrenmusic.com]

11:00 – Station ID

12. Paris Williams – “Sunsets & Solariums” (radio edit)
    from: REBEL HEART / Bitter Sweet Sounds / January 31, 2023
    [Paris Williams is a 25-year old artist from Muskegon, Michigan in the midst of redefining the bedroom pop label. Employing his own sound that he’s dubbed, “bittersweet,” Williams never shuts away from his DIY aesthetic – producing his own work to maintain full creative flexibility. Premiering in December of 2019 with his debut album, DROP DEAD GORGEOUS, Paris is a believer in hitting the ground running and then just never letting off the gas. This mentality was shaped by the inspiration he’s pulled from other famously out-of-the-box artists: such as Kanye West, Pharrell, and Toro y Moi. // Fueled by the multi-faceted artists, Williams believes heavily in pulling from all creative mediums as a way to add layers and texture to his music. This approach has led to Williams seeing support from larger than life musical pillars, like Iggy Pop himself – who showed love to Williams’ song of the same name by spinning it on his BBC radio show in 2018. Williams reshapes the musical landscape around him as his burgeoning career continues to solidify its own form more and more each day by bringing in a breath of fresh air with him everywhere since he wrote his first bars in elementary school. Paris Williams previously released the single, “Hopscotch” on June 21, 2022. He released,“Chunky”on April 20, 2022. He released the single, “Sunsets & Solariums (feat. Bloom Allen)” on October 21, 2021 through Bittersweet Sounds. More info at: allmylinks.com/popstarpari

11:03 – Interview with Paris Williams

Paris Williams is a 25-year old artist from Muskegon, Michigan in the midst of redefining the bedroom pop label. Employing his own sound that he’s dubbed, “bittersweet,” Williams never shuts away from his DIY aesthetic – producing his own work to maintain full creative flexibility. Paris Williams returns to WMM to share details about new music he is currently working on.

Earlier this year Paris Williams with Bloom Allen released the Official Music Video for Sunsets & Solariums, filmed in Kansas City. (“Sunsets & Solariums (feat. Bloom Allen)” on October 21, 2021)

Fueled by the multi-faceted artists, Williams believes heavily in pulling from all creative mediums as a way to add layers and texture to his music.

Paris Williams, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

About “Sunsets & Solariums (feat. Bloom Allen)” Shuttlecock Music Magazine wrote: “Co-produced by Williams, Bloom Allen, and Internet Brad, the track features a sublime mixture of bright, inviting rhymes and the type of nocturnal rhythms you can do schoolwork to, or whatever that YouTube stream is. The single is backed by another track called “As Of Late,” which Williams accurately described at a recent show as (paraphrasing) ‘two minutes of straight bars.’

Last time Paris was with us was just before a headlining show at miniBar, at 3810 Broadway KCMO, on Friday, August 11, with the Bittersweet Bunch, Saving Miles Lemon, and MC RUE & Mikey. More info at: allmylinks.com/popstarparis

Paris was recently part of the singles:
“Ayo!” released September 18, and recorded with Globetotters, & Kaleab Samuel, featuring TyFaizon (of BLACKSTARKIDS),

“C’est La Vie” released September 14 and also recorded with Globetotters, & Kaleab Samuel

“Talk’n” released June 25, 2024.

Last year Paris Williams released the single “Pack Light.” It was a follow up to his EP, REBEL HEART released on January 31, 2023 on Bitter Sweet Sounds.

“LONDON, TOKYO” features the vocals of Sam Wells from the EP, REBEL HEART released January 31, 2023.

Paris Previously Paris Williams released the single, Hopscotch” on June 21, 2022. He released, “Chunky” on April 20, 2022.

Paris released his debut album, DROP DEAD GORGEOUS, in December of 2019.

Paris is a believer in hitting the ground running and then just never letting off the gas. This mentality was shaped by the inspiration he’s pulled from other famously out-of-the-box artists: such as Kanye West, Pharrell, and Toro y Moi.

Williams reshapes the musical landscape around him as his burgeoning career continues to solidify its own form more and more each day by bringing in a breath of fresh air with him everywhere since he wrote his first bars in elementary school.

The EP is a beautiful demonstration of what Paris writes about in his bio, his “DIY aesthetic – producing his own work to maintain full creative flexibility.”

Releasing music through his own bedroom pop label Bitter Sweet Sound.

Paris Williams is from Muskegon, Michigan he moved to Kansas City to find more of a community of musical artists. He is also good friends with members of the Blackstarkids.

11:11

13. Globetotters, Paris Williams & Kaleab Samuel – “uh huh” (radio edit)
    from: “uh huh” – Single / Globetrotters / September 14, 2024
    [Paris Williams is a 24-year old artist from Muskegon, Michigan in the midst of redefining the bedroom pop label. Employing his own sound that he’s dubbed, “bittersweet,” Williams never shuts away from his DIY aesthetic – producing his own work to maintain full creative flexibility. Premiering in December of 2019 with his debut album, DROP DEAD GORGEOUS, Paris is a believer in hitting the ground running and then just never letting off the gas. This mentality was shaped by the inspiration he’s pulled from other famously out-of-the-box artists: such as Kanye West, Pharrell, and Toro y Moi. // Fueled by the multi-faceted artists, Williams believes heavily in pulling from all creative mediums as a way to add layers and texture to his music. This approach has led to Williams seeing support from larger than life musical pillars, like Iggy Pop himself – who showed love to Williams’ song of the same name by spinning it on his BBC radio show in 2018. Williams reshapes the musical landscape around him as his burgeoning career continues to solidify its own form more and more each day by bringing in a breath of fresh air with him everywhere since he wrote his first bars in elementary school.Paris Williams previously released the single, “Hopscotch” on June 21, 2022. He released,“Chunky”on April 20, 2022. He released the single, “Sunsets & Solariums (feat. Bloom Allen)” on October 21, 2021 through Bittersweet Sounds. More info at: allmylinks.com/popstarparis

11:14 – More Interview with Paris Williams

Paris Williams is a 25-year old artist from Muskegon, Michigan in the midst of redefining the bedroom pop label. Employing his own sound that he’s dubbed, “bittersweet,” Williams never shuts away from his DIY aesthetic – producing his own work to maintain full creative flexibility. Premiering in December of 2019 with his debut album, DROP DEAD GORGEOUS, Paris is a believer in hitting the ground running and then just never letting off the gas. This mentality was shaped by the inspiration he’s pulled from other famously out-of-the-box artists: such as Kanye West, Pharrell, and Toro y Moi.

Paris Williams joins us today to share details about his new music project releasing in November called: A Paris Williams Joint

Paris Williams, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

The Globetrotters will be releasing all of these tracks together on one EP later in October.

Paris is a believer in hitting the ground running and then just never letting off the gas. Fueled by the multi-faceted artists, Williams believes heavily in pulling from all creative mediums as a way to add layers and texture to his music.

This approach has led to Williams seeing support from larger than life musical pillars, like Iggy Pop himself – who showed love to Williams’ song of the same name by spinning it on his BBC radio show in 2018.

Paris Williams was searching for other musical artists who came from Muskegon, Michigan, that was when he learned more, and then also wrote a song called “Iggy Pop.”

In November Paris will be releasing new music as, A Paris Williams Joint. The song, “Alien Luv” will be part of A Paris Williams Joint

11:23

14. Paris Williams – “Alien Luv” (radio edit)
    from: A Paris Williams Joint / Bitter Sweet Sound / To be released in November, 2024
    [Paris Williams is a 24-year old artist from Muskegon, Michigan in the midst of redefining the bedroom pop label. Employing his own sound that he’s dubbed, “bittersweet,” Williams never shuts away from his DIY aesthetic – producing his own work to maintain full creative flexibility. Premiering in December of 2019 with his debut album, DROP DEAD GORGEOUS, Paris is a believer in hitting the ground running and then just never letting off the gas. This mentality was shaped by the inspiration he’s pulled from other famously out-of-the-box artists: such as Kanye West, Pharrell, and Toro y Moi. // Fueled by the multi-faceted artists, Williams believes heavily in pulling from all creative mediums as a way to add layers and texture to his music. This approach has led to Williams seeing support from larger than life musical pillars, like Iggy Pop himself – who showed love to Williams’ song of the same name by spinning it on his BBC radio show in 2018. Williams reshapes the musical landscape around him as his burgeoning career continues to solidify its own form more and more each day by bringing in a breath of fresh air with him everywhere since he wrote his first bars in elementary school. Paris Williams previously released the single, “Hopscotch” on June 21, 2022. He released,“Chunky”on April 20, 2022. He released the single, “Sunsets & Solariums (feat. Bloom Allen)” on October 21, 2021 through Bittersweet Sounds. More info at: allmylinks.com/popstarparis]

Alien Luv from my project releasing in November called: A Paris Williams Joint

Paris Williams, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

More info at: allmylinks.com/popstarparis

11:28 – Underwriting

15. The Sexy Accident – “Shadow of Doubt”
    from: Live at Prospero’s Bell Tower / The Sexy Accident / June 13, 2024
    [Songs written by Jesse Kates / Halaster Music [ASCAP]. Performed by The Sexy Accident: Jesse Kates on vocals & guitars. Ramone Hall on drums, Ryan Leip on keys, Mack McKinney on bass, and Rachel Jaggard on vocals. Produced by Danny Mac. Recorded and Mixed by Josh Luke. Recorded at Prospero’s Books in Kansas City on December 9, 2023. Thanks to Will Leathem More info at: http://www.sexyaccident.bandamp.com]

11:33 – Interview with Jesse Kates of The Sexy Accident

Jesse Kates of The Sexy Accident, joins us to share the band’s new single “Becoming” to be released Friday, October 11, 2024. Earlier this year on June 13, 2024, The Sexy Accident released their 4-song EP, Live at Prospero’s Bell Tower, recorded at Prospero’s Books in Kansas City on December 9, 2023. The current lineup of The Sexy Accident includes: Jesse Kates on vocals & guitars, Ramone Hall on drums, Ryan Leip on keyboards, Mack McKinney on bass, Rachel Jaggard on vocals. The Sexy Accident has released 17 albums/EPs and multiple singles. Many of their albums have been released in creative very ways including a hardbound book of lyrics, interviews and original artwork, and as a board/card game. More information at http://www.thesexyaccident.com

Jesse Kates is the fearless frontman of The Sexy Accident, Rachel Jaggard is the newest member of the band bringing her big beautiful vocals to the band as she did in her previous band Dolls on Fire with Zach Hodson, Michelle Bacon, Mark Johnson, and Ben Byard.

Jesse Kates, and Rachel Jaggard, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Last time Jesse was on the show was before the EP Release Party for NEW ROULETTE – on Saturday, April 23, at 6:30 PM at The Warwick Theatre, 3927 Main Street, Kansas City, MO., with Sisterbot, and Comedy by Briana Van Deusen.

WE just heard from, Live at Prospero’s Bell Tower, recorded at Prospero’s Books in Kansas City on December 9, 2023.

The current lineup of The Sexy Accident includes:
Jesse Kates on vocals & guitars,
Ramone Hall on drums,
Ryan Leip on keyboards,
Mack McKinney on bass,
Rachel Jaggard on vocals.

“Driven by catchy melodies and smart, real-life lyric writing.” – The Big Takeover.
Come celebrate The Sexy Accident’s 15th studio release, New Roulette!

Mercurial Pop of Brains and Heart by The Sexy Accident

11:41

16. The Sexy Accident – “Becoming”
    from: “Becoming” – Single / The Sexy Accident / October 9, 2024
    [The Sexy Accident includes: Jesse Kates on vocals & guitars, Ramone Hall on drums, Ryan Leip on keyboards, Mack McKinney on bass, Rachel Jaggard on vocals. The Sexy Accident has released 17 albums/EPs and multiple singles. More information at http://www.thesexyaccid

11:44 – More Interview with Jesse Kates of The Sexy Accident

We are talking with Jesse Kates of The Sexy Accident, about the band’s new single “Becoming” to be released soon. Earlier this year The Sexy Accident released the EP, Live at Prospero’s Bell Tower, recorded at Prospero’s Books in KC on Dec. 9, 2023.

Jesse Kates, and Rachel Jaggard, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

The Sexy Accident Selected Discography

Live at Prospero’s Bell Tower (2024)
The Sexy Accident released this 4-song EP om June 13, 2024. Songs written by Jesse Kates / Halaster Music [ASCAP]. Performed by The Sexy Accident: Jesse Kates on vocals & guitars. Ramone Hall on drums, Ryan Leip on keys, Mack McKinney on bass, and Rachel Jaggard on vocals. Produced by Danny Mac. Recorded and Mixed by Josh Luke. Recorded at Prospero’s Books in Kansas City on December 9, 2023. Thanks to Will Leathem More info at: http://www.sexyaccident.bandamp.com]

New Roulette (2022)
Kansas City’s The Sexy Accident plays mercurial pop of brains and heart “driven by catchy melodies and smart, real-life lyric writing.” (The Big Takeover) When the pandemic struck in 2020, songwriter and bandleader Jesse Kates built a home studio and began producing New Roulette remotely. Josh Williams performed and recorded Ramone Hall’s drum parts. Ryan Leip flew in guitars for Jesse to re-amp. Jamie Pratt sang at her father’s suburban home and Mack McKinney played bass from Jesse’s back yard. For more Kansas City flavor, New Roulette’s lead track, I’m Feeling Dancy, features Sisterbot and the EP includes a cover of Wind Flirter by True Lions. New Roulette comprises six tracks and releases on 23 April 2022.

Rabarbaro (2020)
The band’s seventh long-player, Rabarbaro, released on 14 April 2020 during the year of the band’s fifteenth anniversary. Produced, engineered and mixed by longtime collaborator and pacific northwest legend Steve Fisk (Car Seat Headrest, Low, Unwound, Nirvana, Pigeonhed) in Kansas City and Tacoma, Rabarbaro comprises eleven of songwriter Jesse Kates’ most dark, dynamic and sensual songs, living up to the intensity of the album’s namesake adult beverage: a bittersweet, intoxicating (30% ABV) variety of Italian amaro distilled from Chinese rhubarb with zest and cardamom.

Live at Holy Cow EP (Sept. 23, 2017)
Performed on September 23, 2016, with Jesse Kates on vocals & guitar, Ramone Hall on drums, Jamie Lin on vocals, Pete Marten on bass, and Ryan Leip on keyboards. Recorded by Josh Williams. Songs selected from Champagne Babycakes, Lavender 3 and Ninja Ninja Fight Darth Vader. Cover art curated by Carly Lewandowski of How Very Vintage from objects found at Holy Cow.

Champagne Babycakes (2016)
Champagne Babycakes is the world’s first album released as a card game. Each copy of Champagne Babycakes includes a complete game deck of 54 cards illustrated by Gavin Snider and twelve songs written by Sexy Accident bandleader Jesse Kates. Champagne Babycakes was produced by Steve Fisk. The songs of Champagne Babycakes are hefty yet compact, like a deck of cards, and reflect Kates’ mainstay themes of romance and family life. Sonically, the album echoes and amplifies features of The Sexy Accident’s prior work, including the groove of Ninja Ninja Fight Darth Vader, the layering of Lavender 3, the squall of Mantoloking, and the dynamics of Kinda Like Fireworks.

Lavender 3 (2013)
Like Champagne Babycakes, The Sexy Accident’s fifth release isn’t a typical record. To deliver tactile pleasure with the ease of downloads, the band created a pop album as a hardback book. Lavender 3 is a nine-inch square, 48-page, silver cloth-covered, smythe-sewn, silk-screened book brimming with lyrics, paintings, illustrations, interviews and commentary, including works by Blue Gallery painter Bernal Koehrsen and poet Jim Daniels. Lavender 3 comprises twelve love songs marinated in strings, keyboards and alternate-tuned guitars. The tracks guest star Laurel Parks and Sascha Groschang of string ensemble The Wires, and Sean Nelson of Harvey Danger, among others.

“The Oh,” was the third single from Rabarbaro released February 13, 2020.
“The Land of Want” was the second single released November 2, 2019
“Unto a Sparkling Shore” was the first single released September 21, 2019

Key Lineups

2022 Jesse Kates, Ramone Hall, Jamie Pratt, Ryan Leip, Mack McKinney
2015 Jesse Kates, Ramone Hall, Jamie Pratt, Dan Diamond
2013 Jesse Kates, Daniel Torrence, Camry Ivory, Mark Hamblin, Kristin Smith view
2010 Jesse Kates, Daniel Torrence, Camry Ivory, Mark Hamblin
2009 Jesse Kates, Daniel Torrence, Chad Toney, Pat Padgett
2007 Jesse Kates, Daniel Torrence, Pat Fent
2005 Jesse Kates, Billy Brown, Dan Weller

Jesse was on WMM on April 15, 2020 in the early days of COVID 19. Jesse called into the show to share details about The Sexy Accident’s 7th full length, Rabarbaro, released April 14, 2020 during the band’s 15th year. Produced, engineered & mixed in Kansas City and Seattle, by longtime collaborator and pacific-northwest legend Steve Fisk (Car Seat Headrest, Low, Unwound, Nirvana, Pigeonhead), Rabarbaro includes 11 of songwriter Jesse Kates’ most dark, dynamic and sensual songs. Rabarbaro was performed by Jesse Kates on guitars, vocals, keyboards & percussion; Ramone Hall on drums; Jamie Pratt on vocals; Ryan Leip on guitars & keyboards; and Eric Knight on bass; with Steve Fisk on keyboards, and guest violinist Laurel Parks. More info at http://www.sexyaccident.com

In 2005, after years of spinning wordless tales with Pittsburgh, PA-based instrumental band Whitford, Jesse Kates decided to sing. Jesse had recently relocated to Kansas City for a day job and needed co-conspirators. A search of nearby cubicles revealed Dan Weller, the bass-playing spouse of a market researcher, and Craig used his list to find Billy Brown, the band’s first drummer. Musicians assembled, Jesse began to write. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University’s Creative Writing program, Jesse remains influenced by a mantra of the faculty – have the courage to be clear – to this day. As the only permanent band member, The Sexy Accident remains unavoidably Jesse-centric, yet the sonics transform from album to album, showcasing the strengths of each lineup.

The Sexy Accident is a pop band from Kansas City. The Sexy Accident have released over 100 songs on seven albums and five EPs. The Sexy Accident doesn’t do normal, their 2014 album Lavendar 3 was released as a 9” x 9” square, 48-page, cloth-covered, foil-stamped hardback book. Their 2016 recording Champagne Babycakes, the band’s 6th full length record, was released as a “card game.” The band’s last release, Chamcakes Babypagne was a selection of songs from The Sexy Accident’s , Champagne Babycakes, re-imagined and reconstructed by Steve Fisk, namelessnumberheadman, Akkilles and guest musicians.

Jesse Kates Thanks for being with us on WMM

More info at http://www.sexyaccident.com

11:53

17. Daniel Gum – “Ain’t Much Time Now Left for Summer”
    from: Ain’t Much Time Now Left for Summer – Single / Manor Records / September 21, 2024
    [Earlier this year, Daniel Gum released the single, Sophia – Don’t I Know – Single through Manor Records on January 24, 2024. Daniel Gum is a singer-songwriter based out of Kansas City, KS who has been active since 2017. Daniel Gum released the single “Julia” on December 9, 2022. Daniel Gum released the single “Wolverine (ft. Rachel Cion)” on September 19, 2921. Daniel Gu, released the electronic pop EP, I’M NOT DEAD in 2017 and an acoustic EP, MOON in 2018. In addition to working on his own solo project, Daniel has been working with other local groups—playing bass and engineering for his band Pillow (a post-punk/shoegaze group) and playing drums behind singer-songwriter Chloe Jacobson, also doing some recording for her. Channeling the likes of Elliott Smith & Andy Shauf, he co-produced his new record THIRTEEN with Mike Crawford, playing almost everything you hear on the album and mixing it himself. Signing to Manor Records in the spring of 2020, he officially released THIRTEEN on cassette & CD on October 30, 2020. All songs written, performed, and.mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering. Daniel Gum is a 24 year old singer-songwriter . Since the age of 12, he has spent the majority of his time writing and recording songs by himself in his room. The Moon EP was released December 7, 2019. It was engineered by Mike Crawford and Daniel Gum and mixed by Daniel Gum with piano and accordion by Cole Crawford. Daniel Gun released his EPI’M NOT DEAD on October 25, 2017, and his 10-song album Reorient on July 31, 2015, with all songs written, recorded and mixed by Daniel Gum who also performed all vocals guitars, drums, piano, bass. harmonica, and programming. The first single from Daniel Gum’s album, Thirteen “Ruin Your Life” was released on September 4, The second single, “In The Worst Ways” was released September 28, 2020. ] [On our July 22, 2020, WMM show we played Daniel Gum’s track, “Tired Saint” from French Exit Records – Black Lives Matter Compilation, released July 6, 2020. French Exit Records was launched two years ago as an independent music label in KCMO, founded by Brad Girard. French Exit Records has released albums for No Magic and Raymond,. BLM Compilation is 22 acts from the area, with all proceeds donated to One Struggle KC’s Liberation Fund, a Black-led coalition of KC activists seeking to connect the struggles of oppressed communities, locally & globally. Daniel Gum joined us on WMM on November 11, 2020.]

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

Next week on Wednesday, October 16 – Betse Ellis will be back with Joelle St. Pierre as our special Guest Co-Hosts, for part one of our Fall On-Air Fund Drive. Also next week Christena Graves will be with us LIVE in the studio.

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