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Playlist from: Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Jori Sackin & Pat Vamos & “Space Thang”
+ City Arts Project with Sean Kelley
+ Matt Jacobs & David Rhoads – Guest D.J.s

1. Laurie Anderson – “Cartoon Song”
from: Talk Normal: The Laurie Anderson Anthology (Remastered) / Warner Bros. / Oct. 17, 2000
[Originally from United States Live, the third album release by avant-garde singer-songwriter Laurie Anderson. Released as a 5-record boxed set (later reissued, slightly truncated, on four CDs), the album was recorded at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City in February 1983 as part of her 4 and one half hour performance that also included film and video segments. Laurie Anderson will be in Kansas City in concert at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Helzberg Hall, Sunday October 9, 2011, at 7:00 PM.you can go to Kauffmancenter.org or call 816-994-7222 for more information.]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PHILIP ‘blue owl’ HOOSER!!!

2. Tammar – “The Last Line (Dylan Ettinger remix)”
from: Visits / Suicide Squeeze Records / Sept. 20, 2011

3. The Velvet Underground – “I’ll Be Your Mirror”
from: Peel Slowly and See / PolyGram / 1995 [5 CD Box Set – Out of Print] [orig. from LIVE AT MAX’S KANSAS CITY, released May 1972. Recorded by Brigid Polk on a cassette recorder with Lou Reed on vocals & guitar, Sterling Morrison on guitar, Doug Yule on bass & vocals, and Billy Yule on drums. Lou and Doug sing with an accent to immitate Nico’s original vocals.]

4. Mary Fortune – “Sheets on the Bed”
from: Mary Fortune / Independent / May 6, 2011
[Mary Fortune is: Laura Frank, Jori Sackin, Andrew Connor, Liz Connor, Bill Belzer. Mixed by Mike Nolte.]

10:15 – Interview with Jori Sackin and Pat Vamos

SPACE THANG is a new film created by artists Jori Sackin and Pat Vamos that will premiere, this Saturday, October 1, in a special screening at The Strand Theatre, 3544 Troost, in Kansas City. The band Mary Fortune will kick things off at 9:00 PM with a live musical performance that will be followed by trailers that Pat Vamos has assembled. The video: “Follow The Sun” created by MK12 will be screened, followed by the premiere of SPACE THANG.

Pat Vamos, has worked with the Upright Citizens Brigade, and has recently done music videos for local bands: Ghosty, The Get-up Kids and Bill Belzer’s “Devil Girl” song.

SPACE THANG tells the story of The Chicken. Interspersed between Chicken segments will be found footage cut-ups from early sexploitation and porn movies.

SPACE THANG will premiere, this Saturday, October 1, at The Strand Theatre, 3544 Troost. Mary Fortune will kick things off at 9:00 PM with a live musical performance, followed by trailers, original music videos, “Follow The Sun” created by MK12, followed by the premiere of SPACE THANG.

10:29 – Underwriting

10:31

5. Radiohead – “Lotus Flower”
from: King of Limbs / Ticker Tape / Feb 18, 2011

10:36 – Interview with Sean Kelley, Matt Jacobs and David Rhoads

Sean Kelley, is Co-Founder and Director at City Arts Project, 2015 Campbell Street, Kansas City, a new art space that is located in the historic City Ice building at the northeast corner of 21st and Campbell Streets that combines a gallery, pop shop and six artist workspaces. Co-Curators: Matt Jacobs and David Rhoads joined us to discuss C.A.P.’s newest exhibit, Twenty Something, opening this October 7.

More information at: 816-820-4105. For more information about Matt and David’s work you can visit: thatmattjacobs.com or davidjrhoads.com

10:50

6. Jim Noir – “One Note World”
from: Rainbuns and Blank Ends EP / Noir Club – jimnoir.com / June, 2011

7. Neon Indian – “Polish Girl”
from: Era Extrana / Mom + Pop / September 13, 2011

11:00 – Guest DJs – Matt Jacobs & David Rhoads

Matt Jacobs grew up in the Chicago area while David Rhoads is from St. Louis. After receiving their BFA’s from the Kansas City Art institute in 2010, both have continued creating works and helping to develop new artist spaces. Both have also found work at You Say Tomato where they have served as Line Cooks among other positions at the store. A frequent customer of You Say Tomato, Jim “The Blind Guy” Hoschek, recently donated to 90.1 FM during our last fund drive and he received a “Guest DJ” Thank you gift for his generous donation. Jim passed the Guest DJ certificate on to Matt Jacob & David Rhoads.

8. Ken Nordine – “Yellow”
from: Colors / Asphodel Records / May 9, 2000
[From Amazon.com: The voice-over man from a thousand commercials, Ken Nordine registers in your subconscious instantly: Wait, I know that guy! Smooth as an ice sculpture and ringing with “the voice of our sponsor,” Nordine has personified authority since the 1960s. It’s disorienting at first to hear the way Nordine lets go on this record with a Beat-inspired, mellifluous-sounding, Dr. Seuss-like exploration of the meanings of different colors. Many of the pieces are parables on racism and human behavior, but they’re also totally silly, and meant to be. Recorded in the late 1960s, the 34 tracks manage to be sort of psychedelically goofy but charming at the same time. “Absolute gray is the grayest gray / That’s the same distance from absolute white as it is from absolute black,” Nordine almost-sings to a delightful, freeform studio backing of hip jazz. All your mix tapes will be very happy that you’ve bought this strange record to flavor them with. –Mike McGonigal]

9. Little Eva – “The Loco-Motion”
from: The Loco-Motion / Rhino / Feb. 26, 1996
[The original recording of the song was sung by Eva Boyd, under the stage name Little Eva. Boyd was actually Carole King’s babysitter, having been introduced to King and husband Gerry Goffin by The Cookies, a local girl group who would also record for the songwriters. The song is notable for appearing in the American Top 5 three times – each time in a different decade: for Little Eva in 1962 (U.S. #1); for Grand Funk Railroad in 1974 (U.S. #1); and for Kylie Minogue in 1988 (U.S. #3).]

10. The Shangri-Las – “Give Him A Great Big Kiss”
from: Stonewall: Music From The Motion Picture / Sony / 1996

11. The Chips – “Rubber Biscuit”
from: Super-Size Me: A Soundtrack of Epic Porportions / Kinkysweet / 2004
[a short-lived New York doo-wop vocal group consisting of teenage friends Charles Johnson (lead vocal), Nathaniel Epps (baritone), Paul Fulton (bass), Sammy Strain and Shedrick Lincoln (tenors). The group’s first recording is their most enduring; “Rubber Biscuit” started life as Johnson’s answer to the marching rhythms of the Warwick School For Delinquent Teenagers while he was an intern there.]

12. Thee Oh Sees – “Ghost in The Trees”
from: The Master’s Bedroom is Worth Spending the Night In / Tomlab / April 8, 2008

11:15

13. The Sugarcubes – ” Motorcrash”
from: Life’s Too Good / Elektra / 1988

14. Sneaky Creeps – “All Sales Final”
from: World Cup / Independent / 2011

11:30 – Underwriting

15. Gorillaz featuring Lou Reed – “Some Kind of Nature”
from: Plastic Beach / Virgin Records / March 3, 2010
[The third studio album by British virtual band and alternative hip hop supergroup Gorillaz. Conceived from an unfinished Gorillaz project called Carousel, the album was recorded during June 2008 to November 2009 and produced primarily by group co-creator Damon Albarn. It features guest appearances by several artists, including Snoop Dogg, Gruff Rhys, De La Soul, Bobby Womack, Mos Def, Lou Reed, Mick Jones, Mark E. Smith, Paul Simonon, Bashy, Kano, Little Dragon and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble.]

16. The Magnetic Fields – “Underwear”
from: 69 Love Songs / Merge / 1999

17. Ken Nordine – “Beige”
from: Colors / Asphodel Records / May 9, 2000

18. Jonathan Richman – “Monologue About Bermuda”
from: Having A Party With Jonathan Richman / Rounder Records / 1991

11:45

19. Cyndi Lauper – “When You Were Mine”
from: She’s So Unusual / Portrait / October 14, 1983 [written by Prince]

20. Lady Ga Ga – “Monster”
from: The Fame Monster / Interscope / 2009

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

Sources for Notes: Artist’s websites noted above and wikipedia.org

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