Wednesday MidDay Medley
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
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Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Reverend Dwight Frizzell + Johnny Hamil
+ Instant Karma + Jesus Loves The Atom Bomb

1.”It’s Showtime Folks”
from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / Dec 20, 1979
[WMM’s theme]

2. Calvin Arsenia – “Toxic”
from: Cantaloupe / Center Cut Records / September 15, 2018 (KC Release)
[Calvin Arsenia who came home to KC in 2014 after living in Edinburgh, Scotland, and has released the EPs, Moments, Prose, Cavia, and the full length debut, Catastrophe.Standing at 6 foot 6 inches, Arsenia’s powerful vocals span a 3.5 octave range, playing piano, banjo, guitar & harp. Calvin has played Folk Alliance Int., KC Fringe Fest, Apocalypse Meow, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts, Middle of the Map Fest., The Folly Theatre. Last year he undertook a three month US/European Outlyre Tour playing San Francisco,Vancouver, NYC, Boston, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Switzerland and Paris.]

[Calvin Arsenia plays Tristian Griffin’s Palimpsest, Thur, June 13 at 7:00 PM & Fri, June 14 at 11:00 PM at Capsule, Charlotte Street Foundation’s new multi-room installation event space, 1664 Broadway Blvd, KCMO. the collaborative multi-media interactive art performance, features award-winning poet Glenn North, and original music by Calvin Arsenia and Pheenix Leeor (Marleena Willingham)]

[Calvin Arsenia will be appearing with The Mike Dillon Band opening for Rickie Lee Jones, Sun, June 16, at Crossroads KC, 417 E. 18th St, KCMO, 8:00 PM. Mike Dillon co-produced R.L.J. new KICKS.]

[Calvin Arsenia plays INTER Relation>ship w/ Jade Osborne, Wed, June 19, 7:00 PM at Washington Square Park, 100 E. Pershing Rd, KCMO.]

[Calvin Arsenia plays Briarfest, Fri, June 21, 4:30 PM at Briar Cliff, 4100 N Mulberry Dr, KCMO.]

10:07

3. Ivory Blue – “Ready Get Set”
from: Ready Get Set – Single / Big Machine Records – John Varvatos Records / June 15, 2018
[Ivory Black was born in 1986 in Peoria Illinois, as Devin James Miclettet. Ivory’s birth mother put them up for adoption at the age of four. Ivory speaks about how it was difficult to find trust in people offering their home to someone denied of it for so long, Ivory had lived with eight different families, before running away at 15, moving from Indiana to Oklahoma and eventually ending up in Seattle. In 2011, after a friend sent a plane ticket, Ivory landed in the Kansas City area, and became a part of new family where they were able to have solid ground and over the past several years has been performing in singer-songwriter showcases and in June 2015 Ivory released their debut EP, Ready Get Set.]

[Ivory Blue plays Boulevardia on The Proaganda 3 Stage Sat, June 15, 1:00 PM in KC’s Stockyards District.]

[Ivory Blue plays Songwriter Night at Davey’s Uptown 3402 Main St, KCMO, Wed, June 19, 7:00 PM]

4. Krystle Warren – “Sunbeams”
from: A Time to Keep Love Songs EP / Parlour Door Music / August 12, 2011
[Originally from KC, Krystle learned to play the guitar by listening to Rubber Soul & Revolver from The Beatles. Krystle graduated from Paseo Arts Academy in 2001 and began her musical career in collaborating with area jazz and pop musicians. After living in San Francisco and NYC, Krystle was signed to a French label, Because Music, and moved to Paris to release “Circles” in 2009. Krystle played French and British television programs, including Later with Jools Holland, garnering critical acclaim and traveling all over the world with Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave, Norah Jones, and Joan As Police Woman. Krystle created, Parlour Door Music, to release “Love Songs: A Time You May Embrace” a recording from a 13-day session in Brooklyn, where she recorded 24 songs live with 28 musicians including her band, The Faculty, alongside choirs, horn and string sections.]

10:15 – Interview with Dwight Frizzell

Dwight Frizzell is a Professor at KCAI, and is an internationally recognized artist whose work combines video, performance, installation, music, audio art, and writing.. Frizzell’s work about his boyhood neighbor, Harry S. Truman, was featured in the Peabody-awarded “Lost and Found Sound” series broadcast on National Public Radio. Frizzell has produced an opera based on the life of Charles Darwin. In addition to his B.F.A. degree from KCAI, he holds a terminal fine arts degree in Sound Design from the UMKC. Dwight Frizzell, is a founder of the “groovy polyphonic jazz/dance” band, Black Crack Revue, now in their 37th year. Dwight Frizzell is also a founding member of the newEar contemporary chamber ensemble, and is host & producer of “From Arc To Microchip” heard Wednesdays at 11:30 PM on 90.1 FM. Dwight Frizzell joins us to shares details about Heliophonie (Sun Sound) a midday Solstice concert, Friday, June 21, 11:00 AM to Noon at KC Art Institute’s Vanderslice Reception Patio (behind historically restored Vanderslice Hall) at 4415 Warwick Blvd., KCMO.

Dwight Frizzell, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

“Hail Solarians, cobras rise!
Come in joy, come in peace
to the place of secret sound.” — from the Sun Temple at Thebes

Heliophonie (Sun Sound) – A midday Solstice concert–Friday June 21, from 11am to noon at Kansas City Art Institute’s Vanderslice Reception Patio (behind historically restored Vanderslice Hall), 4415 Warwick Blvd., KCMO.

Heliophonie (Sun Sound) will be performed in-sync to the sun’s harmonic tones. The solar sphere oscillates like a bell ringing every 4 minutes 48 seconds (as heard on a large gong). Overtones pulse in quadra-pole rotation (realized by the instruments & electronics). Solar storms moving vigorously through the resonating convection-zone are performed by instrumental duets.

Myth-Science Ensemble featuring Thomas Aber, Patrick Conway, Hannah Kelly, Allan Winkler, Dwight Frizzell and guests will be resonating with the sun.

Open-to-the-public event at an accessible outdoor vantage point.

In case of rain, the event will be held in Vanderslice Reception Room.

This is an artist-sponsored event with additional support from the Kansas City Art Institute, a four year undergraduate college of art and design, where Dwight is Professor in Sound and Converging Media.

10:20

5. Myth-Science Ensemble – “Heliophonie (Solar Music): Cell 12”
from: Heliophonie (Solar Music)/ Dwight Frizzell / Not Released
[Thomas Aber, Patrick Conway, Hannah Kelly, Allan Winkler, Dwight Frizzell]

10:24 – More Interview with Dwight Frizzell

We are talking with Dwight Frizzell about Heliophonie (Sun Sound) – a midday Solstice concert–Friday June 21, from 11am to noon at Kansas City Art Institute’s Vanderslice Reception Patio (behind historically restored Vanderslice Hall), 4415 Warwick Blvd., KC, MO.

Contacts: Dwight Frizzell, KCAI artist, dfrizzell@kcai.edu and Kathy StClair, KCAI Communications, kstclair@kcai.edu

Frizzell works as a professor at The KC Art Institute;

Dwight Frizzell is a founding member of the newEar contemporary chamber ensemble.

Dwight Frizzell is host & producer of “From Arc To Microchip” airing Wednesday 11:30 PM – 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio.

Dwight Frizzell is an internationally recognized artist whose interdisciplinary work combines video, performance, installation, music, audio art and writing. He has been producing the “From Ark to Microchip” series with Jay Mandeville since 1984. Ark radio has been heard on KOPN, KCUR, KGNU, RESONANCE FM (London), RADIO NOVA (Paris), and WKCR (New York).

Dwight’s boyhood neighbor in Independence, Missouri was Harry S. Truman, who appears in Dwight’s work as a pianist, Atlantean King and time-traveler. Dwight released the “Beyond the Black Crack” LP in 1976, studied video art with Douglas Davis (1977), clarinet with Raymond Luedeke (1979) and metaphysics with Sun Ra (1980-1990). His work was exhibited at Biennale de Paris, World-Wide Video Festival (Amsterdam), and broadcast on NPR.

Dwight’s collaborative third-mind creations with writer Jay Mandeville includes plays, essays, and Ark scripts. Their work was published in “Semiotext(e) Radiotext(e)” and “Experimental Sound and Radio” (MIT Press). They edited The Pitch newspaper in the early ‘80s.

Dwight’s music is available on Paradigm discs (England). He plays Buffet clarinets and Yamaha saxophones and wind controllers. His collaborations with Michael Henry include “Sonic Force,” where AFR A10 Warthog Attack Planes were used as musical instruments. Frizzell is a founding member of the Black Crack Revue, the newEar contemporary chamber ensemble, and the National Audio Theatre Festivals. He performed recently with David Ossman and Phil Proctor of the Firesign Theatre.

Dwight Frizzell, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

Heliophonie (Sun Sound) – A midday Solstice concert–Friday June 21, from 11am to noon at Kansas City Art Institute’s Vanderslice Reception Patio (behind historically restored Vanderslice Hall), 4415 Warwick Blvd., KC, MO

10:33 – Underwriting

6. Jesus Loves The Atom Bomb – “Party’s Just Begun”
from: Dumb America / Party’s Just Begun – (2-song) Single / JLtAB / Feb 14, 2019
[ALL 2019 proceeds from sales of this 2-song single go to support Midwest Music Foundation (https://midwestmusicfoundation.org), a kickass KC-based non-profit organization that supports a healthy and vibrant music community. Formed in July 2017 the band includes: Miles Bassett, Jay Bernard Beatty, Shmoo Bigus, Steve Eddy, Sean Lange, Brad Growcock, and Bill Rogers, with special guest: Tim Hoggard—tenor saxophone. Recorded & mixed December 2018 through January 2019 by David Moore, Merriam Shoals Studio. Produced by Brad Growcock.]

[Jesus Loves The Atom Bomb play the 2019 MIDFEST at Bluemont Hotel, 1212 Bluemont Ave, Manhattan, KS on June 15 at 2:15 PM].

10:39 – Interview with Jay Bernard Beatty & Brad Growcock

“Party’s Just Begun” is one half of a two song single – debut release from the Kansas City / Lawrence band, Jesus Loves The Atom Bomb, who were formed in July 2017 and started out as a four piece with guitar, bass, vocals, and drums and have expanded to a seven piece to include a horn section of trumpet, sax, and trombone. Earlier this year the band played The MidCoast Takeover in Austin, Texas sponsored by Midwest Music Foundation. The band returned the favor by donating all proceeds from their new release to the Midwest Music Foundation, a non-profit organization that Strengthen musicians’ health through wellness services and health care grants. Jesus Loves The Atom Bomb play MIDFEST on June 15 at 2:15 PM, at the Bluemont Hotel, 1212 Bluemont Ave, Manhattan, KS .

With us in the studio are two of the founding members of Jesus Loves The Atom Bomb, Reverend Jay Bern aka Jay Bernard Beatty and B-Rad aka Brad Growcock.

B-rad and Reverend Jay thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

Jesus Loves The Atom Bomb was formed in July 2017.

The Band started out as a four piece with guitar, bass, vocals, and drums and have expanded to a seven piece to include a horn section of trumpet, sax, and trombone.

Their debut release, Merriam Shoals Sessions Vol. 1. was recorded & mixed from Dec. 2018 through Jan. 2019 by David Moore, Merriam Shoals Studio. The songs were produced by Brad Growcock. with special guest: Tim Hoggard—tenor saxophone.

The band is: Miles Bassett on sax, Jay Bernard Beatty on vocals, Shmoo Bigus on trombone, Steve Eddy on drums, Sean Lange on trumpet, Brad Growcock on lead guitar & backing vocals, and Bill Rogers on bass.

Brad Growcock, who writes most of the songs for the band, was also a member of the veteran band Mahoots

Steve Eddy was in The Micronotz, with Jay Hauptli, John Harper, and in later years Matt Kesler. Also known as the Mortal Micronotz, this American punk rock/alternative rock quartet was formed in 1980 in Lawrence, Kansas, and along with bands like The Embarrassment and Get Smart!, were prominent on the local music scene in Lawrence in the early 80s.

JLtAB creates its righteous, explosive horn blasting retro garage power pop punk from an undisclosed bunker in flyover LFK for the greater peoples of the world to rejoice in, gyrate & libate and generally have gobs of fun.

The band says: We’re only here for a short time; Let the Party Begin.

B-rad and Reverend Jay thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

Jesus Loves The Atom Bomb play MIDFEST on June 15 at 2:15 PM, at the Bluemont Hotel, 1212 Bluemont Ave, Manhattan, KS. More info at http://www.midfestmhk.com

10:56

7. Jesus Loves The Atom Bomb – “Dumb America”
from: Dumb America / Party’s Just Begun – (2-song) Single / JLtAB / Feb 14, 2019
[ALL 2019 proceeds from sales of this 2-song single go to support Midwest Music Foundation (https://midwestmusicfoundation.org), a kickass KC-based non-profit organization that supports a healthy and vibrant music community. Formed in July 2017 the band includes: Miles Bassett, Jay Bernard Beatty, Shmoo Bigus, Steve Eddy, Sean Lange, Brad Growcock, and Bill Rogers.]

[Jesus Loves The Atom Bomb play the 2019 MIDFEST at Bluemont Hotel, 1212 Bluemont Ave, Manhattan, KS on June 15 at 2:15 PM.]

11:00 – Station ID

8. Krystle Warren – “Station ID”

9. GAV7D – “For Those Who Breathe”
rom: Punk Funk Polka / GAV7D / July 19, 2019
[Johnny Hamil calls this “a choir of Accordions and theremins….Lots of punk, and polka with an amazing guitar solo from Chad Meise as well.” Recorded by Chad Meise at Massive Sound Studios. Mastered by Colin Jordan at Boiler Room in Chicago. Written and arranged by Johnny Hamil. Johnny Hamil on bass, Clarke Wyatt on keyboards, Mikal Shapiro on guitar & vocals, Kyle Dahlquist on accordion & theremin & vocals, Charles “Critter” Sims on drums, Chad Meise on Hendrix inspired guitar.]

[The GAV7D – Punk Funk Polka Album Release Show on July 19, 2019 at The Brick.]

11:04 – Interview with Johnny Hamil

Kansas City based musician, composer, and teacher Johnny Hamil joins us to share new music from his upcoming third GAV7D release, PunkFunkPolka. Johnny plays in the band Pamper The Madman, and his band Mr. Marco’s V7 plays the first Thursday of the month at The Ship. Johnny Hamil also plays bass with Mikal Shapiro, and can be heard on the recordings o many Kansas City and Lawrence based artists including Stephonne Singleton. Johnny Hamil collaborates with jazz combos, theatre productions, and is also known for his works with The Malachy Papers. As a teacher of the bass, Johnny Hamil was recently featured in the latest season of Queer Eye on Netflix. Johnny Hamil’s annual KC BASS Workshop is June 25 through June 29 at Shawnee Mission North High School in the music department (park in West parking lot). The KCBW Bass Orchestra concert is the final night June 29th at 7:00 PM and features workshop participants performing with faculty. More information at http://www.kcbassworkshop.com

Johnny Hamil, Thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

Johnny is one of the founding members of the band Mr. Marco’s V7, a band that has reinvented themselves with each new release, and changed and evolved with different line-ups. Known for their experimental, instrumental music, Johnny told us that for ALL of the music he has composed for the band came to him in his dreams.

In 2011, the 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 Free Exotica Middle Eastern. Selections from the GAWD project premiered at the Folk Alliance International.

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.

As a teacher of the bass Johnny Hamil was recently featured in the latest season of Queer Eye on Netflix.

Johnny plays in the band Pamper The Madman.

Mr. Marco’s V7 plays the first Thursday of the month at The Ship.

The GAV7D project of recordings feature various members of Mr. Marco’s V7 from their 20 year history. Davey’s Uptown Rambler’s Club, 3402 Main St, KCMO, was where the band first performed live in the early 90s. Marco Pascolini, Johnny Hamil, Chris Fugitt, and Clark Wyatt formed the original band.

11:18

10. Johnny Hamil – “Lick The Belly (bass)” (Live)
To hear the full version: Punk Funk Polka / GAV7D / July 19, 2019
[Written and arranged by Johnny Hamil]

10:23 – More Interview with Johnny Hamil

We’re talking with Johnny Hamil, about The GAV7D – Punk Funk Polka Album Release Show on July 19, 2019 at The Brick.

and the annual KC BASS Workshop is June 25 through June 29 at Shawnee Mission North High School in the music department (park in West parking lot).

Johnny’s solo record is an homage to Tetris, Pac Man, Super Mario Brothers and is being recorded in Paris.

Johnny’s Birthday was June 11.

“Lick The Belly” is a song inspired and in tribute to Ernie Locke and Sin City Disciples

Johnny Hamil, Thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

The annual KC BASS Workshop is June 25 through June 29 at Shawnee Mission North High School in the music department (park in West parking lot). More information at http://www.kcbassworkshop.com

11:27

11. GAV7D – “Lick The Belly”
From: PunkFunkPolka / GAV7D / July 19, 2019
[Recorded by Chad Meise at Massive Sound Studios. Mastered by Colin Jordan at Boiler Room in Chicago. Written and arranged by Johnny Hamil. Johnny Hamil on bass, Clarke Wyatt on keyboards, Mikal Shapiro on guitar & vocals, Kyle Dahlquist on accordion & theremin & vocals, Charles “Critter” Sims on drums, Ernie Locke of Sin City Disciples plays harmonica on this track.]

[The GAV7D – Punk Funk Polka Album Release Show on July 19, 2019 at The Brick.]

11:30 – Underwriting

11:32 – Interview with Colby Bales & Cody Calhoun

Members of the band Instant Karma join us to share a new recording they’ve just completed. Instant Karma will play their last live show on Saturday, June 22, at 8:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Boulevard, KCMO for SoundMachineKC with Pink Royal, and The Maytags. More info at: http://www.instantkarmakc.com

Colby Bales & Cody Calhoun, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Instant Karma! is a 4-Piece rock band from Kansas City blending elements of psych, soul, funk. and hip hop.

Members include: Cole Bales on vocals & guitar, Cody Calhoun on guitar, Branden Moser on bass, and Zach Harris on drums.

Instant Karma bass player Branden Moser has called the band, “a drug trip through the soul section of your local record store.”

“Tell Me That You Love Me” was just finished up and mastered by Zach Harris

11:39

12. Instant Karma – “Tell Me That You Love Me”
from: Tell Me That You Love Me – Single / Instant Karma / June 22, 2019
[Instant Karma features Cole Bales on vocals & guitar, Cody Calhoun on guitar, Branden Moser on bass, Zach Harris on drums.]

[Instant Karma will play their last live show on Saturday, June 22, at 8:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Boulevard, KCMO for SoundMachineKC with Pink Royal, and The Maytags. More info at: http://www.instantkarmakc.com]

11:43

Were talking with Cole Bales & Cody Calhoun of Instant Karma

Instant Karma Discography:

Make Me a Man – Single – released April 7, 2016

Three Little Flames – Single – Released May 22, 2016

Wait on Love – Single – Released May 22, 2016

Trying To Find My Mind EP – Released July 22, 2017

Give Me Freedom / Shine on – Single – Released May 11, 2018
(Sunflower Soul/Chris Hazleton

After their last show on Saturday, June 22, at 8:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Boulevard, KCMO for SoundMachineKC with Pink Royal, and The Maytags, the band will no longer be called Instant Karma and kill off this name and persona and reinvent themselves with a new sound and direction.

Colby Bales – B. May 5, 1994 / Went to Holden High / Lives in Lees Summit, Missouri / GuitarPlayer/Singer/Songwriter at Instant Karma! / Founder/Talent Buyer/ Band Leader at Groove King Records and GuitarPlayer/Singer/Songwriter at Instant Karma!

“I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.” – Hunter S. Thompson

Cody Calhoun – B. November 27, 1994 / Went to Holden High / Studied at UMKC / Lives in Kansas City, Missouri / Manager at Sarpino’s Pizzeria – Lee’s Summit, Mo

Branden Moser – B. May 1, 1989 / Went to Marquette Senior High School / From St. Louis / Studied at The University of Kansas / Lives in Kansas City, Missouri / Musician at Instant Karma / Co-founder at Groove King Records / Worked at Groove King Records

Zach Harris b. July 14, 1995 / Graduated from Liberty High / Studies Percussion at Missouri Western State University / Lives in Kansas City, Missouri / Drummer at Instant Karma / Works at C.M. Mose & Son Inc / Former Drummer at ITLS / Worked at Worlds of Fun

Cole Bales and Branden Moser also play with The Freedom Affair.

Last year’s single 7” vinyl single release, “Give Me Freedom” was released on Sunflower Soul Records. The new music was recorded, mixed, and produced by Chris Hazelton, and mastered by Adam Boose. Instant Karma features Cole Bales on vocals & guitar, Cody Calhoun on guitar, Branden Moser on bass, Zach Harris on drums.

Colby Bales & Cody Calhoun, thanks for being with us on WMM

Instant Karma play Saturday, June 22, at 8:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Boulevard, KCMO for SoundMachineKC with Pink Royal, and The Maytags.

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

11:56

13. Instant Karma – “Give Me Freedom”
from: Give Me Freedom – Single b/w “Shine On” / Sunflower Soul Records / May 11, 2018
[Recorded, mixed, and produced by Chris Hazelton, and mastered by Adam Boose. Instant Karma features Cole Bales on vocals & guitar, Cody Calhoun on guitar, Branden Moser on bass, Zach Harris on drums. With Caitlin Walker and Grace Sakoulas Griffin-Spain on Background Vocals.]

[Instant Karma plays Saturday, June 22, at 8:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Boulevard, KCMO for SoundMachineKC with Pink Royal, and The Maytags.]

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

Thank you to everyone who donated last week during our Spring Fund Drive Show!

Next week on June 19 we present a special show with Rod Parks.

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

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