Wednesday MidDay Medley
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90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
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New & MidCoastal Releases + SHINER
+ Anson The Ornery + Andrew R Morris

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

2. Perfume Genius – “On The Floor (Edit)”
from: Set My Heart on Fire Immediately / Matador / May 15, 2020
[Second single from the fifth album from Perfume Genius, the stage name for Seattle-based solo artist Mike Hadreas who was born in Des Moines, Iowa, moving to the suburbs of Seattle, Washington at the age of 7.. 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. In an interview with Jia Tolentino, Mike Hadreas described the album as influenced by his work with choreographer Kate Wallich on a 2019 dance piece titled “The Sun Still Burns Here”. Hadreas composed numerous songs for the performance, with two singles, “Eye in the Wall” and “Pop Song” resulting, though neither was included on Set My Heart on Fire Immediately. Of the experience, Hadreas explained that the themes of embodiment in his prior music were complicated as dance felt “rebellious against [his] body.” He explained that dancing “blew up this separation between [his] work and the world,” resulting in changes to his songwriting, with songs now telling stories grounded in real-life settings and about real people. He cited Townes Van Zandt, Enya, and Cocteau Twins as influences on the new album]

3. Moses Sumney – “Cut Me”
from: grae / Jagjaguwar / September 22, 2017
[“Cut Me” was released as the fourth single on February 7, 2020. Sumney made his US television debut with a performance of “Cut Me” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on February 11, 2020. Græ (stylized in all lowercase) is a double album composed of Part 1 and Part 2. The first part was released digitally on February 21, 2020. The second part and the full album was released on May 15, 2020. Græ features a diverse arrangement of musical and technical contributions from Daniel Lopatin, Thundercat, James Blake, Taiye Selasi, John Congleton, Rob Moose, Ezra Miller, Michael Chabon, Adult Jazz, Matthew Otto, Ian Chang, FKJ, Nubya Garcia, Shahzad Ismaily, Jill Scott, Tom Gallo, Shabaka Hutchings, Tunde Jegede, Brandee Younger, Jamie Stewart, and Mac DeMarco. The album was preceded by the singles “Virile”, “Polly”, “Me in 20 Years”, “Cut Me”, and “Bless Me”.Second album and follow up to his debut studio full length album Aromanticism released September 22, 2017 from American singer-songwriter Moses Frimpong Sumney, born May 19, 1990 in San Bernardino, California to Ghanaian parents. He moved with his family back to Ghana at the age of 10. Sumney described his childhood as “Americanized” by this age and had difficulty adjusting to the culture of Ghana. He did not learn to play any instruments until he was older, writing a cappella music for years instead. Sumney did not perform his musical compositions publicly until he was 20. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles. He is based in Los Angeles, California. His self recorded debut EP, Mid-City Island, was released in 2014 and self recorded onto a 4-track recorder given to him by TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek. The EP was described by Pitchfork as “primarily composed of first-takes and improvisation; the music is stirring but purposefully incomplete”. Sumney has performed as an opening act for Solange, Sufjan Stevens, and Erykah Badu. Sumney released another 5-song EP in 2016, titled Lamentations which featured a guest appearance from Thundercat.]

4. Samantha Fish – “Love Letters”
from: Kill or Be Kind / Rounder Records – Concord Music / September 20, 2019
[Samantha Fish, born January 30, 1989, is an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. Samantha Fish grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. Fish started out playing drums, but when she was 15 she switched to the guitar. Fish frequently went to the Knuckleheads Saloon to hear touring Blues artists. After turning 18, she often joined in with the singers and bands who were performing at Knuckleheads. In 2009, Fish recorded and produced Live Bait. The live album attracted the attention of a talent company, who recommended her to Ruf Records. Ruf Records put together a record with Fish and two other female blues artists, Cassie Taylor and Dani Wilde, titled Girls with Guitars. The three guitarists then toured on the Ruf Records 2011 Blues Caravan in the U.S. and Europe. Fish continued touring with the Samantha Fish Band, featuring “Go-Go Ray” Pollard on drums and Chris Alexander on bass, playing in Europe and the United States. In 2011, Fish recorded Runaway with the help of her mentor Mike Zito. The album won the 2012 Blues Music Award for Best New Artist. Fish appeared on Devon Allman’s 2013 album Turquoise in a duet covering the Tom Petty/Stevie Nicks’ song “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”. During the summer of 2013, Fish was called up on stage to play with a skeptical Buddy Guy who was so impressed with her playing on the guitar, he declared with a beaming smile to his audience, “When this kind of shit happens, I’ll play all night!” In 2013, Fish released her second major studio album, Black Wind Howlin’, featuring Mike Zito on guitar, Yonrico Scott on drums, Johnny Sansome on harmonica, and Paul Thorn, vocal duet on one track. The album was recorded in Dockside Studios, in Maurice, Louisiana. Mike Zito’s bandmates from his group Royal Southern Brotherhood, Yonrico Scott and Charlie Wooton, were brought in to assist in the session recordings. Also in 2013, Fish appeared on The Healers Live at Knuckleheads Saloon, producing a CD/DVD collaboration with Jimmy Hall, Reese Wynans, Kate Moss, and Danielle and Kris Schnebelen (sister and brother, formerly of the band Trampled Under Foot). Proceeds benefit the Blue Star Connection. The Healers occasionally perform together as their schedule permits. Fish’s third studio album, Wild Heart was released on July 10, 2015. The new album is more roots rock than her earlier blues rock. Fish wrote five songs on the record. She co-wrote five other songs with Jim McCormick in Nashville, Tennessee. Luther Dickinson produced the album, as well as played various stringed instruments (guitar, bass, mandolin, lap steel) to flesh out the sound. The album was recorded in four studios, Royal Studios and Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, Zebra Ranch in Coldwater, Mississippi, and Blade Studios in Shreveport, Louisiana. Other musicians on the record are Brady Blade (drums), Lightnin’ Malcolm (guitar), Shardé Thomas (drums), Dominic Davis (bass), Shontelle Norman-Beatty (background vocals), and Risse Norman (background vocals). Fish released her fourth solo album, Chills & Fever on March 17, 2017. The album was recorded in Detroit and was recorded with members of the band The Detroit Cobras. Bobby Harlow produced the album. Belle of the West followed in December 2017. Fish released her sixth solo album, Kill or Be Kind, on September 20, 2019, on her new label, Rounder Records. In December Samantha Fish is on a Holiday Tour promoting her new Christmas Album.]

[Samantha Fish plays live on American Routes tonight at 7:00 PM here on 90.1 FM KKFI.]

10:16

5. BLACKSTARKIDS – “Too Depresssed for Sex”
from: SURF / Bedroom Records / February 28, 2020
[Second album from, BlackStarKids, a pop/R&B/hip-hop group based in Kansas City, Missouri. Members include: TheBabeGabe, Deiondre, and TyFaizon (of the Drop Dead XX collective). The group released its first album, Let’s Play Sports, in 2019.]

6. Thao & The Get Down Stay Down – “Nobody Dies”
from: Temple / Ribbon Music / May 15, 2020
[Temple is the fifth full-length album from Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. Produced by Thao and bandmate Adam Thompson, it is also their first self-produced album. Kaleidoscopic and danceable, grounded by Thao’s singular voice, Temple feels boldly dissonant while still highly accessible. A temple is a place of worship and sanctuary. We spend our lives searching for temples where we can belong and be loved, but those spaces can also be a kind of confinement. Temple is an album that pushes open boundaries for a different kind of sanctuary, where you don’t have to whisper. Temple is the follow up to their 4th studio album A Man Alive from 2016. Thao & The Get Down Stay Down are a San Francisco, California-based (formerly Falls Church, Virginia) alternative folk rock music group. The band consists of Thao Nguyen on vocals & guitar and Adam Thompson on vocals, bass guitar & keyboards.. Thao Nguyen was born in Virginia in 1984, and raised in Falls Church, Nguyen began playing guitar and writing songs at the age of twelve while helping out at her mother’s laundromat. She began performing in high school as part of a pop-country duo with friend Brenna Clerkin. She attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County and studied at the College of William & Mary, where she double majored in Sociology and Women’s studies. After recording an EP that differed from her initial style, she began performing as a soloist with her acoustic guitar. With her fellow college students Adam and Willis Thompson she formed Thao Nguyen and the Get Down Stay Down. After graduating she toured extensively, both with the band and as a solo artist. She moved to San Francisco around 2009, and has been based there since.] [We’ve been playing this band on the radio show since 2008!]

Krystle Warren

7. Krystle Warren & The Faculty – “Rising”
from: Rising – Single / Parlour Door Music / May 31, 2019
[This single was produced by co-founding member of The Faculty, bassist Solomon Dorsey. I was texting with Krystle over the weekend after the KC Bands Together weekend 6-hour streaming concert where Krystle shared three songs including a cover of Gerry Raferty’s “The Ark” from his 1978 album, City to City. Krystle was currently doing over dubs on “Rising” that will be included on the new Krystle Warren & The Faculty album called, “Extended Play.” Krystle told me that they had wanted to do album cover photos during a concert that was scheduled in Kansas City in March, but was cancelled due to COVID-19. Getting everyone together has not been possible. Krystle was hoping for a late 2020 release. Krystle Warren 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.]

[Krystle Warren played KC Bands Together – A Livestream Concert Saturday, May 16]

10:30 – Underwriting

8. Shiner – “Genuflect”
from: Schadenfreude / Two Black Eyes / May 8, 2020
[Shiner is an American post-hardcore band from Kansas City, Missouri that was active from 1992 to 2003. Since 2012 Shiner has been playing several shows a year. The band’s new record “Schadenfreude.”The group formed in 1992, and quickly found wide exposure, releasing a vinyl EP in 1993 and touring with acts such as Sunny Day Real Estate, Chore, Jawbox, Season to Risk, The Jesus Lizard, and Girls Against Boys. The group released their first LP, Splay (recorded at Steve Albini’s Chicago studio) in 1996, and a second album, Lula Divinia the next year. Sub Pop took notice, and released a 7” single of the group’s songs “Sleep it Off” and “Half Empty”. Following this the band toured with Hum in 1998. A third full-length, Starless, was released on a label run by members of Descendents, Owned and Operated, in 2000. A fourth LP, The Egg, would follow before the group broke up in 2002. This was recorded and produced at Matt Talbott’s recording studio, Great Western Record Recorders in Tolono IL. Josh Newton is the guitar/synth player/mastermind for Sie Lieben Maschinen with Jason Gerken on drums. Allen Epley is in The Life and Times. -0=Shiner’s newest record, “Schadenfreude”, will be released May, 08, 2020. A single, “Life as a Mannequin” was released February 28, 2020.]

Jason Gerken of Shiner on the May 20, 2020 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

10:36 – Interview with Jason Gerken

SHINER is Allen Epley on guitar & lead vocals, Paul Malinowski on bass, Josh Newton on guitar, and Jason Gerken on drums.

Jason Gerken joined us on the phone to talk about the band SHINER and the new album, “Schadenfreude,” released on May 8, 2020. With Allen Epley on guitar & lead vocals, Josh Newton on guitar, Paul Malinowski on bass, and Jason on drums, Shiner is back with their first album of new material in 19 years. Formed in 1992, Shiner quickly found exposure, More info at: http://www.shiner.net

Jason Gerken Thanks for being with us on WMM

Jason Gerken (drums) Member: 1994 (studio) (In a Perfect World)
Bands: Molly McGuire, Kingdom of Snakes, Gunfighter

Shiner is an American post-hardcore band from Kansas City, Missouri that was active from 1992 to 2003. Since 2012 Shiner has been playing several shows a year. The band’s new record “Schadenfreude” will be released May 08, 2020.

The group formed in 1992, and quickly found wide exposure, releasing a vinyl EP in 1993 and touring with acts such as Sunny Day Real Estate, Chore, Jawbox, Season to Risk, The Jesus Lizard, and Girls Against Boys. The group released their first LP, Splay (recorded at Steve Albini’s Chicago studio) in 1996, and a second album, Lula Divinia the next year. Sub Pop took notice, and released a 7″ single of the group’s songs “Sleep it Off” and “Half Empty”. Following this the band toured with Hum in 1998. A third full-length, Starless, was released on a label run by members of Descendents, Owned and Operated, in 2000. A fourth LP, The Egg, would follow before the group broke up in 2002. This was recorded and produced at Matt Talbott’s recording studio, Great Western Record Recorders in Tolono IL. Josh Newton is the guitar/synth player/mastermind for Sie Lieben Maschinen with Jason Gerken on drums. Allen Epley is in The Life and Times.

Shiner’s newest record, “Schadenfreude”, will be released May, 08, 2020. A single, “Life as a Mannequin” was released February 28, 2020.

The band also has the song “Third Gear Scratch” included on the soundtrack of the video game Saints Row 2.

After announcing that the band was breaking up, Shiner scheduled a final performance. The final show was held at The Madrid Theater in Kansas City on January 25, 2003. Houston, Dirtnap, and Elevator Division opened.

Final show
After announcing that the band was breaking up, Shiner scheduled a final performance. The final show was held at The Madrid Theater in Kansas City on January 25, 2003. Houston, Dirtnap, and Elevator Division opened.

Discography:
1996 Splay / DeSoto Records / January 1, 1996
1997 Lula Divinia / Hit It! Recordings / March 11, 1997
2000 Starless / Owned & Operated / April 18, 2000
2001 The Egg / DeSoto Records / October 23, 2001
2020 Schadenfreude / Two Black Eyes / May 8, 2020

Reunions (2012–present)
Nearly ten years after its final show, Shiner announced a quintet of reunion shows in the US to celebrate the reissue of The Egg on vinyl on August 7, 2012. The dates include stops in NYC, LA, Lawrence, Kansas and Chicago:

8.11 New York, NY – Gramercy
8.18 Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
8.24 Lawrence, KS – The Granada
8.25 & 26 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge

In 2015, the band played a second series of reunion shows in conjunction with a vinyl reissue of Starless:

7.15 Austin, TX – Red 7
7.17 Kansas City, MO – Record Bar
7.18 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock
7.19 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle

In 2016, they played a few shows:
1.14 Pittsburgh, PA – Club Cafe
1.15 New York, NY – St. Vitus
1.16 New York, NY – St. Vitus

2017 saw a similar short US tour in conjunction with the vinyl re-release of Lula Divinia.

2.22 Champaign, IL – Accord
2.24 Kansas City, MO – Record Bar
2.25 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
3.03 San Francisco, CA – Bottom Of The Hill
3.04 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
3.05 San Diego, CA – The Casbah
9.08 Milwaukee, WI – Shank Hall
9.09 Chicago, IL – Wurst Fest

2018
9.21 Rock Island, IL – RIBCO
9.22 Kansas City, MO – Record bar
9.23 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle

Members Current:
Allen Epley (guitar, vocals)
Paul Malinowski (bass, formerly of Season to Risk)
Josh Newton (guitar, formerly of Season to Risk)
Jason Gerken (drums, formerly of Molly McGuire)

Previous members:
Jeff Brown (drums)
Tim Dow (drums)
Joel Hamilton (guitar)
Shawn Sherrill (bass)
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Schadenfreude (/ˈʃɑːdənfrɔɪdə/; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] (About this soundlisten); lit. ‘harm-joy’) is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, or humiliation of another.

Schadenfreude is a complex emotion, where rather than feeling sympathy towards someone’s misfortune, schadenfreude evokes joyful feelings that take pleasure from watching someone fail. This emotion is displayed more in children than adults. However, adults also experience schadenfreude, though generally concealed.

Etymology – Schadenfreude is borrowed from German; it is a compound of Schaden, “damage, harm”, and Freude, “joy”. The German word was first mentioned in English texts in 1852 and 1867, and first used in English running text in 1895. In German, it was first attested in the 1740s.

The new SHINER album, “Schadenfreude,” was released May 8. Info at: http://www.shiner.net

10:48

9. Shiner – “Life as a Mannequin”
from: Schadenfreude / Two Black Eyes / May 8, 2020
[Shiner is an American post-hardcore band from Kansas City, Missouri that was active from 1992 to 2003. Since 2012 Shiner has been playing several shows a year. The band’s new record “Schadenfreude.”The group formed in 1992, and quickly found wide exposure, releasing a vinyl EP in 1993 and touring with acts such as Sunny Day Real Estate, Chore, Jawbox, Season to Risk, The Jesus Lizard, and Girls Against Boys. The group released their first LP, Splay (recorded at Steve Albini’s Chicago studio) in 1996, and a second album, Lula Divinia the next year. Sub Pop took notice, and released a 7” single of the group’s songs “Sleep it Off” and “Half Empty”. Following this the band toured with Hum in 1998. A third full-length, Starless, was released on a label run by members of Descendents, Owned and Operated, in 2000. A fourth LP, The Egg, would follow before the group broke up in 2002. This was recorded and produced at Matt Talbott’s recording studio, Great Western Record Recorders in Tolono IL. Josh Newton is the guitar/synth player/mastermind for Sie Lieben Maschinen with Jason Gerken on drums. Allen Epley is in The Life and Times. “Life as a Mannequin” was released February 28, 2020.]

10. The Sluts – “King Kong”
from: Enjoy The Show / The Sluts / May 7, 2020
[Second single from The Sluts upcoming 2020 release, Enjoy The Show and follow up to last year’s 6 song EP Break Their Heart. The Lawrence based band The Sluts were formed by Ryan Wise & Kristoffer Dover in 2011. Produced recorded, mixed, and mastered by Joel Nanos at Element Recording and Mastering Studios, KCMO. The Sluts released their debut EP Virile on November 14, 2013. The Sluts released The Loser EP on July 8, 2014. They released their 11-song full length album The Sluts on June 17, 2015. The Sluts released their EP Only One on May 25, 2017. Info at http://www.thesluts.bandcamp.com]

11. Berwanger – “Say To Me”
from: “Say To Me” B-Side Single to Watching A Garden Die / Berwanger / May 1, 2020
Josh Berwanger on vocals & guitars, Ricky Salthouse on backing vocals, Brian Klein on bass, Christian Jankowski on drums, and Carly Gwin on backing vocals. Watching A Garden Die was released June 28, 2019 on Wiretap Records. It was 4th full length album from Berwanger the band fronted by rock & roll singer songwriter Josh Berwanger. Josh Berwanger was in The Anniversary, a Kansas band that released, 2000’s Designing a Nervous Breakdown & 2002’s Your Majesty and sold over 100,000 records before breaking up on tour in Japan. The band recently reunited for new shows and a tour this year. Berwanger was also in the band, The Only Children, and released, 2004’s Change of Living & 2007’s Keeper of Youth. When Keeper of Touth ended Josh Berwanger took a break and became a high school basketball coach. In the 2012 Josh formed the Josh Berwanger band. Berwanger released Dtrange Stains in April 2014, the EP Demonios November 11, 2016, Exorcism Rock in October 2017, and The Star Invaders October 2017. Josh Berwanger also plays in the band Radar State.]

11:00 – Station ID

12. Anson The Ornery – “Drawing People I Don’t Really Like”
from: DJ Daniel The Cat / Anson The Ornery / May 6, 2020
[Daniel used small electronic toy synthesizers to accommodate the size of his paws to create his self titled album synth-pop DJ Daniel the Cat containing six upbeat dance songs with lyrics chronicling Daniel’s crippling social anxiety. After Daniel’s disappearance the DJ Daniel the Cat album was believed to be lost over. Over the last decade the notoriety of DJ Daniel the Cat has grown due to the popularity of the internet and the demand for the lost album was never greater when it was recently rediscovered.]

[Anson will be premiering DJ Daniel the Cat live on YouTube on Friday, May 22 at 7:00 PM with a special surprise at the end for longtime fans.]

Anson The Ornery on the May 20, 2020 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

11:03 – Interview with Anson The Ornery

Anson the Ornery, a multimedia artist who uses the latest technology to create conceptual artwork. He is currently working on The Great Tempest in a Bottle a website gallery that will exhibit a series of sculptures, paintings, short stories and songs inspired by internet culture. DJ Daniel the Cat is just one part of a larger work of art. Anson will be premiering DJ Daniel the Cat live on YouTube on Friday, May 22 at 7:00 PM with a special surprise at the end for longtime fans. More information at: http://www.ansontheornery.com

Anson The Ornery, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Anson the Ornery,is currently working on The Great Tempest in a Bottle a website gallery that will exhibit a series of sculptures, paintings, short stories and songs inspired by internet culture.

DJ Daniel the Cat is just one part of a larger work of art. Anson will be premiering DJ Daniel the Cat live on Youtube May 22nd at 7:00 PM.

Anson The Ornery

Daniel used small electronic toy synthesizers to accommodate the size of his paws to create his self titled album synthpop DJ Daniel the Cat containing six upbeat dance songs with lyrics chronicling Daniel’s crippling social anxiety. After Daniel’s disappearance the DJ Daniel the Cat album was believed to be lost over. Over the last decade the notoriety of DJ Daniel the Cat has grown due to the popularity of the internet and the demand for the lost album was never greater when it was recently rediscovered.

For over a decade it was believed that the ground-breaking 2009 self-titled album DJ Daniel the Cat had been lost after the disappearance of Daniel the Cat in 2010. Recently Anson the Ornery, the producer and singer of DJ Daniel the Cat, rediscovered the album’s masters. The interest in DJ Daniel the Cat has only grown over the years despite the fact that few have ever heard the legendary album outside Daniel’s inner group of friends. That is soon to change, for Anson has announced that on May 22nd 2020 he will be live streaming DJ Daniel the Cat via Facebook and Youtube Live at 7 pm CST in its entirety along with his own personal commentary about the making of the album.

The breakout success of Piano Cat inspired Daniel to become a DJ himself but, due to bigotry in the music industry towards cats, Daniel was worried that his music would not be taken seriously. Anson then became the voice of DJ Daniel the Cat in order for the public to accept Daniel’s music. The two labored on the album for months only using small electronic toy synthesizers to accommodate the size of Daniel’s paws. The result was a masterful collection of six electronic dance music tracks with lyrics chronicling Daniel’s crippling social anxiety. After the news of Daniel’s disappearance Anson was disheartened and DJ Daniel the Cat was lost in the confusion. Over the last decade the notoriety of DJ Daniel the Cat has grown due to the popularity of the internet and the demand for the lost album has never been greater.

The world premiere of DJ Daniel the Cat will be on Facebook and Youtube live on Friday, May 22, 2020 at 7:00 pm CST. There has never been an album better suited for the internet and our current times. This one-time event is in loving memory of Daniel the Cat.

The release contains six tracks:

1. “The Call of the Void / L’appel du Vide”
2. “I’m Going to Turn My Bed Into a Car”
3. “I’m Going Out and Being Nice for Once”
4. “Give a Cat a Sunbeam”
5. “Drawing People I Don’t Really Like”
6. “I’m Antisocial and I’m Loving It”

Anson The Ornery, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Anson will be premiering DJ Daniel the Cat live on YouTube on Friday, May 22 at 7:00 PM with a special surprise at the end for longtime fans. More information at: http://www.ansontheornery.com

11:15

13. Anson The Ornery – “I’m Antisocial and I’m Loving It”
from: DJ Daniel The Cat / Anson The Ornery / May 6, 2020
[Daniel used small electronic toy synthesizers to accommodate the size of his paws to create his self titled album synthpop DJ Daniel the Cat containing six upbeat dance songs with lyrics chronicling Daniel’s crippling social anxiety. After Daniel’s disappearance the DJ Daniel the Cat album was believed to be lost over. Over the last decade the notoriety of DJ Daniel the Cat has grown due to the popularity of the internet and the demand for the lost album was never greater when it was recently rediscovered.]

[Anson will be premiering DJ Daniel the Cat live on YouTube on Friday, May 22 at 7:00 PM with a special surprise at the end for longtime fans.]

14. Monta At Odds – “Two Lanes Two Paths”
from: Zen Diagram EP / Cosmic City / May 1, 2020
[Conceptual Kansas City art-rock combo Monta At Odds continue their experimentation in sound with an expanded line-up and a new EP, Zen Diagram. Led by Dedric Moore and fueled from 2020’s angst and uncertainty, the band adopts a darker, grittier direction that coincides with a post-punk indulgence. The result is an evocative four-song tableau, showcasing the veteran project’s drive to explore sonic territory as they lay down some mesmerizing jams. The title track opens the EP as a voyage into soundtrack dreams and sonic imagery. It’s a fully-packed production, featuring twin vocals from Mikal Shapiro and Teri Quinn, Krystof Nemeth of Emmaline Twist on epic baritone guitar, Lucas Behrens on Moog, and Delaney Moore on slide guitar. The song builds and builds over 10 minutes, introducing a bevy of interplaying elements and melodies. There’s a complexity that grooves. Monta At Odds embraces the grayer shades of these sessions with a faithful but otherworldly cover of “Movement of Fear,” the classic cut from Tones On Tail. Mikal leans into the vocals with gentle whispers as Lucas plucks the atmosphere. Meanwhile, Matthew Heinrich merges live drums with the programmed ones until he is one with the machines. The result is multi-textured and dubbed-out, exposing the bloodline of Monta’s aesthetic. “Two Lanes Two Paths” is frenetically powered by the jazzy drum drive of Alexander Thomas. Dedric’s relentless bassline, Delaney’s freeform synthesizer soloing, and Krystof’s expressive guitar tones conspire to form a congealed essence. It’s a spaced-out instrumental that could be from another time, floating defiantly into the present. Zen Diagram ends with “I Count The Steps To A New Sunrise.” The previous cut’s path takes us to a crest on a hill with a view of the damage below. The combo is locked-in, as skittering drums, cosmic synths, spacious noise guitars, and a pensive bass riff promise a way out. Dedric’s vocals are pure 2020, overcome with the zeitgeist of isolation and yearning to reach for something, anything. The diagram becomes a map, and this is how we find an escape.]

[Dedric Moore will be our guest next week on WMM]

14. Kawehi – “Mad World/Radioactive”
from: Kawehi Covers / Kawehi / January 3, 2019
[Hawaiian singer-songwriter, and one-woman band, known for her live looping sets that draw you in with her melody and lyrics. While based in Lawrence, Kansas, she gained national attention for her YouTube cover of Nirvana’s “Heart-Shaped Box” and gained a new fan in Courtney Love.]

[Kawehi played KC Bands Together – A Livestream Concert Saturday, May 16]

11:30 – Underwriting

16. Andrew R Morris – “One Fine, Sweet & Sunny Day”
from: One Fine, Sweet & Sunny Day / Andrew Morris / May 15, 2020
[This is a new electronic solo project by Andrew. “Here is a collection of tunes I worked up with electronic beats. I sent the rough beats over to Burke Sullivan in Fairmount, IN. He spiffed em up. Then we met up and recorded some in his studio and some at a church in Fairmount, Indiana. There is an accompanying radio drama to go along with the music. You’ll get an email with a link shortly after purchase. Huge thanks to Burke Sullivan for undertaking this project with me. I’m forever indebted to the tremendous amount of effort you put into this project. Big thanks to Julie Bates for encouraging me to make this project a reality and helping so much.” – Andrew. All songs written by Andrew Morris. Andrew Morris on vocals, guitar, mandolin, banjo, beats, bass; Burke Sullivan on drums, beats, bass, guitar; Julie Bates on violins. All tracks, except 1 & 11, recorded & mixed by Burke Sullivan. Tracks 1 & 11 recorded and mixed by Andrew Morris. Mastered by Johnny Kenepaske at Dead Horse Sound, Independence MO. Andrew plays a John Boyd Mandolin. Album art by Andrew Morris] [Andrew Morris is one half of The Matchsellers. a Folk-American duo who have released to EP and three full length albums. The Matchsellers is the unlikely result of a classically trained violinist from Kansas City, MO, (Julie Bates) and a Chicago blues guitarist from Warsaw, Indiana, (Andrew Morris) meeting in Leipzig, Germany, and forming a bluegrass duo.]

Andrew Morris on the May 20, 2020 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM

11:35 – Interview with Andrew Morris

Kansas City based Chicago blues guitarist from Warsaw, Indiana, Andrew Morris joins us to share music and details about his new electronic solo project release, “One Fine, Sweet & Sunny Day” a 12-track album that came out May 15, 2020. Andrew Morris is one half of the critically acclaimed Bluegrass, Folk, Americana duo The Matchsellers with his wife, classically trained violinist Julie Bates. Andrew writes, “Here is a collection of tunes I worked up with electronic beats. I sent the rough beats over to Burke Sullivan in Fairmount, IN. He spiffed em up. Then we met up and recorded some in his studio and some at a church in Fairmount, Indiana.” More info at http://www.thematchsellers.com

Andrew Morris thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.
Andrew Morris is one half of The Matchsellers. a Folk-American duo who have released to EP and three full length albums. The Matchsellers is the unlikely result of a classically trained violinist from Kansas City, MO, (Julie Bates) and a Chicago blues guitarist from Warsaw, Indiana, (Andrew Morris) meeting in Leipzig, Germany, and forming a bluegrass duo.

One Fine, Sweet & Sunny Day is a new electronic solo project by Andrew Morris.

“Here is a collection of tunes I worked up with electronic beats. I sent the rough beats over to Burke Sullivan in Fairmount, IN. He spiffed em up. Then we met up and recorded some in his studio and some at a church in Fairmount, Indiana.

There is an accompanying radio drama to go along with the music.

Huge thanks to Burke Sullivan for undertaking this project with me. I’m forever indebted to the tremendous amount of effort you put into this project.

Big thanks to Julie Bates for encouraging me to make this project a reality and helping so much.” – Andrew. All songs written by Andrew Morris.

Andrew Morris on vocals, guitar, mandolin, banjo, beats, bass; Burke Sullivan on drums, beats, bass, guitar; Julie Bates on violins.

All tracks, except 1 & 11, recorded & mixed by Burke Sullivan. Tracks 1 & 11 recorded and mixed by Andrew Morris. Mastered by Johnny Kenepaske at Dead Horse Sound, Independence MO. Andrew plays a John Boyd Mandolin.

Album art by Andrew Morris

Andrew Morris thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

Andrew’s new electronic solo project release, “One Fine, Sweet & Sunny Day” a 12-track album that came out May 15, 2020. More info at http://www.thematchsellers.com

Andrew R Morris

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17. Andrew R Morris – “I Remember the Stars”
from: One Fine, Sweet & Sunny Day / Andrew Morris / May 15, 2020
[This is a new electronic solo project by Andrew. “Here is a collection of tunes I worked up with electronic beats. I sent the rough beats over to Burke Sullivan in Fairmount, IN. He spiffed em up. Then we met up and recorded some in his studio and some at a church in Fairmount, Indiana. There is an accompanying radio drama to go along with the music. You’ll get an email with a link shortly after purchase. Huge thanks to Burke Sullivan for undertaking this project with me. I’m forever indebted to the tremendous amount of effort you put into this project. Big thanks to Julie Bates for encouraging me to make this project a reality and helping so much.” – Andrew. All songs written by Andrew Morris. Andrew Morris on vocals, guitar, mandolin, banjo, beats, bass; Burke Sullivan on drums, beats, bass, guitar; Julie Bates on violins. All tracks, except 1 & 11, recorded & mixed by Burke Sullivan. Tracks 1 & 11 recorded and mixed by Andrew Morris. Mastered by Johnny Kenepaske at Dead Horse Sound, Independence MO. Andrew plays a John Boyd Mandolin. Album art by Andrew Morris] [Andrew Morris is one half of The Matchsellers. a Folk-American duo who have released to EP and three full length albums. The Matchsellers is the unlikely result of a classically trained violinist from Kansas City, MO, (Julie Bates) and a Chicago blues guitarist from Warsaw, Indiana, (Andrew Morris) meeting in Leipzig, Germany, and forming a bluegrass duo.]

18. Foolish Sad Robot – “Postpone”
from: The Complete Foolish Sad Robot / Independent / 1995-96
[One of 23 songs written & recorded with Tom Livesay and Ike Sheldon (of The Wilders) Foolish Sad Robot was a band that existed somewhere between The Young Johnny Carson Story and The Wilders. The band played in many venues & developed a following.]

19. Jess Williamson – “Wind on Tin”
from: Sorceress / Mexican Summer / May 15, 2020
[The Texas-born, L.A.-based singer and songwriter Jess Williamson makes deeply felt songs that orbit around her powerful voice, a voice that’s strong and vulnerable, big room flawless, quietly ecstatic, and next-to-you intimate. In her most recent work, Sorceress, that voice is surrounded by a deep-hued kaleidoscope of dusty ‘70s cinema, ‘90s country music, and breezy West Coast psychedelia. // Williamson grew up in the suburbs of Dallas. An only child, she was raised by music-loving parents on a healthy diet of Bonnie Raitt, Van Morrison, and K.T. Oslin. A lifelong singer and performer, her earliest memories are of putting on concerts for the other kids on the playground during recess. // While attending the University of Texas, Williamson began to find her footing as an artist in the DIY and student-run art and music spaces of Austin. A photojournalism major, she interviewed and photographed bands for the school newspaper and hosted a radio show on KVRX, the student-run radio station. But quietly, she had an insistent pull to pursue music herself. In her last year of school, following an impulse after seeing Austin’s Ralph White play the banjo at a house show in her friends’ basement, Williamson took up banjo lessons at South Austin Music, and soon after was writing songs and making home recordings. After graduating, she moved to NYC to attend an MFA Photography program at Parsons. But after a couple semesters, she realized the call to pursue a career in music was too big to ignore, and she dropped out. // She started a band in NYC called Rattlesnake with another friend from Texas: Williamson played banjo, her friend played electric guitar, and they both sang. They played their first show at the now defunct venue, Death by Audio, in March of 2010. A few months later, drawn to her larger hometown community, she moved back to Austin to focus on her solo project. // For the next couple years, she was actively playing and booking shows in the Austin music scene, and self-released records on her own Brutal Honest imprint: her debut EP, 2011’s Medicine Wheel/Death Songs, 2014’s Native State, and 2016’s Heart Song. Along the way, she also incorporated guitar and piano into her songwriting and live shows. // In 2016, she relocated to Los Angeles, a move that proved life-changing. Inspired by the new environment and the deep introspection that can come from being alone in a foreign land, she wrote the album Cosmic Wink, which was recorded the following year in Dripping Springs, Texas, and became her first release with a record label—Mexican Summer—in 2018. // Her fourth album, Sorceress, also with Mexican Summer, arrives Spring 2020. It was written in Los Angeles, recorded at Gary’s Electric in Brooklyn, and finished at Dandy Sounds in Dripping Springs, where she recorded Cosmic Wink. While she’s stayed true to her deep country roots, the music has grown in its ambitions. It’s her biggest, most assured collection to date, and a true document of the hard work paying off.]

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

Next week on Wednesday, May 27 we will play more New & MidCoastal Releases. PLUS, at 10:30 we’ll talk with musician and composer Remy Stryck about his newest compositions. At 11:00 we’ll talk with Dedric Moore about Kosmic City Records and the new Monta At Odds release. And at 11:30 AM Paul Malinowski joins us to talk about the new release from Shiner.

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

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