WMM Playlist from September 20, 2017

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Mark Manning

Wednesday MidDay Medley
TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Our 700th Show! with Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, Krystle Warren, Calvin Arsenia, Ron Megee, Marion Merritt, Maria Vasquez Boyd, Necia Gamby, Scott Hobart, and Nico Gray.

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

2. Dimitri From Paris – “Prologue”
from: Sacreblu / Atlantic Records / June 11, 1996

3. Sufjan Stevens – “Inaugural Pop Music For Jane Margaret Byrne”
from: The Avalanche: Outtakes And Extras From The Illinois Album / Asthmatic Kitty / July 11, 2006
[A press release on the Asthmatic Kitty website reported that the Illinois album was supposed to be a double record (with somewhere near 50 songs), but the idea was eventually scrapped. After the success of the album, Stevens returned to his analog 8-track recorder in late 2005 and began the process of finishing 21 of the previously abandoned songs, which would eventually become The Avalanche. Stevens has stated during interviews that although he doesn’t like The Avalanche as much as Illinois, he felt it was important to release the songs in light of the success of his most recent album. He has also said that he decided to release the album in order to buy time until his next “The 50 States” project,” release.]

Thanks for tuning into Wednesday MidDay Medley. I’m Mark Manning. Today’s show is a celebration of 700 weeks, 1400 hours of radio, 10,000 hours of preparation, nearly 2000 guests, and over 15,000 songs, from thousands of musical artists. We have made it our mission to mix musical genres, playing with themes, diversity, equality, free speech, connecting artists and venues and listeners and communities. Wednesday MidDay Medley has proudly endeavored to help tell the story of our growing Kansas City area music scene, “The Midcoast Sound,” as we like to call it. We have dedicated a majority of our programming to New & MidCoastal Releases.

We’ve happily presented new formats in radio, with our popular, “A Story In A Song” series, and our special shows featuring: Apocalypse Meow, The MidCoast Takeover, Middle of The Map, The Crossroads Music Fest, The Outer Reaches Festival, The Lawrence Field Day Fest, and our annual tribute shows to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., David Bowie, Iris Dement, Pioneers of Punk, Visual Art, The Spoken Word, Gay Pride, Civil Rights, and our interviews with Tommy Ramone, Iris Dement, Laurie Anderson, Lily Tomlin. Plus, our annual 4-week special: the 100+ Best Recordings of the Year.

To say I’ve been inspired by the KC music scene, is an understatement. In just this last year, we’ve played from over 100 local releases of 2017. The KC music community is fueled by a collaborative and generous heart that is beating in so many of the artists I’ve met while doing this show. I am inspired by the women who created radio on 90.1 FM long before me: my friend April Fletcher who know plays bass professionally in Los Angeles, and my friend Anne Winter, who left us in 2009, and reminded us how we’re all connected. I’m inspired by the diverse , intelligent, motivated, listeners, looking for place on the dial, where they can connect to the amazing stories and music and voice of our community.

Ruth Ward, Maria Vasquez Boyd, Marion Merritt, Ron Megee, Necia Gamby, Krystle Warren, and Madisen Ward

Today we celebrate the pure idea of community radio, free form radio, radio that tells the story of the people who live here, the artists, the writers, the teachers, the performers, the lovers. Today we celebrate 700 weeks of Wednesday MidDay Medley, the show that has brought us together, at this time, on this frequency, in these community airwaves. Thanks for listening.

10:05 – Marion Merritt Interview/Story

Marion Merritt

Marion Merritt is our most frequent contributor to WMM, She grew up in Los Angeles, and St. Louis. She went to college in Columbia, Missouri. She studied art and musical engineering, and is a avid lover of classic films and punk rock music. She saw Talking Heads on their first U.S. tour when they played One Block West, in 1978. For 13 years she has been sharing her musical discoveries and information from her musically-encyclopedic brain on Wednesday MidDay Medley. Marion has joined us for every on-air fund drive to help raise funds for the MidCoast Radio Project. Marion is also the proprietor of Records With Merritt, at 1614 Westport Rd. in Kansas City, Missouri. That features new vinyl releases, weekly in-store performances from young and upcoming bands, and most recenty was the location for a wedding.

Marion Merritt thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

We always wanted someone from a record store to have a regular presence on WMM.

When I first met Marion, she walked up to me with a recording in hand and suggested I might like the Philip Glass recordings of the Low Symphony with David Bowie and Brian Eno.

Marion and I really didn’t know each other in the beginning, but throughout these 700 shows we’ve become very close friends, I’ve watched her life transition from corporate retail to owning her own record store in the neighborhood where I live.

For 13 years Marion Merritt haa had a huge influence on our playlists. It was during our first year that she interviewed Regina Spektor.

10:10

4. Regina Spektor – “Braile”
from: 11:11 / Regina Spektor / July 9, 2001
[Debut album by singer-songwriter Regina Spektor. It was self-released on CD and sold at Spektor’s early shows. The album is now out of print on CD and much sought-after by collectors, it is available as a download from online music outlets. Regina Spektor was born February 18, 1980, in Moscow (former Soviet Union, now Russia), and began classical training on the piano at the age of six. When she was nine years old, her family left the Soviet Union in 1989, during the period of Perestroika, when Soviet citizens were permitted to emigrate. Regina had to leave her piano behind. The seriousness of her piano studies led her parents to consider not leaving the Soviet Union, but they finally decided to emigrate, due to the racial, ethnic, and political discrimination that Jews faced. Traveling first to Austria and then Italy, the Spektor family was admitted to the United States as refugees with the assistance of HIAS (the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society). They settled in the Bronx, where Spektor graduated from the SAR Academy, a Jewish day middle school in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. Since the family had been unable to bring their piano from Moscow, Spektor practiced on tabletops and other hard surfaces until she found a piano on which to play in the basement of her synagogue. She began to write original songs shortly thereafter. Spektor gradually achieved recognition through performances in the anti-folk scene in downtown New York City, most prominently at the East Village’s SideWalk Cafe. She also performed at local colleges (such as Sarah Lawrence College) with other musicians, including the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players. She sold self-published CDs at her performances during this period: 11:11 (2001) and Songs (2002). After self-releasing her first three records and gaining popularity in New York City’s anti-folk scene, Spektor signed with Sire Records in 2004 and began achieving greater mainstream recognition. After giving her third album, Soviet Kitsch a major label re-release, Sire released her fourth album, Begin to Hope, which would go on to achieve a Gold certification by the RIAA. Her following two albums, Far and What We Saw from the Cheap Seats, each debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200. Spektor married singer-songwriter Jack Dishel in 2011. Formerly a guitarist with the band the Moldy Peaches, Dishel is a member of the band Only Son and duets with Spektor in the song “Call Them Brothers”. On January 23, 2014, Spektor announced her pregnancy on Facebook. The couple announced the birth of a son in March 2014.]

[Regina Spektor plays A Special Solo Performance, Sun, Oct.28, at 8:00 PM, at The Uptown Theatre]

10:15 – Interview with Calvin Arsenia live from Paris!

Calvin Arsenia (Photo by Jenny Wheat)

Since 2014 we have been celebrating the music of Calvin Arsenia who came home to KC after living in Edinburgh, Scotland, and has released his EPs, Moments, Prose, and this year his full length debut, Catastrophe. He has played Folk Alliance International, Kansas City Fringe Fest, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, The Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts, The Middle of the Map Fest., The Folly Theatre. Calvin is currently in the third month of his Outlyre Tour where he has played San Francisco, Portland, Vancouver, NYC, Boston, Edinburgh, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Switzerland, Lyon and is currently in Paris where he joins us on the phone.

Calvin Arsenia thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Krystle Warren joined us in our brief phone conversation with Calvin in Paris.

Calvin has already played over 30 shows so far on this tour.

Calvin is on tour with musician and friend Simon Huntley who plays with Quixotic

Calvin wrote on Facebook:
“If you’ve been touring over a month you’ll probably want…
1) fingernail clippers
2) extra airplane sized toothpastes
3) back up phone case
4) hair brush (for I rarely brush this mop but when I do I use)
5) single use deep conditioner packets
6) black skinny jeans
7) better shoes
8) ear plugs (I’m sorry for snoring so much, Simon)
9) (to be continued….)”

Calvin is coming homing home to Kansas City on October 18.

Calvin is working to release new music from his June 11th, live recording at Kansas City’s newly restored Greenwood Social Hall, at 1750 Bellevue Ave. in Kansas City.

He shared with us one of the tracks to play as a radio premiere.

11:20

5. Calvin Arsenia – “Nature Boy”
from: Live at Greenwood Social Hall / Calvin Arsenia / Unreleased, 2017
[from Calvin’s June 11, 2017 live performance at Greenwood Social Hall, 1760 Bellevue. Written by Eden Ahbez, first recorded by Nat King Cole in 1948, and 2001 by David Bowie for Moulin Rouge Soundtrack]

11:24 – Interview/Story with Maria Vasquez Boyd

Maria Vasquez Boyd

Maria Vasquez Boyd is an artist, poet, educator, and radio show host & producer. She has been a regular contributor to Wednesday MidDay Medley where she has produced shows about Ukuleles, Teachers, The Day of The Dead, and The Artist’s Studio. She has been a regular cast member in our “He Touched Me Gospel Hour” programs, and has contributed original material for almost all of our “A Story In A Song” shows, including our live show at recordBar, and this past Spring, for Big Bang Buffet Black Sheep Rising at The Buffalo Room. Maria is graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute, where she has taught in the Design/Illustration Department, as well as, the Nelson Atkins Museum. Maria is also a founding member of the Latino Writers Collective. Maria is also the host and producer of 90.1 FM’s ARTSPEAK Radio which airs Wednesdays at Noon, following Wednesday Midday Medley. ARTSPEAK Radio will be celebrating 5 years on the air!

Maria Vasquez Boyd, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Congratulations on ARTSPEAK Radio!

When did Maria start calling Mark her “Radio Husband”?

We met at The Writer’s Place. I was serving on the Board of KKFI’s MidCoast Radio Project, you were serving on the board of the Latino Writer’s Collective. We would both go in early to set up for our meetings. You were a guest on the show and we welcomed you back to produce and host the show and eventually it became clear that you should host you own show. Through radio we became friends.

11:27 – Maria’s Story 10:32

6. Les Petits Minous – “À la claire fontaine”
from: À la claire fontaine – Single / Musicreche / September 25, 2008

10:34 – Underwriting

11:36 – Interview/Story Ron Megee

Ron Megee

Originally from Anaheim, California, Ron Megee has worked at every theater in Kansas City including The Kansas City Rep, The Coterie Theatre, New Theatre, The Unicorn Theatre, The Folly Theatre. I first met Ron Megee through The Unicorn Theatre. He was running the spotlight for The Rocky Horror Show. We became friends while working together with Lou Jane Temple at Cafe Lulu. This summer Ron starred in the Unicorn Theatre’s production of Priscilla Queen of the Dessert The Musical. Laughter is healing and Ron Megee is a comic genius. He has created one of Kansas City’s most enduring and successful theatre companies, Late Night Theatre that began in 1997, and after a hiatus, was reborn several years ago at Missie B’s, on West 39th Street. In the last 20 years Late Night Theatre has produced over 100 shows, including their most recent one-night-only performance of Valley of The Dolls at the Folly Theatre.

Ron Megee, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

Will & Grace Watch Party Benefit for AIDS Walk Memorial Team, Thursday, September 28 at 6 PM at Missie B’s, 805 W 39th St, Kansas City. All money raised stays right here in Kansas City to help those living with HIV/AIDS.

Missie B’s presents “Hocus! Poke Us!: The Staged Reading” October 5 – October 19, Missie B’s, 805 W 39th St, Kansas City, ONLY 6 SHOWS! Featuring Daisy Buckët, Genewa Stanwyck, Chadwick Brooks, Matt Anderson, Brian Cross, Dirty Dorothy, & Ron Megee, Written & adapted for the stage by Daisy Buckët

11:39 – Ron Megee’s story

11:44

7. Portugal.The Man – “Feel It Still”
from: Woodstock / Atlantic Recording / June 16, 2017
[8th studio album release from the Portland Oregon based band that was originally formed in Wasilla, Alaska in 2004. The new album was produced by Mike D of The Beasty Boys. The group consists of John Gourley, Zach Carothers, Kyle O’Quin, Jason Sechrist and Eric Howk. Gourley and Carothers met and began playing music together at Wasilla High School.]

10:47 – Interview with Krystle Warren

Krystle Warren

Krystle Warren is originally from Kansas City, Missouri, although she now lives outside of Paris. She learned to play the guitar by listening to The Beatles albums: Rubber Soul and Revolver. Krystle Warren graduated from Paseo Arts Academy in 2001 and began her musical career performing to Kansas City audiences and collaborating with local jazz and pop musicians. After living in San Francisco and New York City, Krystle was signed to a French recording label, Because Music, and moved to Paris and released her album “Circles” in 2009. Krystle played numerous French and British television programs, including Later with Jools Holland, garnering critical acclaim and traveling all over the world, touring with Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave, Norah Jones, and Joan As Police Woman. Krystle created her own record label, Parlour Door Music, to release her, 2012 record: “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. For her most recent release, Krystle decided to go in a new direction, playing every instrument and singing all vocals & back up vocals herself, “playing bass, drums, lap steel, piano, guitar, and vocals directly to analog tape. Three the Hard Way was Produced by Krystle Warren and Ben Kane (D’Angelo, Emily King, PJ Morton).

Krystle Warren, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

We’ve been playing various tracks from the album on the radio show, and Krystle shared music from the album last year on the show.

Some of the reviews:

OKAY Player wrote:
It was only a few months back that Krystle Warren, a midwestern musician with a taste for brawny, soul-rattling blues and gospel, graced us with gratitude on the singer’s first single off today’s offering, Three The Hard Way.

On “Thanks and Praise,” Warren’s sound is indebted to (and a lush extension of) spirited, slow-churn church grooves that have spent the last century empowering and emboldening protest and activism. Her new album, out today with production and engineering from Ben Kane (D’Angelo’s Black Messiah, Emily King’s The Switch) and Warren herself, cuts with encouraging wit against a sparse backdrop of country twang and handclap punctuation, a big, boisterous voice doing the heavy-lifting and heart-swelling.”

Impose Magazine wrote:
The devastating & mournful “Red Clay” recalls the horrific 1921 massacre of African Americans in Tulsa by the hands of the KKK that is painful reminder of an evil that persists in America, as evident by the last week’s tragic events at a neo-Nazi/KKK rally in Charlottesville, VA. Warren’s reiterations of “in the wet red clay” & pondering how evil can kill innocence are underlined with rhythm strums of sorrow that reiterates the concept that there is no place for hate in the world.

And through the entire album cycle, Krystle’s harmonies are a constant that keeps everything fluttering between the lessons of earth’s humble ground & inspirations & mythologies brought about by skies’ heavens. The art & act of waking up to the world & beyond is heard in the steps that follow “Get a Load”, to the psych-swimming “Learn to Bend”, right before you are taken to the tambourine shaking chapel of “Move” that closes out Three the Hard Way with something to wake up anyone may have fallen asleep in the back pews. Krystle leaves the audience with a message to get pro-active in your communities, to take a stand socially, politically, in any way you can make a difference to make our world a more loving place.

Krystle’s own notes on Three the Hard Way:

Three the Hard Way wasn’t supposed to be a political album. It was never my intention to delve into religion, socio-economics, depression…In fact, when Kane first suggested we work together, after I answered defensively that, yes, I had been writing new stuff, long story, and that the songs were all in my head, I said, Let’s make a happy record. And yet, and yet. Heading into the studio a year and a half ago, driving over an hour from my home in Yvelines to Villetaneuse in the early thaw of winter, our recording began as the world’s papers with any common sense at all published a steady stream of, What the FUCK Has The U.S. Done NOW! We couldn’t help but be affected by the uncertainty. It was all around us—still is.

I believe the first session started with “Get a Load”, or at least, attempted to. I had just completed “So We Say” the night before/that very morning, and was eager to lay it. “So We Say” took shape after everyone else went to bed, and I sat alone in the kitchen, plucking away at my guitar, swigging off a bottle of red, thinking about the The Challenger explosion. It was all over the news that day. I was a youngster when it happened, but I remember the image well. The thirtieth anniversary’s coverage provided deeper insight into the whys and hows. I felt disgusted by it all. People rise and fall in pieces, but that’s the price for being free… So began the first tune of the album.

It’s an odd feeling being of the time, artistically—that is to say, one who is reflecting the world around them, by accident, with purpose. Countless quotes exist attributed to various famous folk saying things to the effect of, If you’re not doing this, then you’re doing that, and that’s shitty. I don’t agree with that sentiment as it pertains to artistic expression. Not everyone should hold a megaphone. Pete Seeger, early Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Neil Young—hey, that’s all well and good. The general message is also extremely self-righteous. I don’t like being told what to do, do you?

Likewise, I feel that it’s best to be informed before throwing in your two cents, otherwise, you’re just feeding into the cacophony of yells and screams that currently passes for debate. The world has always been an awful place. Some of us are waking up to that reality now. I couldn’t have written Three the Hard Way five years ago, because I wouldn’t have known what to say, let alone how to say it. I’m here now, taking it all in, and weeping, and writing, and singing, listening, learning, getting through.

10:57

8. Krystle Warren – “Learn To Bend”
from: Three The Hard Way / Parlour Door Music / August 18, 2017
[Produced by Krystle Warren and Ben Kane (D’Angelo, Emily King, PJ Morton). Recorded, engineered, and mixed by Ben Kane. Written & performed by Krystle Warre. Mixed at The Garden, Brooklyn. Mastered & cut by Alex DeTurk at Masterdisk. Last year in Krystle Warren premiered this song and her other new songs from this album at the Middle of the Map Fest in a packed room at Californos in Westport and later at The Polsky Theatre for the Performing Arts Series of Johnson County Community College. For this record Krystle decided to play every instrument and vocals & back up vocals, “playing bass, drums, lap steel, piano, guitar, and vocals directly to analog tape. She and Ben Kane recorded in Villetaneuse, France, a small town on the outskirts of Paris in a vintage 70s era studio that offered just the right, rich sound to suggest the musical foundation for the record, and to do justice to the duo’s carefully balanced arrangements.” On the radio show last year Krystle shared inspirations for this record, early gospel recordings, that crossed over into Jazz from Pharoah Sanders, Edwin Hawkins, and The Swan Silvertones. 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.]

11:00 – Krystle Warren – “Station I.D.”

11:00 – Interview with Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear

Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear

We’re thrilled to welcome back to the show, for their 6th appearance on Wednesday MidDay Medley, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear. Madisen Ward and Ruth Ward were with us for our 500th show, so we feel incredibly blessed to have them back for our 700th show. Between these two shows, they have skyrocketed out of Kansas City, garnering international acclaim, and new fans from all over the world. They signed with Glassnote Records and recorded their debut full length album in Nashville with acclaimed producer Jim Abiss. They performed their debut single “Silent Movies” on The Late Show with David Letterman, they’ve toured across the United States, and Europe, more than once. They were featured on CBS Sunday Morning, NBC’s The Today Show, and “Later With Jools Holland and played Bonnaroo, Pilgramage, and the Newport Folk Festival, and the Ryman Theatre, in Nashville. Ruth Ward has continually performed throughout her life, mostly in coffee shops and open mics, for over 30 years, even recording a solo record. In the midst of this she got married and became a mom, and was busy raising a family. Madisen Ward was born in Oklahoma, and grew up in the outskirts of Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from William Chrisman High School in 2007. Madisen’s journey to become a musician, was “melodically passed down” through the songs of his mother, where Madisen grew up watching his mom perform at local coffee shops. Eventually he began to learn to play the guitar, and poured his talent for writing into the music to create original songs. They began playing shows together, playing Madisen’s original songs along with the occasional cover of a classic track, reinterpreted in their own incredibly beautiful performance of two voices and two guitars in harmony and orchestration. Their debut album, The Skeleton Crew, was released by Glassnote Records, May 9, 2015 and was our most played record that year and was #1 on our 115 Best Recordings of 2015. Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear are currently working on their 2nd album.

Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, will play Yardley Hall, 12345 College Blvd, Overland Park, Kansas, on Saturday, December 2 at 8:00 PM.

Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear thanks for being with us on WMM.

We first played music from Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear on this radio show in early May of 2013 after our mutual friend Joel Nanos of Element Recording sent us a copy of their independent EP, “We Burned The Cane Field” where they first recorded Madisen’s original songs.

When Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear opened for BB King at The Midland, 96.5’s The Buzz’s Lazlo Geiger saw them and he was blown away. He contacted his friend, Daniel Glass, founder of Glassnote Records who traveled to Kansas City to meet the band.

11:08

9. Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear – “Cannibal” (Live)

11:20

10. Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear – “How It Goes” (Live)

Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, will play Yardley Hall, 12345 College Blvd, Overland Park, Kansas, on Saturday, December 2 at 8:00 PM.

11:25

11. Be / Non – “Journey”
from: A Mountain of Yeses / Unipegadong / 2009

12. The Magnetic Fields – BBC Radiophonic Workshop
from: Holiday / Merge / 1994

11:26 – Interview/Story – Scott Hobart

Scott Hobart

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Scott Hobart is a multi-talented artist. Known for his acclaimed honky-tonk country band, Rex Hobart & The Misery Boys (Bloodshot Records). Scott also works as the Coterie Theatre’s Resident Technical Director. He has also composed music and performed in the Coterie’s “Night of The Living Dead.” Scott met his friend Byron Collum at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1989. Eventually, they moved to Collum’s hometown of Green Bay, WI and formed the ‘post-hardcore power-trio’ GIANTS CHAIR in 1993. The band moved back to Kansas City became part of the burgeoning, mid-90’s KC rock scene – sharing bills with Germbox, Season To Risk, Molly McGuire and Shiner. After being signed to Caulfield Records out of Lincoln NE. on the strength of their debut 7″ single, GIANTS CHAIR recorded 2 critically-acclaimed full-length albums and toured the U.S. twice. GIANTS CHAIR sorted ended things in 1997 but have gotten back together here and there.

Recently the band released two new songs and are working on material for their 3rd studio album. Giants Chair play miniBar, Thursday, Sept. 21,at 8:00 PM with ExAcrobat and SWEATS from Lincoln.

Scott Hobart thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

13. Giants Chair – “Featureless Horizon”
from: The Streets – Single / Giants Chair / June 15, 2017
[Recorded May 2017 at Weights & Measures Soundlab, Kansas City, Missouri. Engineered and produced by Duane Trower. Kansas City based. Giant’s Chair was a band from fall of 1993 to the summer of 1997.]

[Giants Chair play miniBar, Thursday, Sept. 21, at 8:00 PM with ExAcrobat and SWEATS from Lincoln.]

11:36 – Underwriting

11:38 – Interview/Story – Necia Gamby

Necia Gamby

Necia Gamby is Licensed Massage Practitioner at own practice, NRGinMOTION. Shoe also serves as a licensed Massage Therapist at Alpha Chiropractic Center Inc. and at at Spa On Penn. She has been in practice 36 years. She uses Swedish (classical) massage technique. Over the years she has studied and practiced Hatha Yoga and is currently studying TaiChi. She founded and directed the Heartland School of Massage from 1988-1996. She has studied and incorporated Shiatsu, trigger point technique, lomi-lomi and a host of other philosophies and techniques into her massage style. She was an instructor for Johnson County Community College’s Certified Massage Program for 6 years. She taught Basic Swedish technique and Business Practices. She is an avid reader and especially loves science fiction and Korean dramas. Necia is the daughter of a KC Jazz pianist, and the mother of a graphic artist and MC for the acclaimed KC based hiphop duo SoundsGood and engineer with the 64111 Clinic.

Necia Gamby, thanks for being us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

11:39 – Necia’s Story

11:44

14. SoundsGood – “Best Song Ever (featuring iD)”
from: Goodbye / Innate Sounds / March 1, 2012
[The 3rd SoundsGood and final album. A collection of tracks that finalize the SoundsGood sound. Vocals – Joe Good, Beats – Miles Bonny.]

11:49 – Interview/story – Nico Gray

Nico Gray (Photo by Mark Manning)

We welcome back to the show, our friend Nico Gray, who joins us as “Guest Producer” for our second hour. Nico has worked as a writer, performance artistm and as an actor with The Kansas City Rep, Gorilla Theatre, the 8th Street Cafe Thetre, Actor’s Craft, and was recently a featured performer in Big Bang Buffet’s Black Sheep Rising. Nico has also worked for Theatre League, The Midland Theatre and is currently a marketing and advertising consultant who does work with Union Station. Rooted in KC, Nico grew up with radio. Nico writes that, “Music has always served as the ‘passport’ through spiritual journeys that have transplanted him to the brownstones of Chicago, the rooftops of Paris, the sea-side of Marseille and the balconies of NYC. ”

Nico Gray welcome back to Wednesday MidDay Medley.

11:50 – Nico’s Story

11:52

15. The Velvet Underground – “Heroin”
from: The Velvet Underground & Nico / Verve / March 12, 1967
[The Velvet Underground & Nico is the debut album by The Velvet Underground, with the first professional line-up of the Velvet Underground: Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Maureen Tucker. German singer Nico was also featured, having occasionally performed lead vocals for the band. This resulted of the instigation of their mentor and manager, Andy Warhol, and his collaborator, Paul Morrissey. Nico sang lead on three of the album’s tracks—”Femme Fatale”, “All Tomorrow’s Parties” and “I’ll Be Your Mirror”—and back-up on “Sunday Morning”. In 1966, as the album was being recorded, this was also the line-up for their live performances as a part of Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable. Though the record was a commercial failure upon release and was almost entirely ignored by contemporary critics, The Velvet Underground & Nico is now widely recognized as one of the greatest and most influential albums in the history of popular music. In 1982, musician Brian Eno famously stated that while the album initially only sold approximately 30,000 copies, “everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band.” In 2003, it ranked 13th on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. It was added to the 2006 National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress. Many sub-genres of rock music and forms of alternative music were significantly informed by the album.]

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

Next week on Wednesday, September 27, Brenton Cook, Dedric Moore and Steve Tulipana join us to share music and information about the Outer Reaches Festival, Friday and Saturday, September 29th and 30th, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd.

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

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Show #700

Wednesday MidDay Medley Celebrates our 700th Show!

Posted on September 16, 2017 by Mark Manning

Wednesday MidDay Medley
TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Our 700th Show! with Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, Krystle Warren, Calvin Arsenia, Ron Megee, Marion Merritt, Maria Vasquez Boyd, Necia Gamby, Scott Hobart, and Nico Gray.

On September 20, 2017, Wednesday MidDay Medley celebrates our 700th Show! with LIVE performances in our 90.1 FM Studios from: Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, who will play Yardley Hall, 12345 College Blvd, Overland Park, Kansas, on Saturday, December 2 at 8:00 PM. Krystle Warren also joins us live to chat about her new album, Three the Hard Way. Calvin Arsenia will call in from “the road” in Paris France, from his “Out Lyre” European tour. Also joining us to share original stories and a favorite song will be: Maria Vasquez Boyd, Nico Gray, Ron Megee, Necia Gamby and Scott Hobart. In addition, Marion Merritt who for the last 13 years, has been joining Mark on a quarterly basis as Guest Producer, will play one of her favorite tracks of the past 700 weeks.

During the past 700 weeks, Wednesday MidDay Medley has welcomed over 2000 guests, and we have featured 15,000 songs from thousands of musical artists. We have made it our mission to mix musical genres, playing with themes, diversity, equality, free speech, connecting artists and venues and listeners. Wednesday MidDay Medley has proudly endeavored to help tell the story of our growing Kansas City area music scene, “The Midcoast Sound,” as we like to call it. We have dedicated a majority of our programming to New & MidCoastal Releases. We have happily presented new formats in radio, with our popular, “A Story In A Song” series, and our specials featuring: The MidCoast Takeover, Middle of The Map, The Crossroads Music Fest, The Outer Reaches Festival, The Lawrence Field Day Fest, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a Tribute to David Bowie, The Pioneers of Punk, LGBT themes, Performance Art, Theatre, “The He Touched Me Gospel Hour,” our interviews with Tommy Ramone, Iris Dement, Laurie Anderson, Lily Tomlin and our annual 4-week special: the 100+ Best Recordings of the Year.

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Show #700

WMM Playlist from September 13, 2017

Posted on September 16, 2017 by Mark Manning

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

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

MidCoastal & New Releases
+ D. Rashaan Gilmore + Erica Joy

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

2. LCD Soundsystem – “change yr mind”
from: american dream / DFA – Columbia / September 1, 2017
[4th studio album by American rock band LCD Soundsystem, released on September 1, 2017 through DFA and Columbia. It was first announced on January 5, 2016, the day after it was revealed that the band was reuniting after a disbandment lasting nearly five years. It is the band’s first album in seven years, following This Is Happening (2010). Prior to release, LCD Soundsystem performed at large music festivals as well as smaller shows to promote their reunion. “Call the Police” and “American Dream” were released together as the album’s lead single on May 5, 2017, and “Tonite” was released as the second single on August 16, 2017. The album received widespread acclaim from music critics. The album performed well commercially and became the band’s first number-one album in the United States.]

3. The Mynabirds – “Shouting at the Dark”
from: BE HERE NOW / Saddle Creek Records / August 25, 2017
[4th release from The Mynabirds, indie pop band founded by singer-songwriter and pianist Laura Burhenn, who was previously one half of the Washington, D.C. indie duo Georgie James. Burhenn formed The Mynabirds in 2009, and shortly after signed to Saddle Creek Records and relocated to Omaha, Nebraska. The sound has been described by Pitchfork as “…openhearted, politically engaged, feminist pop that, miraculously, never veers into schmaltz.” After years of classical piano and stints singing and playing keyboards in rock bands and electronica projects in Washington, D.C., Burhenn founded her own record label, Laboratory Records, and began releasing solo work. Burhenn’s first solo record “Not Ashamed to Say” was released in 1999 and is a collection of thirteen songs written from 1994 to 1998. After releasing a split 7″ in 2003, Burhenn released the full length “Wanderlust” in 2004. In 2005, Burhenn teamed up with John Davis, drummer of defunct DC trio Q and Not U, to form Georgie James. Laura first worked with Saddle Creek in 2007 on Georgie James’ debut LP “Places.” The duo parted ways in late 2008.]

10:13 – Underwriting

4. Kevin Morby – “Aboard My Train”
from: City Music / Dead Oceans / June 16, 2017
[4th release from Kevin Robert Morby born April 2, 1988, and learned to play guitar when he was 10. In his teens he formed the band Creepy Aliens. 17-year-old Morby dropped out of Blue Valley Northwest High School, got his GED, and moved from his native Kansas City to Brooklyn in the mid-2000s, supporting himself by working bike delivery and café jobs. He later joined the noise-folk group Woods on bass. While living in Brooklyn, he became close friends and roommates with Cassie Ramone of the punk trio Vivian Girls, and the two formed a side project together called The Babies, who released albums in 2011 and 2012. He began a solo career in 2013 releasing his debut album Harlem River with positive reviews. His 2nd album Still Life was released in 2014. His last album Singing Saw was ione of our 116 Best Recordings of 2016]

[Kevin Morby plays The Madrid, tomorrow night, September 14, opening for The Mountain Goats]

5. Sheer Mag – “Just Can’t Get Enough”
from: Need To Feel Your Love / WILSUN RC / July 14, 2017
[Sheer Mag is an American rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 2014. Members include:Tina Halladay, Kyle Seely, Hart Seely, Matt Palmer, Ian Dykstra A combination of 1970s rock and punk ethos, the band continued to gather attention and has released three 7-inch EPs as of March 2016. In January 2015, Rolling Stone featured the band as one of “10 New Artists You Need To Know”, describing them as “a gang of punks with a not-so-secret love of Seventies classic rock.”Four of five band members attended the State University of New York at Purchase. In 2016, the band was part of the Coachella 2016 line-up and performed on Late Night with Seth Myers. On May 10, 2017, Sheer Mag released “Need To Feel Your Love,” the first track off their first full-length record, Need To Feel Your Love.]

[Sheer Mag play The Bottleneck, in Lawrence, KS, on September 18, with Laffing Gas, The Whiffs, and Nancy Boys]

6. Krystle Warren – “Nae-Nae and Ruthie”
from: Three The Hardway / Parlour Door Music / August 18, 2017
[Produced by Krystle Warren and Ben Kane (D’Angelo, Emily King, PJ Morton). Recorded, engineered, and mixed by Ben Kane. Written & performed by Krystle Warre. Mixed at The Garden, Brooklyn. Mastered & cut by Alex DeTurk at Masterdisk. Last year in Krystle Warren premiered this song and her other new songs from this album at the Middle of the Map Fest in a packed room at Californos in Westport and later at The Polsky Theatre for the Performing Arts Series of Johnsons County Community College. For this record Krystle decided to play every instrument and vocals & back up vocals, “playing bass, drums, lap steel, piano, guitar, and vocals directly to analog tape. She and Ben Kane recorded in Villetaneuse, France, a small town on the outskirts of Paris in a vintage 70s era studio that offered just the right, rich sound to suggest the musical foundation for the record, and to do justice to the duo’s carefully balanced arrangements.” On the radio show last year Krystle shared inspirations for this record, early gospel recordings, that crossed over into Jazz from Pharoah Sanders, Edwin Hawkins, and The Swan Silvertones. 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.]

7. Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals – “Shine”
from: Call It What It Is / Ben Harper – Concord Music Group / January 22, 2016
[Benjamin Chase Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances, and activism. He has released twelve regular studio albums, mostly through Virgin Records and has toured internationally. Harper is a three-time Grammy Award winner, with awards for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album in 2005 and Best Blues Album in 2014. Harper was born in Pomona, California. His late father, Leonard, was of African-American and Cherokee ancestry, and his mother, Ellen Chase-Verdries, is Jewish. His maternal great-grandmother was a Russian-Lithuanian Jew. His parents divorced when he was five years old, and he grew up with his mother’s family. Harper has two brothers, Joel and Peter. Harper began playing guitar as a child. His maternal grandparents’ music store The Folk Music Center and Museum laid a foundation of folk and blues for the artist, complemented by regular patrons Leonard Cohen, Taj Mahal, John Darnielle, and David Lindley and quotes of William Shakespeare and Robert Frost made often by his grandfather. In 1978, at the age of 9, Harper attended Bob Marley’s performance in Burbank, California where Marley was joined by former bandmate Peter Tosh for the encore. It was, according to Harper, an important influence..]

[Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals play The Uptown Theatre, tonight, September 13, Doors at 7:00 PM, show at 8:00 PM with special guest, Hey, King]

D. Rashaan Gilmore with Maria Vasquez Boyd on the September 13, 2017 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley

10:31 – Interview with D. Rashaan Gilmore

D. Rashaan Gilmore is a life-long resident of Kansas City. He is community connector, organizer and collaborator. He joins us to share information about his new radio show, ‘Unbossed and Unbothered w/ D. Rashaan’ that can be heard right here on 90.1 FM KKFI, on the 3rd Saturday of each month, at 1:00 pm, during The Tenth Voice. D. Rashaan Gilmore is passionate about making a difference in the LGBTQ community of color. His current project is BlaqOut, a newly formed organization which seeks to organize and mobilize the black, gay community in Kansas City and develop a leadership core. Gilmore has previously managed multiple significant HIV/ AIDS awareness and prevention grants for the Kansas City CARE Clinic. And also served as the Senior Field Organizer for PROMO, Missouri’s statewide LGBT equality and advocacy organization.

D. Rashaan Gilmore thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Last month D. Rashaan premiered his new radio program: ‘Unbossed and Unbothered w/ D. Rashaan’, on The Tenth Voice. During his first show he interviewed John Eligon, reporter for the New York Times AND featured a live musical performance from the St. Louis-based artist, MAVEN LEE aka Trent Omar Ramsey.

D. Rashaan Gilmore said in an interview (The Phoenix Newsletter / May 31, 2017 written by Joel Barrett) “I believe in living out loud.”

He also said, “I feel like I’m in a position to help others and I take that responsibility seriously, however, I can’t talk about what impact I have had in Kansas City without talking about the impact Kansas City has had on me.”

In the Phoenix Newsletter piece he said, “I don’t believe in practice what you preach. To me, that is too high a standard. I believe in preaching what you practice. I can tell you and show you what has worked for me and that alone. Everything else I’m aspiring to and we can work on that together.”

D, Rashaan Gilmore is particularly passionate about making a difference in the LGBTQ community of color. Recently, he’s found a home for his voice in service of marginalized and stigmatized communities where he brings his candor, intelligence and wit to empower individuals to assert their right to be visible and thrive.

His current project is BlaqOut, a newly formed organization which seeks to organize and mobilize the black, gay community in Kansas City and develop a leadership core.

BlaqOut has received funding for a major community needs assessment of Kansas City’s black, 18- to 34-year-old MSM community. MSM is a term used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that means men who have sex with men.

Gilmore has previously managed multiple significantly-sized SAMHSA and CDC-funded HIV/ AIDS awareness and prevention grants for the Kansas City CARE Clinic.

D. Rashaan Gilmore calls himself a “serial entrepreneur.” His first business was a bakery, that he started as a 14 year old teenager.

His newest company is ‘Nuts & Bolts’, a premier lifestyle brand for men, that will launch its debut collection of sustainably produced garments and accessories in 2018.

As an outspoken social justice advocate and passionate serial entrepreneur with deep roots in the business, civic and non-profit communities in Kansas City and beyond.

Gilmore’s keen insight and vast professional experience establish him as a sought after cultural and political analyst and commentator on radio, television and online.

D. Rashaan Gilmore thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

D. Rashaan Gilmore is the host and producer of a new radio show, ‘Unbossed and Unbothered w/ D. Rashaan’, on the 3rd Saturday of each month, at 1:00 PM, during The Tenth Voice on 90.1 FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio.

10:50

8. The War On Drugs – “Holding On”
from: A Deeper Understanding / Atlantic Recording / August 25, 2017
[The 4th studio album from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, band formed in 2005. The band consists of Adam Granduciel (vocals, guitar), David Hartley (bass), Robbie Bennett (keyboards), Charlie Hall (drums), Jon Natchez (saxophone, keyboards) and Anthony LaMarca (guitar). Founded by close collaborators Granduciel and Kurt Vile, The War on Drugs released their debut studio album, Wagonwheel Blues, in 2008. Vile departed shortly after its release to focus on his solo career. The band’s second studio album Slave Ambient was released in 2011 to favorable reviews and extensive touring. Written and recorded following extensive touring and a period of loneliness and depression for primary songwriter Granduciel, the band’s third album, Lost in the Dream, was released in 2014 to widespread critical acclaim and increased exposure. Previous collaborator Charlie Hall joined the band as its full-time drummer during the recording process, with saxophonist Jon Natchez and additional guitarist Anthony LaMarca accompanying the band for its world tour.]

9. Hurray For The Riff Raff – “Living In The City”
from: The Navigator / ATO Records / March 10, 2017
[Hurray for the Riff Raff is an American folk-blues and Americana band from New Orleans, Louisiana formed by lead singer and songwriter Alynda Segarra. Segarra was raised by her aunt Nereida in the Bronx where she developed an early appreciation for doo-wop and Motown. She is of Puerto Rican descent. Her mother was former New York City Deputy Mayor Ninfa Segarra. Segarra became a regular attendee of hardcore punk shows at ABC No Rio when she was young. She left her home in the Bronx at age 17, spending time crossing North America, hopping freight trains. During this time, around 2007, Segarra became a part of the Dead Man Street Orchestra, a band that was documented in a photo essay by Time Magazine in 2007. After two self-released albums, 2008’s It Don’t Mean I Don’t Love You and 2010’s Young Blood Blues, Hurray for the Riff Raff released a self-titled CD composed of Segarra’s favorite songs from those records on Loose Music in Europe on March 21, 2011. Tracks from the band’s debut release received airplay on BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music. In February 2011, the band were featured in an article in The Times, based around the HBO TV series, Treme, with their track “Daniella” being listed in their selection of New Orleans’ essential songs. In May 2012, Hurray for the Riff Raff released Look Out Mama on their own label, Born to Win Records. Loose Music released Look Out Mama in Europe on August 20, 2012. The album was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee at The Bomb Shelter Studios and produced by Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes).In February 2014, Hurray for the Riff Raff had their ATO Records debut, Small Town Heroes. The record features original songs written or co-written by Segarra, and features fiddler Yosi Perlstein, keyboard player Casey McAllister, and two members of The Deslondes: Sam Doores on guitar and Dan Cutler on bass.]

11:00 – Station ID

10. Giants Chair – “The Streets”
from: The Streets – Single / Giants Chair / June 15, 2017
[Recorded May 2017 at Weights & Measures Soundlab, Kansas City, Missouri. Engineered and produced by Duane Trower. Kansas City based. Giant’s Chair was a band from fall of 1993 to the summer of 1997. Singer-songwriter / guitarist Scott Hobart and bassist Byron Collum met at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1989. Eventually, they moved to Collum’s hometown of Green Bay, WI to play with drummer, Paul Ackerman and form the ‘post-hardcore power-trio’ GIANTS CHAIR in 1993. The band moved back to Kansas City soon thereafter to be a part of the burgeoning, mid-90’s KC rock scene – sharing bills with Germbox, Season To Risk, Molly McGuire and Shiner. After being signed to Caulfield Records out of Lincoln NE. on the strength of their debut 7″ single, GIANTS CHAIR recorded 2 critically-acclaimed full-length albums and toured the U.S. twice. Though Hobart would shift styles to front the honky-tonk country band, Rex Hobart & The Misery Boys (Bloodshot Records) while Collum and Ackerman continued with other rock projects, GIANTS CHAIR has continued to play the occasional show in Kansas City over the years and has recently released two new songs and a video – as well as letting it be known that they are working on material for their 3rd studio album. Hobart says GIANTS CHAIR’s best-known earliest influences would probably be bands like Fugazi, Swervedriver, Drive Like Jehu and Jawbox.]

[Giants Chair play miniBar, Thursday, Sept. 21,at 8:00 PM with ExAcrobat and SWEATS from Lincoln.]

[Scott Hobart will be with us live in the studio next week for our very special 700th show with guests: Nico Gray, Necia Gamby, Marion Merritt, Ron Megee, Maria Vasquez Boyd, Lesley Poiries, and more.]

11. La Guerre – “sweetness is objective”
from: B Side Your Heart / The Record Machine / January 20, 2015
[La Guerre is the French for “war.” B Side Your Heart is a gathering of love themed b sides from over the last few years. All proceeds will be donated to the ACLU. All songs written by Katlyn Conroy. Katlyn Conroy, is a female singer and songwriter from Lawrence, Kansas. She was part of the critically acclaimed band, Cowboy Indian Bear. She was the recipient of the 2013 Pitch Music Award for Best Singer-Songwriter. You can a listen to her music at http://www.katlynconroy.bandcamp.com.]

[La Guerre plays The Riot Room, 4048 Broadway, Monday, September 18, at 8:00 PM with local band Mess, opening from Athens, Georgia band Mothers.]

12. Ariel Pink – “Feels Like Heaven”
from: Dedicated To Bobby Jameson / Kemado Records / September 15, 2017
[11th studio album Los Angeles’s prodigal songwriting son Ariel Pin. The album’s title makes a direct and heartfelt reference to a real-life L.A. musician, long presumed dead, who resurfaced online in 2007 after 35 reclusive years to pen his autobiography and tragic life story in a series of blogs and YouTube tirades. “His book and life resonated with me to such a degree,” Pink states, “that I felt a need to dedicate my latest record to him.” Dedicated to Bobby Jameson begins at the end and ends at the beginning. “We follow the protagonist through a battery of tests and milestones, the first of which sees him reborn into life out of death,” Pink explains, referencing the opening track “Time To Meet Your God.” “From there, he seesaws his way between the innocent love and the rock-solid edifice of childhood-worn trauma that together constitute his lifelong initiation into the realm of artifice and theatrical disposability.” Ariel Pink started as a visual artist before becoming a recording artist in the late ‘90s while attending Cal Arts. Drawing on iconoclasts and trailblazers like the Shaggs, the Cure, the Velvet Underground, Destroy All Monsters, Cabaret Voltaire, and R. Stevie Moore, Pink set himself to redefining the musical lexicon for himself and others. “This mission,” he says, “remains mine to this day.” less. More info at: http://www.ariel-pink.com.]

13. Foxygen – “Follow The Leader”
from: Hang / Jagjaguwar / January 20, 2017
[Foxygen is an American indie rock duo from Westlake Village, California, formed in 2005. The band consists of Jonathan Rado and Sam France. They have released four albums and a number of self-released EPs. Rado and France started their band in high school when both were fifteen. After their formation in 2005, the band played experimental music; influenced by psychedelia and avant-garde. They self-released four EPs between 2007 and 2011. In early 2011, they were ‘discovered’ by producer Richard Swift after handing him one of their EPs at a Mynabird’s show in New York. The group were later signed on to Jagjaguwar Records and their first studio album, Take the Kids Off Broadway, was released by Jagjaguwar on July 24, 2012. On January 22, 2013, Jagjaguwar released Foxygen’s second album, We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic. This album was produced by Richard Swift and recorded at his National Freedom studio. The record was preceded by the single “Shuggie,” released on October 4, 2012. In March 2013, Foxygen was named one of Fuse TV’s 30 must-see artists at SXSW. The band has gained a reputation for its unhinged live shows and maniacal behavior of lead singer France. In 2014, for their tours promoting the sprawling double album …And Star Power, the group expanded to a nine-piece including three back-up singer/dancers. The band released their fourth LP, the theatrical Hang, on January 20, 2017, via Jagjaguwar. The album features collaborations with The Lemon Twigs, the Flaming Lips’ Steven Drozd and a 40+ piece orchestra arranged by Trey Pollard and Matthew E White. The Irish Times described the album as “Theatrical is an apt description of this collection as a whole,” while noting that the album “edges perilously close to pastiche”.]

14. Erica Joy – “Happy Villain”
from: Introduction / Independent / February 3, 2017
[Erica Joy on vocals, Britt Wild on lead guitar, Khitam Jabr on acoustic guitar,. Recording and produced by Kyle Ward at Counterpoint Studio.]

[Erica Joy plays an intimate theatre show, Sunday, October 1st, at 7:00 PM, at Westport Coffeehouse Theatre where she will be debuting new songs, and playing with her new backing band – Colby Bales, Zach Harris, and Branden Moser.]

11:19 – Interview with Erica Joy

Erica Joy in the September 13, 2017 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley.

KC based singer and songwriter, Erica Joy who joins us to share information about her new band, and her upcoming intimate theatre show, Sunday, October 1st, at 7:00 PM, at Westport Coffeehouse Theatre where she will be debuting new songs, and playing with her new backing band – Colby Bales, Zach Harris, and Branden Moser. In 2015 Erica Joy released her first single “Fun to Hold You” and it remained in Homegrown Buzz’s rotation for over a year. She followed the single by releasing her debut EP, “Introduction” on February 3, 2017, in a special show at recordBar.

Erica Joy, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Band Members:
Vox: Erica Joy
Lead Guitar: Colby Bales (of Instant Karma)
Rhythm Guitar: Erica Joy
Drums: Zach Harris (drummer of Instant Karma)
Bass: Branden Moser (bassist with Instant Karma)

There are only 100 seats available. More information at: http://www.ericajoymusic.com

Erica Joy was Born April 8, 1991. She is 26 years old. She grew up in Springfield Missouri went to Kickapoo High, class of 2009. She came to nKansas City on a cross-country / track scholarship. She spent a few years running in Kansas City before discovering the music community. Erica Joy graduated from UMKC in 2013.

Short bio: In 2015 her first single “Fun to Hold You” was released and remained in Homegrown Buzz’s rotation for over a year. EJ then released a full EP titled “Introduction” on February 3rd 2017 at Record Bar in Kansas City. After the release of the EP, Joy gained much love from critics and fans wanting to see what she will do next and also “leaving the tracks on repeat in the car.”

There has never been a time where Erica has started singing and the room didn’t stop, even if for a few seconds to admire her voice. It doesn’t matter what genre or style she sings in, she’s going to tell you a story and she’s going to make you feel things. It has perhaps never been described better than “she’ll turn you into a puddle of melted butter” reviewed by “I Heart Local Music’s” take of Ej’s performance at Middle of the Map. Her voice is dreamy and haunting. It’s a calling, it’s Erica Joy.

11:26

15. Erica Joy – “Carol” (Live)  (a new song not yet recorded)

This year Erica Joy released her debut EP, she played a big EP Release show at recordBar. She played Middle of The Map Fest, she was part of the HearQueer Issue 001 launch, she has a new band, and is writing and recording new music,

Erica Joy, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

Erica Joy plays an intimate theatre show, Sunday, October 1st, at 7:00 PM, at Westport Coffeehouse Theatre where she will be debuting new songs, and playing with her new backing band – Colby Bales, Zach Harris, and Branden Moser.

More information at: http://www.ericajoymusic.com

10:36 – Underwriting

16. The Dear Misses – “Stage Fright“
from: Just Let Go / Independent / February 28, 2017
[This is The Dear Misses first full length album. “Just Let Go” was written over the course of 4 years. TDM started as a side project for lead singer Todd Anderson and Guitarist Cody Stapleton and caught full sail upon the addition of Drummer Bret Collins in 2014 and Bassist Shane Berggren in Late 2015. This Lawrence Kansas based 4-piece band is made up of: Todd Anderson on lead vocals & rhythm guitar, Cody Stapleton on lead guitar & backing vocals, Bret Collins on drums, and Shane Berggren on bass. More information at: http://www.reverbnation.com/thedearmisses%5D

[The Dear Misses play The Rino, 34 Armour Rd, North Kansas City, Saturday, September 16, at 8:00 PM, with CUDO and Faintheart.]

17. Jack Johnson – “My Mind Is For Sale”
from: All the Light Above it Too / Jack Johnson / September 8, 2017
[7th studio album by musician Jack Johnson (born May 18, 1975) singer-songwriter, musician, actor, record producer, documentary filmmaker and a former professional surfer. The album’s lead single, titled “My Mind Is for Sale”, was released on July 14, 2017. It is the first of Jack’s releases since his 2013 album From Here to Now to You. The album was produced by a friend of Jack Johnson, Robbie Lackritz, and recorded at Mango Tree Studio, just as many of his others were. The album was mostly inspired by the sayings of Donald Trump, surfing, and camping. Also, Johnson had just recently worked on the short documentary, “Smog of the Sea”, and released his song “Fragments”. The documentary took a one-week journey through the sea to study animals, and sea creatures. This got Johnson thinking about what Trump has said about pollution and global warming, and has also included this in his album. Johnson’s songs were mostly written while he was camping in the wilderness, or on boats. This was because his home studio is too quiet and you can hear your thoughts when you are trying to write, which makes it not such a productive writing place. “I wrote these songs when I was out of [cellular] reception and phones can’t ring, there’s not a lot else to do, so we play a lot of guitar,” Johnson says. On these trips, Johnson brought his backpack with a ukulele in it and with an acoustic guitar.]

18. Iron & Wine – “Call It Dreaming”
from: Beast Epic / Sub Pop / August 25, 2017
[6th full-length studio album by Iron & Wine which is the musical project of Samuel “Sam” Ervin Beam (born July 26, 1974). He has released five studio albums, several EPs and singles, as well as a few download-only releases, which include a live album (a recording of his 2005 Bonnaroo performance). He occasionally tours with a full band. Beam was raised in South Carolina before moving to Virginia and then Florida to attend school. He now resides in Durham, North Carolina. The name Iron & Wine is taken from a dietary supplement named “Beef, Iron & Wine” that he found in a general store while shooting a film. Beam was raised in Chapin, South Carolina, where his father worked in land management and his mother was a schoolteacher. When he was a child, his family took regular trips to the country, where his grandfather ran a farm. He attended Seven Oaks Elementary School, Chapin Middle School, and Chapin High School. While home from college, he was a waiter at California Dreaming restaurant in Columbia. Beam earned a bachelor’s degree in art from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. He specialized in painting before graduating from the Florida State University Film School with an MFA degree. Before the release of the first Iron & Wine album, Beam’s main source of income was as a professor of film and cinematography at the University of Miami and Miami International University of Art & Design. He had been writing songs for over seven years before a friend lent him a four-track recorder. He began making demos and gave one to his friend Michael Bridwell, brother of Band of Horses lead singer, Ben Bridwell. Michael handed it to Mike McGonigal, editor of Yeti magazine, who chose “Dead Man’s Will”, later released on In the Reins, for inclusion on one of his magazine’s compilation CDs. Beam later came to the attention of Sub Pop Records co-owner, Jonathan Poneman, who contacted Beam to propose a deal.Beam released his first Iron & Wine album, The Creek Drank the Cradle, on the Sub Pop label in 2002. Beam wrote, performed, recorded and produced the album in his home studio. Featuring acoustic guitars, banjo, and slide guitar, the album’s music has been compared to that of Nick Drake, Simon and Garfunkel, Elliott Smith, Neil Young and John Fahey. Also in 2002, Beam recorded a cover of The Postal Service’s then-unreleased song “Such Great Heights”. Rather than being included on an Iron & Wine release, the track was initially included as a b-side of the original version by The Postal Service. It was later included on the B-sides and rarities album, Around the Well. He followed up his debut album in 2003 with The Sea & The Rhythm, an EP containing other home-recorded tracks with a similar style to this debut.]

19. EMA – “Down and Out”
from: Exile In the Outer Ring / City Slangl / August 25, 2017
[5th studio album from Erika Michelle Anderson, (born April 2, 1982) better known by her stage name EMA, is an American singer and songwriter from South Dakota. Originally the lead singer of drone-folk band Gowns, she released her debut album Little Sketches on Tape in 2010 on Night People, an independent music label founded by former Raccoo-oo-oon member Shawn Reed. In 2011 EMA released her second album Past Life Martyred Saints, which received positive reviews from Pitchfork Media, Drowned in Sound, and the NME. After releasing her debut album, EMA was named “New Band of the Day” by The Guardian and “Artist to Watch” by Rolling Stone. In 2011 she performed “Endless, Nameless” for Spin’s twentieth anniversary tribute to Nirvana’s album Nevermind. Her song “The Grey Ship” was used on an episode of Adult Swim’s Off the Air, and in the 2014 Carter Smith film Jamie Marks Is Dead. She made her network television debut performing on Late Show with David Letterman on August 26, 2014.]

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

Next week, on Wednesday September 20 we present our 700th show with special guests: Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, Krystle Warren, Calvin Arsenia, Marion Merritt, Maria Vasquez Boyd, Nico Gray, Necia Gamby, Ron Megee, and Scott Hobart.

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

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WMM Playlist from March 29, 2017

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Mark Manning

Wednesday MidDay Medley
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

More New & MidCoastal Releases
+ Clint Hoffmeier & Matt Tady
+ Matthew Dunehoo & First Friday Film Fest
+ Lou Jane Temple & Ron Megee

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

2. The Jesus and Mary Chain – “Always Sad”
from: Damage and Joy / Artificial Plastic Records / March 24, 2017
[7th studio album by Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain. It is the group’s first album in 19 years, and marks their first collaboration with producer Youth. Half of its 14 tracks are re-recordings of songs that were previously released in some form—as Jim Reid solo releases or as part of their sister Linda’s Sister Vanilla venture. Scottish alternative rock band formed in East Kilbride in 1983. The band revolves around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim and William Reid. After signing to independent label Creation Records, they released their first single “Upside Down” in 1984. Their debut album Psychocandy was released to critical acclaim in 1985 on major label WEA. The band went on to release five more studio albums before disbanding in 1999. They reunited in 2007.]

3. Lennon Bone – “Cut The Line”
from: Cut The Line – Single / Lennon Bone / February 24, 2017
[About “Cut The Line” Lennon Bone wrote: “ It’s a song about my mothers passing, which happened on Feb. 23rd, 2016. Chance Bone on bass, backing vocals and artwork. All other vocals, instruments, production, mixing and mastering by Lennon Bone. Engineered and recorded by Lennon Bone at Element Recording Studios and Sound and Patterns Studios, Kansas City. Lennon Bone spent 10 years touring the world as a professional drummer. His writing and playing has been heard on television shows like “Nashville”, “Criminal Minds”, MTV’s “Catfish” and “Gossip Girl”. His previous band, Ha Ha Tonka, was featured on an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s “No Reservations”. He backed his brother (Chance Bone) as the drummer for music featured in the 2016 feature film “The Meddler”, starring Susan Sarandon. He’s been on 3 Billboard Top 200 albums, (K. Flay // Ha Ha Tonka), and has toured 13+ countries. Lennon currently resides in the midwest, producing and mixing records out of Sound and Patterns and Element Recording Studio’s in Kansas City, as well as doing freelance drumming and compositional work for film and television through his company Sound and Patterns Music. More information at: http://www.lennonbone.com]

4. The Besnard Lakes – “Laura Lee”
from: The Besnard Lakes Are the Divine Wind – EP / Jagjaguwar / Februry 9, 2017
[Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Formed in 2003 by the husband and wife team of Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas, the band also includes Kevin Laing on drums, Richard White on guitar, Sheenah Ko on keyboards and Robbie MacArthur on guitar. They played Middle of The Map last year.]

[The Besnard Lakes will play recordBar, Sunday, May 14, with The Life and Times.]

10:13 – Underwriting

10:15 – Interview with Clint Hoffmeier & Matt Tady

5. Clint Hoffmeir & Matt Tady – “W.N.D.P. Theme”
from: Wednesday Might Drinking Practice/ Clint Hoffmeier / October, 2016

You are listening to the original theme song of the weekly podcast Wednesday Night Drinking Practice produced and hosted by Clint Hoffmeier & Matt Tady who join us on terrestrial radio to share details about their new weekly podcast, now in their 23rd week, recorded at Clint’s home studio, in his Rosedale KCK neighborhood.

Clint Hoffmeier is a Kansas City native, He has played in bands since I was 10. Although heavy into film and theater in his 20’s, music has continued to be a big part of his life. In 2008, he opened CODA, with Dan and Ann Tutko, friends he made while working for The Majestic Restaurant. Clint has been involved in many recording projects and his currently writing and performing with the Kansas City based band, The Dynamite Defense.

Matt Tady was born in Wyandotte County, but grew up in Southeast Kansas. After landing in Kansas City, he met his wife Danielle Meister in 2004. Matt has collaborated as an actor and dancer on perfomance installation pieces for the Charlotte Street Foundation, and has worked hanging art in galleries and bars in the Crossroads. Matt has also been a part of the astro-conspiracy rock band, The Cosmic Tady Brothers with his brother Chris. He is also the owner of Tadej Leather Goods with his wife Danielle Meister, who is the owner of We Are Sincerely Yours, at 2711 Troost Avenue, in Kansas City.

Clint has written about how Wednesday Night Drinking Practice is an old tradition. Many of his close friends and brothers have met every Wednesday in his garage to have drinks and talk about movies and music and such. The idea to do a weekly podcast with the same concept came to him last year. Clint asked Matt to join him on this project. What was once just an idea, has turned into an amazing experience in which he gets to hang out and get to know local Kansas City musicians and artists.

One of the features of the Wednesday Night Drinking Practice is “This or That”

10:24

6. Clint Hoffmeier, Matt Tady, and Johnny Hamil – “This or That Theme”
from: Wednesday Might Drinking Practice/ Clint Hoffmeier / October, 2016

“This Or That?”

Curtis Mayfield or Sly & The Family Stone

David Lynch or Quenton Tarentino

C-Span or Public Televison

The podcast: Wednesday Night Drinking Practice is now in their 23rd week.

Clint formed Ancient House Productions with Jason Orr at Phosphor Studios last year. We work with artist to record music and also video production.

Clint has been involved in many recording projects and am currently writing and performing with The Dynamite Defense. Clint’s band that includes: Jordan Carver, Tess Jehle-Ray, Chris Tady, and Chris Teasley.

10:33

7. The Dynamite Defense – “Hit The Town”
from: The Dynamite Defense EP / The Dynamite Defense/ June 2, 2015
[The Dynamite Defense include: Jordan Carver, Clint Hoffmeier, Tess Jehle-Ray, Chris Tady, Chris Teasley]

We are talking with Clint Hoffmeier & Matt Tady about their new weekly podcast, Wednesday Night Drinking Practice. The podcast is now in their 23rd week. Clint & Matt host and produce the show, that is recorded at Clint’s home studio, in his Rosedale KCK neighborhood.

To hear and download, “Wednesday Night Drinking Practice” podcasts, you can visit: http://www.wednesdaynightdrinkingpractice….

10:45

8. Second Hand King – “Go So Wrong”
from: Go So Wrong – Single / Second Hand King / March 22, 2017
[Second Hand King is Joe Stanziola, who grew up in Shawnee Kansas, and Overland Park, Kansas, where he graduated from Shawnee Mission East High School in 2008. He calls his music Doo Wop / Hip Hop. He is a student of Hip Hop with a passion for Doo Wop music, and he takes his name from a 1966 Doo Wop song known as “The Joker went Wild” by Brian Hyland. Second Hand King released his debut EP, The Santa Sangre, in December 2011, followed by the full length albums: All My Fears (December, 2012), Lower Depths (October, 2013), Chuck (March 2014), Before the Bomb Drops (May, 2015), and Almost Blue (January, 2016). Second Hand King is getting set to release his sixth full length release, FRANKIE this year.]

[Second Hand King plays recordBar, Friday, March 31, at 8:00 PM with Pistol Pete, The Kid Nicky Halt, Rachel Mallin & The Wild Type, and Chris Flow.]

9. Modern English- “Moonbeam”
from: Take Me To The Trees / Modern English / February 24, 2017
[8th studio album from 5-piece band formed in Colchester, Essex, England, in 1979 by Robbie Grey on vocals, Gary McDowell on guitar & vocals, and Michael Conroy on bass & vocals. Modern English were originally known as The Lepers. The group expanded to “Modern English” when Richard Brown on drums and Stephen Walker on keyboards were subsequently added to the lineup of the band. Modern English are a new wave/post-punk band from Colchester, Essex, England best remembered for their songs “I Melt with You”, “Hands Across the Sea”, and “Ink and Paper”. The group disbanded twice, in 1987 and 1991, but reunited again in 1989 and 1995. This new album was recorded, produced and mixed by Martyn Young from Colourbox and MARRS, who also adds additional keyboards.]

10. Sky Smeed – “Lunker Bass”
from: Lunker Bass / Sky Smeed / Digital Release Feb 1, 2017 – Physical Release Mar 1, 2017
[Sky Smeed was born and raised outside of Chanute, Kansas, in an old, one-room schoolhouse his parents bought and turned into a home in the early 1970s. Last year, he sold the country home he built by hand and migrated to Lawrence, Kansas, a place that has provided a non-stop supply of creativity, community and culture, and began settling in to an old fixer-upper on the north side of the Kaw River. To date, Smeed has self-released five full-length albums: Flying High (2002), The Front Steps (2004), Mill River (2006), Sky Smeed (2012) and Drive All Night (2015). His sixth album, Lunker Bass (2017), was recorded and produced at The Ninth Ward Pickin’ Parlor in Lawrence by none other than award-winning folk duo Truckstop Honeymoon (Mike & Katie West).]

[Sky Smeed plays a record release show at recordBar, Sat, April 1 at 8:00 with Truckstop Honeymoon.]

11. Pieta Brown – “Street Tracker”
from: Postcards / Lustre Records / March 10, 2017
[Pieta Brown’s new release Postcards features her collaborating with musical friends, including Calexico, Bon Iver, Mark Knopfler and the Pines. She compiled the album by writing simple acoustic demos of what would become the album’s songs, sending them to the musicians that make up Postcards‘ roster of guests, and having those artists finish the tracks. Brown and her collaborators never worked in the same room, which lent the album its distance-implying title. Street Tracker was created with Mark Knopfler. Brown was born in 1973, in Iowa City, Iowa. She is an American musician and singer-songwriter who has released five albums and three EPs. She has performed with artists such as Mark Knopfler, John Prine, Amos Lee, Justin Vernon and Calexico. Her early upbringing was in Iowa. There, Brown was exposed to traditional and rural folk music through her father, singer songwriter Greg Brown. Brown spent her childhood living in 17 different residences between Iowa and Alabama. While living with her mother in Alabama, Brown began writing poetry and composing instrumental songs on piano. Pieta Brown is married to musician and producer Bo Ramsey.]

11:00 – Station ID

11:00 – Interview with Matthew Dunehoo

Matthew Dunehoo of First Friday Film Fest

Matthew Dunehoo, serves as Festival Director of the First Friday Film Festival, at Musical Theater Heritage in Crown Center on April 7, with eleven short films from Barcelona, Minneapolis, Columbia, NYC, Los Angeles, France, Sweden, and Michigan that will be screened. Matt is also a film maker, musician and actor. Matt is the founder of Elk’s Pride Pictures, a film production company based in Kansas City, Missouri. Matt has also been at the center of many of our favorite and often played bands on this show, including Tidy Hippy, Loose Park, Baby Teardrops, and Doris Hensen. Today we’ll play a track from Matt’s new band, Slights, play The Tank Room, Friday, April 7 at with Spellbook, and Kids & Chemicals.

First Friday Film Festival, Friday, April 7, at Musical Theater Heritage in Crown Center, features eleven short films from Barcelona, Minneapolis, Columbia, NYC, Los Angeles, France, Sweden, and Michigan will be screened.

DOORS 7:30 SCREENING BEGINS 8:30
MTH THEATER, 3RD FLOOR, CROWN CENTER

AND THERE WAS LIGHT
LEA KONCZAL – COLUMBIA, MO
DOCUMENTARY – 5 MIN
A SHORT DOCUMENTARY ABOUT A MAN WITH ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS JOBS IN AMERICA.

12. Audio Clip – “And There was Light”
from the short film, “And There Was Light”

SCHMOTTS, direcred by KYLE KENYON – LOS ANGELES
NARRATIVE SHORT – 8 MIN – COMEDY
AFTER A LONG DAY OF JOB HUNTING, AN OBLIVIOUS STEPFATHER TRIES TO ENJOY A MEAL WITH HIS FAMILY. UNFORTUNNATELY THERE’S ONE THING HE LOVES EVEN MORE.

Written and Produced by Matt Stauter who plays Gary, the stepfather.

12 B. Audio Clip – “Schmotts”
from the shart film “Schmotts”

11:08 – Interview with Matt Dunehoo

We’re talking with Matthew Dunehoo about the First Friday Film Festival, at Musical Theater Heritage in Crown Center., on Friday, April 7, with eleven short films from Barcelona, Minneapolis, Columbia, NYC, Los Angeles, France, Sweden, and Michigan that will be screened. More information at http://www.firstfridayfilmfest.com

Films:
WE THE PEOPLE
Rollence Patugan – LOS ANGELES

SCHMOTTS
KYLE KENYON – LOS ANGELES

BEST BEFORE END
NICOLAS FOGLIARINI – FRANCE

SHOWING IT ALL
LASSE PERSSON – SWEDEN

NIGHT GAME
SIMON TESSMER – MICHIGAN, USA

20 METERS OF LOVE IN MONTMARTE
PIERRE GAFFIE – FRANC

MARC CHUNG PROTECTS HIS ADDRESS
MICHAEL CHAN – LOS ANGELES, CA

AND THERE WAS LIGHT
LEA KONCZAL – COLUMBIA, MO

COLOR OF FEAR
RAHUL CHAKRABARTI – MINNEAPOLIS

THE BREAKDOWN
ANTHONY JAMES FAURE – NY

CROISSANT
MARIUS CONROTTO – BARCELONA

Matthew Dunehoo created: Elks Pride Pictures, LLC – Founded February 1, 2015. His film works include: ”No Magrettes” “The Vetting” – Folk Alliance International – Fishtank Theatre

Matt’s “band-ography” includes: Tiddy Hippy, Loose Park, Baby Teardrops, and Doris Hensen.

Matt’s new band, Slights is a collaboration band between Ben Parks (Of Tree) and Matthew Dunehoo. In late January, 2017 the band recorded an album in San Francisco with Ryan Kleeman and their friend Andrew Skikne on bass. Their new music was recorded at Ghost Cat Studios in San Francisco.

First Friday Film Festival, is April 7, at Musical Theater Heritage in Crown Center with eleven short films from Barcelona, Minneapolis, Columbia, NYC, Los Angeles, France, Sweden, and Michigan that will be screened.

11:16

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

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

11:20 – Underwriting

14. Arc Flash – “Earls”
from: Carbon Copy/ High Dive Records / March 31, 2017
[1st single from debut album of Arc Flash, James Thomblison on lead vocals & guitar, and Mark Osman on drums & percussion to be released on CD & vinyl on High Dive Records and cassette on Whatever Forever.]

[Arc Flash play an ALBUM Release Party w/ Condor & Jaybird. Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk , and Wendy Moira, Friday, Mar 31 at 10:00 PM, at Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS.]

15. The Sleazebeats – “Goosesteppin’ Nazis”
from: The Sleazebeats – The Sleazebeats / Independent / Jan. 1, 2012
[Charlie Colborne – keyboards, guitar, vocals; Bill Belzer – drums; Jeff Harshbarger – bass; Recorded at More Famouser Studios w/ Mike Nolte engineer, mixing, mastering the recordings. The Sleazebeats have played Live on the show on several occassions.]

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

11:27 – Interview with Lou Jane Temple and Ron Megee

Lou Jane Temple & Ron Megee

Lou Jane Temple & Ron Megee join us to talk about Cafe Lulu, The Spoken Word, Big Bang Buffet, Late Night Theatre, 39th Street, Golden Girls Gone Wilder, Nasty Sally Searsucker, Food, and Art.

Lou Jane Temple is a chef and author. During her final year of college and for several years after, she ran all of the back stage catering for the leading rock and roll producer in the midwest. This led to her own catering company doing events for the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, and eventually her own restaurant, Cafe Lulu which opened in 1989. Since 1992 she has served as a marketing and restaurant and wine consultant, she has worked as a private chef on an island, off the coast of Maine. She became a columnist for the Kansas City Star. She wrote seven semi-autobiographical culinary mysteries in her own Heaven Lee Series, through St. Martin’s Press, and then two more in a new Spice Box Series with Berkley Press. She also co-authored The Big Platter Cookbook. Through all of this Lou Jane has worked extensively in film, theatre, retail, marketing, and radio. Lou Jane is a 1977 Graduate of The University of Missouri with a double major in Communications and Administration of Justice. http://www.loujanetemple.com

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

Late Night Theatre presents Golden Girls Gone Wilder
MISSIE B’S ON 39TH STREET 805 W 39th St, Kansas City, MO 64111

This time around, We are adding new skewered episodes. Ma, Blanche, Rose, and Dorothy take up Jazzercise, go to jail, deal with drug addiction, and end up at a nudist colony. The whole time Stan is tagging along! Can the Girls survive a wild time on the Lanai?

RON MEGEE as Dorothy
GARY CAMPBELL as Ma
STEPHONNE SINGLETON as Blanche
CHADWICK BROOKS as Rose
RYAN GOVE as huge number of characters
MARTIN BUCHANAN as Stan

Director: Ron Megee
Costume Designer: Chadwick Brooks
Wig And Make up Designer: Andy Chambers and Alan Dunham of Wonderland
Sound and Lighting Designer: Roger Stoddard
Photographer: Ron Berg Photography
Producers: One Trunk Productions, Jessica Dressler, Ron Megee, and Chadwick Brooks

FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY SHOWS
Note: All shows start at 8pm. Except Sundays at 6pm. Box office opens 7pm. doors 7:30 (Unless it is SUNDAY, then the Box office opens at 5pm.) general seating.

Cafe Lulu is where I had originally met Lou Jane Temple when I worked on a show at The Unicorn where she catered the opening night of Expiring Minds – Six Women with Brain Death and where she designed special food props for Kiss of The Spider Woman.

It all started at Cafe Lulu, a restaurant started by Lou Jane Temple on West 39th Street that opened on my 26th birthday, on a Tuesday, June 5, 1989. The restaurant was packed, people waited for hours, champagne was ordered for the entire room, Lou Jane’s friends from the Art Institute, her catering company, her work in film, her connections to Westport, Kansas, music, and art, were all waiting to eat her food. Lou Jane was my art mother. Between her and myself, and Ron Megee we created a Monday night, weekly, curated, live variety show of writers, theatre people, musicians, bands, performance artists, puppeteers, storytellers, who shared the tiny stage at the center of this one of a kind place.

Several of the weekly contributors were using the show as an opportunity to try out new material before a live and willing audience. Before long, scenes and material led to full-length works, and projects to be produced outside Cafe Lulu. For these performances we needed an identity. Mark Manning, Janice Woolery, and Ron Megee, founded Big Bang Buffet as an effort to provide venue for original, difficult pieces, controversial material.

Ron and Lou Jane talked about Ron’s first musical, produced as part of Big Bang Buffet’s first season of shows, in the Spring of 1992, Nasty Sally Searsucker was produced in Lou Jane’s Columbus Park Loft and featured a Cafe Lulu bartender who also was an talented electric guitar player named, Jimmy McCallister, who created a lot of the music with Scott Seitz for the show.

Many of us think of Lou Jane as our “Art Mother”

She wrote seven semi-autobiographical culinary mysteries in her own Heaven Lee Series, through St. Martin’s Press, and then two more in a new Spice Box Series with Berkley Press. She also co-authored The Big Platter Cookbook.

Late Night Theatre is presenting Golden Girls Gone Wilder thru April 21. http://www.latenighttheatre.com

Big Bang Buffet’s “Black Sheep Rising,” Tuesday, April 11, at 8:00 at The Buffalo Room. A benefit for 90.1 FM KKFI

11:56

16. The Sleazebeats – “You’ll Sparkle”
from: The Sleazebeats – The Sleazebeats / Independent / Jan. 1, 2012
[Charlie Colborne – keyboards, guitar, vocals; Bill Belzer – drums; Jeff Harshbarger – bass; Recorded at More Famouser Studios w/ Mike Nolte engineer, mixing, mastering the recordings. The Sleazebeats have played Live on the show on several occassions.]

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

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

Next week on April 5, members of the bands Red Kate and Stiff Middle Fingers join us with music from the new split single. Plus Guest Producer Nico Gray will take over the second hour of the show.

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

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

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