Sonic Spectrum Podcast 84

Host Robert Moore features songs of freedom and revolution with music from X, Peter Tosh, Public Enemy, Devo, and more.

The Sonic Spectrum podcast is proudly sponsored by Temple Slug, The Roasterie Cafe and KCPT.


PLAY: Go. See. Do.

July 2-7, 2009


July 2009 PresentMagazine.com Poets-in-Residence

Celebrating the Written Word

PresentMagazine.com poets-in-residence Iris Appelquist, Bob Savino, Maria Boyd, and Joshua Rizer return with a new poem for July. Each will contribute one poem per month for the remainder of 2009 in this new series celebrating the written word.

"Voices" is proudly sponsored by KCPT.


Marcus Cain: Soft Bones

New Exhibit

Artist Marcus Cain, curator at the Kansas City Jewish Museum, will display a fresh body of work titled Soft Bones that veers in a different direction from past paintings and projects. His painting exhibition runs July 3-August 15, 2009 at Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art along with work from artists Michael Brisson and Jerry Kunkel.

"Arts" is proudly sponsored by the Actor Training Studio.


Theater Review - U: Bug: Me

You Will Never Use Insecticide Again

U: Bug: Me is a world premiere rock musical that depicts the complex life of the bugs in the yard. There’s a soil competition tomorrow and earwig Esteban is intent on winning, with the help of his not so reliable friend Pico. The musical appears at the Coterie Theatre through August 2.

"Arts" is proudly sponsored by the Actor Training Studio.


Seller Beware

My Perspective

Matt Purdy tries to sell his 1969 Plymouth 340 Formula S Barracuda through online sites, encounters some eager (read: dubious) buyers, and responds to their generous offer and unorthodox transaction proposals (read: scam) via email.

"Voices" is proudly sponsored by KCPT.


On Exhibit: Information is Incidental

Video Preview

A video preview of the installation INFORMATION IS INCIDENTAL by Emily Sall and Rebecca Ward. The exhibit is on view through August 4, 2009 at Paragraph, 23 East 12th Street.

"Arts" is proudly sponsored by the Actor Training Studio.


Silver Lake Video

Walkenhorst and Porter

New music video for the song "Silver Lake" from the album "No Abandon" by Walkenhorst and Porter. ©2009 Bob Walkenhorst Music, BMI.

"Music" is proudly sponsored by MAAA and American Jazz Museum.


Stonewall

My Perspective

The Stonewall Riots occurred nearly a full decade before I was born. And, having grown up in a small, conservative, Missouri town, it was almost another 20 years before I even heard about the events that took place that fateful night in 1969.

"Voices" is proudly sponsored by KCPT.


Review: Ernest James Zydeco - Jubilee

Tradition and Innovation

Zydeco isn’t common around Kansas City. Local audiences aren’t always hip about dancing to unfamiliar traditional songs that call for two-stepping and waltzes. As a result, James and the band adapted their sound on Jubilee by working in reggae beats and a bluesy vibe along with traditional numbers.


Review: The Also Rans - History of Setting Fires

Electrifying Rock

Gutsy and brazen without the unrefined brashness and sloppy musicianship of lesser post-punk and scruffy rock acts, The Also Rans demonstrate their electrifying prowess on the five-song EP History of Setting Fires.

"Music" is proudly sponsored by American Jazz Museum.


On the Scene: Royce Diamond, Approach, Smoov Confusion

Hip Hop Photography

Photographer Angela Lupton caught these images of local hip hoppers laying down their message.

"Music" is proudly sponsored by American Jazz Museum.


On the Scene: Architects CD Release Party

Photography

Photographer Todd Zimmer's shots of the Architects in action at their June 20 CD Release party for The Hard Way.

"Music" is proudly sponsored by American Jazz Museum.


Wonderland

Colorful Inspiration

The prospect of devouring everything the world has to offer is tempting, but the truth is that I get overwhelmed and desensitized by too much at once. I prefer one flower, one chocolate, and one conversation with one good friend at a time.


Kansas City Urban Farms and Gardens Tour

Green City

The main event, the Kansas City Urban Farms and Gardens Tour, takes place from 10 AM-5 PM on Sunday, June 28 with over two dozen growers and farmers participating. Head out to a farm near you to meet local growers and learn about sources of fresh food.


A Voice Has Left the Earth

Illustration and Commentary by Shane Evans

We lost a man we called "The King of Pop." Someone we watched grow from a boy to a man right in front of our eyes. And no matter who it was, everyone—from the President of the United States to a member of the KKK—knew one of his songs and sang it out loud at the top of his or her lungs: “BEAT IT… BEAT IT… NO ONE WANTS TO BE DEFEATED!”


Republic Tigers - Made Concrete

Video

Music video by The Republic Tigers performing Made Concrete with Alicia Solombrino [Video Director], Brian Hicks [Editor] Outpost Worldwide [Production] (C) 2009 Chop Shop Records.

"Music" is proudly sponsored by American Jazz Museum.


Presenting: Linda Rodriguez, Heart's Migration

Words Worth: Poetry

Linda Rodriguez, local poet and member of the Latino Writers Collective, recently published a new collection of poems, Heart's Migration. Two poems from the collection are featured on Garrison Keillor's The Writers Almanac. Rodriguez shares two other poems from the book and answers questions about her latest work.

"Voices" is proudly sponsored by KCPT.


Is Stonewall Just Old History?

Equal Rights - LGBT

Forty years ago, June 28, 1969, a group of street people and drag queens in Greenwich Village enacted the “Bunker Hill” moment of the movement for equal rights for transgender, lesbian, gay male, and questioning people in the US.

"Voices" is proudly sponsored by KCPT.


Call for Artists - Co-op Art

Art Wanted

Co-op Art (3838 Main) is looking for artists working in any medium/discipline (visual artists, writers, performing artists, fashion designers, filmmakers, etc.).  Our goal is to bring together a unique mix of artists who can transform the Co-op Art space into a vibrant, living gallery.

"Arts" is proudly sponsored by the Actor Training Studio.


Eric Swangstu: A Boxer in Poet's Clothing

A Special Gallery Feature

Our eyes tear with the 35-mile-an-hour air buffeting across our faces. Hulking steel rumbles past. I stand inches from the track where Eric Swangstu has led me: nose-to-freight-train in Kansas City's West Bottoms warehouse district. It is 2 o'clock in the morning, the summer of 1996.


H1N1 Flu Outbreak

Health

A few patients have asked my thoughts on the current H1N1 flu outbreak and I decided that their concerns are really everyone's concern. The flu is not my specialty and I am not a virologist, but I do receive information from national health organizations regularly via email and this information is worth sharing.

Updated information: June 26, 2009, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta estimated H1N1 may have already infected as many as 1,000,000 people in the United States


Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Fighting Robots Return

Eric Melin and guest host Ryan Magnuson from “The Sports Buddaye” review the new Michael Bay movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, starring Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox and a whole lot of “fighting robot” porn. Find out what makes this 2009 Transformers movie different from the last one in this on-camera movie review.

"Arts" is proudly sponsored by the Actor Training Studio.


Photography: 2009 West 18th Street Fashion Show

Summer in Space

Better late than never, Tom Foley, official photographer for the 2009 West 18th Street Fashion Show, shares some images of Summer in Space.


Photography - Smooth Groove, Erin Bode, Pearl Thurston Brown

Cleaning Out the Digital Closet

Once in a while, we clean out our digital closet on the laptop and find some amazing material that should have been published ages ago. In this case, we have three series of images from fine photographer Corky Carrel that need to be seen and appreciated. These magestic images speak for themselves.

"Music" is proudly sponsored by American Jazz Museum.



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