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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