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On the loose JACK CASHILL This reverence for the status quo affects ar tistic expression as well. In Kansas City, cor Freedom of expression even if accurate, was "unfair" (e.g. "The al porations endow the arts generously as long leged interviewer is no longer at Hallmark as said arts are safely dead and institutional 4128 Broadway incorporate KC because he left to take another position"). ized. But the climate is such that the more lively Kansas City, Missouri 64111 Huh? and controversial arts theater, music, film, (816) 561-1580 am not by disposition inclined to Whatever private pressure Hallmark brought even the fine arts - wither from lack of cor Publisher Hal Brody paranoia. I still believe, for instance, in to bear upon the publisher, I do not know. A porate support either in money or in bodies. Executive Editor Donna Trussell Wonder Bread, Ronald Reagan and the registered letter of protest that I sent to Particularly sad is the demise of Kansas City Managing Editor Scott O'Kelley single bullet theory. So when a year Hallmark Chairman, Donald Hall, went jazz which the city fathers, given their reverence Advertising Hearne Christopher ago,I after I had written my regular "Business unanswered. And I vanished from the pages for things dead, endeavor not to revive but to Typesetting Graphic Specialties II Journal" column about Hallmark, I casually of "The Business Journal" as silently as an mummify. ~ Printing Neff Printing disregarded the friendly critic or two who felt Argentian Desaparecido. "Too much heat:' ex- The redeeming value of an oligarchy mar Distribution Saul Tucker, that "I had gone too far" or that "I had chosen plained my supportive but savvy editor. shalled its creative resources and encouraged Connie Yukon the wrong target:' I thought they were seriously Admittedly, my own case is extreme. Rarely expression. The result was the Renaissance. In Contributing writers: Kansas City, alas, the oligarchy stifles free ex out to lunch. do corporations resort to suppression (Le. "put Leroi,? Bill Blast, They weren't. They knew the score better an end to forcibly") since oppression (i.e. pression and encourages conformity. And the Joe Bob Briggs, Jack Cashill, than I. In Kansas City, as I learned, sacred "weighing heavily upon") does so nicely. In- result, so far, has been Rainbow Brite"'. • Rev. Dwight Frizzell, Larry Fry, cows are not to be milked for humor. The col- deed, there is little reason to suppress. Hover- Jay Mandeville, Bill Marks, umn proved to be tbe last I would ever write ing in the atmosphere here - right about neck Bill Shapiro, Walter Stanford for the "Business Journal:' reputedly the town's height - is the understanding that corporate Saul Tucker, Steve Walker gutsiest medium (excuse me, Joe Bob, second employees, especially Hallmark's, remain mute ALIVE & LIVING IN KC ~ gutsiest). And the whole incident set me to on any issue more controversial than a called A NEW BOOK OF POETRY thinking about the dubious state of free expres- third strike at a Royals game. KC Pitch is sponsored by Penny Lane sion in a corporate burg like Kansas City. This silence quickly ~eads to < paradox. For UCATS IN THE HOUSE" Records. Copyright © 1987 by Brody Perhaps more so than any citylsrger than example, no corporate employee. with even a BY PHILIP MILLER~ Records. All rights reserved. Subscrip Gopher Prairie, Kansas City is dominated by shred of ambition, would dare take a public DESIGNED BY CONCI DENNISTON tions are $5 for one year or $9 for two a merchant oligarchy of dynastic bent. Here, stand either for apartheid or against the ever years. PennyLanemail order customers $5 • AVAILABLE AT WHISTLERS there is little countervailing power aiId no com- enduring anti-Semitic codes of the town's and ~ Preferred Customers get a free PHOENIX BOOKS. UMKC BOOKSTORE subscription. t peting elites - no. entertainmeJ}telite, no "power" country clubs. What matters here is BENNETT SCHNEIDER cultural elite, no international elite~aiId, as I not that justice gets done, but that the status discovered the hard way, no ~edt~ elite Of.. .' .~~~ goes unruffled. . ~""'~;2.i;""~li,\,*'i.<
s the areanigates the . 'i',~ 'i~~i~i~~I~~~~~i~§9~~~~~~~~~~~~~r. mercantile city-state not unlike, say, 15th Cen tury Florence. Unfortunately, however, Kansas Cityas~>nOt ~:be the Flo. of this epoch, but rather the Peoria. It prides itself on WESTPORT its typicality, on it usefulness as a test market, 4128 Broadway on its right-thinking, God-fearing, Mid Kansas City, MO 64111 American orthodoxy. A town sane and safe (816) 561-1580 enough to lure the wandering corporation or to send a Future Farmer to - such·is the way the city fathers see it. But to maintain this im LAWRENCE age, public relations has had to prevail over free 844 Massachusetts expression, and the status quo has had to Lawrence, KS 66044 prevail over all. (913) 749-4211 And no corporation in Kansas City has more faith in public relations, nor more passion for the status quo, than Hallmark. Nor more power. A quick word about the ill-fated col SOUTH KC umn. In it, I had told the strange-but-true saga 1201 W. 103rd of a hugely unsuccessful job interview I once . Kansas City, MO 64114 had at Hallmark and of my wonderfully in (816) 941-3970 discreet ("We hide our artists so no one can see them/We only hire people who fill slots") interviewer. The column was .light, congenial OVERLAND PARK and self-effacing. 9641 W. 87th The corporate response, however, was hard, Overland Park, KS 66212 heavy and humorless. Hallmark's VP for (913) 341-5255 Public Affairs - a grim chap with the ap propriately Dickensian name of Charles indifln,persi(ln,(J'(Jk~f' Hucker - wrote a "public clarification:' In the le/)qnese.syrlfl{l,Lr~,!~ Records • Cassettes letter, he took two tacks, one more curious than Compact Discs • Videos the other. find /l()rth flfr,ctTh TUf,IU First, he stated in impressively fluent WhiteHousespeak - that the interviewer in question had "no recollection" of any such in lunch 11-) mon-(r; terview, thus implying that it never took place at all. Da noive! Then, he cited four distinct but equally bizarre reasons why the column,
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Deep centerfieid forever What's the big excitement this time of year? pressed succinctly over two decades ago by ma Is it the starting of those massive world tours? jor feague guru Charlie Findley, the same man Or maybe all those exciting summer releases? that offered the world orange baseballs. When Could it be the second edition of Beatles CDs? asked about his offer of five-hundred-thousand Nope, it's the start of baseball season. Though dollars (quite a hefty sum in 1964) to bring the pop music and baseball don't usually appear Fab Four to KC's Municipal Stadium, Charlie in the same column (unless the story deals with o replied, "The Beatles fan of today is the drug scandals), they are both fave American baseball fan of tomorrow.' pastimes. The meeting of both worlds was ex-
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manipulates his players more effectively in rarely-heard esoterica, well-performed and one of the few Spaniards who mastered the ROCK achieving an original sound and genuine feel fascinating. Actually, the title is a bit subtleties of style of Palestrina, the towering ing lacking previously. Still relying heavily on misleading, as two of the compositions on this genius of the era. Yet the little music left by Just released domestically is the new album his junior partner, keyboardist Mick Thlbot, record are from operas Andersen wrote libret Victoria shows him to be a truly original com from Peter HammHl, "And Close As This" Weller has also promoted vocalist Dee C. Lee tos for, unrelated to his fairy-tale output, which poser with his own idiosyncratic style. One of (Enigma ST-73246, $8.98 list). Once again and drummer Steve White to full time member show his enduring interest in music. the chief characteristics of his music is the Hammill has explored another tangent of his status and assigns them roles perfectly suited joyous evocation of the liturgical elements of remarkable career. This time he has ex for their talents. the texts he set. Certainly there is poignancy periemented with computer sequences to Certainly there is a strong Motown and Stax and mystery in his work, but his apparently generate much of the sound on the album. feeling again, but Weller uses these classic in cheerful disposition never let him remain Still, human elements are the primary focus fluences as a springboard to embellish each downcast. All of the masses he set were to the of the LP, not the technology. song with his personal touch. "It Didn't Mat music of festive, rather than penitential, Hammill may have soft pedaled the ter" is irresistible white-boy-cool funk, with its psalms. characteristic, oppressive gloom of his Van Der lazy beat spiced by Weller's jazzy guitar. This album is the latest in what appears to Graaf Generator days, but "Too Many of My Hopscotching to the rollicking, up-tempo Phil be an ongoing series of recordings by the Yesterdays" is suffused with a complex web of ly sound of "Heavens Above;' he drops a violin Westminster choir of Victoria's music. The first regret, agony and pain that strikes a resonant solo into the middle eight, coaxing additional two have shown incredible examples of the chord. On the other hand, "Beside the One You spirit into the song. Likewise, the rendition of music and musicianship of these performers Love" is perhaps the most lyrically and '~gel" is non-descriptsave for the harmoniz (a third, related album from them showcased musically simple work Hammill has ever com ing between Weller and Lee. music of Victoria's contemporaries in Spain). posed. But this simplicity strengthens its As for the erstwhile 1hlbot, Weller trusts the Presented here are two motets composed by underlying tenet and is, an exception on an understated quality of his organ and synth on Victoria, each followed by a parody mass based album whose other songs burst with ideas and the title track, a nice bit of soul pop nearly ex on the motet. emotion. tinct in this beat heavy, technology laden day. The motet "0 Magnum Mysterium;' writ 1hlbot's tinkling piano keys function even bet The album starts out with August Enna's ten for the Feast of Circumcision, unfolds with ter with the solid brass arrangement of "Walk Overture to "The Little Match-Seller,' a pret warmth and wonder on the birth of Christ. The ing the Night:' as Weller exhibits surprising ty, delightful, thoroughly Scandanavian piece, mass that follows continues in this vein, the control and finesse of his jazz vocals, seem followed by C.E.F. Weyse's Gipsy Dance from vocal textures conveying the emotional joy Vic ing thoroughly relaxed and assured. "Kenilworth:' It too is charming, light and very toria wished to express. Likewise the motet Even on the album's weaknesses like "Fairy dancy. Both works contain interesting or '~cendens Christus in Altum:' written for the Thies:' the horns and hand clapping lend such chestrations. Poul Schierbeck's string arrange Feast of AsCension, is. followed by amass ex a party ambience that the listener forgets the ment of one of his songs, "In Denmark I Was pressing, as in the motet, the uplifting joy of banality of the lyrics. Only on the excruciating Born;'. continues in·a .. re~ve.ScaJl4anavian *e~j~,f;,~~,. . and even boun ly awful rap "Right to Go" do things go awry. mood, sentimental without becoming too cy and one can't he Weller's minimal presence turns the number in sweet. The surprising conclusion to the first The Westminster Cathedral Choir turns in to a noisy, clumsy diatribe for the Labour side is J.P.E. Hartmann's overture to his opera a marvelous performance here. The tone they ticket. "The Raven;' the libretto by Andersen from a achieve is a shade warmer than other English Although his dabblings in the soul vein have work by Carlo Cozzi. The overture is extremely choirs since the alto parts are taken at yet to produce anything nearly approaching his dramatic and vigorous, with amazing struc Westminster by boys instead of counter-tenors. brilliant work with the Jam, Weller and the tural and thematic similarities to Beethoven, This produces a Continental sound more ap Style Council have offered their finest work to without actually copying anything of propriate to the music than that produced by date in the genre.· Beethoven's. King's or St. John's. The choir sings with beau Indeed, the cleverly crafted "Other Old The latest 12 inch from XTC, "The Meeting The second side is where the meaty works ty and emotion. The gorgeous mood created Clicl1es" is a noticeably fragile creation built Place" (UK Virgin VS912-12, $6.98 list), is are. Louis Glass' suite "The Hill of the Elves" is almost ineffable in its subtle effect. David upon a foundation of the thoughtlessly tossed distinguished not for the A side, but rather the has an ominous, vivid introduction that leads Hill's direction is masterful, his tempi always and misused aphorisms which worm their way B side. Consisting of four home demo selec to a body of colorful music reminiscent of appropriate, drawing out the wonder and into a relationship. Even relying on cliche-like tions that ha~e never been recorded in the Grieg's "Peer Gynt:' Passages of charm alter liveliness that are essential parts of this music. sentiments himself, Hammill transports studio, slightly rough and ragged in execution, nate with passages of whimsy and drama. The The sound of the recording is bright and "Faith" from the mawkish to the uplifting. Ex they are still enjoyable. Andy Partridge's ending is quiet and reflective. The best is saved clear, with solid bass and soaring treble lines, hibiting radical contrasts in mood, Hammill peculiar political sensibilities get exposed on for last with Finn Hoffding's "It's Absolutely the textures of alto and tenor coming through rends "Silver" in two with scathing anger and "Thrrorism:' with its mysterioso Middle Eastern 'frue;' a piece that does show the influence of clearly as well. The ambience of Westminster indignant accusations. Meanwhile, "Sleep synth sound and "The Troubles:' where, in time Nielsen, but perhaps also a bit of Janacek? You Cathedral is also captured well. Surfaces of the NoW,' though not a traditional lullaby by to its chugging beat, Partridge bemoans the decide. The dynamic music and colorful or Teldec pressings are very good. So far, only one Brahms standards, is still a tender exchange situation in Northern Ireland. Colin chestrations combine to make this a truly Victoria disc (motet and mass '0 Quam between parent and child. Moulding's contribution, "Find the Fox:' is an fascinating work. Gloriosum" and mass '~ve Maria Stella") and As for the computer itself, Hammill exer erratic, slightly off center, bit of folk-pop. None The well-arranged program is performed the collection of his contemporaries' music cises its possibilities best on the colliding of the songs are worthless rejects from the with heartfelt vigor by the Odense (Denmark) have made it to CD. Hyperion will, I hope, melange of "Confidence;' as the artificial scrap heap, but levels of achievement other Symphony and Ole Schmidt. Their work is ex remedy this situation soon. Strongly recom sound moves beyond novelty and actually bands only strive to attain. cellent in the Hartmann and Hoffding. The mended to early music collectors and with the assumes a presence of its own, supporting -Larry Fry sound on the LP is very good, as are the sur quality and emotion of the performances it is Hammill's vocals and providing the necessary faces. The creativity of the works in this col recommended to interested novice collectors as bombast he normally elicits from a band. lection make this a very interesting record, well. '~nd Close as This" will certainly please CLASSICAL warmly recommended to all who delight in the fans, as it peels away yet more layers from Peter unusual. Venezianische Mehrchorigkeit. Tolzer Kna Hammill's psyche. Not quite the intricate opus Music Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's benchor; Linde-Consort directed by Hans of last year's "Skin:' the album is an interesting Fairytales. Odense Symphony Orchestra; Ole Victoria: Motet and Mass "0 Magnum Martin Linde. EMI-Electrola IC 063-30112 bit of self-analysis and not self-absorption. Schmidt, conductor. Unicorn-Kanchana DKP Mysterium"; Motet and Mass '~scendens (1973). Hitting the groove with their third studio LP, 9036 digital; $12.98 list. Christus in Altum:' Choir of Westminster Venetian polychoral music, popular in the the Style Council have drawn together all their Who could resist an album with a title like Cathedral, London; David Hill, director. 16th and early 17th centuries, featured in vigor on "The Cost of Loving" (UK Polydor this? I certainly couldn't and I was pleasantly Hyperion A66109 digital; $12.98 list. struments alone or with voices divided into TSCLP 4, $9.98 list). Although Paul Weller is surprised at what I found: a charming but Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) was the two, three or four choirs. They would play from still firmly in control of the show, he meaningful as well as powerful collection of greatest Spanish composer of the Renaissance, different positions in a hall or cathedral, fill- '
6 KC Pitch • APRIL ing up the space with sounds that transported are in the original Italian or Latin but James Moody settles in for an exhilarating own "The Evening Leans Toward You~' This contemporary listeners into ecstasy, as their ac translated to German only. And complete lists work out, breathing new vitality into an old versatile performer can play both hard and soft counts relate. of instruments and their choral divisions are favorite, an updated reading of "Moody's ball. Reproducing this effect on record is difficult, provided for each piece. The cover features a Mood for Love~' Of particular interest are A final release this month is bound to create but this one, part of Electrola's old Reflexe handsome page from a 16th century miniature Moody's swift flute runs on producer Tom a major stir among jazz adherents. Ornette series, does a fine job. Containing the work of score. Don't wait for this treasure to come out McIntosh's "Nubian Fantasies:' Coleman's "Prime Design/Time Design" composers ranging from the obscure. (Cesario on CD (it may not) or for a new digital record (Caravan of Dreams 85002, $10.98 list), is a live Gussago) to the famous (Giovanni Gabrieli), ing (it won't be this good). As a perfect exam recording from Fort Worth's art performance the well-conceived program alternates between ple of the kind of musical experience that can mecca The Caravan of Dreams. Though the the instrumental and choral, exploring the dif never be duplicated, this is urgently recom music on this album was composed by Ornette, ferences as well as the similarities of this mended to early music enthusiasts and to all it was performed by the Gregory Gelman magnificent music. who truly love music. String Ensemble with Denardo Coleman on Canzoni make up four of the six instrumen -Walter Stanford percussion. Ornette labels the piece ''A har tal selections, with a sonata and a set of dances molodic composition for four instruments and thrown in for good measure. The dances by percussion in honor of Buckminster Fuller.' He Salomone Rossi which open the album are par JAZZ further states, "When I met Buckminster Fuller ticularly compelling and delightful, a perfect in 1982, he impressed me with a spirited introduction to the choral piece which follows. April hysteria strikes again. With the crack demonstration of his model of the tetrahedron, Gussago's Sonata "La Leona" is a real of the spring baseball bats comes several crack a geometric figure at the basis of the structural charmer, with wonderful melodies produced by jazz releases. Bo Jackson may be one of Kansas design of the universe. He manipulated the the unusual tones of the authentic period in City's stellar new celebrities, but it would be model, turned it inside out, made it dance - struments. Giovanni Gabrieli's Canzone of a shame not to mention Bobby Watson, our but the corners never touched. I said to myself, 1615 shows his deft ability to compose lovely community's top jazz product. Ironically, 'That's just like my music' and at that moment music within the form. The Canzone "La Foc Watson is a bigger name in Europe than he is I was inspired to write a piece based on Fuller's cara" by Claudio Bramieri is dancy and stateside. For the last several years he's been Another speedster who can cover all the mathematics~' melodious, with a disarmingly bouncy mid flooring European audiences with his bases on flute is James Newton. He is one of Coleman unveils his long-awaited master section leading to a beautiful conclusion. astonishing arsenal of tunes. His latest venture the most underrated, yet solid, performers on piece on this recording, which was recorded in Tiburtio Massaino's Canzone No. XXXIV is "Dance" (52e RUE EST 005, $9.98 list), with the jazz scene today. He's definitely a talent the Caravan's Fullerian Desert Dome. The contains interesting rhythms and instrumenta bandmates Kamal and the Brothers. Watson deserving wider recognition. Newton's latest ef composition was written for five soloists who, tion. Finally, the Canzone of Giovanni Battista executes an errorless performance on this fort, "Romance and Revolution" (Blue Note at different points in the piece, play in differ Grillo is a strong yet subdued work, an ap album. The scope of the material extends from 85134, $9.98 list), is both heartrending and ing time signatures, ranging from 2/4 to 12/4. propriate interlude between the two strong the exuberant title track to the meditative alto hostile. The wrath is provided by two dedica The second violin introduces the theme, which choral which finish the voicings on "Brotherhood" and "Prayer.' tions to Charles Mingus, Newton's original is then played by viola, cello and first violin. As babdleader KamafiX.l3dUl f\lftifputsit, "Forever Charles" and the revamping of After completing the theme, each musician this record, consisting of four madrigals and "This album is dedicated to the people of the Mingus' "Meditations on Integration~' After plays his part as a solo. After listening to this a motet. The first of these, Orlando di Lasso's world. May the music help to remove the ig hearing these tempestuous numbers, you can't recording, Ornette proves that his status as the "Hor che la nuova e vaga primavera" is a norance, prejudice and racism that separates help but yearn for more Mingus material from reigning king of jazz-from-left-field remains vigorous work with marvelous vocal textures. humanity and create a true universal James Newton. On the album's two closing beyond repute. Recommended for the adven Giovanni Croce's "Dialogo de Chori d'Angeli;' brotherhood. Let the rhythms captivate the numbers, Newton moves to the romantic side turous jazz fan. one of only two sacred works on this collec body, the melodies soothe the soul and with Ornette Coleman's "Peace" and Newton's -Bill Marks tion, is utterly delicate and mysterious. The darice .. ~' Be sure to catch this high caliber recording emphasizes the "dialog of two choirs recording. of angels" with a near-far separation, rather Another versatile hornman in this month's than a right-left stereo effect and the result is lineup is John Zorn, who makes a dynamic ap deliciously ethereal. Another work by Lasso, pearance with the Sonny Clark Memorial the madrigal "Trionfo del Tempo;' features the Quartet on "Voodoo" (Black Saint 109, $9.98 outstanding Hans Buchhierl as one of two list). This vibrant album is an inspiring dedica soprano soloists in a stunning work with soar tion to the late gospel, blues and bebop pianist ing vocal lines, utterly gorgeous and one of the who recorded several albums for Blue Note in two best selections on this record. Andrea the '50s and early '60s. Floating past the Gabrieli (Giovanni's uncle) is featured with "0 listener like a jazz knuckleball, this recording passi sparsi;' which begins as if out of a mist mesmerizes from start to finish. The quartet with delicate vocal lines and builds gradually exhibits excellent control on the Clark com to a solid conclusion. The final selection is positions "Minor Meeting;' "Cool Struttin'" Giovanni Gabrielli's famous motet "Omnes and "Sonny's Crib~' The name Sonny Clark Gentes;' the other sacred piece and it concludes should no longer be lost in obscurity after the album fittingly. A massive work for two listening to this dynamite album. choirs of voices and two choirs of instruments, Next up are two tenor players of towering it soars with utterly rapturous phrases and tex significance on the jazz diamond. Joe Hender tures - truly a masterpiece in probably the son and James Moody drive home some key finest recorded performance of it available. solos on Henderson's "State of the Tenor, Live The Linde-Consort plays their authentic in at the Village Vanguard, Volume Two" (Blue struments with a precision and verve born of Note 85126, $9.98 list) and "Something familiarity and practice. The excellent Tolzer Special" (Novus 3004, $9.98 list) from Moody. Knabenchor sings with their usual vigor and First up is Henderson, receiving some excellent delicacy that has put them among the finest support from Ron Carter, ruling the bass lines Baroque interpreters working today. The and Al Foster, dropping back for some dex recorded sound is excellent, the sort that makes terous drumming. Henderson blows a flaming you wonder if digital is really as much of an tenor, especially on Charlie Parker's "Cheryl" improvement as is claimed. The LP surfaces and Monk's "Boo Boo's Birthdai' The album are fine. Notes on the style of Venetian closes with Henderson's masterful tune, "The polyphony are in German and English. Texts Bead Game~'
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300-pound fortune teller to kick box some Vomit Meter. Three stars. JOE BOB BRIGGS slopehead mobsters. Imelda Fu. One star. Joe Bob says check em out. Drive-In Movie Critic of Gra evine, Texas "Jungle Holocaust"(?): "True account" of a guy who discovered some Stone Age can my favorite teevee show is gers. She loved the flick. nibals livin in the Philippines. He ends up eatin Joe Bob's Mailbag called "Dream Girl USA:' What we got here is some Marines that get dirty flowers, gettin the spider-torture treat Victory Over Communism! Last fall, Joe which comes on Channel 21 sent over to a slopehead Middle Eastern sand ment, watchin crocodile brain surgery, rapin Bob Briggs gathered together eight beautiful Sunday morning right' after box country full of guys named Shamir wearin a native girl and tellin her how he'll build her girls with a combined weight of 2,200 pounds rodeoM and right before Jimmy Swaggart, and wimp mustaches. Col. Brian Keith is assigned a great place in Malibu once they get out. Un and offered to the public, for the first time the basic idea is you take all your reejects from to keep all the Abduls and Jamblads from fortunately, she gets turned into a Swanson TV anywhere, the Dancing Bovina Sisters, the the Miss Providence, R.I., beauty pageant and killin any normal American people at the em dinner. Ferdinand Fu. Three stars. world's largest chorus line. Since then the eight you ask em to come out to Hollywood and stay bassy. And since Brian Keith got real fat last "In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro" (1986): Bovinas have been the toast of Dallas, appear at the Hilton three days and sing "Oklahoma" ing at sleazy parties far and wide, and now with their hands on their hips and wear stilet Bovina Julie, the Bovina Dance Captain, has to high heels and aerobics clothes and answer become ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED and the weekly "think on your feet" question, will have a full Bovina Wedding, with Bovinas which is always somethin like, "What is your as Bridesmaids, this fall. Remember, with eter favorite Bee Gee and why?" Then, all the time nal vigilance, true love can happen to you, too. they're doing this~ there's a panel of celebrity To discuss the meaning of life with Joe Bob, judges, guys like Ziggy "The Animal" or to get free junk in the mail, write Joe Bob Liebowitz, head of Liebowitz and Frick Pro Briggs, P.O. Box 33, Dallas, Texas 75221. ductions, who produced "Celebrity Safari" for Canadian syndication, and Wilhelmina Swan DEAR JOE BOB: If you substitute the posi son, head of The Swanson Agency, which did tion in the alphabet for each letter of your all the casting for "Rat Patrol: The Second Edi name and add these numbers together, then tion:' And the celebrity judges are hittin these multiply by the sum of the digits in your P.O. automatic electronic gong buttons that flash box, the result is 666, which is the "number points up on the screen, so as soon as Desiree of the bease' Now you don't have to recite in Dillard from East Winnebago, Kan., stops cantations such as "Ya decinae vah" any more poundin out the "Christian Hits of Amy to summon Satan. - STEVEN HOROWITZ, Grant" medley on a baby grand piano and BERKELEY, CALIF. grinnin like a Siamese jackal, they can zap a DEAR STEVE: I f you add up all the letters big ole "27" up on the screen, to show that she in your last name, multiply by 17 and paw the didn't do did diy, and then whoever's left over ground four times with your left foot, I'll give at the end gets to come back for the semifinals you a cookie. and try to win some more nail polish. It's great. DEAR JOE BOB: I dunno, Mr. Briggs I watch it ever week. c~ol. Ho//oron scours the honzon CDr--vrr-r)u',r--v tor Butty and Mr French In I still have my suspicions about you. I can't Here's the best part of the deal: the "up close ":Jeoth Before Dishonor" help but notice that J've never seen you and and personal" interviews with the contestants. The Masked Cattle Molester together at the Like here's one . with Faith Jernigan of year, he takes Fred Dryer along with him to Man-eating attack baboons, with tour-bus ba same time. And what exactly is it that impels Stillwater, Okla., who's a day-care assistant at guard the 47,000 tons of sophisticated weapons boon attack, baboon-induced plane crash, ba you to slap yer armpits with the Bovine Divine Interstate 40 Babtist Church when she's not the United States is giving away to camel boon bonfire, exploding baboons. Timothy's cologne? There's something behind Elsie's having her body waxed in preparation for herders that never shave. Then - whoops! - bottom. 1Wo stars. enigmatic smile other than a tickling "Dream Girl USA": the terrorists mess up REAL bad and kidnap "Manhunter" (1986): William Petersen, as mechanical milker. Stay the hell away from my "When I really feel like splurging, I have may Brian Keith and stick a power drill through his the official FBI sexual deviate, spends the en sister, damn you. - JUSTIN REED, boyfriend take me to Baskin-Robbins. On most hand and make Buffy cry. Then they steal some tire national defense budget capturing the PHOENIX, ARIZ. days of the week I eat yogurt. You have to when rifles and leave a dead Marine in front of the world's only killer with a full-time art direc DEAR JUSTIN: There's no need to get you're trying to watch that figure. But American embassy and a kamikaze terrorist tor. Three stars. hysterical. Let's sit down, have some grain then I'll say to myself, 'Faith, you DESERVE blows himself up in a bakery truck and kills "Maximum Overdrive" (1986): Eighteen sorghums, talk it over. some of the banana-nut surprise: and I just feel some tourists and pretty soon Fred Dryer is wheelers take over the world in Big Steve King's so GUILTY. But that's what I like about life steamed. directin debut. Unfortunately, Steve tries to do DEAR JOE BOB HONEY: Your mom is here in Stillwater. It's the kind of place where We're talkin the best exploding-foreign a kissy-face scene with Emilio Estevez. Barf still worried if you are wearing clean socks to you can take it easy, be with your friends, be person flick since "Missing in Action:' Seventy City. 1Wo stars, but a 93 on the 1Wisted Metal work. She's afraid you'll end up hired on one whoever I want to be, and someday I hope to seven dead bodies. No breasts (no time). A 56 Meter. of them double "d" cup boat races as the sewer be able to use my personal skills as a people on the Vomit Meter. Drunk Marine chest "3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt" (1964): Star man. I told her not to worry since your a person to settle down and do something pounding. Three motor vehicle chases, with J"ing Mamie Van Doren modelin the Frederick's famous writer and can spell big words now. wonderful with my life in the advertising and two crash and burns. Lesbo terrorist. Power of Hollywood catalog, including a production You'll be proud to know that I'm learning public relations field. That's why 'Dream Girl drill Fu. Drive-In Academy Award nomina number (!) with the Queen of the Drive-In in to read a little and because of your articles I'm USA' is so important to me. This is a great tions for Joanna Pacula, as the Israeli secret a silver-sequin spaghetti-strap spill-it-all-out learning to use a dictionary. I like it a lot! Yes country, and God loves you:' service photographer who hangs around with hip-hugger evening gown. Starring, directed, - reading and using the dictionary. I'm telling ya, WATCH THIS SHOW. You Arab scuzzballs and has a really swell apart written, produced by the little weenie Thmmy But you shouldn't of made fun of that poor don't believe me. I KNOW you don't believe ment in Jemal; Fred Dryer, who really oughta Noonan, the drive-in Jerry Lewis, who agrees fella who can't spell! Did you forget what Un me. You CANNOT get this on the network. keep doing this, he's got that Chuck Norris in to go to the psychiatrist in place of Mamie and cle Fred told us at our last popcorn festival in tensity; and Brian Keith, for blimping up to the two guys she lives with, to save money. Very Muleshoe? Well, darlin, he said that people of Speaking of body meat, I went to see this Mr. French's working weight just for this role. sixties. One of Mamie's best. Four stars. extremely high intelligence can't usually spell flick called "Death Before Dishonor" while I Four stars. Joe Bob says check it out. "White Cannibal Queen" (?): One of those - don't write good and can't read worth a was up in Cicero, Ill., last week visiting my Eyetalian shipwrecked-in-the-Amaton classics, darn. That's how they knew I was a genius. good friend Camille Wilks, also known as the with luscious Sabrina Siani as the girl who is Well sugar, its been a sweet visit. Send me United Way Agency of the West Side. Everbody This Month's Drive-In raised by bloodthirsty intestine-eating can a new hat cause this one's wearin out. in Cicero, Ill., wears camouflage flack jackets nibals. Full of gut-ripping, back-spearing, arm Your cousin, BERTHA MARIE, DALLAS. and carries M-16 rifles to the grocery store, ex Videos hacking, fertility-dancing, five-minute wife DEAR B.M.: You're not wearin a hat. • cept Camille, who carries an AK-47 Kalashni "Payor Die" (1979): Filipino kung fu queen chomping scenes, and lines like "This forest kov assault rifle and wears spandex hip hug- Marie Lee joins up with a transvestite and a is full of unexpected deep holes:' A 97 on the
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in country music. With new artists that are now on major labels and turning country music around, my audience ranges from 15 to 70 years old. "For a long time, I feel country music lost the younger generation. I see the younger generation coming back. And it's exciting to be a part of that." Nanci's recording sessions are also a return to the old ways, with everyone contributing simultaneously. "We do things differently. My recording ses sions are like Loretta Lynn's recording sessions in the '60s. We achieved that by having everybody in the same room at the same time. So even the new album, "Lone Star State of Virgil Thomson, Mind" £MCA 5927, $8.98 list), is recorded that Philip Glass and Gregory Sandow way. Even though it's 32-track digital, you can Sunday, April 12 1:30 p.m. free still hear Phillip Donnelly messing around with his guitar and everybody breathing. I like that
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Everybody's happy and making jokes. guitar/accordion/rhythm box sound and the Rarely do we get a chance to see an artist That all goes down on vinyl:' papier-mache props and you find a group that on the rise, knowing full well that in a short Nanci Griffith could be called many things: offers more for your rock and roll dollar than time they will be a popular personality, appear a singer, a picker, a writer, a teller of tales. This any other band around. ing. in larger venues. Nanci Griffith has been Texas-born musichn could also be called the "They Might Be Giants;' (Bar/None 002, hailed by critics from Nashville to New York perfect prairie home companion. :-Ier $8.98 list), the band's debut album, offers 19 as the next country music superstar. In a re sweetness is tempered with an inner strength examples of the group's schizo-kiddie sound. cent telephone interview, Ms. Griffith shed which makes her songs more than mere exer At only 4211: a song, even Bruce's mega box some light on her style and musical philosophy cises told from a woman's viewpoint. set, song for song, wasn't this much of a in preparation for her upcoming concert at "I consider most of my songs to be little bargain. They even have a dial-a-song service, Parody Hall April 4. short stories. I spend a lot of time studying so the uninitiated can check them out before "I'm still clinging to the acoustic side of normal people, middle-class America. I try to plunking down those dollars on albums or con what I do. You know, I kinda ride the fence. give some positive aspects of relationships and cert tickets. Call (718) 387-6962 and you get And I call what I do 'folkabilly, 'cause it is just lives that aren't simple when you sit down and a song (usually something other than what's right in the middle of that. I still really enjoy look at them:' on their album) and a nice little message. This going out and doing solo shows. I was with the Nanci's early recordings are full of colorful dial-it service, the world's first viable alter Everly Brothers for four months, opening for character studies and first-person narratives native to radio, video and print exposure, might them solo. depicting the people she's gotten to know just change the whole complexion of the record "I think it always shows if you love the through her Austin, Texas upbringing and her business ... well, maybe. music. It has always been my main goal to life on the road. Starting with "There's a Light The They Might Be Giants sound is an anar broaden my audiences and bring the music to Beyond these Woods" (Philo 1097, $8.98 list) chic blend of styles and thoughts mas as many people as wanted to hear it. At the and "Poet in My Window" (Philo 1098, $8.98 querading as light pop tunes. Children's songs, same time it has always been very important list), Nanci Griffith began forging her career .~ . soul, country and rock all wiggle around to maintain the type of music that 1 do and as the queen of Texas' singer/songwriters. Then 646 . together, creating music that's as intricate or never insult the integrity or the intelligence of came "Once in a Very Blue Moon" (Philo 1096, lAWRENCE, KS. 66044 loony as you care to make it. Accordionist Lin my audience. I feel like that's been done in $8.98 list) and the hugely successful "Last of nell explains, "I think our deepest concerns country music in the past 10 years. My main the True Believers" (Philo 1109, $8.98 list). This have to do with music we listened to when we goal is to just be happy to be a part of a change continued next page 913/749·19' 2 APRIL • KC Pitch 15 led to her major-label signing and the current Martin in London. Their success on the folk Howard Evans, Richard Chetham and Martin push to wider acceptance and popularity as a scene is well known. They continued to as Brinsford in Brass Monkey. performer. tound their audiences until Dave joined Fair The "Boston Phoenix" described Martin "Stardom is something I never expected. But port Convention and Martin returned to solo Carthy as " ... balancing folk resonance and I'm glad all these people will get a chance to performances. modern immediacy. Carthy has long been a hear the music I've written about them. I'd like model of wit and taste, hot licks and pointed to just go on writing as an honest writer and narrative!' Catch Martin Carthy as a part of continue singing and recording. And I think a special Folk-Nite, presented by the Missouri if I looked back, I would see a heck of a good Valley Folklife Society, at Parody Hall, April 6. time. Because that's what I'm having noW.' With Nanci Griffith's career on the upswing The art of country and nation-wide exposure just around the Chris Hillman's initiation to the rites of bend, wr!re all in for a heck of good time. Nashville was nothing less than a baptism by -Saul Thcker fire. The bassist and founding member of America's quintessential '60s folk-rock band, Fol k-scl.~ne ki ng The Byrds, had just completed work on Within the folk scene, Martin Carthy com "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" (CBS 9670, $5.98 mands an extraordinary position. To quote one list), a classic blending of pop and country critic, "His influence ... has been total, mak music. The album and the band were at their ing him not only the most revered singer in the peak of popularity. The result was an invita business, but also the most imitated. Quite tion to perform at country music's Mecca, the simply, Martin Carthy is the master.' And there Grand Ole Opry. are not many who would question that. You "We were a pop group that had just recorded have only to watch him for a few minutes in a country album;' Hillman recalled. "No one a club or listen to a couple of his recordings had done that before. When we started to play, to realize that Carthy has a quality that sets Martin earthy they hooted and hollered. But we kept play him far apart from everyone else. ing and they liked it and it all worked out okay. He began playing the guitar and singing But Carthy's solo career was short-lived. He We defmitely ruffled some feathers down there, while a student, but spent a brief spell in the received an invitation to join Steeleye Span and 1:>ut nothing collapsed. Nothing went away. We theater before turning to singing as a career. recorded two albums with the group. The first didn't destroy any tradition. People just weren't His awesome reputation was born during his of the two, "Please to See the King:' is regarded ready to have a West Coast rock band on their partnership with Dave Swarbrick. This fol as one of the folk classics. Carthy was also part stage!' , lowed an invitation from Carthy to join him of the Albion Band and now performs with In the years since, with projects that included on a solo album. They discovered their musical the Watersons, the legendary Yorkshire fami The Flying Burrito Brothers, Manassas and the tastes matched. A year later Swarbrick joined ly vocal group and with John Kirkpatrick, Souther-Hillman-Furay Band, Hillman has
Fri., March 27 Jonathan Richman Sat., March 28 The Big Beat Club Fri., April 3 Strategic Dance Initiative Sat., April 4 Nanci Griffith Tues., April 6 Martin Carthy Thurs., April 9 Rank and File Fri., Sat. April 10, II Joe King Carrasco with The Rubbermaids Fri., April 17 'They Might Be Giants Sat., April 18 Strategic Dance Initiative Tues, April 21 The O'Kanes Thur., April 23 Jason and The Scorchers Fri., April 24 Christy Black Sat., April 25 China Crisis Coming Up: The Stranglers Adrian Ballew 1 I.[Ill:!Jl!lil __~~:;:ml··*~:*:::~:?::f.?::j:::~::;:~::::::~:::::::::::::,'::",::':': :::::::::::'::':'::!. ,::::::::;:::m:::j:::::~:m:::i:::::::W?i::'?:~Um.::m;>··:·· " ....~
S;n" th, , • .-Iy '80" th' b""d h'" _"" PAL D • & & R ti.:;::..:i:.:;:::;::1.:',.: proven to be one of the strongest links in the I II 'OS melding of country music and rock and roll. global recognition and numerous awards. :~:~:: :.> Hillman's newest creation, The Desert Rose (Their album "Home is Where the Van Is" even ::::~ Band, who performs at Cassidy's B.EDeal April 26, is proving to be another in a long line :~!~~.) ~~~ i~~li;~e:~ ~:~d~:s~~:n:e~~~~ "Ii ~::~:~:r..I::. of critical successes. Band members Herb Mike Oldfield, toured America numerous @ II t:;, Pedersen, Jay Dee Maness, John Jorgenson, Bill Bryson and Steve Duncan, bring to the ~~r~~ ~~!. ~~~!ga~ ~!~:~~n!e~~~~~ ~~: :111 I. group a background that runs the musical and traditional Scottish folk music, the group's Ji ;:;:::: gamut from traditional bluegrass to motion vocal and instrumental prowess combine with @ A' J 0 • A , HI. 0 E M M E PIC , U REm picture scores. an inventiveness that makes their music ex- @ This all-star cast has provided Hillman with citing, creative and accessible to' all. The !:f~! "Mr. Gray's epic outpouring ... will touch and one of his most creative" outlets to date. quartet will perform"Saturday, April 18 at thet:: "They're a bunch of pros who like to play Community Christian Church. III transform anyone who hears it. .. This film's arrival musiC;' Hillman said of his current colleagues. in the wake of Mr. Demme's pioneering concert "We have a good time when we do it and we Wi Id from the streets do it as long as it's a good time. Were not mak Straight from the streets of Austin, Texas, !J~ film 'Stop Making Sense' and his jUbilant, anarchic ing up false scenarios of truck driving or a city that has become one of the tougher prov- ~j;ljj comedy 'Something Wild' completes quite an cheating songs. To me, country music is still ing grounds for aspiring garage bands, come . iii!i! amazing triple play:' :!!!:! an art form. What I do is an art form. That's the Wild Seeds, a quartet that mixes spice with -Janet Maslin, NEW YORK TIMES the bottom line:' finesse and comes up with a truly charismatic :;,;:; and original sound. !1~1 On the Scottish From their loft-party/College-dance begin- M ''A STUNNING PIECE OF WORK:' -Julie-Salamon, WALL STREET JOURNAL vanguard The name Battlefield Band has been at the forefront of the tremendous resurgence of "A brilliant tour-de-force. Gray takes the leap to the I Scottish music that has been going on since the g~gi~~~~;'f:~;bar bands, the Seeds take things a step further ~:,.:.:.:I.:":l,:t:<::[:[""<~:!.':.i:i:;.;:; screen with dizzying comic and literary results ... A ~ mid!70's. They have pioneered the traditional by injecting enough muscular rock and roll and one-of-a-kind entertainer whose time has come:' use of such diverse instruments as organ, syn earthy pop to keep the band from falling into :~~; -William Wolf, GANNETT NEWS SERVICE thesizer, fiddle and bagpipes. With an ap proach that is ever-respectful of their tradition ~:; ~~h~::s:e:t/~~~::~~es that can snuff *:::~•••~•• ~:~~.'.~.:' . ahd yet allows for some startling originality, The group still knows how, when and why j "EXTRAORDINARY... THIS IS-A they have oroken down many musical barriers to raise the roof, but they also know when to ,.. and continue to reach an ever-widening pull back and offer a mellow ballad. This ism PERFORMANCE IN WHICH EVERY LINE audience. continued next page STINGS WITH IRONY:' I -Jerry Tallmer, NEW YORK POST
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At westport 2 3 4 917 W. 44th IDA McBETH K.C., MO. 531-9800 AND FRIENDS 8 9 10 11 OPEN MAGIC DESTINY with K.C. MIKE SONNY KENNER BLUES BAND 15 16 17 18 NIGHT vVi/d Seeds EVERY MONDAY BLUES a neat trick and aptly proven on their LP SLAMMERS "Brave, Clean and Reverent" (Jungle Records CLUBS EXPRESS 1009, $8.98 list), which has made even the most LONNIE jaded music publication take notice. Much of Blayney's, 561-3747. See ad on page 18. 22 23 24 25 the group's success is due to lead vocalist! guitarist Michael Hall's voice. He can take a Blues Alley, 924-6400. Blues singer Barbara RAY DIGITAL D.J. lONNIE RAY familiar sound (Richie Valens and the Standells Carr comes to KC April 19 for an Easter Sun BLUES JAM with come to mind) and make it seem brand new. day show. Every other Fri. and Sat., it's Linda All STARS Have a ball with the Wild Seeds at the Grand Shell and the Exaet Chaage Band with guitarist EVERY TUESDAY GAYlAND TITUS Emporium April 2. Leon Estell. 29 30 2
41/\ Wt;STPORT ROAD (lOWER L,,'VEL) KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI Now Open Till 3 AM. 561-3747 filii"18,,11 j • • 1. Monday - Saturday APRIL 1987 ENTERTAINMENT 'If w..,,,.rt WARM UP ACTS Mon. - Steve Epley 2 3 Tues. - Jeff Black Thurs. I\II('n Whit(' WESTSIDE )<'ri. - Dave Krull 4 SKNNS SaL - Allen White KC BLUES 4 SKNNS HEAT * NACE BROS. BAND lie BAND JAM "CLASSICAL "CLASSICAL "HOT CHICAGO "RHYTHM & ROCK" ROCK" . BLUES BAND" 6 7 8 9 10 COMING ATTRACTIONS KC BLUES 4 SKNNS * * CONTRABAND * * lie * * NS * * * BAND JAM ROCK N ROLL "REGGAE ROCK" ********** STREET CORNER 14 15 16 17 ********** KC BLUES 4 SKNNS * * BABY LEROY lie * * * 4 SKNNS * * HEAD HUNTERS BAND JAM THAT "R&B, FUNK, SOUL" "CLASSICAL ROCK" ********** 20 21 22 23 24 25 DELRAYS
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18 KC Pitch • APRIL City Light, 444-6969. It's the Richard Ross'D:io Harris House, 531-1580. Inside every weekend, April 1-2, 7-9 and on the 23rd. Claude it's Poppin' Fresh. On the deck, it's Contra 39th & State Line 753-2444 "Fiddler" WUliams performs on the 3rd, and Band every Fri. and Sat. The Slammers play llth. The Blue Note 6 play on the 4th, then every Sat. afternoon at 3 p.m. EVERY MONDAY - STEAK NIGHT $6.95 cut back to their regular line-up as the Blue Note 4 on the 5th, 19th and 26th. The City Hot Rocks Too, 561-6868. See ad on page 17. TUESDAY - TACOS 3/$1.25 Light Orchestra swings the blues on April EVERY WEDNESDAY - BURGERS TWO FOR ONE 14-18, 21-22 and 28th through May 2. Hurricane, 753-0884. See ad on page 23. APRIL Cassidy's BF Deal, 333-3336. See ad on page Jazzhaus, (913) 749-3320. Brave Combo rolls 19. out the barrel on Wed., the 1. On the 2nd, it's WED THUR FRI SAT Homestead Grays. The Mackender-Hunt Band 2 3 4 Cogburn's, (913) 843-9723. plays April 3-4. Fuzzy Dice perform April 8-9. HORACE WASHINGTON On April 10-11, it's Altered Media. It's Lon Dudley's, 383-3333. Bishop Steele rocks the nie Ray's Blues Jam April 15 and again on the HORACE & COMPANY house April 10-11. Every Sun., Thes. and Thur. 29. The Paladins play April 16. On the 17th 8 9 10 11 you can play bingo with $1,200 given away and 18, it's Screamin' Lee and the Rocktones. nightly. Red Zone plays April 22. Sax player Gary HORACE WASHINGTON Foster blows into town on the 23. On April WASHINGTON & COMPANY Epitaph, 931-6903. See ad on page 16. 24-25, it's Christy Lee and the Midnight 15 16 Walkers. Common Ground performs April 30. 17 18 Grand Emporium, 531-1504. See ad on page 20. Jimmy's Jigger, 753-2444. See ad on page 19. AND FUZZY DICE Harlings, 531-0303. Every Monday, see Liberty Hall, (913) 749-1912. See ad on page 15. 22 23 24 25 Separate Chex. Every Tues., it's Contra Band. Black Crack Revue performs April 1-3. On Lone Star, 561-1881. See ad on page 22. KC BWES BAND Sat., April 4, see Robin Flowers with The COMPANY Bleachers. Jeff Black plays Wed., the 8th. On Milton's, 753-9384. The Ron Vincent Quintet 29 30 May 1 2 the 10th, it's Hollow Men. Privateer plays the comes to KC for April 15-16. Every Fri. and llth. Norton Canfield performs April 15, 22 Sat., it's Jazzmania. and 29. On Fri; an~lSat.,AprilI7-18, it's New BWES EXPRESS ~Wortd; U'nsllog Heroes plays the weekend of Parody Hall, 474-7070. the 24th and 25th. It's open mic night every continued next page Every TUES: DIANE MAMA RAY & RICH VAN SANT BAND Thur.
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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY U SATURDAY NO COVER 1 2 3 4 KATFISH .~ RAjt~M S.D.I. FROM TULSA KELLY TNe. Strategic BEACH Methol Dance JIM SWENEY PARTY FltDNr Initiative 54 Happy Hour 5·10 p.m. 5 6 NO COVER 7 8 9 10 11 APRIL KATFISH THE RETURN OF ... HOME- JACK S.D.I. WRECKERS KELLY BEACH FLASH Strategic MISSOURI '87 PARTY Dance Tickets at all CATS Outlets, Dial·A·TlCk Iftf'ecial Happy Hour 5·10 p.m. rmt Initiative or at Cassidy's with no service charge! 12 13 NOCOVER 14 15 16 17 18 HOME- KATFISH VALENTINES KELLY BATTLE S.D.I. ~pailq WRECKERS Strategic HUSH-HUSH '87 BEACH OF THE ti,LlJW PARTY BANDS Dance Happy Hour 5·10 p.m. Initiative 19 21rNOCOVER 21 22 23 24 25 KATFISH co~mg23oon- HOME· THE TNe. S.D.1. WRECKERS KELLY MOONLIGHTERS BEACH INSTIGATORS Strategic '87 FltDNr Dance (Alias Commander Cody's PARTY Pi.J.JS Lost Planet Airmen) Happy Hour SPf!CJ~'- G.lJE$T Initiative The Farlow Brothers 5-10 p.m. from EI Paso 26 Cassidy's 28 Welcomes 27 29 30 . ~~ O~/ CHRIS TRUE VALENTINES S. D. I. 0 HILLMAN BATTLE O~\'" 1"AtJ STRATEGIC and the BELIEVERS OF THE 6L/JW G MAHAL DESERT ROSE BANDS IN~~il~E I MAV13 (8310 WOKNALL-333-3336) BAND LUNCH . DINNER LATE NIGHT MENU
APRIL. KC Pitch 19 The Point, 531-9800. See ad on page 18.
Stanford & Sons Comedy Shop, 756-1450. On April 1-5 it's Jay Vermetti. Sam Greenfield, Terry Gillespie and Dan Wedeling perform April 8-9. On April 15-19 it's Amos Chang, Jimmy Celeste and Randy James. Kevin Jor dan, Michael Lewis and Theresa Roberts per form April 22-26. April 29-May 1 it's Caldwell and Winfrey and James Inman. ,CONCERTS ARCHAIC The New York City Opera performs "Madame ButterflY,' Wed., April 1 at KU's Hoch SMILE Auditorium. Call (913) 864-3912 for 47I5a Troost information. The Kansas City Civic Chorus with the Kansas sweet english shoes City Symphony perform Verdi's Requiem at the Lyric Theatre, April 3-4. 471-7344. ARCHAIC clothin& ~~~.~ k:~';'k:''/ The Uptown presents comedian Roseanne ~.~~ Barr, Fri., April 3. On Fri., April 10, it's David Allen Coe with Bob Reeder. Leo Kottke per 753))4689 forms Sat., the 11, with Shawn Phillips. On the 17th, it's guitarist Alvin Lee. Pure Prairie League and Firefall mosey into KC on the 18th. Windham Hill's Montreaux perform Sun., April 19. For concert info, call the Uptown at the GRAND EMPORIUM Theatre at 756-3371. 3832 Main . call 531-1504 Harlings Upstairs on Sat., April 4. Tickets are GR ND ~u MONDA'{ TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 1987 BLUES AusnN NITE 2 AOV. nx CHICAGO BLUES 4 April ~1 APRIL 1 MARCH 30 S· 531-1504 3832 MAIN YARDAPES B LAWRENCE WILD SEEDS 'I PJ gTHE E WRIGHT Be fits J GADD/TES HEU'S CAFE JIMMY JOHNSON BAND NoV! gsrving HgM B.B.Q. MAGIC BUS A STARLIGNTERS A BLUES NOTE 4 3-7 pm JAZZ JAM MINNEAPOUS N REGGAE AlT. ROCK AUIGATOR ARTIST M L 6 S BLUES/ROCK REGGAE MECO AOV.nx 10 BLUES/ROCK 11 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 MIDNICHT ALT. ROCK 7 A 8 A 9 & I 0 SHorn TERM R STEVE PRYOR D FERNEST Be JOHNNY BUGS MEMORY C HENDERSON L I Be fits MIGHTY A INSTIGATORS I fits THUNDERS COPELAND 3f1rEAR C KINGSNAKES E 1987 GRAMM'f BLUe NOTE 4 D N 3-7 pm JAZZ JAM COMINO IN MAY E 1UW KANSAS CI1Y S LAFA'IErn. LA WlNNERI • F REGGAEJCAlVPSG POST TAX PARfY 16 CHICAGO BLUES 17 18 AUSTIN IJ S ROCK-A-81UY 14 IS G S 0 R THREE T SCRATCH 0 MARK HUMMR & the BLUES SURVIVORS 0 A BUSINESS MAGIC SLIM Be fits V ACID U PALADINS D CONI'RABAND MEN l P TEARDROPS L MUSKRATS BLUE NOTE 4 F I E B.t.R. ALBERT COWNS KANSAS CI1Y KANSAS CIIY 3-7 pm JAZZ JAM E SAN fRANCISCO 0 SAN DIEGO M N AOV.nx N IOWACIIY 200 ADV. nx 21 p REGGAE 22 JAZZl8LUES 23 24 2S I RON THOMPSON & the RESISTORS I SVlINGIN D 0 G TEENS • DIKIY DOZEN G PRICIUA R BLACKSTAR H SUGAR BLUE BAND H FUU FATHOM M BRASS BAND T BOWMAN FNE I Nf:W ORlEANS T PRIVATE PARfY BLUE NOTE 4 ANSON FUNDERBURGH & the ROCKETS T 3-7 pm JAZZ JAM AlT. ROCK C INNOVATM JAZZ B MAOISON. WI UNTIL 100JO , ... HARP VlrmJOSO AOV.nx RHODE ISlAND 27 H Nf:W YORK CIIY 28 E REGGAE 29 JAZZ 30 MAY 1 2 E ROOMFUL OF BLUES KRISTI ROSE E STEVE COMMON PLAN 9 ~ Be fhe MIDNIGHT R STORY THE BEL AIRS plUI guelt GROUND TOllif GRIP B WALKERS BAND MARK WENNER HOT fEMALE VOCAUST I BLUE NOTE 4 NIGHTHAWKS HAAPMAN 3-7 pm JAZZ JAM VOTED BEST LIVE MUSIC CLUB IN KANSAS CITY ALT. ROCK BLUES/ROCK/COUNTRY LAWRENCE WICHITA
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available at PennyLane Westport and Phoenix Call 361-5147 for information. Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance" will be per opera star Robert McFerrin, perform at Books, presented by Renegade Productions. formed on April 25, 27, 29 and May 1. Call UMKC's White Recital Hall, Wed., April 22. Call Harlings at 531-0303 for more The third annual On the Waterfront ex the Lyric at 471-7344. For ticket information, call the UMKC Box Of information. tmvaganza, featuring the City Light Orchestra fice at 276-2700. and the Elder Statesmen of Jazz, gets rolling The 1987 Marlboro Country Music Talent The Friends of Chamber Music present the Sat., April 11 with real gambling. Hmmm, jazz Roundup semifinals will be held April 20-23. The Wichita Jazz Festival runs April 24-26, Beaux Arts Trio at the Folly Theatre, Sat., ... gambling ... this would be a great time to Cooperating clubs include Club 95, 9601 featuring Phil Woods, Stanley Turrentine, April 4. 474-4444. give away the coveted Milton A. Morris Jazz Hickman Mills Drive on the 20th, Ms. Kitty's, Diane Schuur, Joe Sample and a host of Heritage Award. This year's recipient will be 1421 Merriam Lane in KCK on the 21st, New others. For information call (316) 263-4717. It's time for the UMKC Accordion Orchestra's KC's own Marilyn Maye. For info call Country, 126 S. Clairborne in Olathe on the annual spring concert, Sun., April 5 at White 451-8345. 22nd and the General's Inn, 8300 Blue Parkway Sax man Gary Foster and pianist Bill Dobbins Recital h all. Call 276-2700 for more info. on the 23rd. The finals will be held at New perform with UMKC's 12 O'clock Jazz Band, The electrifying Kronos Quartet return to the Country on the 28th. For further information, Sat., April 25 at White Recital Hall. 276-2700. Pianist Ruth Senoa performs at Rockhurst's heartland for a performance at KU's Crafton call 531-2483. The Friends of Chamber Music present the Mabee Theatre on Thur., April 9. For more in Preyer Theatre, Sun., April 12. Call (913) Tokyo String Quartet, Thur., April 30 at the formation, call 926-4127. 864-3912. Jazz vocalist Bobby McFerrin and his father, continued next page
Crosscurrents present Win and Paul Grace, The Lyric Opera of Kansas City present Verdi's Fri., April 10 and Sparky Rucker on the 11th. "Falstaff;' April 18, 20, 22 and 24. Gilbert and
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APRIL. KC Pitch 21 Folly Theatre. Call 474-4444 for ticket information. CINEMA SPORTS In the old-fashioned show-biz tradition, "Nice Girls Dog't Explode" will have its gala world Time to dust off the plate and get ready for premier Wed., April 1 at the Granada Theatre America's favorite pastime. It's April and that in Lawrence, KS. Featuring Wallace Shawn means the Kansas City Royals are beginning from "My Dinner with Andre;' the film was their quest for the American League pennant. shot in Lawrence, Overland Park and Ottawa, April 6 Season opener against the Chicago Kansas last fall. Also featured in the film are White Sox, 1:35. Hey, it's WDAF-TV I Lite Beer Zack & Mack, the "Eight and Ninth Con Calendar Day! tinents of ComedY,' weighing in at over 750 April 8 Chicago White Sox, 7:35 pounds, who are in KC March 31 for a one April 9 Chicago White Sox, 7:35 night engagement at Stanford & Sons. As if April 10 Ooh, it's the Yankees, 7:35 that weren't enough, the film's Kansas City April 11 New York Yankees, 1:35 premier at the 63rd Street Drive-In will feature April 12 New York Yankees, 1:35 the infamous Dr. Silkini. The good doctor will April 14 Detroit Tigers, 7:35 be on hand to take a pre-selected KC-area April 15 Detroit Tigers, 7:35 woman, handcuff her, wrap her in 50 feet of April 28 Baltimore Orioles, 7:35 welded chain link and lock her inside a cof April 29 Baltimore Orioles, 7:35 fin. An explosive charge inside the box will
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22 KC Pitch • APRIL then be detonated and the young lady will, include composers Philip Glass and Virgil we're told, emerge unscathed, proving that Thompson and critic Gregory Sandow. Call "Nice Girls Don't Explode:' Liberty Hall for more information, (913) 749-1912.
At the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in April, a showing of prints by Jim Dine opens the 25th. "Wanderlust-Photos from the Hallmark CoUection" runs throughout the month. Prints by Robert Cottingham are on display through May. "Mounted Oriental Porcelain" runs through April. MISCELLANY KCPITCH Hey, it's the Ice Capades, "America's #1 Family ShoW,' at Kemper Arena April 1-5. In addition KANSAS CITY'S to the usual glitz and glitter, this year's edition ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE includes a skating Teddy Ruxpin and a spec tacle entitled "The Beatles Remembered:' However, the real highlight will be the perfor ___ one year $5.00 mance of the Ice Ca-nines, billed as "a parade of pooches who provide the 'paws that ___ two years $9.00 refreshes~' Tickets are available at all CATS -:::: outlets or through dial-a-tic, 576-7676. 4128 Broadway In conjunction with the Kronos Quartet COIl cert at KU's Crafton-Preyer Theatre April 11, Kansas City, Missouri 64111 is a lecture at Liberty Hall in Lawrence. This free forum, entitled "Living Composers Com- (816) 561-1580 ••••••••••••••••••••••••
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