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VOL. II NO. II YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH READING THE PITCH MARCH 1981
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FBIllA:r-lIIfa.rch 27,1981 12:00 - 1:45 PM - White Recital Hall - Performing Arts Center START THE MONTH AT PENNYLANE~ WH~RE JAZZ ~~ including rare vintage films featuring famous
Recital Ha11 Performing Af"(s Center· U.I1.I<'C. - ~~ for IS ON SALE. FINISH IT OFF AJ THE WOMEN'S instruction and encouragement provided by women's jazz quartet co-led leader of the los Anqeles-based women's jazz band. MAIDEN VOYAGE. member of CALICO. FREE. JAZZ FESTIVAL~ WHERE JAZZ IS FREE! PM - Si9nboard lounge - Crown Center Hotel - CROWN CENTER HOTEl presents an~' fronted by tne John lyman Qua"rtet. ~ •
. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Hotel-.!!!!.(.!£E.~~}~ vocalist Deborah Brown; Salamander (from Fourth Annual Women's Jazz Festival
Greetings from the Fourth Annual Women's Jazz Festival. We hope you can attend all o! the events we have scheduled f-or you from March 25th through March 29t~. Twelve of ~he fifteen SMUllDAY-lIIfa.rch 28, 1981 ~;~~!~s a:yF=!E~t:~n!~ ~~i~e~;~~!~ ~ ~!!~~~d~~~~~!~>: ~c:~~e;~~e~~. u:n~/t;:~. c::e~~321. 10:00 AM 4;00 PM - Sttite 301 - Crown Center Shops - Clinic.s !!!!!. Workshops: JAZZ GUITAR moderated and deronstrated by Brandy Anthony; RHYTHM SECTION moderated and demonstrated by ~:~~::~i :;~h M~~;O~~:!!3i lS;i~~e!~t7:~s a~:~db~e~~~~~:5:~n!~~~! 1~~ ~:!~t!8~:~ ~:~~~n a~~~). Judy Roberts {pianol. Rosemary Galloway (bass). and Marilyn Donadt (drums); REEDS moderated and derronstrated by Jean Fineberg; VOCAL JAZZ moderated and demonstrated by Ernestine Remaining tickets (if any) will be sold at the door. Anderson; BUSINESS OF MUSIC discussed by Kathryn Moses (artist. composer, owner of Holy Hoses Records), Barbara Edwards (artist. manager of Alive!). leonard Feather (jazz critic. historian. Those of you attending the .Festival wi 11 notice a conveniently locat«;d. a~llET!N ~ at the producer, promoter and endorser of women jazz musicians). Oianne Gregg and Carol Comer Roanoke Office. 2nd floor. Crown Center Hotel (accessible through adJOlnlng.door. by ~he maTch 2S (co-founders of Women's Jazz Festival. Inc.). $2.50 each or $10.00 for all five clinics. Meeting Place. Crown Center Shops). You may use it to. leave messages :e: rides, hOUSing, jams, etc. If you have probleMS for which you would like personal assistance. look for a WJFI board member and we'll try to help you out. to :~O~p:r;~;~~ ~:r-~~rj;!!O::!i~~!~S t~;: :7~~e~h!~p:i~t~::~~~n~ ~;S~!~7c~~fe~~~t WJ!IDl\11!lSDAY-lIIfa.rch 2S, 1981 n:~ :n! :~~~: ;0 S~!~~o;~l a~d cr=o~~~~e~o:~~:r~ ~n~· ~~s~:: ~i!:r~~:r:~tO~~:~~~~~Y 10:00 - 11:00 AM - Danciger Auditorium - Jewish COfmIunity ~nter.- ~~ ..Jazz •. a program Patterson (reeds). leader of KAIDEN VOYAGE • .lli§.. for Head Start students. moderated by Jackie Weissman and featuring a nonet comprised of maTch 29 WJFI boardmeueersandfriends. ~. 4:00 PH - I !OO AM Market Place - Crown Center Shops - ~ Mike d!!!!. ~ offering an opportunity for anyone who wishes to form their own 'lfront!1 group. Sound system provided 12:00 - 1:00 PM - International Cafe - Crown Center Shops - CROWN.CENTER SHOPS presentS ~ ... by WJFI; musicians must provide ~n instruments. FREE. ~!:!2.2.!lfeaturingalivejazZ;9roup.t.b.a. ~. 4:30 - 7:30 PM - Signboard lounge - Crown Center ttc;tel ... CROWN CENTER. HOTEL presents an ~ SD:NDAY-lIIfa.rch 29, 1981 ~SessionfrontedbyStanKeS51erandtheF1atFlve.~. !~O~ n;r:~~~t ~:n - t!U~!:z ~!n:e (; ~~u~~~~e ~~~P:a;t:~ I ~a~s:~ i :~ f~n~ ~e~:;a~~~~e. T.KU:BSDA:r-lIIfa.rch 26, 1981 by CALICO. ~. 4:30 7:30 PM - Signboard Lounge - Crown Center ':fOtel - CROWN C£NTER HOTEL presents CALICO. 7:00 - 11:00 PM ~ Music Hail ~ 301 WeSt 13th'" Main Concert featuring Flora Purim and Alrto; aw~n'sjazzquartet.fron.tingan2E!:!l.:!!!!!~'~. Shirley Scott; Ernestine Anderson; and WJFI All::st"ar~Roberts (piano). Rosemary Galloway (bass),MarilynOonadt (drums),JeanFineberg{reeds), Kathryn/1oses (reeds). and Brandy Anthony (guitar). Moderated by jazz critic/historian Leonard Feather. $7.50, $8.50, $9.50. .~~~~ °i~~~~.~~~~ ~:~i ~~::~:~;~~~~~~:!~::~~!~ l!;;:~·~~~~~~:~:~:~ ;~;:::;; ;~~:~~ All seats reserved.
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Since you indicated that you are 4128 BROADWAY starving for correspondence, I am KANSAS CITY, MISs.oURI64111 therefore obliging you. Since I (816) 561-1580 left Kansas City, in 1978, I have felt pangs of longing for myoId Gditor ..•.•.....•.. Warrcn Stylus stomping grounds. I miss the Bar B-Que, Westport, the quietness of Contributing Writers this issue: downtown on a Sunday morning, subs Rev. Dwight Frizzell, Lane & Dave of at the Submarine, getting wasted GENCO labs, T. Dibble, P,.' Keenan, J. at Jimmy's Jigger, shows at the Mandeville, D. Conn, C. Chance, P. Min A Valentine for Warren uptown, and about a thousand other kin, K-"Ducky" Roths. H.B., C. Haddix, things. Also, I found that life is Le Roi, Sallie E. Hamilton Dear Mr. Stylus: tough for a rudeboy without a supply I love your paper. It's that simple. ~mmmm~mun~mm~~mun~mm~~mmmm~ of reggae sounds to sip his Red Inspiration this issue: I thought you had to know. Furthermore, Stripe to. I-man have looked hard The Occupants I thought you deserved an anonymous for tunes to feed my habit, but I Kalamazoo, Michigan Valentine. Everyone who works as hard, have not yet found anywhere superior is as crazy and collects as little to PennyLane. Whenever I get through reward as you deserves something. You'll K.C., I have to stop and drop some never get rich writing the PITCH. It bucks to feed my habit. is the last monument to goodwill and the I love getting PENNY PITCH, as advancement of music and humor to remain it keeps me up on the dub sounds, in a world that survives and thrives on as well as the intense nostalgia it bucks and bullshit. To find something generates when I read all of the old that is both worthwhile and free is a familiar places and people. So keep blow to my case against the 80's. it up--I am out there, reading and That is my contribution to the next appreciating. Jah Rastafarieeeeeeee! issue of the PITCH. Thanks heaps. Kris Sperry, M.D. Sincerely, (The Mighty Dread) Mary PHS Indian Hospital Dear Mary, RedLake, Minnesota 56671 Thank you very much, you brightened my issue. By the way, I've sent a copy of your letter to the publisher, H.B. Prophet. Warren
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Minority Report Flattery Jan. 21, 1981 lAMA DOGOODER :1:. Dear Whoever; Evidently your "Letters" section is Dear Editor: UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY How come, this depravity is becoming poorly supported. Mecha Goins? Give me a break! Because I enjoy seeing allowed at Parody Hall?' Vice Chane'ellor for Administrative Affairs I refer to the Immoral my name (or pseudonym) in print, and Minority Ball on Jan. 20. I was because I feel bad that such an excell at this Sodom and Gomorrah, only to ent and yet free pUblication gets so observe and take names. Dear Warren: little mail,-r-am writing something to They had two bands, plus Danny In reference to PENNY PITCH being keep you occupied. My first questions Cox and Iron Jaw Oakley. There was banned from the UMKC campus: has to be -- What the hell is Musso also an excellent continual tele !!YOU'RE GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN!! Reality Comix? Not that I object. vision program showing the esta In silent protest, (as a temporal.Y After all, ever since I was informed blishment putting down those revolt secretary) I brought the latest issue by a friend recently that I do not ing hippies during the godless six of PENNY PITCH, Volume 11, No. 1 to exist, I have been hot on the trail ties. The first band, "The Three read during the s,low times (all the of Reality, although I've never quite Businessmen", was great! Their good time, actually, between academic caught up with it. Can Musso help? taste and fine musicianship, put rushes), and no one as yet has made Also, to further my prime directive the overflow crowd of perverts and . a comment as to my reading material, (to get something-anything-published degenerates to sleep, holding the though it is made evident as to what in your paper, by any means, -incl uding party down to a mild roar. I am reading. Could it b~ that the flattery).. I must add that your store But just as it looked like a slowness has reached "their brains is quite superb, your selection great wonderful, dull, boring night, all and fogged up "their" distinguished and LeRoi's reviews acceptable. was lost. glasses and hence, the reason PENNY At the exhortation of Danny PITCH is banned, "they" want the till next time, Cox and Iron Jaw Oakley, the crowd children of academicmania to remain Neil Polish rose up, cursing, booing, and throw pure of mind and not have any other new wave pseudo ing generic beer cans at the stage. stimulus? and The Three Businessmen were forced My answer: Clones of academia PennyLane Patron to retreat. rebel with subversiveness. Dear Neil: The next band, "The Original Normally we don't accept pseudonyms, Sinners," were terrible. They played In Tune, however, we do accept flattery. blues and rock'n'roll. They drove Sallie E. Hamilton the crowd into a frenzy. People Warren Stylus got crazy, drinking, dancing, hugging, P.S. Do not try to contact me here, kissing, copping a feel, it was dis as I work for a agency and am leaving I-SHERYL, 'Grots gusting. today. Danny Cox sang some tunes, Iron Congratulations on your new Jaw Oakley sang some tunes, the crowd appointment to Assistant Manager loved it. The evening climaxed! A of PennyLane, Westport. mass orgasm. EDITORS NOTE: The PENNY PITCH Also, Thank you so much for Anytime people have this much welcomes local journalist and temp the wonderful sounds and tunes of fun, it must be investigated, .perhaps orary secretary, Sallie E. Hamilton B.R.B. We appreciate you taking legislative action is needed. Because to the staff. She was approached a chance, it blows the theory that the hard core party people hang-out shortly after receipt of above let there are no risk-takers in the at Parody Hall, I have assumed the ter, and agreed to type very fast Midwest. mission, distasteful as it is, to go for us in her spare time in exchange We'll stand at the door, anytime. there every night if necessary to for good concert tickets! observe and take names. Warren Stylus With Music, The Kids At The Front Door Concerned Citizen, lAMA DOGOODER P.S. Escapee's from Wichita -- Unite. PAGE 4 THE PENNY PITCH
More from Morris She found CURE Radio Questioned February 9, 1981 To: PennyLane Editor: Dear Warren: Yes some of us can read north of Dear Warren: I received your autographed copy of the river, but few of us can write. I went to the Westport store the...E.l.'r.CH, I already have it stapled to We have become PennyLaned now for., a today and found that the Punk/New my heart, so I can keep it. close forever. couple of months but I don't feel Wave albums and the rock ones were Enough of this chit-chat. Here are a alot of people know how to use the being desegregated. My girlfriend few more letters, space filler, what store. Too many young listeners of & I were looking for a fairly ever. If this .stuff is bothering you, the radio in town are getting over obscure CURE album. Fortunately, just let me know and I will layoff. doses of weakly produced-highly pro the guys that worked there were I just don't have anything else to do moted "Rock'n'Roll". In fact, many real helpful & called the other right now, so I send this junk in once have forgot or don't know that there store & found one. New Renee's in a while. is more to radio than KY-l02. This birthday Bash will be complete. station enjoys Rocking Kansas City Thanks! Love, Leslie What tick works for the government~ but only with a limited amount of Statistic . music. When studying the airplay of What tick goes to the Nelson Art KY I'm given the impression that Gallery? Artistic unless AC-DC, Styx or Bob Seger pro To badly bend out of shape?!, , duced the songs, then it is not quotation of H.L. Mencken: "Immoral.;..·· Rock'n'Roll. I seem to get the The morals of those who are having impression they want to close off more fun than you." our minds to the past. Hey, the Thank you, best thing in the world is to Morris Martin enjoy the present but also to anti P.S. I hope there has been some reader cipate the future. The easiest way response to the last PENNY PITCH. to anticipate and understand the future is through knowing the past. Look KYYS 102.1 FM. A half hour Dear Morris, There has been some response and a day plus a few tid bits on Sunday I hold you partly responsible. about "OLD" Rock from the 60's & Keep it coming. Early 70's just doesn't cut it. You lost me when I found 106.5 (106.S Warren is just to the right of KY on your FM dial). Maybe teenagers younger l.eRoi Causes Trem.ors than I (19) don't care and maybe I'm Dear Warren: wrong but the more open you allow your musical tastes to become to LeRoi causes tremors. Man who such things as R&B, Jazz, even instru CONGO SONG carries axe in violin case, steals mental and Rock'n'Roll, the .more you and murders. questlon Being Back in the Black. February 15, Parody Hall, Chick As to the earlier statement about march 8 Willis, Little Jimmy Valentine and your store up North, the sale month sunday the Heartmurmurs,' and saxophone was great with fine selections and !aJ:!"::IlUIIIH:U by FROM TOO ENSEMBLE players and sounding good. a wider selection of Jazz than has It was a full' house and the ever been available. Yes, you even crowd was full of good vibes and have all the AC-DC albums to boot. other things. The band was cookin', parody hall 8pm a bad jam. Think about it, On stage comes Claude "The Squonk 811 WEST 39TH STREET A NEW WAVE Fiddler" Williams. Ivhen he plays Dear Editor: MUSICA-L his electric violin,-a night that is How come K.C. radio stations already at the limit, goes hyper. say, in a loud and heavy duty voice LeRois gets with the progr~, l'ike they ware announcing_a Ted NQ romp stomp. When LeRoi "Rock to' Remember" & pofnts 6 the. c'\,y"·1 :±:!l;~~~,.,"l;P~~~.d:~~["q:::·~;.• :~;~._~ in McHenry steely' Ill. The Kansas Attorney gelberg, etc., etc~ jumps out of bed, he thought a Horde of Harley's headed for Volkswagen Slim Quenemo. The whole evening was a classic. But Claude Williams, what Dear Volkswagen Slim: ' can I say. He murdered blues and Bite your tongue or we will bite gloom for a week in either direction. your ear if you speak forked-tongue He stole the show and that wasn't about Steely Dan and Dan Fogelberg. easy. Because Chick Willfs and friends were so hot they ran the cold Sallie weather out of town and gave us this beautiful warm day. Uses forP;t~h
Signed, February 6, 1981 Vi Lynn Dear Warren: We saw your plea for letters to the editor so here's one just for you. We very much enjoy your FREE FREE "PENNY PITCH". After reading it we find it serves several good purposes. ,f~G MARKET The first'and foremost is pure enjoy 324 ,,-:-43rd ment. The second is Wallpapering our linen closets. The third is lining our trash cans (by the way we have PONAK 's 'l'Avr:nN 21f56--Soufhwcs-f Bl Yd. gotten many compliments on our classy cans). tiOGO'S PENN VALLEY COMM. COLLJ::GE TIT,,--:- 51st Onthe- 'l'rafficway Thank you ever so much Erma & the Homemakers CORNEl{ Hl::s'r. PARODy' IfALL ;r059Broaaway all W. 39th P.S. If you ever need someone to write Listen to St'l'etch, a household hints column just drop us THE KC ART INSTITUTE orrorWarwick a line. We- live somewhere in Kansas the ma'go'l' of the City. 'l'OHRf:'S PIZZEHIA ROYAL LIQUORS IfllSPennsylVaiiTa 601fE~ lDestpo'l't 't'l'iangle. GARY'S SUOMAHINE BERBIGLIA'S nITw.7SEh-- ~ . Dear Erma & the Homemakers: EAR'fHWONOIm NA'rURAL FOODS MUDDY RIVER-OUTFIT'l'ER Here's your line ------~-. WH~T IS THE WESTPORT TRIAt:lGLE? illS-PennsyIvail-ia--- 4307 MalO Now if you really, really love the IT S THE OPPOSITE OF THE HER MAIUO'S DELI MIIJI'ON I S 'rAP ROOM ~ get your Homemakers together MUDA TRIANGLE--PEOPLE APP~AR 20.f-Westport Hd. ~M-arn-- and write the column, send it in and AND NEVER GO AWAY. IF YOU RE B [~lOU WES'I'POk.'f THEA'l'RE Warren will scrutinize it and just STUCK IN THE WESTPORT TRIANGLE, ffiWestpOrtR~I~~-- maybe we'll run it. WHY NOT READ THE PITCH? OUT- WESTPORT LIQUORS In tune,Sallie S IDE OF .THE TR I ANGLE, AND STl LL 801 W. 39th st. WISH.TO READ THE PITCH? FILL IN Say "Hell No" THE COUPON BELOW AND RECEIVE IT LAWRENCE OPERA HOUSE IN THE MAIL. 6th & Ma.!lsachusetts Dear Reader, 'I'IiE CORNOCOPI A fi:I(')lMassactlusetts If you don't want to bleed and '1'HE MUS Ie EXCHANGE NAME ______~== .... 207··toJestPort-- WHI'l'E LIGH'l' PARAPI1F.NALIA die so that big business can get 764M.iSsach-us~ ELEPHAN'f JOHHNJES rich, tell the government~ "Hell ADDRESS. ______.f04 8l3roadway --- no, I wont go" to El Salvador. Tell the government to keep its nose, CITY ______JEWISIl COMMUNI'l'Y CEN'l'ER BioI-Holmes ------money, arid men out of El Salvador's business. STATE. ______ZIP ___ biz wish to become a PI'fCH Distri Morris Martin write to Warren Stylus, care of the Raytown, Mo. (please print) PAGE 5
mARCH is JAZZ mOnTH: PEDDLIN' TUNES
BY B.B. PROPHET
When PennyLane was first .opened in Nevember .of 1975 at 4641 Treest, the selectien was a semewhat predictable mix .of 75% reck, 20% jazz and blues and the remaining 5% spread amengst varieus cate geries, ranging frem bluegrass te speken werd. Much te .our surprise the jazz sales immediately .outpaced the reck by a 4 te 1 rate. 'Sbme .of this situatien ceuld be traced te the highly cempetitive reck scene in Kansas City, but mere impertantly it revealed the incredible jazz starvatien the city was witnessing.
Kansas City, fameus as the birthplace .of jazz - Charlie Parker, Ceunt Basie, Jay McShann - legend ary names tee numereus te mentien, virtually unavailable, en vinyl anywhere in the city. WOrd .of meuth quickly spread and like air rushing inte a vacuum, Heward, Bert, Deug, and literally dezens .of jazz-starved censumers appeared at the Treest lecatien. The trend was se .overwhelming that we decidedte eliminate the reck and use the space te expand the jazz selectien and makePennyLane a "jazz stere".
werked well eneugh that PennyLane steady pace .of grewth fer feur CUI:;tc~me.r,s. begat new .ones as the werd Advertising was difficult ----I-~_-IIIiiiIiii_WM.. ~.riWI .. .a~~b·ti~n1:~11~~~y,~~~s~~tnre~.;
March .of 1980 was the first time we feund it werthwhile to declare jazz menth. Prier te our meve inte the Breadway lecatien in December .of 1979 every menth was jazz menth, se was every week and every day. This secend annual event is net meant and, I hepe, net taken as a sign .of delegating jazz te a lewer prierity within .our stereo Mereever, it is meant as a teken .of gratitude, a simple thank y~ te these favered custemers, witheut whem PennyLane weuld net exist.
Just as Kansas City has its musical reets in Jazz, se dees PennyLane. These facts. I de net censider te be ce-incidental. The jazz fellewing 'has always been streng here and PennyLane happened aleng at a time when jazz recerds were difficult te acquire. New that this situatien is semewhat imp:eved, it is impertant net te grew stagnant agaln. Just as Pat Metheny, Dry Jack and several ether greups have recently added te the Kansas City Jazz reputatien, we at PennyLane intend te further enhance .our cemmitment te Kansas,City Jazz. As us~al, we need the help .of .our custemers, se tell us What else can we de?" Give us yeur theughts, suggestiens, ideas, feelings. Kansas City Jazz never died -- it's here new and streng as ever.
FOR AEROBIC CLASSES WHEN YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELF!!! "\ 0 KEEP IN SHAPE! > < ~ $ ~ LP & 24 W PAGE BOOK ffi < 3 fo'&' $11 $8.98 LIST SALE $6.49 PAGE 6 THE PENNY PITCH ROCK AND ROLL Le Roi.'s POOR FAIR AVERAGE OR GOOD BETTER THAN AVERAGE; VERY GOOD Short Reviews EXCELLENT
Well people, it's been another month and it's almost springtime in K.C., which SHOES/ Tongue Twister happens to be one of the few tolerable Elektra 303 $7.98 list seasons here. So, needless to say my Produced by Shoes & Richard Dashut juices are flowing and I just realized Reagan really is President, so before I This is their third effort and it is also start the reviews I would like to pass their best. I've enjoyed their first two on a little Reaganite philosophy. records, but this one seems a little more "Life is a shit sandwich and everyday solid overall. This music is what the Le Roi. is another bite and the more bread you term 'pop music' is all about. It has have the less shit you have to eatl" all the clarity and simplicity of early So! buy iots of records and,remember Beatle works with the musical progression 'you,never get rich writing the Pitch'; of modern recording technology well blended. so at least keep writing to us because that's what makes it really worth it. THE INMATES/ Shot In The Dark So for what it's worth here they are polydor 6302 $7.98 list once again. Produced by Vic Maile I don't know how I missed this one before but I did and it was a mistake. This one has now become a big fav at PennyLane and is quite the hot rocker. With their usual COZY POWELL! Over The Top nice blend of remakes and originals they Polydor 6312 $7.98 list get you jumping and make you wanna party. Produced by Martin Birch
Don't let the cover fool you on this one. He's iust showing off his drums. This JIMMY BUFFETT! Coconut Telegraph record is really a cooking effort. MCA 5169 $8.98 If you liked the last few Jeff Beck . Produced by Norbert Putnam records you'll really dig this. It's a record you can definitely define as a FUSION record and with the now prolific Jack Bruce on bass, it really comes off great. There~are'no vocals on this one-and I feel that's 'probably a blessing considering the likes of other too much or recent efforts by good musicians (Steve been out in Marguaritaville Cropper COmes to min'tlfirst). For a too long. is a very sparse effort from someone who should know better. ELVIS COSTELLO/ Trust real feel for this record, listen to the CBS 37051 $7.98 list cut called "Killer" which will tell you Produced by Who Else -- Nick Lowe Except if you're gonna like it or not! for Big Sisters Clothes
Well it Looks like Elvis must be eating regularly. This record just doesn't have the lean, hungry sounds of previous albums. Not to say it's a bad record because at points it is brilliant but in his attempt to widen his horizon he has lost the edge he has had before. As my good friend Stretch suggested - if he played the country twanger called "Different Finger" in Nash ville they would laugh him out of town. One standout on this one is his slow ballad "Shot With His Own Gun". Even though it's not as strong it will be a must for Costello fans.
HANK WILLIAMS, JR./Rowdy Elektra 330 $7.98 list PEARL HARBOR/ Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost Too Produced by Jimmy Bowen WB 3515 $7.98 list Produced by ? - You all can have Waylon and Willie--just give me Hank, Jr. He's been real close The This record really proves that Pearl is a to breaking it for years and the time is real jewel. Now that she has split with right on this one. It's good solid record her old band "The Explosions" she is going with "hit" written allover it. When you These guys win the "guys you would least to a more varied style of music. She's hear his version of his father's classic like to take home and meet mother award" still doing the hot rockers, but on certain "Ramblin' Man" you just have to like it. hands down. They are not a pretty sight. songs she shows she can be other than punk. My cowboy hats off to Hqnk. But they do some pretty tasty music al With the Clash backing her up in places, though it does get rude in places. Not you really get the feeling she may be on only does this record have lyric con verge of a sparkling career. I may sound tents which may be offensive to some biased because I am. This is one woman I RUSS BALLARD members of the public, but it also has could definitely be a groupy for. Into The FIre the song most likely to Get Scott 0' ~- ...... Roct.."AoIIloYefl~GuiIty Kelly excited at closing time. So if DonlGoToSotlO/lbnIght you are brave and adventuresome, check LE ROI'S SPECIAL AWARDS it out. If not, try the next record.
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RUSS BALLARD/Into The- Fire BARRY MANILOW/ Barry ~ CBS 36993 $5.98 list Arista 9537 $8.98 list Produced by Who Cares Q__ ' THE o-I'm".] SEAL OF PLEASURABLE Produced by Russ Ballard & John Stanley ~LISTENING Another boring, blase, sedate, laid back, You should have bought the last one because piece of unmitigated shit by the man most this ain't the one you been waiting for. likely to die with a severe case of cute This one is lame at the bright moments. ness. THE PENNY PITCH PAGE 7
MOlE LE 101 's SHOIT IEVIEWS
TODD RUNDGREN! Healing Bearsville 3522 $7.98 list NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE! Feelin Allright Produced by - 3 Guesses A & M 4818 $7.98 list Produced' by Chuck Mellowe Once again Todd does it all. He writes it all, plays it all and even does the front Suppose they made a record and nobody bought cover. This is a fairly good record but it .••••••.•.•.• •••• . being a big fan I can't help but be a little disappointed in his over self-indulgence. I really feel he could have done better. It will be a must-have for all his loyal THE BOOM TOWN RATS! Mondo Bongo fans, but it will not win many new fans. CBS 37062 $7.98 list The guy has so much talent, I just wish Produced by Tony Visconti & Boom he would show it. Town Rats After their last record I was really ready for this one. I thought it was gonna be a killer, but no way. At best it is only average. There are some good cuts, but overall I believe they rushed this one. I find a lot of filler on this one and I like filler about as much as PHIL COLLINS/ Face Value soy-burgers, they make me vomit. Atlantic 16029 $7.98 list Produced by Pilil Collins
Although I've never been a big Phil Collins fan, this record has won me over. It has a much more expanded sound to it that I I ve never gotten in the past. He uses the Earth, Wind, and Fire horns on GARY GLITTER! Glitter And Gold this and it makes it even more cohesive 10" Epic Nudisk This is a very fine treat to listen to. CBS 36848 $5.98 list Produced by Mile Leander
This is a re-issue of some of the great . ***** FLOWERS! Icehouse music to come out of the early seventies. Regular Records 37435 Import $12.98 PHIL SEYMOUR/ Self-Titled - I generally don't revue re-issues, but - Produced by Cameron Allan & Ina Davies this time I make an exception because the Boardwalk 36996 $8.98 list Produced by Richard Podolor record has been in great demand for several· I'.ve never been a big fan of heavy synthes years. If you don't remember Gary Glitter, izer bands, but these cats from Australia it was he, who, along with T. Rex and David Seymour is better known as the other half of the Dwight Twilley Band. If you liked have definitely come up with 9- winner. Bowie started' a style called Glitter or The one thing that makes them different is Disco Rock which many believe to be the. Twilley you'll love this record. If Tom Petty can be big, there is no reason this the fact that even though there is heavy purveyor to many New Wave trends of today. synthesizer, the guitars are even heavier. When you hear such classics as "I Didn't record shouldn't be. It cooks from first note to the last. There is really stand When you mix this up with nice ryhthm and Know I love You Till I Saw Your RocknRoll" more than adequate vocals you get a hell out guitar work by Bill Pitcock IV and or "I'm The Leader of the Gang", it's almost of a good sounding record. Gary Numan excellent vor-als by Seymour. The only like a time warp back to when music was seems meek compared to these guys. stilF attgry, yet you coulds~1::!:.ll have a thing I don't like about this record is good time. that seymour is so cute, it makes me sick. Con'.
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ROCKET 88/ Featuring Jack Bruce, George ._ Kent State Green, Bob Hall, Alexis Korner, John picard, MUSIC FROM THE Hal Singer, Colin Smith, Ian Stewart, Char Original Motion Picture SoundTrack lie Watts, Don Weller Original MUllicCQJftPCIlieCl t. PrOdUCecJby Ken Lauber Atlantic 19293 $7.98 list . • Execullve Prodllcar: Jack Lewis Produced by Ian Stewart FeATURING GRACE SLICK· RICHIE HAVENS JOHN SEBASTIAN From the lineup on this record you couid probably figure that it could be any of many styles of music and you would probably be wrong. It is mainly a boogie-woogie, Kansas City jump style record with just enough blues to make it cool. These record ings were from a series of live performances that finally came together at the Rotation Club in Hanover, West Germany where it fin * '111< *1! nCIi ally was right and they got this recording SMOKEY ROBINSON! Being With You dOwn', When I hear this record it always TAMLA 375 $8.98 list i effects me the same. I start out lightly Produced by William "Smokey" Robinson KENT STAT~/ Original Motion Picture Soundtrack tapping my toe and about halfway through I and Michael Lizzio on one song, the RCA-ABC 3928 8.98 list catch myself dancing a boogie-woogie. If rest by George Tobin Composed and Produced by Ken Lauber this one don't move you, you ain't got soul. The last year and a half Smokey has been With a slight variation on .the frisbee, if THE TOURISTS as hot as ahytime in his career and this they would've shot this record instead of LUMINOUS BASEMENT record keeps up this quality. He's got a the students we would alL have been better Ta_T==~=="VouSo real hit this time. By mixing love ballads , off. AngelsAndo.-oftsfl-... T8ktoAw.II: that only the velvet smooth vocals of Smokey could produce, with a couple of high energy tunes very reminiscent of Michael J.J. CALE/ Shades Jackson's .last solo record, he produces MCA 5158 $8'98~'t~~ one of the top soul records of the year. Produced by Audi ~~ th and J.J. Cale This record has definite platinium possib ilities. J.J. Cale has for rna ea now remained in near obscurity to 0 than a relatively THE TOURISTS! Luminous Basement small, but avid group of fans. A lot of the CBS 36757 $7.98 list reason is that he has never gone with the Produced by Tom Allom trends. Instead he has kept playing his style of rhythmic style of blues rock that This is a really fine recording. When FRANKE & the KNOCKOUTS/ Self-Titled is simply damn good. He did gain some I first heard it I thought it might be Millennium BXLI 7755 $7.98 list notoriety, not to mention help prolong the new 'WHO" album. Well, 10 and behold Produced by Steve Verrolx Eric Clapton's career, when he came up it was the Tourists sounding much tighter with now classic "Cocaine". If you've and cooler than ever before. After every This one sounds like Foreigner meets the never heard Cale, I highly recommend listening, I like this record even more, Doobie Brothers and have a real nice time. that you do or you're the only one to especially after hearing some of the new I gave this one a star for their leather blame for missing out on some really fine 'vJHO' album which sounds very lame compared jackets • music. Enough hype, now for the record to this one. You won't go wrong with this itself. If not the best it's at least one if you like tasty rock. as good as any record he has ever done. He mixes his upstept tunes with tne LE ROI'S slower ballads extremely does
***** B.B. KING/ There Must Be A Better World Somewhere MCA 5162 $8.98 list Produced by Stewart Levine
This is one of the more amazing records I've heard in a long 'time. I've always been a fan' of B.B. Kings, but this record even surprises me. I have never heard him sing and play with such emotion. I'm sure part of it is the co~bination of the band featuring Dr. John, Pretty Purdie, Wilbur Bascomb, Hugh McCracken,Hank Craw ford and David 'Fathead' Newman, plus the writing talents of Dr. John and Doc Pomus. But even with this outstanding crew, B.B. even manages to transcend this and really makes you feel the blues. When I listen GARLAND JEFFREYS! ESCAPE ARTIST to "Born Again Human", I get chills. This is one hot record! CBS 36983 $7.98 LIST PRODU~ED BY GARLAND JEFFREYS AND BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN 1 PLUS DENNIS BOVELL
KING PEACH/ Fair warning THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING RECORD. IT FEATURES JUST ABOUT Flying High 6504 $7.98 list EVERY MUSICIAN IN THE UNIVERSE. GARLAND HAS ALWAYS PUT Produced by Slim Richey OUT GREAT MUSIC 1 BUT THIS TIME HE REALLY EXPANDS HIMSELF INTO NEW AND OLD AREAS THAT HE NEVER REACHED BEFORE. HE This one sounds like an average to fair has DOES LESS REGGAE SOUNDING THINGS 1 BUT NOW HE HAS ADDED band decided to make a record, got enough SKA INFLUENCE INSTEAD. A LOT OF IT SOUNDS SOMEWHAT COS dough to make it and now they are a bar TELLOISH. EVERYTIME I HEAR THIS RECORD 1 I WANT TO LISTEN band with a record out. The best thing TO IT AGAIN. THIS ONE IS GOOD ENOUGH THAT IT IS MY PICK about this one is the cover. FOR THE BEST RECORD OF THE YEAR AT THIS POINT IN TIME. • PAGE 10 THE PENNY PITCH mARCH is JAZZ mOnTH: Take a Dollar Off The Regular Price
LOOSE IN LAWRENCE CHANCE MEETS CAGE
by James Mandeville and Dwight-Frizzell with Charles Chance, Jr.
CAGE IN LAWRENCE
At first, the idea of John Cage visiting Lawrence, Kansas seemed to resemble the equation wherein the proverbial Lautreamont sewing machine and umbrella are juxtaposed on an operating table. B~t when you have heard the gentle philosophers words spoken by this giant of modern music theory, you begin to see the kinship, the thread of continuity be tween this man Cage and the huge, Midwestern prairie-weave of mystical thought stretching from Whitman to Neihardt.
CAGE'S CLASSROOM KOAN
John Cage was gyrating on worldly thoughts while addressing students in the K.U. percussion room. When Pitch staff writers arrived, Cage revealed a special koan for the occasion:
A man was told by a holy man, "Everything is god." He left the interview and wandered through the market, seeing everything with new eyes. Then running people began to flee past him, shouting that a killer elephant was loose. But the man said, "FooJ.ish people! Everything is god! There's nothing to be afraid of!" He was almost trampled to death by the elephant. Shaken, he stumbled back to the holy man accusingly: "I thought you said, 'Everything is god'--I almost died!" "Tell me what happened," the holy man replied. "I was walking, and some people cried out 'A killer elephant is loose: 'Run for your life!' But I was not afraid, and went right on. Then this elephant attacked me." "But you have forgotten one thing," the holy man told him, "Those people were warning you away were god too."
Charles Chance Jr. commented, "Part of our Buddah.nature is that we can be killed by an elephant.- Cage smiled with delight: "Exactly."
CAGE LEAVES THE PERCUSSION ROOM
The audience left Cage's informal talk with the instructors perplexed. Inspection of the glockenspiel was in line for the nimble hands of Chance. And so were the string clouds of bam boo shoots and the bell-trees. Voices filtered in from the hallway where Cage was talking with students. We approached 4128 Broadway the group and Chance saw his opportunity forming. The light Kansas City, Missouri 2631 N.E.Vivion Rd. was perfect for an ISRSP. Kansas City, Missouri continued THE PENNY PITCH PAGE 11 Cage in Lawl.'enco con'. THE ISRSP mARCl1. is JAZZ mOn'l'l1.: Charles Chance was having a time containing himself while meeting Cage. Later Chance told Pitch reporters that he had momentarily mistaken John Cage for his AuntGussie, a hairdres ser who uncannily had hand, gum and teeth movements (during speech} identical to/Cage's. Chalilce,gathered his thoughts and received 'Cage' s 'perrri~ission to take his portrait. "This por BILL EVANS BILL EVANS trait will take less than a minute," Charles e?plained. "And You Must Believe In Sprins You Must the source, instead of being something we necessarily see, is Includes Theme From M·A·S·H Believe In Spring a specialized photography--the Poloraid snapshot. Of course The Peacocks/B Minor Waltz any media can be used to make this Instant Self-Realized Snap shot Portrait or ISRSP." Cage seemed intrigued as Chance opened his eyes wide and stared him in the face. "I'have just exposed," said Chance, closing his eyes. "Now I'm develop ing~" Chance explained, as his hands drew wildly. on a large tablet. Within seconds the portrait was completed. SALE $5.99
KEITH JARRE1T The Celestial Hawk
SALE $5.99 On ECM Records and Tape. Mfr. list price $8.98 (C.s•. $8.98)
I Cage seemec pleased, "~'Jhere from?" he asked CHICK COREA AND Chance. "Kansas City vJhere I at the Art Insti- GARY BURTON tute, II answereG C;1ance. "I hear 'tiley have a Dost wonderful In Concert, Zurich, shiva t:1e're," Cage added. oaober 28, 1979
SALE $10.99 FURNITURE MUSIC
MtNGUS'DYNASTY rvhat we establish music made satisfy human needs "Live At Montreux" ties do. Art is 'extraneous to these needs. Furniture Digital Recording m~slc creates vibrations. ,That·s its Single, purpose. It piays the same role played by light, heat, and all other Mingus Dynasty, "Live At household conveniences. Furniture music advantagously takes ~~;:~~u~~~;~~;a~n:r:~~~~ [AI the place of marches, polkas, tangos ..• lnsist upon furni collection, Includes magnif- RANDY BRECKER, JOE FARRELL tur~ music. There's no difference between one furniture SIR ROLAND HANNA mUSlC and another. They belong to the same family." ~~~~~~di,~~~~~~i~~~~, ATLANTIC BILLY HART' JIMMY KNEPPER "Consider Me, Oh Lord;' ALA DAR PEGE' MIKE RICHMOND and "Haitian Fight Song:' , INCWDES • SKETCH TWO/CONSIDER ME, OH LORD SALE $5.99 HAITIAN FIGHT SONG
UNDERSTANDING FINNEGANS WAKE , Fortunately, Cage spoke in short stories, in such a d 7rect way tha~ even the hallucinating consciousnesses of Pltch staff wrlters could recall this insight-into the HADEN work of James Joyce: ' GARBAREKfGlSMONTI HADEN/GARBAREK FolkSongs GISMONTI FolkSongs "When I was in Ireland for a month last summer with John an~ Monica Fullerman, collecting sounds for ROARITORIO many Irlshmen told ~e they couldn't understand FINNEGANS ' WAKE, and so t~ey dldn't read it. I asked them if they ~n~:~:tood th~~r own dreams. They c~nfessed they didn't. a feel~:r:g some of them may now be reading Joyce, or at least dream~ng they're reading Joyce". SALE $5.93
BURROUGHS OUT BACK
Refusing to pay admission to see Ginsberg and Burroughs was the least of our worries. We waited in back of the building, hoping the passing in and out of stagehands and hangers-on would provide an opening to go in and test Snag Soft\e Jazz. reactions. Suddenly, William Seward Burroughs arrived, as Ginsberg's pompous voice resonated from within. Charles Chance seized the time for a gesture of goodwill, welcoming Burroughs to Lawrence. A reptilian, but benign smile enlight ened the old veteran's face. "Thank you." And his entourage The P-...ice is Right. hurried him in.
THROATS CUT WITH TIN CANS
Sometime later, despairing of catching a glimpse of an authentic culture hero, we stopped, in search of a stray friend, in the lobby of the auditorium, where by leaning over the rope we caught a blindingly bright, dressed in white, full flood view of W.B. cackling hoarsely into the mike: something about "cutting throats with rusty 4128 Broadway tuna cans". con'. Kansas City, Missouri PAGE 12 seven tunes. He even wrote the liner notes. It clearly is J.J.'s baby and he should be proud because it's an excellent record. JAZZZZZ Blue Note recently plucked a flower from their forgotten gardens. It's name is Africaine by Art Blakey and by the Jazz Messeng~rs B/N 1088/$7.• 98 Lonsum Chuck Haddix li~t,~ ,:ReC.9.rde,dtwen~yyearsa:.'go, -~ric~ine was Wayne Shorter's first record date with Blakey. Africaine contains three Lee Morgan composi March is going to be Jazz and Classicdl tions; Haina, The Midget, and Celine, month at PennyLane. For the entire two compositions by Shorter-Afri month of March all regulary priced Jazz caine and his magnificent tribute to and Classical tapes and records will be Lester Young, Lester Left Town and on sale for $1.00 off. Jazz and classi one composition by Walter Davies, cal budget recox,-ds will be on sale for Celine. Africaine is a real gem, 50¢ off. Let me take a minute to try a classic Art Blakey record featur ing some of the strongest sideman and explain the difference between cut outs and budget records. Cut-outs are he ever played with. generally records which have been The late Bill Evan's latest release d(::)leted from the <.:aLalogue because "You Must Believe in spring', WB3504/ they're slow sellers. It's like sur Richies sense of humor surfaces during $7.98 llSt lS a ciassle example of vival of the fittest. Older slower Nugahyde Reality, he and Phil's nod excellence of his last Great Trio, selling records are deleted to make or smirk to free Jazz, which turns featuring Eliot Zigmund, drums; room for hot new releases. Also, if a into a burning scrapple from the Eddie Gomez, bass. This record record company has too many copies of a apple. Eddie Lockjaw Davis trades is obviously a companion to Bill's marginally selling reco~d they'll dump licks with Richie and Phil during a last Trio release. part of them on the cut-out market. Put swinging version of "Save Your Love the above two situations together with For Me." Richie's solo during "Polka I will say goodbye. The same melan the stock of defunct 'labels which has Dots and Moonbeams" is a showcase of choly dominates both records. What to go somewhere and you've got cut-outs. his virtuosity. This unbelieveable can me say about this record elegance, Cut-outs are economical and frequently session ends with a blues tune called class, genius. Bill Evans was a turn out to be collector's items, even "Eddies Mood" (for the-late Eddie Giant in the world of Jazz and this tually. You can usually tell a cut-out Jefferson, who was Richies' mentor) records one of his best. by the cut or punch in one corner of the that slides into an upbeat version album cover. of the old pop tune side by side. This record is be bop at its best Budget records are records which don't and is as tasty as a cold beer on a CLASSICAL nOTES cost us as much so we don't charge as hot Sunday afternoon. Confused about new music? much for them. Usually the manufactures Tune in KXTR each Thursday suggested list price is $5.98. We Red Rodney Live' at the Village Van night during these March charge $3.99-$4.49 for our budget. auardsfea£Ur1ng Ira suI1~van, dates.from 10:10 till Mid records (CBS calls their budget llne use 209/$7.98 list is also a night and join Scott Cooper the nice price. You can look UP H.B. great meeting of two musical giants. & Byl Stronther as they Profit's article in the last PITCH for Even though Ira and Rodney have alot unravel some of the mystery a more detailed explanation af the of music to reminisce. They prefer on Modern Times. strategy behind the $5.98 lines. to blaze new trails with a mixture Enough about the mechanics of Lhe of modal and bebop forms spiced 3/5-The Conservative Movement record blz, here's some music worth generously with improvision. Al in Symphonic Music-- owning. though they're unknowns the rythm section, of Gary Dial, Including works by Howard William Walton, and Muse Records is a New York based Jazz piano; Torn Whaley, and Paul label which consistantly releases good Jazz-recordings. Mostly mainstream ~~~n~~~ical ~~~. and contemporary. Two recent r~leaile,s __ which are exceptional are fronted by '~·'f~~~~!~t~~n·~~•• MM~~tI:~~~~~,,::-;~~~~ .. it-~~;-~~~~~~~~~~=~-----'-- Richie Cole and Red Rodney. These Jack Walrath. This record disproves two records are doubly good because of that old adage, "Old dogs can't the featured sidemen. Phil Woods with learn new tricks\!. 3/19-The ~wOrgan---Including Richie Cole and Ira Sullivan with Red works by Messiaen" Genzmer, Rodney. Both records are cut live and I don't normally get too excited Barber, Albrigh~ and Peeters. are as good as they should be, consid about guitar or trio albums, but 3/26-Quarter-~nes and other ering the talent involved. a recent release by a young Cana Micro-Tones--Including dian gui~arist named LOJ:"ne Lofsky.--:- works by, Charles Ives, "'It Could Happen To You", Pablo' Today/ Alois Haba and Ernest Bloch. 2312-122/$8.98 llSt, has changed my attitude. Produced by Oscar Peterson, "I Could Happen To You" is everything ROSSINI: OVERTURES/Philharmonic a good guitar trio album should be; Orchestra, Ricardo Muti balanced, tasteful, and musically inventive.'Lorne plays it all from Angel Digital SZ 37750 $10.98 list "Body and Soul" to "Giant Steps" and he plays it extremely well. Listen, There have been several to this record it could happen to recordings of these overtures you also. in the last few months. Is this the Rossini Revolution? Concepts in Blue Pablo Today/2312-123/ These pieces with their rhythm $8.98 list finds Trombonist J.J. Richie Cole with Phil Woods, Walter atic sparkle and dramatic out Johnson in good company. Clark Terry bursts are a joy to hear. The Booker, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums; John Trumpet and Flugelhorn; Ernie Watts, Hicks, piano. Muse 5237/$7."913 list is more I hear of Ricardo Muti Tenor and Alto saxophones; Pete firmly in the tradition of the legen and what I've seen of his tech Jolly and Billy Childs, Keyboards; dary Kansas City cutting session•• nique on Channel 19 the more Vic Feldman, Vibraphone and Keyboards; convinced of his immence talent Ray Brown and TonyCDUIDas, BaSSi and I am. This album is a further During the two Charlie Parker tunes, Kevin Johnson (J.J.'s son), drums. example. These are spirited, Scrapple from the Apple and Donna Lee J.J. produced this album, arranged recordings, beautifully recorded. Richie and Phil drive one another tq the music and wrote five of the new heights of Alto Madness. D. CONN Cage in Law'I'enco GINSB~RG GRABS FOR BILL CAGE ON THE PRAIRIE
Late that night we discovered a party where Burroughs John Cage, perhaps more than his contem~raries, Gins and Ginsberg were supposed to be. Bill Scanlan. DuChamp's berg.and Burroughs, was completely at home ln Lawrence, (the rock band) vocal fetishist, later recalled his fate- E)' September 30, 1980. Cage would have been t~e last pers~n ' ful encoun~er with Ginsberg for the underpaid and skimpy- there to see anything incongruous about m~klng a pause ln on-the-details Pitch staff writers: ~ , Kansas in the midst of his global meande:lngs. ~ut for many in Lawrence, it was a, genuine surprlse t~ fl~d th7 . I met Allen Ginsberg wearing pajama bottoms as pants- "Prophet of Noise" to be so soft spoken--to dls
Dear Warren:
I was in a bad mood the evening of February 21st. Something had been missing all day. In my wallet were two tickets to Ry Cooder at the Uptown for that night and I was relying on them to do more than g~t me into the show. I wanted out of my m~nd. I wasn't let down.
We arr i ved at 7: 00 to hold s,?me Enough of this though, this article is about shimmering beauty. Suffice it to say that when Ry Cooder stepped in front of the mike with a pink (make that 'Pussy Pink') Guitar strapped to his abdomen and Strato-Casted the first note of "Little Sister" my white boy's blues were left . far behind. My whole body felt the mus~c all at once. That's the incredible part. The music is so well-balanced with just enough body, mind arid sou~. It hits all parts of me at the same t~me. Cooder'sguitar work is definitely hybrid but at the same time unique. He has con ciously assimilated some of the best from a di versi ty of styles. He plays effort lessly, the right note is constantly just beneath his fingertips. But he doesn't sound like anyone. The exciting thing RY COODER AT THE UPTOWN THEATRE ON FEBRUARY 21sT. about a musician like this is that his music always contains new information, photo by Van F. Stopp but never sounds contr1.yed. What else is there? Cooder's Band, The Radio Silents, also put ,in a good nights work. Dark sui ted Dear Editor: John Hiatt gave solid rythym' gui tar and Dear PITCH: an excellent vocal performance on "Love is a Crime". 'Drummer Daryl Verdusco Thank goodness there wasn't a fire and Bassist James Rolleston carr.ied the last night at the uptown Theatre during It's a real difficult task to com band smoothly along the inherently bumpy Ry Cooder' s concert. Apparently the plain about the Ry concert, since it road of old, strange songs about marriage, management has elevated "close packing" was so exciting, but we're getting au tomobiles, and the girls in Texas. to new and ever more risky levels. The tired of being treated so badly at Willie Green and Bobby King delivered simple act of going to the bathroom the Uptown Theatre. It seems that close full vocals and real showmanship and the crowd was appreciative. They required negotiations of territorial even tho' the audience is better rights, plus a barrage of apologies to behaved, the ushers or bouncers or were so tuned to each other that between everyone. Then you got an overpriced thugs (I'm not sure who those guys numbers they swayed side to side, drink spilled on you. are) continue to treat us as if we perfectly syncroni zed. were acid-crazed loonies. Judging from the sell-out crowd at • It might have been sound system problems, the Ry Cooder show; Joe Serviss must but I didn't think keyboard player Jesse My husband and I had wonderful Harms made much of a contribution. The have made a bundle at the bars there. seats at a front row table (on the All in all another typical "ft:m" night few times I would really hear him weren' t dance floor!?) and the view of Ry very revealing and occasionally, like on at the Uptown. One can imagine that was wonderful. But the ventilation with the past failures of the Uptown, "Tear Drops Will Fall" it was distracting. in the building must be very bad or Sound seems to be an indominable problem the current owner should take note and there is no ventilation. Besides treat concert goers with respect. Gross at the Uptown and Saturday night was no dealing with smoke and so many people exception. All that lovely plaste: profiteering at the expense of music packed on the main dance floor we bric-a-brac seems to make for boom~e lows fans can not continue. There are other, had to deal wi th a 'thug' at the door, safer, places in K.C. to he~r music and and indistinct highs. The lighting, on when my husband requested exit and the other hand, was very well handled. dance. Dangerous overcrowd~ng, laugh re-entrance to retrieve medicine for able beverage prices, impolite employees a sinus infection' he was experiencing. do little to endear the Uptown to people ,who enjoy a good time. Back to "Tear Drops Will Fall", this I understand certain policies have third of five encores was worth' the As usual, to be enforced, but in the case of a Stephen Van de Castle price of the whole ticket. Cooder's medical emergency with Dr.' s credentials uncompl icated, four-times-through-the there should be a little more humane verse slide lead was visionary. I had feeling experienced on the part of to spiritually sit out the remaining Uptown. I want to thank you for being encores, I was exhausted. here to listen, the Uptown certainly P.S. Q: Where is the dance floor at doesn't. the uptown? Michael Bauermeister A: You're sitting on it! Dr. & Mrs. Michael Badeen PAGE 14 THE PENNY PITCH The old saying, "You get what you pay for" applies to the world of video. Cable doesn't offer the ex VIDEO tensive programming that a satel lite earth station can. But it by does offer a modest selection that T. Dibble fi ts the budget of most people. $18.00 to 24.00 per month is eas P. Keenan ier to swallow than $10,000. Cable offers the subscriber 13 to 24 dif CABLE T.V. ferent channels. The range of pro gramming can be broken down into Satellites are the ultimate in tel these categories: evisio~ programming. Unfortunately, satell~tes are not the most feasa ble. Cost is the most prohibi tive The Independent T.V. Statiohs aspect for the majority of viewers. Movies Only This brings us to the second, more Sports affordable al ternati ve to commercial News television, Cable TV. Judging from Religion our last article,it seemed as if Unique (Local and National the only answer to more programming Government Public Service) was the satellite earth station (or T.V.R.O.). Not true--residents of Johnson and Douglas counties have enjoyed cable' for a number of years. For an additional monthly fee, the The development of cable has a his movie critic in your home could wet tory that might surprise you. Cable an appetite on a variety of box of was destined out of necessity, not fice hits. It's clear that the the luxury item you may think. Tech price paid to enjoy intelligent nical limitations and governing programming available on cable TV laws prohibited broadcasts from is small, compared to paying noth reaching a large portion of the ing for commercial television. So, country. A home out of a fifty mile it seems that the superstations, radium couldn't possibly tune into addi tional cultural events (BRAVO) the three VHF stations, let alone and more adult-orientated (ESCAPADE) 41 and public access channel 19. programs will soon be giving liTHE FI NEST I N USED RECORDS 1/ PTesants: A BLUE JAm PRODUCTIon WE1)U'ESDA11 ~'11~. mARC1l2Sth u· $3.50 at: $4.00 advance cparodtJ' doo"l" TICKETS AVAlu\BLE AT: ~ all PENNY LANE 811 W39 "DANCE YOUR SOCKS OFF" VI LLAGE RECORDS & THE BYNATONES MUS I C EXCHANGE PARODY !IALL LOVE RECORDS CAPERS CORNER THE PENNY PITCH PAGE 15 4 REGGAE ~ ~ BLUES ~ "TEX~A~S-B=-O=-O::-G::-I~E::--:B~L"='U='=E~S-::"=~R-ay=s""lh-a-r.!)pe Flying High #6502 $7.98 list by Davey Dread Hailing from Ft. Worth, guitarist song writer Ray Sharpe comes on strong First of all, 4 new TROJAN's with this new LP. He's had several hits #190 prjDce Farl-Jamaican Heroes in the past including "Linda Lu" which #191 §arry Brown-Cool Pon Your is redone on this LP with a very strong Corner and dirty beat that will leave you "Jones'n" #192 John Holt-20 Golden Love Songs for more! #193 ~ - A.l Dub. Ray is backed-up by members of the King Peach .Band (Ft. Worth), Delbert MAX EDWARDS/Oz McClinton plays harp, along wlth a hot horn Epiphany $6.98 list - 12" 45 RPM section, including Johnny Reno. The Max is the former drummer tunes range from original to rockin' blues with the Soul Syndicate. This style standards. Check it-out!! It even EP is aimed at cross-over. Ex comes with a nice sleeve!!! tremely danceable soul-reggae stuff. We put this on one Sunday while doing inventory SUPERHARPS 1967 to 1977 & had people dancing in the Red lightnin EP 027 33-1/3 RPM LONNIE BROOKS/Turn on the Night aisles! Look for an LR soon Billy Boy Arnold/Little Walter Alligator 4721 $7.98 list to follow! (Mid-Fifties Straight Ahead Stereo) Side one belongs to Billy Boy, Put away your blues. Lonnie DENNIS BROWN/Foul Play recorded in London in '77, he does Brooks is here to rock & roll. - He A&M 4850 $7.98 "Catfish" a rockin' blues number with has put together a collection of some With 13 albums to his credit, heavy English blues influence throughout. good old hard driving rock. But let' Dennis Brown is one of the The other tune by Billy Boy "just a not get confused on this point. We more prolific of the Jamaican dream" is a standard rockin' blues with are not talking about the melt your singer/songwriters. This marks B Boy getting off a few good harp licks ears, ragin' type but the kind you the first reggae artist signed but there's really no guitar lead lines can party, have a good time, dance by A&M. More of the major due to the nature of thisEP - SUPERHARPS! to, etc. labels are becoming interested Side two is Little Walter joined by There are a couple of low down in this music which can only Muddy Waters-Bo Diddley-Otis Spann-Clifton blues tunes but in general, every benefit the exposure to the James-and possibly Buddy Guy - recorded in thing is up tempo. Brooks has im American public. Dennis is Chicago '67, the quality is good. Starting proved on his vocals and the band has an extremely accessible artist with "Juke" an all instrumental party like never been tighter. The addition of here fusing R&B, soul and pop, blues rocker. #2 "Sad Hours" is a slower horns has really added a new dimen with the reggae beat. He is sloppy blues number that really reeks of sion to his sound along with an supported by the Revolutionaires 60's chicago lowdown nitty gritty blues, overall better production job. and producer Joe ubbs. This even with female background vocals. There'S Quite frankly, I'm surprised at is pointed toward commerciality, some fair slide guitar playing but overall the direction Lonnie has taken on there is no high level protest this EP could have been better. TURN ON THE NIGHT. But then again, involved, just excellent qual I couldn't be happier. ity production and great vocals. abov'ers. What ever the reason, it If they··can' t get something is great • .§,tart'ed with the likes of this .JLP--forget it! Blues shows are the best recession ary "live" entertainment in town. You can pay the same price for a movie, but you can't walk away from the theatre sweaty and drunk. Ron ald Reagan could take some tips is one of the three from the Blues Society on how to Wailers with Bob Marley and deal with the economy. When has he Peter Tosh. He doesn't come out ever offered: of the hills very often; but when he does ... This record is 1) $1 off blues records at Penny- destined to be a classic in Lane & Village Records. the same category as Marley's 2) A monthly newsletter. Natty Dread He not only burns 3) Discounts on KCBS events out older material by Marley & 4) $1 off blues concerts at the Tosh but grooves his own songs Lawrence Opera House. in a way only a star artist In just 2~ months, the Kansas City 5) Advance price at door from Blue could do. Backed by Robbie, Sly Jam Productions. and Chinna, Bunny sings of love Blues Society has grown from five members to over 230. Not everyone 6) 50¢ off blues events at Uptown. and hate, affirmation and pride ••• 7) PARTICIPATION IN DECISIONS! definitely a soul rebel. This is has joined K.C.B.S. for the same reasons. Some are die hard blues hot material,'hot production and Kansas City Blues Society hot delivery. Buy this record! fanatics; some realize a good deal when they see it; some join out of P.O. Box 10418 And dance. The first cut "Danc Kansas City, Mo. 64111 ing Shoes" oughta be on Radio! peer pressure, some are all of the 'PENNYLANE. presents: A BLUE .JAM PRODUCTION ffTHE EAIlTHc..HAKER" /THURSDAY FRIDAY TAYLOR· MARCH 20 MARCH 19 8:30p.M. 9:00p.M. $4.00 sadie Hawkins Dance WINNER OF THE 1 (EXPRESS YERSE1VES LADIES) W.C. HANDY AWARD "TOP FEMALE $3.00ADV. CONTEMPORARY BLUES SINGER" $ 4.0 oDOOR .. PAGE 16 THE PENNY PITCH Thorogood Visits PennyLane, Trades Baseball For Rock Ity Wamll St,'as, £dltor Blues-rock guitarist George Thorogood has announced his plans to give up his seasonal play with the semi-pro Delaware Destroyers baseball team. Thoro~ who recently made an instore visit to PennyLane while in Kansas City for a concert, now claims that he plays guitar better than he plays baseball. After signing some autographs and flipping through PennyLane's Blues section, Thorogood went down to the House, in the store's basement, for a walk through the stacks. At one point on the tour, George inquired about the local wrestling scene. Someone mentioned that we had Blassie (Fred "Pencil Neck Geek" Blassie, famous Rhino wrestler). Thor ogood's excitement quickly turned to disappointment when he learned that Fred Blassie was present only on re cord (FRED BLASSIE, "King of Men",RNEP #502) somewhere on a shelf in one of the House's stacks. But the trek downstairs wasn't a waste. George carried out a 50-count box of his latest Rounder release, "More George Thorogood and the De stroyers", for distribution as he toured the country. This all just goes to show that even George Thorogood needs more of more of George Thorogood. (PHOTOS BY WARREN STYLUS) Thorogood during instore at PennyLane (top), signing autographs for true fans (left), and distributing his own records from the PennyLane basement (right) . ~ ...... ~ * TOP 32 * 1. JOHN LENNON/YOKO ONO - Double Fantasy 2. STEELY DAN - Gaucho 3. RY COODER - Borderline 4. ELVIS COSTELLO - Trust 5. STYX - Paradise Theatre 6. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - The River 7. STEVE WINWOOD - Arc of a Diver 8. NEIL DIAMOND - Jazz Singer 9. POLICE - Zenyatta Mondatta 10. EMMYLOU HARRIS - Evangeline 11. REO - Hi Infidelity 12. CLASH - Sandinista! 13. PAT BENETAR - Crimes of Passion 14. JIMMY BUFFETT - Coconut Telegraph 15. STEVIE WONDER - Hotter Than July 16. BAR BRA STREISAND - Guilty 17. ANNIE - Original Cast 18. BLONDIE - AutoAmerican 19. EAGLES· - Live 20. JOURNEY - Captured 21; KATE BUSH - Never Forever 22. DOORS - Greatest Hits 23. ANDRE' PREVIN - Different Kind of Blues 24. BOZ SCAGGS - Hits! Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sues 25. RUSH - Moving Pictures 26. DIRE STRAITS - Making Movies 27. JOE "KING" CARRASCO 28. ALAN PARSONS PROJECT - A Turn of a The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Friendly Card 29. ROCKPILE - Seconds of Pleasure 30. DELBERT McCLINTON - Jealous Kind Official Records #1180 by Sid Slithis 31. AC/DC - Back in Black Nuclear Regulatory Commission 32. MELISSA MANCHESTER - For The Working Girl "REACTOR" *based on sales Week of Feb. 23 This fearless band is located on actually filed suit in Federal Court II...... ~ ...... a 1,750 acre commune in Summertown, against the NRC. That's sure to confuse album. It sounds somewhere between the Tenn., just 150 miles away from the you! This straight ahead rock'n'roll B-52's and Black Sabbath. It's~omforting Sequoya Nuclear Plant. This ~irst LP outfit are anti-nuke, anti-draft and to have this NRC actually representing the contains songs inspired by thls danger anti-white sugar. This is such a differ ous plant so close to home, like-"Cri tical people, insteaq of the real NRC, which is ent approach to the normal record biz: aimost non-functional. In the words of NRC Mass", "System Failure", "z Bomb". The This band, acting to_protect the publlC lyrics are printed on the back and they keyboardist Tom Dotzler: Fight Nuclear safety, has issued a statement in the Maddness and check-out the NRC!! read like an anti nuke act. The band has !form of a very confrontal rock'n'roll THE PENNY PITCH PAGE 17 listen to all the records that are made. It's depressing, certainly, but we must learn to live with it. We who clock in at STYLUS' POINT PennyLane get just a little jaded, slight warpage, as they say in the biz. Perhaps the world is just too crowded, too noisy J1~ 1fTIJJ ~~ Ity W..... Sty •• s, Edlttl' for there to ever be a slow season any WITH' more. We're now supposed to Give the Gift ~ Music for Valentine's Day-rn-addition OK, time out. Let's slow this thing down to Christmas. ' • a bit. People that have been dealing in EoPo FInGERS flat, circular sheets of vinyl for a few years speak of the slow season, and how This is the seventh issue of the PITCH, we're now shuffling along at a snail's and as the saying goes, "Who'da thunk it?'" pace, supposedly catching our breath and The idea vaguely started out as "The Maii counting the cash of the recent holidays. er", intent o~ a duo purpose: selling re After a hard day, chained to the typewriter, Well it ain't happening at 41st & Broad cords and giving us an outlet to let the I thought - (my 1st mistake) - "I carry a way, and quite frankly, there's a few a pressure off--a dewarp~ng process, so to card for the Blue's Society and they're .round here who feel a little cheated. speak • having Sonny Terry & Browne McGee at the Maybe it was the 80-degree February af uptown (they were itill not talking to ternoons, maybe the· short month (30 days But ev~lution is a swift revolution, and each other, but did give a decent display hath September .•• ), who knows, there just a few ~ssues back, someone changed the of th~ir musical talents) at a discount isn't enough time to do it all. Each day speed from 33 1/3 to 45. The PENNY PITCH price , or I could take in the Comedy life seems to get just a shade closer to is now hoping to be a regular monthly pa Shop--the Blues won out. taking on the atmosphere of a K-Mart ap per--not an easy task considering there Arriving at the window to the white pliance department--MAXIMUM INPUT LEVEL probably won't be many regular months a elephant on Broadway, I was met by a HAS BEEN REACHED, thank you. Personally, head. Our original intent has been ex I must take a few asperins before I can panded to take in an important consider even feel safe entering a K-Mart. ation which we really hadn't planned on: scowling~bearded-face who told me the a readership. The first six issues have ticket price was $3.00 not $2.50, becuz Way back in the first issue of the PITCH amounted to about 45,000 copies going of a 50¢ service charge for the ticket. we pointed out that records weigh about out there into space. That's 688,000 I feel this is poor marketing and wonder a half pound each. This fact seems pages, and (god help us), millions of if they could just make the 'real' ticket strange because we tend to take their spelling errors! Lots of work behind and price include the service charge and not weight for granted. Until we have to realistically speaking, no slow season openly admit to ripping me off. After move them about. But a much more disturb ahead. But it's all worth it because waiting 15 min. for a waitress to acknow ing fact is that listening to an album we're starting to hear from those readers ledge me, I felt like I was watching ~ will take about 45 minutes out of your an~ some of our readers are becoming our China Syndrome: Very Angry. life, and even if you have the bricks and wr~ters, and to quote the Reverend I wish I had stayed at The Comedy Shop, boards and space to keep them, you can't Dwight Frizzell, "That's pretty hip." at le·ast they're supposed to be funny and are not just a joke. And since Reagan is Prez, we all have had or The Crawdad Alliance are having a good laugh or need something ,P.O. Box 9182 new & a bit warped. Well, it's here in Call to Action our own River City, K.C., at Stanford & The Crawdad Alliance, a safe energy St. Louis, Mo. 63117 group active in Missouri is sounding a 314/726-2169 Sons, Westport & Steak & Ale, 79th & or in K.C., call State Line. "Call for Action!" The action will commence at noon on Saturday, March 28th Paul Schaefer A group of young & colorful people who 816/753-5370 work so hard t~ey sometimes spend a at the Callaway Nuclear Power Plant in month all one night - performing. What F~lton, Mo. The unleashed power of the atom has do th form you ask to make me laugh? According to Byron Clemens, Crawdad changed everything save our modes of Co~ .! Tge lineup consists of DwaYMe spokesperson, the events w~ll be a peace pdfiningham (the long green thing), David thinking, and we thus drift towards ful protest that could possible include Q unparalleled catastrophes, Nas~or (aSk to see his crayons), Mike being arrested . .AiWr~cone w/Mark Armento (Pseudo & Die Albert Einstein Youngh· Bo'b the Incredible Juggler (tie '6' ~. ____... ~ ~u.~~ __"~~".ig~!._(')r ~~~~~~~1~~:.~e~~~U~~·J~~~~~n~~h~c;:~a:n~i~~~:::::::::~:~but cute), and Rapp & Lucas (where are ~~~~~~~~!~~~'.)[)~~~!~~~f,~~I~~:4~~~~~~~~~~4~.~==:::::::::: ft QUI::~~::::::~------.., Z ~ ~~~~'come :from varying backgrounds and -----1J have alot to say and :feats to tantalize PITCH Musical ,Trivia Quiz Rules 1. How many drummers did the Beatles your funny bone with. have previous to Ringo? Conte~t is open for all to participate except anyone affil liated with or employed by PENNY LANE Records or HOUSE A) _____ Dist. The seasoned comics come on 1st to warm Winner will be contacted by phone or mail so be sure to .~pu up and any brave soul who wishes to 2. In 1968 the song "Tighten by Archie include address & phone number. try their luck at making people laugh, Bell & The Drells entered charts. wrap up the show; be patient with the In case of a tie. winner will be randomly' Where was Archie Bell when pe learned drawn by Editor Warren Stylus.' . new ones. It's definitely worth the $2.00 that it was number one? admission price, which goes to put food A) ______WINNER WILL RECEIVE A $20. 00 GIFT CERTIF & drugs into the comedians hungry mouths ICATE FROM PENNY LANE RECORDS! & hot hands. And since we're all starving for one thing or another-artist or not-we 3. Besides being considered by some as the El'!JR I ES MUST BE RECEIVED BY MARCH 23, 1981. gotta help each other. creator, or the Father of RocknRoll, Chuck Berry also holds a degree in a Last Manth's Answers/ Winner An added attraction to the Comedy Shop is 1) Magic was believed in 1965 with the Lovin' Spoon "Just Passin' Thru''', a jue:;gling-clowning particular occupational field. What is ful's help. that degree? trio of witty, demented, incorrigible 2) popular R&B singers Sam ~ & Dave ~. street kids :from South Philly, Minnesota A) ______3} Susie Q was Credence Clearwater Revivals I first and K.C. ~ 4. What group was Jackson Browne an origi 4) 1934 was the year beloved Doc ~atson was born. nal member of? Gordon their big 8:00 p.m. is the starting time at both A) ______~~~~~'-""- was written for Stanford & Son's, ~unday nights and Thursday nights at-Steak & Ale. 6) Stuttering no more, Nat King Cole oecame a 5. Who played lead guitar on the Beach popular vocalist in the 60's. Boys Hit "Good Vibrations"? A Bio with E.P.: Nastor is the originator 7) :-1ike Oldfield wrote & perf9rmed the sounctr=..ck of The Comedy Shop concept in KC, coming A) ______to the movie "The Exorsist". back from LA he wanted a place to work in his own backyard (comicly speaking) and 6. What popular 60's group was paid found others who shared his desire and $10,000 not to appear on the Ed others willing ,to ofter a place for Sullivan ShoW? such comedy. When asked how he got A) ______interested in entertaining people he replied "I've always been a ham at heart. I liked to entertain even as a little 7. Who cOmposed the Stone Poneys' only hit bitty boy." "Bar mitzvahs were a great "Different Drum" prior to joining a starting point". "Grade school thru high very popular pop band? school were springboards tor my studies A) ______at K. U. in Theatre." Nastor leaves March 18th for LA to perform (by request) at 8. What is the longest number one single the LA Comedy Store as a regular. Nastor to date? will be adjusting to the time warp of A) ______culture shock this summer from Mid-June to Mid-August at Silver Dollar City, Mo. Who composed the Gary Lewis & The a name like ":Rat" I he or she will So take a vacation to one of these 2 9. a $20.00 gift certificate from spots and see a local funny boy make good. Playboys hit ~The Diamond Ring"~ Nastor's many tantalizing talents include: A) ______like to congratulate the other 2 per- coloring, stand-up comeQY, clowning (always) fingerpainting, juggling and mime. 10. What two rock personalities starred i>1erris ~artin, Raytown, Me. (' atii boy, I wish him lot's of luck and know you'll in the 1971 movie "Two Lane Black Top"? Kevin ~iller, Cincinnati, Ohio be passin' thru' your hometown again with brighter things for tomorrow. A) THE Taste and feel are next,and ~~ey will iment with exotic tastes offered in this add adventure to your shopping trip. By great little place. A great big place all means study your prospective purchase is the Chinatown Grocery Store at 37th & carefully. Question the ripeness, fresh Broadway. A wide selection, unusual items, ness and quality. It's usually good cooking utensils and even Saturday cooking for a small taste. It might also get demonstrations in this former grocery store you a pineapple up your nose,but go give the feel of Milgram's meets Ho Chi ]\1inh. ahead and test your courage. One Note of Caution: In the winter, when there is no Farmers' Market, you're getting Another must in an international sensory the same things the stores do, iess one, expedition is Scimeca's Market at 1447 In truck ride. Just enjoy the sights, dependence Avenue, just east of Paseo. sounds and smells, and any great food When you walk in it looks just like any is a bonus. neighborhood grocery store, don't be fooled. The aisles of cereal, canned soup and dog food are just for appearance. The real The next stop on your shopping odyssey Scimeca's is in the back. Your previous should be the Planters Seed Co. at 513 sensory workouts will seem worthwhile now. Walnut, just south of the market. While First, there is the meat case with fresh CHOW seeds and garden supplie$ may be there veal and their own Italian sausage, main business, the wide assortment of both hot and mild.' You can see the fresh spices they have will make this flecks of red peppers, the green of aromatic stop a worthwhile one. Their parsley and oregano and all that other near-lethal dried peppers, really pun sausagy stuff. It's great in lasagana, LINES gent chili powder and fresh herbs and or in sauce with your favorite pasta, spices in several forms can do more for but fried with onions, peppers and your cooking than being adop~ed by Julia mushrooms with huge hunks of Roma Bakery by Alfred Packer Child. Also the unique old building is bread is .•• (Editors Note: I came upon fun just for the general store--cracker Mr. Packer, eyes glazed, pen in hand barrel feeling it creates. The House and was able to revive him by waving a of Hezikiah on 43rd & Main also has a clove of garlic under his nose. He was good selection of spices, in addition able to finish only by the promise of a to teas, herbal potions and other magical ride to Scimeca's.) Next,is the Deli O.K. Faithful Readers, I know you've elixirs. Both places are fun and worth . counter with the great cheeses, Prosc been asking yourselves - "How can he a visit. ("Wide Assortment", "Many iutto ham, salmni and assorted Italian continue to keep coming up with bril Forms", "Good Selection" - see you didn't salads. Also, 4 big crocks of olives, liant and clever restaurant reviews think I could get through this section 2 black and 2 green - All Great. Other month after month? When will he resort without discussing variety ~s the .• : ..... Don't Miss Items: Ricotta, Parmesan and to filling space with something only Romano cheese (buy chunks and grate your vaguely related to the original intent own), their own red or white wine vine of the column?" Well, cut me some As long as you're in the City Market area gar, several brands of olive oil and a slack! I know there must be lots of it's just a short trip to another world. ' full line of canned and frozen Italian you out there that are begging for a The Saigon Market at 424 Locust is just and Greek specialities. There is also column about grocery shopping. Right? th~t. And since Gen. Westmoreland is gone, a sectioned glass case with 10-12 varie Wa ita minute, b,efore you go back to thlS may be as close to an authentic ties of pasta. It pleases first the eye re-read "Musso Reality Comix" to Vietnamiese marketplace as you will see, and then the palate. That's it. More figure it out, give me a chance. There I hope. Here you will be able to find next time. O.K., Let's Go... is a way to make the mundane chore or those wierd and wonderful special ingred shopping a fun and creative experience. ients you have been .looking for to make It just takes time (preferably a nice your.Oriental cooking authentic. Or you Saturday) and some good friends (See may. Just want to be adventurouB and exper- Sgt. Pepper, Side 1, Cut 2). A good place to start is K.C.'s City Market. It's open everyday except Sunday, but Saturday morAing is gene~ ally the best time to go. During the summer it has not only the regular suppliers, but also a Farmers' Market and Bazaar. Allow for plenty of time to compare price, variety and~quality. Let all your senses enjoy. In fact, dedicate your day of shopping to exer cising your senses. Begin your sensory calisthenics with the sounds of the market. Produce peddlers hawking their goods, price haggling in a myriad of accents, "shleppers" arguing, singing, complaining; the other sound you notice is the blessed absence ot Muzak. Next, flex your sense of smell. Ripe bananas, cantaloupes and oranges Nothing wrapped in plastic-, cheap cigars clenched in the teeth of grizzled market veterans. See iJ you can smell the fresh fish before you come upon the store. Then go in and check out the bug-eyed buffalo and catfish, the myster ious fresh squid or any of the other finny delights. Now that you're warmed up - look around carefully. The rich colors of fruits and vegetables are only 931-0662 part of the usual treats. Look around at your fellow shoppers,you don't see these people in suburban grocery stores. 4048 BROAI)WAY 931-0752 K.C. MISSOITRI SCHEDULE Chick Willis March 23-28 Colt 48 March 2-21 Bos '[weed March 31-Apri'4 Blues Jam. :Eve'l'''g mon. 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They are 30th row. 141, K.C., MO. 64141 call morn.-631-5081-John Gui tar Guild: 12-string, Want to trade 4 STYX tickets F-1l2. Excellent condition. ______------1 March 17 for March 16. Call $350. 454-3160 Bob - 358-5812. ______------1 1969 Chevy Belair, 43,000 ------BICYCLE REPAIR-444-3219 miles. Needs new eng. Best offer-753-6735 Ad must be received by the 23rd of each month Trade E-Z Records, have others to trade. 6122 NW ~.---.--...... ~-...-~.------to make the ,following month's issue. The PITCH Waler-64151 Bumperstickers: .. I didn I t vote for Reagan so don I t blame me." reserves the ri ht to edit, or refuse ads. Only $1.50 cash, check or m.o. Band looking for quiet to Vince Magers, 4330 Belleview, K.C., MO: 64111 usai yu de? Na Sierra Leone? gui tarist interested in Tie Me 'Up and Put Me On Beatles music. We play Duya call me. I've just come back and -want to talk Krio. A Plane To Europe. original material. 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Cunningham, 4122 Charlotte, K.C. ,MO. 64111 Call: 753-6~32 or Come to Stanford & Son I s-Westport on Mr. Elliott, Please call me. sunday night and wateh the Sallie ...£ute_.~Q_l?~?r!.:.2.~_k:~ .. __ Would like to find a copy- in Good Condition of Jerry Garcia I s WHEEL Album. Call days after 4 :30 p.m. 262-~l49 Drawing by Dennis Martin Fine Reproductions of the ART WORLD magazine (a bi-monthly publication) 1------1 I SEND ME: I I 1 Year of CONTRAST NAME ______ for $15.00 (6 issues) ADDRESS ______911 West 44St. CITY______Suite 111 Kansas City, Missouri 64111 STATE ______ZIP- ___ PAGE 20 THE PENNY PITCH MARCH 26 MARCH 6 •• ROY BUCHANAN--CANCELLED ••••.••••••••••••••••••• UPTOWN 6 .• ANGIE WELLMAN •...•....•••.••.•.•....••.•.• ; •... FOOLKILLER 6/7 •. BLUE RIDDIM BAND--TENTATIVE .••••....•••..•.•... PARODY HALL 6/7 •. CHICK WILLIS ••....••••.•••.•...•.....••... TOTAL EXPERIENCE 8 p.m. 6/7 •• FOOLS FACE •.....•...•.•••..•.••••...... •..••••• L.O.H. 6/7 .. EMBARRASSMENT ...•.•..•.••.•••.....•..••.•..•... O.T.W.H:. 6/7 .. ROCK CHALK REVUE .••...•...•.•.••.••.•.••.•.•... HOCH AUD. 7 .. K.C.'S INT'L. WOMEN'S DAY TRIBUTE ...•.....•••.. FOOLKILLER B •• CONGO SONG .•. FROM TOO ENSEMBLE ....•••••..•.•... PARODY HALL B .. KANSAS & LOVERBOY ...... 7 ...... A.F.H. 10 •• ORIGINAL SINNERS ...... •.•.•...... •.•.•..•... PARODY HALL l1..JOE "KING" CARRASCO W/THE MORRELLS ...... •..• L.O.H. 11 .• CARIBE ...... •.•..•.. ',' ..••..•...... • ' .••..••.. PARODY HALL 12 •• MOFFET-BEERS BAND .•••...... •...... •... L.O.H. l3.,.LUTHER ALLISON ...•...... •...... •...... L.O.H. 13 .. NIGHTSHIFT ...... •.•.•••...... ••....•..•..•..• 0. T.W.H. l3 •. CHEAP TRICK/MICHAEL STANLEY BAND .. WICHITA ...... COLISIUM 14 •• GARY FOSTER ...... •.••...... •.•...•...... , . PAUL GRAYS l4 •• JOHN CUNNINGHAM & GERALD TRIMBLE ...... •.•... FOQLKILLER l4 •• LUTHER ALLISON ...... BLUE JAM .•....•••..... YAABOIDS 14 .. REGULAR GUYS & GET SMART ...... •...... O. T. W.H. 14 .• LUTHER ALLISON •..••.....•....•.....•...... • YAABOIDS 15 •• DANNY EMBREY TRIO ...... •...... •.... PARODY HALL 16 .. GARY FOSTER ....•.•.. CANCELLED •.••...... PAUL GRAYS 16/17 •. STYX .•...... •.•...•...•.....•...... KEMPER 17 •. EMMY LOU HARRIS ....• 2 SHOWS .•...... UPTOWN lB •• K.C.B.S. JAM SESSION W/CHICK WILLIS •...•..•••.. PARODY HALL lB/22 .• BEATLEMANIA ..••.•...•••...... •.....•...... UPTOWN 19/20 .• KOKO TAYLOR&THE BLUES MACHINE ... BLUE JAM ...... PARODY HALL 20 .. CHEAP TRICK ..... ST. JOE .••... : ...... •..•... CIVIC CTR. 20/2l •. CLARENCE "GATEMOUTH" BROWN ...... •.•...... •... L.O.H. 20/21 •• ABUSE ... ; ...... •••.....•...... •...... O.T.W.H. B4RODY HALL 21 •. ERIC CLAPTON ...... •...... •...... •. KEMPER 22 .• DANNY EMBREY TRIO ...... •...... •..••..•. ; .••. PARODY HALL 23/24 .. BLUE RIDDIMBAND ...... •...... ••.•.••••...• PARODY HALL 25 •. CHARLES MUSSLEWHITE&THE DYNATONES .. BLUE JAM .... PARODY HALL 25/29 .. WOMEN'S JAZZ FESTIVAL ...... •...... •...... K.C.,MO. 811W39 26 •• REGULAR GUyS .....••...... O.T.W.H. 27 •. GUARANTEED WHOLESOME ...... FOOLKILLER 27/2B .• BLUE RIDDIM BAND ...•...•...... •.•...•.•.• L.O.H. NOTE: EVENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE--CHECK THE PENNY LANE 27/2B •• TONY BROWN REGGAE BAND ...... •.....•...... •. O.T.W.H. 2B •• BOSOM BUDDIES ...... •....•...... •.•.•...... FOOLKILLER CALENDAR FOR ADDITIONS AND CHANGES. 3l .. PENNYLANE,NIGHT W/THE MORRELLS ...... BOGART'S .. N.K.C. APRIL 1. .K.C.B.S. JAM SESSION ...... PARODY HAL 1 .. THE GLORY BOYS w/LYNCH & McBEE DUO ...... L.O.H. 1. • THUMBS COSTUME BALL ...... •...... •.• O. T. W. H. 3 .. CORVAIRS & THE CLEAN ...... O.T.W.H. 1 .. MARY McCASLIN & JIM RINGER ...•.•...... •.... : ..•. FOOLKILLER 3 .. LITTLE MILTON ...... NAT'L GUARD ARMORY ...... OZARK RD. 3/4 .. SON SEALS BLUES BAND •...... •...... ; ...... L.O.H. 4 •• DALTON HOWARD & THE GO-CATS" .••••••••••••••••• ·.'J,"J'~.}!l~~\iiiIl'1;(""~Ii&',; -~-~-"1IiIIiI 7 .. RAYNOLA ..... 9 'PIECE BAND ...... 8 •• SON SEALES BLUES BAlm ...... 10/11 .. THE SECRETS ...... L.O.H. 11 •. PIAZZA ...... •...... •..•..•....•.....•....•. PARODY HALL LOH-Lawrence Opera House OTWH-Off the Wall Hall~Lawrence -~ AFH~Allen Field House-Lawrence TOTAL EXPERIENCE-39&Jackson-KC THUMBS BENEfIT THUMBS will provide the tunes at a benefit concert billed as "Rock Against the Draft--Rock Against Racism". The concert will be held at old Firestation #28 on the NE corner of 60th & Troost, Saturday, March 14th at 8:30 p.m. DON"T MISS OPUS AT PAUL GRAY'S JAZZ PLACE IN LAWRENCE The event's sponsor, the Committee Against War & Imperialism, is asking MARCH 27TH AND 28TH AT 8:00 PM! 2.00 LUTHER ALLISON 'fuadboids SAT, MARCH 14 $3.50 advance 9:00 PM $4.00 door TICKETS AVAILABLE AT: PENNYLANE RECORDS. MUSIC EXCHANGE • CAPERS CORNER GARRETT'S RECORDS. VILLAGE RECORDS FOSTERS • LOVE RECORDS