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BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Permit N9.2419 lPE lPITClHl K.C., Mo. FREE

ALL THE MUSE TI:AT FITS THE PITCH ISSUE NO. 10 JULY -AUGUST 1981

LeRoi, John CaIe, Stones, Blues, 3 Friends, Musso.

Give the gift of music. OIfCharlie Parleer + PAGE 2 THE PENN:Y PITCH mJTU:li:~u-:~u"nU:lmmr;unmmmrnmmrnmmnunrnnlmnunPlIiunnunr'mlnll1urunnllmn broke. Their studio is above the Tomorrow studio. In conclusion, I l;'lish Wendy luck, because l~l~ lPIITC~1 I don't believe in legislating morals.

Peace, love, dope, is from the Sex Machine a.k.a. (Dean, Dean)

p.S. Put some more records in the $4.49 RELIGIOUS NAPOLEON group! 4128 BROADWAY KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64111 Dear Warren: (Dear Sex Machine: Titles are being added to (816) 561-1580 I recently came across something the $4.49 list each month. And at the Moon­ I thought you might "Religion light Madness Sale (July 17), these records is excellent stuff keeping common will be $3.99! Also, it's good to learn that people quiet." --Napoleon Bonaparte the spirit of t_he late Chet Huntley still can Editor ...... • Charles Chance, Jr. (1769-1821). Keep up the good work. cup of coffee, even one vibrated Assistant Editors ...•. Rev. Frizzell Howard Drake Jay '"lctHUO':V_L,LJLe Canyon, Texas LOVE FINDS LeROI Contributing Writers and Illustrators: (Dear Mr. Drake: I think Warren would Dear Warren: Milton Morris, Sid Musso, DaVINK, Julia join us in saying, "Religion is like This is really a letter to Donk, Richard Van Cleave, Jim poultry-- you gotta pluck it and fry it LeRoi. I'm sure you won't mind. C. Haggle, Rev. Dwight Frizzell, up before you can sink your teeth in." I picked up the first issue of Charles Chance,Jr., Sheryl Niernberger, In Buddhism, the fifth perfection is Penny PITCH last week (actually Rosie Scrivo, Sally Hamilton, Brookes COURAGE. As the lion, king of beasts, three weeks ago now) and there DeSoto, Jay Mandeville, H.B. Prophet, whether lying down or standing up, lacks he was---in black and white--­ Joe Steinger, Jeff Miller, Broadway no courage, but is ever light-hearted, LeRoi!! ! Rex, Rodney Franks, Lane Turner and so <'_Iso shall we in each of our indi­ You all may remember me as Dave Trabue (Trivia Quiz) , Willy vidual existences hold fast to our the blonde looking for Human the Electrician and Willi I-Reet. courage. Napoleon fell; he was a tyrant. Sexual Response-Fig. 14. I keep I think Bob Marley ,would join us in say­ asking people for it, but all @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ing, "All religions that uphold tyranny I've gotten so far is smiles INSPIRATION FOR THIS ISSUE: shall likewise fall.") and offers for dates (17 so far!) There really is an by that Warren Stylus name. $4.49 LP's, Mohawk , & Chains Then, 10 and behold, on a @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ cloudy, overcast Saturday, I Dear Warren & Pitch: ",'as at a neighboring' record Send letters and comments to: I salute Penny Lane for their wide establishment in Westport and Charles Chance, Jr. selection of $4.49 Ips. It is one of did I meet?---LeRoi in full c/o PENNY PITCH best values in Ka~as City. I add it to and living color! I was thrilled, 4128 Broadway my list of other good deals, such as $1.02 but not speechless. I suggested K.C., Mo. 64111 concerts, twilight movies, general admission a poetry corner to be added to at the Royals' games, burritos and chili at each Penny PITCH pUblication. In-A-Tub north of the river, and, lest we But, before we could talk much Music Lessons forget, the coveted Penny !:itch. more, an employee of the store Also, good luck\_~ Wendy O. Williams, the whisked him off for a drink at 4 BRYAN HICKS (BASSIST-GUITARIST) girl who is trying to bring the "Mohawk" a local pub and our conversation haircut back. She's not the kind of girl you was abruptly ended. Such is the BROAD PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE take home to Mother unless, of course, your life of a celebrity, neve_r mother is into ,-.mips'and -chain~. I'm not time for his fallIS_ ~ (~~ 1EACHES IN HIS HOME into Wendy's music, but I like the excitement Anyway to start I on Tom r Tom said that after the show went 'S-

-"= Friday Night In San Francisco c:=.. live Jo~ ..\.1)\ MEOl.A ~cl."UGHl.l,.y />,fcoDflUC/A

C'igarette poised, as if you P. S . --Nothing is wrong with the were about to toss it, But, picture of LeRoi and Edie at SOCIALIST PERSONS + INDIVIDUALITY I knew you wouldn 't. ANTISOCIAL SOCIALIST You would smoke it down to the Souper except that I am not sitting next to LeRoi. So there!! the butt. and throw it on the HOW floor, HOWDY Mashing it out with your HOWDO tennies, Calling HOW YA BE Being careful not to mel t MY VEHICLE IS YELLOW, I PARKED the rubber. IN FRONT OF THE CITY MOVIE CENTER. LATER A YOUNG INDIVIDUAL RELATED You looked at me, just for a TO THIS SOCIAL ESTABLISHMENT, second it seemed, COMES FORTH WITH HITING (sic), Then you turned to talk to MY EAR DRUMS WITH HARSH WORDS a friend. SUCH AS; YOUR CAR LOOKS LIKE I didn I t know who you were, Just SHIT, YOU HAVE' STUPID FOOTWEAR, a customer I guessed, YOU LIKE A CLOWN. Just another customer. I CALL THAT BAD BUSINESS PRO­ CEDURE IN THE FIRST DEGREE, I MEAN I WAS A POTENTIAL CUSTOMER.

SERIOUSLY, AN ENTERTAINER I picked up a Penny PITCH, It was free. (Dear Entertainer: We have great I ambled slowly home, and f ai th in your po ten tial . ) when I was there, Played Grace I s latest and fixed a Coke. LETTEIOS GALMUD Listened for awhile, sat back, Guiro Warren! . and opened up the PITCH. Enfal ni pibra incha ni AND THERE YOU WERE!!! publicca LETTEROS galmud. Hara AND YOUR NAME WAS LEROI!! guin frecca pinoma, es binoma alber filig-oruss. Guaid pibra, LeRoi at the mike ...... ni pibra docce, bone pibra ust LeRoi smoking a cig, looking baiud renta es talb. Am LETTEROS tough ...•. LeRoi driving out Penny PITCH j i muingos! Llaid of Good Buy Motors with rocce incha pibra ust sontea. another cig (you smoke too Starra guesto llimiud encharad much) dangling between your hara folone, hara macce-hus, lips, giving the thumbs up hara guesto pargamud. sign ... LeRoi sitting back Blesta fargus Penny PITCH holding an album up and mili guen LE ROIS? giving me that "1 ' m mean­ Arfa gobus llecce hara es. as-Hell-LoQk" ..... LeRoi finally Shingone pibra fatte more chom­ gi ving the keys to the winner less briva odra minminius aUlippe. of the Cooder Car..• Popria mal orchadal pibra, pibra, focce mui tes blari nocesa Where, oh where, did this man andamud. ~~ in overalls come from? Guiordo Ramasdd How did he come to be PennyLane I s own Mr. Personality? My head swims with que stions , but all I can ask is ••. Who 'are you LeRoi??????????? Miss Caryn (Dear 3727 Washington: If money talks, David (Hussy with a Heart) Byrne will probably be phoning you!) PJ'llJE 4 CHANCE'S ENCOURAGES ITS READERS TO BE ITS WRITERS. CHOICE SEND CONTRIBUTIONS

THE PENNY PITCH 4128 BROADWAY KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64111 the TUnUS2nJUIT When the twin girls who had been born joined at their skull tops finally got separated, one neuron from each brain fired a nervous impulse into the fluor­ escent hospital air. Like hummingbird knuckles (only smaller), the impulses hovered and darted about, happy, if a little edgy, to be part of something bigger than usual. Back at the brains, a couple of syna­ pses were having a hard time of it. Whew. The twins were fast asleep and knew nothing of this. One of them dreamed of a great, glowing light. There is always work to be done in a hospital, because doctors haven't been able to get everyone to sleep, die, and eliminate wastes at the same time every­ one else does. A recent medical esta­ blishment manifesto, "Functional Simul­ taneity", has made strides in that ·direction, but no cigar. Keep working. Freud smoked a cigar. same one, over and over. "Yes, ita phallic symbol," he admitted. "But it is also a cigar." And upon the ravings of such& a man we base Western culture. The twin who dreamed of light has stopped dreaming now. If her mind were ;h:e~~he?~w~~J,l~~e~!k~!he (she is), and that in this TH~_ ... head floats off like a huge Now that would be something. u.faJ~ LS.~LO.A R~GE. .,. A hospital like this one cannot escape ' ];N IIIIIPE· AN· ~:tfIIf.. E F the ticking sound of a streetlight in front of the nearby (call it irony if tfIa CRiti" £: DSH - E you will) cemetery. There is no escape, PATi~.~IL-e:-..rS .. ~~ because it goes on, regular as a clock. ,.. T ~ SE p.UJ..s~S (The twins' parents don't know about It'l S A.N~ this--they're looking at the twins, rr. sleeping in separate beds for the first time. Things look pretty good here; back to the streetlight). In the white RH~~" T~f~s~~ light, insects of all kinds (not all, .~fM T~C.ORT.. that's a flat lie) swarm in a blaze-of ignorance. Among them, if you squint just right, you'll see what appear to be lost impulses, one of them dead sure this is the wrong to be, and let- ting the other one no end of it.

pillow nocturnal dialogue. life-- your love:

Red as an exiled blush. Even now the scent of pepper and shoe polish encourages breath to quicken. The cool air of the these images. Flying through the of your eyes you were my soul's

a river

The circulatory system. I want to give silence, to bathe in the that confronts red sea the stars fall.

REV. DIHGHT THE PENNY PITCH PAGE ~ I ROCK AND ROLL

POOR Le Roi.'s FAIR AVERAGE OR GOOD **** BETTER THAN AVERAGE; VERY GOOD ***** EXCELLENT ,,{)hort Reviews THE ENGLISH BEAT/Wha'ppen SIRE 3567 $8.98 List WELL PEOPLE as you probably already Produced by Bob Sargeant noticed the PITCH took a slightly extended vacation since its last issue, but now Although this is a good record it just it's back in all its glorious wonder. doesn't have the overwhelming punch and As you may have noticed the economic clarity that was present on their first crunch has not left the record business album. While they still have the basic unscathed. Prices keep skyrocketing; ska beat on most of the they do overhead is getting too high; and services explore some new areas such as latin becoming minimal. salsa and such. This new dimension does Yet once more we have tightened the belt­ keep the record from being redundent DAVID JOHANSEN/Here Comes the Night buckles and scraped up enough for ~other but it's still not enough to replace the, CBS 36589 $8.98 List issue. One note I must make is that in raw vigor ~d excitement of their other Produced by Barry Mraz and David Johansen the reduction of services--promos have efforts. become very scarce so if I don't review Another fine effort from this long time something you think I should, just rem- stalwart of new and innovative styles of ,ember I've got to be able to listen to rock. This record like his last one has it to review it. It's like the kid on really added an R&B feel to his style that TV says "Life is Hard". So without really makes it fresh and timeless. This further fanfare here they come one more . record is one that would have probably been time. a hit in the sixties when radio was much more open to playing different and varied styles. Lest you forget the variety, I include these top-forty surveys from WHB I, in 1966, 1967, 1968. This is from the time ...... ". : when WHB was a powerhouse station that THE DARTS/Across America topped the ratings everytime. BILLY & THE BEATERS • j • CBS 37356 $8 ~98 List _ ALFA 10001 $8.98 List • Produced by Tommy Boyce, Richard Hartley, Produced by Jeff Baxter The Darts & Phil Chapm~. This is a very slick record with a very Although The Darts have been around for strong R&B influence. For a live album some time and have good acceptance in with 10 musicians, it comes- off remark- Europe they still are relatJVely unknown ably well. I'm happily surprised to in the States. They playa mixture of see it getting some FM airplay in town. 0l~dkeieosl'd~eews.sonW~sth~~ nunewususoanlgsbltenhadtosfound One receiving such airplay, is ...~. doubly surprising in th~t it (~ 9 personalities, you can imagine the ~li1l School You, Some<>ne"Will Cool You) variety of sounds, especially if you see 1S sexually explicit and that someone the picture of these people. Although t?tI8I_ ••f.r.o~f!1.N~e~w~, "Y0l!llr.k.c.oliiu.l.d.b.e.su.rIlllP.r., 1,,' s.e.dli,.ailtM .. ~-+_th~~"·'\~~~~~.~~;~i~;'$~.~~f~~M' never cease? time record that can be conducive to -party type situations. *** DANNY JOE B~WN &.THE DANNY JOE BROWN BAND/ Danny Joe Brown & ~he Danny Joe Brown Band CBS 37385 $8.98 List Produced by Glyn Johns

As you may have ascertained from previous POSITION OCTOBER 28 I 1966 POSITION reviews, hard rock, especially hard THIS WEEK LAST WEEK southern rock, is not my main forte. But this first solo effort by this former * 1 96 TEARS, QUESTION MARK - CAMEO * 2 Poor Side of Town, Johnny Rivers - Imperial member of Molly Hatchet does deserve * 3 PsychotiC Reaction, Count Five - Double Shot notice for Southern rock fans so I * 4 Cherish, Association Valiant * 5 Last Train to Clarksville. Monkees - CQlyems thought I would bring it to attention. * 6 Reach M X'l~ Th'ne. Fou.l." 'fOps Mot.own It has all the flair and piledriving * 7 walk Away Renee. Left Banke - Smabh 'J WOW * 8 , Beach B()y:, - CapJ.t.ol 25 of a Molly Hatchet or an Outlaws GANG OF FOUR/Solid Gold * 9 Dandy. Herman's Hermlts - MUM 12 record with more consistancy than most. WB 3565 $8.98 List *10 ~vil With The Blue Dn::;::, On, MJ.tch Ryder Now VOJ.ct: :l0 The vocals are the typical throaty, *11 Hooray For Hazel., T .... fIM'!I~1 R<;>q ABC i''i.rNm:.'.'nt 8 Produced by Jimmy Douglas *12 Born F:ree. Roger Williamti - Kapp 21 growling whisky voice that is indiginous *13 Black Is Black, Los Bravof:; - Press 10 to this style of music. It's not really *14 Wipeout. SUrfar.ls - Decca/Dot 11 a handful of *15 Love Is A Hurtin' Thing, Lou Rawls - Capitol 29 my bag, but if it's your--you should pick *16 The Hair Of My ChJ.nny Chin CIll.n, Sam the Sham - MGM .1.6 up on this one. *17 If I Were A Carpente.r. Bobby Darl.n - Atlantic *18 Come On UP. Young Ral:ic

*31 Coming On Strong, Brende! Lee DeCCd 33 . *32 Have You Seen Your Mother, RvllJ.ng !:it.ona::> 30 *33 Winchester Cathedral, N~w VaudcVJ.lle Band - Jo'ontana 38 *34 1 Just Don't Know What To 1)0 WJ.th My:.>elf, Dj,onne Wanuck _

*35 Fort.une Tclll: •• Hdrdtllne;,; - Wurld P.J.cl.fl.c ~*~~ Ttu:Gu.gb.H~· W.i.AU~;., Md1r..:.'::o" .h.pa.'u UUhlull *37 You Keep Me HangJ.ng On;- Suprt'Hm:ti - *38 I'm Your Puppet. James 6i Bobby Purify - Bell *39 Who Am I. - Warner Brothers D.B. COOPER/Dangerous Curves *40 Secret Love. Billy stewart - Chess WB 3544 $8.98 List report,Tt;d :~~.tI'"?e~~~~ ~~:Yi~' f::-~~8 fi::!n?~ .re•. Produced by Thomas Earnest Gamache and Michael Towers

This is one of those that really KRAFTWERK/com~uter World grows on you. There were a couple of WB 3549 8.98 List World's songs that stood out at first, but on further listening, I found I like all Kraftwerk has been one of the most accepted Happiest the songs, especially the second side. electronic bands by the public in the past, This record has a strong pop feel to it they may have trouble with this one. Broadcasters with lots of catchy licks and Although most electronic bands are repet­ distinctive vocals. If your looking for itious this record goes a little to far. a record to tryout for a little fun or As a revolving around com­ a new direction, this might just be what puters it gets to be a bit too much. you're looking for. After a point it becomes a pain in the butt, not to mention the ears. PAGE 6 THE PENNY PITCH

POSITION POSITION FEBRUARY 10, 1967 *11 '0 THIS WEEK LAST WEEK