Gay History Feature Show 6/29

Last night, I had the honor of ending Northwest Arkansas's Pride Week with a two-hour broadcast in our Monday night feature show slot. I think the show went pretty well; I interviewed an L, a T, a B, and an ally (I'm the G), so I covered all of the letters in the GLBT movement. Plus, Big Bad Gina joined me in studio for some tunes and talking. Musically, it's kind of all over the place, because I play a lot of different gay music. But what I'm most proud of are the interviews.

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Concert Review: Ben Folds @ The AMP May 29 2009

By Mary Feild

With the right artist and a good beer, the Arkansas Music Pavilion (AMP) can be transformed from a mall parking lot to an exciting music venue far away from the JC Penny's entrance,and Ben Fold's performance this Friday was such an evening. Although Folds opened with some tracks from his most recent album, Way To Normal, he played mostly older selections throughout the performance such as "Annie Waits" and "Alice Childress". His honest song-lyrics have topics that range from the oppression one can feel growing up in middle-class suburbia to breaks up in which you realize your ex is insane, reach audiences of many demographics all of which were present at the AMP. High school and college students crowded the front of the stage amongst young professionals and parents with their children to watch. Throughout the performance Folds stood at the piano and was able to bring the audience to a state of elation usually not brought from a concert based around a stationary instrument. As he is unafraid to explore new piano techniques, such as a distrotion petal with the keys, he brings pop music to a new level giving us something that would never be found on the Top 40. His distinct voice and allows for creative harmonies, in which he uses to lead the audience in high school choir-like rounds for tracks like "Brick" and "Not the Same". The crowd Friday night joined in such rounds with little instruction from the singer, exhibiting his strong fan-base in Fayetteville. Throughout the evening Folds communicated with the audience so candidly that it was difficult not to enjoy the conversation as much as the music. As the evening came to an end, Folds concluded with an oncore of "Army" and "Fair", both tracks left the audience waiting and hoping for more after they were finished. As the lights came up and the concert-goers disbanded you could almost hear them thinking, "Damn, I hope he comes back soon."

Obits on WFMU

Hey everyone, so if you're into that Obits album I Blame You that's in heavy right now (and you should be, it's the most fun I've had with a garage rock album in quite some time) you may want to check out this page on WFMU's Free Music Archive. There are some pretty cool live versions from Obits, plus an interview with the band. Coolness.

KXUA PROM!!!

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Church of the Snake

Last night was the Man the Helm Counterlife split 7inch release show at Mayapple Salon

Man the Helm

Church of the Snake

Music Tapes

Everyone had a great time at the Music Tapes show (or actually just Julian Koster, pictured above). He played a few christmas tunes on his saw he affectionately referred to as Badger. He also did some tunes on banjo.

Listen
note: in the middle of the last song, the sound gets very quiet,
so youll have to turn it up

After the show, we all went next door to do a bit of caroling for a few nice sorority girls. We stopped at a few other places, but no one seemed interesting in hearing Silent Night on a cold Tuesday night in November

Caroling!

The Music Tapes: former NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL

COME ONE AND COME ALL TO SEE THE MUSIC TAPES - LIVE - FREE - SEXY. YOU LIKE THIS VERY MUCH, YES? THE AMEROPLACE IS ACROSS FROM UBC ON MAPLE AT THE CORNER OF VANDEVENTER AVE. AND MAPLE STREET. SEE YOU THERE OR YOU BE SQUARE!

OPO 8.23.08

concert calendar

KXUA CONCERT CALANDER

Friday, June 20:
Jammin’ Java: 3pennyacre
George’s Majestic Lounge: Nace Brothers, Tantric
Boom Boom Room: Joey Farr and Friends
Old Post Office: Midsummer Horror Dance Party w/ Bizar, Tanner Beam, Luminfire
Bike City: The Drunkards

Saturday, June 21:
Jammin’ Java: Off the Wall
Smiling Jacks: Effron White
George’s Majestic Lounge: Dylan Rhymes
Boom Boom Room: Velcromoonshoe
Old Post Office: Fej and Friends CD Release
Walker Park: Well, Well, Well (4pm)
The Teepee: What Army, Four Knuckle Shuffle, Vomit Squad
The New Deli: Larkspur, No One Conquered, Wyoming

Sunday, June 22:
Fire Fly Festival: David’s Pegasus, Memphis Pencils, Cletus Got Shot, Adam Posnak, Beat Bachs, Luminfire, and Susan Shore and Effron White
George’s Majestic Lounge: Pope County Bootleggers

Tuesday, June 24:
George’s Majestic Lounge: Rehab, Electro Lounge
The New Deli: Modey Lemon, Cabinet of Natural Curiosities, Holy Ghost Children

Wednesday, June 25:
Green Door: Paul Boatright, Mark Bilyeu, and Pat Villines and Mattie Speece
Ella’s Restaurant: Matt and Gus Smith
Jose’s Southwest Grille: Claudia Burson Trio

Thursday, June 26:
George’s Majestic Lounge: Joseph Israel

Friday, June 27:
Jammin’ Java: Patrella
George’s Majestic Lounge: Steve Pryor
Old Post Office: Apollos Creed and Special Guest

Saturday, June 28:
Jammin’ Java: Patrella
George’s Majestic Lounge: Apt. 5, The Study
Boom Boom Room: Bob Kramer Incident

Sunday, June 29:
George’s Majestic Lounge: Woodlebug
The New Deli: Mad Happy, Wighead

Live Fayetteville

Live at the Restaurant on the Corner
6-12-08

These guys are awesome, thats about all I can say. This is a long twenty minute song inspired by the stories of HP Lovecraft. I'd say it sums it up pretty well, but you can listen for yourself, just click on the link below.

Hp Lovecrusher

Sonic Youth

If you missed the Sonic Youth concert last Saturday, I managed to record two songs with my digital camera.





Kim Gordon is 55 by the way.