Holidays

Been very busy this month working on three projects at once. Next Sunday's show is done and will have some new material from the just-released Tom Waits box set. I'm also working on a Christmas show with Caroline that will air on Christmas Eve. Been getting to the upcoming Beatles rarities show as well, although I have lots of material still to go through. I had hoped to have the Wilders on the show before Christmas, but that's looking improbable at this point. They are currently down in Louisiana working on a new album and will be back in KC by the 10th, but I don't think they are going to have time to do my show and still make the sound check at St. Andrews that same afternoon. This may change, so we'll see. Just finished a show with Lonesome Cowboy Bill. In spite of some cd player glitches, it came off all right. If you're up late at 3 am on Saturday mornings, tune him in. He's the best dj in town--hands down. I've been asked by KKFI to help compile a two cd set for the next fund drive. We are going to do a series of them in different genres. The first will be blues. We will be contacting musicians and probably do some promos for material soon. Whoever gets selected for inclusion will need to sign a waiver for mechanicals and royalties, but that shouldn't be a problem. It's possible we may sell this cd online and make it available to stores, also. Again, a big thank you to everyone who supported this show and kkfi during the last fund drive. I really can't thank you enough. i hope in the coming year to continue doing the best I can to stimulate your brains and your urges to dance.

Great Lost Post

somehow, my last post seems to have vanished into the ether and not made it to the blog. to condense it a bit: i was basically giving the schedule for the next few weeks. this week will be my version of "nuggets" british invasion style. you'll be surprised how a lot of this music later mutated into punk and garage band music. there was a lot of worthless music created in britain between 1961 and 1967, but there was a lot of cool, ahead of it's time sounds being made that didn't necessarily make it to the radio, especially american radio. so, this sunday will be my version of radio caroline, so to speak. coming up afterwards, on the 19th, i'll do the special program on rare and unreleased tracks by local and regional artists. got some real good stuff including the first recorded music by the experimental instrument orchestra, some unrleased tracks by dwight frizzell and BCR, as well as other goodies from arthur dodge, forrest whitlow, the royal nonesuch, and even something from the fabulous flippers. the sunday after thanksgiving will be an improv show with lonesome cowboy bill. these are the kinds of shows we sometimes pull off on kjhk in lawrence, but this one will be condensed to two hours. i have no idea what it will sound like and neither does he at this point, but we'll all find out on the 26th, won't we? other than that, i'll certainly do a beatles rarities show on december 17th with sir edward chavez and caroline and i will do a special christmas show on christmas eve. hopefully next year, more live performances and more special shows.