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Music, Art and Artists, Performance Art, Writing, Dogs and Cats, Inner City Schools, Community Gardening, Independent Media, Creating Venues, Documenting, Laughing, Families, Childen, Walking, Gay Rights, Gay Marriage, Progressive Politics, Labor Rights Movements, Democracy, Poetry, Organic Gardening, Flowers, Insects, Welcoming Ministries, Spanish Films, Independent Music, Vertical Files, Collage, Native Beliefs, Community Radio, The Peace Movement, Feminism, and Volunteering
Music
The Velvet Underground, Sufjan Stevens, Nina Simone, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Arcade Fire, Elliot Smith, The Postal Service, The Magnetic Fields, The Smiths, Joni Mitchell, The Go Betweens, 1990s, Holly Golightly, Iris DeMent, Mike Dillon's Go Go Jungle, Konono No. 1, Yo La Tengo, Yo Yo Ma, P.G. Six, Au Revoir Simone, The ACB's, Denge Fever, China Forbes, The Apples in Stereo, Oh Laura, Shelby Lynne, Beach House, The Duke Spirit, Billy Strayhorn, Mum, T-Model Ford, The Postmarks, Vieux Farka Toure, Big Mama Thornton, Mika, Rockhill, Fugiya & Miyagi, Band of Horses, The Cure, Peter Bjorn & John, Cris Williamson, Lacrosse, Triska Viljor, Parlour Steps, Jason Collett, Tift Merritt, Sydney Wayser, Espers, Bright Black Morning Light, The Main Drag, Lightspeed Champion, The Whigs, Howlin' Rain, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Vampire Weekend, Ingrid Michaelson, The Russian Futurists, Daft Punk, Sandy Denny, Utah Carol, Shapes and Sizes, Yusuf Islam, The Dears, Forrest Whitlow, Howard Iceberg & The Titanics, Leela James, Leo Kottke, Ali Farke Toure, Mary Gauthier, Bright Eyes, Stevie Wonder, The Wilders, Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, Mark Bilyeu, Cindy Woolf, alacartoona, Interpol, M. Ward, El Perro del Mar, Sia, eXIT cLOV, Carbon Leaf, Bob Walkenhorst, Bjork, Devendra Banhart, Midlake, Hot Chip, Beth Scalet, Son Volt, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Holly, Erykah Badu, David Bowie, The Breeders, LaBelle, Johnny Cash, BCR, Fela Ransom Kuti, John Fahey, Olivia Tremor Control, Spoon, Megan Birdsall, The Paper Cuts, Vogado Projects, Quantic, Panda Bear, The Besnard Lakes, Amnesty, Antibalas, Dr. Dog, Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars, Lily Allen, Six Organs of Admittance, Eleni Mandell, Laura Cantrell, Phosphorescent, Smog, Mogwai, Kelly Hunt, Cymande, John Vanderslice, Kinski, Parker & Lily, Death Cab For Cutie, John Prine, Bob Dylan, Prince, Ruben Blades, Marvin Gaye, Los Lobos, Keren Ann, Ry Cooder, The National, Martha Wainwright, Brian Eno, SoundsGood, The White Stripes, Kimya Dawson, Patti Smith, Malachy Papers, Patty Griffin, Mose Allison, Karen Savoca, onemilliontinyjesuses, Dan Zanes, Lou Reed, Emiliana Torrini, Jackson Browne, Erma Franklin, In The Pines, Sammi Smith, The Pixies, Kasey Rausch, Wendy Carlos, The Rentals, Emerson-Lake-Palmer, Tomita, The Moog Cookbook, The Bobcats, Split Lip Rayfield, The Watermelon Slim Band, the afterparty, Barbara Blue, The Mamas & The Papas, Nirvana, Herbie Hancock, John Coltrane, Muzik, The Hold Steady, Blonde Redhead, The Rosebuds, The Bee Gees, Lez Zeppelin, Enon, Strawfoot, Pinebox Serenade, Mary Lou Williams, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, Angie Stone, BCR, Bill Withers, Earl Klugh & Bob James, Ms. Sandra Brown, Titanium Frame, Asa, Issac Hayes, Neutral Milk Hotel, Duke Ellington, Caribou, Band of Bees, Love, Boards of Canada, ROYKSOPP, Eudora, Lloyd Daniel, Gary Kirkland, Tortoise, Mark Montgomery, Dave Insley, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Joe Carr, Hanne Hukkelberg, The Album Leaf, Iron & Wine, Billie Holiday, Jimi Hendrix, eels, Duran Duran, The Beatles, Bob and Diana Suckiel, Antony and The Johnsons, The Raindogs, Robot Are Me, Krystle Warren, Ian Dury, Dmitri From Paris, Phoebe Snow, Of Montreal, Louis Armstrong, Kid Koala, The Faint, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Portishead, Charlie Patton, Bardo Pond, Coldplay, British Sea Power, Corey Harris, The Magic Numbers, Sara Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion, Moby, Pete Seeger, The Clash, The Jackson 5, The Flaming Lips, Joe Roberts, The Jeff & Vida Band, Truckstop Honeymoon, The Too High String Band, Wilco, Junior Brown, Gov't. Mule, Calexico, Neko Case, String Cheese Incident, John Butler Trio, Matisyahu, The North Mississippi All Stars, Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks, Anne Feeney, Talking Heads, Jim White, Aimee Mann, Buggles, Wall of Voodoo, Ramones, REM, Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Kristie Stremel, Harry Chapin, Steely Dan, Joe Jackson, Michael Franti and Spearhead, David Byrne, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Horse Stories, Lea Delaria, Freddy Mercury, Queen, Charles Nelson Reilly, Millage Gilbert, Jose Gonzales, Justice, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Stars, Manu Chao, John Cameron Mitchell, Paul Lynde, Noel Coward, Amy Ray, The Pet Shop Boys, Ani Difranco, The Buzzcocks, The B-52's, Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Doris Henson, John Cale, William S. Burroughs, Morrissey, Harvey Milk, Peter Allen, Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland, Elton John, Tegan & Sarah, Air, Lou Harrison, Mouse On Mars, Mary Timony, Sleater-Kinney, Jelly Roll Morton, The Golden Republic, Vladimir Horowitz, Thievery Corporation, Hum, Helium, Manfred Hubler & Ziegfried Schwab, Traffic, Eric Carmen, Matthew Sweet, Taxi Kreol, Mendes Brothers, Martin Denny, Esquivel, St. Germain, Castanets, Wishing Chair, LCD Soundsystem, Weezer, Doves, Jimi Hendrix, Laura Love, Eighteenth Day of May, Curtis Mayfield, Clem Snide, Little Richard, Peggy Lee, Roots Manuva, Rachel Yamagata, Gary Numan, Beck, Bloc Party, John Lennon, The Decemberists, Mavis Staples, Randy Scruggs, Emmylou Harris, Reda Carr & The Hotwater Mermaids, Mike Doughty, Jump Rope For Heart, The Faces, Elvis Costello, The Mar-Kays, Muddy Waters, Low, Hem, Quantic, Vogado Projects, Radiohead, Worm is Green, The Kills, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, The Allman Brothers Band, Morrissey, Ron Sexsmith, Greg Brown, Bob Marley, Mary J. Blige, Big Joe Turner, Kaiser Chiefs, Ani DiFranco, Aretha Franklin, Mercury Rev, Nick Lowe, Lucinda Williams, Femme Fatality, Pixel Panda, Randy Newman, Crosby-Stills-Nash & Young, Dusty Springfield, Flee The Seen, The Staple Singers, Solomon Burke, Gillian Welch, Paul Thorn, Neil Young, Chemical Brothers, Cat Power, Slint, Danny Krause, Frantic Bleep, Tosca, Peace Orchestra, Jim Scott, Brazilian Girls, Devotchka, Enon, The Von Bondies, Eisley, Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production of Eggs, Tori Amos, Tabla Rasa, Bobby Carson Band, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Laurie Anderson, The Litigators, Stan Slaughter, Joel Kraft, Kathleen Edwards, Blind Boys of Alabama, Damien Rice, Etta James, Bobby Short, Al Green, Wildwood, Nancy Griffith, Taj Mahal, Pink Floyd, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Danny Cox, Stereo Lab, The Pretenders, The Runaways, U2, The O'Jays, Buddy Guy, Percy Sledge, Bobbie Gentry, Jill Scott, Moot Davis, Dr. John, Norah Jones & Richard Julian, Rex Hobart & The Misery Boys, Mos Def, Thelonius Monk, Archer Prewitt, Secret Machines, Joanna Newsom, Papa M., Sigur-Ros, Bill Staines, Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, David Lindley, Frank Black, Bauhaus, Billy Belzer, Betty Everett, The Five Stair Steps, Fruit, Ben Lee, My Morning Jacket, Sonic Youth, James McMurtry, New Radicals, Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes, The O'Jay's, Mazzy Star, Rosa Passos, San Ilya, Loggins and Messina, Miles Davis, Calexico, Lorretta Lynn, Jill Sobule, The Ronettes, X, Chet Baker, The Girl is a Ghost, Squeeze, Felice Taylor, Ray Charles, Tom Tom Club, Konk, Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Matt Sweeney, Angela McCluskey, Alison Krauss & Union Station, T-Rex, The Stooges, Irma Thomas, Bette Midler, XTC, The Modern Lovers, Nico, Roxy Music, Sarah Vaughn, Joe Cocker, The New York Philharmonic, Vanilla Fudge, Deja Move, Tricky, Madonna, Julian Cope, Charles Mingus, Orlando Cachaito Lopez, Karrin Allyson, G Love & Special Sauce, The Chambers Brothers, The Holmes Brothers, The Neville Brothers, Mahalia Jackson, Sweet Honey in The Rock, Tom Russell, Dolores Keane, Patterson Hood, Minnie Driver, Todd Snider, Stephan Smith, Gil Scott - Heron, Kanye West, Carlo Maria Giulini, Bessie Smith, The Future Heads, Howlin' Wolf, Led Zepplin, Boards of Canada, Massive Attack, Camera Obscura, Rilo Kiley, Ibrahim Ferrer, Orlando Cachaito Lopez, Gotan Project, Ursula 1000, Poe, War, Mott The Hoople, New York Dolls, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Parliament, Sweet, Tim Curry, Polyphonic Spree, The Cowsills, Jonathan Kramer, Me'shell NdegeOcello, The Heads, Lurlene, They Might Be Giants, Split Enz, Haircut 100, Chenille Sisters, School Of Fish, Xiu Xiu, Big Mama Thorton, The Rachels, The Grates, Belle & Sebastian, Average White Band, Ohio Players, Tosca, Stephen Malkmus, Pavement, Los Amigos Invisibles, Maximum Joy, Laura Veirs, Shemekia Copeland, Cindy Bullens, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Rosie Thomas, M83, Hilary Scott, Billy Joe Shaver, Juliet & The Licks, Hayseed Dixie, Joy Zipper, Joy Division, Dressy Bessy, Josh Ritter, Rosanna Cash, River City Revelators, Joel Kraft, The New Tragedies, Regina Spektor, Joe Good, Piney Gir, The Fiery Furnaces, It's Over, Bruce Springsteen, The Roman Numerals, Gnarls Barkley, Field Music, The M's, Curtis Mayfield, Elvis Costello, The Secret Machines, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Keane, Islands, Ben Harper, Muse, Messy Bessy, Paper Airplanes, Joel Kraft, Grandaddy, Monitors, Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy, Gnarls Barkley, Thom Yorke, Drive By Truckers, Bruce Cockburn, The Secret Machines, Tom Livesay, Jens Lekman, Jeff Buckley, The Paper Hearts, The Flying Lizards, The Black Lips, The Black Hollies, Syd Barrett and Juana Molina.
Movies
The A Directors: Almodovar, Araki, Anger, Altman, Anders, Allen, Anderson (Both Wes and Paul Thomas), also: Alfred, and Atom. Also: John Waters, Todd Haynes, Paul Morrissey
Television
Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman, C-Span, Bill Moyers, Walter Mercado on Univision, Weeds, The Colbert Report, Six Feet Under, Mister Rogers, Soul Train, Real Time with Bill Maher, Kansas City Week In Review with Nick Haines, The PTL Club, The Carol Burnet Show, LOGO, Countdown with Kieth Olberman, Starting Over, Oz, The Kathy Griffin Show, The Merv Griffin Show, Public Access, Current, UMKC Television, Absolutely Fabulous, Kansas City Government Channel, The Tony Awards, 30 Rock, Keeping Up Appearances, Def Poetry Jam, Strangers With Candy, This American Life, Brothers and Sisters, South Park, Watching The Big Bang (the fuzz)
Books
By: Michael Pollan, Lucille Clifton, Anne Lamott, Tim Miller, Christopher Bram, Scott Heim, Allen Ginsberg, Suzi Gablik, Paul Monette, Russell Banks, Toni Morrison, Sarah Vowell, William S. Burroughs, Randy Shilts, Tennessee Williams, Bell Hooks, Harvey Fierstein, Jean Cocteau, Augusten Burroughs, Hunter S. Thompson, Robert Coles, Jason Ryberg, Joni Mitchell, Lois Ehlert, Eric Carle, Willa Cather, Charles Dickens, Gertrude Stein, Sophocles
Heroes
Gandhi, Bayard Rustin, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, George Washington Carver, Edna Jacobsen, George Bernard Shaw, Gertrude Stein, Lucille Ball, Harvey Milk, Harvey Fierstein, Larry Kramer, Ryan White, John Lennon, David Bowie, Lou Jane Temple, Andy Warhol, Jane Fonda, Lorretta Lynn, Lily Tomlin, Karen Findley, Patti Smith, Tim Miller, Pat Kranau, Karen Carpenter, Ira Glass, Lisa Cordes, Jim "The Blind Guy" Hoschek, Marcia Pomeroy and Michael Tombs, and Caleb Belknap
Doane College
Crete, NE
Graduated: 1985
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Theatre / Drama
Minor: Speech
Clubs: The Doane Players, The Doane Speakers Bureau, The Peer Advisors, Xanadu Staff, The Doane Yacht Club
1981 to 1985
York High School
York, NE
Graduated: 1981
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Student Council President, Speech Team, Theatre, Library and Media,
1978 to 1981
Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM's Networking
About me: The Wednesday MidDay Medley airs from Ten to Noon (Central Time) on 90.1 FM KKFI - Kansas City Community Radio and streaming on www.kkfi.org. The 2-hour program is produced and hosted by Mark Manning. The show is "free form" and plays with themes, questions, special events and ideas. We feature new releases, local artists, glam, indie, funk, freak folk, hip hop, alternative, classic country, jazz, punk, techno, retro, lo-fi, electronic, women's, protest, experimental, soul, latin, broadway, folk, prog, acid, new wave, anti-folk, cuban, african, world, ambient and live in-studio performances from area writers, and musical artists.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> Past shows have included these special guests: Marty Kraft, Stacy Tolbert, John Kurmann, Anne Winter, Frank Alvarez, Linda and Richard Rostenberg, Iris DeMent, Robert Moore, Billy Smith, David Ford, Chuck Haddix, Tim Finn, Necia Gamby, CJ Janovy, Tim Kearns, Kurt von Schlemmer, Lisa Cordes, Matt Dunehoo, Brian Hicks, Nico Gray, Sandra K. Davies, Cris Williamson, Gary Krough, Virgil Rhames, Donnie L. Betts, Jack Cole, Sam Cordes, Scott Cordes, Cathy Barnett, Kate Clinton, Jason Ryberg, Ron Megee, Matt Erickson, Sunshine Del Hamric, Zoe LaGrece, Mark Hennessy, Ed Tato, Bill Sundahl-roach, The Von Hodads, Cody Wyoming, Aaron Barnhart, Nate Borofsky, Tom Livesay, Suzanne Westenhoefer, Thomas Frank, Dana Gilmore, Regina Spektor, Ubaka Hill, Cynthia Levin, Emily Lauren, Jon "Piggy" Cupit, Tim Brown, Robert Brand, Julie Lee, Susie Keynes, Will Leathem, Tabla Rasa, David Sokolowski, David Wayne Reed, Rosie Flores, Jeff Black, Steven Eubank, Justin Van Pelt, Charlie King & Karen Brandow, Toby Grotz, Stephan Smith, Crissy Sciolaro, Robert McCain, Missy Koonce, Abigale Henderson, Christi Hoffman, Tret Fure, Ira Harritt, John Jessup, Cheryl Kimmi, Tom Crane, Frank Hicks, Bob Bond, Miriam Davidson, Rebekah Presson Mosby, Paul Malinowski, Megan Hamilton, Dan Barnett, Pete Dulin, Pam Taylor, Peggy Friesen, Art McDonnell, Amy Boyd, Joel Kraft, Piney Gir, Mica Thomas, Jade Osborne, Connie Dover, Richard Pirodsky, Bess Wallerstein, Lora McDonald, Lew Edmister, Daniel Dermiztel, Rev. Sam Mann, Lisa Valenti, Emily Tummons, Mike Murphy, Vicki Walker, Beth Marshall, Nathan Granner, Beau Bledsoe, Mark von Schlemmer, Maria Vasquez Boyd, Cory Call, Brady Karlin, Megan Birdsall, Griffen Alexander, Sabrina Matthews, Bob Smith, Alexis Barclay, Steve Sachen, Ellen Sheridan D.D.S., Rick Dodderidge, Karen Errington, Joe Baehr, Joyce Slater, Tim Miller, Steve Brown, James MacDonald, Elizabeth Rich, Dorothy Hawkins, Debra Mellicker, Richard Mabion, Charles S. McVey, Jamie Rich, Tom Edmonson, Durwin Rice, Shawn Pavey, Paolo Andino, Ike Sheldon, Betse Ellis, Jerry Harrington, Sunshine Patton, John Koop AKA "Flo," Corrie Van Ausdal, The Barclay Martin Ensemble: Barclay Martin, Erin McGrane, Mark Lowrey, Rick Willoughby & Giuliano Mingucci, Michael Buckley, Terry Hancock, Chato Villalobos, Uzziel Pecina, Hector Casanova, Robert Heishman, Lonita Cook, Joe Faus, Rocky Hopson, Rob Houle, Agustin Frederic, Chris Gibson, Ron Simonian, Softee: Sarah Anderson, Steph Allen, Flora Chang, Mimi Mangrum, Robert Coleman Trussell, Jim Hightower and Tommy Ramone -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> Past In-Studio Performances include: Andy Cohen, Kasey Rausch & Friends: Chris Devictor, Nick Baker and Darrell Lea; The New Tragedies, Jason Ryberg, Mark Bilyeu, Cindy Woolf, Dwight Frizzel & Allaudin Ottinger, Yosarian's Lament, 56 Hope Road, Sandra K. Davies, Will Leathem, Ed Tato and Mark Hennessy, Bob Walkenhorst, Connie Dover, Joel Kraft, Opie Hendrix, Brad Shaw, Charles Ferruzza, Fran Stanton, Joesph A. Davis, Donna Morrow Wolfe, Richard Pirodsky, Judy Ancel, Necia Gamby, and Chris Wells -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> We have produced several Extra Special Shows including: Our New Music Show (ongoing), A Story In A Song; A Birthday Tribute to Iris DeMent; Happy Birthday MLK; Songs of Peace & Protest; A Tribute to Recycled Sounds; Songs Of Love; Music From an 18 Year Old; Songs About Jesus, Trains & Heaven; That's Sooooo Gay; The Summer of Love; The Glam Rock Show; The Crossroads Music Show; Independence Plays; I Formed a Band - The Tom Livesay Story; D.I.Y. KC - The Home Grown Shows(0ngoing), The Musical World of Eno; Altered States of America; Radio-Radio Songs about The Radio; The Story of Hetero-Matrimony Told Through Country Music; Songs About Money Death & Taxes; Paul is Dead...and Other Musical Urban Myths; Acid-Stone-Washed-Bleached-'80s-Flashbacks; The Moog Music Mixer; Poetry & Songs About The United States of America; ANDY'S BIRTHDAY - Art & Musical Recordings In Celebration of Andy Warhol's Birthday; In The Spirit of Soul Train; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> On the last Wednesday of each month, we are joined by co-host Marion Merritt who shares music and information from her encyclopedic brain.---------------------------------------------------------------------------->>> If you have recordings please send to: The Wednesday MidDay Medley c/o Mark Manning, 90.1 FM KKFI - Kansas City Community Radio, P.O. Box 32250, Kansas City Missouri, 64171 <<<---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->(KKFI is a 100,000 watt, Non-Commercial, Independent, Community Radio Station, celebrating 20 years on the air.)
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