Vibe no more.
"Created a buzz by just being me on these beats/Ain't never shot a n***** but I'm still a G in these streets." It's true- The Popper is an underground king. He and Ron Ron headline a KC Landmarks label event at Club 4400 tonight. The two-minute "Vibe To This," from the Here Comes the Popper mixtape, references Kansas City crimefighter Alvin Brooks, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, "nuns in a convent," haters and artists "stuck in a time lapse." Ron Ron was featured at There Stands the Glass in August. I also adore "Way Gone," a morally reprehensible ode to inebriation that streams at the neglected MySpace page of KC Landmarks.
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I review my listening history of Bill Shapiro's KCUR radio program Cypress Avenue here
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How does an independent record store stay relevant in 2008? Euclid Records in St. Louis has plenty of answers. Their latest initiative involves issuing 45s and prints documenting Euclid's in-store performances. Steve Wynn of Dream Syndicate will be the program's first participant.
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Kansas City Click: There Stands the Glass favorite Howard Iceberg warbles at Good JuJu in the West Bottoms this evening.
Prog-rock hero Peter Hammill materializes at the Cashew Saturday.
Sara Evans sings at the Midland on Sunday. Is it just me, or does a certain politician look a lot like her at the five-second mark of this video?
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