By Chris Mills | November 25, 2008 at 11:41 pm | No comments
I shot this video last night at Club 4400 at Heet Mob's open mic night (every Monday). The featured performer is a spoken word/poetry guru - Kynan Ramsey aka "YEP" (Young Educated Poet). The dude is amazing at what he does. So is his little brother, Terrence, who's spoken...
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By Chris Mills | November 23, 2008 at 8:12 pm | One comment
Kansas City breaks DJ, DJ Prato, of No Handed Music and the NSB radio show "Frosted Breaks," has recently had his tune "Hotterdam" (Mr. No Hands Edit) named the number one breaks tune for the month of December by MIXMAG. This is kind of a big deal. But we'll let Prato tell...
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By Chris Mills | November 22, 2008 at 12:06 am | One comment
James Christos is back. And as usual, he's coming out of left field...again, which he seems to do with each release. The beat reminds me of a track off one of his old 12 inches "Let's Grit." Here, he's bending pronunciations to rhyme with words that you wouldn't expect...
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By Chris Mills | November 21, 2008 at 11:19 pm | No comments
18 and up
$15 cover ($2 extra for minors)
lineup:
10:00 p.m. - Isaiah
10:30 p.m. - Big Rapper Pooh (of Little Brother)
11:00 p.m. - Kidz In The Hall
11:30 p.m. - MURS
AFTER ALL THAT: Afterparty at Mosaic in the Power and Light District. Kidz in The Hall will...
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By Chris Mills | November 14, 2008 at 7:44 pm | One comment
In the 1995 season, I was watching a halftime highlight show one Sunday, in the middle of a Chiefs game, and they were showing highlights from the Steelers and Lions game. I didn't see it live, of course, but I did see on this halftime show a clip of Barry Sanders breaking...
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By Chris Mills | November 10, 2008 at 10:06 pm | One comment
Our good friend Kiko de Gallo sent us a brand new mix that he's done which I'm guessing was recorded live at One80, where he plays on the weekends. He's got some cumbia, funk, African and Latin rhythms thrown in there.
Here's what Kiko had to say about this mix: "KIKO...
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By Chris Mills | November 6, 2008 at 1:25 am | One comment
Hi everyone. Chris Mills with Demencha Magazine here. Fall '08 issue is out, fooleries!
Here's the editor's note from yours truly (we will have the pdf up for download on the local websites, including ours, before long):
If you got a copy of the summer '08...
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By Chris Mills | November 5, 2008 at 12:16 am | No comments
I went and voted for Obama today at the Stonegate Elementary school in north Cass County, MO. There was no line whatsoever, which shocked me. It was about 3:00 p.m. at the time. When I was sitting at the table filling out my ballot, a guy probably in his late 20's or early...
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