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May 17 Guest DJ Set : Carla and Jason from the Oak Cliff Film Festival!
Below is Carla and Jason’s Guest DJ set list featuring songs from films. Support the station actually playing these bands and get a VIP wristband to the Oak Cliff Film Festival June 14-17 at locations such as the historic Texas Theater, The Kessler Theater & The Belmont Hotel. There are only a few of these passes available. The VIP status means priority seating, special parties, screenings even a croquet game!
Brian Eno - Needle in the Camel’s Eye
Phoenix - 1901
Joey Scarbury - Theme from Greatest American Hero
ELO - Mr. Blue Sky
The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
Black Mountain - Modern Music
Air - Playground Love
Statler Brothers - Flowers on the Wall
Polyphonic Spree - Scream and Shout
Ennio Morricone - Una Stanza Viota
Alexi Murdoch - All My Days
Dean Martin - You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You -
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May 15 Guest DJ Set : John Solis of Homegrown Music & Arts Festival
Below is John’s Guest DJ set list of songs by artists of Homegrown Music & Arts Festival years past and present. Support the station actually playing these bands and get a wristband to the festival PLUS access to the KXT Lounge at Hotel Indigo. There are only a few of these passes available. You know you’ll enjoy access to an air conditioned space, interviews with artists, live sessions with this festival’s artists PLUS cold water and complimentary snacks.
Black Joe Lewis – Sugarfoot
Ben Kweller – Mean to Me
Eisley – The Valley
Air Review – America’s Son
Robert Ellis – Friends Like Those
Centro-Matic – Against the Line
Hayes Carll – KMAG YOYO
Burning Hotels – Beard
The Bird Dogs – Flowers in the Vase
Ume – Captive
School of Seven Bells – LaFaye
Seryn – We Will All Be Changed
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May 15 About the Dowdy Studio T-Shirt
Married couple, Dylan and Pamela Dowdy, are the artist duo behind Dowdy Studio and the Dowdy Studio Wagon, Dallas’ first mobile art shop. They also designed the all new KXT Spring Fundraising Campaign T-Shirt below!
Together they design, illustrate and handmake everything in their shop, from quirky screenprinted tees, pillows and bags, to graphic wooden jewelry, art prints, clocks, and more. All their artwork features their own hand-drawn illustrations, like the Lumberjack Mer Man (the unemployed lumberjack of the sea) and Grand Whale (an irregular hybrid of a musical whale and a grand piano). The dynamic duo pop up in their Dowdy Studio Wagon in a variety of restaurants, local venues, festivals and events in the DFW area and beyond. The two artists enjoy meeting great people in great places, sharing their passion for independent art and design with others.
Photo by Shevaun Williams.
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May 14 Guest DJ Sets in the KXT Spring Fundraising Campaign!Here’s the list of awesome Guest DJ’s slated for the KXT Spring Fundraising Campaign! So many juicy songs are in the cue - you won’t want to miss any of their sets. Support KXT 91.7 today.
Tuesday, May 15 - 12PM - John Solis, one of the organizers and talent buyer of the Homegrown Music and Arts Festival will share songs by bands performing this year and previous years.
Wednesday, May 16 - 1PM - Carla Tschosik & Jason Reimer, two of the organizers of the Oak Cliff Film Festival will share music from favorite films, featured films in the fest and bands playing some of the festival parties.
Thursday, May 17 - 4PM - Sharon Lyle, Director of TEDxSMU, will share some of her favorite music. Music that keeps her organizing inspiring events for North Texas.
Saturday, May 19 - 1PM - Denton artist Doug Burr shares a set of songs that inspire him. Love his music? You’ll love his music picks too.
Monday, May 21 - 1PM - National recording artist ZZ Ward shares songs that she loves. We can’t wait either.
Tuesday, May 22 - 2PM - Christopher Mosely, music critic for D Magazine shares a set list of songs by artists so big that critics and fans could never possibly stop debating their merit. Intrigued? Yes you are.
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May 11[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]14 playsIf you find yourself without a plan for Saturday night, Little D’s very own merry band of Grammy-winning joyful noisemakers Brave Combo invites you to come down to Sons of Hermann in Dallas to celebrate the release of their newest album, Sounds Of The Hollow, available for your pre-ordering happiness here. But if you can’t make it out tomorrow night, mark your calendars for Friday, May 18th at the Abbey Underground in Denton, or Friday, June 8th at the Scat Jazz Lounge in Fort Worth. Until then, enjoy this ditty - “Baby, Baby, Baby, Don’t” - and baby, baby, baby, here’s to your happy Friday.
Gini.
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May 11Our very own Sunday night music guru Paul Slavens is featured in this amazing mini-documentary by Brown TV. Catch Paul’s eclectic show every Sunday evening from 8-10pm at 91.7 or kxt.org. Enjoy!
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May 10 Press Release : Updates to Summer Cut!FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 10, 2012
Summer Cut: The Happy Funtime Fest Presented by KXT 91.7 FM
Exciting Updates to the Summer Concert Event
DALLAS/FORT WORTH: KXT 91.7 FM, in partnership with Live Nation, announces exciting additions to KXT’s Summer Cut: The Happy Funtime Fest summer concert event at 5pm on Friday, June 1, 2012, at the GEXA Energy Pavilion. Headlined by the Grammy Award-winning band The Flaming Lips with special guest St. Vincent, KXT’s first summer kick-off concert also features a stellar lineup of national and local artists, including Fitz & The Tantrums, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Telegraph Canyon, Smile Smile, Air Review, Quiet Corral, Walk Off The Earth, DJ Matt Stafford and others.
In addition to the all-star music lineup, The Happy Funtime Fest will also feature a vendor village and popular local food trucks. The Vendor Village presented by Art&Seek and artandseek.org – the arts, music, culture and news service for KERA and KXT – will feature a variety of handmade goods created by local artisans, including EcoArmoire, Dowdy Studio, Banner Theory, MegMorgan, folksie and OneEyeOpen. Food trucks will also be on site to provide concertgoers with a variety of food options during the performance. The gourmet eats will include The Tamale Company, The Dough Boys and La Original Michocanna. More local artisans, vendors and food trucks are being confirmed daily so please visit kxt.org/summercut for frequent updates. While you’re there, check out a map of the festival as well as answers to frequently asked questions about this exciting event.
Summer Cut tickets can be purchased at www.livenation.com. Tickets purchased between Friday, May 11 and Monday, May 14, 2012, will have $5 of the purchase price donated to KXT 91.7 to support public radio in North Texas. Select $15 tickets will also be available this weekend only, so take advantage of this amazing deal before it runs out! The concert is produced by Live Nation. For full talent lineup, a map and FAQ’s about the festival, go to www.kxt.org/summercut.
ABOUT KXT 91.7 FM:
KXT 91.7 FM is one of the public broadcasting stations operated by North Texas Public Broadcasting, a not-for-profit media network that also includes KERA 90.1 FM, KERA TV, KERA WORLD and Art&Seek. KXT began broadcasting in November 2009 and has a Triple A (Adult Album Alternative) music format with a mix of acoustic, alt-country, indie rock, alternative and world music. Listen live to KXT and download the free mobile app at kxt.org.
ABOUT LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT:
Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment and eCommerce company, comprised of four market leaders: Ticketmaster.com, Live Nation Concerts, Front Line Management Group and Live Nation Network. Ticketmaster.com is the global event ticketing leader and one of the world’s top five eCommerce sites, with over 26 million monthly unique visitors. Live Nation Concerts produces over 20,000 shows annually for more than 2,000 artists globally. Front Line is the world’s top artist management company, representing over 250 artists. These businesses power Live Nation Network, the leading provider of entertainment marketing solutions, enabling over 800 advertisers to tap into the 200 million consumers Live Nation delivers annually through its live event and digital platforms. For additional information, visit www.livenation.com/investors.
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May 4 Beastie Boys - MCA RIP
From a Capitol email KXT just got:
It is with great sadness that we confirm that musician, rapper, activist and director Adam “MCA” Yauch, founding member of Beastie Boys and also of the Milarepa Foundation that produced the Tibetan Freedom Concert benefits, and film production and distribution company Oscilloscope Laboratories, passed away in his native New York City this morning after a near-three-year battle with cancer. He was 47 years old.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Yauch taught himself to play bass in high school, forming a band for his 17th birthday party that would later become known the world over as Beastie Boys.
With fellow members Michael “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Adrock” Horovitz, Beastie Boys would go on to sell over 40 million records, release four #1 albums–including the first hip hop album ever to top the Billboard 200, the band’s 1986 debut full length, Licensed To Ill–win three Grammys, and the MTV Video Vanguard Lifetime Achievement award. Last month Beastie Boys were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, with Diamond and Horovitz reading an acceptance speech on behalf of Yauch, who was unable to attend.
In addition to his hand in creating such historic Beastie Boys albums as Paul’s Boutique, Check Your Head, Ill Communication, Hello Nasty and more, Yauch was a founder of the Milarepa Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting awareness and activism regarding the injustices perpetrated on native Tibetans by Chinese occupational government and military forces. In 1996, Milarepa produced the first Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, which was attended by 100,000 people, making it the biggest benefit concert on U.S. soil since 1985’s Live Aid. The Tibetan Freedom Concert series would continue to stage some of the most significant benefit shows in the world for nearly a decade following in New York City, Washington DC, Tokyo, Sydney, Amsterdam, Taipei and other cities.
In the wake of September 11, 2001, Milarepa organized New Yorkers Against Violence, a benefit headlined by Beastie Boys at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom, with net proceeds disbursed to the New York Women’s Foundation Disaster Relief Fund and the New York Association for New Americans (NYANA) September 11th Fund for New Americans–each chosen for their efforts on behalf of 9/11 victims least likely to receive help from other sources.
Under the alias of Nathanial Hörnblowér, Yauch directed iconic Beastie Boys videos including ”So Whatcha Want,” ”Intergalactic,” “Body Movin” and “Ch-Check It Out.” Under his own name, Yauch directed last year’s Fight For Your Right Revisited, an extended video for “Make Some Noise” from Beastie Boys’ Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, starring Elijah Wood, Danny McBride and Seth Rogen as the 1986 Beastie Boys, making their way through a half hour of cameo-studded misadventures before squaring off against Jack Black, Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as Beastie Boys of the future.
Yauch’s passion and talent for filmmaking led to his founding of Oscilloscope Laboratories, which in 2008 released his directorial film debut, the basketball documentary Gunnin’ For That #1 Spot and has since become a major force in independent video distribution, amassing a catalogue of such acclaimed titles as Kelly Reichardt’s Wendy and Lucy, Oren Moverman’s The Messenger, Banksy’s Exit Through The Gift Shop, Lance Bangs and Spike Jonze’s Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait Of Maurice Sendak, and many more.
Yauch is survived by his wife Dechen and his daughter Tenzin Losel, as well as his parents Frances and Noel Yauch.
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May 3 More Barefoot pics from the Jessica Lea Mayfield show
Thank you so much to Blake Butler for sending over these awesome non-camera phone pictures of Jessica Lea Mayfield, Michael Donner and the great crowd at the April 26 concert at the Belmont Hotel. You can follow Blake on Twitter: @theblakebutler
Enjoy!
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Apr 30
I was going to climb the KXT tower and hang a bandana with giant braids today in honor of Willie Nelson’s 79th Birthday, but there is a chance of thunderstorms so here’s an inspiring picture instead. Happy Birthday Willie!
-Mark
