Sample Volume 2: Fall 2017

SAMPLE VOLUME 2

ALL DJ’S : FALL 2017

A K.W.U.R. 90.3 FM Publication

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FALL 2017

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THURSDAY

MONDAY

FRIDAY

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Out Loud Max and Ari in the Morning Bats The Triple A Battery The Swamp eggplant The Slunk Zone T Time Dunbar Cave State Park ShiveleyÕ s Old Tune Shack Fourth Chamber Horchata Hour

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No Dogs on the Moon Tunes and Music allo convoy Punk for Power flower food Bird Bath Future Memory Nap Time & The Cowboy Who Angered God Hurricane Skittles Forteana / ナイス

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12:00 AM Late Night with Conan OÕBrien 12:00 PM port noise complaint 1:00 PM high tide 2:00 PM Mighty Mutant Power Turtles 3:00 PM Party of One 4:00 PM coco coconuts 5:00 PM Self-Abasement and Self-Loathing 6:00 PM Gab with Gab 7:00 PM Pepto Dismal 8:00 PM the pasta line / hšm [sic] 10:00 PM The Department of Homeland Obscurity

WEDNESDAY 12:00 AM what 1:00 AM Sonic Ramblings 12:00 PM to be determined...

1:00 PM The English Garden 2:00 PM ø\_(ツ)_/ø 3:00 PM tarot reading lessons s Cave of Echoes 4:00 PM DianeÕ 5:00 PM tears for deers 6:00 PM rare s Nice Show 7:00 PM JackÕ 8:00 PM Montereasy 10:00 PM The Landing Strip

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En Media Retrograde SUBPAR Jake and Jack and Boston Market Veggie Tunes Fragical Mystery Tour Wave from the Cave Turn Off the Night Lights The Fake Audiobook Perfectly Reasonable diurnal urinal Metro Dome

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The Pit little fat baby ShowGaze Beyond Good and Eva King of the air Getting the Ball Rolling Free Market Nap Time GroovinÕ with Dugan square watermelons

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Musica Esoterica Honestly Good The Royal We Tik Tak Talk Show Stay-At-Home Plant Mom Tex-Mex Matzo Ball shenramen Garbage Day You Played Yourself

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Art by Ingrid Hartzell-Gallegos

CONTRIBUTORS EDITOR & PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR: Dana Citrin SAMPLE STAFF: Sienna Ruiz Reilly Macdonald Vanna Vu

Cover Art by Isa Sabraw

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Photos by Delores Hanson

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These notes are aggressively red, warm colors throwing sound at each other and mixing like chalk dust in a windy sky. The blues and purples peak out through the clashing orange and scarlet. They are utterly overwhelmed, overtaken, overshadowed. Nothing flows, but instead ricochets and bolts around, not focused on one color for too long before flashing to the next. The drums flash white, brown, deep maroon. Everything culminates, there is so much red and orange it seems as though the sun has come to play along, bursting energy.

My friends all convinced me finally to go on a roller coaster.

Having never been on one before, it was quite the nauseating, yet exhilarating experience. I would both love to do it again and never ever want to set foot on a rollercoaster for the rest of my life.

Silence comes suddenly, but it too has color, ocean blue and purple like the night sky. Lighter blues twinkle as the music starts again, slower, calmer, more relaxed but not lazy. Now things flow beautifully from one shade to the next, as woody greens and browns start to accompany the tranquil background. The warm colors come back gradually, slowly, not overwhelmingly. They blend well this time.

I really like being on the open ocean. I’m not much of a swimmer, but floating there, especially after a hard swim, is the most relaxing and opening experience.

The colors of the woods open up again, revealing a golden expanse tinged with a rainbow. The gold and silver rainbow expands and grows until it fills the senses, encapsulating everything around it. It is every color imaginable, and some that definitely have no name, but still can be seen. This is my favorite song.

-Ted Faherty

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Album Review: Outbursts from the Outskirts James Dreuckhammer

There's certain abstractness to 'Outbursts From The Outskirts' that makes it compelling to listen to. The way it's been put together is clever, the intelligence and hidden messages littered throughout the album makes for an engrossing listening experience. The most unique aspect to the album is the four ‘Outbursts’ composed

by Izzie Gibbs, Snowy, Maxsta and Manga himself respectively. The first three Outbursts are skits while Manga's Outburst is a full-bodied track accompanied by a reflective outro. The four Outbursts consist of the demons that each of the MCs have faced, the emotions that cloud their minds and the grim realities of life. To hear all of them opening up about their conflictions

and dilemmas makes for enthralling and gritty content to take in, even Lewi's instrumental underneath all of the heart-rending is singed with emotion.

Away from the Outbursts, the other tracks in the album show that Manga is comfortable in his own skin, a mark of maturity both as an artist and as a person considering the topics that feature in the album.

'Young' entails the inexperience of youth as Manga admits he "had the right girl at the wrong time", the realization of this and seeing his former girl flying since the relationship ended perhaps weighting heavy in his mind. 'Outsiderism' and 'Slew' both demonstrate the confidence he has as he displays bar after bar with a machine-gun flow showing his lyr-

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Photo by Isa Sabraw ical abilities have never been in doubt since his days in Roll Deep.

Throughout this LP, there's a clear theme that rings abundantly. Manga isn't your average artist and he's well aware of this as the album seems to be one which aims to prove a point; Manga portrays the sort of person that has tried to seek acknowledgement of worth from others yet though experience, he realizes to appreciate his own self-worth and channels his energies towards focusing on his own path. Manga's state of mind is clear, he is an outsider, someone who doesn't possess the mainstream clamor of others yet as an artist, his qualities are underestimated and this awakening to this reality is something he relishes.

This outsider's mindset envelopes this album, something which credit must go to Lewi for helping to create. 2 years since his last release, Manga Saint Hilare has released a mature, expansive grime album to follow up a succession of promising Bandcamp EPs.

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2017: The Golden Age of R&B Landon Bennet

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So, in case you haven’t noticed, there’s been an astounding amount of traction gained by the R&B genre this year. With a quiet 2016 outside of the inevitable onslaught of Frank Ocean Material, it seemed like amazing R&B artists, some previously undiscovered and some new, came out from everywhere, blessing the music scene with their work. If this is news to you, here’s a good starter list for you to get jump started. Some may be familiar with most readers and are included only to make sure the list is accessible.

Dvsn- Morning After SZA- Control Daniel Caesar- Freudian Majid Jordan- The Space Between Jhene Aiko- Trip Khalid- American Teen Bryson Tiller- True to Self Miguel- War and Leisure

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Top Ten Hip-Hop Albums of 2017 Stephen Richardson

1. Flower Boy – Tyler, The Creator 2. 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time – Big K.R.I.T. 3. SATURATION II – Brockhampton 4. Big Fish Theory – Vince Staples 5. DAMN. – Kendrick Lamar 6. Culture – Migos 7. ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$ Joey Bada$$ 8. 4:44 – Jay-Z 9. SATURATION – Brockhampton 10. Pretty Girls Like Trap Music– 2Chainz

Art by Brennan Morell

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The Introspective Hangover Andrew Weng

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Not the one with greasy food, good weed, and a case of the stay-at-home-on-a-rainy-day Sundays. The one where your body feels like an empty shell of toxins, your mind stuck in a loop of panic, regret, and self-loathing.

It seems that we as a culture tend to focus on the physical aspects of a hangover: the nausea, the headache, the mysterious bruise on your ass. But the emotional toll can be just as exhausting.

Against better advice you find yourself at the crack of dawn, sweating through your sheets, reaching for the empty glass that you hope you can use to soothe your parched throat. It’s going to be a long day, but you’ll make it if you follow three simple steps.

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Food and a Deep Breath.

Assemble some presentable clothing and make your way out of your residence and down to street level. Jerk yourself through waves of paranoia and purchase some Gatorade and white bread from the corner store. Dry-swallow a bleak “thank you” to the clerk. Reel from the awkwardness of the social interaction.

*** After medicating your physical symptoms as best as you can, begin the battle against the waves of sadness, anxiety, self-hatred, sense of failure, and fear for the future by taking a deep breath and reminding yourself that you have a hangover.

You are not suddenly in a world where the wind blows only to send chills down your spine and where your thin façade cracks to reveals your inner weakness. You’ve made it to midday.

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Reconnect with the World

If additional healing is required at this point, a careful expedition into social media can be made. Remind yourself that the world still turns, that people elsewhere are leading lives that

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you, once recovered, can participate in as well. This will do you a great service by reminding you that, as bad as you feel, you are just a fool and have no reason to be wallowing in self-pity.

*** By now you should resemble a functional human being. Interactions with other humans should now be tolerable, the workday has nearly elapsed, and the engine of your consciousness has warmed to a rough idle. *** 3.

Assume your personality Music can help. Begin with something familiar and soft – something without jarring instrumentals or yelling. Then, proceed to something more lively and energetic. The surge of adrenaline and dopamine should relieve some symptoms of your metaphysical hangover, restoring some belief in your masculinity, femininity, rugged force, internal fire, sense of humor, etc. *** The day has been a complete waste, but you’ve done more panicked introspecting than you have in quite a while. If you’ve recovered adequately, you haven’t learned any lessons but have managed to reaffirm your belief that you are a sturdy human, resistant to the petty discomforts of acetaldehyde poisoning and life-threatening dehydration.

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The 5 Best Music Venues to See Small Bands in St Louis.

Dylan Kiefer

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Most St. Louisans have seen a show at The Pageant and even Off Broadway, but very few have been to any of the tinier venues in the city’s local circle. These venues are owned and operated by residents who care deeply about their city’s music scene. They’re laid back places to grab a drink and catch small touring bands with local acts. Here are the 5 best small local music venues in St. Louis: 5 – The Heavy Anchor (5226 Gravois Ave.)

The Heavy Anchor opened in April 2011 and aptly calls itself a “South City Neighborhood Dive Bar & Music Venue.” It surely functions as both. The bar side of the venue is grimy and dimly lit, complete with extravagant artwork on the walls. The music venue itself is spacious, yet oddly situated. The riskiness of the neighborhood surrounding the venue combined with its grungy, faded aesthetic makes attending a show at The Heavy Anchor feel like time travelling to the 70s New York punk scene. While probably a fun place to visit sometimes it’s also a dirty and precarious one which inevitably makes some feel uneasy. That being said, The Heavy Anchor often books shows stacked with some of the best local bands in the city

4 – Milque Toast Bar (2212 S Jefferson Ave.)

Situated just minutes away from Cherokee Street, Milque Toast Bar offers a charming outdoor atmosphere to experience live music. On chilly nights they’ll light a bonfire for concert goers to cozy up next to while watching local and touring acts.

Attendees can also head into the kitchen to order coffee, tea, and special toast dishes. The Apple Cheddar Melt and Nutty S’Mores Toast are two crowd favorites.

Milque Toast is also exceptionally family friendly, making it a great place for everyone to experience live music. Since Milque Toast is primarily a restaurant, they don’t host shows too often. Catch one while you can!

Photo by Zoe Finkelstein

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Kismet Creative Center isn’t too far from Milque Toast. Its cozy location just off of Cherokee Street shelters the small record store/art gallery/music venue from busy night life while keeping it close to the action. The atmosphere of Kismet is cozy and welcoming thanks to its size and snug décor. Kismet’s other roles as a record store and art gallery in addition to a music venue present some issues. It’s a pleasant place to see a show every once in a while, but unless the band has a miniscule following the space can get a bit crowded.

2 – The Nest

The Nest is hands down the best house venue in the city. House shows certainly aren’t for everyone, but The Nest is an ideal place to try one out. It’s long, slender, unfinished basement provides the perfect ambience for a dingy punk show or an acoustic get together. Resident Tom Krenniig books all of The Nest’s shows and makes sure he generates a safe and inclusive environment in his home. The backyard gives guests a place to go in between sets to escape the Left: Gobbinjr at Milque Toast Bar (4/6/17) Upcoming Shows at Milque Toast Bar: There are no upcoming concerts at Milque Toast Bar at this time, but there is an event on December 10th : Cajun Supper Benefit for Youth Undoing Institutional Racism (12/10/17 @ 2-6PM) Left: Typical set up at Kismet courtesy of their Facebook page Upcoming Shows at Kismet Creative Center: Options, Single Player, Alex Cunningham, Shady Bug (12/3/17 @ 8PM) Venereal Crush, Dane Rousay, TBA (1/2/2018 @ 8PM) crowdedness of the basement, and occasionally there will be a bonfire if the weather permits. Whether The Nest is hosting a dream pop or noise punk show, Tom and his housemates will be sure to create the most appropriate setting.

1 – Foam (3359 S Jefferson Ave)

Of all the venues in St. Louis to catch small shows, none can beat the practicality, accessibility, and pure delight of a show at Foam. As a coffee shop by day and music venue by night, Foam has something for everyone. Unlike other venues on this list, it’s possible to catch bigger-name bands playing shows at Foam when they come through St. Louis. Up-and-coming psychedelic rock band Post Animal and pop punk band Mom Jeans played at Foam this past summer and attracted relatively large audiences.

Foam has the space to accommodate larger shows like those while also maintaining the intimate feel of a tiny venue. Its run down warehouse-like decorations, variety of shows, and local drink selections make for a wonderfully cozy space to see any show.

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Space Cadets

Every year, KWUR puts a “free form space� on its application and asks trainees to fill it with whatever they please. Here is a sampling of this years ~space~

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Single Ladies Isabelle Gillman

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“Single Ladies” is arguably one of the most iconic songs of Beyoncé’s career. The song serves simultaneously as a call to action to all the single women and a warning to men in relationships to “put a ring on it” in order to keep their significant others. The lyrics tell the story of Beyoncé’s struggle between being both an independent woman and a woman in love seeking the assurance of marriage from her partner, in Beyoncé’s case, Jay-Z. This dichotomy is shown in the difference between the jumpy, game-like chorus and the almost desperate-sounding bridge. According to an interview with Essence magazine, however, Beyoncé stated that when she married Jay-Z in April 2008, she did not want an engagement ring, thus it can be safely assumed that she is singing as her alter ego “Sasha Fierce”.

But what makes the song so iconic may not even be the song itself; the music video for “Single Ladies”, directed by Jake Nava, is one of the most famous (and thus one of the most parodied) videos of all time. With over six hundred million views, it remains a mystery to both her fans and Kanye West she did not win the Best Female Video award at the 2009 VMAs, although, strangely enough, she

won Video of the Year. The video, which is entirely black and white, shows Beyoncé in a simple black leotard with two look alike backup dancers in front of a white background. With such simple composition, the video relies almost entirely on choreography.

The choreography was inspired by a dance from the Ed Sullivan show, and looks almost like something that would be done on Broadway, potentially pointing to the outdated yet societally expected notion of a ring to symbolize love and devotion. Beyoncé additionally wears a metal hand accessory that climbs up her ring finger, portraying a modernized, warlike version of the traditional engagement ring. Furthermore, the black and white brings a classic quality to the visuals, but can also serve as a physicalization of the “Yes or No” answer to a proposal.

There is a point in the music video that Beyoncé manipulates the space she is in by climbing up a platform which perfectly blends with the wall, which reaffirms the image she has created for herself: that of the invincible, immortal Queen Bey.

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Grace Macarthur parents home. alone. why did you draw the lying line between our lips?

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Art by Mikki Janower

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-Claire Wild

Dear Prof. Mike Brown—The Man Who Killed Pluto Hannah Richter

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Pluto, hung up in deep space where nothing breathes not even the silence as it tries with heavy hands to crack apart the ice floes, while blue months cascade into a basin of blue years.

The stars don’t say much, flash their arms in bright arcs across a sky where wonder is a renewable resource.

Pluto sends love letters to Jupiter— stripped of a return address, may never read her cursive tercets.

Slow wedding to sorrow, empty gallery of ice sculptures, camped on the bank of vacant sky Music can only travel so far before it encounters a black hole.

Songs don’t belong to drifting relics of a threadbare grandeur.

Cleft left in every spinning mobile above every baby’s crib long telephone wires can’t stretch across a galaxy, though Pluto leaves slow voicemails for the sun— forgotten poems woven of snow and dark Pluto only has these two metaphors at its disposal

Translations of textbooks have since omitted the name.

After Neptune there is a profound nothing, void of spectators, only specters break bread in this corner of the galaxy. Pluto ceased casting out letters and instead keeps them on a shelf in Ice Floe Sector 486, pages creased, soft from being folded and unfolded so many times.

When planets lose their thrones, it is noiseless— Anonymous rock inscribes the myth of itself on its own moon.

Telescopes witness this waxing vandalism.

Ink distilled from shade, from the shadows of planets with names heavy enough to arrest light.

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