Kansas City News Blog

And we’re coming off the 10-at-10 block on Easy 104.7, your home for the best soft-rock hits of the '70s, '80s and today! We just heard from Mr. Kenny Loggins, found our “Lady” by the Little River Band, grokked T’Pau’s “Heart and Soul” and rounded off 10 straight commercial-free songs in a row with Stevie Nicks, who says, “Tell Me Lies.”

This is Flip Carlisle on KBEZ, and my wife wants a divorce. Coming up: “Drive,” by the Cars, some Neil Diamond and a listener request for Jim Croce, right here on KBEZ, Easy 104.7 – We make the workday go faster!™

The weekend’s coming up, and did you know that the Merriam Community Center at 5701 Merriam Drive in Kansas City, Kansas, hosts a barn dance on the second and fourth Saturday every month? Sounds like some good, clean fun to be had there. They’ll teach you how – it only takes a few minutes! Be there at 7 p.m. for the beginner’s class, and wear comfortable, rubber-soled shoes – no flip-flops, please. Guess that leaves out ol’ Lorene Carlisle, with her fat cankles and trashy footwear.

Comin’ up, we’ve got “The Queen of Hearts” herself, Juice Newton, and traffic on the nines, only on KBEZ.

But right now, if you’re the 20th caller, I’ve got – wait for it – Kenny G tickets! That’s right, Kansas City, Kenneth Gorelick, otherwise known as Kenny G, America’s smooooo-ooooothest soprano saxaphonist, is coming to the Ameristar Casino at 8201 Northeast Birmingham Road on Saturday the 8th. That show gets under way at 7 p.m. My wife scored two tickets from a friend at work -- the one she calls when she thinks I'm listening to Harry Chapin -- which I stole from her purse on my way out the door this morning. They can be yours, courtesy of yours truly, Flip Carlisle, if you’re the 20th caller. And ladies, beware: The Flipper is back on the prowl after – count ‘em! – 23 soul-sucking years of emotional abuse and silent retribution.

We’ve got an e-mail from listener Laurie Dickenson, who says she’s listening at work. Thanks for listening, Laurie. I've been tested, and I'm totally clean.

Lyle Renfro at American Title Insurance dropped us an e-mail, and he says he wants to hear “Summer Breeze,” by our old friends Seals and Crofts. We’ve got that coming up along with some Gordon Lightfoot, Gerry Rafferty and – just maybe – “Looks Like We Made It,” by Mr. Barry Manilow. That one’s going out to you, Lorene, you icy bitch. Enjoy your weekend in New England with Steve from the office.

Hey! Some excitement happening tonight at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 633 North 130th Street, as REO Speedwagon performs with Kansas and .38 Special. That show starts at 7 p.m., and tickets start at $19.50. Sounds like a good time.

Whoa! That sound you’re hearing in the background is my producer pounding on the studio door. Looks like maybe he disagrees with my appraisal that you’re an icy fucking bitch, Lorene. Lookin’ at the ol’ playlist, Benny Mardones is cued up, along with Boz Skaggs and Randy VanWarmer’s classic, “Just When I Needed You Most.”

Fuck all that! Right now, the Flipper, Flip Carlisle, has got another 10 commercial-free songs in a row, including Abscess, Unseen Horror and a deep cut from Napalm Death. But a little band out of the New York City death-grind scene called Brutal Truth kicks off this block with “Fucktoy,” off their Sounds of the Animal Kingdom LP. You heard it right here on KBEZ, Eeeeeeeee-easy 104.7 -- We make the workday go faster!™

-- Chris Packham