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Juneau’s premier dance party phenomenon, Alaskan Scorcher, is returning to the Alaskan Bar tonight from 10:00 till last call, and they’ve got a special surprise just for KXLL listener!

Do you remember Scorcher’s Greatests Hits? Well get ready for Volume 2. The Scorcher dudes have 100 copies to dish out, first come, first serve. The compilation consists of Jerry and Todd’s favorite songs, handpicked Scorcher-style.

Tonight is also the homecoming of DJ Doctor DJ who’s come straight from Houston to bring down the house. Expect new music and new moves – no bluegrass allowed, only Bollywood-ska-rocksteady-soul goodness.

Looking to switch things up from the Haines Fair this year? Sitka’s Homeskillet music festival hosted by Homeskillet Records  brings acts from all over southeast Alaska and the northwest including hip hop and electronic  music.

“Flying in up to 20 musicians and housing them is no small task,” said Homeskillet Festival director, promoter and curator, Nicholas Galanin, “It’s a challenge to host in this community, particularly with finding venues.” After years as an outdoor event, the music is moving inside to Sitka’s Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall.

Though the festival imports “Lower 48” artists, it makes a point of showcasing southeast Alaska talent too including the Wool Pullers, Diatribe NW, Silver Jackson, Strumming Dog, Terri Tibett and Mark Sixbe .

Juneau singer-songwriter Nicole Church is performing at the festival for her third time and looks forward to the event each year. “Hip hop, folk, blues, just all of these different types of music brought together for one weekend and the collaborations are amazing,” said Church. “Just being able to interact with every other musician is really unique to the festival.”

A new addition this year is the musician and visual artist Chocolate Chuck who will be doing video visual work throughout the festival and performing with Seattle based musician Ocnotes.

Headliners include Kingdom Crumbs, Iskaa Dhaaf, Breathe Owl Breathe, Katie Kate, Ocnotes & Chocolate Chuck, Hanna Leess, but Galanin assures the whole lineup will be amazing.

Tickets are $25 for each night, and this year they’re putting a cap on the number available. Find them on the Homeskillet website for special $45 for both July 26^th and 27^th. Children under 10 are free.

We had a really exciting morning at here KTOO . At about 10:40 a slight burning smell started filtering into our offices and the KXLL studio. It wasn’t long before the fire alarm went off and we were standing around the outside lot wondering when it would be appropriate to call 9-11. Luckily, we didn’t have to wait that long  – but next time there’s a drill or real fire I’m popping these songs into the lineup.

Burning Down the House – Talking Heads

David Byrne encourages you to burn in style and “Hold tight, wait ’till the party’s over.” Great advice.
Disco Inferno – The Tramps

Depending on how you feel about your workplace, a disco dance party might be appropriate.
Fire – Jimi Hendrix

Jimi only has one burning desire and you should too, evacuate the building.
Light My Fire – The Doors

Since you can’t do real work – think about the dreamy Jim Morrison while waiting out the fire.  This is his notorious performance on the Ed Sullivan show. He says “higher” at 1:50.
Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash

Love, like whatever flowed through our ventilation system, is a burning thing. Johnny cash knows it.

 

Let your drive home burn up on Annie on the Spot today at 4:00 where you will hear all these songs.

Sometimes at KTOO, your assistant finance director is your best lede for hip hop releases. Juneau-Portland duo Sean Lindsay and Evan Simko will be on Annie on the Spot to talk about their new EP “Current” which was officially released on July 1st. “Current” is available for free download now on their bandcamp page, but if you still have a cd player you can get a physical copy for a donation while the boys are in town.

If you have questions for  evv’n’flo or Momentum = mv email me at annie@ktoo.org. I have some questions of my own, but I’ll save them for the radio. Tune in at 4:00.

 

When my boss asked me to produce a news story about DJ Astronomar my first thought was how am I gonna explain hip hop to the Morning Edition audience?

With our news listeners in mind, I asked  local expert TJ Cramer, better known as Manner,  to explain what hip hop is and help me out with the terminology of the trade. Manner helps organize the Word 2 the Wize hip hop battles around southeast Alaska and performs with Diatribe NW and his new group Get on Down with Your Bad Self that is a collective of members from as far as Seattle.

Look for Manner at the upcoming event Mask and Glove happening at Rockwell on July 6th.

Today Jill Weitz will be on Annie on the Spot to discuss her event “Eat, Drink & Vote,” Alaska Top to Bottom’s final push to secure votes in the Outside Magazine Adventure Grant Competition happening tonight at the Hangar.  The team of Christina Vasquez, AJ Peters and Weitz is competing for $10,000 to support their idealized Alaskan adventure of hiking, biking, and paddling from Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Ocean back down to Juneau.

The group is roughly 300 votes down, and invites everyone to the Hangar tonight, to have dinner and vote for the team. Party starts at 6:00 and they have the upstairs reserved until 9:00.

Click here to vote for “Alaska Top to Bottom” and tune in at 4:45 to hear Jill on KXLL.