… in which we meet and greet the editor of The Deli Magazine – Kansas City, an online publication that serves our area by presenting news, reviews, .mp3s, photos, polls, and much more.  Michelle Bacon also happens to be the drummer for Deco Auto and Drew Black & Dirty Electric, the bassist for Dolls on Fire, and the woman who runs the online presence of The Mailbox.  Chris Haghirian celebrated his birthday this weekend so he won’t be joining us this time …

… or will he???

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The Flaming Lips – The Ego’s Last Stand
Deco Auto – I Shouldn’t Know
Hidden Pictures – Rainbow Records
Minden – Books
Samantha Clemons – Even The Happiness
Parts Of Speech – Cardio Mom
Thee Water MoccaSins – Diablo Diablo
The Wilders – V-8 Blues

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One of the concert events of 2012 took place this past weekend, as Liberty Hall celebrated its 100th anniversary in style by hosting The Flaming Lips for two sold-out shows.  Here are a few photos from the Thursday show – Friday’s concert was outstanding, no doubt, but it couldn’t have been any better than this:

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This week on The Deli Magazine – Kansas City:

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Check out this week’s edition of the Chevy Music Showcase, as Making Movies gets the spotlight.

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Summer is heating up, and the end of June has a lot of hot shows to offer the music lover:

Monday, June 25

  • Ruddy Swain/Run Little Rabbit/Tiny Horse at recordBar
  • Adam Lee & Dead Horse Sound Co./800 Mile Monday at Czar
  • Scissor Sisters/Rye Rye  at Crossroads behind Grinders
  • The English Beat/The Latenight Callers at Knuckleheads
  • Robert Francis at The Riot Room

Tuesday, June 26

  • Dsoedean/Estocar/Folkicide at recordBar
  • Roots in Stereo/Arm the Poor/Curious Volume at The Riot Room

Wednesday, June 27

  • Quiet Corral before The Royals game *at noon* at Kauffman Stadium
  • Buddy Guy/Jonny Lang/Quinn Sullivan at Uptown
  • Def Leppard/Poison/Lita Ford at Sprint
  • Rusted Root/Brother Bagman at Knuckleheads

Thursday, June 28

  • Medicine Theory/Egomaniacs/Bad Caps at recordBar
  • The Devil’s Marmalade/the Burning Tide/Sage n Sour at Davey’s

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Friday, June 29

CHRIS HAGHIRIAN BIRTHDAY BASH at RECORDBAR:
Oriole Post/Olassa @ 7
Hearts of Darkness/Stephen Paul Smoker/She’s a Keeper/Georgia Gordon @ 9
(tickets available for each show or for both sets combined)
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  • The Devil’s Marmalade/the Burning Tide/Sage n Sour at Davey’s
  • K.FLAY at The Riot Room
  • Mike Dillon Band at The Brick
  • Nuthatch-47/The Lucky at Coda
  • Trevor Hall/Justin Young at The Granada

Saturday, June 30

  • Soft Reeds/Radkey/The Quivers/Drop A Grand at recordBar
  • Reverend Horton Heat/Lucero/Mountain Sprout at Crossroads behind Grinders
  • The Rocketboys/From Indian Lakes/The Atlantic/Bears and Company at Czar
  • The Wilders at Knuckleheads

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Michael Byars
Michael Byars has hosted the podcast "The Mailbox" since May of 2008. In his spare time you might find him looking for some good live music, particularly at a certain bar that has lots of records.