Southwest High School (Kansas City, Missouri)

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IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMINGS, PARADES, AND DANCES ARE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMINGS, PARADES, AND DANCES ARE IN THE AIR. PARADES, AND DANCES ARE IN THE AIR. THIS WEEK ON THE LOCAL SHOW, WE AIR. THIS WEEK ON THE LOCAL SHOW, WE HAVE A TALE OF THREE HIGH THIS WEEK ON THE LOCAL SHOW, WE HAVE A TALE OF THREE HIGH SCHOOL FOR YOU. HAVE A TALE OF THREE HIGH SCHOOL FOR YOU. IT'S A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE SCHOOL FOR YOU. IT'S A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE WHEN 50 YEARS AGO, ONE OF THE IT'S A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE WHEN 50 YEARS AGO, ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST PROMINENT NEWS WHEN 50 YEARS AGO, ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST PROMINENT NEWS MAGAZINES WAS NAMING THESE NATION'S MOST PROMINENT NEWS MAGAZINES WAS NAMING THESE SCHOOLS THE BEST PLACE TO BE MAGAZINES WAS NAMING THESE SCHOOLS THE BEST PLACE TO BE EDUCATED IN AMERICA AND ALL OF SCHOOLS THE BEST PLACE TO BE EDUCATED IN AMERICA AND ALL OF THEM RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN EDUCATED IN AMERICA AND ALL OF THEM RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN BACKYARD. THEM RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN BACKYARD. KCPT'S SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT BACKYARD. KCPT'S SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT SAM ZEFF TAKES US BACK TO THAT KCPT'S SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT SAM ZEFF TAKES US BACK TO THAT PIVOTAL YEAR WHEN "TIME" WAS SAM ZEFF TAKES US BACK TO THAT PIVOTAL YEAR WHEN "TIME" WAS TALKING ABOUT WE WERE DOING PIVOTAL YEAR WHEN "TIME" WAS TALKING ABOUT WE WERE DOING RIGHT. ś FIRST, LET'S GET YOU BACK TO 1957. FIRST, LET'S GET YOU BACK TO 1957. ś BLESS MY SOUL, WHAT'S WRONG 1957. ś BLESS MY SOUL, WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME ś ś BLESS MY SOUL, WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME ś ś I'M ITCHING LIKE A MAN ON A WITH ME ś ś I'M ITCHING LIKE A MAN ON A TREE ś ś I'M ITCHING LIKE A MAN ON A TREE ś ś MY FRIENDS SAY I'M WHITE AS A TREE ś ś MY FRIENDS SAY I'M WHITE AS A BUG ś ś MY FRIENDS SAY I'M WHITE AS A BUG ś ś I'M IN LOVE, I'M ALL SHOOK BUG ś ś I'M IN LOVE, I'M ALL SHOOK UP ś ś I'M IN LOVE, I'M ALL SHOOK UP ś ś YEAH YEAH YEAH UP ś ś YEAH YEAH YEAH ELVIS WAS ON WHB, THE A'S HAD ś YEAH YEAH YEAH ELVIS WAS ON WHB, THE A'S HAD JUST FINISHED THEIR SECOND ELVIS WAS ON WHB, THE A'S HAD JUST FINISHED THEIR SECOND SEASON IN KANSAS CITY. JUST FINISHED THEIR SECOND SEASON IN KANSAS CITY. NEWSWEEK WAS WORRIED WITH SEASON IN KANSAS CITY. NEWSWEEK WAS WORRIED WITH SPUTNIK AND TIME WAS OBSESSED NEWSWEEK WAS WORRIED WITH SPUTNIK AND TIME WAS OBSESSED OVER PRINCE PHILLIP. SPUTNIK AND TIME WAS OBSESSED OVER PRINCE PHILLIP. AND WHEN PEOPLE GOT A LITTLE OVER PRINCE PHILLIP. AND WHEN PEOPLE GOT A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THOSE OCTOBER 21st AND WHEN PEOPLE GOT A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THOSE OCTOBER 21st NEWS MAGAZINES, THEY SAW THIS: DEEPER INTO THOSE OCTOBER 21st NEWS MAGAZINES, THEY SAW THIS: THE FIRST EVER LIST OF THE BEST NEWS MAGAZINES, THEY SAW THIS: THE FIRST EVER LIST OF THE BEST HIGH SCHOOLS IN AMERICA. THE FIRST EVER LIST OF THE BEST HIGH SCHOOLS IN AMERICA. THERE WERE ONLY 38 OF THEM AND HIGH SCHOOLS IN AMERICA. THERE WERE ONLY 38 OF THEM AND THREE OF THEM FROM THIS AREA THERE WERE ONLY 38 OF THEM AND THREE OF THEM FROM THIS AREA MADE THE CUT. THREE OF THEM FROM THIS AREA MADE THE CUT. SOUTHWEST HIGH IN KANSAS CITY,S MADE THE CUT. SOUTHWEST HIGH IN KANSAS CITY,S TO PEEK YEAH HIGH SCHOOL, AND SOUTHWEST HIGH IN KANSAS CITY,S TO PEEK YEAH HIGH SCHOOL, AND SHAWNEE MISSION'S ONLY HIGH TO PEEK YEAH HIGH SCHOOL, AND SHAWNEE MISSION'S ONLY HIGH SCHOOL AT THE TIME. SHAWNEE MISSION'S ONLY HIGH SCHOOL AT THE TIME. IT WAS DEFINITELY AN AHA SCHOOL AT THE TIME. IT WAS DEFINITELY AN AHA MOMENT. IT WAS DEFINITELY AN AHA MOMENT. I'M NOT FROM THIS AREA, SO IT MOMENT. I'M NOT FROM THIS AREA, SO IT WAS NEWS TO ME. I'M NOT FROM THIS AREA, SO IT WAS NEWS TO ME. HE STUMBLED ACROSS THIS WAS NEWS TO ME. HE STUMBLED ACROSS THIS LITTLE KNOWN LIST WHILE HE STUMBLED ACROSS THIS LITTLE KNOWN LIST WHILE SEARCHING THE GROWTH OF SUBURBAN LITTLE KNOWN LIST WHILE SEARCHING THE GROWTH OF SUBURBAN SCHOOLS IN THE METRO. SEARCHING THE GROWTH OF SUBURBAN SCHOOLS IN THE METRO. HOW DID THESE SCHOOLS IN THE SCHOOLS IN THE METRO. HOW DID THESE SCHOOLS IN THE HUMBLE HEARTLAND GET SO GOOD? HOW DID THESE SCHOOLS IN THE HUMBLE HEARTLAND GET SO GOOD? WHAT DID THEY HAVE IN COMMON IF HUMBLE HEARTLAND GET SO GOOD? WHAT DID THEY HAVE IN COMMON IF AND WHAT ABOUT J.C. NICHOLL, THE WHAT DID THEY HAVE IN COMMON IF AND WHAT ABOUT J.C. NICHOLL, THE DEVELOP WHO IS BOTH FAMOUS AND AND WHAT ABOUT J.C. NICHOLL, THE DEVELOP WHO IS BOTH FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS HAVE TO DO WITH ANY OF DEVELOP WHO IS BOTH FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS HAVE TO DO WITH ANY OF THEM? INFAMOUS HAVE TO DO WITH ANY OF THEM? ALL IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, BUT THEM? ALL IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, BUT FIRST... ALL IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, BUT FIRST... ś WHB, KANSAS CITY, 710 FIRST... ś WHB, KANSAS CITY, 710 MORE MUSIC FROM BILLBOARD ś WHB, KANSAS CITY, 710 MORE MUSIC FROM BILLBOARD TOPS 1957 HITS. MORE MUSIC FROM BILLBOARD TOPS 1957 HITS. ś UP IN THE MORNING AND OUT TO TOPS 1957 HITS. ś UP IN THE MORNING AND OUT TO SCHOOL ś ś UP IN THE MORNING AND OUT TO SCHOOL ś ś THE TEACHER IS TEACHING THE SCHOOL ś ś THE TEACHER IS TEACHING THE GOLDEN RULE ś ś THE TEACHER IS TEACHING THE GOLDEN RULE ś I'M ALBERT SMITH. GOLDEN RULE ś I'M ALBERT SMITH. I WENT TO SHAWNEE MISSION, CLASS I'M ALBERT SMITH. I WENT TO SHAWNEE MISSION, CLASS OF '57. I WENT TO SHAWNEE MISSION, CLASS OF '57. AND A LITTLE ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF '57. AND A LITTLE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO WENT TO THESE SCHOOLS. AND A LITTLE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO WENT TO THESE SCHOOLS. ALBERT SMITH RAN CROSS-COUNTRY WHO WENT TO THESE SCHOOLS. ALBERT SMITH RAN CROSS-COUNTRY AT SHAWNEE MISSION, WAS ON THE ALBERT SMITH RAN CROSS-COUNTRY AT SHAWNEE MISSION, WAS ON THE DEBATE TEAM, AND WENT ON TO AT SHAWNEE MISSION, WAS ON THE DEBATE TEAM, AND WENT ON TO BECOME A PEDIATRICIAN. DEBATE TEAM, AND WENT ON TO BECOME A PEDIATRICIAN. FROM 1922 TO 1958, SHAWNEE BECOME A PEDIATRICIAN. FROM 1922 TO 1958, SHAWNEE MISSION WAS THE ONLY HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1922 TO 1958, SHAWNEE MISSION WAS THE ONLY HIGH SCHOOL IN NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY. MISSION WAS THE ONLY HIGH SCHOOL IN NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY. IT DREW EVERYONE FROM FARM KIDS IN NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY. IT DREW EVERYONE FROM FARM KIDS IN RURAL SHAWNEE TO THE VERY IT DREW EVERYONE FROM FARM KIDS IN RURAL SHAWNEE TO THE VERY WEALTHY FROM MISSION HILLS. IN RURAL SHAWNEE TO THE VERY WEALTHY FROM MISSION HILLS. MRS. WHITE, WHO WAS AN WEALTHY FROM MISSION HILLS. MRS. WHITE, WHO WAS AN ENGLISH TEACHER, AND REALLY MRS. WHITE, WHO WAS AN ENGLISH TEACHER, AND REALLY PREPARED ALL OF US THAT HAD HER ENGLISH TEACHER, AND REALLY PREPARED ALL OF US THAT HAD HER CLASS EXTREMELY WELL FOR PREPARED ALL OF US THAT HAD HER CLASS EXTREMELY WELL FOR COLLEGE. CLASS EXTREMELY WELL FOR COLLEGE. BUT WE REALLY LIKED IT WHEN SHE COLLEGE. BUT WE REALLY LIKED IT WHEN SHE WOULD SIT ON THE EDGE OF THE BUT WE REALLY LIKED IT WHEN SHE WOULD SIT ON THE EDGE OF THE DESK AND KIND OF LEAN BACK. WOULD SIT ON THE EDGE OF THE DESK AND KIND OF LEAN BACK. AND THEN THERE'S ED AND JOYCE DESK AND KIND OF LEAN BACK. AND THEN THERE'S ED AND JOYCE ALBERG FROM TOPEKA HIGH. AND THEN THERE'S ED AND JOYCE ALBERG FROM TOPEKA HIGH. ED AND I WERE FORTUNATE ALBERG FROM TOPEKA HIGH. ED AND I WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE TWO OF THE EIGHT ED AND I WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE TWO OF THE EIGHT MOST OUTSTANDING SENIORS FROM ENOUGH TO BE TWO OF THE EIGHT MOST OUTSTANDING SENIORS FROM THE CLASS OF 1957. MOST OUTSTANDING SENIORS FROM THE CLASS OF 1957. NOW, THIS IS A TRUE '50s THE CLASS OF 1957. NOW, THIS IS A TRUE '50s STORY. NOW, THIS IS A TRUE '50s STORY. JOYCE WAS HOMECOMING QUEEN, ED STORY. JOYCE WAS HOMECOMING QUEEN, ED STARRED IN FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, JOYCE WAS HOMECOMING QUEEN, ED STARRED IN FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, AND BASEBALL. STARRED IN FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, AND BASEBALL. TOPEKA HIGH WAS THE ONLY HIGH AND BASEBALL. TOPEKA HIGH WAS THE ONLY HIGH SCHOOL WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI TOPEKA HIGH WAS THE ONLY HIGH SCHOOL WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI WHEN IT OPENED? SCHOOL WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI WHEN IT OPENED? 1931. WHEN IT OPENED? 1931. IT HAD STAINED GLASS WINDOWS, AT 1931. IT HAD STAINED GLASS WINDOWS, AT GALLERIES AND A 1700-SEAT IT HAD STAINED GLASS WINDOWS, AT GALLERIES AND A 1700-SEAT AUDITORIUM. GALLERIES AND A 1700-SEAT AUDITORIUM. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD AN AUDITORIUM. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A SCHOOL HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A SCHOOL THAT HAD AN ENORMOUS FIREPLACE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A SCHOOL THAT HAD AN ENORMOUS FIREPLACE IN THE LIBRARY. THAT HAD AN ENORMOUS FIREPLACE IN THE LIBRARY. IT HAS A BALCONY. IN THE LIBRARY. IT HAS A BALCONY. THERE'S A FIREPLACE IN THE IT HAS A BALCONY. THERE'S A FIREPLACE IN THE CAFETERIA WHERE YOU EAT. THERE'S A FIREPLACE IN THE CAFETERIA WHERE YOU EAT. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WE HAD CAFETERIA WHERE YOU EAT. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WE HAD THE BEST CAFETERIA THERE WAS IN I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WE HAD THE BEST CAFETERIA THERE WAS IN THE STATE AS FAR AS I'M THE BEST CAFETERIA THERE WAS IN THE STATE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE IT WAS THE STATE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE IT WAS WONDERFUL FOOD. CONCERNED BECAUSE IT WAS WONDERFUL FOOD. AND THE AVERAGE COST WAS 39 WONDERFUL FOOD. AND THE AVERAGE COST WAS 39 CENTS FOR AN AVERAGE MEAL. AND THE AVERAGE COST WAS 39 CENTS FOR AN AVERAGE MEAL. NOT MINE. CENTS FOR AN AVERAGE MEAL. NOT MINE. WELL, A NORMAL PERSON'S MEAL. NOT MINE. WELL, A NORMAL PERSON'S MEAL. [ LAUGHTER ] WELL, A NORMAL PERSON'S MEAL. [ LAUGHTER ] AND THEN, THERE'S THE [ LAUGHTER ] AND THEN, THERE'S THE LEGENDARY SOUTHWEST HIGH IN AND THEN, THERE'S THE LEGENDARY SOUTHWEST HIGH IN KANSAS CITY. LEGENDARY SOUTHWEST HIGH IN KANSAS CITY. IT WAS, IN THE MEMORIES OF KANSAS CITY. IT WAS, IN THE MEMORIES OF THOSE OF US WHO WENT THERE, IT IT WAS, IN THE MEMORIES OF THOSE OF US WHO WENT THERE, IT WAS MORE LIKE CAMELOT. THOSE OF US WHO WENT THERE, IT WAS MORE LIKE CAMELOT. WHEN YOU WANT TO KNOW WAS MORE LIKE CAMELOT. WHEN YOU WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT SOUTHWEST, ED WHEN YOU WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT SOUTHWEST, ED METHENEY IS THE MAN YOU GO TO. SOMETHING ABOUT SOUTHWEST, ED METHENEY IS THE MAN YOU GO TO. A MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 1940, METHENEY IS THE MAN YOU GO TO. A MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 1940, HE'S WRITTEN TWO BOOKS FROM THE A MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 1940, HE'S WRITTEN TWO BOOKS FROM THE SCHOOL. HE'S WRITTEN TWO BOOKS FROM THE SCHOOL. HE STARRED IN BASKETBALL, IS IN SCHOOL. HE STARRED IN BASKETBALL, IS IN THE SCHOOL'S HALL OF FAME AND HE STARRED IN BASKETBALL, IS IN THE SCHOOL'S HALL OF FAME AND WOULD BE BACK IN THE DISTRICT AT THE SCHOOL'S HALL OF FAME AND WOULD BE BACK IN THE DISTRICT AT A CRUCIAL TIME. WOULD BE BACK IN THE DISTRICT AT A CRUCIAL TIME. BUT FOR NOW, LET'S ANSWER THE A CRUCIAL TIME. BUT FOR NOW, LET'S ANSWER THE QUESTION, WHAT SETS THESE HIGH BUT FOR NOW, LET'S ANSWER THE QUESTION, WHAT SETS THESE HIGH SCHOOLS APART FROM THE OTHER QUESTION, WHAT SETS THESE HIGH SCHOOLS APART FROM THE OTHER 30,000 IN AMERICA IN 1957? SCHOOLS APART FROM THE OTHER 30,000 IN AMERICA IN 1957? THE PARENTS IN THAT AREA ARE 30,000 IN AMERICA IN 1957? THE PARENTS IN THAT AREA ARE HIGHLY EDUCATED. THE PARENTS IN THAT AREA ARE HIGHLY EDUCATED. THEY HAD NOT JUST BEEN TO HIGHLY EDUCATED. THEY HAD NOT JUST BEEN TO COLLEGE, THEY HAD BEEN TO THE THEY HAD NOT JUST BEEN TO COLLEGE, THEY HAD BEEN TO THE BEST COLLEGES, SO THEY ARE COLLEGE, THEY HAD BEEN TO THE BEST COLLEGES, SO THEY ARE KEEPING TRACK OF WHERE THE BEST COLLEGES, SO THEY ARE KEEPING TRACK OF WHERE THE TEACHERS ARE COMING FROM. KEEPING TRACK OF WHERE THE TEACHERS ARE COMING FROM. SO SOUTHWEST WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL TEACHERS ARE COMING FROM. SO SOUTHWEST WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN RECRUITING HIGHLY SKILLED AND SO SOUTHWEST WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN RECRUITING HIGHLY SKILLED AND CAPABLE, VERY WELL CREDENTIALED IN RECRUITING HIGHLY SKILLED AND CAPABLE, VERY WELL CREDENTIALED FACULTY. CAPABLE, VERY WELL CREDENTIALED FACULTY. THIS IS TRUE AS WELL IN FACULTY. THIS IS TRUE AS WELL IN TOPEKA WHERE STATE GOVERNMENT, THIS IS TRUE AS WELL IN TOPEKA WHERE STATE GOVERNMENT, WASHBURN UNIVERSITY, AND THE MEN TOPEKA WHERE STATE GOVERNMENT, WASHBURN UNIVERSITY, AND THE MEN NEGATIVE GER FOUNDATION ALL -- WASHBURN UNIVERSITY, AND THE MEN NEGATIVE GER FOUNDATION ALL -- MENEGER FOUNDATION ALL ATTRACT NEGATIVE GER FOUNDATION ALL -- MENEGER FOUNDATION ALL ATTRACT TEACHERS WITH THE BEST DEGREES. MENEGER FOUNDATION ALL ATTRACT TEACHERS WITH THE BEST DEGREES. BUT THAT POOL OF EDUCATED TEACHERS WITH THE BEST DEGREES. BUT THAT POOL OF EDUCATED PARENTS THAT HELPED PROPEL BUT THAT POOL OF EDUCATED PARENTS THAT HELPED PROPEL SHAWNEE MISSION TO THE TOP, PARENTS THAT HELPED PROPEL SHAWNEE MISSION TO THE TOP, THAT'S THE RESULT OF A BUSINESS SHAWNEE MISSION TO THE TOP, THAT'S THE RESULT OF A BUSINESS DECISION. THAT'S THE RESULT OF A BUSINESS DECISION. IF THERE'S NO J.C. NICHOLS, DECISION. IF THERE'S NO J.C. NICHOLS, IS THERE NO SUPERSTAR SHAWNEE IF THERE'S NO J.C. NICHOLS, IS THERE NO SUPERSTAR SHAWNEE MISSION HIGH SCHOOL? IS THERE NO SUPERSTAR SHAWNEE MISSION HIGH SCHOOL? HE ADDS A LOT TO THE MISSION HIGH SCHOOL? HE ADDS A LOT TO THE EQUATION, HE DEFINITELY DOES. HE ADDS A LOT TO THE EQUATION, HE DEFINITELY DOES. HIS DECISION TO CROSS THE STATE EQUATION, HE DEFINITELY DOES. HIS DECISION TO CROSS THE STATE LINE AND TO BUILD IN KANSAS WAS HIS DECISION TO CROSS THE STATE LINE AND TO BUILD IN KANSAS WAS MONUMENTAL FOR THE WHOLE METRO LINE AND TO BUILD IN KANSAS WAS MONUMENTAL FOR THE WHOLE METRO AREA. MONUMENTAL FOR THE WHOLE METRO AREA. IF HE HAD GONE EAST RATHER THAN AREA. IF HE HAD GONE EAST RATHER THAN WEST, THE STORY MIGHT BE IF HE HAD GONE EAST RATHER THAN WEST, THE STORY MIGHT BE DIFFERENT. WEST, THE STORY MIGHT BE DIFFERENT. NICHOLS DEVELOPS MISSION DIFFERENT. NICHOLS DEVELOPS MISSION HILLS, MISSION WOODS AND THEN NICHOLS DEVELOPS MISSION HILLS, MISSION WOODS AND THEN PRAIRIE VILLAGE AND THEN PEOPLE HILLS, MISSION WOODS AND THEN PRAIRIE VILLAGE AND THEN PEOPLE COMING TO KANSAS CITY TO TAKE PRAIRIE VILLAGE AND THEN PEOPLE COMING TO KANSAS CITY TO TAKE WHITE COLLAR JOBS ARE MOVING COMING TO KANSAS CITY TO TAKE WHITE COLLAR JOBS ARE MOVING INTO JOBS IN COUNTY AND SHAWNEE WHITE COLLAR JOBS ARE MOVING INTO JOBS IN COUNTY AND SHAWNEE MISSION HIGH TAKES OFF. INTO JOBS IN COUNTY AND SHAWNEE MISSION HIGH TAKES OFF. IN 1957, THE DECLINE OF THE MISSION HIGH TAKES OFF. IN 1957, THE DECLINE OF THE KANSAS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS IN 1957, THE DECLINE OF THE KANSAS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ON THE HORIZON. KANSAS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ON THE HORIZON. FIRST THERE'S INTEGRATION AND ON THE HORIZON. FIRST THERE'S INTEGRATION AND THEN WHITE FLIGHT, BUT HE SAYS FIRST THERE'S INTEGRATION AND THEN WHITE FLIGHT, BUT HE SAYS NO ONE IN KANSAS CITY SAW THE THEN WHITE FLIGHT, BUT HE SAYS NO ONE IN KANSAS CITY SAW THE GROWTH OF SHAWNEE MISSION AND NO ONE IN KANSAS CITY SAW THE GROWTH OF SHAWNEE MISSION AND OTHER SUBURBAN DISTRICTS GROWTH OF SHAWNEE MISSION AND OTHER SUBURBAN DISTRICTS BARRELING RIGHT AT THEM. OTHER SUBURBAN DISTRICTS BARRELING RIGHT AT THEM. THE LEADERSHIP OF THE KANSAS BARRELING RIGHT AT THEM. THE LEADERSHIP OF THE KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THEY DIDN'T THE LEADERSHIP OF THE KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT THIS WAS GOING TO GO CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT THIS WAS GOING TO GO ON AND ON. THINK THAT THIS WAS GOING TO GO ON AND ON. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO ON AND ON. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO END, THAT STABILITY WAS GOING TO THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO END, THAT STABILITY WAS GOING TO RETURN. END, THAT STABILITY WAS GOING TO RETURN. SOUTHWEST HIGH GRADUATE ED RETURN. SOUTHWEST HIGH GRADUATE ED METHENEY HAD A FRONT-ROW SEAT TO SOUTHWEST HIGH GRADUATE ED METHENEY HAD A FRONT-ROW SEAT TO THE LOSS OF THAT STABILITY. METHENEY HAD A FRONT-ROW SEAT TO THE LOSS OF THAT STABILITY. AFTER HARVARD LAW, HE COMES THE LOSS OF THAT STABILITY. AFTER HARVARD LAW, HE COMES HOME, BECOMES A PROMINENT LAWYER AFTER HARVARD LAW, HE COMES HOME, BECOMES A PROMINENT LAWYER AND REPRESENTS THE KANSAS CITY HOME, BECOMES A PROMINENT LAWYER AND REPRESENTS THE KANSAS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE 1971 AND REPRESENTS THE KANSAS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE 1971 DESEG GREG GATION CASE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE 1971 DESEG GREG GATION CASE THAT HAUNTS THE DISTRICT RIGHT UP DESEG GREG GATION CASE THAT HAUNTS THE DISTRICT RIGHT UP UNTIL TODAY. HAUNTS THE DISTRICT RIGHT UP UNTIL TODAY. COULD ANYBODY EVEN POSSIBLY UNTIL TODAY. COULD ANYBODY EVEN POSSIBLY CONCEIVE OF THE COLLAPSE THAT COULD ANYBODY EVEN POSSIBLY CONCEIVE OF THE COLLAPSE THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BEFALL CONCEIVE OF THE COLLAPSE THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BEFALL SOUTHWEST? WOULD EVENTUALLY BEFALL SOUTHWEST? NOT AT THAT POINT. SOUTHWEST? NOT AT THAT POINT. NOT AT THAT POINT. NOT AT THAT POINT. NOT AT THAT POINT. ś DARLING, YOU SEND ME NOT AT THAT POINT. ś DARLING, YOU SEND ME TODAY, TOPEKA HIGH LOOKS MUCH ś DARLING, YOU SEND ME TODAY, TOPEKA HIGH LOOKS MUCH LIKE IT DID IN 1931. TODAY, TOPEKA HIGH LOOKS MUCH LIKE IT DID IN 1931. OCCASIONALLY SOME DISTRICT BURRO LIKE IT DID IN 1931. OCCASIONALLY SOME DISTRICT BURRO ACCURATES TRIES TO REPLACE -- OCCASIONALLY SOME DISTRICT BURRO ACCURATES TRIES TO REPLACE -- BUREAU ACCURATE TRIES TO REPLACE ACCURATES TRIES TO REPLACE -- BUREAU ACCURATE TRIES TO REPLACE BEAUTY WITH FUNCTION, BUT THE BUREAU ACCURATE TRIES TO REPLACE BEAUTY WITH FUNCTION, BUT THE ALUMNI BEAT THAT BACK. BEAUTY WITH FUNCTION, BUT THE ALUMNI BEAT THAT BACK. IN 1958, SHAWNEE MISSION'S ALUMNI BEAT THAT BACK. IN 1958, SHAWNEE MISSION'S DISTRICT ENROLLMENT PEAKED AND IN 1958, SHAWNEE MISSION'S DISTRICT ENROLLMENT PEAKED AND MANY EDUCATED PARENTS MOVING DISTRICT ENROLLMENT PEAKED AND MANY EDUCATED PARENTS MOVING FARTHER SOUTH TO BLUE VALLEY AND MANY EDUCATED PARENTS MOVING FARTHER SOUTH TO BLUE VALLEY AND OLATHE. FARTHER SOUTH TO BLUE VALLEY AND OLATHE. AS FOR SOUTHWEST, IT'S BATTLING OLATHE. AS FOR SOUTHWEST, IT'S BATTLING BACK. AS FOR SOUTHWEST, IT'S BATTLING BACK. FOR A TIME IT WAS A MAGNET BACK. FOR A TIME IT WAS A MAGNET SCHOOL, THEN A CHARTER SCHOOL, FOR A TIME IT WAS A MAGNET SCHOOL, THEN A CHARTER SCHOOL, AND THEN IT WAS CLOSED SCHOOL, THEN A CHARTER SCHOOL, AND THEN IT WAS CLOSED ALTOGETHER. AND THEN IT WAS CLOSED ALTOGETHER. IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL ALTOGETHER. IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL AGAIN AND ONCE AGAIN, AREA IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL AGAIN AND ONCE AGAIN, AREA PARENTS ARE DEEPLY INVOLVED, AGAIN AND ONCE AGAIN, AREA PARENTS ARE DEEPLY INVOLVED, TRYING TO RETURN IT TO ITS 1957 PARENTS ARE DEEPLY INVOLVED, TRYING TO RETURN IT TO ITS 1957 GLORY. TRYING TO RETURN IT TO ITS 1957 GLORY. NOW, HOW DID SCHOOLS MAKE THE GLORY. NOW, HOW DID SCHOOLS MAKE THE LIST? NOW, HOW DID SCHOOLS MAKE THE LIST? WELL, A SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT LIST? WELL, A SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT IN ILLINOIS WAS OVERSEEING THE WELL, A SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT IN ILLINOIS WAS OVERSEEING THE BUILDING OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN ILLINOIS WAS OVERSEEING THE BUILDING OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL AND HE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT MAKES BUILDING OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL AND HE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT MAKES A GREAT ONE, SO HE MADE A LIST AND HE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT MAKES A GREAT ONE, SO HE MADE A LIST OF HIGH SCHOOLS WITH THE MOST A GREAT ONE, SO HE MADE A LIST OF HIGH SCHOOLS WITH THE MOST NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR OF HIGH SCHOOLS WITH THE MOST NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR FINALISTS. NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR FINALISTS. BY THE WAY, IN 1966, "DATEBOOK FINALISTS. BY THE WAY, IN 1966, "DATEBOOK MAGAZINE" -- REMEMBER IT? -- BY THE WAY, IN 1966, "DATEBOOK MAGAZINE" -- REMEMBER IT? -- NAMED SOUTHWEST ONE OF THE 50 MAGAZINE" -- REMEMBER IT? -- NAMED SOUTHWEST ONE OF THE 50 GROOVIEST HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE NAMED SOUTHWEST ONE OF THE 50 GROOVIEST HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY. ś AND BIRD IS THE WORD AND, IN FACT, A LOT OF WORDS ABOUT BIRD AND BIRD IS THE WORD AND, IN FACT, A LOT OF WORDS ABOUT BIRD TUCKED INTO THE NEW BOOK, THE FACT, A LOT OF WORDS ABOUT BIRD TUCKED INTO THE NEW BOOK, THE LIVE AND MUSIC OF BIRD. TUCKED INTO THE NEW BOOK, THE LIVE AND MUSIC OF BIRD. CHARLIE PARKER AND THOSE WORDS, LIVE AND MUSIC OF BIRD. CHARLIE PARKER AND THOSE WORDS, YOU MIGHT KNOW HIM FROM THE CHARLIE PARKER AND THOSE WORDS, YOU MIGHT KNOW HIM FROM THE EVENINGS ON THE FISH FRYE ON YOU MIGHT KNOW HIM FROM THE EVENINGS ON THE FISH FRYE ON KCR, OR AT THE ARCHIVES WHERE EVENINGS ON THE FISH FRYE ON KCR, OR AT THE ARCHIVES WHERE HE'S GUARDING KANSAS CITY'S KCR, OR AT THE ARCHIVES WHERE HE'S GUARDING KANSAS CITY'S AUDIO FAST OR YOU MIGHT KNOW HIM HE'S GUARDING KANSAS CITY'S AUDIO FAST OR YOU MIGHT KNOW HIM JUST AS CHUCK HADDIX. AUDIO FAST OR YOU MIGHT KNOW HIM JUST AS CHUCK HADDIX. HE'S ALREADY WRITTEN ONE BOOK JUST AS CHUCK HADDIX. HE'S ALREADY WRITTEN ONE BOOK ABOUT MUSIC, BUT WHAT MAKES THIS HE'S ALREADY WRITTEN ONE BOOK ABOUT MUSIC, BUT WHAT MAKES THIS ONE DIFFERENT WITH CHARLIE ABOUT MUSIC, BUT WHAT MAKES THIS ONE DIFFERENT WITH CHARLIE PARKER? ONE DIFFERENT WITH CHARLIE PARKER? PREVIOUS GLOSSARIES HAVE PARKER? PREVIOUS GLOSSARIES HAVE GLOSSED OVER HIS LIFE IN KANSAS PREVIOUS GLOSSARIES HAVE GLOSSED OVER HIS LIFE IN KANSAS CITY. GLOSSED OVER HIS LIFE IN KANSAS CITY. HE LIVED IN KANSAS CITY FOR 21 CITY. HE LIVED IN KANSAS CITY FOR 21 YEARS AND HE DIED WHEN HE WAS 34 HE LIVED IN KANSAS CITY FOR 21 YEARS AND HE DIED WHEN HE WAS 34 YEARS OLD, SO THAT'S A MAJOR YEARS AND HE DIED WHEN HE WAS 34 YEARS OLD, SO THAT'S A MAJOR OMISSION OF SCHOLARSHIP, AND YEARS OLD, SO THAT'S A MAJOR OMISSION OF SCHOLARSHIP, AND BEING IN KANSAS CITY, I HAD OMISSION OF SCHOLARSHIP, AND BEING IN KANSAS CITY, I HAD ACCESS TO CHILDHOOD FRIENDS AND BEING IN KANSAS CITY, I HAD ACCESS TO CHILDHOOD FRIENDS AND ALSO THE KANSAS CITY CALL, WHICH ACCESS TO CHILDHOOD FRIENDS AND ALSO THE KANSAS CITY CALL, WHICH COVERED HIS CAREER, ACTUALLY, IN ALSO THE KANSAS CITY CALL, WHICH COVERED HIS CAREER, ACTUALLY, IN DETAIL. COVERED HIS CAREER, ACTUALLY, IN DETAIL. THERE'S SEVERAL WATERSHED DETAIL. THERE'S SEVERAL WATERSHED INCIDENTS ALSO THAT HAPPENED THERE'S SEVERAL WATERSHED INCIDENTS ALSO THAT HAPPENED HERE THAT SHADED -- SHAPED HIS INCIDENTS ALSO THAT HAPPENED HERE THAT SHADED -- SHAPED HIS CAREER. HERE THAT SHADED -- SHAPED HIS CAREER. THERE'S THE CYMBAL THROWING CAREER. THERE'S THE CYMBAL THROWING INCIDENT WHICH WE'VE ALL HEARD THERE'S THE CYMBAL THROWING INCIDENT WHICH WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT, BUT KIND OF ONE OF THOSE INCIDENT WHICH WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT, BUT KIND OF ONE OF THOSE GREAT JAZZ LEGENDS OF JOE JONES, ABOUT, BUT KIND OF ONE OF THOSE GREAT JAZZ LEGENDS OF JOE JONES, RIGHT? GREAT JAZZ LEGENDS OF JOE JONES, RIGHT? YEAH, HE WAS -- CHARLIE HUNG RIGHT? YEAH, HE WAS -- CHARLIE HUNG OUT BEHIND THE RENO CLUB AT 12th YEAH, HE WAS -- CHARLIE HUNG OUT BEHIND THE RENO CLUB AT 12th AND CHERRY, IRONICALLY RIGHT OUT BEHIND THE RENO CLUB AT 12th AND CHERRY, IRONICALLY RIGHT BEHIND THE POLICE STATION, AND AND CHERRY, IRONICALLY RIGHT BEHIND THE POLICE STATION, AND THEY HAD A JAM SESSION THERE BEHIND THE POLICE STATION, AND THEY HAD A JAM SESSION THERE THAT STARTED AT 4:00 IN THE THEY HAD A JAM SESSION THERE THAT STARTED AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING ON SUNDAY AND GO WOULD THAT STARTED AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING ON SUNDAY AND GO WOULD ALL DAY MONDAY, AND HE AND GENE MORNING ON SUNDAY AND GO WOULD ALL DAY MONDAY, AND HE AND GENE RAMIE WERE PARTICIPATING IN THE ALL DAY MONDAY, AND HE AND GENE RAMIE WERE PARTICIPATING IN THE JAM SESSION, SETTING IN, AND HE RAMIE WERE PARTICIPATING IN THE JAM SESSION, SETTING IN, AND HE WAS PLAYING HONEYSUCKLE ROSE AND JAM SESSION, SETTING IN, AND HE WAS PLAYING HONEYSUCKLE ROSE AND HE LOST HIS WAY, FORGOT THE WAS PLAYING HONEYSUCKLE ROSE AND HE LOST HIS WAY, FORGOT THE CHANGES. HE LOST HIS WAY, FORGOT THE CHANGES. AND SO JOE JONES THROUGH A CHANGES. AND SO JOE JONES THROUGH A CYMBAL AT HIS FEET TO SHOW HIS AND SO JOE JONES THROUGH A CYMBAL AT HIS FEET TO SHOW HIS DISPLEASURE, AND ACCORDING TO CYMBAL AT HIS FEET TO SHOW HIS DISPLEASURE, AND ACCORDING TO GENE RAMIE, HE SAID I'LL FIX DISPLEASURE, AND ACCORDING TO GENE RAMIE, HE SAID I'LL FIX THOSE CATS, HE'LL NEVER GET GENE RAMIE, HE SAID I'LL FIX THOSE CATS, HE'LL NEVER GET CAUGHT SHORT AGAIN. THOSE CATS, HE'LL NEVER GET CAUGHT SHORT AGAIN. THEN THAT NEXT FALL, ANOTHER CAUGHT SHORT AGAIN. THEN THAT NEXT FALL, ANOTHER WATERSHED INCIDENT OCCURRED. THEN THAT NEXT FALL, ANOTHER WATERSHED INCIDENT OCCURRED. HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO A GIG NEAR WATERSHED INCIDENT OCCURRED. HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO A GIG NEAR ELDON, MISSOURI, AT THE OZARK HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO A GIG NEAR ELDON, MISSOURI, AT THE OZARK TAVERN AND IT WAS THANKSGIVING ELDON, MISSOURI, AT THE OZARK TAVERN AND IT WAS THANKSGIVING DAY AND THERE WAS A WRECK AND TAVERN AND IT WAS THANKSGIVING DAY AND THERE WAS A WRECK AND THE CARS ROLLED OVER AND HE DAY AND THERE WAS A WRECK AND THE CARS ROLLED OVER AND HE BROKE HIS BACK AND ALSO BROKE THE CARS ROLLED OVER AND HE BROKE HIS BACK AND ALSO BROKE HIS RIBS. BROKE HIS BACK AND ALSO BROKE HIS RIBS. AND HE'D BEEN PLAYING A HIS RIBS. AND HE'D BEEN PLAYING A SAXOPHONE THAT WAS PRETTY BAD AND HE'D BEEN PLAYING A SAXOPHONE THAT WAS PRETTY BAD SHAPE, AND IT WASN'T UP TO SAXOPHONE THAT WAS PRETTY BAD SHAPE, AND IT WASN'T UP TO SNUFF, REALLY, SO HE GOT A NEW SHAPE, AND IT WASN'T UP TO SNUFF, REALLY, SO HE GOT A NEW HORN OUT OF THAT. SNUFF, REALLY, SO HE GOT A NEW HORN OUT OF THAT. AND THEN HE GOES TO THE OZARKS HORN OUT OF THAT. AND THEN HE GOES TO THE OZARKS THE NEXT SUMMER, SUMMER OF 1937, AND THEN HE GOES TO THE OZARKS THE NEXT SUMMER, SUMMER OF 1937, AND HE PLAYS AT MOOSER'S OZARK THE NEXT SUMMER, SUMMER OF 1937, AND HE PLAYS AT MOOSER'S OZARK TAVERN ALL SUMMER LONG WITH AND HE PLAYS AT MOOSER'S OZARK TAVERN ALL SUMMER LONG WITH GEORGE E. LEE'S BAND AND THEY TAVERN ALL SUMMER LONG WITH GEORGE E. LEE'S BAND AND THEY LEARNS ALL THE CHANGES, THE GEORGE E. LEE'S BAND AND THEY LEARNS ALL THE CHANGES, THE CHORD CHANGES, THE POP SONGS AND LEARNS ALL THE CHANGES, THE CHORD CHANGES, THE POP SONGS AND VERSIONS, AND LEARNED HOW TO CHORD CHANGES, THE POP SONGS AND VERSIONS, AND LEARNED HOW TO TAKE A SONG APART AND PUT IT VERSIONS, AND LEARNED HOW TO TAKE A SONG APART AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER ON THE BANDSTAND. TAKE A SONG APART AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER ON THE BANDSTAND. PUTTING THE SONGS BACK BACK TOGETHER ON THE BANDSTAND. PUTTING THE SONGS BACK TOGETHER CHANGED HIM ALL AROUND. PUTTING THE SONGS BACK TOGETHER CHANGED HIM ALL AROUND. IT WAS ULTIMATELY THE LEGEND OF TOGETHER CHANGED HIM ALL AROUND. IT WAS ULTIMATELY THE LEGEND OF CHARLIE PARKER, RIGHT? IT WAS ULTIMATELY THE LEGEND OF CHARLIE PARKER, RIGHT? OTHERWISE, HE'S JUST ANOTHER CHARLIE PARKER, RIGHT? OTHERWISE, HE'S JUST ANOTHER GOOD SAX PLAYER. OTHERWISE, HE'S JUST ANOTHER GOOD SAX PLAYER. HE WAS A BRILLIANT IMPROVISOR GOOD SAX PLAYER. HE WAS A BRILLIANT IMPROVISOR AND HE LIVED IN THE MOMENT AND HE WAS A BRILLIANT IMPROVISOR AND HE LIVED IN THE MOMENT AND THAT'S REFLECTED IN HIS MUSIC AND HE LIVED IN THE MOMENT AND THAT'S REFLECTED IN HIS MUSIC TOO. THAT'S REFLECTED IN HIS MUSIC TOO. HE WOULD DO THINGS LIKE HE WOULD TOO. HE WOULD DO THINGS LIKE HE WOULD QUOTE POPULAR SONGS OF HE WOULD DO THINGS LIKE HE WOULD QUOTE POPULAR SONGS OF STRAVINSKI, OF PRETTY YOUNG QUOTE POPULAR SONGS OF STRAVINSKI, OF PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN WALK IN A BAR AND HE WOULD STRAVINSKI, OF PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN WALK IN A BAR AND HE WOULD PLAY "A PRETTY GIRL IS LIKE A WOMAN WALK IN A BAR AND HE WOULD PLAY "A PRETTY GIRL IS LIKE A MELODY." PLAY "A PRETTY GIRL IS LIKE A MELODY." BUT HE'S A TRANSITIONAL FIGURE MELODY." BUT HE'S A TRANSITIONAL FIGURE LIKE MOZART. BUT HE'S A TRANSITIONAL FIGURE LIKE MOZART. THERE'S MUSIC BEFORE CHARLIE LIKE MOZART. THERE'S MUSIC BEFORE CHARLIE PARKER AND THERE'S MUSIC AFTER THERE'S MUSIC BEFORE CHARLIE PARKER AND THERE'S MUSIC AFTER CHARLIE PARKER. PARKER AND THERE'S MUSIC AFTER CHARLIE PARKER. HE WAS ACTUALLY PLAYING BEBOP IN CHARLIE PARKER. HE WAS ACTUALLY PLAYING BEBOP IN KANSAS CITY. HE WAS ACTUALLY PLAYING BEBOP IN KANSAS CITY. THAT'S SOMETHING NOT IN THE KANSAS CITY. THAT'S SOMETHING NOT IN THE HISTORY BOOKS. THAT'S SOMETHING NOT IN THE HISTORY BOOKS. NO, IT REALLY ISN'T, AND WE HISTORY BOOKS. NO, IT REALLY ISN'T, AND WE WERE ABLE -- THROUGH MY WORK AT NO, IT REALLY ISN'T, AND WE WERE ABLE -- THROUGH MY WORK AT THE SOUND ARCHIVE, I UNCOVERED A WERE ABLE -- THROUGH MY WORK AT THE SOUND ARCHIVE, I UNCOVERED A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN RECORDING OF THE SOUND ARCHIVE, I UNCOVERED A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN RECORDING OF CHARLIE PARKER PLAYING WITH JAY PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN RECORDING OF CHARLIE PARKER PLAYING WITH JAY McSHANN, AN INSTANTANEOUS CUT CHARLIE PARKER PLAYING WITH JAY McSHANN, AN INSTANTANEOUS CUT DISK THAT WAS RECORDED IN McSHANN, AN INSTANTANEOUS CUT DISK THAT WAS RECORDED IN FEBRUARY OF 1941 BEFORE HE MADE DISK THAT WAS RECORDED IN FEBRUARY OF 1941 BEFORE HE MADE HIS FIRST COMMERCIAL RECORDING FEBRUARY OF 1941 BEFORE HE MADE HIS FIRST COMMERCIAL RECORDING AND THEY'RE PLAYING "I'M GETTING HIS FIRST COMMERCIAL RECORDING AND THEY'RE PLAYING "I'M GETTING SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU," AND AND THEY'RE PLAYING "I'M GETTING SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU," AND CHARLIE PARKER JUST TAKES WING. SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU," AND CHARLIE PARKER JUST TAKES WING. THE INDIVIDUALS THAT I'VE HEARD CHARLIE PARKER JUST TAKES WING. THE INDIVIDUALS THAT I'VE HEARD SO FAR ARE JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THE INDIVIDUALS THAT I'VE HEARD SO FAR ARE JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THE PERFORMANCE. SO FAR ARE JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THE PERFORMANCE. HE WAS A FULLY FORMED MUSICIAN THE PERFORMANCE. HE WAS A FULLY FORMED MUSICIAN ALREADY PLAYING BEBOP BY THE HE WAS A FULLY FORMED MUSICIAN ALREADY PLAYING BEBOP BY THE TIME HE WENT TO THE SAVOY ALREADY PLAYING BEBOP BY THE TIME HE WENT TO THE SAVOY BALLROOM IN 1942, EARLY 1942. TIME HE WENT TO THE SAVOY BALLROOM IN 1942, EARLY 1942. NEW YORK USUALLY GETS THE BALLROOM IN 1942, EARLY 1942. NEW YORK USUALLY GETS THE CREDIT FOR MAKING HIM SOMETHING. NEW YORK USUALLY GETS THE CREDIT FOR MAKING HIM SOMETHING. YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH SAYING THAT'S CREDIT FOR MAKING HIM SOMETHING. YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH SAYING THAT'S NOT THE CASE. YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH SAYING THAT'S NOT THE CASE. THAT'S NOT THE CASE. NOT THE CASE. THAT'S NOT THE CASE. HE DID MAKE A MUSICAL THAT'S NOT THE CASE. HE DID MAKE A MUSICAL BREAKTHROUGH PLAYING AT DON HE DID MAKE A MUSICAL BREAKTHROUGH PLAYING AT DON WALL'S CHILI PARLOR AND HE HAD BREAKTHROUGH PLAYING AT DON WALL'S CHILI PARLOR AND HE HAD BEEN TRYING TO PLAY THESE WALL'S CHILI PARLOR AND HE HAD BEEN TRYING TO PLAY THESE CHANGES, WHAT HE HEARD IN HIS BEEN TRYING TO PLAY THESE CHANGES, WHAT HE HEARD IN HIS HEAD, AND HE MADE THAT CHANGES, WHAT HE HEARD IN HIS HEAD, AND HE MADE THAT BREAKTHROUGH THERE, BUT I CAME HEAD, AND HE MADE THAT BREAKTHROUGH THERE, BUT I CAME BACK TO KANSAS CITY AND THAT'S BREAKTHROUGH THERE, BUT I CAME BACK TO KANSAS CITY AND THAT'S ANOTHER WATERSHED INCIDENT IN BACK TO KANSAS CITY AND THAT'S ANOTHER WATERSHED INCIDENT IN HIS LIFE. ANOTHER WATERSHED INCIDENT IN HIS LIFE. AND OTHER BOOKS ALSO HAVE NOT HIS LIFE. AND OTHER BOOKS ALSO HAVE NOT EXPLORED HOW HIS ADDICTION AND AND OTHER BOOKS ALSO HAVE NOT EXPLORED HOW HIS ADDICTION AND HIS ALCOHOLISM AND STRUGGLE WITH EXPLORED HOW HIS ADDICTION AND HIS ALCOHOLISM AND STRUGGLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AFFECTED HIS HIS ALCOHOLISM AND STRUGGLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AFFECTED HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS WIFE AND MENTAL ILLNESS AFFECTED HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS WIFE AND ALSO HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER. RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS WIFE AND ALSO HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER. AND THOSE ADDICTIONED STARTED ALSO HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER. AND THOSE ADDICTIONED STARTED EARLY, AS YOU POINT OUT, AT 16. AND THOSE ADDICTIONED STARTED EARLY, AS YOU POINT OUT, AT 16. YEAH, HE WAS 16. EARLY, AS YOU POINT OUT, AT 16. YEAH, HE WAS 16. HE WAS IN THE WRECK ON HIS WAY YEAH, HE WAS 16. HE WAS IN THE WRECK ON HIS WAY TO MOOSER'S TAVERN AND THE HE WAS IN THE WRECK ON HIS WAY TO MOOSER'S TAVERN AND THE DOCTORS GAVE HIM HEROIN AND IN TO MOOSER'S TAVERN AND THE DOCTORS GAVE HIM HEROIN AND IN THOSE DAYS IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE DOCTORS GAVE HIM HEROIN AND IN THOSE DAYS IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE SAFER THAN MORPHINE AND HE GOT THOSE DAYS IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE SAFER THAN MORPHINE AND HE GOT ADDICTED AND STRUGGLED WITH IT SAFER THAN MORPHINE AND HE GOT ADDICTED AND STRUGGLED WITH IT THE REST OF HIS LIFE. ADDICTED AND STRUGGLED WITH IT THE REST OF HIS LIFE. WE SAW THE CHARLIE PARKER THE REST OF HIS LIFE. WE SAW THE CHARLIE PARKER HEAD, BEHIND YOU "BIRD LIVES," WE SAW THE CHARLIE PARKER HEAD, BEHIND YOU "BIRD LIVES," WHICH YOU RECOUNT AND I LIKE HEAD, BEHIND YOU "BIRD LIVES," WHICH YOU RECOUNT AND I LIKE READING ABOUT THE END OF HIS WHICH YOU RECOUNT AND I LIKE READING ABOUT THE END OF HIS LIFE THAT SORT OF BROUGHT ABOUT READING ABOUT THE END OF HIS LIFE THAT SORT OF BROUGHT ABOUT THIS BELIEF THAT HE WAS BIGGER LIFE THAT SORT OF BROUGHT ABOUT THIS BELIEF THAT HE WAS BIGGER THAN SOME PEOPLE EVEN REALIZED. THIS BELIEF THAT HE WAS BIGGER THAN SOME PEOPLE EVEN REALIZED. IT'S A STORY OF TRIUMPH AND THAN SOME PEOPLE EVEN REALIZED. IT'S A STORY OF TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY. IT'S A STORY OF TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HE RECEIVED TRAGEDY. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HE RECEIVED HIS FLOWERS WHEN HE WAS ALIVE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HE RECEIVED HIS FLOWERS WHEN HE WAS ALIVE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, HIS HIS FLOWERS WHEN HE WAS ALIVE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, HIS ADDICTIONS AND HIS -- HE WAS BUT UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, HIS ADDICTIONS AND HIS -- HE WAS FINE AS LONG AS HE WAS ABLE TO ADDICTIONS AND HIS -- HE WAS FINE AS LONG AS HE WAS ABLE TO DO HEROIN, BUT WHEN HE DIDN'T FINE AS LONG AS HE WAS ABLE TO DO HEROIN, BUT WHEN HE DIDN'T HAVE HEROIN AND WOULD DRINK, DO HEROIN, BUT WHEN HE DIDN'T HAVE HEROIN AND WOULD DRINK, THAT WOULD ALWAYS BE A PROBLEM HAVE HEROIN AND WOULD DRINK, THAT WOULD ALWAYS BE A PROBLEM FOR HIM. THAT WOULD ALWAYS BE A PROBLEM FOR HIM. IT'S LOADED WITH NEW INFORMATION FOR HIM. IT'S LOADED WITH NEW INFORMATION ABOUT BIRD. IT'S LOADED WITH NEW INFORMATION ABOUT BIRD. IT'S A FRESH TAKE ON BIRD'S ABOUT BIRD. IT'S A FRESH TAKE ON BIRD'S LIFE. IT'S A FRESH TAKE ON BIRD'S LIFE. THE REVIEWS HAVE BEEN JUST LIFE. THE REVIEWS HAVE BEEN JUST REALLY VERY -- I'M VERY THE REVIEWS HAVE BEEN JUST REALLY VERY -- I'M VERY ENCOURAGED. REALLY VERY -- I'M VERY ENCOURAGED. AS A GUY WHO PLAYS MUSIC ON ENCOURAGED. AS A GUY WHO PLAYS MUSIC ON THE RADIO AND, YOU KNOW, LIVES AS A GUY WHO PLAYS MUSIC ON THE RADIO AND, YOU KNOW, LIVES WITH THE SOUND ARCHIVES, HOW IS THE RADIO AND, YOU KNOW, LIVES WITH THE SOUND ARCHIVES, HOW IS IT TO GO -- HAVE TO POUND OUT, WITH THE SOUND ARCHIVES, HOW IS IT TO GO -- HAVE TO POUND OUT, YOU KNOW, PAGE AFTER PAGE, CHASE IT TO GO -- HAVE TO POUND OUT, YOU KNOW, PAGE AFTER PAGE, CHASE DOWN -- THERE'S A LOT OF YOU KNOW, PAGE AFTER PAGE, CHASE DOWN -- THERE'S A LOT OF FOOTNOTES IN HERE, SIR. DOWN -- THERE'S A LOT OF FOOTNOTES IN HERE, SIR. WELL, IT'S A SCHOLARLY FOOTNOTES IN HERE, SIR. WELL, IT'S A SCHOLARLY TREATMENT OF THE SUBJECT, BUT WELL, IT'S A SCHOLARLY TREATMENT OF THE SUBJECT, BUT IT'S READABLE. TREATMENT OF THE SUBJECT, BUT IT'S READABLE. MY PROBLEM IS I'M SO BUSY -- NOT IT'S READABLE. MY PROBLEM IS I'M SO BUSY -- NOT A PROBLEM, BUT I'M SO BUSY DOING MY PROBLEM IS I'M SO BUSY -- NOT A PROBLEM, BUT I'M SO BUSY DOING THE SOUND ARCHIVE AND DOING THE A PROBLEM, BUT I'M SO BUSY DOING THE SOUND ARCHIVE AND DOING THE FISH FRY, I HAVE TO FIND TIME TO THE SOUND ARCHIVE AND DOING THE FISH FRY, I HAVE TO FIND TIME TO WRITE, SO I END UP WRITING AT FISH FRY, I HAVE TO FIND TIME TO WRITE, SO I END UP WRITING AT NIGHT. WRITE, SO I END UP WRITING AT NIGHT. I'M A NIGHT OWL, SO I'LL STAY UP NIGHT. I'M A NIGHT OWL, SO I'LL STAY UP UNTIL 2:00 OR 3:00 IN THE I'M A NIGHT OWL, SO I'LL STAY UP UNTIL 2:00 OR 3:00 IN THE MORNING WRITING AND THE RESEARCH UNTIL 2:00 OR 3:00 IN THE MORNING WRITING AND THE RESEARCH I DO DURING THE COURSE OF THE MORNING WRITING AND THE RESEARCH I DO DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY, BUT THAT'S MY CHALLENGE, I DO DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY, BUT THAT'S MY CHALLENGE, FINDING THE TIME TO WRITE. DAY, BUT THAT'S MY CHALLENGE, FINDING THE TIME TO WRITE. IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION FINDING THE TIME TO WRITE. IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ONE OF THESE GREAT KANSAS IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ONE OF THESE GREAT KANSAS CITY LEGEND, I THINK IT'S ALL, ABOUT ONE OF THESE GREAT KANSAS CITY LEGEND, I THINK IT'S ALL, LIKE HE SAYS, TOLD IN AN CITY LEGEND, I THINK IT'S ALL, LIKE HE SAYS, TOLD IN AN INTERESTING AND SCHOLARLY WAY. LIKE HE SAYS, TOLD IN AN INTERESTING AND SCHOLARLY WAY. THE LIFE OF BIRD. INTERESTING AND SCHOLARLY WAY. THE LIFE OF BIRD. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THE LIFE OF BIRD. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SIT IN THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SIT IN WITH YOU. ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SIT IN WITH YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE AIR TIME. WITH YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE AIR TIME. FROM JAZZ NOW TO HIP-HOP. THANK YOU FOR THE AIR TIME. FROM JAZZ NOW TO HIP-HOP. NEXT ON THE LOCAL SHOW, WE TAKE FROM JAZZ NOW TO HIP-HOP. NEXT ON THE LOCAL SHOW, WE TAKE YOU INSIDE THE ENTREPRENEURIAL NEXT ON THE LOCAL SHOW, WE TAKE YOU INSIDE THE ENTREPRENEURIAL WORLD OF KANSAS CITY'S TECH YOU INSIDE THE ENTREPRENEURIAL WORLD OF KANSAS CITY'S TECH N9NE. WORLD OF KANSAS CITY'S TECH N9NE. WE KNEW HE SOLD LOTS AND LOTS OF N9NE. WE KNEW HE SOLD LOTS AND LOTS OF MUSIC, BUT HIS ENTERPRISE GOES WE KNEW HE SOLD LOTS AND LOTS OF MUSIC, BUT HIS ENTERPRISE GOES WELL BEYOND THAT. MUSIC, BUT HIS ENTERPRISE GOES WELL BEYOND THAT. ENOUGH TO CATCH THE ATTENTION OF WELL BEYOND THAT. ENOUGH TO CATCH THE ATTENTION OF "FORBES," ONE OF THE NATION'S ENOUGH TO CATCH THE ATTENTION OF "FORBES," ONE OF THE NATION'S FOREMOST BUSINESS MAGAZINES, "FORBES," ONE OF THE NATION'S FOREMOST BUSINESS MAGAZINES, WHICH SENT ONE OF ITS REPORTERS FOREMOST BUSINESS MAGAZINES, WHICH SENT ONE OF ITS REPORTERS TO THE METRO TO TOUR TECH N9NE'S WHICH SENT ONE OF ITS REPORTERS TO THE METRO TO TOUR TECH N9NE'S NOW SPRAWLING BUSINESS EMPIRE. TO THE METRO TO TOUR TECH N9NE'S NOW SPRAWLING BUSINESS EMPIRE. I FEEL LIKE I'M JUST THIS NOW SPRAWLING BUSINESS EMPIRE. I FEEL LIKE I'M JUST THIS GUY, THIS KID, IN THE BODY OR IN I FEEL LIKE I'M JUST THIS GUY, THIS KID, IN THE BODY OR IN THE BRAIN OF THIS DUDE WHO GUY, THIS KID, IN THE BODY OR IN THE BRAIN OF THIS DUDE WHO WRITES THIS CRAZY MUSIC. THE BRAIN OF THIS DUDE WHO WRITES THIS CRAZY MUSIC. AND THE TECH N9NE GUY HAS TAKEN WRITES THIS CRAZY MUSIC. AND THE TECH N9NE GUY HAS TAKEN ME ALL OVER THE WORLD. AND THE TECH N9NE GUY HAS TAKEN ME ALL OVER THE WORLD. I'M JUST READY TO GO, LIKE WHERE ME ALL OVER THE WORLD. I'M JUST READY TO GO, LIKE WHERE ARE WE GOING? I'M JUST READY TO GO, LIKE WHERE ARE WE GOING? OH, OKAY. ARE WE GOING? OH, OKAY. [ RAPPING ] ś OH, YEAH. OH, YEAH. OH, YEAH. OH, YEAH. LET'S DO IT. OH, YEAH. LET'S DO IT. OH, YEAH. LET'S DO IT. OH, YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE DID THE OH, YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE DID THE EMBOSSING ON IT, WE DID SPECIAL YOU KNOW, WE DID THE EMBOSSING ON IT, WE DID SPECIAL THINGS, A LOT DIFFERENT ABOUT US EMBOSSING ON IT, WE DID SPECIAL THINGS, A LOT DIFFERENT ABOUT US AND OTHER PEOPLE, THEY ACTUALLY THINGS, A LOT DIFFERENT ABOUT US AND OTHER PEOPLE, THEY ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THE PERCEPTION OF AND OTHER PEOPLE, THEY ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THE PERCEPTION OF WHAT IT IS WE DO, YOU KNOW WHAT CARE ABOUT THE PERCEPTION OF WHAT IT IS WE DO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WHAT IT IS WE DO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YOU GOT TO IT ALL THE MIDDLE I MEAN? YOU GOT TO IT ALL THE MIDDLE EAST ON HERE NOW. YOU GOT TO IT ALL THE MIDDLE EAST ON HERE NOW. WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE EUROPEAN EAST ON HERE NOW. WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE EUROPEAN ONES IN THERE. WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE EUROPEAN ONES IN THERE. I GOT TO UPDATE. ONES IN THERE. I GOT TO UPDATE. IT WILL BE WAY MORE THAN I GOT TO UPDATE. IT WILL BE WAY MORE THAN THAT. IT WILL BE WAY MORE THAN THAT. YEAH, YEAH, BEEN A LITTLE BIT THAT. YEAH, YEAH, BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYWHERE. YEAH, YEAH, BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYWHERE. A WHOLE LOT OF EVERYWHERE, OF EVERYWHERE. A WHOLE LOT OF EVERYWHERE, ACTUALLY. [ RAPPING ] LAST YEAR YOU MADE YOUR HIP-HOP CASH KINGS DEBUT AND YOU LAST YEAR YOU MADE YOUR HIP-HOP CASH KINGS DEBUT AND YOU WERE ON OUR LIST AHEAD OF LOTS HIP-HOP CASH KINGS DEBUT AND YOU WERE ON OUR LIST AHEAD OF LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE. WERE ON OUR LIST AHEAD OF LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE. YOU GOT UP THERE BY DOING IT ALL OF OTHER PEOPLE. YOU GOT UP THERE BY DOING IT ALL INDEPENDENTLY. YOU GOT UP THERE BY DOING IT ALL INDEPENDENTLY. CRAZY, CRAZY, CRAZY. INDEPENDENTLY. CRAZY, CRAZY, CRAZY. TELL ME HOW THAT WHOLE CRAZY, CRAZY, CRAZY. TELL ME HOW THAT WHOLE INDEPENDENT MINDSET STARTED OUT. TELL ME HOW THAT WHOLE INDEPENDENT MINDSET STARTED OUT. BEEN WITH THE MAJORS FOR A INDEPENDENT MINDSET STARTED OUT. BEEN WITH THE MAJORS FOR A LONG TIME AND MET TRAVIS O'GUIN BEEN WITH THE MAJORS FOR A LONG TIME AND MET TRAVIS O'GUIN MY PARTNER IN '99 AND HE LONG TIME AND MET TRAVIS O'GUIN MY PARTNER IN '99 AND HE APPROACHED ME, AND HE'S LIKE, MY PARTNER IN '99 AND HE APPROACHED ME, AND HE'S LIKE, HEY, TECH, I'M A BIG FAN OF YOUR APPROACHED ME, AND HE'S LIKE, HEY, TECH, I'M A BIG FAN OF YOUR MUSIC AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY I HEY, TECH, I'M A BIG FAN OF YOUR MUSIC AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY I SEE THESE PEOPLE ON TV AND MUSIC AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY I SEE THESE PEOPLE ON TV AND YOU'RE BETTER THAN THEM AND SEE THESE PEOPLE ON TV AND YOU'RE BETTER THAN THEM AND YOU'RE NOT ON TV OR RADIO. YOU'RE BETTER THAN THEM AND YOU'RE NOT ON TV OR RADIO. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET YOU? YOU'RE NOT ON TV OR RADIO. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET YOU? HE SAID IT TAKES A LOT. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET YOU? HE SAID IT TAKES A LOT. WELL, I HAVE A LOT AND I HAVE A HE SAID IT TAKES A LOT. WELL, I HAVE A LOT AND I HAVE A FURNITURE BUSINESS AND I MADE WELL, I HAVE A LOT AND I HAVE A FURNITURE BUSINESS AND I MADE MILLIONS DOING IT AND DO YOU FURNITURE BUSINESS AND I MADE MILLIONS DOING IT AND DO YOU WANT TO HOOK UP IN A MILLIONS DOING IT AND DO YOU WANT TO HOOK UP IN A PARTNERSHIP? WANT TO HOOK UP IN A PARTNERSHIP? AND I'M LIKE, YES, LOVE TO, YOU PARTNERSHIP? AND I'M LIKE, YES, LOVE TO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND I'M LIKE, YES, LOVE TO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND WE DID A 50-50 PARTNERSHIP KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND WE DID A 50-50 PARTNERSHIP OF STRANGE MUSIC AND IT WAS THE AND WE DID A 50-50 PARTNERSHIP OF STRANGE MUSIC AND IT WAS THE BEST MOVE I COULD MAKE. OF STRANGE MUSIC AND IT WAS THE BEST MOVE I COULD MAKE. HE TOOK THE IDEA I HAD IN MY BEST MOVE I COULD MAKE. HE TOOK THE IDEA I HAD IN MY HEAD, JUST MAKING THE STRANGE HE TOOK THE IDEA I HAD IN MY HEAD, JUST MAKING THE STRANGE MUSIC, LIKE I SAID I WANTED THE HEAD, JUST MAKING THE STRANGE MUSIC, LIKE I SAID I WANTED THE S TO BE A SNAKE AND I WANTED THE MUSIC, LIKE I SAID I WANTED THE S TO BE A SNAKE AND I WANTED THE BAT WINGS TO FORM THE N, YOU S TO BE A SNAKE AND I WANTED THE BAT WINGS TO FORM THE N, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? BAT WINGS TO FORM THE N, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? AND TRAVIS WAS SUCH A SHREWD KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? AND TRAVIS WAS SUCH A SHREWD BUSINESSMAN, HE TOOK THE IDEA AND TRAVIS WAS SUCH A SHREWD BUSINESSMAN, HE TOOK THE IDEA AND PUT IT EVERYWHERE. BUSINESSMAN, HE TOOK THE IDEA AND PUT IT EVERYWHERE. RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS BASED AND PUT IT EVERYWHERE. RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS BASED ON A SINGLE AND IF IT GOES ON RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS BASED ON A SINGLE AND IF IT GOES ON ROO, THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO ON A SINGLE AND IF IT GOES ON ROO, THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO JUDGE YOUR SUCCESS AND THAT'S ROO, THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO JUDGE YOUR SUCCESS AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE ONLY PART OF JUDGE YOUR SUCCESS AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE ONLY PART OF THIS. NOT NECESSARILY THE ONLY PART OF THIS. YOU CAN DO IT A LOT OF OTHER THIS. YOU CAN DO IT A LOT OF OTHER WAYS. YOU CAN DO IT A LOT OF OTHER WAYS. THIS ONE IS BRAND-NEW. WAYS. THIS ONE IS BRAND-NEW. LOOK, STRANGE MUSIC SAVED MY THIS ONE IS BRAND-NEW. LOOK, STRANGE MUSIC SAVED MY LIFE. LOOK, STRANGE MUSIC SAVED MY LIFE. YEAH, THERE YOU GO! LIFE. YEAH, THERE YOU GO! INSTEAD OF RUINED, YEAH! YEAH, THERE YOU GO! INSTEAD OF RUINED, YEAH! YOU CAN SEE WE DON'T FORGET INSTEAD OF RUINED, YEAH! YOU CAN SEE WE DON'T FORGET WHERE IT ALL STARTED AND WE KEEP YOU CAN SEE WE DON'T FORGET WHERE IT ALL STARTED AND WE KEEP DOING IT. WHERE IT ALL STARTED AND WE KEEP DOING IT. IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT. DOING IT. IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND MERCHANDISING VARIES, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND MERCHANDISING VARIES, BUT SOMETIMES WE'LL DO YOU BETTER AND MERCHANDISING VARIES, BUT SOMETIMES WE'LL DO YOU BETTER THAN THAT. SOMETIMES WE'LL DO YOU BETTER THAN THAT. SOME OF THIS STUFF IS FROM THAN THAT. SOME OF THIS STUFF IS FROM CHINA AND ALL THESE ARE BAGS AND SOME OF THIS STUFF IS FROM CHINA AND ALL THESE ARE BAGS AND BAGS OF THESE, BRAND-NEW DOG CHINA AND ALL THESE ARE BAGS AND BAGS OF THESE, BRAND-NEW DOG TAGS, WATER BOTTLES, BACKPACKS, BAGS OF THESE, BRAND-NEW DOG TAGS, WATER BOTTLES, BACKPACKS, SUNGLASSES. TAGS, WATER BOTTLES, BACKPACKS, SUNGLASSES. WHAT IS THIS. SUNGLASSES. WHAT IS THIS. A FLASK. WHAT IS THIS. A FLASK. STICKY NOTES, COASTERS, ALL A FLASK. STICKY NOTES, COASTERS, ALL OF THOSE ARE AUTO GRAPHED. STICKY NOTES, COASTERS, ALL OF THOSE ARE AUTO GRAPHED. HOW MUCH DO YOU GUYS DO? OF THOSE ARE AUTO GRAPHED. HOW MUCH DO YOU GUYS DO? REVENUE A YEAR JUST ON MERCH? HOW MUCH DO YOU GUYS DO? REVENUE A YEAR JUST ON MERCH? 6.1. REVENUE A YEAR JUST ON MERCH? 6.1. MILLION. 6.1. MILLION. YEAH. MILLION. YEAH. WOW. YEAH. WOW. THESE THREE DIFFERENT THINGS WOW. THESE THREE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE PARALLEL WITH US, THESE THREE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE PARALLEL WITH US, RIGHT? THAT ARE PARALLEL WITH US, RIGHT? MUSIC CELLS, MERCHANDISING, AND RIGHT? MUSIC CELLS, MERCHANDISING, AND TOURING. MUSIC CELLS, MERCHANDISING, AND TOURING. REALLY IT'S NO IN THAT ORDER. TOURING. REALLY IT'S NO IN THAT ORDER. MUSIC SALES, TOURING AND REALLY IT'S NO IN THAT ORDER. MUSIC SALES, TOURING AND MERCHANDISING AND THERE'S A MUSIC SALES, TOURING AND MERCHANDISING AND THERE'S A PARALLEL FOR THEM AS FAR AS MERCHANDISING AND THERE'S A PARALLEL FOR THEM AS FAR AS REVENUE AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL PARALLEL FOR THEM AS FAR AS REVENUE AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL THE OTHER THINGS SUCH AS REVENUE AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL THE OTHER THINGS SUCH AS SPONSORSHIPS. THE OTHER THINGS SUCH AS SPONSORSHIPS. WE ALIGN OURSELVES WITH BRANDS SPONSORSHIPS. WE ALIGN OURSELVES WITH BRANDS WE BELIEVE IN LIKE MONSTER. WE ALIGN OURSELVES WITH BRANDS WE BELIEVE IN LIKE MONSTER. MONSTER ENERGY IS ONE OF THE WE BELIEVE IN LIKE MONSTER. MONSTER ENERGY IS ONE OF THE ONLY DEALS. MONSTER ENERGY IS ONE OF THE ONLY DEALS. WE'VE BEEN APPROACHED TO DO A ONLY DEALS. WE'VE BEEN APPROACHED TO DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEALS, BUT THEY WE'VE BEEN APPROACHED TO DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEALS, BUT THEY DON'T MAKE SENSE TO US. LOT OF DIFFERENT DEALS, BUT THEY DON'T MAKE SENSE TO US. HEY, WE WANT TO DO THIS, HE DON'T MAKE SENSE TO US. HEY, WE WANT TO DO THIS, HE AIN'T GOING TO WEAR THEM DAMN HEY, WE WANT TO DO THIS, HE AIN'T GOING TO WEAR THEM DAMN SHOES. AIN'T GOING TO WEAR THEM DAMN SHOES. YES! SHOES. YES! OCTOBER TIME. YES! OCTOBER TIME. THAT'S THE -- I DIDN'T SEE OCTOBER TIME. THAT'S THE -- I DIDN'T SEE THESE. THAT'S THE -- I DIDN'T SEE THESE. THESE MUST HAVE CAME IN TODAY. THESE. THESE MUST HAVE CAME IN TODAY. WOW. THESE MUST HAVE CAME IN TODAY. WOW. I DON'T GET IN HIS WAY WOW. I DON'T GET IN HIS WAY CREATIVELY. I DON'T GET IN HIS WAY CREATIVELY. HE CAN DO ANYTHING AND CREATIVELY. HE CAN DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. HE CAN DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. YEAH. EVERYTHING. YEAH. SAY ANYTHING, DO ANYTHING. YEAH. SAY ANYTHING, DO ANYTHING. YEAH. SAY ANYTHING, DO ANYTHING. YEAH. I NEEDED THAT. YEAH. I NEEDED THAT. WE GOT ONE RULE. I NEEDED THAT. WE GOT ONE RULE. WE DON'T TALK ABOUT HURTING WE GOT ONE RULE. WE DON'T TALK ABOUT HURTING KIDS. WE DON'T TALK ABOUT HURTING KIDS. EXACTLY. KIDS. EXACTLY. THAT'S THE ONE RULE. [ RAPPING ] WHEN YOU PUT THIS ON A PERSON, ON A SHIRT OR A HAT, WHEN YOU PUT THIS ON A PERSON, ON A SHIRT OR A HAT, THEY BECOME WALKING BILLBOARDS, PERSON, ON A SHIRT OR A HAT, THEY BECOME WALKING BILLBOARDS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THEY BECOME WALKING BILLBOARDS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND CONVERSATION STARTS. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND CONVERSATION STARTS. WHAT'S THAT, YOU KNOW? AND CONVERSATION STARTS. WHAT'S THAT, YOU KNOW? THAT'S HOW YOU POLITIC THROUGH WHAT'S THAT, YOU KNOW? THAT'S HOW YOU POLITIC THROUGH HIP-HOP. THAT'S HOW YOU POLITIC THROUGH HIP-HOP. BUT ALL THESE THINGS, MAN, I HIP-HOP. BUT ALL THESE THINGS, MAN, I MEAN FROM -- THERE'S A BUT ALL THESE THINGS, MAN, I MEAN FROM -- THERE'S A 15-PASSENGER VAN TO -- WE MAY MEAN FROM -- THERE'S A 15-PASSENGER VAN TO -- WE MAY HAVE THREE TOURS GOING ON 15-PASSENGER VAN TO -- WE MAY HAVE THREE TOURS GOING ON STATEMENT THAT OVERLAP EACH HAVE THREE TOURS GOING ON STATEMENT THAT OVERLAP EACH OTHER. STATEMENT THAT OVERLAP EACH OTHER. WE TRY TO DO DIFFERENT PARTS OF OTHER. WE TRY TO DO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. WE TRY TO DO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. THIS TRAILER FITS 282 TOTES, THE COUNTRY. THIS TRAILER FITS 282 TOTES, 282 TOTES, 260 TOTES. THIS TRAILER FITS 282 TOTES, 282 TOTES, 260 TOTES. AND THIS ONE WILL FIT OVER 282 TOTES, 260 TOTES. AND THIS ONE WILL FIT OVER 300 TOTES, SO 1.7 MILLION IS THE AND THIS ONE WILL FIT OVER 300 TOTES, SO 1.7 MILLION IS THE AMOUNT OF RETAIL MERCHANDISE WE 300 TOTES, SO 1.7 MILLION IS THE AMOUNT OF RETAIL MERCHANDISE WE TOOK OUT JUST ON THE ONE TOUR. AMOUNT OF RETAIL MERCHANDISE WE TOOK OUT JUST ON THE ONE TOUR. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? TOOK OUT JUST ON THE ONE TOUR. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WOW. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WOW. AND YOU MOVED -- WOW. AND YOU MOVED -- WE REFILLED IT THREE TIMES. AND YOU MOVED -- WE REFILLED IT THREE TIMES. REALLY? WE REFILLED IT THREE TIMES. REALLY? THREE DIFFERENT REFILLS. REALLY? THREE DIFFERENT REFILLS. IT'S A LOT. THREE DIFFERENT REFILLS. IT'S A LOT. AND NOT ONLY THIS, ANOTHER THING IT'S A LOT. AND NOT ONLY THIS, ANOTHER THING THAT A LOT OF ACTS DO, THEY AND NOT ONLY THIS, ANOTHER THING THAT A LOT OF ACTS DO, THEY FORGET ABOUT -- THEY LEAVE A LOT THAT A LOT OF ACTS DO, THEY FORGET ABOUT -- THEY LEAVE A LOT OF MONEY ON THE TABLE. FORGET ABOUT -- THEY LEAVE A LOT OF MONEY ON THE TABLE. ESPECIALLY IN HIP-HOP BECAUSE OF MONEY ON THE TABLE. ESPECIALLY IN HIP-HOP BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT A GUARANTEE TO ESPECIALLY IN HIP-HOP BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT A GUARANTEE TO THEM. IT'S ALL ABOUT A GUARANTEE TO THEM. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THEM. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THEY GO AND, OH, WOW, IT'S A FLY YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THEY GO AND, OH, WOW, IT'S A FLY DAY OR THEY DON'T PUT TOGETHER THEY GO AND, OH, WOW, IT'S A FLY DAY OR THEY DON'T PUT TOGETHER EFFICIENT TOURING. DAY OR THEY DON'T PUT TOGETHER EFFICIENT TOURING. WE DO THINGS VERY, VERY DESIGNED EFFICIENT TOURING. WE DO THINGS VERY, VERY DESIGNED AND VERY INTENTIONAL AND WE DO WE DO THINGS VERY, VERY DESIGNED AND VERY INTENTIONAL AND WE DO THEM IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO AND VERY INTENTIONAL AND WE DO THEM IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO BRING THE MAXIMUM PROFITABILITY. [ RAPPING ] BACKSTAGE, 3500 PEOPLE COME SEE ME THERE AT THE SALTAIRE IN BACKSTAGE, 3500 PEOPLE COME SEE ME THERE AT THE SALTAIRE IN MAGNA, UTAH, AND THEY'RE ALL SEE ME THERE AT THE SALTAIRE IN MAGNA, UTAH, AND THEY'RE ALL SCREAMING, TECH N9NE, TECH N9NE. MAGNA, UTAH, AND THEY'RE ALL SCREAMING, TECH N9NE, TECH N9NE. AND TRAVIS CAME TO THAT SHOW AND SCREAMING, TECH N9NE, TECH N9NE. AND TRAVIS CAME TO THAT SHOW AND HE TAPPED ME ON THE SHOULDER AND AND TRAVIS CAME TO THAT SHOW AND HE TAPPED ME ON THE SHOULDER AND HE'S LIKE, THIS IS YOUR LIFE. HE TAPPED ME ON THE SHOULDER AND HE'S LIKE, THIS IS YOUR LIFE. I KNOW, IT'S CRAZY! HE'S LIKE, THIS IS YOUR LIFE. I KNOW, IT'S CRAZY! [ RAPPING I KNOW, IT'S CRAZY! [ RAPPING [ [ RAPPING [ [ WHILE GRAFFITI IS MOST OFTEN VIEWED AS VANDALISM, AND THE METRO HAS HAD ITS SHARE OF VIEWED AS VANDALISM, AND THE METRO HAS HAD ITS SHARE OF PROBLEMS WITH IT, ARTISTS SUCH METRO HAS HAD ITS SHARE OF PROBLEMS WITH IT, ARTISTS SUCH AS BANKSY HAVE MOVED STREET ART PROBLEMS WITH IT, ARTISTS SUCH AS BANKSY HAVE MOVED STREET ART INTO THE MAINSTREAM. AS BANKSY HAVE MOVED STREET ART INTO THE MAINSTREAM. BUT CAN THE ART FORM SOME INTO THE MAINSTREAM. BUT CAN THE ART FORM SOME CONSIDER TO BE A LITTLE MORE BUT CAN THE ART FORM SOME CONSIDER TO BE A LITTLE MORE THAN A NUISANCE ALSO FIND A HOME CONSIDER TO BE A LITTLE MORE THAN A NUISANCE ALSO FIND A HOME IN GALLERIES? THAN A NUISANCE ALSO FIND A HOME IN GALLERIES? AS WE CLOSE THIS WEEK, WE IN GALLERIES? AS WE CLOSE THIS WEEK, WE TAKE GRAFFITI OFF THE STREET AND AS WE CLOSE THIS WEEK, WE TAKE GRAFFITI OFF THE STREET AND INTO THE KEMPER MUSEUM OF TAKE GRAFFITI OFF THE STREET AND INTO THE KEMPER MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN THE INTO THE KEMPER MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN THE CROSSROADS WITH A PEEK AT THE CONTEMPORARY ART IN THE CROSSROADS WITH A PEEK AT THE NEW EXHIBIT "RIDE OR DIE." ś WE'RE DOWN AT THE CROSSROADS TO SEE THE NEW "RIDE OR DIE" WE'RE DOWN AT THE CROSSROADS TO SEE THE NEW "RIDE OR DIE" EXHIBITION THAT UP THROUGH TO SEE THE NEW "RIDE OR DIE" EXHIBITION THAT UP THROUGH DECEMBER 6th, 2013, FOR THE NEXT EXHIBITION THAT UP THROUGH DECEMBER 6th, 2013, FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF FIRST FRIDAYS. "RIDE OR DIE" LOOKS AT VISUAL MARK MAKING AND VISUAL ELEMENTS USING GRAFFITI ART AND MARK MAKING AND VISUAL ELEMENTS USING GRAFFITI ART AND INCORPORATED WITH WORKS THAT ARE USING GRAFFITI ART AND INCORPORATED WITH WORKS THAT ARE SHOWN IN MUSEUM GALLERIES. INCORPORATED WITH WORKS THAT ARE SHOWN IN MUSEUM GALLERIES. THIS IS A SELECTION OF WORKS SHOWN IN MUSEUM GALLERIES. THIS IS A SELECTION OF WORKS FROM THE KEMPER MUSEUM OF ART'S THIS IS A SELECTION OF WORKS FROM THE KEMPER MUSEUM OF ART'S PERMANENT COLLECTION. FROM THE KEMPER MUSEUM OF ART'S PERMANENT COLLECTION. THE SIGNATURE IMAGE FOR THIS PERMANENT COLLECTION. THE SIGNATURE IMAGE FOR THIS SPECIFIC EXHIBITION IS BY AN THE SIGNATURE IMAGE FOR THIS SPECIFIC EXHIBITION IS BY AN ARTIST BEHIND ME. SPECIFIC EXHIBITION IS BY AN ARTIST BEHIND ME. FUJITA'S WORKS COMBINE JAPANESE ARTIST BEHIND ME. FUJITA'S WORKS COMBINE JAPANESE ICONOGRAPHY AND WORKS FROM EAST FUJITA'S WORKS COMBINE JAPANESE ICONOGRAPHY AND WORKS FROM EAST LOS ANGELES WHERE HE GREW UP. ICONOGRAPHY AND WORKS FROM EAST LOS ANGELES WHERE HE GREW UP. FRANK SELLERS FROM 1994 IS A LOS ANGELES WHERE HE GREW UP. FRANK SELLERS FROM 1994 IS A LARGE SCALE WORK ON PAPER, FRANK SELLERS FROM 1994 IS A LARGE SCALE WORK ON PAPER, COLLAGE. LARGE SCALE WORK ON PAPER, COLLAGE. THIS PARTICULAR PIECE IS LARGELY COLLAGE. THIS PARTICULAR PIECE IS LARGELY REFERENCED BY A SHORT STORY BY THIS PARTICULAR PIECE IS LARGELY REFERENCED BY A SHORT STORY BY HERMAN MELVILLE. ś ś ś THE "RIDE OR DIE" IS ON VIEW UNTIL DECEMBER 6th, 2013, AT THE THE "RIDE OR DIE" IS ON VIEW UNTIL DECEMBER 6th, 2013, AT THE KEMPER AT THE CROSSROADS UNTIL DECEMBER 6th, 2013, AT THE KEMPER AT THE CROSSROADS LOCATION WHICH IS IN CONNECTION KEMPER AT THE CROSSROADS LOCATION WHICH IS IN CONNECTION WITH THE KEMPER MUSEUM OF LOCATION WHICH IS IN CONNECTION WITH THE KEMPER MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART. ś Announcer: PRINCIPAL FUNDING FOR "THE LOCAL SHOW" PROVIDED BY Announcer: PRINCIPAL FUNDING FOR "THE LOCAL SHOW" PROVIDED BY THE FRANCIS FAMILY FOUNDATION FOR "THE LOCAL SHOW" PROVIDED BY THE FRANCIS FAMILY FOUNDATION FREDERICK AND LOUISE HARTWIG THE FRANCIS FAMILY FOUNDATION FREDERICK AND LOUISE HARTWIG FAMILY FUND FREDERICK AND LOUISE HARTWIG FAMILY FUND KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION FAMILY FUND KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION OF GREATER KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE KANSAS CITY JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE JOHN AND EFFIE SPEAS MEMORIAL JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE JOHN AND EFFIE SPEAS MEMORIAL TRUST, BANK OF AMERICA TRUSTEE JOHN AND EFFIE SPEAS MEMORIAL TRUST, BANK OF AMERICA TRUSTEE RICHARD J. 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