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Friday, February 10, 2012
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Evan Dando started his band The Lemonheads in 1986, creating college radio friendly alternative rock and popular 80s punk records. Over the years, The Lemonheads released more records, including the mainstream breakthrough "We Need to Talk About Ray", which it has been played Band members have constantly changed over the years, except for Dando, now 44 years old. The band is currently on tour, with Chuck Treace of Bad Brains on drums and Fred Mascherino of Taking Back Sunday on bass.
Q. FEW ARTISTS HAVE FOUND A WAY TO MAKE A BAND WORK ONCE ORIGINAL MEMBERS LEAVE, BUT YOU'VE SUCCESSFULLY COPED WITH TONS OF CHANGES WHILE STILL MAKING RECORDS AND TOURING. HOW HAVE YOU DONE IT?
Well, I started early. I founded The Lemonheads with two high school friends who both were accepted and went to Harvard University. Obviously being in a punk band wasn't their only goal. Once I realized I could play the drums and the bass, and thus record all by myself, I decided to just keep the name. A big part of the equation was going on tour by myself. The songs still worked that way, so I was off and running. Bands break up and fire drummers often enough that there were always new victims in the wings.
Q. WHY HAS THE BAND LINE-UP BEEN SO INCONSISTENT OVER THE YEARS?
O. YOU'VE BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR A LONG TIME. WITH ALL OF THE KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE NOW, IF YOU COULD GO BACK AND DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY, WOULD YOU?
No.
I have no idea why the band has been so volatile. Especially considering what a normal, steady, solid, and un-weird person I am. And I never mess around with other bandmate's groupies.
Q. WHY HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING "IT'S A SHAME ABOUT RAY" ON THIS TOUR, AS OPPOSED TO SOME OF YOUR OTHER MATERIAL?
Q. YOUVE PLAYED IN LAWRENCE BEFORE. ANY MEMORIES OF THOSE SHOWS OR TOUGHTS ON THE CITY?
Always love going back to Lawrence. Makes me think about one of my heroes, William Burroughs. The town is cool. I like it.
I think "Ray" is our best album. It's a good trick. An old rocker like myself needs an angle. Rule derless" and "The Turnpike Down" and "My Drug Buddy" are among my best ever songs .
Well, I started out just praying to the deity of 1977 punk - The Users, The Nosebleeds, The Adverts, The Pagans, The Pistols, etc. - and then I backed off a bit and got interested in melody, nostalgia and slow country. Somewhere in 1987-88 I went through a serious metal phase.
Q: HOW HAS YOUR MUSICAL STYLE EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS?
Meredith Sheldon, The Band, The Beach Boys and that first Specials record, The MC5, Black Flag, and that girl that does the umbrella-ella-ella song.
Q: WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?
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Lawrence police arrested an Ottawa man Wednesday suspected of kidnapping and the robbery of a Lawrence apartment.
According to Douglas County Jail records, the suspect is charged with four counts of kidnapping, three counts of robbery and one count of aggravated robbery. The charges stem from a robbery reported January 10, in which four men robbed an apartment in the Applecroft Apartments at 1734 W. 19th St.
Kim Murphree, a police spokesman, wrote in an email that the 23-year-old man was located in Ottawa, brought by the Lawrence Police Department to the police training center during the investigation, and arrested.
Mack Hartwell, a 19-year-old former University student and victim in the case, was not aware of the second arrest, but recalled the robbery.
cash, most of which was located in a safe.
The men took cell phones, mar
Hartwell said he and his roommates knew the 19-year-old man first arrested by police because he had come over before.
"They were yelling, 'we want all your stuff,' Hartwell said. "They said, 'we have guns, we will kill you."
It was the second arrest made in the case. The LPD arrested a 19-year-old Ottawa man hours after the robbery.
That suspect returned January 10, and when Hartwell heard a knock at the door, the 19-year-old said more of his friends had come
"I don't know for sure if they did, but they said they did and it looked like they had them," Hartwell said. "When it's in the moment, you just don't question it."
As soon as the men entered, all four suspects began yelling and some appeared to have guns.
Hartwell heard his friend, who owned the safe, being hit by the suspects while another man stayed with the other four victims.
Hartwell and the others were forced to stay in the bathroom until the men left, and were left without a way to contact the police, because the robbers had taken their cell phones and torn up
"They started beating him because he wouldn't open the safe," Hartwell said. "Eventually he did though."
Another resident felt Applecroft Apartments should have notified residents of the robbery.
They walked to a gas station and called the police.
"It's pretty safe here usually," said Danielle Garcia, a University graduate. "But I think they should have notified us, because when something happens, you should be put on alert."
The owners of the apartments declined to comment on the case.
Hartwell thinks the remaining suspects will also be arrested, but said he will remain more attentive.
"I will definitely check out whoever comes over from now on." Hartwell said. "I'm just going to be more careful."
choreograph dance routines and build sets. Some parts of the preparation start even before the fall semester. Around 12 pairs of fraternities and sororites compete in the fall to make it into the final show, but only five are selected.
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Then the process becomes even more intense; each group practices is at least an hour per day, which makes it difficult to have a life outside of Rock Chalk.
"It's like you put everything into this," said Hannah Schoeb, a sophomore from Leawood and one of the six directors of Delta Delta Delta and Sigma Nu's show. "I mean, I still did fine in school, but I got an A- and I'm a perfectionist. I've put a lot of my friendships on hold and my relationships on hold."
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I'm going to be even more nervous because I'm a director and there's even more pressure," Henzlik said.
"I'm from out-of-state and I was fairly new to the house and the community, so I figured it would be a good way to get to know people", Morrison said. "It turned out to be an awesome experience."
Rock Chalk Revue is on March 1 and 2 at 7 p.m. and March 3 at 5 p.m.at the Lied Center.Tickets are available at the Lied Center box office and website.
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