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LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE RAIN STICK: Two No Lessons members can't read music,but they sure can play. SEE PAGE 3B.
"My Goodness My Guinness
AARON SHOWALTER/KANSAN
Top: Lawrence resident Trina Baker puts the finishing touch on a pint of Guinness at the Red Lyon Tavern, 944 Massachusetts St. The Red Lyon is popular among Guinness drinkers for it Irish pub atmosphere. Below: Arthur Guinness, founder of the original Guinness brewery in 1759.
How to pour the perfect pin*
Start with a clear, Guinness-embossed pint glass.
Hold the glass at a 45-degree angle.
Pour the Guinness down the side until the glass is two-thirds full.
Now hold the glass upright until the handle drifts to the top.
- Keep the glass upright and fill the rest of the glass.
- Add a Shamrock carving in the foam for a special Irish touch.
Source: www.guinness.com
Lawrence pubs will be serving Guinness by the pint on St. Patty's
By Brad Weiner Jayplay writer
Sunday is the annual celebration of St. Patrick's Day. A day when Americans celebrate the Irish by wearing green, marching in parades and heading to the local pub for a few pints of delicious black stout.
Options abound for opaque Irish stouts such as Murphy's Irish Stout and Beamish, but there is none so cherished in the folklore and taste buds of
the world as Guinness.
"I love Guinness because it's smooth, and it makes me look like a badass when Idrinkit," Lya Gillott, Omaha, Neb., senior said.
No other beverage on the planet — aside from Coca-Cola — is as revered as the brew created at St. James Gate in Dublin, Ireland. The brewery opened in 1759 when Arthur Guinness decided that the water that drips from the Wicklow Mountains would be perfect for his brewing endeavors. Guinness was so convinced that his location was ideal, he signed a lease on the property that extended for 9,000 years.
Arthur Guinness was.
Arthur Guinness was, in his own right, the Bill Gates of the Irish beer trade in the 18th century. He saw that there was a market for darker beers called "porters" that were popular in England. By roasting the barley at higher temperatures, Guinness actually outdid the British brewers with his dark ruby colored "stout" driving many of them from business and effectively expanding his empire. It continues to grow today.
Guinness — the beer — was
embraced by the Irish working class and its cultural legacy expanded from there. The brew is now sold in 150 countries and brewed in 51 countries. Some of the more bizarre locations that it's possible to score a pint are in the frozen tundra of Siberia, the blazing wasteland of Death Valley, Calif., and in the shadow of Mount Everest in Katmandu, Nepal, which has 150 area Irish pubs. But its home is on the Emerald Isle, where pints are cold, creamy and cost around £2.35
But there's no need to travel a great distance to find a pint — plenty of places in Lawrence can quench a thirst for the blond lady wearing the black dress.
According to the Guinness Web site, www.guinness.com, pouring a Guinness is a simple task. First, start with a clean pint glass, preferably one embossed with a Guinness emblem. Hold the glass at a 45-degree angle and pour the beer down the side until the glass is about two-thirds full.
Next, hold the glass upright and leave it on the bar to settle. After the head has drifted to the top, keep the glass upright and fill the rest. The process should take about two minutes.
Trina Baker, 1993 KU
Trina Baker, 1993 KU graduate and Red Lyon Tavern, 944 Massachusetts St., barmaid, said perfect pint, in theory, should support the weight of a quarter on top of the beer's head, although she had never actually seen it done.
Baker said there was a pub in Edinburgh, Scotland, called The Last Drop where inmates were taken for their last pint before being executed on the
SEE GUINNESS ON PAGE 4B
RAWK SNOB
Keep Irish eyes a smilin' by jivin' to Irish tunes
This Sunday, as you wile away the hours celebrating St. Patrick's Day at your home, favorite pub, or — depending on how hard you party — the county drunk tank, take a moment to observe the music pounding from your home stereo, the pub's PA, or the warden's boom box. There's a million places to celebrate, but not all of them have a complete grasp of the fact that sometimes a 14-minute Orb song usually doesn't incite any wearin' o' the green.
jumps start New Celtic and Kerry
1. Rum Solomy & the Lash — The Pogues, 1985. Fusing Celtic folk principles with the aggression of punk, the Pogues tear through songs of love, regret and hard living. Many of the band's lyrics came straight from the vice-ridden
Just in case you're in the mood to rock out to something a little more reminiscent of the Emerald Isle this year, here are some of the records I like to play to jump-start a few Celtic moods.
Andy Gassaway agassaway@kansan.com
COMMENTARY
life of frontman Shane MacGowan, whose trademark excess and world-weary vo
Elvis Costello, who produced Rum Sodomy & the Lash, is said to have been quite meticulous in trying to capture the band's raw sound. On brilliantly ramshackle turbo-jigs like the opening track, "The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn," the unpolished feel makes all the difference.
2. Swagger — Flogging Molly, 1999
When the '80s subsided, Dublin native Dave King, lead singer of Motorhead guitarist Eddie Clarke's side project, Fastway, cut his bonny red locks in favor of a crewcut and formed Flogging Molly in L.A. in the late '90s.
Taking up where the Pogue's punkfolk left off, Flogging Molly takes traditional folk instruments like mandolin, fiddle and tin whistle and up the ante with brash, distorted guitar chugging and pulverized drums keeping the light-speed pace.
King's shrill, heavily accented vocals tell tales of drinking, dying, dancing and making it through another day while the band's abrasive concoction of the electric and the indigenous is like a knock to the skull with a Shillelagh.
3. 22 Golden Shamrocks — Patrick O'Hagan, 1977. While you're not going to want to listen to this collection of traditional Irish folk songs all the time, the
short, speedy 22 cuts on this album can be pretty fun after everyone has had a chance to partake in the beer flow. O'Hagan's powerful tenor can be delicate and harrowing on guitar and piano tunes like "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," but when it's time to throw down, as they say, he really knows how to drag out the obligatory pre-chorus "O" that can turn an ordinary rendition of "Wearin' of the Green" into a fever-pitched sing-along.
The only problem is about half of the songs feature unbearable cheesy backup singers, but as long as you're quick on the needle, 22 Golden Shamrocks could very likely get some glasses in the air.
However you choose to celebrate St. Patrick's Day this year, try enhancing it with some rowdy Irish sounds. Just be sure to save "Danny Boy" 'til closing time.
LIVE MUSIC CALENDAR
TODAY
Hasning Hall Theatre Kiosk Benifit show featuring Camarasmith, Last Ride Out, Saved by Grace, Archtype and Approach
TOMORROW
Gladstone Hall,
NULL Gladstone, Mo
Gametime, The Dank,
100 Proof Juice
The Pub, 1727 McGee Kansas City, Mo. Thulium
SATURDAY
O'Dowd's Little Dublin,
4742 Pennsylvania St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
Uncle Dirtytoes
Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire Dead Orchestra, Truth Cell, Barphyte, Majaeusd
El Torreon, 31st and Gillham,
Kansas City, Mo.
When Good Robots Go Bad,
Chimera, Descension.
Kill ME Kate
The Music Cafe,
9th St., Columbia, Mo.
Tabla Rasa
Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire Big Smith, The Welterweights
Davey's Uptown Rambler, 3402 Main St., Kansas City, Mo. The Brannock Device, Mr.Marco's V7
The Bone, NULL, St. Joseph, Mo.
Dreamer, Cyclomatic, Simple
Uptown Theatre, 3700 Broadway Kansas City, Mo. Boney James
SUNDAY
SUNDAY El Torreon, 31st and Gillham Kansas City, Mo. Clocked In, HypoChrist Counter Attack, The Skags Food Not Bombs Show.
Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire The Brannock Device, Blow-Chi, Muckaferguson
Davey's Uptown Ramble, 3402 Main St., Kansas City, Mo (Flex) Bullit, Concrete Core
Fred P. Otts (Plaza),
4770 JC Nichols pkvy,
Kansas City, Mo.
The BIG IRON & SiStEr MaRy
RoTten CrOtch
The Pub, 1727 McGee,
Kansas City, Mo.
Houston, Proudentall,
Trusty Defiant
MUNDIAL
Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire
Pinback, Canyon, The Capsules
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire Le Tigre, Tracy, the Plastics
Grand Emporium,
3832 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
The Paladins
Abe and Jake's Landing, 8 E. 6th The Liars
WEDNESDAY
Abe and Jake's Landing, 8 E. 6th
Rob Roy, Sturgeon Mill
America's Pub, 510 Westport, Kansas City, Mo. Counterpoint, Von Boa American Health Care
Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire Dead Low Tide, Pleasure Forever, The Last of the V8s
THURSDAY, MARCH21 Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire Coalesce, The Casket Lottery, The Esoteric, Saved By Grace
Hurricane, 4048 Broadway,
Kansas City, Mo.
The Capsules, The Rogers
Hurricane, 4048 Broadway,
Kansas City, Mo.
Dreamer, Holy Ghost
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