thursday, march 12
Poker Pub
Conroy's Pub, 6 p.m. and 9 p.m., free, all ages
Neon Dance Party
The Bottleneck, 10 p.m.
prices vary, 18+
Son Venezuela
Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., $4, 21+
Volunteers
Jackpot Music Hall, 10 p.m..
$5 to $7, 18+
The Booty Up with
Cyrus D and Godzilla!
The Eight Street Taproom,
10 p.m., $3.21+
Stardeath and White Dwarfs/Balowolf
Replay Lounge, 10 p.m., $2.
21+
friday, march 13
The Get Up Kids
The Get Up Kids
Bellery Hall, 8 p.m., $20.50
adv or $23.50 door, all ages
MOKAN
The Granada, 9 p.m., $5, 18+
That Damn Sasquatch/
The Delta Saints/The
Hollywood Ten
The Bottleneck, 9 p.m., $3 to
$5,18+
Manchild with Arcane
Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., $4, 21+
Steddy-P & D JGtrain/
David Hasselhoff on
Acid/Johnny Quest/
Left E. Grove
Jackpot Music Hall, 10 p.m.
$5 to $7, 18+
The Hidden Pictures with the ACB's
The Eighth Street Taproom,
10 p.m., $3.21+
Boo & Boo Too/Wrong Crowd/Fortuning Replay Lounge, 10 p.m., $3, 21+
saturday, march 14
Conroy's Pub, 6 p.m. and 9 p.m., free, all ages
Poker Pub
Greg Laswell with Jay Nash/Anya Marina The Bottleneck, 8 p.m., $11, all ages
Scott Smith Band Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., $4.21+
Bay Boy Presents ... /
Spring Bling
The Granada, 10 p.m., $5, 18+
Story of D: Archetype & Friends
Jackpot Music Hall, 10 p.m., $5 to $7. 18+
Candlepants and Gloria Vanderbilt's Dance
The Eighth Street Taproom,
10 p.m., $3, 21+
The Dactyls & Friends EP release
sunday, march 15
Replay Lounge, 10 p.m., $3,
21+
The Kellihans pre-St. Patty's Matineel!
Replay Lounge, 5 p.m., $5 to $7, 18+
The Kellihans early
St. Patty's warm up on the patio
Replay Lounge, 6 p.m., $3,
all ages
The Pool Room, 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., free, 21+
Poker Pub
Shellshag/This Bike
is a Pipebomb/Stupid Party
Jackpot Music Hall, 7 p.m.
$5/$7, 18+
Smackdown! Trivia and Karaoke
The Bottleneck, 8:30 p.m. prices vary, 18+
Jazz on a Sunday
The Eighth Street Taproom,
10 p.m., $2, 21+
Thomas Function/
Twos
Replay Lounge, 10 p.m.
p$2. 21+
+
Human Eye/Terrible
Liberty Hall, 8 p.m. $21.50 adv, all ages
Andrew Bird/
monday, march 16
Heartless Bastards
Dollar Bowling
Royal Crest Bowling Lanes, 9 p.m., $1, all ages
Original Music
Mondays
The Bottleneck, 9 p.m., free.
18+
Neil Halstead of
Mojave 3/Joshua James/Barclay Martin jackpot Music Hall, 10 p.m. $10 adv or $12 door, 18+
Talk Normal/Boo & Boo Too/Coat Party
The Eighth Street Taproom, 10 p.m., $3.21+
Disappears/New
Franklin Panthers
Replay Lounge, 10 p.m., $2.
21+
The Granada, 11 a.m., free,
18+
tuesday, march 17
St. Patty's Day
St. Patty's Day Show
with 45 RPM!
Jackpot Music Hall, 1 p.m., $2,
18+
St. Patty'o Celebration!
Replay Lounge, 1 p.m., $5, all ages until 9 p.m.
Tuesday Nite Swing
The Kansas Union, 8 p.m., free all ages
Liberty Hall, 8 p.m., $39.50,
all ages
Joan Baez
St. Patty'o Celebration (continued)
Replay Lounge, 9 p.m., $3.21+
Chairlift/Yacht/Max Justus
Jackpot Music Hall, 10 p.m., $8 to $10, 18+
Thik Lizzy St. Patrick's
calendar
The Eighth Street Taproom, 10 p.m., $3, 21+
Day Celebration 2009!
wednesday, march 18
Billy Spears and the Beer Bellies
Poker Pub
Johnny's Tavern, 6 p.m., free,
21+
Chess night at Aimee's
The Pool Room, 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., free, 21+
Chess night at Almee's Aimee's Coffee House, 7 p.m., free, all ages
The Black Lips/
Gentleman Jessee & His
Men/Wrong Crowd!
The Bottleneck, 7 p.m., $13.50
to $15, all ages
That Acoustic Jam
Thing
Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., $2, 21+
Benefit for KU Queers and Allies featuring Panda Circus, Bebop Flimlamp, Boogie
Nightmares and more!
The Eighth Street Taproom, 10
p.m. $3, 21+
Leeches of Lore
Replay Lounge, 10 p.m., $2,
21+
I'm a picker. When I get nervous, my hand heads straight for my beard. Before I know it, I've unknowingly picked a nice little patch of my
facial hair (usually in the chin area). I then feel the need to grow my beard to a slightly hobo-esque length so I can have a mini comb over to cover the bald spot.
My choice to have facial hair affects more than just my anxious habits, though:
Keepin' it friendly
I'm the go-to guy for facial hair comparison among my friends. About half of my guys friend can grow only wisps-in-the-wind, and the others are patchy at best. For a small number who occasionally have and can grow full facial hair, it's out of sheer laziness and not because they necessarily want the facial decoration.
The lesser hair-endowed friends do sporadically, yet adamantly, badger me to shave it. They don't get that the beard is a part of who I am—a facial tattoo if you will. It's my choice to adorn the look. It started as a way to save some dough and to save some time during my morning routine, but now it's a part of me.
Bargain grooming
Those Gillette and Schick razors with an unreasonable number of blades were getting a tad pricey for my budget. I resorted to eventually using the much cheaper one-time-use blades for awhile, but eco-guilt took over from throwing away so much plastic.
I've gone through three beard trimmers in my two years of beardom. Luckily, Wal-Mart has a lenient return policy, so when one hits the bathroom floor, a replacement is just waiting for me on the shelf. All in all, I've spent about $20 on my facial hair needs in the past two years. Maybe once I start making the big bucks I'll go back to the blades.
I'm on the job hunt, and I'm constantly hearing that clean shavin' is the way to be. When I do trim up my beard to a respectable length, though, I think I look pretty snazzy. After all, unless a future employer has strict grooming guidelines, I'll be sporting my facial hair on the job, so I might as well break it to them in the interview.
On the job
It can start to look a tad unprofessional, I'll admit, after about a week and a half of letting it flourish. Once a 9-to-5 job falls into my lap.
editor's note
I'll be more of a stickler about my facial hair grooming. But at this time in my life, more than just coworkers see (and actually appreciate) my fuzzy mug.
In the bedroom
Luckily, the significant others I've had since I've had my facial hair enjoyed my beard almost as much as I've enjoyed not shaving it. They've not only enjoyed it, they've preferred it. When I do shave my facial hair, my 5 o'clock shadow shows up at about noon, and even butterfly kisses become painful for my significant others.
I know facial hair is absent in my mug shot. It was taken when I was just starting to establish some great friendships, nonchalantly shelling out cash, working a mind-numbingly boring job, and dating no one. Let's just say life is much better now.
Matt Hirschfeld, editor
Clarification
In the March 5 issue of *Jayplay*, Travis Millard's name was misspelled in the article,"It starts with a drink and ends here."
Designers Erica Birkman, Lauren Cunningham
Associate editor Jessica Sain-Baird
Editor Matt Hirschfeld
Contact Elliot Kort, Stephanie Schneider
Health Sachiko Miyakawa, Megan Weltner
Manual Becka Cremer, Katherine Mulder Adam Schoof
Notice Madeline Hyden, Ross Stewart, Zach White
Play Kelly Breckunitch, Kristopher McDonald
Contributors Drew Anderson, Mark Arehart, Alicia Banister, Taylor Brown, Chance Dibben, Mia Iverson, Carly Halvorson, Daniel Nordstrom, Meghan Nuckolls, Tom Powers, Abigail Olcese, Brieun Scott, Kelci Shipley, Amanda Sorell
Creative consultant Carol Holstead
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March 12,2009
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