thursday, feb 19
Jon McLaughlin/
**LAUNGLIN/**
*Parachute VA*
The Bottleneck, 7 p.m., $9,
all ages
Wu Man and Friends
The Lied Center, 7:30 p.m..
$9/KU students, all ages
Bring Back The Comedy
The Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., $3, 21+
Goblin Cock/Warship/
New Franklin Panthers
The jackpot 10 p.m. $8 to
$10, 18+
Cyrus D/Godzilla
The Eighth Street Taproom, 10
p.m. $3,21+
Fiance/The Sailor
Fiance/The Sailor Sequence
The Replay Lounge, 10 p.m.
$2. 21+
Neon Dance Party
The Bottleneck, 10 p.m. prices vary, 18+
friday, feb 20
Truckstop
Truckstop
Honeymoon/Oakhurst
The Bottleneck, 8 p.m., 18+
From Quiet Arms
The Granada, 10 p.m., $5,
all ages
DJ Jalapeno/DJ Kiko
The Granada, 10 p.m., $5, 18+
Billy the Squirrel
The Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., $4, 21+
Miles Bonny and Scenebooster Soundsystem's "Sweat"
The Eighth Street Taproom, 10 p.m., $3.21+
The F Holes/Unknown Stuntman
The Replay Lounge, 10 p.m..
$3, 21+
saturday, feb 21
Douglas County AIDS
Project Mardi Gras
featuring Kelley Hunt
Liberty Hall, 5:30 p.m., $25.50 to
$50.50, all ages
EXIT 159 Reunion Show/Charles McVey The Replay Lounge. 6 p.m., $3, all ages
The Opinions 25th
Anniversary Reunion
Show!
The Jackpot, 7 p.m., $3, all
ages
GO! with J. Wall/Tim Hjersted
The Jackpot, 10 p.m., $10,
18+
Trucker
The Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., $4, 21+
Gold Label Soul with Sadie Soul!
The Eighth Street Taproom,
10 p.m., $3,21+
Waka Winter Classic
The Bottleneck, 8 p.m., 18+
The Pool Room, 7 p.m. free, 21+
Poker Pub
sunday, feb 22
Jeff Marshbarger
Presents An
Alternative Jazz
Series
The Record Bar, 7 p.m.
$5, 21+
1st International
Woodruff Auditorium, 7:30 p.m., free, all ages
1st International Film Festival at KU
Collegium Musicum
Swarthout recital Hall,
7:30 p.m., all ages
Instrumental
Smackdown Trivia and Karaoke
and Hardware
The Bottleneck, 8 p.m.,
$5, 18+
Rooftop Vigilantes/
Baby Birds Don't
Drink Milk/Private
Dancer/the
Chambermaids
The Jackpot, 10 p.m., $5 to
$7.18+
monday, feb 23
William Elliott Whitmore
Love Garden, 6 p.m., free,
all ages
Dollar Bowling
Royal Crest Lanes, 9 p.m., $1.
all ages
Original Music Mondays The Bottleneck, 9 p.m., free, 18+
Karaoke Idol Party
The Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., 21+
William Elliott Whitmore/The Shadow Government/T. Wehrle The jackpot, 10 p.m., $8 to $10, 18+
Brainbow/Latin
The Record Bar, 11 p.m., $7,
21+
KU Symphony Orchestra
tuesday, feb 24
The Lied Center; 7:30 p.m.
$5/KU Students, all ages
Flogging Molly
Keller Williams
The Uptown Theater, 7:30,
$25, all ages
Kerli Winnman
Liberty Hill, 8 p.m., $20
advance/$25 door; all ages
SUA YouTube Laugh-
a-Thon
Hashinger Theater, 8 p.m.,
free, all ages
These Arms are Snakes/Darker My Love/All the Saints/ Thunder Eagle The Jackpot, 10 p.m., $8 to $10, 18+
Valentine Road/The O's
calendar
The Record Bar, 10 p.m..
$7,21+
wednesday, feb 25
Billy Spears and the Beer Bellies
Johnny's Tavern, 6 p.m., free.
21+
Poker Pub
The Pool Room, 7 p.m., free. 21+
The Americana Music
Chess night at Airnee's Aimee's Coffee House, 7 p.m. free, all ages
Academy Jam
Signs of Life, 7:30 p.m., free,
all ages
The Airborne Toxic Event/The Henry Clay People
The jackpot, 9 p.m., $10 to $12.18+
That Acoustic jam
Thing
The jazzhaus, 10 p.m., $2.21+
Bob Wayne/Deadman
Flats/Old Country
Death Band
The Rephy Lounge, 10 p.m.,
$2.21+
Reese
Witherspoon just won. She traipsed up to the stage in her second-hand dress and accepted her Oscar for
Walk the Line. "Well deserved," I thought. I'd never seen any actual footage of June Carter Cash, but I assumed Witherspoon deserved it.
editor's note
I was watching the 2006 Oscars and making a mental list of the nominated movies I missed out on in 2005. I really cared only about two movies back then, though. Brokeback Mountain and Crash.
Philip Seymour Hoffman was next up. His performance in Capote was astonishing and he was a shoe-in for Best Actor. He gave a typically humble speech.
Two races were left in the program: Best Picture and Best Director. Both Brokeback and Crash were up for each award, and each film had won two Oscars so far that night.
Brokeback needed to win—I would hear nothing to the contrary. I shared a certain affinity with the movie (and no, it's not a likeness for cowboys or Western gear) and I thought it was a better movie overall.And
despising Crash fueled my biased feelings even more.
The next award announced, Best Director, made my day. Ang Lee won for Brokeback and I let out a sigh of relief. Throughout Oscar history, Best Director and Best Picture have lined up about 75 percent of the time.
Only Best Picture presenter Jack Nicholson stood in the way of making my night. Brokeback and Crash were front-runners for the award and I was so sure Brokeback had it in the bag.
And then Jack ruined it all. He opened the envelope and uttered that one-word movie title. Nicholson raised his eyebrows with a surprised expression as the cameras quickly zoomed in on the producers of Crash and its cast.
I furiously gave the remote a nice little click before the producers made it to the stage. I was in a negative disposition for the rest of the night. I lived alone at the time, so only my Beagle sensed my bitter wrath.
None of my friends share my interest in awards season. It doesn't matter to them who won a Golden Globe or a SAG award and who is favored to win at this Sunday's Oscars. Kelly's story on page 5 can get you and your friends talking about who's nominated at this
year's Oscars and how to have your owned Oscar-themed get-together.
And just in case any of you are interested, here are my predictions for this year's main races:
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director:Danny Boyle.
Best Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger;
The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress:Viola Davis Doubt
I'm picking Slumdog over fellow Best Picture nominee and gay-interest movie Milk. I will never concede that Brokeback was inferior to Crash, but I've learned sometimes you've got to set aside personal preferences in favor of the big, or—in this case—best, picture.
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