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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.102,NO.118
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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Lawrence's musical underground
The Outhouse provides the pulse of alternative music's local vein
By James J. Keece Kansan staff writer
hev call it the pit.
hey can it be the p?
It's a dance floor like no other in Lawrence — a place where adrenaline is king.
where elbows pump, shoulders bump and bodies collide in a flenzy of shredded drumsticks and unraveled steel guitar strings. Where beer- and sweat-soaked dancers stumble away bleeding or are dragged away unconscious.
The pit is under the flat roof of The Outhouse, a 60-by-40-foot blue cinder block shell of a building four miles east of Lawrence.
Forget fraternity and sorority members bopping to a happy-faced disc jockey. Forget basketball players in snake-skin boots two-steping in a cowboy shirt. This is the Outhouse. This is the
less of name, the music is what has given the secluded Outhouse a notoriety unmatched by other Lawrence venues.
"It's not the most cushy of accommodations," says Shelle Rosenfeld, assistant editor of The Note, a Lawrence-based music and entertainment periodical. "But it serves a purpose as a home for alternative music."
sne says the Outhouse is a testing ground for new bands in Lawrence. It also showcases older bands. It catches some, like Nirvana, before their crushes into mainstream music. Others, like Fear, the early 1980s punk band that recently reunited, appear on reconstruction tours. The Outhouse catches still others, like Ice T's Body Count, in mid-swing.
and swearing.
The recent Body Count and Fear concerts had both the music and the politics that fuel the fire and fights in the pit.
Beer bill concerns merchants
By Ben Grove Kansan staff writer
Kansas liquor store representatives yesterday asked state legislators not to take away a vital part of their livelihood — the sale of certain types of beer.
That is what would happen, they said, if the House passed a bill that would allow grocery and convenience stores to sell "strong beer." Such stores now only can sell beer with 3.2 percent alcohol or less. Only liquor stores can sell beer with greater alcohol content, and liquor
re owners are worried the legisl- would rob them of much of that
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Tight and trendy is out this spring
By Angelina Lopez Special to the Kansan
A hot-pink halter top along with a tight mini-skirt. A chest hair-showing tank top over black-and-white striped bike shorts. Is the tight and trendy look of past spring seasons going to be the look for this spring?
Not according to Lawrence stores.
Clothing is going to be relaxed and comfortable while the colors are going to be soft and warm, according to Lawrence clothing store managers. For women, the hip-hugging mini-skirts from days past are being replaced by long, flowing skirts. For men, the neon tank tops are being replaced by darker colored T-shirts.
"In women's clothing, there are going to be a lot of florals," said Midge Grinstead, manager and buyer for Natural Way, 820 Massachusetts St. "The look for women is very feminine with long, gauzy skirts and poet shirts."
The same relaxed look, though in different clothing, is obvious in men's spring fashions as well.
"The layered look is very big," said Greg Easter, manager for Easton's Ltd. 839摩萨淖斯 St." Men are wearing a knit shirt over a T-shirt, putting a button-down over that, and leaving the whole thing untucked. The look is very casual."
The colors popular for spring emphasize the comfortable spring look.
"There will be a lot of linen shades like cream," said Linda Campbell, owner and manager of Campbell's Clothing, 841 Massachusetts St. "The shades are natural and soft."
Pastels rather than earth tones are more popular this spring, said Grinstead, who emphasized colors like light aqua, lavender, rose and golden khaki.
Easter said that for men, all the colors were washed out and faded. One label called their colors "sun-drenched."
The use of soft, flowing fabrics is another way in which the relaxed style is emphasized. Chiffon is big, as well as rayon, chambray and light 100-percent cotton, according to several stores. The most popular material, however, definitely is silk.
Lisa Sato, second assistant manager for Maurice's, 708 Massachusetts St., said, "We have little girls coming in buying huge, silk shirts. I don't know if they're planning on growing into them or if they're wearing them already."
Other important fashion trends will be:
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* Hats. Felt hats and decorative hats with flower arrangements on them are really popular, said Grinstead.
Vests. Both fitted, tailored and relaxed vests are very popular for spring, said Campbell. Grinsted said that vests made of thick cotton were popular.
**Beads.** Beads are everywhere, from necklaces, to scarves, to belts.
So, what's out for the spring season?
"Where fashion is concerned, anything goes," Grinstead said. "Make your own statement. Define yourself by what you're wearing."
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e owners told the House State Affairs Committee as half of their sales.
used as a sole proprietor store that the big chains indreds and thousands of hat they must take 50 pere business to show a dPatricia Oppitz, a Topeka owner.
a liquor store owner point-liquor stores are permitted sell only alcoholic bever that beer was only a smaller stores' total sales.
they take our one item it devastating." Carl Mitchell like asking us to run a race, ing one of our legs off and to be competitive."
'ebb, owner of Web's Fine 1 Spirits, 800 W. 23rd St., was of the 12 bill opponents to
he hearing, he said his busi-
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because beer made up about
n of his total sales.
i a college town," Webb said. young crowd. Young is beer." session during the hearings also with the social issue of making with higher alcohol content lea at more locations.
as stated that the amount of ng stronger beer would not se — that it was simply a matter it were bought," said Francis a state and national Christian grance Union volunteer. "I dis- Availability is the key here. Ifndy, you buy it."
r bill opponents warned the sentatives that if grocery and nience stores got 5.0 beer, theature would soon see a glut of nience store requests to sell any or liquor.
Pandora's box will be open," Richard Ferguson, president of S Retail Liquor Dealers Associconents of the bill spoke on day. No action was taken.
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