12 Friday, October 13, 1989 / University Daily Kansan FREE SOUP with any entree JADE GARDEN Orchards Corners 15th & Kasold expires 10-14-89 843-8650 I want Chinese- NOW! WordPerfect Mac & IBM versions Get the highest rated word processor at an unbelievable educational price with a speller and thesaurus included! 75% OFF Connecting Point COMPUTER CENTERS Quality...It's Unmistakable. When you want the best go to McQueen. They have the best quality and selection to make the best decision. Quality is what makes McQueen special. There is a place for all your jewellery needs. McQueen... Receive 10% off your purchase when you layaway now for Christmas! most merchandise 843-5432 McQueen 809 Mass. JEWELERS INC. SCHWINN' NATIONAL INDOOR BICYCLE RACE The outdoor race season isn't over! It just moved indoors It's your turn to race like the pro's. Between October 12-22nd you can ride a 2.3 mile Time Trial based on the Prologue of the Tour de Trump. 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Cycle Works 1601 w. 23rd St. 842-6363 Reunited KC band shooting for the stars With a top-selling album released in the summer, a new video premiering on MTV today and a new album expected in January, Shooting Star, a Kansas City-based band, is blazing into the public eye once again. By Jennifer Reynolds Kansan staff writer The band, originally formed in 1978, disbanded in 1983. Some members regrouped in May and released a single under the night: The Best of Shooting Star." "They are really a mini-phenomenon," he said. "Kansas City is not the only city where they have a strong backing." Shooting Star, along with the Nace Brothers, will perform from 9 to 11:30 p.m. tomorrow at Midnight Court in Allen Field House. Mark Wassmer, personal manager of the band, said the response to the album in Kansas City and St. Louis was incredible. "There are certain cities where our music is big just because people are young and group being back together," he said. "Batt, in L.A., the music has to be good." Keith Mitchell, lead singer for the band, said that the band had just heard that their single, "Touch Me Tonight," ranked sixth on a request list in Los Angeles. "We're not heavy metal, but we're certainly not easy listening," Mitchell said. "We're pretty much just straight ahead pop-pop stuff." The band was originally formed by guitarist Van McLain, and bass player Ron Verlin. The six-member band signed with Virgin Records and Continuing legal problems with Atlantic and Virgin Records, however, led the band to break up in 1985, Wassmer said. recorded five albums, two of which achieved Billboard Hot 100 success. Legal problems continued, and Virgin pressed only a limited quantity of Shooting Star recordings. Because of this, the Shooting Star recording is making it difficult if not impossible to obtain their records, Wassmer said. Despite this, the band received airplay in markets throughout the United States such as Cincinnati, Detroit, Chicago, Kansas City and St. Louis. The combination of these two factors led to an increased demand for Shooting Star albums, often selling for as much as $100 a copy. The band reformed with McLain and Verlin and three new members: Mitchell, Dennis Laffoon on keyboards and Rod Lincoln on drums. They released "The Best of Shooting Star," with V&R Records, a small, Kansas City-based record label. "W&R was too small to get the record past Kansas City and St. Louis, Wassmer said. "Enigma snuck it up and it has gone like crazy." Mitchell said the band was promoting the best-of album. The songs they play at the KU concert will be familiar to past Shooting Star fans, but the group will also play four songs from the upcoming album. "We're really going to attack this show," he said. "To play at a big college campus such as KU is exciting. It will be a whole set of eyes and a whole new set of ears for us." Thrill Kill Kult rides 'Inferno Express' into KC By Jim Petterson Kansan staff writer Kansan staff writer Some bands set out to stun their audiences with outrageous displays of costumes, pyrotechnics and amplification. Other bands rely on their audience's perception of art and reality, or lack of it, when trying to leave fans with a positive impression. And then there's My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult. Thriving on an elaborate mixture of pounding drum beats overlayed with everything from buzzsaw guitars sounds to rhythmic chanting, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult treats the listener to a feast of religious images and a menagerie of sound delights. tonight at The Shadow, formerly London's, 510 Westport Road in Kansas City, Mo. The four-piece, Chicago-based band is scheduled to perform at 9 "This is our 'Inferno Express' mini-tour," vocalist Frankie Nardiello said. "The stage will be set up like a disco," he said. "There'll be all kinds of lights going off all over the place. We have siren lights and mirror balls." “It’s kind of a comment on the dance,” us. It’s a parody, but it’s funny. The band's debut album, "I See Good Spirits and I See Bad Spirits," on the Chicago-based Wax Track record label, found its way to the top of the college rock charts this spring and summer and onto many of the charts. The group also magazine according to Rockpool magazine dance charts. Keyboardists Buzz McCoy and Buck Ryder and background vocalist Jackie Black combine with the eratic vocal style of Nardielio to produce a stirring, beat-driven collage of musical whimsy. “Our sound is nothing art- damaged,” Nardiello said. “It’s just biceps and pieces of everything we like and I am too obsessed with it. My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult.” With song titles like "... And This Is What the Devil Does!" and "Gateway to Hell," My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult seems to run rampant with satanic references. A constant barrage of harsh vocals and electronica thrills the audience to evoke visions of the struggle between good and evil, God and the devil. "I just like those characters," Nardiello said. "The lyrics are not really religious or satanic." Ray Velasquez, a self-proclaimed music activist and the promoter responsible for bringing My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult to Kansas City, said tonight's concert would be the first in a series of concerts featuring underground dance bands. "Bringing this type of music to this area is just something that needs to be done," Valesquez said. "Most promoters and radio stations just try to give the people what they think they want. They keep them ignorant about new music by not giving them a choice in what is available. Andy Dunkley, Wax Trax record label manager, said that there was one thing to keep in mind when it comes to bringing My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult. "No matter what they do, don't ever take them too seriously," he said. 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SENIORS ANNOUNCING HILLTOPPERS The Hilltopper Awards were established in the 1930's as the Jayhawker's way of recognizing those seniors who have made high calibre contributions to the University and/or the Lawrence community and have consistently displayed unselfish, responsible leadership in non-academic areas of campus life. THE 1990 JAYHAWKER YEARBOOK The nominations will be screened by a committee that includes KU faculty, student representatives and the Jayhawker staff. Anyone can nominate a senior for this award and seniors can nominate themselves by picking up an application. Nomination forms and applications are available at the Organizations and Activites Center, 400 Kansas Union and the Student Union Activites ticket office, Kansas Union. Deadline for acceptance of nominations is Wednesday, October 18, and the deadline for applications is Friday, November 3, 1989.