The University Daily Kansan
Thursday, August 24, 2000
Music
Section B • Page 3
Live Music
Today
enron, Starlight Mints and Be Non, 8 p.m. at The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St, $5, 21 and older, $6, 18 to 20.
New World Gypsies with Smiley's Graffiti, 10 p.m. at The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Massachusetts St. $3, 21 and older.
Tomorrow
Coyote Project, Jesse Jackson 5 and Michael Beers Band, 7 p.m. at the Lied Center, Free, all ages.
Kiss, Skid Row and Ted Nugent, 7 p.m.
at Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner
Springs. $35, lawn seats. Reserved
seats,sold out.
The Schwag, 8 p.m. at The Bottleneck,
737 New Hampshire St. $5, 21 and
older. $6, 18 to 20.
Full Feature with B.O.M.B., 10 p.m. at The Jazzahus, 926 1/2 Massachusetts St. $3, 21 and older.
Jaws, 9:30 p.m. at Floating Flicks by Potter Lake, Free.
The Majestic Rhythm Revue, 10 p.m. at The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Massachusetts St. $4, 21 and older.
Twisted and Mudvayne, 6 p.m. at The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St. $6, all ages.
Son Venezuela, 10 p.m. at The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St. $5, 21 and older, $6, 18 to 20.
Pawz Fest: Shaking Tree, B.L.R.W., Bulldog Front, Kelly's Heroes, Jumbo's Killcrane, Esoteric, Mustard Couch, Celia and The Roundups, no to 9 p.m. at The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St., $10.
The Automatics, 10 p.m. at Brown Bear Brewing Co., 729 Massachusetts St.
$2, 21 and older.
Brooke Axtell promotional signing and performance, 5 to 7 p.m. at Hastings, 1900 W. 23rd St. Free.
Sundav
Monday
The Spanktones open jam at The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Massachusetts St. $2, 21 and older.
Tuesday
Buzztopia Tour: Jazz Mandolin Project, Bw Watrasman's Space Island, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, 8 p.m. at the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St. 18 and older; $18.50, advanced; $20, day of show.
■ Fu Manchu, Speedealer and The Workhorse Movement, 8 p.m. at the Bottleneck, 737 Massachusetts St. $8, 21 and older. $10, 20 and younger.
■ The Allman Brothers Band, 7 p.m. a Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, Reserved seats, $39.25,
$29.25, Lawn seats, $19.25.
Cella, 10 p.m. at Brown Bear Brewing Co., 729 Massachusetts St.
Wednesday
Random Happenings, 10 p.m. at The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Massachusetts St.
$3, 21 and older.
Khristina Stegman, Volunteer Coordinator at the Lawrence Humane Society, holds two black Labrador puppies. Stegman originated the idea of Pawz Fest. Photo by Tara Kraus/KANSAN
Fest to help strays
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Bv Meahan Bainum
If seeing nine bands for $10 and supporting the Lawrence Humane Society sounds like good fun supporting a good cause, head for the inside of The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St., Saturday for Pawz Fest.
Outside there will be a dog wash and a pet photo booth for $5, a raffle and a Pawz Fest puppy and dog adoption booth.
Pawz Fest isn't a usual concert — it's more like an all-day party for people and animals.
Amy Tramill, public relations coordinator for the humane society, said the benefit concert would help the humane society build a needed addition.
"We have overcrowding like you wouldn't believe," she said. "We have so many more animals coming in, and we just don't have space for that."
Tramill said the new shelter would be able to house about 72 dogs and 72 cats
She said she also hoped Pawz Fest would help students become more involved with the humane society.
students really do make pretty good pet owners, and we have a lot of students that come to volunteer here."
BANDS PLAYING
Shaking Tree
B.L.R.W.
Bulldog Front
Mustard Couch
Celia
Kelly's Heraes
Jumbo's Killcrane
The Roundups
Estoric
BANDS PLAYING
Tramill said. "We want to make that segment of the population more a part of the shelter."
She said she didn't want students to be discouraged by the
$10 ticket price.
Paul Rosen, Topeka senior, is a member of the bands B.L.R.W. and The Roundpins, which are playing Pawz Fest.
"If you think about donating $10 to the shelter, it's really not a lot," Tramill said. "You get to see nine bands, and it's fun and for a good cause."
stage at 6:45 p.m. The Michael Beers Band, a dance band, will follow at 7:45 p.m., and Kansas City-based funk band Jesse Jackson 5 will finish off the night.
Rosen said he had a good experience with the humane society when he took a stray cat to the shelter. Rosen said he felt better when he heard that the humane society would not put the male cat to sleep.
An information fair with booths from both on-campus and local organizations will take place before the
Lied Center kicks off semester with free outdoor concert
He said the band couldn't resist playing for such a good cause.
"One good reason to go is that it is free, of course, and that it is a good springboard to get acquainted with the center," said Kelly Furst, bassist from Coyote Project. "Really, it is just a laid back get-together."
By Ging Kohake
"We're just a bunch of animal lovers deep down inside, so we had a hard time saying no," he said.
"The reason we do this every year is because it is so much fun," said Karen Christilles, director of marketing. "It is a way to give back to the community for all the ways they support our programs."
The Lied Center tomorrow will play host its 5th Annual Free Outdoor Concert featuring the local bands Coyote Project. Michael Beers Band and Jesse Jackson 5.
Edited by Amy Randolph
Special to the Kansan
Covote Project is set to take the
music starts on the northeast lawn of the center.
"The fair is a way to get people involved in everything the community and school have to offer," said Ericka Motley, student assistant to the public relations director. "It is also a way for us to get involved in what we have to offer."
The center sponsors the Lied Series Productions, which traditionally have been a combination of six kinds of performing arts ranging from concerts to Broadway plays.
"For us, the fair is a great way to learn about our season and to buy tickets for the shows," Motley said. "Most of all, it is a opportunity for people to get a foot in the door."
Christilles the Lied Center was named one of the top 10 entertaining programs last spring by the International Art Managing Magazine.
"We have such a variety of shows," Motley said. "They can be for families, for students or for adults. Personally, I am a lover of the arts, so I know we have incredible things to offer to everybody."
Daniel Cage — Loud on Earth
As a singer-songwriter,
Daniel Cage
shows great promise.
Loud on
Earth is a well-crafted pop album and Cage has scored a minor radio hit with the song "Sleepwalking." He just needs to get away from the subject of relationships. The whole album is the musings of a man looking back on his lost love. It becomes repetitive and tired, although Cage's dedication to the music is obvious.
The instrumentation remains fresh throughout, with Cage
alternating between piano and organ. The strings on "The First Time" are a nice touch, especially in combination with electric and acoustic guitars. Occasionally he goes unplugged, with great results. The last track, "Fade Away," is soulful with just Cage and his piano. Pop lovers should watch for more hits from him.
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- Malta George
Starlight Mints the dream that stuff was made of
As confections go, starlight mints always have been one of the trade's most successful creations.
Although the name might not ring a bell, if you've
ever grabbed a handful of little pastel-colored candy pillows from one of those ubiquitous crystal bowls found at weddings, you know the sweet, sugary bliss that trickles down your throat leaving your breath as fresh as a young Will Smith on Attoids.
Utilizing this same recipe for success, Starlight Mints offers up a cool 1.1 tracks of "the dream that stuff was made of" on its new album of the same name. Perky pop flavors co-exist happily side
by side with a few moodier romps through Candyland, which in turn, are perfectly content to be viewed through that same crystal bowl.
Songs such as "Submarine #3,""Valerie Flames," and "Cracker Jack" find Sgt. Pepper floating perilously up in space trapped in David Bowie's tin can. To say that the vocals draw simply from the Brit-Pop whine of more well-known bands like Blur and Oasis would be a disservice to the fine range and back-up harmonies of the group.
The kitschy frivolity of tracks with lyrics like "Chasing me out with a cup of the ol' switcheroo/ With a box of flash, a major sigh, a tiny submarine/ It's a masquerade, the mousecapade, and a ruby in your twist" do begin to wear on the ear. But the last couple of tracks suddenly change gears, showing us something different in the groups' arsenal.
"Margarita," in particular, is propelled by a rollicking drumbeat and fueled by Sonic Youth-like dissonant guitar patterns.
Much like the wedding staple, Starlight Mints are fresh and traditional at the same time. They'll appear with Enon and Be Non tonight at The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.
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— Derek John