CALENDAR
thursday, dec. 11
The Wilders/Rural Grit All-Stars/Howard Iceberg, Davey's Uptown, 8:30 p.m. +21, +$8, www.wilderscounty.org
Stop Day Eve Party. The Granada, 9 p.m., 18+,$5.
Hawk Nights Holiday Bash. Kansas Union, Ballroom, 9 p.m., all ages, FREE; www.suavevents.com
Neon Dance Party. The Bottleneck, 10 p.m., 18+, $5.
Magic Bullets. The Brick,
10 p.m., 21+, $5-$7.
The Ants/The Blessed
Broke. The Eighth Street Tap
Room, 10 p.m., 21+,$3.
Intelligent Dance Floor Culture with Jerrett & Dash. Fatso's, 10 p.m., 21+, $2-$4.
"Fresh Sounds from the Underground" CD release party. The Jackpot, 10 p.m., 18+,$5.
The Bus Co. The Jazzhaus.
10 p.m., 21+, $3.
Making Movies/
Ermetala. The Record Bar
10 p.m., 21+, $7.
Radio Moscow/Taddy
Radio Moscow/Taddy Porter. The Replay Lounge.
10 p.m., 21+, $3, www.myspace.com/taddyportemusic.
friday, dec. 12
The Doo-Dads. The Record Bar, 6 p.m., all ages, $5.
Holiday Hoedown with the Wilders/Midday ramblers/Drakkar Sauna. Liberty Hall, 7 p.m., all ages, $10.50.
Al Jarreau. The Midland Theatre, 7 p.m., all ages,
$29.50-$59.50, www.aljarreau.com.
Buddy Guy, Uptown Theater, 7 p.m., all ages, $45-$75, www.buddyguy.net.
Split Lip Rayfield. The Beaumont Club, 8 p.m., all ages, $15, www.splitiprayfield.com.
Shwayze. The Granada, 8 p.m., all ages, $15.
DJ Nick Reddell. Abe & Jake's Landing, 9 p.m., 18+.
Truckstop Honeymoon/
KC Playsboy. The Brick, 10
p.m., 21+, $$-7.
Manchild. The Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., 21+, $4.
Phat Fridays with DJ Soap. Johnny's Tavern, 10 pm, p2l, + FREE.
*Expassionates*
*Alacartao/Barclay*
*Martin*. The Record Bar, 10
p.m. 21+; $10, www.myspace.
*comexpessionals*
The Richard Dean Invasion. The Jackpot, 6 p.m., all ages, $1.
saturday, dec. 13
The Faint/The Show is the Rainbow/
Jametatone and the Evolove Vortex/
Balowolf. Liberty Hall,
7 p.m., all ages, $17-
$18.50, www.myspace.com/
theshowwherainbaw.
Prometheus Unbound.
Los Tigres del Sur. The Granada, 9 p.m., 18+, $5.
Webb Wilder/Reckless
Kelly. Knuckleheads, 9 p.m.
21+, $15-$22, www.webbwilder.
com.
Late Night Breakfast.
Mrs.E'S Dining Hall, 9 p.m., all ages,
FREE.
Hidden Pictures/Big Surrenders/Andrew
Morgan. Czar Bar 9:30 p.m.
21+, $5-$7, myspace.com/
morganandrew.
St. Simone/Alice. The Brick, 10 p.m., 21+,$5-$7.
True North. The Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., 21+,$4.
Party. The Record Bar, 10
p.m., 21- $5.
Rico's Holiday Dance
Lands of Lawrence
Artwork Holiday Sale.
Green Room Salon, I p.m., all ages,
FREE.
Ladies of Lawrence
sunday, dec. 14
The People's Liberation Big Band. The Record Bar, 7 p.m., all ages, $5.
Smackdown! The Bottleneck, 8:30 p.m., 18+, FREE.
Vetiver/Bandit Teeth.
The Jackpot, 9 p.m., 18+, $10-
$12, www.vetier.com/.
Hip Hop and Hot Wings. The Peanut, 9 p.m., 21+,$2.
monday, dec. 15
Rock Band Mondays with Metal Mark. The Riot Room, 8 p.m., 21+ FREE.
Neil Diamond. Sprint
Center, 8 p.m., all ages, $55-
$120, www.sprintcenter.com
Dollar Bowling. Royal Crest Bowling Lanes, 9 p.m., all ages, $1.
2-for-1 drinks & DEEP SOUL with Zach Phillips. The Czar Bar, 10 p.m., 21+, FREEL.
Justin Lake v. Redon's Listening Party. Record Bar, 10 p.m., 21+, FREE.
Justin Lake Whedon's
Scott Weiland. The Voodoo Lounge, 8 p.m., 21+, $27-$40, www.scottweiland.com.
KU Electro-Acoustic
tuesday, dec. 16
Night. The Jackpot, 9 p.m., 18+, $3-$5.
ZZ Top 5. The Czar Bar,
9:30 p.m., 21+.
Echo of the Elms/
Andrew Foshee. The
Brick, 10 p.m., 21+, $5-$7.
Pet Comfort/Golden Animals/Oh Blessed Thought. The Record Bar, 10 p.m., 18+, $7, www.myspace.combelfeshedthought.
wednesday, dec.17
The Dirty Disco. Fatso's, 9 p.m., 21+, $2.
Billy the Squirrel/
Deadman Flats/That
Damn Sasquatch/Tiny
Tuxedo. The Granada,
9 p.m., 18+. $4.
Miss Major And Her Minor Mood Swings.
Knuckleheads, 10 p.m., 21+,
$4.
KRISTEENYOUNG/
Mercury Mad. The Record
Bar, 10 p.m., 18+,$7.
Golden Animals. The
Replay Lounge, 11 p.m., 21+,
$2.
venues
The Brick
1727 McGee St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 421-1634
Davey's Uptown
Fatso's
3402 Main St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 753-1909
1016 Massachusetts St.
(785) 865-4055
Green Room Salon
924 1/2 Massachusetts St.
(785) 749-1460
Knuckleheads
2719 Rochester St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 634-1456
The Midland Theatre
1228 Main St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 471-8600
The Peanut
5000 Main St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 749-1460
Record Bar
1020 Westport Rd.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 753-9499
Uptown Theater
3700 Broadway St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 753-8665
editor's note
The Casbah is a music venue tucked into the Little Italy district
of San Diego. Its unassuming exterior seems a clever disguise to downplay the vibrant world within its walls, where Nirvana, the smashing Pumpkins and many other iconic bands have played over the years, and where every surface is stained with the endearing dinginess of rock 'n' roll.
My friend Mauntell and I listened to the muffled riffs of a San Diego punk band pulse from the walls of The Casbah as we waited in line outside last January. We let our winter-worn skin soak up the warm night, grateful that January in Southern California doesn't merit massive coats and mittens.
The Casbah doorman was a towering, burly man dressed entirely in black. He had a shaggy brown beard, mazes of colorful tattoos winding up his arms
and hardened eyes that let you know he didn't take bull.
I handed him my driver's license. He examined it for a few seconds, and then his face suddenly softened and his stern eyes sparkled. He looked up at me curiously.
"You're from Kansas." he declared. A smile spread slowly across his face, animating the wiry strands of his beard.
I braced myself for a Wizard of Oz joke, or for him to ask me if I believed in evolution.
"I went to the University of Kansas," he said.
We chatted about the football team's victory in the Orange Bowl the week before. He told me that he used to hang out at the Replay Lounge, and that he missed living in Lawrence.
That night, I realized just what a gift and a privilege it is to be a jayhawk—to have such a strong and instant connection with otherwise total strangers in places you would have never imagined.
I exhaled. Smiled.
My time at the University of Kansas comes to an end this semester; and although I'll miss being here, I'm excited to join the flock of Jayhawk spread out all over the world, waiting to be found by others who share the proud Jayhawk identity.
I hope to someday be found in Paris, speaking French at Café de Flore and wearing my Jayhawk threads. Or back in Southern California, waking up at 8 in the morning to catch the Jayhawk basketball game tipping off at 11 a.m. Central Standard Time.
No matter where I nest, I'll always be a Jayhawk, and I'll forever be on the lookout for my fellow birds of a feather.
Thank you for letting us here at Joyplay share the last four months with you. As you rush about finishing up the semester, take some time to appreciate the brief time you have here on the Hill. To breathe it in. And to dream of all the places you might someday be found.
- Megan Hirt, editor
jayplayers
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Manual Heather Melanson, Ariel Tilson
Play Brianne Pfannenstiel, Derek Zarda
Notice Matt Bechtold, Nina Libby, Sean Rosner
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Clayton Ashley, Darron Carswell, Francesca Chambers, Matthew Crooks, Miller Davis, Chance Dibbon, Chris Horn, Dani Hurst, Mia Iverson, Amber Jackson, Danny Nordstrom, Meghan Nuckolls, Abby Olcense, Amanda Sorell, Elise Stawarz
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December 11,2008
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