CALENDAR
thursday, nov. 13
Kansas City Blues Society Open Jam.
Knuckleheads, 7 p.m., 21+
FREE.
Lecture: Leadership and Globalization in Sports.
Dole Institute of Politics,
7:30 p.m., all ages, FREew, www.doleinstitute.org.
Play: Street Scene.
Murphy Hall, Crafton-Preyer
Theatre, 7:30 p.m., all ages,
$10-$20.
Coldplay. The Sprint Center, 7:30 p.m., all ages, $49.50-$97.50, www.coldplay com.
Film: Tropic Thunder.
Kansas Union, Woodruff
Auditorium, 8 p.m., all ages,
$2, www.suavevents.com.
Instruments of Chaos/
Josh Davis Band. Davey's
Uptown, 8 p.m., 21+,$5.
www.thejoshdavisband.com.
Steel Train/Dear and the Headlights/Forgive Durden. The Jackpot, 9 p.m., $18+, $10-$11, www. forgivedurden.com.
Spence/Crazy T/Def
Ear/Godzilla/Square
Jordan. The Eighth Street
Tap Room, 10 p.m., 21+, $3.
On the One. The Jazzhaus,
10 p.m., 21+; $4, www.
onthemusic.com.
New Franklin
Panthers/The Burning
Fifteen/Love Tusk.
The Record Bar, 10 p.m.,
21+,$7, www.myspace.com/
newfranklinpanthers.com.
friday, nov. 14
Rise Against/Alkaline
Trio/Thrice. Uptown
Theater, 7 p.m., all ages, $32,
www.myp.com/thrice.
Alvin Alley American Dance Theater. Midland Theatre, 7:30 p.m., all ages, $16-$62.50.
Play: Street Scene.
Murphy Hall, Crafton-Preyer
Theatre. 7:30 p.m., all ages,
$10-$20.
Matt Nathanson/Jessie Baylin/The Break and Repair Method. The Bottleneck, 8 p.m., all ages, $13.50-$15.
Film! Tropic Thunder.
Kansas Union, Woodruff
Auditorium, 8 p.m., all ages, $2,
www.suaevents.com.
In the Groove/
Latin/Young Electric
Grandmother. The Brick,
10 p.m., 21+, $5-$7.
Fourth of July/The California Crains. The Eighth Street Tap Room, 10 p.m., $21+, $3.
Ras Neville and The Kingstonians. Fatso's, 10 p.m. 21+; $4.
Delorean. The Jazzzhaus, 10 p.m., 21+,$3.
The Noise FM/Black
Tie Dynasty/Max
Justus. The Record Bar, 10
p.m., 21+, $7.
La Panther Happens/
The Tambourine Club.
The Replay Lounge, 10 p.m.
21+,$2.
Alvin Alley American Dance Theater. Midland Theatre, 2 p.m., all ages, $16-$62.50.
saturday, nov. 15
Fourth annual KC Guns 'N Hoses Boxing. Memorial Hall, 7 p.m., all ages, $10-$30.
Jackopierce, The Beaumont Club, 8 p.m., all ages, $25, www.jackopierce.com.
Truckstop Honeymoon/
Taarka. The Bottleneck, 8
p.m., all ages, $9-$11, www.
myspace.com/taarka.
Film: Tropic Thunder.
Kansas Union, Woodruff
Auditorium, 8 p.m., all ages, $2.
s.uaevents.com
Of Montreal/Sinkane.
Liberty Hall, 8 p.m., all ages,
$14.
Kundalini Rising II with
Kraak and Smaak/
Quixotic. The Granada, 9
p.m., 18+, $17.
Shannon and The Rhythm Kings.
Knuckleheads, 9 p.m., 21+. $6.
Hammerlord/Attack on Uranus/Thunder Eagle. The Jackpot, 10 p.m., 18+, $5-$7, wwwmyspace.com/thundereaglerock.
Full Day Affair. The Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., 21+, $4.
Cosmic Bowling. Kansas Union, Jaybowl, 10 p.m., all ages. FREE.
The Gloves/The
Wrinkles. The Replay Lounge, 10 p.m., $21, + $3.
Alvin Alley American Dance Theater. Midland Theatre 2 p.m., all ages, $16-$62.50.
sunday, nov. 16
Conversation with President George H.W. Bush. Lied Center, 3 p.m., all ages. FREE.
2008 World Tour of
Gymnastics. The Sprint
Center, 6 p.m., all ages, $24.50.
Government Mule. The Voodoo Lounge, 6 p.m., 21+,
$25-$45.
Plain White T's/Meg
Dia/Dia The Cab/
The American Life. The
Beamont Club. 7:30 p.m., all
ages, $18.
monday, nov.17
Hawthorne Heights/
Emery/The Color Fred/
Tickle Me Pink.The
Granada, 6 p.m., all ages. $19.
Corey Smith/Clay Crumble. The Bottleneck, 8 p.m., all ages, $12-$15, www.coreysmith.com.
Left on Northwood/
Algrenon/The Sailor
Sequence. The Jackpot, 9
p.m., 18+, $5-$7, www.myspace.
com/algrenon.
Rooftop Vigilantes/
Pinche Gringo. The Eighth
Street Tap Room, 10 p.m.
21+, $3.
El Ten Eleven/Yellow Lab. The Record Bar 10 p.m.
21+, $7. www.eitenbeen.com
Celtic Thunder. The Sprint Center, 7:30 p.m., all ages, $37.50-$75.00.
tuesday, nov.18
Ingram Hill/Hana Pestle. The Granada, 8 p.m. all ages, $11-$13, www myspace.com/ingramhill.
Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs/Delaney Davidson/Allison Olassa/Lonnie Fisher and the Funeral. The Jackpot, 8 p.m., $18+. $8-$10.
ShutDownTown.
Knuckleheads, 8 p.m., 21+,$6,
www.shutdowntown.com.
Bayley Kate and the Bluegills. Signs of Life, 8 p.m., all ages. FREE.
wednesday, nov. 19
Miss Major and Her Minor Mood Swings.
Knuckleheads, 7 p.m., 21+, $4.
Ludo/The Higher/The Graduate/Eye Alaska.
Beaumont Club, 7:30 p.m., all ages. $12, wwwmyspace.com/ludorck.
Casey Danahew Band.
The Granada, 8 p.m., all ages,
$11.
Heartless Bastards/
Brody Buster Band. The
Bottleneck, 8 p.m., all ages,
$9-$11 | www.myspace.com/
heartlessbastards.
Feedy Johnston and Wayne Gottstine/Eric Mardis and Grant Fitch.
The jackpot, 9 p.m., 18+,
$6-$7.
venues
The Beaumont Club
Davey's Uptown
Liberty Hall
3402 Main St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 753-1909
Fatso's
4050 Pennsylvania St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 561-2560
642 Massachusetts St.
(785) 749-1972
Knuckleheads
1016 Massachusetts St.
Lawrence
(785) 865-4055
2715 Rochester St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 483-1456
Midland Theatre
1228 Main St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 471-8600
The Record Bar
Signs of Life
1020 Westport Road Kansas City, Mo. (816) 753-5207
722 Massachusetts St.
Lawrence
(785) 830-8030
Sprint Center
1407 Grand Blvd Kansas City, Mo. (816) 949-7000
Uptown Theater
3700 Broadway St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 753-8655
editor's note
try would think of our taligating ritual. As if we are making a sacred pilgrimage, we all don similar blue shirts and temporary jayhawk tattoos, and march in drows toward Memorial Stadium. Some of us chant, some of us dance and almost all stop by a house or parking lot along the way for the traditional feast: the tailgate.
I often wonder what people from a different coun-
Not every tailgate is the same, though. There are those who set up large, majestic tents on the hill, sit in comfy up-chairs, stir their Bloody Marys with a celery stick and pump satueed Portobello-prosciutto treats into their mouths. They
even have those scrumptious jayhawk sugar cookies with red and blue sprinkles. This group of the Jayhawk faithful is, of course, the alums.
But to find a more rustic, traditional college tailgate, one must venture into the student ghetto. It is there that the camaraderie soars and the red plastic cups of beer runneth over. Complete strangers will embrace and partake in jell-O shots in the name of jahawk football. It is here, in the student ghetto, that a foreign could walk past house after house and find the same scene: a mass of blue-shirted people eating, drinking and being merry. I'm sure they would think it was some religious holiday by the way we carry on.
In reality, KU football is none of our religions, although at times it seems like
- Sasha Roe, associate editor
it is. But similar to a religion, it brings a very diverse group of people together to celebrate something we all share: being jayhawks.
Saturday will be my last home game tailgate as a student. My time spent mingling through the student ghetto on gameday is coming to an end. I admit it makes me sentimental to think about it, and I wonder how the last four years flew by so quickly.
If you're a freshman, I encourage you to take part in this crazy tradition we call tailgating at least a few times in your time here. The Jayhawk pride at these tailgates is amazing. Brianne's story on page 6 will tell you how to do a tailgate right. For seniors like myself, I remind you to savor these last few tailgates. Yes, Jayhawk football will always be around, but some traditions don't last forever.
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