this week OUR BEST BETS UNTIL WE SEE YOU AGAIN.
THURSDAY musicians strike back.
spring of 2000, The Urge rocked Day on The Hill with their unique brand of ska-punk. Three years later, both the concert and the band are gone, but tonight Steve Ewing will rise from the ashes. The former Urge frontman visits The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., along with the bands Moniker and The Slats. The 18-and-older show starts at 10 p.m.A price has not been set. Meanwhile, in Kansas City, another musician returns from the dead just in time for Halloween. Commander Cody pioneered the country-rock genre in the '60s and '70s with songs such as "Hot Rod Lincoln" and "Lost in the Ozone Again." Catch his classic bar band act at Davey's Uptown Ramblers Club, 3402 Main St., at 10 p.m.The show is 21 and older. Express your creative side At The Olive Battery and Art Supply, at 15 E. 8th St., Pumpkin Carving Contest Today is the last day to turn in original creations. Tomorrow the public will vote and the best three pumpkins will be awarded prizes of $25,$15 and $10 gift certificates.Call 313-4114 for more information.
Commander Cody
SATURDAY
bam bam. Give a loud kon bon wa Japanese for good evening to the wild antics and eastern rhythms of the famed Wadaiko Drummers. They come from Nara, Japan, to perform the thunderous Taiko drumming style as part of the Lied Center's World Series of events. This is a show that can't be, well, beat. Tickets range from $11.50 to $14 for students.
If you're feelin' like the world is too heavy and your woman or man is down on you like the hot Mississippi sun, then help out a kid for the 10th-annual Toys for Tots Blues Review Benefit. Lawrence's own blues masters in Music Row and Hot Load will stand out in a gourmet assortment of soulful vocals and hot licks at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St. Tickets are $12. Finally, check out the rock act Phantom Planet. The band passes into our orbit tonight with Ben Lee for a show at the Granada Theater, 1050 Massachusetts St. Tickets are $10.
MONDAY
cue and you
those of you who are short on cash. Head on down to Jaybowl in the Kansas Union for FREE billiards every Monday in November! You can cue up and knock the balls in without feeling the stress on your wallet.The free play begins at 7 p.m.If you get tired of hitting balls into pockets and have some cash to spare, wander over to the lanes and throw some heavier balls down a lane instead.Even the bowling will be inexpensive at only $2 per game.
TUESDAY self esteem. Witness the men's basketball coach Bill Self's coaching debut when the Jayhawks play the E.A. Sports All-Stars at 7 p.m. in Allen Fieldhouse. If sports aren't your thing, the U.K.'s legendary Belle and Sebastian, with opener Rasputina,
will be at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St., at 9 p.m. For this 18-and older-show, tickets are $22 to $25. Need more quality music but can't lay out the cash? For those of you older than 21,$2 will pay your way to hear some of indie rock's greats play. Davy von Bohlen, former lead singer of The Promise Ring, and Eric Axelson, bassist of The (now defunct) Dismemberment Plan, have teamed up to form Maritime. They'll be at The Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St., at 11 p.m.
Keith Langford
SUNDAY
Joggers, run through the Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St., tonight with the Topeka based Christian/pop-rock group The Billions. The Billions are touring their fourth album and Northern Records debut, Never Felt This Way Before, after being assisted by founding member of Kansas, Kerry Livgren. After discovering a more friendly music atmosphere in Lawrence, the band moved into a farm shack nearby. With bouncy melodies and nasal, shouting vocals, The Joggers' sound is reminiscent of the "slower " Walkmen, The French Kicks and Hot Hot Heat. The show begins at 11 p.m. for a 21-and-older audience.The cost is $2.
more than a million. Quirky Portland, Ore., indie rockers, The
FRIDAY undead fun. if you
can't find anything to do tonight, you must be six feet under.
Three Minutes or Less: A Short Attention Span Variety Show at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St., is perfect for you and your ADD friends. Starting at 10 p.m., pleasure your eyes and ears with such acts as squiggle puppets, electric balloon guitar and Ukulele Sal. Show up early for the Hag Wanna Be Costume Contest at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are available in the Liberty Hall box office.
In search of a sugar high? The Downtown Lawrence Halloween Trickor-Treat is your chance to get something for free from the Downtown Lawrence merchants. From 5 p.m.
to 6:30 p.m.,
merchants
from Sixth
Street to
11th Street
will be
handing out
candy for sweet-starved trick-or-treaters. For more freakish fun, check out Jayplay's Roadmap to a HELLuvagoodtime on page 10, featuring Halloween 2 at the Ramada Inn, 2222 W. 6th St., a creepy Campanile concert and more goody-grabbing opportunities.
WEDNESDAY rock, not horror.
Weiss, the drummer of Sleater-Kinney not the ingénue of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, joins singer/guitarist /keyboardist Sam Coomes, formerly of Donner Party, in the fun, yet divorced, indie-pop duo Quasi. Their witty criticisms of post-September 11 actions from this year's Hot Sh*t will light up The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., tonight for an all-ages crowd. Liz Phair brings her pop flair to Kansas City's Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania Ave. The 18-and-older show will be worth the $20 ticket if she sticks to her lo-fi '90s rock tracks from albums like Exile in Guyville.The show begins at 9 p.m.
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