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Friday, October 8, 1976
University Daily Kansan
This Saturday night
'Nest' hatches Hawks' fete
Promoters Expect "Media Coup"
What the bell is a "Media Corp" And what's his buzz all about at "The Nest" this Saturday morning?
"Just about every type of media conceivable will be involved," Brinkerhoff said. "We've got this really professional mobile disc outfit coming from Kansas City to create the event. To cover it, Kansas City's Star Magazine is sending a writer and photographer. We're naturally very excited about the project and we know it's a little town! And we support there will be quite a bit of interest on the part of KU students."
"Whenever a newsworthy event takes place," explained Cory Brinkerhoff, Lawrence journalism student and promotional director of SUA's A night spot. "The Nest," Varius media make an effort to cover the story. Sometimes, especially if the story is a hot one, the media—radio, television, or film—become in use for that they actually BECOME the event. They sort of stalel the show."
Star magazine's coverage of the event at The Nest is sure to draw a geodesic crowd. "Till am he there!" aboutted Paulina Kramer. Lawrence and about ten of my friends are going too!
And that is exactly what Brinkwerth and other members of the SUA staff expect to happen.
Apparently the attraction of Star magazine photographers will result.
"Besides the Star Magazine coverage, KJHK radio will be broadcast live," said Brinkerbauer. "That will give people at the Nest a chance to say 'ii' to their friends that couldn't make it."
"We are going to be using a TV camera the entire night as well. The videotape replays should give dancers and spectators both a real charge. Just like a video game, it can be head and head of the TV crew. "Instalms replay of people dancing, camcorders trying to get their faces on, mini-screen tests for aspiring dancers."
"We want everyone that has a camera, or even a tape recorder, to bring it and use it. There's no reason why everyone can get in the 'media' side of this as well as the 'event' side," said Brinkerboff, claiming he will be bringing three cameras of his own.
The many media activities planned for the mobile device show this Saturday night at the Nest may indeed turn out to be the real spectacle. If you've often wondered what Marshall McCullan means when he refers to a "media comp", this could be your choice to find out.
KJHK-FM to broadcast
live
Cindy Hutter, station manager for KJHK in Lawrence has confirmed that they will be doing live remote broadcasts from THE NEST to a media media event. Steve Dawy will be broadcasting.
What makes the situation even more unusual is the Nest's regular weekend format. "We're the places you go when you want LIVE entertainment, we have five bands booked and every week except this one. It was a real coincidence that Star Wars was on the schedule and we each weekend we didn't have a barked book."
According to Chris Kahler, SUA programming adviser in charge of the Nest, everything about the magazine's coverage, including the story they want to tell, has been grown from a mere recent phenomenal growth of "mobile diszi." What's most important to them is that there be a large crowd of students actively whipping up it, really having a good time. We told them if a bunch of people were going to show up at Star Magazine, KU is the place to go.
KC Star Magazine to Cover Event
Why is it prescriptive a magazine as the Kansas City Star's "Star Magazine" coming to Lawrence this weekend? A better question why, is why the city's star is prescriptive to the feature story? It seems a bit unusual.
flock 'n' rock
"It will no doubt cause a problem with some people confusing our image, thinking we changed to a disco format, but we figured the exposure Star magazine gets would be so beneficial, we could get away with it." Kalleb said. "Besides, our ultimate goal is to provide the best setting possible for students to have the best time at school," she added. The professional disco party, lots of beer, and a chance to have your picture taken for a magazine with national prominence."
Gene Murray of the Star's editorial staff was moved to do the story on the mobile disc by Billboard, an entertainment trade magazine. We asked him why we thought expansion their regular coverage of it, and feel that it's definitely the wave of the future for college parties. Murray said. "We are interested in showing our readers what it's all about by covering an event on a major school's campus."
So national fame for some glory seeking KU students may be realized this Saturday night when the magazine's photographers start shooting the event at the Nest. "I'm sure gonna get my face in there," one student said. "My parents will get a real kick out of seeing me in Star Magazine!"
Steve Johnson, radio-TV-film student, is getting very excited about this Saturday night. He'll be running the videotape recording operation at the Nest's "music club"
VTR to create its own event,with replay
"I think it would be very practical to use the videotape of people dancing as a form of therapy for dancers," Johnson said. "But don't quote me in this chapter because I can't recall how they'll look like parapherns on camera."
Kathar Kulshan, SUA staffer, dreamt up the idea of the VIT coverage of discourses because of the novelty of their work. You can take a picture of someone else can you do it with instant replay of yourself and your friends. It will be a lot of fun. I can see the crowd at halfway through the night, all a few hours, really hamming it up for the audience.
Anyone curious about how they look on TV should be sure to attend.
Level 2 at the Union
Who's heard of "The Nest"
"It's an academic question at this point," says John Hall, Lawrence senior, "because we have handbooks for every weekend this semester!"
Are KU students "disco crazy"?
flock 'n' rock
Hall is in charge of THE NEST, an SUA sponsored "night club" located in the Hawk's Nest restaurant area on Level Two of the Union. "We've spent $0,000 to remodel the place, and we've committed over $0,000 for bands this semester alone. Obviously we believe the KU students want to hear live music."
"This big disco event THE NEST is sponsoring tomorrow night (Oct. 9) an unexplainable departure from our format. I'm not sure how it all got started, but I think it'll get us some good public anyway," Hall said. "Disco is alright. There are good and bad things a person could say about it, but SUA is interested in getting into a We're like Bugsy's and Shannanagis' trip. With great talent like Millionaire at Midnight next weekend (Oct. 1-5) for our Grand Opening, I'm not worried about whether students will decide to come here for $1, or to a local disco for $2. The win I see it, THE NEST is best."
THE NEST was created to expand SUA's offering of activities for students," according to Mike Miller, Programs Advisor for SUA. "The only regular evening entertainment provided by Student Union Activities was the film series. We wanted to branch out."
Along with great entertainment, the NEST has plenty of cold beer—the cheapest in town at $1.70 a pitcher. Cover charge is always $1.00. "We thought about raising the cover, but this way we figured people could buy more beer," said Cary Brinkerbeck, promotional director of the NEST.
The Need is open every Friday and Saturday night, and prepares to bring in the highest quality students.
It could be that John Hall and SUA are on to something. "There is a definite lack of variety on weekends in Lawerence," Rod Randell, Lawrence senior, said. "I will be looking forward to a really nice place with good bands, dance music, and cold beer."
musical learners can listen and watch. These musical groups offer the best of both," explains Hall.
THE NEST could be the place.
The month of October is powerpacked with outstanding entertainment!
Coming Attractions to "The Nest"
Five piece group from Lawrence guaranteed to Flock 'n Rock you
MILLIONAIRE AT MIDNIGHT Oct. 15-16 One of Lawrence's most popular bands featuring great dance music
COLE TUCKEY Oct. 29-30
SQUEAKY FEET Oct. 22-23
COLE TUCKEY Oct. 29-30 The area's most up and coming act! Destined for the big time.
Stay tuned also in
November for some more favorites including:
ON TAP AIRBORNE
and BOB WYRE
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KU to Debut "Mobile Disco" Night
By now, anyone who haven't spent the last year and a half on Sahabatical in Thetet is familiar with the "Disco" phenomenon. As with most popular trends, Disney started on the East and West coasts five to ten years ago and has moved in the Midwest only within the last two years. At least these disco houses have opened in the Kansas City area within the year as well as two in Lawrence.
ability to diversify and offer any possible combination of music is another advantage disco offers over live bands. Besides, most schools and organizations don't have the budgets to continually innovate their mobile disco offers an economical alternative and a change of pace. Glarewell explained.
The Milwaukee has been “discovering” disco, enterprise promoters on both coasts have taken the concept in a new direction. Reverting the principle of Mohammed going to the mountain, the mountain is being brought to Mohammed. In a word: Mobile Disk. Sound system, disk jockey, music, and lights are brought to the customer. S.U.A. in cooperation with Disco Party of Kansas will be premier mobile disco in the Hawk's Nest Saturday night with a dance open to all students.
"One reason mobile Diosco have become so popular on campus is because they provide a recreational release unmatched by live bands." (From Gildelwid of Diosco Party of Kansas City.
"People get physically involved with the music they move with it, dances to it, be it an extension of music rather than simply passive receivers of music or participants in it," the music and people are discovering that dancing is. Since disco began to rew up, the party scene on campus has changed from live bands to discos. Most mobile DJ jockeys program their music to be played live and recorded on vinyl or traditional disco records. This
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