2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2005
GET READY FOR THE BEAKEND
BY MARK VERTHALER
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
The on-again, off-again band known as The Band That Saved the World has been hitting the
live circuit for the past three years delivering a fresh mix of soul, jazz and rock. Tonight and tomorrow, it will return home to Lawrence for back-to-back shows at the Jazzhaus.
The Lawrence octet's most recent album, "Changes," came out three years ago, but the sound still has yet to stale.
The band even breeches genres to hit the hard-core funk of the mid-70s with songs like
Serving up polished brass sounds with upbeat vocals, smoot bass lines and screeching guitars, this is some local flavor that will offer a break from the standard Alternative/Metal flavor in Lawrence.
Serving up polished brass sounds with upbeat vocals, smooth bass lines and screeching guitars, this is some local flavor that will offer a break from the standard Alternative/Metal flavor in Lawrence.
The band isn't limited to your standard fair of funk and soul either, such songs as "Lasso the Moon" show the acoustic side of the band, which it pulls off with just as much skill as its more elaborate numbers.
sometimes heartfelt lyrics, this is a band that not only knows what it's doing, it enjoys getting there in the process.
The vocals of Shannon Savole lend a smooth overtone to the music that ties the rolling music and sharp beats together. Coupled with the light-hearted,
Its heavy bass and kick-drum with trilling guitars and horns provides backup that gives it a retro-funk flavor.
"Changes" has proved that you can have multiple genres on one CD and still make it easy to listen to. Each track flows seamlessly into the next, without the sickening changing of gears that happens so often when other
bands take a stab at multiple style recording.
Although TBTSTW has independently produced two records, its live show is definitely where its heart lies. In full swing of a live tour, be sure to check these local boys as they come back home.
Located at 926 1/2 Massachusetts St, the show is 21 and over only. The admission is $5 and the show will begin at 10 p.m.
Edited by Jayme Wiley
Nelly gets real
Dinne Bondareff/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nelly arrives at Radio City Music Hall in New York, on Sept. 8, for the second annual Fashion Rocks concert, which celebrates the relationship between fashion and music. He has inked a deal to develop a reality television series with A. Smith & Co. Productions, it was announced Wednesday. The show will chronicle "the day-to-day life" of the rapper.
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In Joan Stone's advanced choreography class, students Monica Marx, Ashley Moore, Maria Perry and Brandon Doolittle preform their dance "Lawn Service." The dances were an opening for the reception for Lee Friedlander's "At work."
Display a first for museum
Commissioned video shows Lawrence laborers at work
BY MALINDA OSBORNE
mosborne@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The Spencer Museum of Art will display student work for the first time in its 77-year history. The museum has also commissioned a video presentation to go along with the current photo exhibit, which is another first for the Spencer.
The video presentation, which the museum commissioned last summer from local artists and University of Kansas art and design professors Luke Jordan and Earl Iverson, focuses on Lawrence workers.
"This was an opportunity that came up very quickly," Jordan said. "It wouldn't have been possible for someone else to do it from anywhere else but here."
Jordan said the project was interesting because no one had a set idea for what they would end up with. The theme was "feeding Lawrence" and had to be tied to workers in the workplace.
Jordan and Iverson decided to film employees at Wheatfields Bakery, Free State Brewing Co.
Lawrence Journal-World and Sunflower Broadband. They collected more than 30 hours of video of workers doing various tasks, from preparing dough to bundling newspapers.
"We went in and were allowed to just be flies on the wall," Jordan said. "The people at Free State said, 'Don't tape the bathrooms, but everything else is cool.'"
The images will be projected on different parts of the walls in the central court of the museum. There will be no printed labels. Instead, everything from the curator's statement to the titles of the works will be projected on the walls.
Jordan said this would be done to include everything in video format. He also said the central court would be dimly lit to create the feeling that the viewer was getting a sneak peek into the lives of the workers.
what to think, but the thoughtful observer would find a lot to grab hold of," he said.
"We're not telling people
One of the videos from Wheatfields Bakery focused on the making of pastries. It follows the dough from formellum lump to freshly baked pastry.
On the front exterior of the museum, which faces the Kansas Union, in a cordoned-off area, workers of various types will perform their jobs for people to watch from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday outside the main entrance until Oct. 20. When not occupied, the space is available for anyone to demonstrate their skills in a free-form, exhibition-style display.
Inside, in the right hallway of the main level, visitors will find a display of 20 photographs taken by KU students.
Brett Knappe, photo intern for the Spencer Museum of Art and collaborator for the student's exhibit, said the time had arrived
for students not just to appreciate the work in the museum, but be a part of it themselves.
"I think this is a good opportunity for the students having their work shown in a major museum," Knappe said. "Many local artists would love to have this opportunity to be on display in a significant way."
Knappe said every student took a different approach. One or two of the students actually set up a photo shoot specifically with the theme in mind. Others took their photos while traveling abroad. Erik Heironimus, Paola graduate student in architecture, took a series of photos near his hometown specifically for the exhibit. Each of his four black and white photos in silver gelatin is a close up shot of antique farm equipment, he said.
"I'm quite excited and honored just to be chosen to have my work in the Spencer," Heironiumus said. "And I'm even more honored to have them presented at the same time as a photographer as distinguished as Friedlander."
Edited by Patrick Ross
STATE
LANGDON — Two fire trucks responding to a brush fire in south-central Kansas collided head-on yesterday, killing the district's fire chief. The accident occurred about 4 p.m. southwest of Hutchinson as the two trucks from Reno County Fire District No. 7 responded to a controlled field burn that had gotten out of hand, the Reno County Sheriff's Office said. The office said smoke from the blaze had reduced visibility over the roadway, contributing to the crash. One of the drivers, Fire Chief Ed King, 55, of Turon, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the other truck, Assistant Fire Chief Tom Franks, 57, also of Turon, was uninjured, the sheriff's office said. It was unclear if anyone else was on either truck.
Fire chief killed in fire truck crash
STATE
The Associated Press
Seven hunters charged for killing cranes
WICHITA -- Seven men were charged yesterday with shooting two whooping cranes, an incident that sparked unsuccessful efforts to halt the state's sandhill crane hunting season.
The shooting allegedly took place Nov. 6, 2004, during a hunting trip in Stafford County. The hunters will not be arrested, but will be issued a summons to appear in court Sept. 30. The maximum penalty for the misdemeanor charge is six months in prison and a $15,000 fine, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office
The deaths of the whooping cranes led bird enthusiasts to seek changes to Kansas' sandhill crane hunting season earlier this year.
- The Associated Press
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