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AUGUST 15,2005
OFF THE HILL
NIGHTLIFE: 18+
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
13D
Local fun under 21
BY NEIL MULKA
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
If you're anything like me, being under 21 years old is not going to keep you away from alcohol. By the time I reached that milestone, I'd already puked in my roommate's backpack, thinking it was a trash can (and ruining $200 worth of books), visited the emergency room three times (two for me, one for a friend ... kind of like whiskey shots), went home with a lady that resembled Kennedy from MTV (with an extra 75 pounds) and referred to myself as "Captain Keegstand" more than once.
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But there will be at least one night, maybe a couple, which will make you say, "I just don't want to drink." Shocking, yes, but it will happen. Maybe you'll be suffering from a hangover so severe you wish Captain Morgan would use his saber to slice your head off. Or perhaps you will have scored your third MIP, and this time your parents aren't going to pay for it. Or maybe you can just have a good time without booze.
Either way, you need to stop, rip this section out, and stick it in that part of your wallet where the condoms should go, because you're going to need this.
There are a lot of bars you can't get into in Lawrence because you're not 21, but you can get into a strip club.
"Call me Candy"
Located north of the Kaw River is All-Stars, 913 N. Second St., Lawrence's only 18-and-over strip joint. With a $20 cover charge per person, sit back, relax with your favorite soft drink and enjoy a show from one of All-Stars' twenty-five dancers on the venue's two stages.
Lindsey Worther, who works at the recreation center, says there are less people working out after 8 p.m. So while your friends are chowing down on a Big Ass from Gumbys and working through a 30-pack of Keystone Light, you can be sculpting your own buns. Less people working out means less time waiting for your favorite exercise machine and more time to sculpt that perfect body.
Most people don't associate working out with "nightlife," however, the best time to go to the Student Recreation Fitness Center is when your buddies are starting their nightlife shenanigans.
Work that bodv
Lawrence is a great town with a rock 'n' roll heart or hot for hip-hop, but a lot of venues
Patrons of the Pool Room, 925 Iowa St., shoot billiards. Pool halls, such as the Pool Room; Astro's, 601 Kasold Dr.; and Phoggy Dog, 2228 Iowa St., offer several hours a day for underage patrons to play.
There are a lot of bars you can't get into in Lawrence because you're not 21, but you can get into a strip club.
Punk's not dead
Don't despain, young rocker. You can find hope in a yellow house on 1900 Louisiana St.
here are 21 and over.
The Haunted Kitchen is a stop for dozens of touring, do-it-yourself punk rock and metal bands from far away lands like Sweden. The basement has a makeshift stage, PA system and acoustics that will test the limit of your earrums.
Cover charges to get into the Kitchen are usually only a couple bucks and there is no alcohol served on the premises. But you might be able to get a tasty vegan vittle.
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Andrew W.K. rocks out on the guitar during his performance on the lawn outside the Lied Center. The SUA-sponsored concert, which included three other acts, attracted about 1,000 people.
Dance! Dance! Dance!
Like dancing? Hate Top 40? You have a couple options. Tease your hair, grab your stonewash jeans, familiarize yourself with Duran Duran's Rio and head to Neon, the '80s dance night at the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St. Every Thursday beginning at 9 p.m., an eclectic crowd of hipsters, rockers, goths, post-ravers and regular-joe college guys cram onto the Granada's dance floor to groove the night away to Blondie, Flock of Seagulls and Cyndi Lauper.
If you're into a more modern beat, Tribal Vision might fulfill your needs. Tribal Vision describes itself as "a group of people who throw free, electronic-
themed dance parties for the Midwest community" and it has been throwing electronic-themed dance parties and events at area venues since 2000.
Tim Hiersted, a Lawrence resident and self-described informal leader of the group's parties, lives up to the first word of the group's name.
"As a group we have always sought to integrate a tribal feel into our parties, by throwing them for free and in a natural setting, selling cheap $1 water to pay for expenses, recycling plastic and glass bottles and cans, having bon fires, and always trying to bring in artists that play eclectic and interesting music." Hjersted says. "I think because of what people have come to expect from the parties they go into it with a different attitude."
Hjersted has parties on his family farm on the outskirts of Lawrence and local venues such as the Gaslight Tavern & Coffee House, 317 N. Second St. and the Granada.
And last ...
Anschutz Library is open 24 hours a day. It's down the hill from Budig Hall. Go there. Study. Don't be like me and take 5-and-a-half years to graduate.
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