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THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2013
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
LAWRENCE
Love Garden and Granada best places for rap music
RYAN WRIGHT
rwright@kansan.com
Lawrence honestly doesn't offer much when it comes to hip-hop and R&B music, but there are still a few great places to buy it and see live performances. When it comes to purchasing hip-hop and R&B, the best place to go, without a doubt, is Love Garden Sounds.
Love Garden Sounds has made a name for itself as one of the best music stores in the Midwest. It offers nearly every genre of music, including a pretty awesome hip-hop and R&B section. You can find everything from vinyl records to CDs, including both new and used items. The store also allows customers to buy sell and trade music.
"Love Garden doesn't run itself, and the ability to balance a fun atmosphere with a reasonable work-ethic makes the place
what it is," said store owner Kelly Corcoran.
The store also has two in-store cats, which have become a trademark for the store and create a welcoming environment for customers.
"I love Love Garden Sounds, by far the best place in Lawrence to buy music, especially hip-hop," said Josh Florez, a freshman from Wichita. "The employees are always nice and helpful. I like the cats too."
For live music, the Granada is the most hip-hop friendly venue in Lawrence. Just in the past year they've brought in Odd Future, Asher Roth and Hopsin. In the coming months, they will have performances from several others, including Murs and Watsky.
Artists also seem to enjoy performing at the Granada. Talib Kweli is returning in May to do his second show this year at the venue. Hoodie Allen is also coming back next week for his second performance in seven months.
The venue is also a fan-favorite among students.
"I've been to a plethora of shows at the Granada, but Odd Future was the best," said Maxwell Moore, a freshman from Gardner. "The tickets were not too costly; the house was packed with an audience deeply invested in the group. Chants began 30 minutes before the group even made a stage appearance, and the large Odd Future banister excited eve, one."
Basically, if you're looking for places for hip-hop and R&B, definitely check out Love Garden Sounds and the Granada if you haven't already.
Edited by Elise Reuter
ASHLEIGH LEE/KANSAN
Love Garden Sounds has a variety of hip hop music in both vinyl and cd's. Love Garden is located 822 Massachusetts St.
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Pantomime troupe to perform at the Lied Center on Friday
ELLY GRIMM
egrimm@kansan.com
People will get a unique opportunity to see a foreign performance troupe in Lawrence.
On Friday at 7:30 p.m., the Lied Center will host the Swiss pantomime troupe known as Mummenschanz. This performance will be part of the group's 40th anniversary tour.
"It's fantastical performance mime theater and every child's dream," said Karen Christelles, associate director of the Lied Center. "Just taking the fantastical of every day and make it into something that is humorous."
Muppets have their own distinct personalities, the troupe is taking inanimate objects and giving them their own personalities. She added that the troupe actually appeared on "The Muppets Show."
Christelles likened the troupe to the Jim Henson Muppets. However, she says that while the
Christelles also said that the troupe's performance was booked around this time last year and they jumped at the chance to book them to perform.
"We heard that since this is a Swiss troupe, they're not based in the States," she said. "So we heard 'oh they're going to be on tour here in the U.S.' and 'they're going to be touring here in a particular time frame and you would have an opportunity to have them here' so we were like 'yeah,' and since it's their 40th anniversary tour, we thought that made it special."
The performance will consist of some of their trademark performances but will also include some of their more recent performances. Michele Berendsen, marketing communications director at the Lied Center, also expressed enthusiasm about the troupe's coming performance, also referencing their appearance on "The Muppet Show."
"It is exciting to have such a unique group of performers visit the Lied Center," she said. "Many of us enjoyed them on 'Sesame Street' and 'The Muppet Show' and seeing them in person will be such a treat."
Edited by Kyle Crane
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