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Area bands to contend for album
By Michael Carolan Kansan staff writer
Students will get a chance to hear the best in homegrown Lawrence music this weekend when 20 area bands crank out tunes ranging from punk to reggae to blues in a competition to appear on a student-produced album.
The live recording event, "Quest for Vinyl," has received unexpected interest from area bands, caught the attention of the national music industry and kept its organizers at KHJK Music Hall, where they hosted Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.
In late January, KJHK announced that it would record a live record album featuring area bands. By the
Feb. 15 deadline, about 70 area bands and sent their tape to KJHK.
That number that surprised station manager Brad Schwartz.
"A lot of people in Lawrence take the music scene for granted," Schwartz said, who said he had been working night and day with KJHK entertainment executive Mahlah to pull together "Quest for Vinyl." "But we received 70 demo tapes and that shouldn't be taken for granted."
The album will take the best cut of at least 16 bands, Schwartz said. The last album that KJHK helped produce, "Fresh Sounds from the Midwest Part III," received national attention.
Schwartz said that MTV-Music Television planned to mention the event on their "music news" this week and that a representative with a national recording studio had called to buy tickets to the show.
many bands, so little time and so much depending on their performances."
"It's grown into a mind-blowing project," said Bassin. "There are so
George Abrams, guitarist for the reggae band Common Ground said that "Quest for Vinyl" would be a preliminary recording for the studio work they plan to do next month.
"Our people are sharpening up their chops," said Abrams. "We have to do it big, sharp, tight and right the first time."
are Ultravioletiets, Mackender-Hunt Band, Rhythm Kings and Common Ground. Friday bands beginning at 8 p.m. include Drowning Incident, Kelly Girls, Todd Newman Band, Medhead, and the Lonesome Houndogs. Saturday's performance begins at 4 p.m. with Parlor Frogs, Mushrooms, Random Aztec, Bangtails, Dashboard Budda, Sin City Disciples, Absolute Ceiling, Pedal Jets, No Difference and the Homestead Grays.
The bands appearing at the Bottleneck Thursday beginning at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $5 per night and $12 for a three-day pass. Proceeds will go to the recording, mixing, pressing and distribution of the album. Tickets may be purchased at Pennylane Records and Tapes, 844 Massachusetts St., and at the SUA Box Office.
Nyuk, Nyuk;
Stoogemania draws 1,000
The Associated Press
AUBURN, Maine -- Cream pies flew, old flicks rolled and fans talked to an old Three Stooges supporting actor when about 1,000 die-hard fans of the celebrated knuckleheads gathered for a weekend of — nyuk, nyuk — Stoogemania.
They and others swapped memorabilia, threw pies and watched such films as "Three Little Pigskins" and "All the World's a Stooge."
Joe Jerrier, one of the conventions organizers, said nostalgia had sparked a resurgence of interest in the act famous for its endless buffoonery.
The convention raised more than $4,000 for cancer research by Saturday afternoon, said Jerrier. Ron Eugley, another organizer, said at least 1,000 fans showed up.
Second lip-sync contest held Rock-A-Like raises more than $550 for Multiple Sclerosis
By Donna Stokes
Kansan staff writer
a rowdy and enthusiastic crowd at Gammons on Friday night cheered on eight lip syne acts to help Students Against Multiple Sclerosis raise more than $550 in the second performance of the Rock-A-Like contest.
University Daily Kansan / Monday, February 29, 1988
Two new acts joined the lip sync contest in addition to contestants who performed as George Michael, Stevie Nicks, Huey Lewis, Elvis, Arthea Franklin and a performance to the song "Time Warp."
One of the new groups, the Firm, consisted of Brad Chestler and Michael Gallagher, both Flossmoor, Ill., freshmen, and Gerald Wilkes, Ballwin, Mo., sophomore. They performed to "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling."
Ben Gilling, Overland Park senior; Mike Keating, Kansas City.
Kan, sophomore; and John Weber, Hurst, Texas, sophomore, performed as the Beastie Boys to "Fight For Your Right to Party."
"We had a pretty good reaction from the crowd, but so did everybody," Gilling said.
Shelley Hansel, Wellington sophomore and SAMS co-chairman, said, "Everyone was so excited." He added that the dance floor. It was really great."
Hansel said a beer fight broke out during the Beastie Boys' performance.
"The whole thing got a little out of control." she said.
Hansel said a lip sync to Elvis Presley's "I'm All Shook Up" was one of the highlights of the evening.
"The crowd was shouting his name; he made so much money," she said of the performer.
SAMS made more than $300
from money taken at the door at Gammons, 1601 W. 23rd St., and $250 from donations taken as votes for the contestants, said Margaret Salisbury, Topea senior and SAMS treasurer.
Darin Simmer, Wamego freshman, who has been performing as George Michael to "I Want Your Sex" in the lip sync contest, won $100 at Eyes bar Thursday in a Kansas City, Mo., judged lip syc
Friday's contest at Gammonms originally was designated as the final performance, but Hansel said SAMS probably will hold an additional lip synecure performance, because of the two new acts.
He will compete in the finals on Thursday for $1,000.
In February, Bust MS Month,
SAMS has collected more than $900,
Salisbury said.
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