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KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011 / NEWS / 3A
LOCAL
Jessica Janasz/KANSAN
Love Garden Sounds, 822 Massachusetts St., buys, sells and trades vinyl, compact discs, tapes and stereo equipment. Love Garden Sounds is the only primary music retailer in downtown Lawrence.
Lone downtown music retailer continues serving sonic pleasure
BY MAX ROTHMAN
mrothman@kansan.com
Mickey tiptoes from M to F as you flip through Funkadelic. Sam nestles in the corner plant, then crawls to his next nap at Z.
The cats at Love Garden Sounds on 822 Massachusetts St. relax, while Steve Reich's "Six Marimba" chimes from the walls. Crate diggers square dance from Aylor to Zappa.
"That's all I've been doing for the past winter," said Ian Shelton, a record shopper from Wichita, with "Organix" by The Roots in his hand.
This is what 21 years of catering sonic pleasure to the people looks like.
"You'll get to find out exactly what you're looking for, hone it down to things you want to spend your money on, meet a few people in the process and find out about a thing you didn't know," said owner Kelly Corcoran of his record store.
Borders, 700 New Hampshire St., which sells compact discs, is one of 200 underperforming stores expected to close by the end of April, according to a Feb.17 press release. Kief's Downtown Music is no longer downtown, following a move from 823 Massachusetts St. to 2429 Iowa St. in June. As a buyer, seller and trader of vinyl, compact discs, tapes and stereo equipment, Love Garden Sounds, a primary music retailer, stands alone in downtown Lawrence.
LAST FIVE ITEMS CORCORAN PLAYED AT HOME
1. "Pakistan: Folk and Pop Instrumentals, 1966-76" by Various Artists (Sublime Frequencies)
"Obscure second and third world music that I have no concept of, but they do a really good job of giving you context. This is how this label existed, how these artists existed, who put out these records and what the scene was like at the time. That kind of stuff is invaluable."
2. "Love's Gone Bad" by Chris Clark (Motown 1967)
3. "21" by Adele (XL, Columbia 2010)
"She's somebody who understands the depth of pop-song-writing or at least is aspiring to that, instead of a simple indie tablature."
4. "The Waves" by Tamaryn (Mexican Summer 2010)
"They're great little emotional pop-songs ditched somewhere within this gloomy aesthetic. I generally fall pretty hard for that kind of thing."
5. "Sons of Northern Darkness" by Immortal (Nuclear Blast 2002)
"Serious black-metal dudes, you know? I don't listen to a ton of metal, but when I do, kind of go on jags where Ill listen to a bunch of it."
"Bottom line," said Wake Mitchell. Love Garden employee, "We've created a really strong social network here that has kept the store afloat."
The store moved from its original location at 936 1/2 Massachusetts St. in October 2009. No longer do patrons creep up creaky stairs, swallowed by hundreds of LP sleeves, to find their upstairs oasis. Yet the lore, the space, the cats and the scholarly staff remain.
"They're the experts in the field," said Doug Davison, record shopper from Vinland, "So we wander in and learn something."
Corcoran said there's no threshold of music knowledge required to work at the store.
"The staff here figures shit out because they're here," he said. "We're always talking about records."
Edited by Helen Mubarak
New student group's strategy Go green to save some green
CAMPUS
BY KELSEY RICHARDSON krichardson@kansan.com
Justin Christian, a freshman from Topeka and president of Kansas Sustainability Initiative. "Our goal is to have 100 members by the end of the week."
KSI will begin working on a long-term project called the Revolving Green Fund next semester. The organization will invest in green technology that will be fiscally sound, so it will give the University back a good rate
"What happens is the University will pay back the organization however much money that has
been saved each month, until it's paid off," Christian said. "Then the University gets that savings immediately."
The organization will then get back the money that it has invested, so it can invest in another alternative energy or green project. The student group is based off of a Harvard University research program called the Sustainability Science Program, which launched in 1999.
"We hope to create a change of perspective for students and the community when it comes to green awareness and to save KU a lot of money," Christian said.
A new student group at the University, the Kansas Sustainability Initiative, formed about two weeks ago. KSI aims to save the University money through sustainable energy and green projects. The group will be visiting scholarship halls, dorms, fraternities and sororites to recruit members this week.
"KSI currently has 35 members, and during our kickoff week we hope to double, or even triple our membership,"
Edited by Becca Harsch
Kansas Sustainability Initiative Mission Statement
To raise awareness of how green initiatives that are fiscally sound can be implemented at KU to save the university and students money.
By Kelsey Richardson
WALTER S. SUTTON LECTURE SERIES
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS and THE KU INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ETHICS IN BUSINESS present
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Carol Hallquist, Vice President Hallmark Corp. Foundation
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 7 p.m. Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd. Free to the public. No RSVP necessary.
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