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Surrounded by flashing lights and clanging bells, Sean Kernick, Erie Junior, plays pinball yesterday at the Jaybowl on the first floor of the Kansas Union.
Pinball still finds loyal fans
Some prefer the old silver ball to fancy new video games
By Ashlee Roll
Kansan staff writer
The Who based a musical on it, and Brooke Shields made a movie about it. Yes, the wonder of pinball is still around.
With the high-tech video games that are available today, some people still opt for pinball, the grandaddy of arcade games.
Rege Craft, owner of Planet Pinball, 2223 Louisiana St., said that pinball had been around since the 1930s.
David Day, Wichita senior, said, "Video games
have progressed and gotten more complex, but pinball has stayed simple. It's still a silver ball, two flipers, and you against the machine."
Andy Boyer, Lenexa freshman, said he played pinball at least three hours a week.
"It's a good stress reliever," Boyer said.
Advances in pinball technology have helped the game maintain popularity. In 1911 and 1992, the dot matrix display came onto the market and helped to modernize the game.
This computerized display delivers scores and vocal messages to the player.
"It is quite modernized, with video screens and computerized talking," Boyer said. "It's the old-school kind of stuff, but it's modernized to keep the kids interested."
Day said that pinball had a rich history and legacy. "There were certain games, like Kiss, that I can't forget." he said.
Craft said the people that play pinball range from 18 to 30, and the majority of players he sees are college age.
"Pinball is a little more social than other video games," Craft said. "You don't have to focus just on the machine, you can talk to friends while you play."
Pinball remains one of the few games that many people have tried at one time or another.
"It never changes from game to game," Day said.
"If you know how to play pinball you can get on any game and catch on."
During the years, the themes of pinball machines have changed. Where generic themes like soccer and basketball once ruled, now Baywatch and Addams Family pinball machines are popular.
For pinball enthusiasts, pinball surpasses the video game.
"Pinball is more of a challenge than video games, because its not just what's on the computer screen," Boyer said. "It's where the ball rolls, not what the computer thinks."
Tommy standing the test of time
Kansan staff writer
By Jeff Ruby
In a 1969 concert, The Who introduced the rock opera Tommy to an open-mouthed audience. Three decades later, guitarist Pete Townshend's story has become so famous that it's difficult to say the name Tommy without thinking of Townshend's pinball-playing "deaf, dumb and blind kid."
Now the band's powerful rock mixes with the energy of Broadway in Tony Award winner Des McAnuff's stage adaption of The Who's Tommy, opening the Lied Center's Broadway Series at 8 tonight and tomorrow.
band, was a musical experience like no other.
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Karen Lane Christilles, the Lied Center's director of public relations, said the show, which features a multimedia display and an onstage
"With the incredible things and costumes, the whole thing is very hightech," she said. "I mean, it's not your father's Oldsmobile. I anticipate this being a really huge event with students."
Christilles said the show's music once the soundtrack for baby boomers now bridged the gap between generations. The show features new material written by Townshend.
Barry Shank, assistant professor of American studies, agreed that The Who's nearly 30-year-old concept album had given birth to music that continues to be vital today. In fact, that may have been Towshend's purpose, he said.
Davis Kirby and Krista Pigott star in the The Who's Tommy, playing at 8 tonight and tomorrow night at the Lied Center.
"It's a total blowout with the music," she said. "The music is the same as it was, but Pete Townshend brushed it up, took a new look at it and brought it up into the '90s. This music doesn't die. It's the music of our lives."
"Tommy was supposed to capture the now,' so well, it would create a music that would endure." Shank
said. "It has exceeded — if not transcended — Townshend's concepts of pop, rock and art."
The Broadway production of Tommy was the most successful musical of 1983, breaking box office records and winning five Tony's.
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