Sad Dog Weekend Update
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Sad Dog MySpace Profile Song of the Week: "Life Goes On" by Honeywagen
www.myspace.com/saddogkc
FRIDAY, APRIL 27
It's Over, Pink Socks and Lucky Graves @ THE BRICK
10pm; $7
Tonight offers a delightful trio of feel good grooves guaranteed to reboot your system and kick start your week. Don't forget your boogie shoes and be prepared for a healthy dose of ass-shakin'!
It's Over - 60's and 70's inspired hella high-energy pop
Pink Socks – Former members of the Litigators shelling out what they deem garage, dutch pop rock.
Lucky Graves – Sexy, groovy indie , pop rock
Plan to spend the entire evening at The Brick this eve because you won't want to miss a lick.
www.myspace.com/itsoverkansascity / www.myspace.com/sockrocked
/
www.myspace.com/theluckygraves
System & Station, The Life & Times and This Alibi @ RECORD BAR
www.systemandstation.net / www.thelifeandtimes.com / www.thisalibi.com
White Ghost Shivers @ JACKPOT SALOON (Lawrence, KS)
"We revel in string band music from the 20's and 30's, mixing early jazz, hokum, vaudville, ragtime, western swing and hillbilly." – www.whiteghostshivers.com
Trivia Riot with Maygun @ THE BRICK
7pm - 9pm
SATURDAY, APRIL 28
4th Annual Parkville Microfest @ ENGLISH LANDING PARK (Parkville, MO)
Featuring: Buttermilk Boys, Kasey Rausch & Friends, and Yossarian's Lament
1:00 - 5:00pm
Kick Off the summer with Live Bluegrass, handcrafted Ales, and great food In Historic Downtown Parkville, Missouri. Sample beers from Regional Craft Breweries at this festival, including: Boulevard Brewery, 75th Street Brewery, Free State Brewing Co., Blind Tiger Brewery, Little Apple Brewery, McCoy's Public House, Power Plant Brewery, 23rd St. Brewery, Weston Brewing Co., O'Fallon Brewery, Schlafley Bottleworks, Up Stream Brewing Co., River City Brewing Co., Augusta Brewing Co., Granite City Brewery, Flying Monkey Brewery, Bootlegger's Restaurant and Brewery, High Noon Saloon and Brewery, Schilling Bridre Winery and Brewery, Morgan Street Brewery, and Gella's Dinner And Liquid Bread Brewing.
Guests will be supplied with a commemorative logo tasting glass, a custom tasting note sheet, and live Blue Grass music.
Admission is $20.00 per person payable at the gate. Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets to enjoy a relaxing day in the Park. Outside alcohol will not be allowed into the festival site.
Stella Link, Riddle of Steel and Traindodge @ RECORD BAR
Namelessnumberheadman / Youngmond Grand and Chris Tolle @ THE BRICK
www.namelessnumberheadman.com / www.myspace.com/youngmondgrand / www.thebelles.com
Arthur Dodge and the Horsefeathers and Old Crony @ HURRICANE
www.arthurdodge.com / www.myspace.com/oldcrony
SUNDAY, APRIL 29
It's Over and Youngmond Grand (Austin TX) @ FRED P. OTTS
10pm; $2
www.myspace.com/youngmondgrand
/ www.myspace.com/itsoverkansascity
MONDAY, APRIL 30
Jon Yeager @ THE DROP
www.myspace.com/jonyeagermusic
Brother Ike's Rural Grit Happy Hour 6-9pm @ THE BRICK
www.ruralgrit.com
Brodioke, The Ultimate Karaoke Experience, 10pm-2:30am @ THE BRICK
Live Music Mondays @ THE DROP
Featuring: Jon Yeager
www.myspace.com/jonyeager.com / www.myspace.com/thedropbar
Mix Tape Monday's @ JILLY'S on Broadway
$2 Cover / $2 Boulevard Drafts
9pm - close
Join Godjeff$atan and Lil' Casey as they kick out tunes reminiscent of your
favorite mix tapes. Requests are always welcome, as well as personal mixes if
you got em'.
www.myspace.com/scorchtearth
Rumblejetts Dinner Show @ RECORD BAR
6:30pm to 9pm (No Cover)
www.rumblejetts.com
Metal Monday w/ DJ Metal Mark @ MIKE'S TAVERN
Service Industry Night
TUESDAY, MAY 1
Jet w/ The Virgins @ VOODOO LOUNGE (Harrah's Casino)
www.jetttheband.com /
Rex Hobart Honky Tonk Supper Club @ RECORD BAR
7pm
www.rexhobart.com
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2
Anything Goes Wednesday's @ THE BRICK
8pm to Midnight Every Wednesday
Roach of Spice of Life Productions hosts this free Open Mic Night.
Sign up starts at 7pm.
Questions? Email: roach@spiceoflifeproductions.com or for details call
816-421-1634
THURSDAY, MAY 3
Sing Along Happy Hour w/ Jamie Searle of It's Over @ THE BRICK
6-8pm
www.itsovermusic.com
/ www.myspace.com/itsoverkansascity
TRIVIA CLASH @ RECORD BAR
Starts 7pm weekly w/ Cash Prizes!
Strange Bedfellows Electro-Wave Dance Party @ RECORD BAR
Bad Livers and Broken Hearts - Tex DJ's @ THE POINT
10pm
ON DECK:
May 4 Robert Randolf & The Family Band w/ Ziggy Marley @ GRINDERS SCULPTURE PARK
May 4 Honky and Pendergast@ THE BRICK
May 5 Donkeyshow XV: Cinco de Mayo
May 6 Kings of Leon @ VOODOO LOUNGE (Harrah's Casino)
May 6 Social Distortion @ BEAUMONT CLUB
May 6 Honky @ FRED P. OTTS
May 8 Honky - Boozeday Tuesday @ THE BRICK; $5 / 8pm
May 9 George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic @ GRINDERS SCULPTURE PARK
May 11 The Killers and Hot Hot Heat @ RIVER MARKET
May15 Nashville Pussy / Artimus Piledriver / Three Bad Jacks; $9 adv / $12 dos;
8pm @ DAVEY'S UPTOWN
May 16 Shooter Jennings and The Gaslights @ BEAUMONT CLUB
May 18 Clutch and Bell Rays @ THE GRANADA (Lawrence, KS)
May 23 Morrissey w/ Kristeen Young @ UPTOWN THEATER $40; 8pm
May 24 Bill Joe Shaver @ KNUCKLEHEADS
May 25 The Weary Boys; $8; 10pm
May 31 Eleni Mandell @ DAVEY'S UPTOWN
June 1 Bob Schneider @ GRINDERS SCULPTURE PARK
June 6-9 TwangFest in St. Louis
June 7-10 Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival in LAWRENCE, KS
June 23 The Wilders @ GRINDERS SCULPTURE PARK
June 29 The Red Elvises @ KNUCKLEHEADS
Aug. 4 Reverend Horton Heat & Murder By Death @ GRINDERS SCULPTURE PARK
Aug. 16-18 North vs. South Festival in Lawrence, KS
Sept. 8 Crossroads Festival @ GRINDERS SCULPTURE PARK
IN STORES NOW:
Detroit Cobras "Tied and True" (Bloodshot Records)
www.myspace.com/thedetroitcobras / www.detroitcobras.org / www.bloodshotrecords.com
Golden Smog "Blood on the Slacks" (Lost Highway Records)
This 8-song mini album offers 6 new originals and covers of David Bowie and Dinosaur Jr. classics.
www.goldensmog.com / www.myspace.com/goldensmog / www.losthighwayrecords.com
NEW RELEASES:
May 1 Dinosaur Jr. "Beyond" (Fat Possum)
May 8 Daniel Johnston "Lost and Found" (Gammon)
May 15 Wilco "Sky Blue Sky"(Nonesuch, 2007)
www.wilcoworld.net
ROAD TRIP:
Konza Music Festival, Manhattan, Kansas; April 27 & 28, 2007
Manhattan Music Coalition, the folks that brought you Aggiefest, in cooperation with the Manhattan Parks & Rec Department in an effort to promote live music in Manhattan and also to raise awareness for Konza Prairie Biological Station present: KONZA Music Festival
Friday: 6-close, Saturday: Noon-close @ Aggieville & City Park, Manhattan, KS
Venues include:
Auntie Mae's Parlor, PJ's Pub, The Kathouse Lounge, The Dusty Bookshelf, Rusty's Last Chance, Pat's Blue Ribbon, O'Malley's Alley, Bluestem Bistro, Varney's Bookstore, On The Wildside, The Salty Rim, Pita Pit, Rockstar & Rogers, & The Larry Norvell Band Shell @ City Park!
$12-$15 (a portion of the ticket sales will go directly to help fund further research via the Friends of Konza Prairie)
Featured bands include: Pendergast, Goodnight Daylight, Arthur Dodge, Dead Girls Ruin Everything and Honeywagen and many more. For a full line up visit the Konza Fest MySpace page.
www.myspace.com/mmckonza
/ www.ci.manhattan.ks.us / www.k-state.edu/konza/keep
JAQ'S NOTES:
Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Legendary Neighborhood
By Michael Walker
With spring and summer tapping at the door, a new read is always good to have around for some lazy days of relaxin' in the hammock and soaking up the rays. For those of you who get into a nip of music history, Laurel Canyon is right up your alley.
In a pocket of hills rising up from Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, CA sits Laurel Canyon. In the early 60's, after Elvis had shaken his hips and Jerry Lee Lewis shook societies mores, a collective of musicians gravitated to these hills and unknowingly began a musical revolution that would catapult the sound of music and the industry into a new arena. The story of Laurel Canyon takes us on a journey through musical history that began with an earthy group of folk singers and hedonistic artists. Joni Mitchell and Gram Nash would write the "anthem" of the times "Our House" at the piano in their quaint cottage; the Byrds would set the stage by hitting it big with their new psychedelic sound; Mama Cass would bring together a group of musicians soon to be called Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; Frank Zappa would create a refuge for rag tag of estranged creative libertines; a gig at the Whiskey A Go-Go would launch your career; and mind-enhancing drugs were the flavor of choice. But this was
just the beginning.
Soon, the happy hill of peace and love would find the times a changin' as Charles Manson went on killing spree and the infamous chaos of the Altamont Festival would create a shift in the scene. Musicians were suddenly swimming in a sea of wealth, and with this wealth came a bit of paranoia, only exacerbated by the new drug of choice, cocaine. The Brits hit the scene and soon it was high-powered arena rock groups like Led Zeppelin that would drown out that peaceful easy feeling. The party began and the Continental Hyatt House, a.k.a. "Riot House" became the new refuge for the free spirited, best depicted in the 2000 Cameron Crowe film "Almost Famous".
Laurel Canyon is definitely and enjoyable read and places you in a land where sex, drugs and rock n' roll was the norm.
Albums to listen to while reading Laurel Canyon: CSNY "So Far", The Best of Buffalo Springfield and Joni Mitchell's "Hits".
Films to watch while reading Laurel Canyon: "Almost Famous" (2000 – starring Patrick Fugit, Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson and Jason Lee) and "Laurel Canyon" (2002 -starring Francis McDormand and Christian Bale).
DI'S NOTES:
This month's issue of Spin arrived in the mail yesterday and I browsed through the feature on summer music festivals scheduled for this summer. We'll mention a few on the Sad Dog pages as they approach for those of you thirsty for a road trip. But for a full read on the festival season line-up Spin is great start. While not featured, local area festival Wakarusa did make the calendar and always has a few of my favorites on the bill. Check their website for the hefty line-up. www.wakarusa.com While many of the festival line-ups that can be enticing the Spin's narrative of conditions brings back all the ugliness of the festival scene. The Spin feature does nothing to make any of the festivals inviting for newbies or those of us that may have outgrown the fearlessness of our youth. I'll forego the huge genre crossing line ups, sweat-filled patchouli scented coziness of crowds and high dollar concessions for my familiar air conditioned venues a close drive from home and away from the 7
2 hour sleeplessness. I have fond memories of the first several Lollapaloozas and a day or two at Wakarusa but that may be the end of the road for my bank of festival memories.
BLOGS AND SITES:
Argument Machine www.argumentmachine.com
Back to Rockville www.backtorockville.typepad.com/
Dandercroft www.dandercroft.com
Guaranteed to Not Show Up www.guaranteedtonotshowup.com
Lawrence.com www.lawrence.com
Little Hits www.littlehits.com
Living In Stereo www.livinginstereo.com
Patchchord www.patchchord.com
Sonic Spectrum http://sonicspectrum893fm.blogspot.com/
There Stands The Glass www.therestandstheglass.com
Wayward Blog www.pitch.com/blogs
ON THE AIR:
WEDNESDAYS:
Mid Day Medley w/ Mark Manning, 10am-noon, 90.1 KKFI www.kkfi.org (KC)
FRIDAYS:
Friday Morning Buzz w/ Arjay, 6am-8am, 90.1 KKFI www.kkfi.org (KC)
Rockabilly Mood Swing, 5-7pm, 90.1FM KKFI www.kkfi.org (KC)
The Red Wheelbarrow, 9-11pm, 90.1 FM KKFI www.kkfi.org (KC)
SATURDAYS:
Cyprus Avenue, 12-2pm, 89.3FM www.kcur.org (KC)
Sonic Spectrum, 2-4pm, 89.3FM www.kcur.org (KC)
Plow the Fields, 2-4pm, 90.7FM www.kjhk.com (Lawrence)
Retro Red-Eye Express, 11pm to 2am, 90.1FM, www.kkfi.org /
http://retroredeye.blogspot.com (KC)
SUNDAYS:
Download, 8-10:30pm, 100.3FM www.v100rocks.com (Topeka)
Homegrown Buzz, 9-10pm, 96.5FM www.965thebuzz.com (KC)
The Lazer Local Music Show, 10pm-12am, 105.9FM www.lazer.com (Lawrence)
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Anchor Bar 935 State Line (in the West Bottoms)
Anodyne Records www.anodynerecords.com
Balanca's www.balancaskc.com
Bar Natasha, Kansas City, Missouri: www.barnatasha.com
Beaumont Club www.kcclubs.com 816.561.2560
Blayney's of Westport www.blayneys.com 816.561.3747
Bottleneck, The www.pipelineproductions.com 785.841.5483
Brick, The www.thebrickkcmo.com 816.421.1634
Coffee Break www.myspace.com/mholmes1
Davey's Uptown Ramblers Club www.daveysuptown.com 816.753.1909
Fred P. Otts Plaza 816.753.2878
Grand Emporium www.kcclubs.com 816.561.2560
Harrah's VooDoo Lounge www.voodookc.com
Harry's Country Club www.harryscountryclub.com 816.421.3505
Hurricane www.hurricanekc.com 816.268.4781
Jackpot Saloon & Music Hall www.jackpotsaloon.com
Jilly's on Broadway (1744 Broadway) 816.221.4977
Knuckleheads Saloon (2715 Rochester) www.knuckleheadskc.com 816.483.1456
Late Night Theatre (1531 Grand Blvd.) www.latenighttheatre.com 816.474.4LNT
Liberty Hall, Lawrence, Kansas www.libertyhall.net
Little Red Rooster Vinyl and CD's www.myspace.com/littleredroostervinyl
Madrid Theatre www.madridtheatre.com
Minnow Records www.minnowrecords.com
Mike's Tavern www.mikestavernkc.com 816.444.3399
Mountain Music Shoppe www.mountainmusicshoppe.com 913.962.9711
Needmore Discs www.needmorediscs.com 913-248-8622
Oxblood Records www.myspace.com/oxbloodrecords
Prosperos Bookstore www.prosperosbookstore.com 816-531-WORD
RauschHouse Screen Printing www.rauschhouse.net
Record Bar, The www.therecordbar.com 816-753-5207
Replay Lounge (Lawrence, KS) www.replaylounge.com
The Drop www.myspace.com/thedropbar
The Granada, Lawrence, Kansas www.thegranada.com
The Mercy Seat Alley (210. E. 16th Street) www.myspace.com/mercyseatalley
The Point (917 W. 44th Street) 816.561.7600
Uptown Theater
www.uptowntheater.com
VooDoo Lounge 816.472.7777 www.voodookc.com
Zebedee's, Kansas City, Missouri:
