OCTOBER 1988 KANSAS CITV's ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE ISSUE 95 FREE! Bird ,The Charlie Parker Movie Page 16
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ITCH OCTOBER 1988 KANSAS CITV'S ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE ISSUE 95 FREE! Bird ,The Charlie Parker Movie page 16 Led. Zepplin Who hates who? page14 ~j'C"# Joe Bob goes to the ;drive.-in In .BULK RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAID Permit Np. 2419 Kansas City, MO We're 18 years old. We're America's oldest waterbed store. And we've sold futons for years. Our custolllers have had a lot of good sleep. There's a reason. Our New Moon futons are made right. • Clean High Grade CotWn. 45% linter (for bounce), 55% clean card & comb staple (for strength). The ideal blend for lasting comfort. We'll show you a sample. Compare. • MoreCotWn. We'll tell you the weight of each model and size. Compare. • Tight Tufting. The tutting is tight and closely spaced, so the cotton felt cannot twist and tear. Compare. • Safety. Fireretardancy exceeds the rigorous SAF-R-BATT standards. We'll help you compare. • Fall 'ten Year Written Warranty. Compare! 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Many of the more seasoned live music fanatics The club began as KiI)..gWnry's Feast located "OCtober 1988-lssue 95 Repackaging remember the hey day of PjlJody Hall in Mid in the old ~ar Hotel and in 1979 moved town before it bol4WAlld\ied north to the City to dre1OCation on 39th Street west of Southwest Kansas City's Bar Market~[ea. Cu;ently the venue has closed its Trafficway. The venue offered a Renaissance _doOrS';"d cancelled a few shows for a re-evalu dinner environment where vistors could gnaw Scene ation. greasy turkey legs and watch jugglers and musi The live music sceneiJ:1 KansaSCity has at Management told the Kansas City Star that cians perform. many tim~~~ffimsy, but with the recent the club could no longer meet its operating ex In 1980 the name was changed to Parody Hall ,new-music murders at area venues, the alterna penses. The owners are currently trying to scrape and agents such as Roger Nabor began booking tive sce;ne may soon experience a mild concus together funds and new investors to reopen the shows into the club. The zenith of its fame sion. venue sometime in October. It is hoped the occured when nearly 400 people showed up to The cutbacks are centered in three of Kansas proposed River Market development slated to see a Fool's Face show in the 200 capacity club. CIty's more popular live music locations. At the begin next Spring will breathe life into the River The fire marshall cleared out the crowd and Lone Star in Westport, club management has Quay area and bring Parody to its former glory. counted it back in one by one, refunding the 16 Bird lives announced the termination of the experimental Grand Emporium owner Roger Nabor voiced denied fans. Parody then decided it was time to Clint Eastwood makes the scene Mondern Mondays new music series. The River his skepticism for the club's comeback, citing the find a bigger place and moved to the location in Quay's Parody Hall is curtently a headless River Market development's new policy of not the River Quay. 14 The Zeppelin crashes chicken after management decided to close granting any liquor licenses north of 3rd Street. After the move, Parody lost some of its fame Plant and Page return to KC down without clearly-defined plans for a reopen Parody owner Mel Mallin dispelled the policy by and faithful fans to the river sludge. The domi ing. explaining that Parody Hall is an exception to nating popularity of Westport as KC's club scene 3 News In Midtown, the rococo Uptown Theater and the rule and will retain its license. hasn't helped the venue either. Chris Fritz's touted new music series remains a When asked if the new location has affected "It would be hard to make it succeed down 5 Leroi question mark. Together with the Grand Empo Parody's business, co-owner Tom Kramer denied there," says Nabor. "Not too many people are rium, these locations represent the only suppli it as a problem. going out anymore and the whole club scene is 6 Reviews ers of national alternative rock acts between "Every freeway in the city leads to Parody down right now. Westport is down from what I'm Lawrence and Columbia. .. Hall," says Kramer. "It's the only venue designed hearing and our weeknights are a little off." 10 Joe Bob goes to the drive-in The Lone Star began its Modem Monday se around the stage with entertainment in mind. It So what's to happen to the possibly doomed ries this past summer in the hopes that strong na has great sight lines, it's large but intimate and alternative live music front in Kansas City if 11 Life in hell tional and regional acts would summon the has great accoustics." Parody should sink into the river? Where will niche of alternative fans to its beer taps. After a The former Parody location on 39th Street is people go on weekends for shows that aren't 12 Vidbits few outstanding shows and more than a few dis remembered for a rich tradition of alternative blues (Grand Emporium) or cover bands? asterous ones, management has decided.to shoot bookings. The performance list is long and well "I suppose the Uptown could do more things 18 The big screen '0,:~:.~~~e~.asafet.ldless fespeCted. including acts such as the Neville than they are," says Nabor. "Or people could go .1tequent venture. Brothers, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Steve, Bob and to Lawrence. I don't know." 19 Steve Skelton According to Joel Hornbostel of United Enter Rich, Jonathan Richnm~n, The Feelies, the Blue tainment, the company who operates the "20 Chompin' to please t e crowds have been too inconsistent. 21 Beat nouveau "I don't think Kansas City supports the alterna tive scene as much as it thinks it does," says 22 October calendar Hornbostel. "The Grand Emporium does such a good job at getting the alternative crowd it 31 Weird news makes it difficult for other bars to draw them." Hornbostel also cites the Lone Star's greater 31 Libby Reid overhead and larger advertising budget as a fac tor in the decision to axe the Monday series. KCPitch Unlike the Grand Emporium, the Lone Star 4128 Broadway doesn't have an in-house sound system, which Kansas City, Missouri 64111 accounts for a tidy expense factor. 816/561-6061 "We're not going to drop the modem music series all together and we will be continuing our Publisher Hal Brody live alternative shows," explains Hornbostel. "If Senior Editor Donna Trussell not a live format we may start using a OJ format. Managing Editor Scott O'Kelley Monday is a tough night to do and we will be re Art Director Keith Buchanan evaluating it." Advertising Hearne Christopher Orhers feel that the bar's failure to attract the Printing Neff Printing targeted crowd has much to do with its long Distribution Richard Jacobi standing image as a cover band venue. Hearne Christopher, an entertainment booking agent Contributing writers who had a hand in the Modem Monday project, D.P. Breckenridge, Joe Bob Briggs, feels that there was a lack of consistency in the Rev. Dwight Frizzell, Anthon~ shows. KY 102 sponsored the series and accord Henge, Clay Copilevitz, Leroi c, Jay ing to some, often imposed its commercial will Mandeville, Gary Martin, Art on the night's entertainment schedule. Mayo, John Powers, Chuck "There were too many cooks involved in the Shepherd, Theron Yeager whole venture," says Christopher. "When the right bands played on Monday nights the turn Illustration Steve Skelton out was fantastic. Some of the best shows seen in Kansas City happened atthe Lone Star." On the other side of the entertainment neigh borhood, NeW West Presentations and Chris KC Pitch is sponsored by Fritz had big plans for the Uptown Theater with PennyLane Records, a Wednesday modem music series. Of the three copyright © 1988 by Brody original shows announced in July, two were Records, inc. All rights reserved. canceled before the project started. Few of the attempts have been lucrative for New West and two of the m~re recent shows, the Bears and Soul OCTOBER-KC Pitch 3 CLASSICS from MCA GREAT MUSIC SAlNT~S SYMPHONY No.3 "THE ORGAN SYMPHONY" GREAT ARTISTS GREAT DEALS ELGAR WALK HOLST Paragon Ragtime·Or ... MOZART chestra BACH" BERLIOZ ADAGIO FOR TCHAIKOVSKY STRINGS the Manhattan String STRAUSS MCAD2-9804 Quartet SAINT-SAENS .. VIVALDI u plus the entire Newport : I t40ZAIlT CHOPIN lil"I .. ' -=- Classics catalog on sale iii Ilil , I ,I 6M111011116lf1.J6 On sale now ,II'-!\ ~q,= ¥ !~I ;-; .