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... a monthly column presenting five random topics of interest associated with the underlying themes of the site ... music . dance . life . art . culture ...  Coils glow pink and purple around black lights at the 604 Paramore Sessions New Years Eve extravaganza put on 666 ZipCode Town Rekkids in December of 2002. Access more from photos from a variety of events recently restored to the site from the menu on the right, or the "story archive" tab from any device. music Berlin’s Clubcommissioner Lutz Leichsenring and Amsterdam’s Night Mayor Mirik Milan officially launched " The Creative Footprint " this month.  This innovative new project goal is to gather data data about every single music venue in NYC, and work closely with nightlife scene in the city to find solutions to problems around gentrification. dance image courtesy of  Tesseract In a quest to push the limits of dance  At REDCAT, 'Tes

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Quite a variety of events took place in June 2004, including a huge festival out at Clinton Lake State Park, the grand opening of a new club, and a return of Chaos. It all started out in the farmland of eastern Kansas near Lawrence at the TribalVision ranch, where a dog pile of local and regional DJ talent kept everyone on their feet dancing through the night. The next night Chakra hosted a variety of talent from DJs, burlesque dancers, and a prohibition-era Jazz band that played some wicked hot tunes.  All of this towards helping promote the club as a new spot, and a certain cigarette company. All was quite for the following week though.  Everyone was saving energy for the swirl of chaos that would engulf the Uptown Theater.  The second version of the successful Chaos Theory event from the previous year went off as huge, if not, more so. More chill time followed that event, as another followed directly in the path the following weekend.  The first version of Wakarusa

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... a monthly column presenting five random topics of interest associated with the underlying themes of the site ... music . dance . life . art . culture ...  Headphones and turntables await the return of the next DJ in the lineup, amidst a backdrop of tie-dye during a visit to the 604 Paramore Sessions of 666 ZipCode Town Rekkids in November of 2002. Access more from photos from a variety of events recently restored to the site from the menu on the right, or the "story archive" tab from any device. music Korg teases music making app for Nintendo Switch , in this story by Thuy Ong on The Verge about After watching the short clip in the article, I am not quite sure how it will rise above those apps already in the market with touch screen interaction. It could be fun for a lot Nintendo fans though. dance Announcing the winner of this year’s ‘Dance Your Ph.D.' contest  in Science Magazine introduces us to Nancy S

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... a monthly column presenting five random topics of interest associated with the underlying themes of the site ... music . dance . life . art . culture ...  Eyes bulging, a ghostly apparition appears behind the stage at Davey's Uptown Ramblers Club during a performance by Stromkern back in October 2002.  I am not sure if it was a painting hanging back there or actually painted on the back wall.  It's not there any longer though. Access more photos from a variety of events recently restored to the site from the menu on the right, or the "story archive" tab from any device. music Coming back for what will likely be another strong showing, the Djakarta Warehouse Project .  It is quickly becoming  a global massive.  Attendance last year boasted approximately 90,000, with more than 27,000 from somewhere other than Asia.  The event is hosting some of the biggest names in the industry again this December in Jakarta, Indonesia.   dance

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Heading down to the exhibition game at Sprint Center, we arrived a little late, but it seemed a lot of other folks did as well.  Everyone seemed really anxious for the game though.  It has been awhile since we had a regular NHL game in Kansas City. We only missed about six minutes of the first period.  Theseats were pretty good, the only drawback being that you really could not see any action going on behind the goalie very well.  The other end of is a bit far off too, but I guess that is what the jumbotron is for. It seemed like right away there was a fight on the ice.  We were not really sure what happened.  The only replay they displayed was the the fight.  It proved an interesting sideshow, nonetheless, and there were a few more near fights along the way. It was a good game, with a fairly evenly split fan base in the stands.  A local radio show pulled off a few little stunt games, such as wing eating contest, during intermissions.  Overall

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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Bloch Building, presented their third "Surfaces" performance, featuring performance group Quixotic .  The free show included projection, choreography, and musical composition in honor of the architect, Steven Holl, quite literally shining a new sort of light on the iconic building. For the uninitiated, "Quixotic is an innovative performance art collective that fuses imagination with technology, dance, projection mapping and live music to create fully-immersive, multi-sensory experiences.  Quixotic harnesses light, rhythm and expressive emotion." We arrived relatively early, but then so did everyone else.  The area was nearing capacity at 630 pm, with folks lounging on blankets or their favorite chair, patiently awaiting the show. We picked up a great spot, just behind the sound board, with a wide enough viewing angle to catch a good view of all of the various performance

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May 2002 started off with a visit to the annual Polski Day celebration, and the 20th anniversary of the same.  It was likely the best of all that we attended, setting the standard for all coming before, and those after.  These days it is but a shadow of its former self. Joe and I jumped in the car with a friends for a little road trip out to St Louis to check out the infamous DJ Keoki the following weekend.  He lived up to his reputation and played a fun and energetic set, seeming to really enjoy himself.  Chatting it up a little after his set, he proved to be as eccentric as imagined, but not in a bad way. I didn't bother with going out again until Monday, when I dropped in on the weekly Evolution at Davey's Uptown. TJ and J. Phoenix from Lawrence traveled out to put on a little Live PA for folks. Hiding away again for the rest of the week, I got bogged down in some other work, but was saving energy for Friday at Kabal anyway. It was a good thing I did too.  Derr

first friday 201709

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It has been a minute since I got out for a First Friday.  Something always seems to come, but not this time.  It was a perfect evening for it too, with temps were in the low 20s C. There were quite a few people out in the area we roamed, around Grinder's area and west from there a few blocks.  We stopped in there for a bit of sustenance too, before heading back to the ranch. The galleries seemed to be mostly done for the evening when we were passing through.  Either that, or we were not paying close enough attention. There is plenty to see on the street though, music here and there, and a generally good vibe all around.  I had not seen the missing llama though, but have seen a llama.  So cool!!! view more photos from this event

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... a monthly column presenting five random topics of interest associated with the underlying themes of the site ... music . dance . life . art . culture ...  Lasers pierce the black and white darkness above, at the show"Endless Summer 2" in Kansas City, back in September of 20 02.  It really did seem as much too, with mild temperatures throughout the winter, and the 9th lowest snowfall recorded. Access more from photos from a variety of events recently restored to the site from the menu on the right, or the "story archive" tab from any device. music Disco has been around since the 1970s, followed by House Music in the 1980s, and a veritable explosion of sub-genres since then.  After nearly 50 years, some of the greatest in Electronic Music will be honored , in a show produced by Paul Oakenfold on September 21, 2017 , at the Willow Studios in the downtown Los Angeles art district.  dance " Dancing may help