Lost Legends of Surf Guitar, Vol. 2 by Various cd new - eBay (item 380284490689 end time Nov-07-10 19:02:28 PST)

Lost Legends of Surf Guitar, Vol. 2 by Various cd new - eBay (item 380284490689 end time Nov-07-10 19:02:28 PST):

Lost Legends of Surf Guitar 2: Point Panic [Audio CD] Various Artists
Ships international. Cd/compact disc is brand new and sealed.
UPC 090771112729  

Track listing
1. Sheriff of Noddingham, The - David Marks & The Marksmen (previously unreleased)
2. Fugitive - Jan Davis
3. Jack the Ripper - The Surfaris (previously unreleased)
4. Bongo Shutdown - New Dimensions
5. Point Panic - Jerry Cole
6. Burning Rubber - Gene "The Draggin' King" Moles
7. Stick Shift - The Trashmen
8. Shootin' Beavers - The Tornadoes
9. Travelin' - David Marks & The Marksmen (previously unreleased)
10. Boss Machine - Jan Davis
11. Moondawg - Rhythm Rockers
12. Latin'ia - Jim Waller & The Deltas
13. Ram Charger - The Del-Vetts
14. Walk, Don't Run - The Trashmen
15. Midnight Surfer - Jerry Cole
16. Gremmie, Pt. 1, The - The Tornadoes
17. Chicky Run - New Dimensions
18. Yep - The Surfaris (previously unreleased)
19. Banzai Washout - The Catalinas
20. Devil Surfer - Scott Engel

Details
Producer:    Bill Traut, Dave Aerni, David Marks, Gene Moles, J King, Jim Economides, John Gardell, Mark Taylor, Richard Delvy, Robert J. Hafner, Terry Melcher, Tony Hilder
Distributor:    E1 Distribution (USA)
Recording type:    Studio
Recording mode:    Stereo
SPAR Code:    n/a

Album notes
Liner Note Authors: John Blair ; Ron Thums.
Recording information: 1962-1964.
Like its predecessor in the Lost Legends of Surf Guitar series, this serves up an assortment of instrumental surf rarities from the early '60s, all of the 20 tracks on this compilation recorded between 1962 and 1964. It's a little less impressive than the first volume, not for reasons that are too obvious, but just due to a general lower level of energy, imagination, and devastating riffs. For surf enthusiasts, however, it's not bad at all, and there are a good deal of names here that made their mark on rock history, even if the Trashmen and the Surfaris are the only ones who had surf music hits. David Marks & the Marksmen, for instance, led by just-ex-Beach Boy Marks, are represented by a couple of previously unissued 1963 recordings; Scott Engel, who did the 1963 single "Devil Surfer," would later become Scott Walker, as part of the Walker Brothers and then a solo star; Michael Lloyd was in the New Dimensions; Terry Melcher produced the Catalinas' "Banzai Washout"; and Jerry Cole was a prolific Los Angeles session man. There are also a couple of previously unreleased 1963 Surfaris cuts, though these are unremarkable covers of Link Wray's "Jack the Ripper" and Duane Eddy's "Yep." As is the custom on these anthologies, some tracks make bigger ripples than others, with some really tough and fast playing on Cole's "Point Panic" and Gene "The Draggin' King" Moles' "Burning Rubber." In contrast, Jan Davis' "Boss Machine" effectively slows the pace down to a cooler, moodier vibe, and Engel/Walker's "Devil Surfer"'s strings and wordless corny pop backup vocals are odd rejoinders to the manic laughs (of the devil, one supposes) that supply the tune's main gimmick. ~ Richie Unterberger

Joe's Garage Act I (Japanese Import) [Limited]cd new - eBay (item 380284486567 end time Nov-07-10 18:46:20 PST)

Joe's Garage Act I (Japanese Import) [Limited]cd new - eBay (item 380284486567 end time Nov-07-10 18:46:20 PST):

Joe's Garage Act 1 (Limited Edition Japanese Mini LP Sleeve CD)
Ships international.
Cd/compact disc is brand new and sealed.UPC 014431059629

Track listing
JOE'S GARAGE ACT I:
1. Central Scrutinizer, The
2. Joes Garage
3. Catholic Girls
4. Crew S***
5. Fembot in a Wet T-Shirt
6. On the Bus
7. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee
8. Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up
9. Scutinizer Postlude

Details
Distributor:    Ryko Distribution
Recording type:    Studio
Recording mode:    Stereo
SPAR Code:    n/a

Album notes
Free from his Warner Brothers Records contract, Frank Zappa was able to issue new albums as frequently as he liked, which would turn out to be very frequently. Six months after the release of the two-record set Sheik Yerbouti, he was ready with the first LP in a three-record set, a cautionary concept piece about the adventures of a musician named Joe. In Act I, Zappa continued his fascination with road stories, ethnic stereotypes ("Catholic Girls"), and bathroom activities ("Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?"). But although his concern with government censorship would see a later flowering in his battles with the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), here he wasn't able to use it to fulfill a satisfying dramatic function. [The complete Joe's Garage was released as a double CD on Rykodisc on June 17, 1987.] ~ William Ruhlmann

Hollybilly Buddy Holly 1956 Complete Recordings 2CD new - eBay (item 380284432743 end time Nov-07-10 15:49:14 PST)

Hollybilly Buddy Holly 1956 Complete Recordings 2CD new - eBay (item 380284432743 end time Nov-07-10 15:49:14 PST):

Product Information
Title: Hollybilly- Buddy Holly 1956 The Complete Recordings [Import]
Format: Audio CD
Primary Artist: Buddy Holly
Release Date: 2008
Record Label: El Toro Europe/Zoom
Recording Type: 2 Disc
UPC: 8437003699559

Hollybilly- Buddy Holly 1956 The Complete Recordings [Import]
Buddy Holly | Format: Audio CD
Ships international.
Cd/compact disc is brand new and sealed.
UPC 8437003699559 stk 118121523102114425
El Toro Europe/Zoom
2008


Disc: 1    

1. Baby, Won't You Come out Tonight?    
2. Love Me (With Studio Chat)    
3. Don't Come Back Knockin'    
4. Midnight Shift    
5. Blue Days, Black Nights    
6. Rock Around with Ollie Vee [July 1956 Version]    
7. Because I Love You    
8. Changing All Those Changes [Clovis Demo Version]    
9. I Guess I Was Just a Fool    
10. It's Not My Fault    
11. I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down    
12. Rock-A-Bye Rock    
13. Girl on My Mind    
14. That'll Be the Day    
15. Ting-A-Ling    
16. I'm Changin' All Those Changes [Nashville Version]    
17. Modern Don Juan    
18. You Are My One Desire    
19. Rock Around with Ollie Vee [November 1956 Version]
   
Disc: 2    

1. Hony Tonk [Undubbed Lubbock Demo]    
2. Good Rockin' Tonight [Undubbed Lubbock Demo]    
3. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man [Lubbock Demo]    
4. Bo Diddley [Lubbock Demo]    
5. Rip It Up [Undubbed Lubbock Demo]    
6. Blue Monday [Undubbed Lubbock Demo]    
7. Blue Suede Shoes [Undubbed Lubbock Demo]    
8. Shake, Rattle & Roll [Undubbed Lubbock Demo]    
9. Ain't Got No Home [Undubbed Lubbock Demo]    
10. Holly Hop [Undubbed Lubbock Demo]    
11. Bo Diddley [Undubbed Clovis Demo]    
12. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man [Undubbed Clovis Demo]    
13. Have You Ever Been Lonely? #1 [Undubbed Lubbock Demo]    
14. Have You Ever Been Lonely? [Fragment]    
15. Have You Ever Been Lonely? [Fragment]    
16. Have You Ever Been Lonely? #2 [Undubbed Lubbock Demo]    
17. Gone [Fragment]    
18. Gone #1 [Undubbed Lubbock Demo]    
19. Gone #2 [Undubbed Lubbock Demo]      


 

Samhain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Samhain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

This article is about the Celtic holiday. For other meanings, see Samhain (disambiguation)
Samhain
Also called     Samhuinn (Gàidhlig)
Sauin (Gaelg)
Oíche Shamhna (Gaeilge)
Observed by     Gaels
(Irish people, Scottish people)
Neopagans
(Celtic Reconstructionists, Wiccans)
Begins     Northern Hemisphere: Sunset on October 31
Southern Hemisphere: Sunset on April 30
Ends     Northern Hemisphere: Sunset on November 1
Southern Hemisphere: Sunset on May 1
Celebrations     Bonfires
Guising
Divination
Apple bobbing
Feasting
Related to     Halloween, Calan Gaeaf, Calan Gwaf, All Saints' Day, All Souls' Day

Samhain (play /ˈsɑːwɪn/, /ˈsaʊ.ɪn/, or /ˈsaʊn/)[1] is a Gaelic festival held on October 31–November 1. The Irish name Samhain is derived from Old Irish and means roughly "summer's end".[2] A harvest festival with ancient roots in Celtic polytheism, it was linked to festivals held around the same time in other Celtic cultures, and continued to be celebrated in late medieval times. Due to its date it became associated with the Christian festival All Saints' Day, and greatly influenced modern celebration of Halloween.

NIGHT SKY~HALLOWEEN PLEIADES

NIGHT SKY~HALLOWEEN PLEIADES:

Halloween and the Pleiades Look Up! Every year on Halloween night we can see the Pleiades star cluster also known as the Seven Sisters, almost overhead at midnight. They signal not only the night of the dead, but to some even the end of the world itself. The days at the end of October and the beginnng of November, when the Seven Sisters reign high overhead at midnight, are also considered by many to be hallowed days. The Seven Sisters reign over the Days of the Dead. Image: Star Gazer graphic made with TheSky Astronomy Software, adapted with Adobe Photoshop Shown at midnight during late October / early November for mid-Northern latitudes. The dashed vertical red line marks the meridian, an imaginary line running from due South to due North. The Pleiades or Seven Sisters star cluster can easily be seen nearly overhead at midnight on Halloween. The inset shows a binocular view of the star cluster. Seven Sisters? Note: The three stars of the belt of Orion point down (SE) to our brightest star, Sirius, and up to the reddish star of enlightenment, Aldebaran. Aldebaran appears to be part of the V-shaped Hyades and lies southeast of the Pleiades. Betelgeuse is the reddish shoulder star of Orion. Look Up! Halloween at midnight is quite a sight, but to some it may cause a fright! Keep reading. To many people long ago, when The Pleiades reached their highest point at midnight … it was a signal that this was the time of the year to honor the dead … Many peoples believed that a great ancient cataclysm occurred when the Pleiades were overhead at midnight, such as the great biblical flood or the sinking of Atlantis. The belief was so widespread that in Mexico the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan was oriented to the setting of The Pleiades as were all of the city's west running streets. And in ancient Greece several temples were lined up with the rising and setting of the Seven Sisters. The Aztec and Maya not only believed that the world would come to an end on one of these Pleiades overhead-at-midnight nights, but were convinced that the world had already been destroyed and recreated 4 times on just such a night. Should we rename them the Seven Sinister Sisters? Now although The Pleiades no longer reach their highest point, that is culminate, exactly at midnight on the same nights as they did in ancient times, nevertheless, they are still almost at their highest every Halloween at midnight as a modern reminder that our ancestors were deeply moved and affected by the cosmos and used many cosmic coincidences to determine important religious and ceremonial events in their life. Star Gazer In 2010 the Pleiades culminate, reach their highest point at midnight, 12:00am PST November 20. Halloween morning waning Crescent Luna begins her ascent above the horizon at 1:15am with best views beginning around 3:30am. At this time blue-white Regulus, the heart star of Leo the Lion can be seen east of Luna. Click Moon Dances for a map and meditative reflections. The Pleiades are indeed potent. It is said that they direct the Light of God toward Earth. Perhaps as this occurs at critical times in the Earth's evolution, that which is not in alignment with the Light of God perishes. APOD: October 31, 2001 - Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula Credit: Mohammad Heydari-Malayeri, (Observatoire de Paris) et al., ESA, NASA Halloween's origin is ancient and astronomical. Since the fifth century BC, Halloween has been celebrated as a cross-quarter day, a day halfway between an equinox (equal day / equal night) and a solstice (minimum day / maximum night in the northern hemisphere). Another cross-quarter day is Groundhog's Day. Halloween's modern celebration retains historic roots in dressing to scare away the spirits of the dead. A perhaps-fitting modern tribute to this ancient holiday is the above-pictured Ghost Head Nebula taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. Appearing similar to the icon of a fictional ghost, NGC 2080 is actually a star forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way Galaxy. The Ghost Head Nebula spans about 50 light-years and is shown in representative colors. Current Astronomy Picture of the Day All-Hallowsmas was the name given around the end of the first millennium to All Saints Day, November 1, and All Souls Day, November 2. October 31 was "All Hallowed's Eve" or Hallow'e'en. The roots of these hallowed days go back to the Celts who celebrated Samhain at the end of October and the beginning of November. This was and is the time when the veils between the spirit world and physical world thin, a time when ghosts and spirit beings walk the Earth. It used to be a scary time, a time when people got frightened by the spirits and a time when they tried to hide and confuse the spirits by wearing costumes. Today, few people seem to see these spirit beings. Today, this is a time for children to dress in costumes and play trick or treat. It is also a time to honor our ancestors, release the old, foresee the future and understand death and rebirth. The Mexican culture embraces the Festival of The Day of the Dead, as a time of happiness, remembering, and much feasting. They believe that family members who have died return to their grave sites, so flowers and gifts are placed there. The date of this festival varies from town to town, ranging from the nights of October 31 through November 2, so the name in its plural form Los Dias de los Muertos is often used. Celebrate The Days of the Dead. Look Up and ponder the Pleiades. Create an altar and take the time to hallow the life of the spirit in and out of form! I'd like to know your thoughts about The Night Sky ... send me an email. May your Night Sky travelling always be filled with Celestial Delights and Treats! Susan Sun Print Friendly Page Thank You for Your Heartfelt Participation & Generosity! Inspired? Participate with Us Questions? Answers? Impressions? Login to WeCycle Wisdom SouledOut.org's Living Wise Blog Search SouledOut.org site: Discovering the Heavens The Night Sky The Planets Choosing a Telescope Cosmology ~ Highlights Cosmology Linkups~SouledOut.org's Recommended Links Glossary of Esoteric Terms & Phrases SouledOut.org Site Map SouledOut.org Home

Old antique vintage 1920's bell for telephone in garage - eBay (item 380283908533 end time Nov-05-10 23:52:29 PDT)

Old antique vintage 1920's bell for telephone in garage - eBay (item 380283908533 end time Nov-05-10 23:52:29 PDT)

 Old antique vintage 1920's bell for telephone in garage

In very good condition with wiring; works great.

This bell was leased from "Ma" Bell Telephone Company from
1928-1990. It had been used for many years
in a garage attached to a coin operated
phone that required 5 cents ( a nickel) in order to make a call.

Warning: these bells ring very loud.
They could be hooked up to your phone and used in various places
such as a large building, an outdoor area, a barn or garage at a farm,
in the country or similar locations--
anywhere you might need to have a very loud ringer.

heavy, weighs approx 15 lbs

iron frame housing:
11" height
3 mounting holes in frame
stamped on back of frame are serial numbers:
"P211280" and
"392L" (in red)

2 steel bells:
  6" bell width
13" from bell to bell (width)

transformer is 5" diameter
condensor is 3 1/2" x 1 1/2"


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Dr. John In The Right Place 1972 vinyl lp - eBay (item 380283306239 end time Nov-04-10 00:40:29 PDT)

Dr. John In The Right Place 1972 vinyl lp - eBay (item 380283306239 end time Nov-04-10 00:40:29 PDT)

Dr. John In The Right Place 1972 vinyl lp

Condition:Record VG Cover VG

Label:ATCO Records
Catalog#:SD 7018
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album

Country:US
Released:1972
Genre:Funk / Soul
Style:Bayou Funk, Soul, Funk

Tracklist/songs

Side 1
A1   Right Place Wrong Time  2:50 
    Guitar - David Spinozza 
A2   Same Old Same Old  2:39 
A3   Just The Same  2:49 
A4   Qualified  4:46 
A5   Traveling Mood  3:03 
A6   Peace Brother Peace  2:47 

Side 2
B1   Life  2:29 
B2   Such A Night  2:55 
B3   Shoo Fly Marches On  3:15 
B4   I Been Hoodood  3:12 
B5   Cold Cold Cold  2:37

This is a 12" vinyl record that plays at 33 1/3 rpm on a turntable/record player

Eddie Harris The Electrifying jazz 1968 vg+ lp - eBay (item 380283304528 end time Nov-04-10 00:27:17 PDT)

Eddie Harris The Electrifying jazz 1968 vg+ lp - eBay (item 380283304528 end time Nov-04-10 00:27:17 PDT)

Eddie Harris The Electrifying jazz 1968 vg+ lp

Condition: cover/record: used; vg+/m-
(cover has open shrink wrap) original inner sleeve also vg+

© 1968 Atlantic Recording Corporation Stereo SD 1495

Side 1    st-a-671167-mo
1. Theme in Search of a Movie
2. Listen Here
3. Judie's Theme

Side 2   st-a-671168-mo
1. Sham Time
2. Spanish Bull
3. I Don't Want No One But You

Jazz Music

This is a long playing vinyl record 12 in diameter that plays at 33 1/3 rpm/speed on a turntable/ record player

Ink Spots,The Greatest Hits vinyl record lp - eBay (item 380283303668 end time Nov-04-10 00:19:52 PDT)

Ink Spots,The Greatest Hits vinyl record lp - eBay (item 380283303668 end time Nov-04-10 00:19:52 PDT)

Ink Spots,The Greatest Hits vinyl record lp

Condition: Record VG+ Cover VG+

Good Music Records Co
MSM 35051
1983 MCA Records

Tracks/songs

Side 1/One
1. If I Didn't Care
2. I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)
3. The Gypsy
4. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
5. My Prayer
6. Street Of Dreams
7. I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance
8. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
9. I'll Never Smile Again

Side 2/Two
1. To Each His Own
2. We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me)
3. I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire
4. Maybe
5. I Cover The Waterfront
6. Do I Worry?
7. You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling In Love)
8. When The Swallows Come
9. Back To Capistrano
10. Always

Genres: R&B,Rhythm & Blues, Pop,Vocal
 allmusic Biography by Bill Dahl

The Ink Spots played a large role in pioneering the black vocal group-harmony genre, helping to pave the way for the doo wop explosion of the '50s. The quavering high tenor of Bill Kenny presaged hundreds of street-corner leads to come, and the sweet harmonies of Charlie Fuqua, Deek Watson, and bass Hoppy Jones (who died in 1944) backed him flawlessly.

Kenny's impeccable diction and Jones's deep drawl were both prominent on the Ink Spots' first smash on Decca in 1939, the sentimental "If I Didn't Care." From then through 1951, the group was seldom absent from the pop charts, topping the lists with "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, and Me)" (1940), "I'm Making …Read More

This is a 12" vinyl record that plays at 33 1/3 rpm on a turntable/record player.

The Dells ST self titled 1973 vinyl record lp - eBay (item 380283302931 end time Nov-04-10 00:11:24 PDT)

The Dells ST self titled 1973 vinyl record lp - eBay (item 380283302931 end time Nov-04-10 00:11:24 PDT)

The Dells ST self titled 1973 vinyl record lp

Condition: Record VG+ Cover VG

Dells, The The Dells
Label:Cadet Records
Catalog#:CA 50046
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:US
Released:1973
Genre:Funk / Soul
Style:Soul

Tracklist/songs

Side 1

1 Let The Feeling Talk To You 7:04
2 I Miss You 4:24
3 My Pretending Days Are Over 4:04
4 Let's Make It Last 4:09

Side 2

1 I Hear Voices 9:26
2 If You Move I'll Fall 4:55
3 Don't Make Me A Storyteller 4:12

This is vinyl record 12" in diameter that plays at 33 1/3 speed on a turntable/record player.

Dave Dudley On The Road country vinyl lp - eBay (item 380283301542 end time Nov-03-10 23:59:19 PDT)

Dave Dudley On The Road country vinyl lp - eBay (item 380283301542 end time Nov-03-10 23:59:19 PDT)

Dave Dudley On The Road country vinyl lp

Condition: Record VG+ Cover VG
 
With Dick Williams
Featuring Link Wray and The Wraymen

Diplomat Records DS 6-68
**Guest Star** Country Western Series GS1449
SPC Newark, N.J. U.S.A.
Stereo

Side 1
1. Wouldn't Wait Around
2. Your Only One
3. Saving Your Kisses
4. Maybe I Do
5. Cryin' For The Moon

Side 2
1. Hillbilly Wolf
2. Darlin' Mine
3. Jade
4. Nursery Rhymes
5. I'm Not Dreaming

Genres: Country,honky tonk,truck driving music,Bakersfield sound music

This is a 12" vinyl record that plays at 33 1/3 rpm on a turntable/record player

SET OF 20 JUMBO BLACK HERITAGE USPS POSTCARDS 1998 - eBay (item 380283295433 end time Nov-03-10 22:58:31 PDT)

SET OF 20 JUMBO BLACK HERITAGE USPS POSTCARDS 1998 - eBay (item 380283295433 end time Nov-03-10 22:58:31 PDT)

SET OF 20 JUMBO BLACK HERITAGE USPS POSTCARDS 1998

Condition: Postcards VG+  
Folding envelope that holds them has 2 tears at flap

"20 Jumbo Stamp Image Postcards Celebrating Black Heritage
Volume One 1700s to the Early 1900s"
The Walker Collection/ A'lelia Bundles
1998 USPS (Original retail $5.95)
UPC 400984600317
Size:  7" x 5"

1   Benjamin Banneker
2   Booker T Washington
3   Bill Pickett
4   Dr George Washington Carver
5   Frederick Douglass
6   Harriet Tubman
7   Henry O Tanner
8   Ida B Wells
9   James Weldon Johnson
10 Jim Beckwourth
11 Jan E Matzeliger
12 Madam C.J. Walker
13 Mary McLeod Bethune
14 Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable
15 Matthew Henson
16 Paul Laurence Dunbar
17 Salem Poor
18 Scott Joplin
19 Sojourne Truth
20 Pictures all 19 above

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Midnight Sun: Kansas City's Power & Light District kicks DJ Jazzy Jeff off stage - Nightlife: Baltimore’s music, bars, clubs, events and night scene from Erik Maza - baltimoresun.com

Midnight Sun: Kansas City's Power & Light District kicks DJ Jazzy Jeff off stage - Nightlife: Baltimore’s music, bars, clubs, events and night scene from Erik Maza - baltimoresun.com

June 8, 2009

Kansas City's Power & Light District kicks DJ Jazzy Jeff off stage

Acclaimed DJ/producer/performer DJ Jazzy Jeff (pictured) was kicked off stage less than 30 minutes into his Saturday night performance at the Power & Light District in Kansas City due to a dispute over his music.
Jeff said Power & Light management cut his set short because he was playing hip-hop, according to this piece by Jenee Osterheldt of the Kansas City Star.
In the article, Power & Light officials said they pulled the plug on Jeff's set because the volume level threatened to blow out their speakers and Jeff's people refused to turn it down.
Power & Light is owned by the Cordish Company, which also owns Power Plant Live. In the past year or so, Power & Light has caused quite a stir among Kansas City's African-American community, who accuse the entertainment zone of having racist policies.
True or not, this little scandal is only going to make that perception worse ...

This one quote in Osterheldt's piece really made me cringe:
"My road manager walked up to me and said they were having problems with the music I was playing," Jazzy Jeff told me. "I played three more songs and he comes back. I knew something was wrong. They said I had to kick [MC] Skillz off the stage, change the format of the music I was playing or quit. They said if I continued playing they had 30 cops ready to come escort me offstage. So I stopped."
That's insane!
Together, Jeff and Will Smith won the first Grammy award for hip-hop. I can't believe Power & Light officials would book him there and then kick him off stage for playing hip-hop. But I don't buy the volume excuse either. I seriously doubt that Jeff was playing too loud.
Towards the end of Osterheldt's piece, she writers that venue officials (who aren't named) say Jeff's set attracted "the wrong element."
The wrong element, eh?
Hmm.
(Photo by Joe Corrigan/Getty Images)

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4 men file $20 million lawsuit over Power & Light District dress code - NBCActionNews.com

4 men file $20 million lawsuit over Power & Light District dress code - NBCActionNews.com

4 men file $20 million lawsuit over Power & Light District dress code

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Posted: 08/04/2010

• By: Aaron Heintzelman

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - The dress code at the Kansas City Power & Light District is once again under the spotlight, as four black men have filed a class action lawsuit claiming they were discriminated against when a security guard denied them entrance into a district bar.

The Kansas City Star reports three of the men went to the downtown entertainment district in August 2009 and were allowed into the KCLive Block, the common area in the middle of several bars and restaurants, but were not allowed to enter Makers Mark .

The suit says a security agent said one man’s shirt was too long and two others were wearing baggy clothes. A fourth man says he went to the district in September 2008 and was also denied access.
In both incidents, the men say they saw similarly-dressed white men that were allowed inside.
The suit, filed by Williamson Law Firm, LLC, names the Cordish Company – the owner of the district, an affiliated company and Maker's Mark. They are seeking at least $20 million in damages.

"Williamson believes that the dress code adopted by the Cordish Company and its affiliates has been primarily enforced against minorities with the underlying intent of maintaining a mostly Caucasian patronage," the firm said in a statement posted on the Star's website .

The statement also says the suit alleges physical assault against the plaintiffs at the hands of security personnel employed by the Cordish Company.
Nearly since it opened in 2007, the district's dress code and its enforcement has been scrutinized. Last year, the Kansas City Council passed an ordinance regulating dress codes and what they could and could not enforce.
Even so, the lawsuit is not the first formal complaint against the district.

Last November, seven black family members filed a Charge of Discrimination complaint with the Missouri Commission on Human Rights against the district, saying they were not allowed to enter Mosaic Lounge because of how they were dressed.

A report issued later that month said the district’s dress code was not uniformly enforced.

In May, Kansas City human relations officials said Cordish had quietly relaxed portions of the dress code and had taken steps to address claims of unfair treatment.
Nick Benjamin, Executive Director of the Kansas City Power & Light District, issued this written response on Wednesday:
“The Cordish Companies are not a proper party to this litigation. The Power & Light District welcomes millions of guests of every nationality, race and ethnicity every year and looks forward to continuing to welcome visitors to Kansas City’s vibrant downtown. The dress codes in the district are recommended as best practices by city agencies and legally permitted. The allegations contained in the lawsuit are baseless, and we are confident that the court will agree.”

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3. 4 men file $20 million lawsuit over Power & Light District dress ...

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4. KC Music Shop: Articles | Power & Light District dress code draws ...

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5. Kansas City Power and Light District » DowntownKC - Kansas City's ...

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7. KC's Power & Light District is prejudiced - against crime, not ...

   Jun 10, 2009 ... Please visit the Power & Light District's website and contact them via email to show your support for their dress code policy. ...
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8. Life Is the Power & Light District dress code discriminatory ...

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9. Midnight Sun: Kansas City's Power & Light District kicks DJ Jazzy ...

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