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The University Star
Thursday, April 22, 2004 Page 8
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SAN MARCOS Cheatham Street Warehouse TONIGHT: Ben Danaher Band FRIDAY: Colin Herring Band SATURDAY: John Arthur Martinez Album Release Party and Homecoming SUNDAY: Big Square Sun
Triple Crown TONIGHT: Mark Jungers (6 p.m.), Big Orange (9 p.m.) FRIDAY: Paul Logan (6 p.m.), Spoke Sin Wheel, Kallisti Gold (9 p.m.) SATURDAY: Hognose, Johnny Gobbs, Super Heavy Goat Ass, Solid Rocket Booster (9p.m.) SUNDAY: Open Mic with Pat Pankratz & Holly Aiken Lucy’s on The Square TONIGHT: Bernie Calcote & the Section 57, Alligator Dave, Plinko FRIDAY: Subject:Defect, bud, Darling Sinister, Tungsten, Coil SATURDAY: The Word Association, DJ Crown
Kallisti Gold combines
BY BONNIE STEPP TRENDS REPORTER
sounds like a superteam
motorcycle on the Web. Earlier this year, he sold his old truck to put the money toward a bike. “I’ve always been pretty good on two wheels, and the first time I rode on a motorcycle, it was awesome,” Krautkremer said. Television shows helped whet his appetite for the biker lifestyle, he said, but in order to make up his mind about what kind of machine he wanted, Krautkremer sat on a lot of bikes and perused the Web sites of just about every bike company on the planet. There was also the matter of learning how to ride a motorcycle. While one needs to get licensed to legally operate a motorcycle, there are other benefits to taking a riding class. “At first I wasn’t planning on getting a motorcycle license, but the class helped me out a lot,”
With Austin bearing the “live music capital of the world” as its motto, it’s no wonder that statewide we enjoy the fruitful sounds of being neighbor to the city. San Marcos reminds many people of Austin in its younger days — when it was so much smaller, yet still just as loud. The surrounding larger cities have built great amphitheaters in recent years to host many of the most fabulous shows that tour the country. Whether going home this summer or sticking around for more school, there will be plenty of live music to be heard near and far statewide. No matter musical taste, it is likely that in the next four months one of your favorite groups will play somewhere close enough to draw you out into the stinging Texas summer heat. The Verizon Wireless Center draws huge crowds to Selma. The arena seats 8,000 with standing/sitting room for about 12,000 people on the grassy hill behind. The summer will commence at Verizon with Blink-182 on May 4, the Ozzfest tour on Aug. 7 and Korn on Aug. 21. This year’s Ozzfest is sure to be as mad and deafening as ever before, including such groups as Judas Priest, Slayer, Slipknot, Hatebreed, Black Label Society and the Super Joint Ritual (one of the bands of the singer in Pantera). Also playing will be Otep, Unearth, Devil Driver and, of course, Osbourne himself. It is highly recommended that all Ozzy fans attend this tour, as there are the ever-present rumors that it may be his last. Shows to look for in San Antonio will include Prince on June 9 and Incubus on Sept. 13, both at the SBC Center; Los Lonely Boys, Switchfoot and Blue October on April 23 at the Sunken Garden Theater; and Robert Earl Keen on July 4 at Wolfe Stadium. Halfway between San Antonio and San Marcos is the beautiful German town of New Braunfels, which will have the Comal Country Music Show on the second Wednesday of each month. The series will include several country music artists, and food and drinks will be sold as well. There is an average attendance of 250,000 and tickets cost $4. For more information, call (830) 6294547. In the more Northern regions, we can look forward to Billy Bob’s Texas every weekend in Fort Worth at the World’s Largest Honky Tonk in Rodeo Plaza. This is also a recurring country music concert with the occasional rock group. Dallas will also see part of Ozzfest on Aug. 5 at the Smirnoff
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BY BRANDON COBB MUSIC REPORTER The Superfriends cartoon of the early ’80s was undoubtedly one of the best concepts for a cartoon ever: Take the best DC comic book heroes around, put them all in one giant Hall of Justice and pit them against a team of super-villains known as the Legion of Doom. The show practically wrote itself. Each of the heroes possessed a unique ability that made him an indispensable member of the Superfriends team and there was at least one moment in every episode where each member’s power was necessary to Andrew Nenque/Star photo vanquish the enemy. The band Kallisti Gold, counter-clockwise from bottom right: Paul Adams, sound recording technology San Marcos’ answer to the Superfriends comes not in the junior; Adam Young, SRT junior; Anthony Carlin, SRT junior; Matt Tolman, music education junior; and form of a cavalcade of masked Cory Johnson, political science senior. The band will be playing at 9 p.m. Friday at the Triple Crown. vigilantes, but in the form of limited to one singular talent in its arsenal. nation of “Crosby Stills and Nash-style five extremely talented musicians who In fact, almost every member of the band harmonies with a rustic, electrically driven have joined forces to form one of the best takes turns swapping instruments to give vibe.” new bands on the scene — Kallisti Gold. each a myriad of sounds, depending on the “You’ve got to add the word ‘soulful’ in With a funky, soulful sound laced with arrangement of musicians. there,” added Corey Jansen singer/guitight, four-part vocal harmonies and One set is likely to feature three differ- tarist/percussionist. packed with a Superman punch of high- ent drummers, each with a unique vibe, Indeed. The band’s effortless blending energy stage presence, Kallisti Gold is fast and everyone, save bassist Anthony Carlin, of rock, roots, funk, soul and reggae is evibecoming one of the premiere bands in the takes a turn on the guitar. The band’s tunes dent in the band’s original composition area. combine a range of sounds that coalesce “All I Need,” a head-bobbing, funky rock Unlike the band’s superhero counter- with the band’s signature sound, described parts, the members of Kallisti Gold are not by lead guitarist Adam Young as a combig See GOLD, page 11
Easy rider
NEW BRAUNFELS Saengerhalle TONIGHT: Open mic FRIDAY: Drew Womack (9 p.m.) SATURDAY: Randy Rogers Band (9:30 p.m.) Gruene Hall TONIGHT: Walt Wilkins (7:30 p.m.) FRIDAY: Reckless Kelly (8 p.m.) SATURDAY: The Hubcaps (1 p.m.); Alvin Crow, The Weary Boys (9 p.m.) SUNDAY: Steve James, JT Van Zandt & Cindy Cashdollar (12:30 p.m.); Ezra Charles (4 p.m.)
Student enthusiast explains the ins and outs of motorcycles BY IAN RAGSDALE ASST. ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
AUSTIN Emo’s TONIGHT: J Church, The Methadones, Signal Lost, The Dagons FRIDAY: Stavesacre, The Subject, Four Star Union (early show); Peaches, Young Heart Attack, North Loop Sound System (late show) SATURDAY: The Sounds, Division of Laura Lee. Those Peabody’s (outside stage); The Briefs, Real McKenzies, The Ends, The Sweethearts (inside stage) La Zona Rosa TONIGHT: Ozomatli FRIDAY: Cowboy Mouth SATURDAY: Joss Stone Elephant Room TONIGHT: Global Soul FRIDAY: Blaze SATURDAY: Dave Sebree Band SUNDAY: Rich Harney Trio Beerland TONIGHT: Spies, Winks, Manikin FRIDAY: Fatal Flying Guilloteens, Oh Beast!, John Galt, We Can Cut You SATURDAY: GoGoRama featuring DJ Mike Mariconda and the Ugly Beats SUNDAY: Disco Hospital with DJ Pandora and Dj Rachel Goldstar
Summer music hits Texas venues
Courtney Addison/Star photo Matthew Krautkremer, physics freshman, poses with his 2004 Honda Shadow.
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Ever since Easy Rider, the American people have had a mythical relationship with the motorcycle. That movie’s choppers, Captain America and the Billy Bike, redefined American motorcycle styles and reinforced the image of the biker as a “bad boy.” Today, with TV shows such as American Chopper, custom and factory machines are haunting the dreams of boys, both young and old (and some girls, too). But what does it take to go from admirer to biker dude? It takes a little bit of knowledge, a little bit of research and a whole lot of desire. Physics freshman Matthew Krautkremer recently purchased his first motorcycle, a 2004 Honda Shadow, after watching hours of American Chopper and spending days researching the
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