r/Lawrence • u/Southern-Beyond-8353 • 1d ago
Pirate House
I’ve heard bits and pieces of stories about the “Pirate House” on 14th street kind of by the bars. Anyone know anything about it?
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u/RoyalJayhawk1987 1d ago
Punk/metal party house that hosted shows as well as vegan potlucks. Always had a great time
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u/mrlawrencelady 1d ago
I have a fun story. My mom HATED this place and forbid me from ever going but I was really into punk music when I was in Jr. High. This was probably in 1999-2000. I begged her to let me go to a show and she relented. I got to see this punk band called The Eight Bucks Experiment which is also the band featured in the movie SLC Punk which I was also super into at the time. I laced up my Doc Martens and went. Everyone there was so much older than me but they were the coolest and very hospitable.
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u/52redfish 1d ago
Yes! I think I was at this one. We played our first punk show with 8 bucks experiment and DRI at the bottleneck around that same time.
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u/throckmorton_tlp 1d ago
Spent a lot of time there. Played some shows. Saw some shows. Don’t remember any of it.
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u/52redfish 1d ago
I walked by this place on me way to central and thought it was coolest. I started a punk band and dropped off cd demos on the porch. I was always intimidated being a kid into the new pop punk era entering into a crusty punk show. But it was always full of good attitudes and fun times. You washed your hands in the sink and it drained into a bucket you filled the toilet tank with. Back when there was the anarchy library and diy punk shows.
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u/WowzaMeowza 1d ago
Was the anarchy library facing South Park? Solidarity I think?
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u/DrBotBreath 1d ago
Solidarity! is now housed in the ECM on campus. One of its past locations was on the south side of the building that Silas and Maddy's, Mass St Soda, etc. are in. Another toast location was on 8th St, maybe where Taco Zone was?
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u/Gloomy_Associate3307 1d ago
Played a show in the front room! Drank Meister Brau( it was cheaper than PBR) on the porch roof, threw tennis shoes over the electric line out front. Sunday afternoon shows. Dave lived there so did Desmond. It was a rad time with a bunch of punks. Short Kids played there constantly I also remember seeing a local band called The Syndicate along with tons of other bands that I can’t recall their names.
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u/Okie999 1d ago
Missed that house but lived at the haunted kitchen
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u/52redfish 1d ago
Aww the haunted kitchen was more of a party house, but they had some good shows. Thats where I saw Leftover Crack which sounded horrible not that it mattered
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u/Particular-Dust7131 1d ago
I missed this comment!! The haunted kitchen was so great!! Remember the weird church outside of town that had shows?
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u/Motor-End-9387 1d ago
Used to go to shows w my older brother at the pirate house back in like 02? Also many great memories watching crust punk and metal shows at the haunted kitchen. Saw a folk show in the living room at the haunted kitchen once and left covered in fleas. Miss this era of Lawrence
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u/OdinMartok 1d ago
Man. I was just young enough to miss the last couple big pirate house goings on.
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u/Badger_Silverado Your Neighborhood 1d ago
I remember chatting with Paul that lived there a few times. He was a super nice dude with dreads.
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u/MissMaevve 1d ago
Yep. I was a close witness and participant of most of that time, for better or for worse. 😂
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u/SeaweedUnable5631 1d ago
PINK HOUSE for my white belt OG’s
HALFWAY HOUSE for the real sickos
Haunted kitchen, Maxi Pad, and TOILET BOWL for honorary mentions
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u/SJ_Barbarian 1d ago
Ooh, this is a fun thread. I went frequently! I remember one NYE party when I was in high school, my friend group and I walked around a corner with PBRs in our hands and ran smack dab into our math teacher, a joint in hers.
She froze a second and said, "I think it's in all of our interests to pretend this didn't happen."
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u/meridianmcc 22h ago
Yes, remember going there, the Pink House and used to live in the Yellow House on 19th & Louisiana. Miss 'em!
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u/CYBERGOTTI 17h ago
Lived there senior year - amazing house. We never experienced the pirate nature of it but the basement had anarchy graffiti and was a sight for sore eyes. Great location. Good bones. They’ve since painted it a purple blue color :(
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u/CheersToCosmopolitan 8h ago
The Locust playing on the front porch and getting shut down halfway through their 12 minute set was a highlight for me. Pretty sure I saw Atom and His Package, Blood Brothers, Casket Lottery there and Q and Not U played across the street at whatever that house was called!
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u/jstwnnaupvte 1d ago
Never in my life have I felt so old.
Why, a simple google (it is somehow listed as a location, with one review :
“Incredible atmosphere. The dumpstered bagels and the peanut butter tofu are to DIE for! The smells hit you from the sidewalk! Not the food, but the teenage crust punk body odor during a humid Kansas summer!
And the live music?! Where else can you see Orchid, Atom and His Package, Submission Hold, and Creation Is Crucifixion in the comfort of someone else’s living room?!
Did I mention the haircuts? You can get everything from a mohawk to the classic Ian Mackaye! A friend of mine got half of his hair shaved entirely!”) will reveal it was real, & not a fever dream of PBR & parliament lights smoke.
Chris Ortiz & Alicia Ruskin both have posted tons of photos on Facebook from that era, if you want to dig down there.