Superscientific
Kansas City's dumpster-diving designers earn corporate, cult clientele
Anyone who caught the MTV Video Music Awards last August might remember a brief animation of a British schoolboy performing this brilliant little rap with a hydraulic-driven Power Wheels truck bouncing in the background. The 15-second ditty introduced the award for Best Rap Video, subjecting an audience of millions to the crooked humor of Kansas City's MK12 motion graphics company.
'The Missing' depicts West in transition
Contemporary filmmakers are always challenged when trying to put a new spin on the old West. Already this year, Kevin Costner's "Open Range" took the venerable squatters vs. ranchers plot and added an introspective, violent flair to it. And next week "The Last Samurai" takes Tom Cruise's Civil War-era gunfighter and transplants him into traditional Japan.
Sonic temple
Masonic Temple awaits conversion into music venue
It is a huge building that has stood at one of Lawrence's most prominent intersections since 1912. Yet up until last weekend I had never stepped foot inside, nor spoken to anyone who had been in the facility. I'm referring to the Masonic Temple at 1001 Mass., a grandiose, stone edifice structure that has towered over the clothing stores, restaurants and taverns of downtown Lawrence since before your grandparents were born. Now the building is in the process of being given a conceptual overhaul.
The (new) king of the sandbox
KJHK hires new general manager, prepares for transition to KU Memorial Unions
When KU graduate Andy Dierks moved back to Lawrence after four years living in Chicago, he thought he might find a corporate job that built upon his experience as recruiter for a leading consulting firm. Instead, he ended up as the new general manager for a college radio station undergoing some of the biggest changes in its 28-year history.
Review: Medal of Honor: Rising Sun - PS2, Xbox, Gamecube
There is no angle left underdeveloped in this maddening disappointment to the Honor franchise
There is no angle left underdeveloped in this maddening disappointment to the Honor franchise
Review: Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy- PS2, Xbox, Gamecube
Shortcomings aside, Sphinx provides a lengthy experience with heart, challenge and moments of brilliance uncommon in this year's holiday rush.
Shortcomings aside, Sphinx provides a lengthy experience with heart, challenge and moments of brilliance uncommon in this year's holiday rush.
Review: ESPN College Hoops - PS2, Xbox
ESPN College Hoops is the game you will keep going back to. It will call your name with the wonderfully produced college atmosphere
ESPN College Hoops is the game you will keep going back to. It will call your name with the wonderfully produced college atmosphere
