Nobody's child
KU's jazz archive seeks funds, leadership to stay viable
For the past two years, Josh Powers has been living every hip-hop producer's dream. As the archivist for the Richard F. Wright jazz archive at Kansas University, Powers has unlimited access to thousands of the most rare and valuable jazz recordings in existence. From legends like Charlie Parker and Duke Ellington to lesser-known greats such as Red Nichols and Clifford Jordan, the archive is a jazz-lover's El Dorado; it's a wonderland of infinite discovery stocked with 33- and 78-rpm gold.
How to make a 'Monster'
Lawrence native Patty Jenkins turns her indie portrait of a serial killer into an Oscar front-runner
Although Patty Jenkins never dreamed of becoming a filmmaker, the writer-director spent a good chunk of her youth seeing movies at the SUA theater on the Kansas University campus. The obscure art-house flicks must have made quite an impression.
Immigrants learn to believe 'In America'
There's a moment during Jim Sheridan's "In America" when a reclusive artist named Mateo (Djimon Hounsou) is approached by his neighbors' children while the pair attempts to trick or treat in their dilapidated tenement. Despite his initial resistance, the Nigerian invites the girls (played by sisters Sarah and Emma Bolger) into his studio. After just a minute of conversation, he's overcome by the pure honesty of the words they speak.
Interview: Nintendo PR Director - Beth Llewelyn
We chat with the Big N about beating the Xbox and moving ahead
We chat with the Big N about beating the Xbox and moving ahead
Q+A with Youngblood Brass Band
Take a Wisconsin-made meat grinder found at a New Orleans yard sale and cram it full with a sousaphone, a snare drum, a bass drum, two trombones, a sax, two trumpets, and eight people who can play the hell out of these ingredients. Then stuff in a liberal dose of hip-hop inventiveness and start crankin'. Fry this up with a healthy portion of cultural consciousness, and oo-wee, you've got the delicious (and nutritious) Youngblood Brass Band. Lawrence.com spoke with Youngblood MC/snare drummer David Henzie-Skogen, in Cajun accents as far as you know.
Review: I-Ninja - PS2, Xbox, Gamecube
I-Ninja was another humor-based action title added to the fray to inspire the "neenja" in all of us. The feeling you're left with is unfortunately stale.
I-Ninja was another humor-based action title added to the fray to inspire the "neenja" in all of us. The feeling you're left with is unfortunately stale.
Review: Fatal Frame 2 - PS2
Fatal Frame 2 doesn't entice you to play during the daytime like Eternal Darkness or Resident Evil: Code Veronica, but it will give you a few thrills at night.
Fatal Frame 2 doesn't entice you to play during the daytime like Eternal Darkness or Resident Evil: Code Veronica, but it will give you a few thrills at night.
