Deadwood Edition Issue #136

December 5, 2006

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A Gift of Music

KJHK plows fertile fields and presents the community with Farm Fresh Sounds

Street Level sheepishly ushers KJHK veterans Caterina Benalcazar, Courtney Ryan and Jenny Kratz into our disheveled podcast studio to reflect on indie spirit, dudes with music biz pretensions and the joys of harvesting a well saturated scene.

Pabst and paper

Inebriation and illustration collide in an underground phenomenon Drink & Draw

There are many activities that one should not undertake while binge drinking: open heart surgery, confessing to manslaughter, choosing a long distance provider, etc.

Heads above water

Artists cope with rising casualty rate of Lawrence galleries

It wasn't long ago that Lawrence officially declared itself "City of the Arts"-1999 to be exact. Just five years after downtown lightposts first trumpeted the new slogan, the commercial core of Lawrence's art scene began to lose galleries one by one.

Actual news*

*based on actual news

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The utmost of the no coast

KC's crown prince of rap talks candidly about the n-word, misogyny, and the hard lessons learned from his lifestyle

In the Midwest, there is no bigger name in rap than Tech N9ne. Since his 2001 JCOR release "Anghellic," Tech's dark-themed, self-released albums have landed critical praise and impressive sales-thanks to word of mouth, savvy use of the internet, blanket guerilla promotion, and frequent tours.

Style Scout: Molly Murphy

Review: Mortal Kombat Armageddon (PS2)

As a lifelong Mortal Kombat fan, it's disappointing to see Armageddon turn out to be a "quantity over quality" title. It may feature the biggest roster to date, but there just isn't enough new content (ahem:"kontent") to make it an improvement over Deception.