Fighting Fire
KU students and Lawrence bands come together to benefit a country that's falling apart
If you don't know where Darfur is, chances are you will soon. The long-burning genocide in Darfur, the western region of Sudan, has recently begun to capture as much media attention as the Middle East and the international war on terror.
Style Scout: Loni Berry
Loni Berry
Punditocracy: Phill Kline, the matter with Kansas
Or so thinks his Democratic challenger, Paul Morrison
Taking the pulpit in a Topeka church recently, Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline didn't so much blur the line separating church and state as he did snort it like a pound of finely cut blow.
It Don't Come Easy
But Ad Astra Per Aspera proves that it works when you work it
Germinated in 2002 in the rocky seedbed of punk, Ad Astra Per Aspera waited four years to release its first full-length recording. The band's performance at this year's South by Southwest festival garnered a contract with Canada's Sonic Unyun Records for its debut LP, "Catapult Calypso."
Cursed from Birth
The Short, Unhappy Life of William S. Burroughs Jr.
The book is a piecing together of writings, letters, interviews by others and even a psychiatric journal article that serve as the first biography of Billy Burroughs, who wrote two books of his own. "It's a very ugly, unpleasant story," Ohle says. "It's an interesting study in father/son relationship. His father kills his mother, for starters. And then he neglects him for the rest of his life."
Review: Test Drive Unlimited (360)
Test Drive Unlimited is a hugely ambitious title that succeeds in almost every presentation and online element. Unfortunately, the actual gameplay doesn't quite match up to its lofty aspirations. With a little tweaking to the actual driving, this could be a definite must-own for racing fans.
