Deadwood Edition: March 17, 2009

This week's beautiful cover art was designed without a care in the world by Jesse Kuhn of Raw Toast Design.

A Tight Twit Community

Lawrence Tweetup puts a non-emoticon face to the Twitter phenomenon

A “Tweetup” is happening here in Lawrence, and we’ve asked the most dedicated of these Twitter-bugs to comment on this basic need for human interaction and its manifestation in occasionally obnoxious technology.

Save & Splurge: Lacy Myers

Used underwear? Ew.

Townie guide to... bracket backlash

The good folks at Purina wouldn't allow the 2008-09 Kansas Jayhawks to be machine separated and dried into cat food—their quality standards are too high.

Lights, Camera, Films for Action

FFA kicks off 2009 with meltdown-minded flicks

Try as they might, Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock can only make so many flicks. If it seems like those are the only two documentary filmmakers who stir the pot on a regular basis, perhaps it’s time to give Films for Action a look.

Hope is the new fear

We’ve all heard the saying “uncertainty breeds fear.” What’s more uncertain than a crisis that the vast majority of Americans—even the most informed among us—finds difficult to grasp? Lucky for you, Joe Sixpack, we enlisted the most hopeful dude out there to give us some answers.

The Church of Bracketology

Actual News Nugs*

Let the quasi-legal gambling commence!

Style Scout: Cody Henry

I have recently developed an affinity for the '90s grunge style.

Style Scout: Gina Pomponio

My style is usually menswear-influenced, but I try and dress comfy and fun.

B-tarded

Actual News Nugs*

BREAKING! Kansas Legislature bogged down with sudden influx of time. More as nothing relevant develops...

March Sadness

Actual News Nugs*

Jayhawk fans left with crimson and blue balls.

Over and Out

Archetype goes the way of the dinosaurs, but leaves behind better record

Ah crap. Archetype is breaking up. So they say, at least. Perhaps it’s just an elaborate scam to hype their new record. We can certainly hope as much...