Where all the lights are bright
At nine on Friday nights, the sounds of Luxe Soul fill the Star Bar in the back of Pachamama's. Well-behaved patrons of all stripes lounge in plush armchairs, quaffing wine and grazing on artfully presented appetizers. As the night deepens, ...
Leave Home!
Huddled around an atlas at a coffeehouse table, the Kinetiks are planning their first tour. In just a year's time, the Kinetiks' exuberant and intelligent brand of rock has earned them a loyal following-particularly among Lawrence musicians. Now, they're taking ...
Packing Serious Wood
Call them purists, retro-rockers, or deconstructionists and the three members of Log Lady nod in agreement. Call them cock-rockers and they smile. Log Lady's Myspace page warns citizens to hide their dope and lock up their daughters. Their live shows ...
Investing in Pork Futures
Take liberal amounts of coffee, cigarettes, chocolate and alcohol and combine with a selection of artists and lawyers, musicians and writers, businesspeople and professors, students and slackers. Stuff all ingredients into a tiny downtown storefront. Infuse with cool music, season ...
Honorable Mention
Norman Rockwell couldn't have conceived it better: a third generation barber as the three-time mayor of a bustling Midwestern college town. That's Mike Amyx's life in a nutshell, but gone are Rockwell's simpler times. With the passing of 2006, the ...