Recent Stories
Letter from the Editor
This week we published issue No. 200 of our Deadwood Edition. In some ways, this rag has come a long way these last five years. In other ways, we're doing the same thing we've always done-lovin' on Lawrence, lovey-dovey-style and tough-love-style. We hope you feel pretty much the same way.
Editor's note
Lawrence. Kansas. Burroughs was frequently asked-as all Lawrencians inevitably are: Why Kansas? When you could live anywhere-in any of the world's cultural capitals-why Lawrence, Kansas?
Bizarre events surrounding the disappearance of Randy Leach
Many circumstances relating to the disappearance of Randy Leach in 1988 fueled rumors as to what may have happened to him.
Timeline of Randy Leach's disappearance
Events leading up to and following the disappearance of Randy Leach.
Style Scout: Loni Berry
Loni Berry
Q&A with Digable Planets
Back together after a decade apart, Digable Planets may not have been the first to fuse the laid-back hipster elements of jazz with hip-hop, but they did it better than anyone before or since. Their debut album "Reachin'" rode the single "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)," and eventually landed them a Grammy for Best New Group.
Res-erection
An interview with Victor Continental
The Victor Continental Show is a singular, irreplaceable part of Lawrence culture. This weekend marks the Lawrence troupe's 12th show since starting in 1998. In some ways, it's typical sketch comedy - everything from ancient history to U.S. politics, from Hollywood to Lawrence is fair game for VC's racy humor and predilection for double entendre.
Q&A with David Rees
'Get Your War On' creator returns to Lawrence to spread the gospel of dissent
David Rees clearly has a lot on his mind. The 30-something artist's comics are just a few frames, but they pack a manifesto's worth of punch in sarcastic criticism and biting wit ...
Ghosty in the machine
Lawrence band finds its own way in the music industry maze
If every band were given the chance to script their own big 'break,' many might well come up with what actually happened to Lawrence's Ghosty. In late 2003, they were at Trent Bell's studio recording, when none other than Flaming Lips' frontman Wayne Coyne showed up...
