Victor Comes Again: Hammy variety show returns with new skits, more sex
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
When the Victor Continental show announced two years ago that its Christmas performance would be its last, the end was in sight for popular segments like Shitty Deal Puppet Theater, The Justice League of Lawrence and general lampoonery at the expense of Lawrence.
Breaking the Huge Silence
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
"The premise, the principle that will guide this exploration, is not nostalgic remembrance, but neither is it objective reporting. These are fragments. Moments remembered ... Wherever my feet have taken me, I have found both goodness and pain, and that's all I have to give."
So begins "From the Huge Silence," the solo debut by producer Jeremy Nesbitt, a.k.a. Nezbeat. The monologue, originally delivered by Kansas-born photojournalist and filmmaker Gordon Parks, serves as a mission statement for Nezbeat's three-year pet project, which features an all-star cast of local MCs, vocalists and musicians pouring their souls onto Nezbeat's dense hip-hop tracks.
A sansei story :: Despite pending retirement, third-generation Japanese-American who built art career around identity has more teaching to do
Sunday, May 2, 2004
Roger Shimomura was 6 or 7 years old when his family drove 200 miles from Seattle to Cannon Beach, Ore., only to be turned away by a resort owner who refused to rent to Japanese people. They'd made reservations weeks in advance and had been looking forward to a relaxing vacation at a cabin by the sea.
Home base :: Nationally renown baseball expert Bill James is right at home in Lawrence
Tuesday, April 6, 2004
The baseball world looks to guru Bill James for answers.
That means looking to Lawrence, Kansas.
And he wouldn't have it any other way.
In the Pit :: Local B-boys battle for fun, pride
Tuesday, April 6, 2004
Josh Romero and the rest of his crew -- a 10-strong posse of break dancers known as the "Buggin' Out" Crew -- aren't usually the main act at local hip-hop shows, but they often become the main attraction. Crowds a hundred-strong circle up to get a glimpse of the crew's gravity-defying dance moves and handstand acrobatics, leaving the stage performers to wonder if they might just be playing second fiddle.
Don't Fear The Ripper :: Rollerblading stunt devil brings worldwide attention to Lawrence/KC crew
Wednesday, January 14, 2004
The first time Dave Temple saw Alex Broskow skate a handrail, he knew the eight-year-old kid was going to be something special.
"He couldn't jump high enough to get on the rails (because he was so small), so he would skate faster than anybody else so vertically it would be a shorter jump," recalls Temple, who was already a teenager when he and his rollerblading friends started tutoring Broskow. "Nobody was skating that fast to handrails back then; it was crazy."
Fallout from 'The Day After' :: Cast and crew of the TV movie remember how Lawrence coped with nuclear devastation
Wednesday, November 19, 2003
On Nov. 20, 1983, Lawrence endured fallout from the blasts of nuclear missiles that struck neighboring Kansas City. The area was scorched by firestorms, citizens were vaporized, and those lucky enough to survive suffered the slower effects of radiation poisoning. At least that is what was portrayed in an ABC television movie that became one of the most watched and most controversial events of the decade.
Inside the Outhouse :: Long before the Bottleneck and the Replay, the Outhouse ruled Lawrence's burgeoning rock scene
Wednesday, February 19, 2003
Remember the Outhouse.
Though their cry is quieted with each passing year, the soldiers who once turned a nondescript cinder-block shack on the edge of Lawrence into a punk rock icon still roam the earth. Always proud but never haughty, they'll gladly share their war stories with a little persuasion.
Just don't believe any of them.
Kliph's notes :: Lawrence drummer tours with Beck and Flaming Lips
Friday, November 15, 2002
For hundreds of Flaming Lips shows that he's worked as a roadie, Kliph Scurlock hasn't had to set up a drum kit.
He's set up the mic-mounted micro-camera. He's ran the video screen. He's prepped all manner of other instruments on stage, but usually Scurlock's only duty drum-wise has involved a backing tape of recorded percussion.
That is, until a couple months ago when the Lips' frontman Wayne Coyne asked the Lawrence musician to start setting up his own drums for the band's tour with Beck.
