It's our fifth anniversary come June! Celebrate with us at the Jackpot! We'll have video-games (ala Super Nerd Night) set about the bar for anyone to play, we'll have a Drink & Draw contest (supplies provided by Astrokitty), plus all sorts of card/board games going on throughout the night as accompanied by Astrokitty's favorite movies and some of Astrokitty's favorite background tunes!
What's that? Not enough? Hm. How about baiowolf? Weird Wounds? Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk? Now THAT'S a party! Doors open at 8pm and music begins at 10ish!
What's more, we'll have Astrokitty t-shirts and coloring books on sale at this event! This will be your chance to proudly wear your love for Astrokitty on your person or during your gaming! DO. NOT. MISSSSSS!
Plus, of course, Joel/Joe will be on hand celebrating alongside ya'll!
Rumor has it Joel might even end up drunkenly accompanying himself on guitar by the end of the night! BE THERE!
Wait...does barely using the site count as a boycott? If that's the case, then I've been showing solidarity for that cause for a while now!
Sorry, all the really meaningful stuff has already been said by people much more capable with their words than me. Er. My. Myself? Whatever. Now I've just been reduced to snarkiness.
As for Mr. Niccum...I like what he does. He also seems like a genuinely nice guy. I don't blame him or anyone else put in a position to replace/take over for the people who got the axe. I think we all understand this is a short-sighted management issue and a, as said before, likely just the penultimate death-knell of something that was once a unique, vital, interesting part of Lawrence. I am sad about it...but I've been sad about many of the changes that have seemed to damage the look/feel/intent/"soul" of L.COM.
I almost exclusively click on links Gavon supplies via twitter and facebook, following them back to L.COM. Otherwise, the only other time I use the site these days is when I'm using the event schedule...which is rare.
Ugh. Not surprising because, as said in prior comments, this ship has been sinking for quite a while. I get that money is an issue but I wonder what/who could either have been cut instead OR if people that probably don't need as much $ could have taken a paycut instead so that people like Phil and Gavon could a.) keep providing us with entertaining content and b.) keep a couple of locals employed so they can stay plugged into what's going on and help Lawrence.com retain what little "street cred" it had remaining.
I don't use it much anymore except to check the upcoming events calendar because I've HATED the (now not so new) GUI since the first day it was unveiled.
As for Gavon, he should just go out there and pimp himself to every entertainment blog he can...he's very funny, whip-smart, and knows how to entertain. Still, it sucks major donkeyballs to be out of a job and as a friend of his I feel for him.
THIS STARTS AT 7pm! NOT 9PM! Come by, though, whenever you're able! :)
$3 cover, 18 to enter, 21 to drink
7pm~ Magic: The Gathering Sealed Deck Event $20 (cover included with entry in this event) 9pm~ Tetris Tourney 10pm~ Super Street Fighter IV Tourney Drink & Draw ALL NIGHT LONG! (prizes WILL be awarded) Costume Contest ALL NIGHT LONG! (prizes WILL be awarded) Plus, get your game on with BANG!, Munchkin, Beer Money, Uno, Fluxx, and MORE! AND multiple old and new video-game systems set up and ready to play ALL NIGHT LONG! Also...you can buy dice, card sleeves, card boxes, and previous month's DRINK & DRAW entries (proceeds for this last go to the CBLDF...look it up!). Plus, GEEK DRINKS and SHINERD BOCK!
Who is "wendell"? We call "maraca lady" UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES and her husband, the guitar-playing viking-looking dude with a cloak (all in black, actually named Sean) is BOLD CHOICES. Those are their spirit names. BOLD CHOICES would often buy Magic cards at our shop instead of, well, doing anything useful with it. Normally, I wouldn't balk at that...but he's homeless and his wife (the maraca lady) was pregnant at one point. I just figured he'd save his busking money to help her out. Seeing as how he did not...we figured that was just one of many BOLD CHOICES he's made. I have heard a lot of other stories about him...most of them unpleasant. He's such a trainwreck that it all comes together to make him an almost mythical character. He deserves to be on the list, whatever you end up calling him. I mean, he lived in his Trans Am for a while, for God's sake (which his wife bought him once her inheritance came through...what, you didn't know she was an heiress?).
Tailgating 101: How to get in your grub and good time before the game
Wow...that pig on a spit image is a terrible one to be using as your main attention-getter. I even eat meat, and I find that a turn-off. Just sayin'.
September 3, 2011 at 7 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Astrokitty Comics Fifth Anniversary Party -- 06/26/10 at Jackpot Music Hall
Check out the Pitch blurb: http://www.pitch.com/events/lawrencea...
Also, check out the Rathaus blurb: http://rathausartprojects.com/blog/20...
It's our fifth anniversary come June! Celebrate with us at the Jackpot! We'll have video-games (ala Super Nerd Night) set about the bar for anyone to play, we'll have a Drink & Draw contest (supplies provided by Astrokitty), plus all sorts of card/board games going on throughout the night as accompanied by Astrokitty's favorite movies and some of Astrokitty's favorite background tunes!
What's that? Not enough? Hm. How about baiowolf? Weird Wounds? Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk? Now THAT'S a party! Doors open at 8pm and music begins at 10ish!
What's more, we'll have Astrokitty t-shirts and coloring books on sale at this event! This will be your chance to proudly wear your love for Astrokitty on your person or during your gaming! DO. NOT. MISSSSSS!
Plus, of course, Joel/Joe will be on hand celebrating alongside ya'll!
Rumor has it Joel might even end up drunkenly accompanying himself on guitar by the end of the night! BE THERE!
June 24, 2010 at 6:15 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Editors' note: Unfortunate changes in lawrence.com staffing
Wait...does barely using the site count as a boycott? If that's the case, then I've been showing solidarity for that cause for a while now!
Sorry, all the really meaningful stuff has already been said by people much more capable with their words than me. Er. My. Myself? Whatever. Now I've just been reduced to snarkiness.
As for Mr. Niccum...I like what he does. He also seems like a genuinely nice guy. I don't blame him or anyone else put in a position to replace/take over for the people who got the axe. I think we all understand this is a short-sighted management issue and a, as said before, likely just the penultimate death-knell of something that was once a unique, vital, interesting part of Lawrence. I am sad about it...but I've been sad about many of the changes that have seemed to damage the look/feel/intent/"soul" of L.COM.
I almost exclusively click on links Gavon supplies via twitter and facebook, following them back to L.COM. Otherwise, the only other time I use the site these days is when I'm using the event schedule...which is rare.
June 18, 2010 at 7:24 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Editors' note: Unfortunate changes in lawrence.com staffing
Ugh. Not surprising because, as said in prior comments, this ship has been sinking for quite a while. I get that money is an issue but I wonder what/who could either have been cut instead OR if people that probably don't need as much $ could have taken a paycut instead so that people like Phil and Gavon could a.) keep providing us with entertaining content and b.) keep a couple of locals employed so they can stay plugged into what's going on and help Lawrence.com retain what little "street cred" it had remaining.
I don't use it much anymore except to check the upcoming events calendar because I've HATED the (now not so new) GUI since the first day it was unveiled.
As for Gavon, he should just go out there and pimp himself to every entertainment blog he can...he's very funny, whip-smart, and knows how to entertain. Still, it sucks major donkeyballs to be out of a job and as a friend of his I feel for him.
June 17, 2010 at 11:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Super nerd night -- 05/31/10 at Jackpot Music Hall
THIS STARTS AT 7pm! NOT 9PM! Come by, though, whenever you're able! :)
$3 cover, 18 to enter, 21 to drink
7pm~ Magic: The Gathering Sealed Deck Event $20 (cover included with entry in this event)
9pm~ Tetris Tourney
10pm~ Super Street Fighter IV Tourney
Drink & Draw ALL NIGHT LONG! (prizes WILL be awarded)
Costume Contest ALL NIGHT LONG! (prizes WILL be awarded)
Plus, get your game on with BANG!, Munchkin, Beer Money, Uno, Fluxx, and MORE!
AND multiple old and new video-game systems set up and ready to play ALL NIGHT LONG!
Also...you can buy dice, card sleeves, card boxes, and previous month's DRINK & DRAW entries (proceeds for this last go to the CBLDF...look it up!).
Plus, GEEK DRINKS and SHINERD BOCK!
May 27, 2010 at 1:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Caption Contest: #brains
I missed the deadline. Sad. Anyway, I will enter my thoughts on this image via this interweb comment box nonetheless.
"I can haz redwingz?"
October 22, 2009 at 2:36 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
On Deck, with Sarina Geist
what? no Rufus Wainwright?
October 5, 2009 at 3:46 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lady Lumps vs. Solidarity for the title of worst team in the Kaw Valley Kickball League
Wow!
August 14, 2009 at 4:04 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
astrokitty75
Where do these comments go? Is this on my permanent record?
August 14, 2009 at 4:02 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lawrence Bingo Game in the Works
Who is "wendell"? We call "maraca lady" UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES and her husband, the guitar-playing viking-looking dude with a cloak (all in black, actually named Sean) is BOLD CHOICES. Those are their spirit names. BOLD CHOICES would often buy Magic cards at our shop instead of, well, doing anything useful with it. Normally, I wouldn't balk at that...but he's homeless and his wife (the maraca lady) was pregnant at one point. I just figured he'd save his busking money to help her out. Seeing as how he did not...we figured that was just one of many BOLD CHOICES he's made. I have heard a lot of other stories about him...most of them unpleasant. He's such a trainwreck that it all comes together to make him an almost mythical character. He deserves to be on the list, whatever you end up calling him. I mean, he lived in his Trans Am for a while, for God's sake (which his wife bought him once her inheritance came through...what, you didn't know she was an heiress?).
August 14, 2009 at 3:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )