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Richard Gintowt (Podcast / photographer)

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Reignited
The Gaslight Tavern re-opens for business, bourbon, and bluegrass
June 29, 2009
Miss Allison
Songwriter brings her old-country charms to local stages
June 25, 2009
There’s something enviable about Allison Olassa’s folksy lifestyle. She plays a sort of timeless music that’s as free and loose as Gillian Welch, and she pays the bills by cleaning houses (with all-natural products, of course)…
All In: Chuck Mead returns to Lawrence playing a ‘Journeyman’s Wager’ as a solo artist
May 20, 2009
After many years as a Lawrence townie, Chuck Mead jumped ship for Nashville. His hillbilly outfit BR-549 signed to Arista Records in 1995 and spent the next decade touring the world and becoming a minor superstar. Mead caught up with us via phone from the road. Included in the podcast are portions of tracks from the new album…
Who you gonna call?
Paranormal investigators seek to explain the unexplainable
October 31, 2005
Unexplained changes in temperature; sudden drops in the energy of batteries; feelings of “heaviness” in the air - these are the tools of the paranormal investigator.
Who you gonna call?
Paranormal investigators seek to explain the unexplainable
October 24, 2005
Unexplained changes in temperature; sudden drops in the energy of batteries; feelings of “heaviness” in the air - these are the tools of the paranormal investigator. Well, the low-budget paranormal investigator at least.
City leaders studying payoffs of growth
April 23, 2005
When it comes to growth, Lawrence city commissioners want to know what’s the bottom line.
Rock band loses everything to fire
Blaze causes heavy metal meltdown
February 23, 2005
Next week. Members of the heavy metal rock band The Esoteric said that’s when they had been planning to buy renter’s insurance for their “House of Metal” at 820 Ohio.
Adjustable situations
Homeless young adults in Lawrence have plenty of resources to help them get back on their feet, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re using them
January 18, 2005
It’s 2 in the afternoon and emergency medical crews are arriving at 10th and Kentucky.
Kids’ stuff
The Get Up Kids return to record live album in Lawrence
January 7, 2005
When Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids needs advice on how to keep his band intact, he simply looks to the most illustriously unstable rocker of all time.
Jumbo’s Killcrane’s ‘Slow Decay’ gets heavy
December 31, 2004
Crushing. Monstrous. Apocalyptic. And while we’re at it, how about massive, pulverizing, prostrating, annihilating, walloping, clobbering and squashing.

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Recent photos

Victoria Partridge as "Dead Celebs 2009."

Adam Vossen as "Brett Farve."

Adam Vossen as "Balloon Boy Balloon."

Kacie Brown (left) and Leslie Kinsman as "KU Fight Club."

Kacie Brown as "Swine Flu."

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