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Reignited: The Gaslight Tavern re-opens for business, bourbon, and bluegrass; By Richard Gintowt; June 29, 2009
Miss Allison: Songwriter brings her old-country charms to local stages; By Richard Gintowt; 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: By Richard Gintowt; 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; By Richard Gintowt; 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; By Richard Gintowt; 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: By Richard Gintowt; 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; By Richard Gintowt; 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; By Richard Gintowt; 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; By Richard Gintowt; 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: By Richard Gintowt; 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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Illustration for check dropping story

Kansas University senior Anne Miller, communication studies, and junior Michael Wade Smith, English and American studies, inspect their check at 715, 715 Massachusetts St. Both diners said they appreciate servers who don't rush them out.

Illustration for check dropping story

Anne Miller, KU senior, finishes her glass of sparkling wine and prepares to pay her check at 715, 715 Massachusetts St. Servers at 715 say they try to not rush people out of the restaurant by dropping the check too soon.

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