The Lasso

Supernatural Convention and Dennis in a Santa suit

It's been busy around the newsroom, what with storms and general newsy busy-ness, but the Lasso is not yet dead. Here's your roundup: • In case you hadn't caught on, I love cool photos of this town. Here's [a few shots][1] of East Lawrence from writer Bobby Myers' Tumblr (Hamm's garbage ...

Post-Labor Day blogosphere

Since it's a short week, let's have a shorter roundup. Here's what's going on this week on the Lawrence blogs: • Happy birthday to [Style on the Hill][1]. Keep Lawrence classy. • This is meta: a [blog][2] on Behind the Lens. Thanks for the love! • Megan Do (the Grand Poobah of ...

Air guitar, sunflowers and other cool things

The Lawrence blogosphere is bursting with local love this week: • As you may have heard, Lawrence's very own Eric "Mean Melin" won the [Air Guitar World Championships][1] in Oulu, Finland. He's making the rounds with interviews on [Larryville Chronicles][2] and [Huff Post Live][3]. ...

LawrenceLives, LFK Tumblrs, a NYT mention and some Quantrill

It's Tuesday and here's your Lasso roundup: • Don't know how I didn't see this before, but [this Tumblr][3] exists. • Speaking of Tumblrs, [Jayhawk Parking][4] is back in action. • Here's a really nice photo from [Shot][5], of Lawrence High School football: *Photo from ...

Playing catch up, reviewing history and BuzzFeed

Remember me? It's been a while since the last Lasso, but let's get back into the swing of things and see what the Lawrence blogosphere is talking about now that it's August. • A little bit of history repeating? Kind of. The City of Lawrence has a neat [Facebook page][1] where it shares ...

Things besides the Sidewalk Sale

There was a lot happening on the local blogs this week besides the Sidewalk Sale, so I thought I'd round up those gems - though the sale did make its way in a tiny bit. Here's what's going on: • As always, Larryville Artists helps keep Lawrencians up on the art scene, local and otherwise. ...