This weekend there was more local music than I could shake a stick at. Aside from your usual good local rock shows, there was the Fiddlin' and Pickin' championships in Lawrence's South Park. But the real fun was at the Lawrence Busker Festival. We started our journey on Friday night, ...

Back in 1995, if you bought a pair of Doc Martins from The Buckle, they gave you a mix CD with your purchase. This was supposed to have some of the year's "hippest" music on it, stamped with a photo of a giant boot. It's lame, but this was my introduction to The Breeders. They played ...

A few weeks ago I was at a punk show at The Replay, and a pregnant woman trotted in and stood in front of me. My first thought was "heck yes!" You don't see too many pregnant women at shows, let alone punk shows. At the time, the husband and I were making a decision on whether to start a ...

On Thursday, we took a couple of good friends out to dinner one last time. They're leaving Lawrence (forever!) next week, so this was a goodbye dinner. And because I am sneaky and conniving, I (as I always do when friends leave) tried to rub in the "see what you're missing?! Lawrence is ...

It seems there's never a shortage of outdoor music fun in Lawrence on the weekends. This Saturday, we headed to the Americana Music Academy Saturday Jam at South Park. Although it was an all day event (and I really do wish I got to see more), we made it just in time for the final act, ...

If you live in Lawrence, then you probably partook in the madness that was the Sidewalk Sale. I didn't go last year, because I didn't want or need anything, and didn't want to fall into a consumerism trap. But this year, I headed out because there's more to the sidewalk sale than just ...