First off, let's discuss the elephant in the room. Yes, it's very sad. I'm very sad. I've let everyone know Phil has been a mentor to me, and my life has revolved around the site and the community of bloggers it created over the last several years. I don't know what prompted this change, ...

On Friday the students filtered out of the town, and I headed over to the Granada to check out Cowboy Indian Bear and the Noise FM's joint CD release show. I was tardy to the party and missed Muscle Worship (dang!). But I came just in time to catch Ghosty (hooray!). I hadn't seen ...

I'm the luckiest girl in town. I was always worried how having a new baby would affect my ability to keep seeing local music shows. But the husband has time and again reminded me that he's more than happy to watch the kid while I go catch a show on the weekends. While this is a generous ...

My favorite thing to ask people right now is "Been to any good shows lately?" They usually answer with "Tis the season!" somewhere in there. What they're talking about is concert season. Music lovers will usually go to more than one show a week, hitting up venues in Lawrence and Kansas City ...

If you headed down to the Lawrence Post Office at closing time on Thursday, you probably ran into this: That's the Alferd Packer Memorial String Band at their annual tax day party. They've been showing up at the downtown post office for many years (in costume) to celebrate the last ...

Oh boy! Two weeks after giving birth to a beautiful baby girl I had the chance to get all gussied up and head to Kansas City to see Julian Casablancas. And nothing says "Welcome to Motherhood" more than squeezing into your pre-pregnancy jeans and spending an hour putting together a suitable ...