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Mad haPPy: This guy/girl duo twists up electro, hip-hop, and pop sounds via laptop-powered numbers that offer a more demented and humorous take on contemporaries like M.I.A. and Le Tigre ... More info

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Movies

Hancock

This reimagining of the superhero as a loathesome, foul-mouthed, often inept beast can't even be saved by Will Smith. For while, it seems as if the improbable storyline will somehow work. But then it devolves into the terrible movie you expect. And given the sailor-caliber swearing, how it earned a PG-13 rating is a mystery. Showtimes, review and more ...

Video games

Review: Battlefield Bad Company (PS3)

Bad Company unavoidably draws comparisons to Call of Duty 4, but is a solid game in its own right. Read on ...

Local music review

Full Metal Jacket

More than most bands, fans have certain expectations for what they want a Reggie and the Full Effect record to sound like. These mostly teenage minions fell in love with Reggie when he was a different man: a younger, goofier, (even) more immature version of his present-day self... Read on ...

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Interview with Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel of the former Lawrence band, Mates of State. Watch.

Eating out

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Hut

Lawrence's only option for Coney Island fare is appropriately tiny with most of its seating outside. Go for the Sloppy Joe, Frito Pie, open-faced sammiches, egg salad, nachos, a coney, or just some fresh air and a sodie on the southside More info.

Drink specials

Tonight's featured specials:

  • Mug Club $3 mugs, $1 refills / $2 Martinis / $2 SoCo Lime shots @ It's Brother's! Bar & Grill
  • $4 Martinis, 9pm @ The Cup and Saucer
  • $1.75 Longnecks / $2 pints @ Lone Steer BBQ

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