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  Today’s story is yet another one, because this one goes out to my teacher Mr. Andrew. Back in 2005, I met Mr. Andrew for the first time when I started high school here at Free State. The first time I met him was that time I went on a school’s scavenger hunt, and it was really interesting when I got my classes picked. And my favorite part was when I got to hang out with him during classes and learned something new for a living. One time I was watching an educational video about bad manners, and the funniest parts of the video series were the one where the music was blaring as the actor was blown away, and the parrot named Rambo.  He was really funny. Warning: This is only just a demonstration of a green parrot. This is not the real parrot Rambo. We repeat, this is only for demonstration. But this is what Rambo looks like in the video series. In "Mind Your Manners", this is what he looks like. The parrot with white feathers. I also remember watching the Be Cool video series....

  We interrupt this program to bring you a special Bonus Blog Hey there boys and girls! Please put your hands together for...The Majestics Rhythm Revue! [imitating crowd cheering noise] I have called you here today for an imortant announcement to make. I'd thought maybe it would be a really really really really, REALLY great idea to come up with an idea on a music video for the song 'Sweat Like James Brown' by The Majestics Rhythm Revue. You've heard their music off of their first album Digga! Digga!, and now the time has come to talk about it. We're gonna take to the streets of downtown Lawrence and do a lot of filming here. What we need is a video camera for the footage, the song on my iPad, and someone to star in my next music video idea. Here’s who I’m gonna audition to star. Since I’m the director for this idea. Thom Alexander (My dad) Lois Orth-Lopes Sebastian Alfie The good folks from Americana Music Academy Kurt Henning & Elizabeth Tally Eric & Jill ...

  October At Its Best Well folks, it’s still autumn in Lawrence, the leaves in the trees are orange and red, and it’s that time of year again…Halloween. Oh man, you can't imagine how much fun I've had when I lived in Lawrence. And I gotta tell you guys, it was the best time I've had. Here's some stories that I wanna share with you in today's blog. I remember the time in downtown Lawrence there was a huge zombie walk that started from the Lawrence Community Building to roaming the streets downtown. I really enjoyed it a lot and filming the whole scene there and seeing Sellout perform songs on stage. If you haven't noticed just yet, I made videos about it and put it on YouTube years ago. One was with my puppet Buzzy on Halloween, and one with a fake movie trailer I made called 'Wake of the Dead'. In case you remember, here's the links. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtNYJRkgXXU&t=7s Buzzy's Halloween Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcUTI...

Autumn in Larryville When the autumn season comes, September begins. And summer will return next year. And now here's something that you'd like to know. When Labor Day comes, we celebrate. How? Downtown. But the real question is, how do you celebrate Labor Day on this special time of year somewhere in Lawrence. Here's some ideas. 1. Hang out with my friends, get together and meet somewhere for lunch. 2. Join in at the Lawrence Public Library for some special events. 3. Entertain kids at Cordley with my puppets. 4. Get together for Best Buddies once again. (which you already knew about that) 5. Participate at Van Go for a Zine Fest (Paper Plains) 6. Hang out at Americana Music Academy for a jam session. (I'll think about it.) Here are some of the local events I wanna join in. My first September event is the Street Party. It was on Saturday September 3rd at 826 Pennsylvania St. in East Lawrence. When I look at a street party in Lawrence, I think of an all-age type of part...

   The Day Of My Life In Lawrence Part 2 When I was a kid, I got the time and met new friends here in Lawrence. Back in the day, I met a friend named Elizabeth Tally at the Children’s Center at 1000 Sunnyside Avenue in the University of Kansas. I got the time to learn new things, play around with the video software, dance to the music of Greg and Steve, played outside on the playground, ate a sack lunch together, did some story time, and a got to watch a little Sesame Street. Okay like one time when I was inside the children’s center and when we were about to watch a video presentation, the TV started the play Sesame Street’s 25th Birthday Celebration. It was way back here in 1993. It was a musical event that happened long time ago. It was shelved in ‘93 until it was aired on public television in 1994. I wish that I could watch that special again and watch Big Bird and all their friends from Sesame Street sing along. En Vogue was in it. Queen Latifah was there. Little Richard....