Usually folks here in Lawrence head out to the bars to hear great music, but recently we’ve all been heading to the bars to cheer on our local basketball team, the University of Kansas Jayhawks, as they play in the March Madness NCAA Basketball Tournament. Sunday afternoon the ‘Hawks held off Davidson college to advance into the Final Four, and the entire town of Lawrence went NUTS. Instantly, kids (of all ages) flooded into the streets, screaming and yelling, waving anything KU they could grab. The town was pretty much shut down for the celebration, as boobies and alcoholic beverages has free run of the streets. For a small taste of the craziness, check out this YouTube Video:

The Final Four game is next week, where NOT ONLY will KU get a chance to advance to the championship game, they’ll also get a chance to beat the pants off their former coach, Roy Williams. Even though we’re not known for our athletic ability here at the BCD, we’re having fun rooting for our team and watching the madness. Just like with most everything else, Lawrence is such a small and diverse community it’s not unusual for the lead singer in your favorite local band to also be a giant basketball fan - it’s just one of the many reasons we love it here in Kansas.

Rock Chalk Jayhawk, GO KU!!!

Check out more photos of the basketball craziness here.

Most days are good days here at the ‘ol BCD, but the day we heard we were going to be DJ Squeak E. Clean’s official store, was better than most! This cool cat is not only a DJ, he has done music for everything from skate videos (like the recently released, sick-as-hell “Fully Flared,” directed by Squeak E. Clean’s brother Spike Jonze), to Adidas commercials; and has worked with folks like (to name a very, very few) director Mark Romanek, Karen O. and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Maroon 5. To read some more about the life and adventures of this busy Squeak E. Clean fellow , you should check out his MySpace page.

Squeak E. Clean’s newest project is the “North American South America” project or NASA. At almost four and a half years in the making, N.A.S.A is the brain child of Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon, and is all about, “People from different worlds coming together through shared inspiration and love of music.” What this means to you is tracks featuring collaborations between musicians of wildly different backgrounds like Ol’ Dirty Bastard with Karen O, and Fatlip, David Byrne with Chali 2na and Gift of Gab, or Tom Waits and Kool Keith. Seriously.  Though we’re still (sort-of-patiently) awaiting the release of the N.A.S.A record, we’ve got shirts for the project available to buy now. Check out the black N.A.S.A shirt that our Glen is modeling in the photo collage - click on the photo to see all the different flavors of these tasty space-monkey shirts.

There’s still some snow on the ground here in Kansas, but if the hype on this N.A.S.A project is any indicator it’s gonna be one hot, hot year for Squeak. E. Clean and for BCD.