File this under There's Plenty to Do in Hutchinson.

It's easy to forget about the Underground Salt Museum, but it's such a cool place to visit. We found this video on YouTube (below) of some folks visiting. Maybe it's time for you to check it out again, eh? 

You are all in for a treat, my friends. Deadman Flats will be playing at the W this Saturday, July 31st.

In case you don't know, DMF is just a group of Hutchinson boys who happen to also be some of the meanest pickers this side of either coast. 

They're also friends of mine, but I swear it's the honest truth that they are awesome. If you don't make it to this show, you're going to look like a fool to all of your friends who had the good sense to go.

There's a little video of these fellas below. And you can hear some more of their music on the website.

As you may or may not have read already, the Hutchinson News (our bosses) made the national news with this piece withdrawing their endorsement of Tracey Mann. Beat on the street is Rachel Maddow has even complimented the Hutchinson News on this move (VIDEO BELOW!!). If you're a Pinko-Commie-Bleeding-Heart-Liberal like me, that's pretty much the coolest.

Mann made some comments in support of the 'birther' movement (read: a sad, sour-grapes movement, which will never be happy with ANY form of proof that Obama is a born US citizen, so they continue to throw a temper tantrum).

I'd recommend you wade through the comments on the article a little bit, sometimes for some good points and others for a good laugh. 

Anyway, props to the Hutch News. High five across the interwebs (*hwpsh!*).