The lawman watches as a pair of headlights blink on the horizon. He raises his night-vision binoculars above his thick, red mustache. A small, white pickup truck a few hundred yards out kicks up dust as it speeds along the back road. Nothing stands between them but darkness draped over acres of barren fields. Loren Pope is a detective…
In the fourth episode of Wayward Cast, Pitch copy editor and music expert Scott Wilson joins me to spin and talk about songs by Namelessnumberheadman, Be/Non, Ted Leo (covering Curtis Mayfield), Rod Stewart (a song he actually wrote himself), the Black Angels and the Decemberists. Unfortunately, during the last third of the program, Scott is swallowed into the ether of…
What follows may sound like the IMs of a couple of steamy teenagers. But, according to this nearly too-hot-for-Penthouse court filing, it happened between former Wal-Mart execs Julie Roehm and her deputy, Sean Womack: Roehm: “I will give you whatever time you need :)” Womack: “You don’t have that much time…” Roehm: “I might…I think its you who doesn’t…”…
From the desk of Nadia Pflaum: People really love that song by Gym Class Heroes called “Cupid’s Chokehold.” You know, the one with the chorus that goes Take a look at my girlfriend. She’s the only one I got … not much of a girlfriend, I never seem to get a lot… After insisting to anyone who would listen —…
So who is Frank Martin, the new K-State b-ball coach? Our sister paper in Miami wrote this cover story in 1998 that exposed how Martin tossed out the rule book while a high school coach. An investigation by the Miami New Times revealed that as many as one-third of White’s players were of dubious eligibility. Martin’s biography on K-State’s…
Student journalists at Kansas City, Kansas, Community College’s student newspaper, The Advocate, got a lesson in public outrage last week. Too bad it wasn’t over an investigative exposé of the student’s healthcare options or an editorial on convicted felon and recently re-elected Board of Trustees member Clyde Townsend. Rather, it was a not-very-funny cartoon variation on the old “No…
Deerhunter and the Ponys. Friday, April 6, at the Record Bar Review by Jason Harper “How Deerhunter found out where I went to school before Yale, I’ll never know.” — George W. Bush I arrived midset during Deerhunter’s performance at the Record Bar last Friday, and the sound grabbed me by the collar right away. Usually, upon arriving at a…
ESPN asked writer Bill Simmons to critique the Red Sox vs. Royals game last Thursday and keep a journal of his thoughts. Simmons produced this piece, which will hit home for those who felt their opening day excitement fade away in a pair of typical Royals losses last week. Simmons, a Sox fan who admittedly loves our sparkling outfield…
People who read this blog might have noticed a recent post about a new Namelessnumberheadman album. People who don’t read this blog are c—-s who are probably listening to …NPR or some b.s. like that. Well, anyway, I’ve got me a digital advance copy of Wires Reply, and though I’ve spent only this Monday morning with it, I’m liking…
%{}%Pitch staff writer Justin Kendall sent Shirley Phelps-Roper an e-mail on Friday asking her to respond to this recent Plog. Her reply says a lot about how things work at Westboro Baptist Church, including what’s not in their Netflix queue. Categories: News Tags: kevin smith, Shirley Phelps-Roper, Westboro Baptist Church
Gen-X and -Y director Kevin Smith told the Brit version of Rotten Tomatoes that his next flick – a horror movie titled Red State – will feature a villain inspired by the pastor of Topeka’s gay hatin’ Westboro Baptist Church. “That dude has always fascinated me and he’s really informed the horror movie that I’m working on,” Smith told Rotten…
Sad Dog reports that Husker Du drummer Grant Hart is displaying his art tonight at the Zone Gallery (415 E. 18th, behind Grinders) and also playing a set, starting at 8 (donation expected). A rootsy guitar cat named Baby Grant Johnson opens. Video: Husker Du, “Could You Be the One” Categories: Music
%{}% A new church in Kansas City began advertising on billboards before its first hymn was sung. New Life Ministries will hold its first service on Easter Sunday in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The church will meet in the Scarritt Building ballroom at 818 Grand. Pastor Troy Campbell says New Life wants to be a part of the revitalization…
Here’s a party track to get your weekend started off right. Play it in your car if you can, or at least do the first listen on headphones — gotta hear that low end. Download: Clown The Ssion’s new record, Fool’s Gold, is a gawd damn party. Once known as the Kansas City art punks who wouldn’t grow up, the…
It’s First Friday, the Shark Week of Fridays, and I’m really enthusiastic about tonight’s subfreezing goddamned art walk! But instead of bitching about the weather or the sell-out corporate weather shills they put on the local news instead of supporting the local indie meteorology scene, I’m doing something about it by determinedly pretending that everything’s OK. My role model…
Classy guys need no introduction! A dude from a local band recently asked me what should go into a press kit. I spent a bit of time answering, so I thought I’d share. If you’re not a musician, you’ll probably find this boring. I like press kits that consist of nothing more than a finished CD and a one-sheet folded…
Missouri state Rep. Brian Yates (R., Lee’s Summit) wants to name a section of Missouri Highway 7 after the late Larry Stewart, aka Secret Santa. Yates made his gesture on the same day that the Pitch ran my column about a couple of asbestos bills that Yates and Bryan Pratt (R., Blue Springs) have sponsored. I questioned whether Yates’…
Well, it’s been a venue before, but the Grinders sculpture park has just gotten serious. The outdoor venue will be booked by >Pipeline Productions, the company that books the Bottleneck in Lawrence and does Wakarusa. Categories: Music
The Rime Center provides weekly services and Dharma teachings on Sunday morning, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. It also sponsors meditation retreats and hosts special interest group meetings related to the teaching and practice of Buddhism in everyday life. Starts: Dec. 8. Daily, 2004 Tags: Night & Day, Rime Center
Royals vs. the Tigers. Fri., April 6, 7:10 p.m.; Sat., April 7, 1:10 p.m.; Sun., April 8, 1:10 p.m.; Fri., May 4, 7:10 p.m.; Sat., May 5, 6:10 p.m.; Sun., May 6, 1:10 p.m.; Tue., Aug. 28, 7:10 p.m.; Wed., Aug. 29, 7:10 p.m.; Thu., Aug. 30, 1:10 p.m. Tags: Night & Day
Woebetide the forlorn middleman. With a supercluster of midweek farmers markets, Wednesday has shaped up as one of the best days of the week to buy produce directly from the farmers who pulled it out of the ground, thereby eliminating — and sticking it to — the middleman. There’s daily produce at the City Market (20 East Fifth Street, 816-842-1271),…
Get instuctions in the art of peace during Tai Chi classes at Bella Studios. Sundays, 4 p.m., 2006 Tags: 542, Night & Day
Hypothetically, a William Shatner reading of Allen Ginsberg’s Howl would be the performance-poetry equivalent of Ultimate Fighting. But at least we have the Opus poetry ensemble, which gathers on the first Sunday of each month at the Writers Place (3607 Pennsylvania, 816-753-1090) for dramatic live poetry. The group rehearses together, creating more of a monthly revue than a reading. (Performers…
We wanted to combine theater and drinking,” Theater on the Rocks co-founder Danny Schluck says. Six months in, Schluck and his cohorts, mostly KU theater students, are drawing crowds of folks looking for a dose of intelligent humor to get sloshed to. The subject matter varies: “We’re all over the map,” explains Schluck, whose theater troupe performs at Fatso’s (1016…
