Take solace, defeated dog-park promoters. The Kansas City Department of Parks and Recreation sent out an e-mail alert earlier today reminding everyone that there’s a “Dog Swim Party TONIGHT!” That’s right, folks. “Bring the family dog to Line Creek Pool for one last celebration before the pool is drained for the season,” write our dog-loving friends at the parks department….
Apparently, all we needed to get Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to dish on a couple of dirty power plants was a comedian in drag. Last month, the Pitch wrote about Sunflower Electric Power Corporation’s proposal to expand its electricity-generating facility in western Kansas. Adding two new coal-fired power plants would make Sunflower’s Holcomb site one of the biggest new…
It’s been too long since I done set down and made me up a podcast of a’ talkin’ and song playin’, so that’s what I done did with the last night of my Labor Day weekend. It’s short, and it begins with an academic discussion of a certain amazing jazz drum solo. Hope you enjoy. Wayward Cast 13: Bang…
BY ANDY VIHSTADT Separated at Birth Is there some kind of weird beard contest going on at Sub Pop Records? If so, Sam Beam’s got competition. Ben Bridwell and his Band of Horses return next month with Cease to Begin. Download the album opener, “Is There a Ghost,” at The Glorious Hum. Sam Beam might be hiding iron and wine…
