Shonen Knife Sunday, December 2 The Bottleneck Review by Chris Packham Shonen Knife founding members Naoko and Atsuko Yamano, along with newest Shonen Knife drummer Etsuko Nakanishi made their Lawrence debut last Sunday at the Bottleneck following an amazingly inappropriate lineup of opening performers. I felt like I was at one of those 1950s variety shows that feature a completely…
BY ANDY VIHSTADT Great Danes Denmark’s Raveonettes have proven themselves again with Lust, Lust, Lust. The album is already out overseas but won’t be available in the US until February 19. Here are a couple of tracks to hold you over. The Raveonettes: “Aly Walk With Me” MP3 The Raveonettes: “Dead Sound” MP3 courtesy of AOL Real Talk %{}% The…
By DAVID MARTIN Swope Park United Methodist Church recently marked its 139th year. The anniversary service, on November 11, began with singing of the hymn “We’ll Understand It Better By and By.” The church printed a special bulletin for the service. Hair stylists and hardware stores near the church at 63rd and Swope Parkway took out ads in the…
By NADIA PFLAUM While perusing YouTube recently (otherwise known as “wasting time”), we learned two new things about the name “Funkhouser.” One, if you tell someone in the house music scene that KC’s mayor is named Mark Funkhouser, they might compliment his turntable skills: (And isn’t that film quality reminiscent of a 60 Minutes sting where they send a woman…
By C.J. JANOVY Roger Peterson Earlier this week came news that Overland Park’s director of planning, a guy named Roger Peterson, is retiring after nearly 30 years. Normally the departure of a bureaucrat isn’t especially noteworthy, but Peterson’s exit deserves a bit more attention. After all, he helped map out three decades of what most Johnson Countians would call…
