DJ Shadowrunner has been playing electronic music around the Midwest since 1989, but he didn’t start playing hip-hop until three years ago. Before then, he was known for his silky-smooth trance (not the epic, headache-inducing stuff). Shadowrunner still plays his power sets at NV two Saturdays each month, but he also spins hip-hop with Two Heavy, begging the question: When…
In my teens in the previous decade, I was a Guitar World subscriber. The cover of the first issue I purchased featured a black-and-white photo of Pete Townshend, circa 1968, resplendent in a white, sequined suit, standing on stage with his arms outstretched, a Gibson ES 335 hanging at his waist, giving off an inaudible feedback swell that precursed the…
If you really have nothing better to do today, check out this video produced by a local band called the Threes. In it, the band’s male and female frontpeople — truly charming comic amateurs — discuss the past year in awkwardly scripted dialogue, then they perform a couple of songs, fireside-singalong style. Personally, I enjoyed the comedy more than the…
By DAVID MARTIN Fox 4’s new corporate masters appear to include a window shade and a cross-dresser. A private-equity firm, Oak Hill Capital Partners, agreed to buy WDAF-TV and seven other stations from News Corp. last month. Fox 4 will be managed by Local TV LLC, Oak Hill’s “television platform.” On Wednesday morning, the “about us” section of Local TV’s…
By ERIC BARTON Even KU fans would have to admit the cookies one is damn funny. Categories: News
By PETER RUGG People who know how to attract a professional basketball team will visit the Sprint Center in January. Just not to help Kansas City get one. A nine-person panel brought together by the Baltimore Development Corporation is coming to town to study our own new arena. It seems Baltimore’s First Mariner Arena has, after 45 years, become…
