Archives: May 2008

Music

Junkie Jukebox: Busdriver MP3 Preview

Flannery Cashill,

Big Pun by ANDY VIHSTADT While we wait for Busdriver to wrap up his new LP, the L.A. lyricist is releasing a new tongue-twister to pass the time. “Ellen Disingenuous” will be available at iTunes later this month, but you can check it out now at Urb Magazine here. Categories: Music Tags: junkie jukebox, MP3
Music

Concert Review: The Breeders with Colour Revolt at the Bottleneck, 05/09

Flannery Cashill,

The Breeders with Colour Revolt May 9, 2008 The Bottleneck By ANDY VIHSTADT It’s been 15 years since the Breeders’ biggest hit. Now championed as alt-rock veterans, Kim and Kelley Deal deserve a toast for never going on a “Cannonball” run. Aside from the aforementioned, they’ve never strived for radio rotation, which means anything goes when it comes to the…
News

A Search For A Virtual Championship

Chris Rasmussen,

By CHRIS RASMUSSEN After decades of progressive futility, Royals fans long ago gave up on the present. Instead, some look longingly at memories of successful Royals seasons, while others look to the farm system for a distant utopia where Deyton Moore makes the Royals successful again. Me? I prefer alternate reality. In an effort to determine whether the Royals will…
News

A Search For A Virtual Championship

Chris Rasmussen,

By CHRIS RASMUSSEN After decades of progressive futility, Royals fans long ago gave up on the present. Instead, some look longingly at memories of successful Royals seasons, while others look to the farm system for a distant utopia where Deyton Moore makes the Royals successful again. Me? I prefer alternate reality. In an effort to determine whether the Royals will…
Music

Concert Review: The Beautiful Bodies, 5/10/08, the Nowhere Bar

Jason Harper,

The Beautiful Bodies Date: May 10, 2008 Venue: The Nowhere Bar at the Uptown Theater Better Than: An underage hottie flirting for a Heineken. Download: MP3 “Touch Me (But Only If You Know How), feat. Venus Starr and David Wayne Reed” from the Beautiful Bodies brand-new debut, Touch Me. By JASON HARPER One of the more persistent personalities on the…
News

Daily Briefs: Constitutional voter suppression, Appalachian Hillarybillies. PLUS: Our hilarious broadband policy.

Chris Packham,

%{}% By CHRIS PACKHAM Making voting more like airport security: Like drunken sex and accidental conception, voter disenfranchisement begins in the parking lot outside Sidepockets, or, if you’re on a budget, at home. Sedalia Republican Stanley Cox wants to have a constitutional amendment on the August ballot enabling election officials to demand elaborate proof of identification and citizenship in order…
News, Politics

Cleaver Patches Bare Spots

David Martin,

BY DAVID MARTIN U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s hairline has made a dramatic comeback. The 62-year-old politician and minister is rocking a full head of hair in television spots that encourage residents to build rain gardens. Robust growth covers a forehead that had started to become exposed when Cleaver was mayor of Kansas City in the 1990s. The congressman, it seems,…
Music

Coldplay Coming to KC

Eric Barton,

By ERIC BARTON English chill rock kings Coldplay are coming to the Sprint Center this summer as part of a show lineup announced today. They’ll be here July 9, and tickets go on sale next week, on May 17. Coldplay continues a recent trend by other touring bands in calling our new venue the “Spring Center.” Which, admittedly, does have…
Music

David Cook at the Power & Light District

Crystal K. Wiebe,

By CRYSTAL K. WIEBE Click on the image for a slideshow of photos. Yeah, yeah, yeah – it’s David Cook Day. I take no issue with the American Idol contender, who, from what little I know about him, seems like an OK character. He’s even willing to pass up the opportunity to sing the national anthem at Kauffman Stadium so…
News

How to Make the Lackluster Royals Interesting: Bring Back General Admission

Chris Rasmussen,

By CHRIS RASMUSSEN The Dodgers know general admission. So why don’t the Royals? Something other than the Royals offense was missing during KC’s 4-1 loss to Baltimore. I sat in the “Outfield Reserve” seats, the area formerly known as Left Field General Admission. The crowd was passive to the point of indifference, and it added to the dull, non-descript nature…
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How to Make the Lackluster Royals Interesting: Bring Back General Admission

Chris Rasmussen,

By CHRIS RASMUSSEN The Dodgers know general admission. So why don’t the Royals? Something other than the Royals offense was missing during KC’s 4-1 loss to Baltimore. I sat in the “Outfield Reserve” seats, the area formerly known as Left Field General Admission. The crowd was passive to the point of indifference, and it added to the dull, non-descript nature…

News

KU Prof Appears on Jon ‘Rock Chalk’ Stewart’s Daily Show

Eric Barton,

By ERIC BARTON University of Kansas prof David Perlmutter did well on Jon Stewart’s Daily Show last night, holding his own in a discussion about how the blogosphere is dominating politics. But the real news for Jayhawk fans? Stewart’s nearly subliminal Jayhawk battle cry before the interview begins. Categories: News Tags: daily show, Jayhawks, Jon Stewart, university of kansas
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Daily Briefs: Gross, Hillary! PLUS: Diagnosis: Self-Murder

Chris Packham,

By CHRIS PACKHAM Failure pile in a sadness bowl: Wednesday, Fail Candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton came right out and said that white people don’t like Barack Obama. “I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on,” she said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an Associated Press article “that found how Sen. Obama’s…
Music

Sweet-sounding Grupo Control at Crown Center

Eric Barton,

By DANNY ALEXANDER This weekend’s three-day-long Fiesta KC at Crown Center offers great music by strong local artists such as Son Venezuela and Las Estrellas as well as norteño giants Pepe Tovar y Los Chacales and Tejano pioneers Little Joe Y La Familia. But for sheer musical joy, it will be hard to beat the Friday night concert by Grupo…
Music

The Magnificent TMD: This Is Me, Reviewed

Flannery Cashill,

The Magnificent TMD This Is Me (self-released) by ANDREW MILLER As the “magnificent” part of his moniker suggests, TMD doesn’t suffer from a lack of self-esteem. The Kansas City-based rapper confidently cedes the microphone to the album’s art director Gino Morrow (founder of the Black Poets Collective) for the opening cut, unafraid that the slam champion might be a difficult…
Music

All the Shows Fit to Print

Flannery Cashill,

by FLANNERY CASHILL Man, how to choose! Springtime brings out all the best in Kansas City. Cheer up, sons, your new seven-inch comes out today! The Dactyls celebrate the release of their new single Friday night at Love Garden, with friend and DJ Miles Bonny. Admission is free. Categories: Music Tags: Afterparty, breeders, Hot Dog Skeletons, Namelessnumberheadman, The Dactyls, The…
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Broken Social Scene’s Brendan Canning, A la Mode

Eric Barton,

By ANDY VIHSTADT Following up Kevin Drew’s Spirit if…, Broken Social Scene co-founder Brendan Canning is releasing his own semi-solo project. Something for All of Us hits stores on July 22 via Arts & Crafts. Grab a preview below, courtesy of Pitchfork. Broken Social Scene presents…Brendan Canning: “Hit the Wall” MP3 Categories: Music
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Cyclists Gear Up for a Week of Festivities on KC Streets

Carolyn Szczepanski,

By CAROLYN SZCZEPANSKI Do it for the athletic bragging rights. Do it to combat global warming. Hell, do it for the drinking buddies, discounted ice cream and free breakfasts. Saturday marks the start of the third-annual Bike Week, a series of events hosted by the local cycling community to inspire more Kansas City residents to travel on two wheels. Every…

Music

The Tina Turner Megashow 2008!

Flannery Cashill,

Tina Turner tours the United States this fall, beginning with a show at the Sprint Center, October 1. Quel honneur! The press release promises “spectacular production”, “innovative choreography” and “hi-tech lighting,” as well as all her legendary chartbusters. But will she fly from the ceiling? Tickets go on sale Monday, May 12. Categories: Music
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Roeland Park’s Peculiar Art

Eric Barton,

By JEN CHEN Roeland Park recently put up sculptures in its “Art in R Park” project. Created by Kansas City Art Institute students, the sculptures will be on display for six months before another crop of artwork goes up. The drive-by art is located in Carpenter Park and on Roe Boulevard, between Johnson Drive and I-35. Click on the photo…
Music

Memorial Show & Outlaw’s Last

Flannery Cashill,

Also tonight, a last-minute benefit show at the Anchor organized as a memorial to Andrew “Catnip” Loy, a KC punk kid and recent Los Angeles transplant. The $5 donation goes to Andrew’s family in Los Angeles. The show starts at 7 p.m. and features local punk bands We’re Fucked, Big Fucking Missile Crisis, Shred Scare, American Youth Report and Outlaw;…
Music

Ra Ra Riot and the Little Ones at the Jackpot, 5/8

Flannery Cashill,

Ra Ra Riot bring their cellos, violins, keyboards, and Gang of Four rhythms to Lawrence tonight, where they play at the Jackpot with Los Angeles’ dreamy, aquatic Little Ones and locals Boo and Boo Too. The show starts at 9:00 at costs $10 over/$12 under. Categories: Music
Music

Concert Review: Kathleen Edwards at Knuckleheads, 07/07/2008

Flannery Cashill,

Kathleen Edwards May 7, 2008 Knuckleheads Saloon Better than: A bloody, balls-out hockey brawl by RICHARD GINTOWT You have to beat the trains to get to Knuckleheads on time. I squeezed through just before the gates went down last night, breathing a sigh of relief that I wasn’t counting boxcars during the beginning of Kathleen Edwards’ set. It’s tempting to…
Music

Dandys Rule, OK?

Eric Barton,

By ANDY VIHSTADT The Dandy Warhols have been on a downward trajectory ever since its 2000 LP, 13 Tales from Urban Bohemia, so let’s hope that the opener for LP6 (available below), is nothing more than an intro (which might explain the album’s double ellipses). …Earth to Dandy Warhols… will be the Portland outfit’s first since parting ways with Capitol…