Scenes from the 2008 Wakarusa festival. Performers included the Flaming Lips, Mates of State, Dr. Dog, Alejandro Escovedo, Limbeck, Paw, and Fourth of July.
“All this and more on YouTuuube!,” shouts, we presume, the guy who shot this sideways video of two of KC’s finest grappling with, cuffing, and eventually apprehending two of Rockfest’s drunkest. Ah, just listen to the cheers and cackles when one of the cuffed men tries to escape into the crowd. Categories: Music Tags: bad boys bad boys, rockfest
By GREG FRANKLIN Fourth of July Ah, day four of the festival. A sense of relief starts to creep into me, that the mud walking will finally be over, that I will no longer have to deal with the most dreadlocks that I’ve ever seen, that no longer will perfect strangers walk by me, looking me dead in the eye…
%{}% By CHRIS PACKHAM Unhappy ending: A title loan office was robbed! But — as I explained this weekend to a little kid whose albuterol inhaler I wouldn’t give back — this is a sad old unfair world, and the suspect was caught later, wandering the streets with a handgun and a little plastic trash bag full of money. The…
By GREG FRANKLIN Alejandro Escovedo Day three of the festival has fewer acts that I’m interested in, but the level of quality is still good. I am surprised at how diverse the lineup is, and surprised that a person with no real interest in jam bands or hippie jazzbo noodling can stay exhaustively busy. I begin to wonder where the…
By GREG FRANKLIN Wayne Coyne rolls over the crowd. Day two of the festival, and I’m pretty amped. Given that yesterday’s lineup was cut short by Momz Nature, and that a good deal of us spent the evening watching storms rather than partying, it’s a good way to go into what is arguably the most exciting, diverse day of the…
Rockfest Date: June 7, 2008 Venue: Liberty Memorial Park, southwest side Better Than: Excessive poo-poo By BERRY ANDERSON Towards the end of his band’s set, Brent Smith, lead singer of Shinedown semi-dramatically announced “We’ve been waiting for this show for months. Kansas City, you never fail to disappoint us, my god.” I shrugged my shoulders and stared down at the…
Lee’s Summit’s Downtown Days was among last weekend’s many summer festival. Funnel cakes, breakdancing, bands and a rocketman were among the festivities in the historic town center.
By GREG FRANKLIN Ah, the plight of the modern hippie. In a society where everything is becoming more and more socially acceptable, how does one truly let one’s freak flag fly these days? If you’re within the continental U.S. and have a penchant for expensive camping festivals with pretty diverse lineups, the Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival is a decent…
Rush Date: June 7, 2008 Venue: Starlight Theater Better Than: Watching Strange Brew. By S.T. VOCKRODT Here was the bad bit of news about Rush’s three-hour concert last Saturday night: Lead crooner Geddy Lee’s voice was way off on several songs, missing pitches and carrying off-key notes at several junctures. One casualty of Lee’s lackluster vocal performance was the band’s…
By NADIA PFLAUM Hey, did anyone else happen to notice this about the Sex and the City movie? When Miranda answers her cell phone, it’s got a Sprint logo. Carrie’s pink, taped-together, rhinestone-covered Samsung 510 is a Sprint phone. In Samantha’s Los Angeles office, she has a framed photo of boyfriend Smith Jarrod in a fictitious Sprint ad. When Carrie…
By CHARLES FERRUZZA Eli Pupovac’s “Still Life with Doughnuts and Latte” at Pi Later this week, the Pi Gallery hosts an “Art Dinner” featuring local chef Heather Hands. Gallery owner Jody Wilkins says the evening will blend “fine art, fine food and informal conversation with fine artists.” For the dinner, at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 14, Chef Hands has…
Although Johnny Damon neither knows or cares, I’ve resented him for years. Fandom is irrational; so is the disdain toward a player who a fan has never met. Playing for the Yankees this weekend, Damon continued his strong series against the Royals Sunday, tormenting his former employer. Johnny Damon betrayed me. As a rookie, he was the Next George Brett,…
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Car Toons By ANDY VIHSTADT Once again, the good folks at Adult Swim have teamed up with Chocolate Industries Records for a free compilation. The World Wide Renewal Program includes woofer workouts from the Cool Kids, Diverse and Push Button Objects. Download it here. Categories: Music Tags: junkie jukebox, MP3
While you’ve been on the couch eating Fritos and bean dip, our man from Cadiz has been busy making beats. Nara and One80 resident spinster and eclecticist Kiko De Gallo has posted a Nortec Collective remix on his MySpace and cooked up a third installment in his Shaking the Beats series. Follow Kiko’s bilingual instructions to hip-shaking heaven. 1. Nortec…
by FLANNERY CASHILL Friday night, the shirtless and barefooted masses gather for an all-star lineup at Wakarusa, with performances by Cake, Blackalicious, Arrested Devlopment, Built to Spill, Del the Funky Homosapien, Mates of State and the Flaming Lips. Watch out for chiggers, lice. Friday night also marks the first day of Midwest Fest, aka Punks on the Prairie, a two-day…
By RICHARD GINTOWT Despite having a voice that’s as pure and reassuring as Paul Simon and James Taylor, Kansas City’s Barclay Martin has always strived to work outside the singer-songwriter corral. Since releasing his last album Promise on a String in 2004, the lanky troubadour assembled a dedicated band featuring some of KC’s top jazz players: pianist Mark Lowery, bassist…
%{}% By CHRIS PACKHAM As a red-white-and-blue-spangled, bald eagle-y patriot, I’ve never once regretted choosing to serve my country in the National Guard, but one weekend a month, I’m required to report to active duty at Stars and Stripes, where I write a snotty internet column about military news and Photoshop pictures of Hillary Clinton’s face on Osama Bin Laden….
%{}% By CHRIS RASMUSSEN Following the NBA is a solitary pursuit in Kansas City. This town has neither a team nor devoted fans of professional basketball. Most of my friends view me as a strange eccentric when I speak of the NBA. They listen politely to my breathless updates with a bemused grin; I sit in silence while they watch…
%{}% Following the NBA is a solitary pursuit in Kansas City. This town has neither a team nor devoted fans of professional basketball. Most of my friends view me as a strange eccentric when I speak of the NBA. They listen politely to my breathless updates with a bemused grin; I sit in silence while they watch their college games….
Sheryl Crow Date: June 5, 2008 Venue: Starlight Theatre Better Than: A Royals game By C.J. JANOVY Photo by Angela C. Bond Halfway through her show last night, Sheryl Crow told her audience something revealing and sad. It was just after the silly “Gasoline,” off of Detours, Crow’s newest album. The futuristic-enviro-revolution rock song had gone over well, despite its…
The Peanut celebrated their reopening last night with Hip Hop and Hotwings. Click the photo to view our slideshow. Categories: Music
