Sweet n’ Low by ANDY VIHSTADT Bob Mould graced the AOL’s Interface studios with a few live tracks. Included in the set are Mould-y Oldies like Sugar’s “If I Can’t Change Your Mind” and an acoustic version of Husker Du’s “Makes No Sense At All.” Check it out here. A few years ago, longtime bassist Zak Sally submitted his resignation…
By CHARLES FERRUZZA Summer is officially here, and that means it’s drive-in season. This spring, the 50-year-old Clem’s Drive-In re-opened at 10802 E. 23rd Street in Independence. It had closed in March 2007 after its most recent owner, Brent Gilbert, decided to move on to other ventures. Bob and Janet Andrist bought the business, which still boasts, more or less,…
French Kicks with Frightened Rabbit and One for the Team Monday, 06/02/08 The Record Bar Better Than: DIY taxidermy Download: MP3, “Heads Roll Off” by Frightened Rabbit, from Midnight Organ Fight (Fat Cat) By GRANT SNIDER An electric-bass-less rock band is a curiosity, like a cat that lost a hind leg to a riding lawnmower, yet still moves gracefully. A…
By JEN CHEN On Saturday, I spotted this anti-sin protest in Westport. Three guys toting homemade signs stationed themselves in front of One80. WWJD? How about spell check. Point, counterpoint: One80 taped this response to its door: Categories: News Tags: Jesus, One80, Protesters, westport
A Tribute/Interpretation of Pink Floyd’s The Wall by a Bunch of Local Musicians and Actors, Put On by the Urban Culture Project Saturday, May 3 La Esquina Better Than: Thinking about how bloated, egomaniacal and stupid most of the original members of Pink Floyd have been since day one. By JASON HARPER Before : After: Photos by John Bersuch. Go…
By LORNA PERRY Bo Diddley, legendary vocalist, guitarist and rock and roll pioneer died today at the age of 79. Author of the oft-covered head-sticker “Who Do You Love?”, Diddley is often credited as being a key player in the metamorphosis of blues into rock – having drawn upon rhythm and blues as source materials during his (and rock and…
By CAROLYN SZCZEPANSKI After just five days in Iraq, a bullet from rebel militia fighters confined Tomas Young to a wheelchair in 2004. Since his return, the Northland native has become a nationally known anti-war activist, exposing the ugly reality of partial paralysis and the human toll of the Iraq conflict in “Body of War,” a Phil-Donahue-directed documentary about Young’s…
Stillmatic by ANDY VIHSTADT The Stills are getting ready to drop their third LP via Arts & Crafts later this summer. Here’s how the Montreal quintet describes it (in one long run-on sentence): It is about the world we have seen and been through in the past several years, and all the beautiful, painful, wasted, joyful, smeared-sky, sick blissful wandering…
By CHRIS RASMUSSEN That long losing streak summarized the Royals’ past and present. It began with the Royals serving as Washington Generals to a terrific human-interest story. It continued for two weeks. During one game, the Royals dropped a five-run lead in the ninth inning, with one player leaving that game due to “massive hives” and inspiring another to issue…
By CHRIS RASMUSSEN That long losing streak summarized the Royals’ past and present. It began with the Royals serving as Washington Generals to a terrific human-interest story. It continued for two weeks. During one game, the Royals dropped a five-run lead in the ninth inning, with one player leaving that game due to “massive hives” and inspiring another to issue…
By CHRIS PACKHAM Somewhere to the right of this block of text, there’s a category link for Daily Briefs, which today has the number 100 next to it. One hundred days and some nonworking weekends ago, we had the idea — a mistaken one, in retrospect — that snotty daily commentary about local media would be the quickest Mario beanstalk…
Death Cab for Cutie, with Rogue Wave, the Kooks and the Morning Benders Friday, 05/30/08 The City Market Better than: The new Death Cab album By RICHARD GINTOWT Click photo to view slideshow Ah, corporate-sponsored concerts at the City Market – let me count the ways I loathe thee. (1.) Giant inflatable Miller Lite bottles (2.) Sound that only works…
The 30th-annual Kansas City Gay Pride Festival kicked off last weekend with politicians, drag queens, a DJ and vendors on a closed-off section of Main in downtown.
KRBZ 96.5 (“the Buzz”) sponsors the concert series “Buzz Under the Stars” at the City Market, beginning with Friday’s Death Cab for Cutie show. Photos by Richard Gintowt.
By JEN CHEN Click on the photo for a slideshow. It’s musical-stores time on West 39th Street. Revue Boutique – the cool little fashion hub – is closing at the end of May. Donna’s Dress Shop, the vintage store that operates out of Revue’s back room, will take over the entire space. On Thursday, Donna’s new façade went up. Categories:…
Panic at the Disco Live at the Uptown
