Riding the Bull at PBR Big Sky Bar
On Wednesday nights at the country-themed bar in the Power & Light District, men and women can compete in amateur bull riding contests.
Archives: July 2008
Sshh! Here Are Some Secret “Off-Menu” Items
BY OWEN MORRIS Some of the best meals available in Kansas City are not on any menu. They’re “off-menu” items, and they exist at almost every restaurant, available to regulars and whoever else is lucky enough to find out about them. But you can’t just walk into most restaurants and ask about off-menu items. Many chefs will take that as…
Daily Briefs in Brief: Brad Hugs Twins to His Bare Chest
%{}%I’ve had a busy morning, but the grossest headline I’ve read today is Brad Hugs Twins to His Bare Chest, from the Not-Kansas-City Star. I’m not 100 percent sure whether they’re going for swoony romance novel imagery, or if they’re implying that Brad Pitt is feeding all his breast milk to his new babies, but either way, GROSS. Below the…
Lisa Lancaster at Paddy O’Quigley’s
By JEN CHEN Last Saturday, I was out at Paddy O’Quigley’s at 119th Street and Roe for a karaoke birthday party. SoJoCo karaoke drew a preppy crowd. Guys in khaki shorts, flip-flops and T-shirts emblazoned with beer slogans or Greek letters clustered at the bar. Groups of women sported the official KC going-out look, which consists of strapless dresses, heels…
Peep this Rolling Gallery
By MATT SPENCER Great artwork tours all over this country, but these rolling installations don’t go anywhere near Nelson-Atkins. Categories: News Tags: Genessee, nelson-atkins, Southwest Boulevard
On the One Hand: The Economist’s Joke Book PLUS: Howie Meeker’s Hockey Basics!
Each week, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from area basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. On the One Hand . . . The Economist’s Joke Book. Author: Economic Futurist Jeff Thredgold Publisher: Thredgold Economic Associates Date: 2001 The Cover Promises: D&D-style…
New Hammerlord MP3: “Dead City Radio”
The MP3 for this week’s feature on Lawrence’s swingingest new metal band, Hammerlord, has arrived! It thrashes. It bashes. It wails. It’s the perfect gift for Mother’s Day. It cleans your chimney. It cleans your dad’s chimney. It cleans your chimney dad. It makes all children resemble Clive Owen. It makes lawn furniture more comfortable. It makes French kissing legal…
The Download Extra: New Bob Dylan MP3
By ANDY VIHSTADT Bob Dylan is releasing the 8th installment in his Bootleg Series on October 6. For $130, superfans can pre-order the special edition of Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006, which is packed with extras, right here. (link1) Submit your email address here for a free download of “Dreamin’ of You,” an unreleased cut from the Time…
Breakfast Buffet: Thursday, 7/31
BY OWEN MORRIS A local beer blogger is giving away some awesome free schwag (sorry stoners, not that type) and all you have to do is answer one question right to be entered in the contest. If you are very knowledgeable about beer this is your contest. (A Beer Sort of Blog) An article on cultivating a taste for cheap…
Interview with Richard Lloyd
By FLANNERY CASHILL In anticipation of his show this Friday, former Television guitarist Richard Lloyd talked with us at a mile a minute about Hendrix, rock and roll, and transcendental experiences. Do you tour a lot? No, and I want to. This is a real new beginning for me. Have you been to Kansas City before? Only with Television, I…
Lawrence’s Big Surrender on Army Wives
I don’ts gots cables, otherwise I might have plunked myself in front of the tube a couple weeks ago to catch Lawrence band Big Surrender on the Lifetime show Army Wives. And then I might have grown breasts, but it wouldn’t have been the band’s fault. Check out the playlist for episode 7, “Uncharted Territory,” and go to the band’s…
Russell Schultz and Lizz Weber at Paddy O’Quigley’s
By JEN CHEN KC’s a pretty casual town, and we’ve all gotten used to seeing guys wearing baseball caps everywhere. That’s fine at, say, an actual baseball game or during a weekend errand run, or if you’re doing something that requires protection from the sun. But it really drives me insane when I see a guy in a baseball hat…
Bulldog Restaurant and Bar
(1715 Main, 816-421-4799). Get Wednesday rolling with $2.50 wells and $1 drafts and glasses of wine from 3 to 7 p.m. Stick around past 9 p.m. for aural pleasure from DJs Keanon Liggett and Justin Warring, otherwise known as 13 Feet of Beats. Mondays-Fridays, 3-7:30 & 11 p.m.-1 a.m., 2007 Tags: Justin Warring, Night & Day
Kansas City Royals v. Boston
Used to be that Sluggerrr had the only raging mullet in Kauffman Stadium’s home dugout. But there’s a new man in town with business in the front and party in the back. Manager Trey Hillman brings his bi-level to Kansas City, along with a whole lot of optimism for the youngsters that dominate his lineup. Names like Gordon, Butler and…
A Slugger Returns
Summer is the season for reruns. In the same week when Josh Wolff returned to the Kansas City Wizards after two seasons in Europe, the Kansas City T-Bones welcomed back one of their most prodigious sluggers. Outfielder Greg Jacobs, who hit 25 home runs as a T-Bone in 2005 and 2006, rejoined the team July 15 after being released by…
What Parks Started
Thumbnail histories of the civil rights movement often start with the memorable stand taken by Rosa Parks, the now-celebrated civil rights pioneer and hip-hop muse who famously refused to vacate her bus seat. Lost in any brief summary, however, is the remarkable tale of the following 13 months, when thousands of Montgomery citizens refused to ride a city bus, turning…
The Process Displayed
Planet of the Apes did it. So did an episode of The Twilight Zone. Hell, prostitutes do it every night of the week in the shop windows of Amsterdam. Putting humans on display is not a new concept. And frankly, watching people stand around behind glass doing nothing — even if they’re scantily clad and striking come-hither poses — can…
Cities of Glass
Despite having been raised on a cattle farm in rural Kansas, artist Kale Van Leeuwen developed interests that skewed away from animal husbandry and toward painting. “I pretty much stayed inside and drew the whole time,” he says. “Wasn’t much help on the farm. I never was in 4-H. Anything I wanted to do, my parents were very supportive. My…
First Friday Hitlist
• Otoshimono: Interior and Exterior, Belongings and Junk. Japanese artist Saori Kawasumi presents society’s castoffs — couches, chairs, coffee tables — as social commentary. From 6 to 11 p.m. at the Syringe Gallery (923-A West 17th Street, 417-827-4427).• Monster. Molly Murphy uses society’s fascination with monsters to examine the roles of contemporary women — not only the roles in which…
Celebrate Sustainability
In a world where ecosystems often suffer in the name of human comfort, the organizers of one Lawrence festival are working to level out the economy of living well on Earth through realistic, responsible practices. Seek a sustainable lifestyle today at the Little Green Festival at South Park (12th Street and Massachusetts, Lawrence). Organizers describe the event as a gathering…
Batmobilia Expofest
The Comic and Toy Convention isn’t so much interested in your wallet. The vendors on hand just want your love. Note: Although admission is free, love will not be an acceptable form of payment for merchandise. The expo is a celebration for hardcore collectors and casual fans of comic books, action figures, hyper-detailed science-fiction statuary of the MacFarlane Toys variety,…
Welcome to the Neighborhood
The highly touted revitalization of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, has brought meaningful questions about urban development to the surface of this town’s conversations. To what extent should a city attempt to preserve its previous character? When we foist master-planned entertainment districts upon citizens, are we losing an essential component of the city’s past?Put the development-as-existential-dilemma question in a whole new…
Rock Out
Some find simply sitting on a bar stool and having a cocktail to be a tedious affair. Fortunately for them, bar diversions are evolving. Out with the tabletop versions of Ms. Pac-Man and metal-tipped darts, in with Big Buck Hunter, Wii Bowling and — for those who like to showcase their vodka-and-Red Bull-fueled talent — Rock Band. Now appeasing wannabe…
Tengo Sed Cantina
Tengo Sed Cantina (1323 Walnut, 816-442-8124). From 9 p.m. until close, slide up and down the stripper pole and drink $4 calls and $4 bombs. They don’t call it Sunday Funday for nothing. Fridays, 6-10 p.m.; Mondays-Thursdays, 4-7 p.m., 2008 Tags: Night & Day
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