By DAVID MARTIN David Cook fans who attended last night’s American Idol show at the Sprint Center encountered a picket line. The ACLU’s Racial Justice Program organized a protest against the dress code at the Power & Light District. The ACLU and members of the City Council have complained that the Power & Light District’s dress code — which forbids…
By JOSH ZIEGLER I got word recently that my Royals season tickets are in a section closed off for construction of Kauffman Stadium. It seems the team assumed they would be out of the playoff run way back at the start of the season, figuring they wouldn’t need my section by October. When I brought my new tickets to the…
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By ERIC BARTON Here I was about to write about the cheapening of the name of Arrowhead Stadium when I came across this well-put version of the same idea at the blog See Katy Write. The author, local magazine editor Katy Ryan, laments about the fact that the Chiefs want to “besmirch the name of the greatest football stadium in…
So, I was talking to my good friend A to Z in St. Louis about how I wish I was a black British guy so I could be a Grime MC. She said she wanted to be British so she could be Lily Allen. Discussion quickly moved to Allen being on a song on Rascal’s latest. Dizzee Rascal and Lily…
From a Myspace bulletin posted by KC band The Life and Times. “the summer that wasn’t : our handsome bassist and resident hairdo of the band— Eric Abert—has had one shitdog of a summer. severely twisted his ankle not once but twice at the Riot Room here in KC a few months ago, then when our window was bashed out…
By C.J. Janovy Still feeling high from watching Barack Obama’s speech last night? Here are the latest updates from our intrepid (and probably, by now, very hungover) journalist colleagues at Westword, who’ve been putting out the Demver blog for more than a year now. And starting now, prep for next week with Elephants in the Room, from our probably already…
BY OWEN MORRIS Attention Comrades! For giving glory to great leader, the Mother Russia rewards you Proletarian worker with new party! Tonight is the soft public opening of Czar Bar at 16th Street and Grand. It’s a small venue run by two longtime bar-scene regulars, Tony Davis and John Hulston. While it’s intended to be a rock-bar, there won’t be…
By ANDY VIHSTADT It’s been three years since we’ve seen a proper release from L.A.’s Breakestra. The ten-piece got its start doing live recreations of 60’s and 70’s funk and soul breaks and has since moved on to create its own material. The outfit recently released a 12” for a new track called “Lowdown Stank.” Buy the digital version at…
%{}% By CHRIS PACKHAM Representative Spam from the Comments: Miley-Cyrus-Fan says: hmm.. thank you very much. usefull information Posted at: August 1, 2008 11:46 AM Janet29 says: Super. It took almost a day to find this info. Thanks, great job. 🙂 Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination last night with a pretty amazing speech. Uh, I actually mean that. Here’s…
By CHARLES FERRUZZA A friend of mine, married to a well-known local restaurateur, called me a couple of weeks ago to share some restaurant gossip. Two friends of hers, wealthy and well-connected, had been “kicked out” of Bluestem one night by the owner, Colby Garrelts. This couple, it seems, had been sitting at the bar and ordered an appetizer and…
BY OWEN MORRIS Dan, the blogger at Gone Mild, makes some great points about the importance of eating at local restaurants and keeping money within the economy. He suggests that people should start meeting in support of local restaurants and judging from the comments, he’s got a lot of support. (Gone Mild) You know, they used to call my roommate…
Barack Obama. Categories: Music Tags: vote
By DAVID MARTIN Royals manager Trey Hillman acts like a dick on occasion, and the media are starting to call him on it. A few weeks ago, the Royals faced Boston knuckleballer Tim Wakefield. In preparation for the game, Hillman, an ex-infielder who fooled around with a knuckler in his playing days, tossed batting practice. 810 WHB’s Nate Bukaty tried…
By DAVID MARTIN When Kristen Ball’s Boston terrier, Buster, was a puppy, she found him dozing in his food bowl. Ball, a 28-year-old CPA who lives in Mission, reached for her digital camera and snapped a picture of the impossibly cute scene. Because of Ball’s alertness, Buster now has his own Hallmark card. Ball entered the picture of Buster in…
by NADIA PFLAUM Don’t let anyone tell you it’s nice out today. It’s hot as balls. I was walking along on the Plaza, trying to think of other ways to describe the condition commonly known as “swamp ass,” when I ran into Jessie, looking like a cool khaki breeze. In a sweater. The A/C on the Plaza is un-environmentally kickin’,…
By ERIC BARTON If you’re debating between watching Barack Obama accept the Democratic nomination or catching the Chiefs in the final preseason game, here’s a primer. Fans expected to watch Obama speak at Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium: 76,273 Fans expected at Arrowhead Stadium: 27 (estimate) First lady credentials at Mile High: A seasoned lawyer and mother, Michelle is…
By FLANNERY CASHILL What’s remarkable about this cruddy, photocopied group shot of Iron Maiden? Admittedly, this picture is worth one thousand words, including “whoa,” “holy shit,” and “shit yeah, Maiden.” Behold a band that can weather the atmospheric pressure of this bleak, alien landscape and still stand, arms akimbo, on the frontier of a new world. Behold the bullet belts,…
BY OWEN MORRIS Just in case you’ve missed the posters, yard signs and billboards advertising it, the KC Irish Fest starts at 5 p.m. Friday at Crown Center. It’s your chance to eat haggis while watching the band Enter the Haggis perform. And before the comments get nasty, I know haggis is Scottish, not Irish (many cultures have a dish…
by NADIA PFLAUM Check out this music-video-slash-commercial for Peggy Noland’s designs, filmed by the Ssion’s Cody Cricheloe and Drew Bolton, and starring Corrie Van Ausdal. Categories: News Tags: Cody Cricheloe, Corrie Van Ausdal, Drew Bolton, Peggy Noland, ssion
