Multitudes have descended upon the Power & Light District to explore theme restaurants and slam $9 vodka drinks. Good thing, too. The city took out a $295 million mortgage on the place. Downtown Kansas City has come alive, all right. But the party doesn’t necessarily extend beyond the seven-block Cordish Companies development. By the Department of Burnt Ends’ tally, 13…
Martin, August 21 That’s Blight I find it amazing that big development companies can take safe, clean homes and property in the name of blight — with a city’s help, for its own profit — but the city cannot get the actual blighted properties owned by Deutsche Bank taken care of. I am confused. Jeremy Yazell, Kansas City, Missouri Feature: “Morrison’s…
By ERIC BARTON Psst. Wanna get high? According to ESPN, former Jayhawks Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur were booted from an NBA rookie program on Wednesday after allegedly being caught in their hotel rooms with marijuana. It’s a surprising story. Not because Chalmers and Arthur brought the University of Kansas a national championship. What’s odd is that the NBA cares….
Canadian rapper Shad cracked our butts up today with this scene-by-scene (almost) parody of the opening sequence to our favorite late ’80s, early ’90s after-school show The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Shad – “The Old Prince Still Lives at Home” The final third has Shad stopping the video parody because he “couldn’t afford the whole beat.” The ensuing, lo-fi…
By JEN CHEN I’ve been intrigued by The Missing Piece, the hat store in Westport. It’s next door to Murray’s, and when I’d go over there for ice cream, I’d sometimes see a behatted guy sitting outside and smoking. I wanted to find out more about the place, so I stopped in there last week. A guy working behind the…
%{}% By CHRIS PACKHAM From the comments: wumble says: If this space were a 3 by 5 customer comment card, the following are the boxes I would check before returning it to the Daily Briefs counter to get my gift certificate: 1. The Internet. 2. White/Not Hispanic. 3. Strongly Agree. 4. Somewhat agree. 5. 3 to 5 times a week….
By C.J. JANOVY Damn that Republican Convention looks mighty white on television. Fortunately our colleagues at City Pages, The Pitch’s sister paper in Minneapolis, can provide a more behind-the-scenes perspective on their blog Elephants in the Room. Today’s highlights: For anyone looking for irony in the nomination of Sarah Palin, don’t bother searching any more. It was killed by a…
By ANDY VIHSTADT Because of his arsenal of aliases and bare bones marketing, Kool Keith’s releases always seem to come out of thin air. The Ultramagnetic MC is resurrecting his Dr. Dooom persona from 1999. Expect Dr. Dooom 2 on September 23 via Threshold Records. Grab the preview track, “Do Not Disturb” via zShare. Categories: Music
By ERIC BARTON Phillip Bradley was looking for work back in January when he came across a Craigslist ad for a documentary film. The movie company filming the picture was looking for musicians willing to move to New York City and perform in subways. The idea was to see how good musicians from elsewhere would fare performing underground in the…
BY OWEN MORRIS Yesterday, Pitch blogger and ye fair maiden Flannery Cashill wrote a hilarious review of the KC Renaissance Festival. I didn’t make it to the Ren Fest for my turkey leg and glass of mead but I did make it to the KC Irish Festival this weekend at Crown Center. I went to see the Irish music, poetry,…
By FLANNERY CASHILL Guten Tag, Deutschland! Miles Bonny launches a week-long blitz through Germany and Austria this Thursday, beginning with a show in Cologne and including dates in Jena, Berlin, and Vienna. For the rest of us, Miles has made his EP Steveland available as a free download. Steveland marries Madlib’s Stevie Wonder tribute tracks with Miles’s trumpet and vocals….
BY OWEN MORRIS Writing about beer can be a fruitful endeavor. Especially when said beer is free and also fruity though not technically a “fruit beer.” (A Beer Sort of Blog) I am an admitted cake thief, but I’ve never been caught. This blogger has a forensic-detective-in-the-making for a daughter and while the evidence is against him, based on the…
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New York recording artist Santogold, who became famous garnering M.I.A. comparisons, is bringing her shh-it’s-actually-indie-rock sound to Liberty Hall on Tuesday, September 30. Santogold – “Lights Out” Categories: Music Tags: Santogold
