Dear Citizens of Kansas City, Annie Zaleski from St. Louis reporting in. Y’all need to go to the Record Bar on Saturday night and see one of the finest exports from my fair city, Jon Hardy and the Public. This quintet sports dapper suits and beatific grins onstage, even though last year’s Spoon-meets-Elvis Costello song-cycle Working In Love is concerned…
Thursday, October 2: 40 head of (yearling) cattle descend upon downtown, kicking off the 2008 American Royal Barbecue.
First Fridays in the Crossroads
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By OWEN MORRIS Noah Robinson serving a White Lady; a gin-based drink that’s one of his favorites. Scott Beskow and Noah Robinson both work at M&S Grill on the Plaza, one of the few scratch bars in Kansas City. Scratch meaning absolutely nothing made from a mix, which explains the huge bowls of oranges and lemons from which both bartenders…
By NADIA PFLAUM This so-called “godless billboard” along Interstate 35 in Overland Park is visible to cars traveling southbound past Antioch Road. It’s paid for by KCFreeThinkers.org, a group of nonbelievers trying to attract other atheists and agnostics into the nonfold. Categories: News Tags: agnostic, atheist, billboard, KCFreeThinkers, overland park
The steadfast, loving and sexy friends of Gaslights wailer Abigail Henderson (who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer) have announced that a benefit for Miz Henderson will be held November 8 and 9 at Davey’s Uptown and the Record Bar, respectively. The current (may change) lineup for both nights, according to official benefit site Apocalypse Meow (love the name) is…
By OWEN MORRIS For the past week, I’ve been drinking this liquor, AGWA de Bolivia, that’s making its way to bars in the area. AGWA’s main selling point is that it’s made from “only the finest coca leaves” grown and selected in Bolivia (wink). Unlike other liquors, this one claims to give you tons of energy, even make you jittery…
The Pink Spiders October 1, 2008 The Record Bar Better than: Watching baseball on TV. By CRYSTAL K. WIEBE Click bloody-finger photo for slide show. “Why is nobody here???” That’s the final thing I scrawled in my notebook last night. I wrote it, beer dripping down my head and chest at the end of the Pink Spiders’ set last night…
By OWEN MORRIS The Pitch released its annual Best Of Kansas City issue yesterday, the biggest and baddest issue of the year. I hadn’t seen a lot of the closely guarded winners and was pleasantly surprised by some — and depressed to see that even though I’ve lived in this town for twenty-odd years, I hadn’t heard of some of…
By CHRIS PACKHAM The economic bailout plan is also Lou Pearlman and Andrea Yates: I don’t care who likes it or who voted for it, %{}%the $700 billion economic bailout plan is the creepy and hateful John Mark Karr of economic recovery bills. You heard me: The economic recovery bill passed by the Senate last night was arrested in 2001…
By ANDY VIHSTADT Saddle Creek Records found a friend in Canada with Tokyo Police Club. The Omaha-based label’s next northern import is Montreal’s Land of Talk, who will be releasing its debut LP next week. Grab a couple of songs from Some Are Lakes below. MP3: Land of Talk, “Some Are Lakes,” Some Are Lakes (Saddle Creek) MP3: Land of…
Nashville pop-punks the Pink Spiders sweated it out last night at the Record Bar. Though no more than 20 people were there, beer was spat, blood was shed and good times were had.
By OWEN MORRIS So banks aren’t the only businesses merging. Arby’s and Wendy’s recently tied the knot and plan on revamping their (its?) menu to attract an older audience. In that case they should change the name of the new chain to Waid’s. (WSJ) You ever wonder what those apostles were eating at the last supper? Correct me if I’m…
Tina Turner October 1, 2008 Sprint Center By C.J. JANOVY Which visiting septuagenarian put on the better show in Kansas City yesterday? John McCain, who campaigned at the Truman Library and filmed remote TV interviews from a Crossroads production studio — or Tina Turner, opening her tour at the Sprint Arena? Click photo to view slide show. Alright, unfair question….
Tina Turner and friends attract blockbuster crowds at the Sprint Center. Photos by Scott Spychalski.
By ALAN SCHERSTUHL Each Thursday, 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. Letters to E.T. Author: Sad kids who never learned their lesson from all those unanswered letters to God. Publisher: Weekly Reader Books Date:…
This year, The Pitch captured a few of its Best of Kansas City selections on video. Here they are. Best Hot Lil’ Doughnuts: Best Urban Clothier: Best Supermarket: Best Brewer: Categories: News Tags: Column, kansas city
Click here to see Carl’s many sartorial moods. Categories: News Tags: Columns
The Out in Westport Festival kicks off its 14th year with a new mission, a new location and a new outlook. In keeping with this year’s theme, “A New Leaf,” event organizer and chairman Chuck Brackett says change is for the better. “Traditionally, Out in Westport has been a street fair near the heart of Westport. Due to the growth…
Jay Norton is so metal. For his exhibition at Pelea De Gallos Gallery (1000 West 25th Street, Suite C), titled Dead Set on Destruction, the lauded local artist brings out nine new paintings inspired by death-metal culture. In one, a Marilyn Mansonlike figure, with upside-down crosses over his eyes and a pentagram on his forehead, displays his wiry, shirtless torso…
Jackie Denning’s woodblock prints capture local iconography in stark black and white; they’re on view at Mildred’s Coffeehouse (1821 Wyandotte, 816-471-1155) from 6 to 9 p.m. Hand-printed T-shirts will also be available for purchase. Oct. 3-Nov. 3, 2008 Tags: Jackie Denning, Night & Day, Wyandotte
The creative team behind The Drop — Eddie Crane, Ernesto Peralta, Jenifer Price and chef Josh Eans — have painted the interior of this Westport storefront a gleaming white and stacked the refrigerators with bottles of imported beer and fancy soda pop. The food menu isn’t elaborate: four salads, 10 burgers and a trio of sides (deep-fried onion rings, fries…
