Archives: December 2008
USA Today: KC, a destination to watch in ’09
USA Today, the newspaper for people who don’t like reading, says Kansas City is one of five destinations to watch in 2009. Same reasons as always: Power & Light District, Sprint Center, Crossroads Arts District, Nelson Atkins, cheap airfare, College Basketball Experience, etc. Blah, blah, blah. Wait a couple months to visit, unless you like freezing your ass off. —…
Daily Briefs in Brief: No time for blogging
%{}% Since there’s nobody I love more than readers of Daily Briefs except for my puppy and my girlfriend IN THAT ORDER, I wanted to express my thanks and gratitude with a traditionally indifferent e-card at absolutely no cost to myself. Obviously, this card would have been my first choice, but unfortunately the American Greetings card company’s brain has GONE…
Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008
Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn’t nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn’t feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper’s fantastic Furr smells more like the Kinks than Neil Young. We likewise…
Drinking With Tony Ladesich In Honor of Pendergast, Whose Final Show Is Tonight
Not counting next year’s reunion (though, in this economy, who knows?), tonight will be the last opportunity to see the Vito Corleone (from the first movie) of Kansas City alt-country, Pendergast, perform live. The details: 9 p.m. at Davey’s. Brother Trucker and Macon Greyson open. Cover is $7. Readers of this blog will remember the announcement Tony Ladesich made a…
Top 10 Latin Music Albums of 2008
Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to lend a closer ear to the genre. This country’s Hispanic population isn’t just growing, it’s growing more diverse. More and more unique musical styles are being gobbled up, and that should come as good news to alternative gringos hoping to spruce…
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