Thanks to Pitch music critic Jason Harper, who found this photo of Naked Lunch author and former Lawrence resident William S. Burroughs. Harper found the photo while cleaning out his office (we’re moving from the third floor to the first floor). The photo was taken by Christina Buckingham in November 1996, nine months before Burroughs’ death. Not sure where the…
Through the haze, these fans can see their TV/musical idols. People from the TV show Dancing with the Stars danced at Sprint Center last night. I don’t know anything about Dancing with the Stars other than it’s a reality TV program that challenges C-list celebrities to strut their stuff. But my grandma was excited to hear that I was —…
Wired Magazine is going beyond predictions for 2009 and 2010. They’re looking at five years out and making mock-ups of what they think things will look like in 2013. One of the products they believe will significantly change in 2013 is McDonald’s Happy Meal. Here’s the current version: Here is the Happy Meal from six years ago: Categories: Dining,…
%{}% Odds are President Bush had a low-fat hot dog for lunch yesterday when he met with Obama and three other presidents. No word what Obama ordered but it probably wasn’t the southern sampler. Air India does not take kindly to heavy airline attendants and fired ten for being overweight. Not that it’s a defense but at least they’re being…
Ladyfinger seems to be Omaha’s answer to Queens of the Stone Age and quite possibly the most rockingest outfit to emerge from the Saddle Creek Records imprint. The band, which often shows love to its home state by adding an (ne) to its title, is releasing its sophomore LP, Dusk, on February 3. From the one-sheet: “Recorded once again with…
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. He does this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Fantastic Films Magazine Date: December, 1980 Discovered at: Brass Armadillo Antique Mall, Grain Valley, MO The Cover Promises: Much more excitement than future Star Wars movies…
If the names David Robert Jones and John Simon Richie mean anything to you, it’s probably time to ditch your typical trivia night and head on over to Sonic Spectrum Music Trivia at the Record Bar (1020 Westport Road, 816-753-5207). David Bowie and Sid Vicious would be pleased as punch that you remembered their given names, and trivia host Robert…
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, now playing in local theaters, posits that the wife and son of a Nazi commandant believe that he’s running a farm instead of a concentration camp. Closely Watched Trains, the 1968 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, also centers on an innocent young man oblivious to the Nazi occupation, but it does so…
There’s nothing like watching an overachiever in action to make you throw up your hands and bid adieu to your new year’s resolutions. The place for this weekend’s dose of “When You Were 11, You Could Have Been Starting a Career in Beautiful Music Instead of Playing Atari and Eating Doritos” is the Lyric Theatre (1029 Central). At 8 tonight…
You could stage a pretty awesome fight sequence in a library. Suddenly, sexy librarians would be letting their hair down, doing back flips and throwing No. 2 pencils like ninja darts, books flying every which way, shelves toppling like dominoes — all because some gang lord refused to pay late fees. Or, if you’re the Main Branch of the Kansas…
“Help others” ranks among the most popular New Year’s resolutions, but it can be hard to decide which societal ill to eradicate. To mark Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Michael Cory Davis’ short films screen for free at the Record Bar (1020 Westport Road, 816-753-5207) at 7 p.m. The documentaries bring to light the unspeakable realities of modern-day sexual slavery. Svetlana’s…
Head down to the Crossroads District tonight for your first chance to see the latest works by three local artists, but don’t expect any dull, conventionally realistic portraits of fruit. At 7 p.m., there’s a new show at the Byron C. Cohen Gallery for Contemporary Art (2020 Baltimore), featuring the works of local abstract artists Grant Miller, Linnea Spransy and…
Improv troupe Full Frontal Comedy celebrates ten years of naughty and not-so-naughty spontaneity. The anniversary celebration encompasses two nights of very different performances at Union Station — it’s improv, remember? Fri., Jan. 9, 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Jan. 10, 7:30 p.m., 2009 Tags: Night & Day, union station
If Jeff Foxworthy is the universal spokesman for rednecks, Lisa Alcalay Klug (pictured at right) is well on her way to becoming the spokeswoman for 21st-century American Jews. Her shtick: “You know you’re a cool Jew if you speak with great emotion, conviction, good humor, irreverence and, of course, Jew-sticulation … and that’s just the tip of the Greenberg!” Ba-dum,…
The Pitch 2008 Best Place to Meet Intelligent Men Down a set of stairs inside the Linda Hall Library lies a little jewel called the William N. Deramus III Cosmology Theater. Occupied by solitary people contemplating the universe, it’s quiet, dark and sexy. On the screen, an ever-changing array of information glides past: updates on the Hubble telescope and its…
It takes a lot of guts to put a completely new spin on classic mandarin cuisine, which was adapted, decades ago, into the dishes we now think of as Chinese. But Scott Lin and his wife, Lian Sun, the young owners of this new contemporary Chinese restaurant, are up to the challenge. Lin, who formerly owned the New Peking restaurant…
On weeknights, the Cheesecake Factory kitchen stops serving at 11 p.m. But on Friday and Saturday nights, customers can walk in as late as midnight for a moonlight nosh. At other restaurants, tired servers can barely disguise their loathing of late tables. But the staff at the Cheesecake Factory is amazingly effervescent and friendly. The kitchen crew must stay fresh…
Unless one is a devotee of this unassuming, family-owned drive-in on the city’s East Side, it’s perfectly logical to whiz right past the charmless building. But the thick burgers are delicious and inexpensive, and because there isn’t really a dining room here, it’s hard to resist eating them in the car before getting home. The fare at Teresa’s might best…
It’s neither the biggest soul-food buffet in town nor the fanciest, but Papa Lew’s — named for the restaurant’s late founder, Lewis Lyman Sr., who opened his original restaurant at 18th and Vine in 1982 — is definitely the best bargain in the city. For $9.99 (not including tax and gratuity), you can load up plates at a small but…
When Split Lip Rayfield played at the Crossroads Kansas City outdoor theater this past August, the whole 18th Street neighborhood resonated with the sound of bluegrass music. To pay culinary tribute to the band, Pi Gallery owner Jody Wilkins and chef Heather Hands created a special “art dinner” for the evening: a buffet featuring fried catfish with a lemon-caper aoli,…
This is the original location of restaurateur Jack Fiorella’s increasingly beefy barbecue empire. Jack, the son of revered local barbecue operators Russell and Flora Fiorella, broke off from the family to create one of the metro’s first upscale restaurants serving Kansas City’s signature dish. There are now three other venues bearing the Jack Stack name, but the Martin City branch…
No, you don’t have to be a high roller to enjoy the meat at the dark, quiet steakhouse inside the bustling Harrah’s Casino, although high rollers do often eat there — using their comp credits. For the nongambling contingent, the 16-ounce, traditional-cut Kansas City strip isn’t just tender and loaded with flavor. It’s a pretty good deal, too. Unlike the…
A wise man once said, “Never eat anything bigger than your head.” As an alternative to the 3,000-calorie, bulk-sized entrees served at casual dining chains such as Applebee’s, the small plate (or “Smaller Bites”) menu at One80 offers variety, value and a spectrum of flavors — plus one spectacular surprise offering that we will not reveal until the end. Nicoise,…
There’s a reason that more restaurants are serving comfort foods: Who has time to be one of those happy homemakers wiping floury hands on an apron while fussing over a pot roast with homemade gravy, mashing freshly boiled potatoes and baking a bread pudding? It’s so much more convenient to find a restaurant that makes the dishes that were once…
