Some of this info is left from Pitch Forks (past and current) and some of it is new. Dave’s Stagecoach kept its 3 a.m. license. The liquor control review of the license that was scheduled for last Monday was postponed indefinitely, and none of the three sides in the dispute — City Hall, Dave’s Stagecoach or Westport Presbyterian Church —…
I rejoice with fellow Hold Steadians at the announcement of the upcoming release of the gruffly named A Positive Rage, the Hold Steady’s first live album and tour documentary. Press says: The live album was recorded on October 31, 2007 and includes seventeen songs that Craig Finn, Tad Kubler, Galen Polivka, Franz Nicolay, and Bobby Drake performed on the second…
A 28-year-old woman shot in the head last night inside an apartment building in the 2100 block of East Linwood has died. The police found a couple of suspects in an apartment building next door and took them into custody View Larger Map The woman’s identity hasn’t been released, yet. Categories: News Tags: homicides
If you’ve misplaced your Ritalin or you need some sensory stimulation to prepare for a big test, consider tonights Los Campesinos! show at the Bottleneck in Lawrence. The exclamation-point-abusing Welsh band is bringing its bratty brand of indie art-punk to Lawrence with support from Titus Andronicus, who were featured this week in The Pitch. Arts & Crafts picked up Campesinos’…
Yesterday an incredibly uncomfortable looking Punxsutawney Phil — “seer of seers, prognosticator of prognosticators” — came out of his stump and declared six more weeks of winter. The crowd booed and Phil was put back into safety. Or was he? Would it be possible for for those guys in top hats to eat a plump Phil or one of his…
Andrew Morgan, the Harvard-educated singer songwriter from Leawood, is moving. To Korea. Sources say he’s flying out on Thursday morning and will be gone for at least a year teaching. In the meantime, he also has an album coming out in the U.K. on Broken Horse Records. But he’s playing a farewell show first. Catch Morgan with Hidden Pictures tonight…
By now, someone has probably pointed out to you that 50 years ago today, Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, Richie Valens, Jimmy Hoffa and Gwen Stacy were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. Now, CNN is reporting that this is not “the day the music died,” as suggested in the song “Bye Bye Birdie” by Willie Nelsons….
The BBC takes a fascinating look at Kansas’ prison system from entry to exit to re-entry to rehabilitation. The BBC says Kansas has “the most innovative prisoner re-entry programme in the country,” and I get a phrase for the day: “Hug-a-thug.” Also on the jailhouse beat, Midtown Miscreant recalls some strange prison pets. Categories: News, Politics Tags: Arrowhead Addict, bbc,…
The River Market Brewery at 5th and Walnut had been up for sale several months, and while there was speculation about a buyer (including another town’s microbrewery) one did not materialize. As of Sunday, the brewery has closed “indefinitely.” The last six months have not been kind to the River Market area or breweries in general. Delaware Cafe closed at…
%{}% Online reservation king Open Table is going public. Just because you buy stock in them doesn’t mean you’ll get a better table. Kind of odd to think about, but there is a patient zero to this financial crisis — a homeowner in Stockton, California, and dammit, somebody is going to find him or her. In the “well duh” category,…
The 51st annual Grammy Awards is set to kick off on Sunday, so the duo who brought us Viva La Hova is providing us with an audio crib sheet. From the Mick Boogie website. “Ironically, looking back at our projects the past 12 months, it seems we were definitely barking up the right tree… since Coldplay, Jay-Z and Adele all…
Not only did Denny’s have the best commercial of the Super Bowl — a pitch-perfect parody of The Sopranos — but it’s also giving away a free grand slam until 2 p.m. today to “everyone in America.” More specifically, one free “original slam” with no substitutions and no carryout orders. In case your Denny’s memory is a little hazy, that’s…
You are such a tease, Kansas state Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook. You get us hooked on Kansas Liberty, the only “fair and factual” news source in Kansas, and then you cut us off. Make us pay for it. You are such a dirty tease. At midnight, you’ll finally turn into a pumpkin — and start charging $2 a week. So goodbye,…
On orders from the EPA, Kansas City must replace old sewer pipes and take other measures to keep rivers and streams from filling with unsafe levels of poop every time it rains. With a potential price tag of $3 billion, the city is looking for cheaper, greener solutions in an effort to reduce the amount of concrete needed to complete…
Friday night there was a shootout at the Tony Aguirre Community Center. The guns came out during a basketball game, and five people ended up shot. Their injuries weren’t life-threatening. Today, Crime Scene KC reports that the KCPD’s “investigation is effectively stonewalled because the victims aren’t cooperating.” Sad but not surprising. Sounds like nothing much has changed since we ran…
After Pitch art director Zachary Trover’s experience at B-Bop Comics last week, Justin Kendall and I went to Saturday’s comic convention at the Doubletree Hotel in Overland Park. We hoped this would provide us with an opportunity to write about the more intelligent side of the comic world. We were wrong. Categories: News Tags: comics
Sources report that because the lads of Travis so enjoyed touring their native islands last year with our hometown cats the Republic Tigers, they’ve invited them back on the road again, this time Stateside for an April tour, beginning in Seattle and ending in Boston. Local date? Nyet. That’s Russian for “nuh-uh.” Categories: Music Tags: republic tigers, Travis
Looks like Leavenworth’s most famous prisoner might be getting a new address. The Associated Press reported over the weekend that Michael Vick’s lawyer told a federal bankruptcy judge that the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback and failed dogfighting impresario may soon be moving to a federal halfway house in his hometown of Newport News, Virginia. “He’s in the process of being…
In addition to posting a full summer’s worth of Warped Tour dates on their MySpace, Kansas City’s Architects have posted a blog about some new songs, describing how they sound, what key they’re in, what they’re about, and what pop culture references they do/do not. Example: TITLE: Knowing Is Half The Bottle KEY: B flat major TEMPO: Quick, bouncy SOUNDS…
Judson King fought city hall and won. What the 12-year-old from Lawrence won was the right to own a hedgehog. The City of Lawrence had outlawed the prickly animals, calling them exotic. The CBS Evening News profiled King’s quest to own a hedgehog, which culminated with a trip to city hall last month. “If you’re a kid — if you…
Fans of Shots Fired who’ve been jonesing for a performance by the angsty punk metal band will get their chance. Shots Fired, which survived an entire Warped Tour in 2005 and last released an EP (in the U.K.) in 2006, has been more or less inactive for a couple of years. Shots Fired will rock the Record Bar on March…
Do you dream of fronting a face-melting local rock band? Then, maybe you have what it takes to sing for Calibration Sequence. The Shawnee band features former members or Roanoke and is “lookin for some vocal love,” according to its Myspace profile. There are also three breakdown-heavy Calibration Sequence demo tracks posted on Myspace. Hit up the band if you…
