We’ve just been informed that there’s still time to apply to play the “Kia Kevin Says Stage” at the Vans Warped Tour Kansas City stop (Bonner Springs, actually) on August 4, 2009. But the deadline is tomorrow, April 1. Eek! Register and apply right here at Sonicbids, the musician booking and networking site that is delivering band submissions to the…
Wow. Never thought I’d see this. A cousin of Andre Jones, one of the four Raytown homicide victims, posted this video on YouTube from Jones’ visitation. Jones’ cousin asks anybody with info to come forward. Gotta give TKC credit for finding this one. Categories: News Tags: Andre D. Jones, homicides, raytown
Flickr: Lolo_ Many radio and TV broadcasts this morning led with this story: a major recall of roasted pistachios because of fears of potential salmonella contimation. The good news: No illnesses have been reported, thus far, due to a reported salmonella strain discovered during routine tests by Kraft at a California food processing plant. But the peanut crisis, earlier this…
%{}% I’m really sick of the abortion wars. George Tiller gets acquitted, then the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts announces new allegations against the Wichita abortion doctor. Then come the howls that Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius isn’t fit to be secretary of Health and Human Services … because she’s for abortion rights. Even after she signs a law that…
The concert wire continues to hum. The latest: Canadian chart-toppers Metric are coming to the Granada in Lawrence on June 12. The band’s new album, Fantasies, comes out on American tax day, April 14. You can preorder it and get a few tracks instantly at ilovemetric.com. (Fantasies involving Metric frontwoman Emily Haines are free.) Here’s the latest video from the…
Leon Daggett, the Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public of Public Utilities’ former general manager, is suing the utility for allegedly breaching his resignation agreement. In the lawsuit filed on March 13, Daggett alleges that BPU board members Mary Gonzales and Loretta Colombel breached his contract by making disparaging remarks about him. Daggett claims Colombel bad mouthed him at a…
Chicago’s Maps & Atlases bridge an unlikely divide between math-rock (being the domain of mostly dudes obsessing over Mars Volta’s YouTube footage) and indie-pop (the comfy cocoon of under-exercised Belle-and-Sebastian-loving library rats). Maps & Atlases toy with your inner metronome with all kinds of outlandish time signatures, stop-starts, midsong interjections, and waterfalls of guitar arpeggios cascading toward organized chaos. Amazingly,…
For the 11th episode of The Miles Bonny Show, your host-with-the-most was going to interview Chuck D. But the requests for an encore of episode 9, which featured yours truly, Jason Fiddlyfanks Harper, came pouring in like a biblical flood, and Miles had no choice to invite me back. Behold! The Miles Bonny Show #011 – TRAILER – Jason SPEAKS!!…
What was the line that French queen Marie Antoinette allegedly uttered upon hearing that the starving populace was begging for bread? “Let them eat cake?” Fancy desserts — fancy everything — is fast going out of style during this economic climate. Newsweek is reporting that fine dining establishments around the world are cutting out frills. The frills might include tablecloths…
Apparently being Kansas City rock royalty ain’t always a lucrative deal. Citing the need to pay rent before his band goes on tour with Travis this Tuesday, last night Republic Tigers leader Kenn Jankwoski posted a MySpace bulletin drawing friends’ attention to this Craigslist post, which lists Jankowski’s Yamaha trombone for sale for $175, case and cleaning kit included. The…
My friend Franklin has a secret. Franklin’s really fussy about fresh seafood, but he has this thing for Red Lobster, though he won’t admit that to just everyone. You see, Red Lobster is considered very lowbrow among the foodie set. And that’s exactly the reason I like it. Admittedly, I don’t eat at Red Lobster restaurants very often because there’s almost…
I’d guess most people have a friend who’s always on a diet. When it comes to weight loss, dieters are willing to do crazy things and quack inventors are happy to oblige. Neatorama has tabulated the 10 craziest diets in history and yes, at one point in time, some people did believe they could wash away the pounds. The pseudo…
I must admit to having a brief, wild love-affair with the pseudo-bum-wine Boone’s Farm. How brief? One night to be exact. The next morning I felt like there was acid in my eyeballs and the Marching Cobras in my stomach. The experience was my first with “wine” and I didn’t touch vino for another two years. But then I’m not…
Right on the heels of the June 2 release of their new (seventh) album, Let the Dominoes Fall, punk icons Rancid are coming to the Beaumont. They’ll be hitting the club’s outside decks on June 12 with support from Rise Against. If you’re a superfan — and you’re on this new thing called “MySpace” — then you can help the…
Omaha’s Little Brazil celebrated the release of its third album with a show this past Friday at the Record Bar. Son came out March 24 on Anodyne Records. It’s the band’s first release on this local label. Click on the photo below for a slide show. Categories: Music Tags: Anodyne Records, emo, Landon Hedges, Little Brazil, omaha
Kansas City recorded its 27th homicide today when a man was found dead in the 5500 block of Woodland Avenue. View Larger Map Kansas City Police haven’t released the man’s name or how he was killed. A family member found the victim — a black male, approximately 25-years-old. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. As always, if you…
%{}% “Blathering fucking mess:” I’ve always looked at Daily Briefs as a kind of “give-and-take” with readers, like an informal rap session with a hip Christian youth minister, whereby I post whatever is the snottiest 500 to 700 words I’m capable of writing first thing in the morning, and commenters respond by calling me a douchebag. It’s a two-way street,…
Recently, 4:20 enthusiasts Shanin & Parks have begun fobbing off T-shirts to anyone willing to whisper “cooter” to them. We were shocked to see these shirts turning up everywhere. For example, we never expected to see a Shanin & Parks shirt … selling pussy willows. Categories: News Tags: KMBZ, Shanin & Parks
If you smoke, this post won’t be news because you’ve noticed the price of cigarettes jump in the past two weeks. Tobacco companies are getting ready for the increased federal tobacco tax by raising their own prices. (Can someone explain how tobacco companies raising the price of a pack 80 cents will help consumers “adjust,” as the companies have put…
