Thanks to Back to Rockville for drawing our attention to the review Pitchfork posted today of Kansas City band the Life and Times’ latest album, Tragic Boogie. The ‘fork verdict is a 6.9 out of 10. And we know what that means. It means the reviewer secretly wants to lie down on the band … upside down. ROFL!!! Oddly, TLAT’s…
From Craigslist’s inception in 1995 to St. Olaf student Katherine Olson’s death to the recent slayings that has the web site under fire, we take a look at the events that have led up to the Concert For Katherine memorial taking place this weekend in Minneapolis. Click here for the in-depth story.
We still don’t know who killed Summer Shipp, who disappeared in December 2004 while conducting door-to-door surveys in Independence. Almost three years later, a couple of fishermen discovered Shipp’s remains in the Little Blue River. And a month later, Shipp’s daughter, Brandy Shipp, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit, alleging that the marketing companies that her mother worked for were negligent and…
Her life cut short after replying to a “nanny wanted” ad on Craigslist, St. Olaf student Katherine Olson, 24 is remembered by family and friends as a bright and energetic soul. Here are some pics from her Facebook memorial page.
Yesterday with the rain pouring down, I felt like a nice hot cup of joe. But first, I had to check IsItIcedCoffeeWeather.com to make sure my coffee was supposed to be hot. It was! For those not in the know, IsItIcedCoffeeWeather.com is a Web site where the you enter a zip code and it tells you whether the weather is…
SXSW hookups usually consist of an out-of-town indie rocker going home with a townie for a one-night stand. But on the larger artistic landscape, strange things can happen. Atlanta garage rockers the Black Lips and Wu-Tang Clan maestro GZA met one afternoon of this past year’s festival, at a Dickies-sponsored showcase. Later that day, the scraggly foursome and their rapper…
%{}% Missouri state Rep. Rob Schaaf is quite the statesman. First, he says paying for health care for poor kids is akin to slavery. Then he doesn’t really apologize — only because he really loves his slavery metaphor. Now, Prime Buzz reports that Schaaf showed up on the House floor in a facemask because, you know, he doesn’t want to…
A co-worker at The Pitch turned me on to the greatest new burger shack in town: the Burger Joint at 3212 Merriam Lane in Kansas City, Kansas. I fell in love with the place the minute I walked in and saw that they mix up milkshakes — including hard-to-find flavors such as caramel, cherry and butterscotch — with real ice cream,…
Did you know that the Golden Ox now serves Sunday brunch? If you want to know a lot more about that, you can read my Cafe review in next week’s Pitch. If you want to know about this venerable steak joint’s full month of 60th birthday festivities, read on… On this Saturday, May 2, the first 60 people in line…
It’s sad but true that many Americans are oblivious to the sheer amount of garbage our daily eating habits produce. Take something as simple as a hamburger from McDonald’s. First there is the burger wrapper, then assuming the burger is carry-out, there is the paper bag. Inside the paper bag are several napkins and a ketchup packet or two. That’s…
Here’s the lunchtime conversation we’ve all been waiting for. Former Kansas Gov. and newly minted secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius will answer questions about the regrettably unsexy H1N1 — aka, the titillating swine flu. Wash your dirty hands and click on the webcast of Sebelius — and guest stars Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and…
Doing a little homework for tonight’s Neil Young show at the Sprint Center, I came across a site devoted to the details of the hall-of-famer’s guitar rig. If you’re curious, prepare to venture down the rabbit hole (the site, a clearinghouse of previously published tidbits about Young’s stuff, has links upon links upon links) and probably end up in an…
This whole video is pretty funny, but check out the 3:33 mark for Daily Show host Jon Stewart’s take on how a Jew and a black guy can get elected in Kansas. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M – Th 11p / 10c Changeling thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Economic Crisis First 100 Days Jon Stewart, say hello to…
This magnificent plaque was part of the building-in-question — which is no longer used in the culinary business, alas — when it was erected in 1920. The only clue I’ll give is the first few lines of the inscription: First — 1888 A Shelter, Just A Home Then — 1917 Brick and Timbers Burned To Embers Do you know where…
Sister food blog The Daily Fork evidently watches much more basketball than I do because I completely missed this challenge two nights ago of Charles Barkley trying to eat a piece of white bread in 30 seconds. Having never heard of the white bread challenge I found an old bag of Wonder at my house (does that ever go bad?)…
Sweet baby Jesus, we agree with Grimace-shaped Jason Whitlock. Yesterday, the Kansas City Star columnist wrote that it was time for the Royals to sign Barry Bonds. Well, it’s beyond time to sign the jacked up 44-year-old slugger. Back in December 2006, we begged the Royals to inject some life into their pitiful lineup by trading for Bonds. Alas, general…
After a winter traveling or hibernating or working her normal job at Hammerpress, Lindsay Laricks and her snowcone-on-wheels company Fresh than Fresh is bringing its vintage Shasta trailer to the Crossroads this Friday night. The company — Kansas City’s “first traveling homemade snowcone stand” — will be in front of the Hammerpress building at 110 Southwest Boulevard from 6-10 pm….
Break out the surgical masks and get ready to panic. The news says someone in Platte County may have swine flu. A sample from the person was sent to the Centers for Disease Control for confirmation (Missouri has yet to be listed on the CDC’s board of “confirmed cases”) but it could be just a matter of hours before the…
KC blogger Sponge Worthy is documenting the delivery of her baby on Twitter. It’s pretty awesome stuff, like this screen grab (thanks, Erin in the Real World): Here’s the last Tweet that I saw: epidural finally administered – dr just broke my water – I’m at 6 cm – gonna have this baby today! 🙂 Congrats, Sponge! Categories: News Tags:…
