Mark Mallman has been pedaling along for more than a decade as one of the most underappreciated voices in rock and roll. His pathos-packed piano rock is all about spectacle: Mallman plays his instrument like Danny Federici and straddles it like Tori Amos in heat. His cigarette-and-insomnia-addled voice sounds like an old boxer coming out for one more round, but…
Some of the first videos to go viral on YouTube were of teens rapping their orders at the drive through. The most famous is the “Big Mac” video, which has more than five million hits. Most of the rappers weren’t very good and there are only so many ways you can rhyme quarter-pounder. So the genre died off and was…
Hardcore punk band Agnostic Front stopped at Fiorella’s Jack Stack yesterday for a quick barbecue lunch before hopping back in the tour van, heading to a gig in St. Louis. As they always do when they’re near KC, they called their friend Rico (the smiling guy in the “Hooligan” T-shirt in the back of this photo) to join them. Tattooed,…
%{}% If the hundreds of people sardined into the lobby of the Dole Institute were hoping to be inspired by a determined visionary, they might have been disappointed. Texas oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens has spent millions of dollars amassing an army of Americans to back his plan for replacing foreign oil with homegrown power sources, like wind and natural…
I finally got over to AMC’s newest creation, the Mainstreet Theater and its restaurant, the Marquee Bar and Grill. (As did my colleague Justin over at Plog.) Although the theater won’t open for another two weeks, the Marquee opened at the end of March and has been running a Wednesday hump-day special with half-off burgers and beers. All three burgers…
%{}% The wife of oversized novelty mayor Mark Funkhouser is writing a tell-all book or two, according to Prime Buzz, which reports that shoeless Gloria Squitiro told KMBZ 980 listeners this morning that she’s penning a two-parter. The first volume will cover her relationship with the Funk, and the second will focus more on Funk’s first term. (Is she expecting…
By NICOLE REINERTSON Positive Mental Attitude is thought to have originated from the ’70s D.C. hardcore band Bad Brains. P.M.A. is still alive and actually thriving as I witnessed last night at the Jackpot in Lawrence. Japanther and Ninjasonik, two bands from NYC, rolled into town and really showed us how they do as they headlined for local bands Fortuning…
Even though Nate Watermeier’s store KCJuice has been open two months, he estimates that “only about .0001 percent of Kansas City even know that I’m here.” That’s about to change. The smoothie store, located in the new building on Pennsylvania east of the Thai Place/Californos/Murray’s block, is gearing up for the spring and summer, the traditionally strong smoothie months. In…
Former Kansas City Star columnist Rhonda Chriss Lokeman stays winning. Looks like the hearing to reinstate her driving privileges was moved up to April 3, and a judge ordered the Director of Revenue and state of Missouri to reinstate ol’ “Three Tires” Lokeman’s driving privileges. If you see a green minivan coming down the street — and sparks — get…
When the beloved Royals come home tomorrow, fans will see a totally different ballpark. I thought while visiting Kauffman Stadium last week that there was no way in hell the $250 million renovation would be done in eight days. But it is. Also last week Aramark, District Manager Scott McGinn told me the only local retailers in the stadium were…
Flickr: G-Tastic 7 Restaurants that wouldn’t think about serving brunch the rest of the year make an exception for Easter. News about most of these brunches first appeared in our dining newsletter Pitch Forks, which goes out on Monday night. No guarantee that they haven’t sold out since then but we do try and check. Grand Street Cafe serves a…
“The fact that we’re sitting here on your birthday, having this conversation at all is a miracle.” Billy Brimblecom’s comment is directed at birthday girl Abigail Henderson, but it applies to everyone at the table: Henderson and her husband and band mate Chris Meck, California singer-songwriter Victoria Williams and, last but not least, a doctor (anesthesiologist, actually) from St. Luke’s…
The cover story in this week’s Pitch ends with a scene that took place in Topeka on March 31. The Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee was questioning three members of the Kansas Health Policy Authority’s board of directors, to decide whether the board members should be re-appointed for another term. At the hearing, Kansas state Sen. Jeff Colyer sparred…
BULLETED WHATEVER IN BRIEF: Recreational drinkers at La Cygne Reservoir in La Cygne, Kansas will have to conceal their cans of malt liquor in paper sacks from now on, pending the enactment of some unfun new regulations. A Baptist minister in St. Joe learned the hard way that all preteen girls on the internet are actually police officers with an…
%{}% Apparently in Russia, Passover is a time of matzoh crackers in pillow cases. Midtown has lost several businesses in the past year but losing Midtown Miscreant hurts the most. Fortunately, he’s just moving, not totally leaving town. Some teenage vegetarians are really not vegetarians but just using it as an excuse to hide eating disorders. Bringing home the bacon…
If you missed Artopia last Saturday night and wondered what happened, here’s a four-minute recap — without the food and drinks — from Zac Eubank. Pitch Artopia 2009!!! from Zac Eubank on Vimeo. Categories: News Tags: Artopia, Masterminds, Zac Eubank
Dateline Wednesday, April 7, 2009. Punkers Japanther and electro-dance hip-hoppers Ninjasonik, both from Brooklyn, tear it up at the Jackpot Music Hall in Lawrence.
A drive-by shooting yesterday evening left one man dead and another injured. The victims were sitting in a vehicle in the 5900 block of Walrond Avenue around 5:28 p.m. when a man shot them and fled in a red Ford truck. View Larger Map When officers arrived at the scene, they found a lifeless black male lying in the street….
Hurting for a job? I saw this sign at the CVS Pharmacy at the corner of Troost Avenue and Brush Creek Boulevard this morning. If you’re part-time supervisor material and you’re up for working nights and weekends, apply at the store or online. Categories: News Tags: cvs, paycheck
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. CHEERLEADING! Author: Pauline Finberg & Peter Filichia Publisher: Scholastic Date: 1983 Discovered at: Used book store in Winnipeg, Manitoba The Cover Promises: Kali takes on many forms….
It has been years now since Kansas City audiences were treated to the wise, absorbing dramas of Missouri-born, world-renowned playwright Lanford Wilson. That makes an event of tonight’s opening of Burn This, Wilson’s feisty 1988 show pitting a ranting, cokeheaded homophobe named Pale against a loft full of New York creative types. His rough-and-tumble romance with Anna, a choreographer who…
