Dinosaur Jr’s Farm is currently charting at #1 over at KJHK, Pitchfork gave it an 8.5, and it’s on Jagjaguwar, home to such current indie rock faves as as Okkervil River and Sunset Rubdown. I haven’t heard it, but considering those three facts, it’s probably a safe bet to pick up Farm today and not worry about whether you’re wasting…
MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann was not amused with O’Fallon loon Cynthia “Hunger Can be a Positive Motivator” Davis’ desire to let Missouri children starve or put them to work at McDonald’s, so they can get free meals (actually, they’re not free; they’re half off). But sweet Cynthia won’t be troubled with facts or reality, and last night Olbermann named her the…
No wonder Men’s Health gave Kansas City a D- for STDs. Jackson County has a higher rate of AIDS and HIV than most of the country. Jackson County’s rate of AIDS is bigger than 81.6 percent of the counties in the nation. JaCo also has a higher rate of HIV than 92.5 percent of the country. That’s what Danny O’Farrell…
Hooray for Kansas City! Two KCMO neighborhoods ranked in the top 10 most violent neighborhoods in America. A site called Wallet Pop ranked “the 25 neighborhoods with the highest predicted rates of violent crime in America” by using FBI data and data from the site NeighborhoodScout.com. Those neighborhoods are 30th Street and Bales Avenue, which ranked as the sixth most…
Three adults and a toddler were found dead in home in the 5200 block of Munice Drive in Kansas City, Kansas, Monday afternoon. View Larger Map Police have labeled the case a “homicide investigation,” although they say “the cause of death is unknown.” The names have not be released yet. KCK police are also investigating a death in the 500…
A Johnson County Sheriff’s deputy found 37-year-old Darrell Morrison hanging in his cell in the New Century Adult Detention Center around 6:45 a.m. Monday. Deputies and an on-duty nursing staff members tried lifesaving measures and Med-Act responded to the scene, but Morrison was pronounced dead. Morrison was found guilty in May of aggravated criminal sodomy with a child and was…
%{}% The man accused of killing abortion provider George Tiller is certainly exercising his phone privileges. Scott Roeder’s latest call from the joint went to KWCH-TV in Wichita. This time, he wasn’t bitching about the coldness of his cell. He was whining that no one was raising money to pay his bond now that a judge raised it to $20…
The local Americana music gods surely must have been pleased with their offering Saturday night as the Wilders took to the outdoor stage at Knuckleheads in front 200+ fans with the Rural Grit All Stars, a bluegrass collective that recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, for four plus hours of soothing rootsy sounds. The RGAS, led by Mark Smeltzer and K.C….
Seems like it was only yesterday that we were reporting on some Kansas City Chief’s players’ surprisingly healthy diets. Alas, Jared Allen (a vegetarian) and Tony Gonzalez (a vegan) are off to more salad-like pastures. Now, we’ve got Branden Albert . An article in the Chicago Tribune about a new weight loss regimen instituted by head coach Todd Haley specifically…
An estimated 200 cyclists turned out this weekend to wind their way through sleepy Sunday streets, taking in the watery sculptures that often put Kansas City in the same sentence as Rome, Italy. The 2009 Fountain Tour, hosted by the Kansas City Bicycle Club, included 25- and 45-mile courses, along with a guided tour led by two-wheeling history fan, Pat…
A man convicted of raping, sodomizing and sexually assaulting a woman in 1986 is now charged with physically assaulting her 23-years later. Jackson County prosecutors charged 54-year-old Donnell L. Thomas Monday with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Court records say Thomas allegedly threatened the 35-year-old woman with a butcher knife and punched her in the chest. Thomas allegedly took…
By now, most people have heard that Nestle has “voluntarily” recalled its Toll House cookie dough. (A full list of the recalled Toll House products is available on the FDA’s Web site.) So far 65 people has suffered illness, 70 percent of them under 19 years old and two in Missouri. The strain of E. coli the CDC believes is…
The guys on the Anarchy Tour are sending us regular updates regarding their DIY style time on the road. Here’s the first installment. Well… We made it out of KC around 11 pm on Friday (June 19). It was Saul Good, until Goodland, KS, when this took place: Phone rings PL: What’s up? Where are y’all? U.R.: We turned. PL:…
The latest issue of Rolling Stone features a short editorial by managing editor Will Dana on the death of Wichita abortion provider George Tiller and takes a look back on a five-year-old profile of anti-abortion activist and Operation Rescue president Troy Newman titled “One Man’s God Squad.” Dana calls the killing of Dr. Tiller “hardly surprising” after re-reading the Rolling…
Danica Pollard is the pastry chef at Lidia’s. She recently returned from New York, where she won over some of the biggest names in the food industry at the James Beard Awards. Fat City asked her for a recipe that combines her love of baking with an ingredient close to her heart. Pollard delivered with strawberries, saying she absolutely loves…
Las Cruces’ Shang-A-Lang is one of the best bands bubbling up in the punk underground right now. They’ve got a sound that appeals to fans of garage bands like the Black Lips, with some seriously lo-fi production, but the punk kids like ’em too, because they play hella fast. They’re one of those band that are timeless in the way…
Gone are the days when a menu was a simple piece of paper listing items and prices. Restaurants see it as the last piece of advertising a guest sees before ordering. So it’s only natural that large restaurant chains have brought in psychologists and sociologists and lots of other professions whose titles end in “ologist” to make menus as effective…
Royals fans and doughnut fans alike shed a tear when, after the 2006 season ended, Krispy Kreme announced it wasn’t renewing its contract to give away a dozen free doughnuts whenever the Royals had a dozen hits in a game. Since then the Royals have run a couple of everyday food promotions. If the Royals steal a base during a…
This is the last week for Cowtown Ballroom…Sweet Jesus at the Armour Screenland Theater (408 Armour Road in North Kansas City, 64116), with showings Monday and Tuesday at 7:45 pm. There’s also a very special finale on Wednesday, June 24. The Kansas City Film Commission is meeting at the Armour at 5:45 pm with free food and a cash bar….
An estimated 200 cyclists cruised sleepy Sunday streets for the Kansas City Bicycle Club’s annual Fountain Tour ride this weekend.
%{}% I didn’t make it to Friday night’s Royals-Cardinals game, but I’ve been wondering about the fallout from the unofficially named “Right to Life night at the K.” A week and a half ago, I wrote about the objections of season-ticket holder Scott Hartley (who just happens to be Missouri state Sen. Jolie Justus’ district aide) to an ad on…
Saturday night’s Creature Comforts reunion show at the Record Bar was one of those nights where I hung out, drank too much, and generally acted like I was ten years younger than I am. And, really—the Creature Comforts were a major part of my early twenties. Confession time: while I’ve probably seen more Ultimate Fakebook shows that I have Creature…
