BY SAMMY LOREN How do you review a musician like Matisyahu? Does he perform Jewish music or music exploring Jewish themes? Is he a Jewish artist or an artist who happens to be a Hasidic Jew? Does any of it even matter? These conundrums plagued me throughout Matisyahu’s al fresco concert Friday at the Crossroads at Grinders. When Matisyahu and…
Kansas City, Kansas, police found a man’s body in the grass at the intersection of 40th Street and Haskell Avenue on Sunday around 10:38 a.m. View Larger Map Police describe the man as white, 5-foot-8-inches tall and 135 pounds with a tattoo on his right shoulder and another on his inner left forearm. Tipsters should call 913-573-6020 or 816-474-8477. Update…
It’s getting scary out there. A second woman was killed by a stray bullet this weekend — and a man was seriously injured. Kansas City police were called to a shooting at 34th and Troost Sunday morning at 1:21 a.m. View Larger Map They found the a man and a woman with gunshot wounds. The woman was pronounced dead at…
Caught Seth Green a couple of nights ago on the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien (Yeah, I’m still watching), and Green talked about hitting a bunch of roller rinks to promote Robot Chicken’s second Star Wars DVD (out Tuesday). Turns out Green’s roller disco tour is coming to the KC area. Well, sort of. The KC stop is up north…
Deanna Lieber was fatally shot on her way home to Lawrence Friday night. Lieber, 45, was driving with her 13-year-old daughter and mother-in-law in a gold Dodge Durango on 71 Highway when she was apparently struck by random gunfire, police say. View Larger Map Lieber, her daughter and mother-in-law were driving home from a show at the Starlight Theater. Officers…
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Thanks for hanging out with us this week at the Plog cantina. As always, we like having you around for the love, hate, whatever. Enough of the Whitlockian cries for attention. We’re giving this week’s Comment of the Week to Capt. Obvious for a couple of great greeting card ideas given Marvel Comics new alliance with Hallmark (“Iron Man is…
Kansas City police identified this morning’s homicide victims found at 11th and Garfield as 19-year-old Richard Sanders and 20-year-old Kevin E. Todd of Kansas City, Missouri. Just after midnight, Kansas City police were called to 10th and Garfield on a complaint of loud music coming from a car in the parking lot of an apartment complex at 10th and Garfield….
Somebody must have hurt Jason Whitlock real, real bad. Our favorite “patient and attentive gardener” pens another sad Fox Sports column, this time wondering why pro athletes get married. Because they can love, Jason. The human experiment in mass and density must be having a hard time finding “a blossoming May flower” to “fertilize into a special, 28-year-old bouquet.” So…
Matthew Gee died in a horrible accident when he fell off a balcony at a party on Main early Monday morning. According to an article that ran earlier this week in the Star. “Gee and friends were at an apartment near 38th and Main streets. Three men and Gee went out onto the balcony about 4:35 a.m. The three men…
The economy’s tough. So faced with a decision of either buy a pickup truck (transportation is nice) or an AK-47, well, something’s gotta give. Not at Max Motors, the pride of Butler, Missouri. They’re giving away an AK-47 with purchase of a truck. So you can have your AK-47 and drive around with it, too. Don’t forget to roll your…
Hello, everyone out there in Fat City. I’m the new guy, Jonathan Bender. Over the past several weeks, Owen and Charles have subjected me to rigorous tests involving baked beans and tomato basil soup. So far my stomach and I have survived. I’m an East Coast transplant, having married into the city of fountains — but with a father from…
How I missed this up until now, I’m uncertain. What is certain, however, is that the Ex Post Facto Show that Utopia Audio Production puts on tomorrow night looks to be a big ol’ deal. Let’s see: there’s rock ‘n’ roll from Cretin 66, the Sixteens, and Rocket to Saturn. There’s burlesque from Two Gun Tease. And, if that wasn’t…
You’ll find countless deals around town as people clamor for cheap eats in today’s economy, but where’s the nourishment for your soul? Get some free food for thought this Sunday, July 19, at the Central Branch of the Kansas City Public Library (14 W. 10th Street) when Pitch restaurant critic Charles Ferruzza leads a discussion on “Dining in Kansas City:…
Vulcan Mayor Mark Funkhouser skipped the NAACP National Convention this week to stay home with his sick wife, “Chicken-Shit with an Attitude” Gloria Squitiro. But Funkhouser did make his regularly scheduled “Fridays with Funk” appearance on the radio show of Chris Stigall on KCMO 710 and commented on the release of Squitiro’s book/manuscript/diary. But he didn’t say much. “It was…
Man, I’ve been seeing ads for “Todd’s” Downtown Banana Lounge showing up a lot lately. The promise of free beer intrigues me. Strangely, the ads haven’t said where Saturday night’s grand opening party was located or what time the party starts. Hmm. So I dialed up the “Todd” in Todd’s Downtown Banana Lounge: Todd Berkowitz. Todd cleared up the oversight,…
