Music Showcase Pre-Party
Justin Parker is the guy who allegedly took a MAST ambulance for a joyride Monday after commandeering it from Research Medical Center, Kansas City police say. Parker was allegedly drunk, which helps make ideas like this seem feasible, and crashed the ambulance into a light pole at 67th and Cleveland and then ran … until a K-9 bit him. Parker…
Totally Nude Temptations is getting a Barely Legal neighbor. The Pitch’s Berry Anderson spotted this new business at 1515 Grand, although the windows are covered with brown paper. Jackson County property tax records say the address is owned by D.A.R. LLC, which is current on its taxes. D.A.R. are the initials of Dana A. Ribaste, who is listed as an…
Less than 48 hours after his wife’s crippling, profanity-laced, insult-filled 35-page diary of a mad woman was made public, Vulcan Mayor Mark Funkhouser received even more bad news: 15 school districts and superintendents say they don’t want any part of the mayor’s education summit. At least he still has the old “Chicken-Shit with an Attitude.” Categories: News, Politics Tags: diary,…
Yesterday at the Scottish Rite Temple on Linwood, art-pop shovers and makers the Ssion assembled a posse of feral children of all ages to shoot footage for an upcoming movie, sponsored by the local art space Grand Arts. Our photographer was there to capture some of the greasepainted-on-unibrow/nose/mustache act-ssion. Categories: Music Tags: Cody Critcheloe, Fool’s Gold, Grand Arts, ssion, The…
These two videos couldn’t be from two more opposite artists. P.O.S. is a Rhymesayers hip-hopper influenced by hardcore and punk, while Black Moth Super Rainbow is a psych band whom I wouldn’t be surprised to discover taking massive amounts of hallucinogenics. Still, they are both stellar examples of how genres can be reinvented, reinterpreted, and just generally refreshed. The P.O.S….
A man found shot to death in the intersection of 59th and Indiana early Tuesday morning was facing trial on murder charges. The Star reports today that 20-year-old Dominique Nelson was out on bond and scheduled to go on trial this week (although it got delayed) for second-degree murder in the 2007 death of 17-year-old Joe M. Theus. The Star…
The Lawrence Busker Fest returns for its second year on the streets of downtown Lawrence August 21, 22, and 23. Last year’s show was one of the most fun weekends I’ve had. You get a ton of entertainment, from fire eaters to musicians to living statues to acrobatics, and all for dirt cheap. The acts perform as buskers, meaning they…
Strange days in Belton. Fox 4 reports that a 36-year-old woman was found dead and her partner was found with a gunshot wound in the 400 block of Robie Drive on Tuesday night. And there’s a twist: Neighbors told Fox 4 that the man was going through a sex change and his wife wanted him out of the house. View…
Facing a potential recall, Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser raised no money in April, May and June, according to campaign-finance records made public today. It’s been reported that philanthropist Julia Irene Kauffman made a $10,000 donation to Funkhouser for Kansas City on July 1. But aside from the receipt of that generous contribution, Funkhouser was unwilling or unable to muster…
If you don’t have plans tonight, check out the free screening of Food, Inc. at the Tivoli Cinemas. The film has been getting rave reviews but so far has reached a limited audience, grossing just under $2 million since opening last month on the coasts. Chipotle hopes to change that with this screening, which it’s also sponsoring in 31 other…
AOL Radio posted what their listeners consider to be the ten best cover songs of all time. The list: 10) Urge Overkill: ‘Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon’ 9) Guns N’ Roses: ‘Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door’ 8) Manfred Mann’s Earth Band: ‘Blinded by the Light’ 7) Foo Fighters: ‘Darling Nikki’ 6) Joey Ramone: ‘What a Wonderful World’ 5) Seether: ‘Careless…
Dole, the world’s largest fruit and vegetable producer, has apparently never heard of the Streisand Effect. Yesterday, it filed a defamation lawsuit against the makers of the documentary Bananas!* calling the film “seriously flawed.” It had already sent the filmmakers cease-and-desist letters and tried to strongarm the Los Angeles Film Festival into not showing it last month. The film has…
Nebraska Furniture Mart vice president Bob Batt came to Kansas to personally dispute claims made by Wyandotte County’s Unified Government that the big box electronics dealer owes millions of dollars in unpaid property taxes. Then at the Tuesday news conference, Batt reportedly reminded us how important Nebraska Furniture Mart is to Kansas: “We’re not the bad guys here. We’re the…
Here’s another kick in the junk to those hoping for an NBA team to anchor the Sprint Center: David Stern told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that “the league is not in a position to add members.” But there is a bit of hope: Stern told the Review-Journal that Vegas wasn’t a relocation option because the city doesn’t have a new…
%{}% Of all the people to pretend to be, someone is claiming to be Kansas Secretary of State candidate Kris Kobach on Twitter. The Kansas Meadowlark exposed the impostor Kobach Wednesday morning. Well, not really. The fake Kobach makes it clear that the account doesn’t belong to the real deal with a disclaimer writing “I am not the REAL Kris…
You know you’re with a real Yes crowd when they cheer more loudly for 10-minute rock epic “Machine Messiah” off the lesser-known 1980 album Drama than for the 1983 pop hit “Owner of a Lonely Heart.” In fact, one of the rare moments of crowd interaction came after “Lonely Heart” got a cool response (undeservedly, I think) from the seated…
Several months ago, blogger and cookbook author Emily Farris moved back to the area from New York City (Plog covered her journey). Since moving back she has co-founded the blog Fifty Bucks Per Week, where she and two other writers (one living in Brooklyn, the other in Portland, Oregon) try to eat on $50 a week. Not so hard if…
A potato with late blight. Anyone who has been to Ireland learns very quickly not to refer to the “potato famine” as such. The Irish consider that miserable time in their country’s history to have been caused mostly by the English and prefer the name “Great Famine” or “Great Hunger.” (Also: Don’t go asking for a black and tan as…
