They may struggle when it comes to buying gas, but Christos & crew had no trouble landing airtime on Austin community radio station KAZI 88.7 James Christos and PL talk to KAZI host Rockwell interviews KAZI’s DJ Flex Categories: Music Tags: Anarchy Tour DIary, DJ Flex, Jamel Rockwell, James Christos, KAZI, PL
Race judge and boobie magnet Jason Whitlock is calling out Serena Williams for having too much junk in her trunk. The tennis star — at around 175 pounds with an “oversized back pack” — just isn’t thin enough for The Kansas City Star’s walking condominium. Whitlock fantasizes in his latest Fox Sports column about a leaner and meaner Williams. At…
Wayward hip-hop anarchists James Christos, PL and Jamel Rockwell, continue their tour through Texas. Christos: What Up KC?! It’s JC checking in. First let me say Austin is the ish!!! We had two shows and they were both great (shout to Xololanxinxo). It is truly the live entertainment capital of the country. There’s live music on every corner on every…
Yesterday, while gloating over Joey Chestnut’s win, Fat City forgot to mention that for his 10 minutes of effort, he walked home with a cool $20,000. That may seem like a lot, but it’s becoming common for competitive-eating contests to include a large purse. Not only does it increase the suspense but it entices big names such as Chestnut and…
T. Boone Pickens has reconsidered his idea to build a massive wind farm in Texas and instead looks to scatter turbines across middle America, according to a newspaper report. The Dallas Morning News reported Monday that Pickens has moved off his plan to build a 1,000-megawatt farm in Pampa, Texas. Pickens is apparently worried that he won’t have the ability…
Tonight, Bluestem hosts an event with tapas and wines from Luis Felipe Edwards. One of the largest wineries in Chile, Edwards has managed to remain a critics’ darling, mostly because it’s still a family-run operation. One family member — Ignacio Edwards — will on hand tonight along with a Brazilian jazz duo. The event features five wines and four appetizers,…
PBS’ NOVA program recently featured a segment on the much over-used (and evidently dead, according to Jay-Z) bit of computer software known as Auto-Tune. Thanks to the miracle of YouTube, you can find out all the science behind the whys and wherefores of how this miracle bit of coding has allowed the likes of Kanye and T-Pain to reach new…
It was an all-white party when No Doubt took the stage at Starlight Theatre last night as part of their reunion tour. Headlining a triple bill that also featured Paramore and Bedouin Soundclash, the members of No Doubt showed off the sort of lovable ska-eccentricity that made the group one of the most popular bands in the ’90s. As the…
This is our last post on Schlafly brewmaster Stephen Hale and that’s a promise. But if you couldn’t make it to last night’s tasting at The Flying Saucer — or you enjoyed it so much you want to do it all over again — he’s hosting a similar tasting tonight at The Foundry. How similar? Hale will be talking about…
If the Jackson County Sheriff put “extra enforcement” against impaired drivers over the July 4th holiday weekend and didn’t catch one drunk driver, was it worth it? The sheriff says so. Here’s what the office did issue: 23 speeding tickets 4 seat belt violations 11 citations for driving with a suspended license 18 uninsured motorists 2 following too close 4…
%{}% When craft brewers turn to the other side and start brewing harder spirits, is it a step forward or sacrilegious? This not only explains what exactly constitutes a dry wine but also how to pick a good one. To all those still on the Atkins Diet (all three of you) there is some bad news — turns out carbs…
Mannequin Men’s Use Your Illusion, Too is the follow-up to Fresh Rot, one of my favorite releases of 2007. This new album is less herky-jerky than Fresh Rot, but still pretty cool. The band seems to have toned down the freak-out aspects of its sound and more closely embraced their love for the Clean. Despite the fact that it’s a…
Ambient drone-metal wizards Sunn0))) pull in for a rare local appearance tonight at the Riot Room. If you’re in the mood for something heavy and transporting outside the realm of the conventional (and, evidently, the physical), you’re advised not to miss — and to bring earplugs. And eat a simple meal beforehand. Paul Friswold of the Riverfront Times saw fit…
A Kansas City player was one of about 500 people rejected by the World Series of Poker. Too many people signed up, and 39-year-old Tyler Meierotto couldn’t buy into the tournament after failing to win his way in. He also waited too long to enter. From the Associated Press: “I’ve been grinding away trying to win my way in… I…
Our neighbors at the Barkley Advertising Agency did a really cool campaign for the Johnson County Library, redesigning the library’s courier trucks to look like delivery trucks for the characters in four classic books: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Metamorphosis,” “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” and “Moby Dick: Or the Whale.” Barkley did the…
Released Wednesday, the period gangster drama Public Enemies sold an estimated $41 million worth of tickets. The movie is based on a book by Bryan Burrough, a special correspondent at Vanity Fair. Burrough’ most recent book, The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes, offers an interesting glimpse into the history of one of Kansas…
Though the holiday weekend made for thin crowds this past First Friday, there was still culture to be had. Thanks to Ari Crane, co-proprietor of the fledgling Mod modern art gallery and record store at 1809 McGee, I left First Fridays one record richer (and $10 poorer, though happily so). Crane told me some months ago of his plan to…
No one is rushing to bail out Crista Ann Taylor, the ex-fiancée of flopping Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki. Not even Dirk — and she might be carrying his love child (or so she claims; Nowitzki says he’ll take the baby if he is indeed the father). The news gets worse for Taylor. At a hearing in St. Charles, Judge…
