Archives: August 2009
Coalesce Tattoo Contest
Coalesce is offering up some prizes for the folks who sport the best band-related tattoo. The details, courtesy MySpace: “After returning from our recent string of European shows we realized that many of you have shown supreme dedication by getting Coalesce tattoos. Now we would like to say thanks and showcase all of the fans who have made Coalesce a…
Kansas City Star employees forced to take an unpaid week off
%{}% More bad news for The Kansas City Star’s employees. Star publisher Mark Zieman announced in a memo today that the daily is making most of its employees take a one-week unpaid furlough, offering voluntary buyouts to just about all full-time workers, and extending the wage freeze, the Star reported. Here’s a bit more reassurance for those trapped in the…
Second KC Organics Farmers Market now open on Wednesdays
Not many people can pinpoint exactly where everything on the dinner table came from. But tomorrow night, Leawood residents can purchase everything from their morning coffee to late-night dessert and know where every product originated. KC Organics debuted a second farmers market at Barkley Square in Leawood’s Park Place development last Wednesday. The new weekly market (Wednesdays until October 14)…
Reel Big Fish Promises to Make It Up to You
So, if you attended Sunday night’s Reel Big Fish/English Beat show at the Crossroads, you are probably more than aware that it poured like crazy. Because of the rain, Reel Big Fish wasn’t able to go on. My friend Sarah was kind enough to provide me with her take on what happened: “The reason why we were even at the…
Photos from Sunday: Drowning Pool on the bus, rained-out at Crossroads KC
Sunday was kind of a wash for intrepid Pitch photographer Scott Spychalski, who came downtown from his Raytown wigwam in hopes of shooting Crue Fest and Reel Big Fish. Despite getting media credentials to shoot portraits of several of the bands opening for Motley Crue Sunday night at the Sprint Center, Scott Spy was not actually able to get into…
Concert Review: The Donkeys at the Replay
REVIEW AND IMAGES BY IAN HRABE The Donkeys are so good it makes me sick. I mean, not really sick, but sick that a band can be so fucking good every time I see them. Sunday night at the Replay was the fourth time I’ve seen San Diego’s the Donkeys and, like every other show I’ve ever seen them play,…
Which chefs should you follow on Twitter?
While the actual use of Twitter has yet to be uncovered, it can be as valuable a time suck as YouTube given the right search parameters and some interesting people to follow. So Fat City jumped into the Twitterverse to find out which chefs are worthy of the time you devote to procrastination. The criteria were simple. The authors all…
New releases, Tuesday, August 11
George Strait releases Twang today, as well. Much as I want to like the man — he’s just so goddamn earnest — I refuse to acknowledge anything he’s done in anything other than a perfunctory manner due to his insistence on naming a track “Blue Clear Sky.” The grammatical machinations inherent in that piece of work make my head ache….
G.I. Joe, er, Cobra Con just two days away
The G.I. Joe movie wasn’t that bad. It wasn’t good. Lowered expectations make everything better. So the 2009 G.I. Joe Convention (starting August 13 at the Hyatt Regency) probably won’t be as weepy as a Dashboard Confessional concert. Even so, Cobra Commander plans to crash the party. Here’s the full schedule of events because knowing is half the battle. The…
G.I. Joe, er, Cobra Con just two days away
Here’s the full schedule of events because knowing is half the battle. The other half is buying a bunch of toys.
Free chicken for a year
There’s not much that you get in life just for showing up. But that’s going to be the case this Thursday in Liberty, Missouri, where the first 100 customers at the new Chick-fil-A get a year’s worth of chicken — 52 gift certificates. Those searching for a chicken fix can begin camping out tomorrow at 6 a.m. in front of the…
Breakfast at 200 pancakes per hour
The trouble with pancakes is that you’re ready to eat them long before you’ve finished cooking the whole batch. This leads to the chef eating pancakes off the pile while flipping the remaining batter on the griddle. That was before the world had the ChefStack automatic pancake machine — which cranks out 200 circular pancakes every hour. About the size of…
All clear! Johnny Rowlands isn’t buzzing over the chemical leak anymore
KMBC 9’s Johnny Rowlands is no longer hovering over the chemical leak at the Bayer CropScience plant at 8400 Hawthorne Road. We’ll take that as a sign that everything’s going to be all right since KMBC cut off its dizzying coverage. KMBC says no injuries have been reported so feel free to stop holding your breath. Categories: News Tags: Bayer,…
Concert Review: The Breeders at the Bottleneck
REVIEW AND PORTRAITS BY IAN HRABE I know at least three people in Lawrence who think Kim Deal is the most perfect woman on planet earth. This is completely understandable, and I may or may not be one of these people. She’s been an integral part of two of the best alt-rock bands of the mid-’90s (Pixies being the other)…
Is the Obama-as-Joker sign racist?
At Saturday morning’s protest, when several hundred people showed up at U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s regular coffee with constituents to either demonstrate against health-care reform or counter the anti-healthcare demonstrators, one hardy protester (she’s the woman at the end of this video, who tells someone in the crowd that if they want socialized medicine they should go to Russia and…
Trouble brewing between laptop users and coffee shop owners
The romantic notion is that the next great novel is being written in a coffee shop. The reality is that coffee shop owners struggle with how to make rent when a customer sets up camp at a table for the better part of the day after purchasing a small cup of coffee. Coffee shops in Brooklyn are pushing back, setting…
Breakfast Buffet: Tuesday, August 11
%{}% A look at the interesting history of Doppelbocks — a beer that owes its distinct taste to German monks. Food, KC and Other Things considers the edict of no ketchup on hot dogs. It’s not that you need this advice, it’s for a friend, right? And this friend might want to read about the five foods that can…
Get Cheap Classic Rock Reunion Tickets
The Classic Rock Reunion hits Starlight Friday, September 25. The show is sort of a mixed bag, with former lead singer of Bad Company (aka “the dude who isn’t Paul Rodgers”) Brian Howe, Kansas City legends Shooting Star, Foghat, and Missouri featuring Racy Grace. It’s sort of the red-headed stepchild of the REO Speedwagon/Styx/38 Special tour that hit Starlight at…
Incoming: Stephen Lynch at the Midland By AMC
Stephen Lynch, he of the golden voice and disturbing lyrics, will bring his musical comedy to the Midland By AMC on October 15. Now, I’ve all four of the man’s albums, as well as his Live at the El Rey DVD, but have never managed to see him perform live. I’m usually not inclined to attend live comedy shows, because,…
JoCo swigs martini, rakes in stimulus cash
After going for McCain-Palin in the 2008 election, Johnson County is reaping the benefits of an Obama administration. The nonprofit news organization Pro Publica has broken down stimulus spending by region, and Republican Johnson County is riding the gravy train. JoCo has received $199 in stimulus money per capita. The national average is $181. The Kansas average is $176. Wyandotte…
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