As many of you have already read, sui generis local musician Scott Hobart (Giants Chair, Rex Hobart & the Misery Boys) is plying his ax to the work of Edgar Allen Poe over at the Coterie Theatre even as we utter his cursed, stricken name. Oh! Now, the Coterie may be aimed at the kids, but anyone interested in the…
C’mon, Chuck Todd. Sneezing in your hands in front of Health and Human Services Secretary (and former Kansas Gov.) Kathleen Sebelius? The NBC reporter made the faux pas during a briefing. Sebelius threatened to have Elmo teach the NBC reporter how to sneeze without splattering his snot everywhere. Elbows, Chuck. Elbows. Via Forward Kansas. Categories: News, Politics Tags: Chuck Todd,…
According to The University Daily Kansan, KU’s student newspaper, TLC’s show What Not to Wear is sending scouts to Lawrence to find sartorially ‘tarded contestants. There’s an application to enter on the show’s Web site. The casting associate producer for the show, Lauren Ranzino, told the Daily Kansan that they’re looking for women who dress in a definite style, like…
Kansas City, Kansas, police are investigating a homicide in the 1000 block of Barnett Avenue. View Larger Map KCK police found a Hispanic woman dead in a home around 5:25 p.m. Thursday. The woman’s identity hasn’t been released yet, pending notification of her family. He cause of death also hasn’t been released. If you have information about the woman’s death,…
Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records is simultaneously an oral history and love letter. The book is told from the perspective of everyone involved in the growth of the Chapel Hill indie label. From the first Bricks cassette to the amazing worldwide success of the Arcade Fire, it’s all here. The history of Merge Records is intimately intertwined with…
Legislators are still trying to decide what, if anything, to do about the Missouri Information Analysis Center after right-wingers and third-party candidates claimed they were unfairly targeted by the group, according to the Springfield News-Leader. MIAC first ran into trouble in the spring when a “Strategic Memo” on militia activity was leaked. Among the offended were third party supporters, whom the report…
Scott Roeder, the man accused of fatally shooting Wichita abortion provider George Tiller, is scheduled to go on trial on Monday. But the trial is likely to be continued to a later date, the Wichita Eagle reported today. Roeder can use the extra time to consider the “justifiable homicide” defense that he was contemplating last month. Categories: News Tags: abortion,…
It’s turning into math and sciences day here in Fat City, but America has been lagging in those areas, so we figured it couldn’t hurt to contribute. And as long as you’re learning about science, it might as well be about something useful: like scotch. It’s a worthy subject for study. In 2008, Robert Hicks, master blender at the Ardmore…
Because I think it’s one of the catchiest damn things Teenage Bottlerocket has done yet, and also because it brings back the trend of showcasing skateboarding in punk videos, here’s the band’s video for “Skate or Die,” the first single off It Came From the Shadows. After the jump are bonus skateboarding vids from Unsane, Sonic Youth, and Pennywise. That…
On Mexican Independence Day, the match between these two soccer rivals meant a giant party at Arrowhead Stadium. Final score in the exhibition game: Chivas 2, Club America 1. Biggest winners: 26,119 fans. Click on the photo for a slideshow. Categories: News Tags: arrowhead stadium, Chivas, Club America, parties, Soccer
When you grow up in one region of the country and then move to another, you bring along food traditions that are completely unknown to your local friends. Realizing this is as disquieting as suggesting that what just happened is exactly like a movie that nobody has seen. For me, this occurred last Halloween, after I’d hung donuts on a…
I look at grocery-store lines like betting on horses. The goal is to pick the winning horse — the line that moves the fastest. And when you get stuck behind someone who has neither her coupons nor checkbook ready, you picked a bad horse. Now common sense would dictate that you head to the Express Line (12 items or less)…
Sarah E. McBride told police that she noticed the dead cat in the middle of her floor, but she didn’t have any money to bury it, so she left it on the floor. Jackson County prosecutors charged the 39-year-old from Independence yesterday with 17 counts of animal abuse. Court documents say McBride abandoned 18 cats and a dog in a…
DJ Robert Moore hosts Sonic Spectrum Thursdays at The Sidecar in Westport. The Sidecar is the new bar right next to the Beaumont. Moore says that he “will be spinning a healthy and eclectic mix,” and that “ast week’s debut was a great success. I hope y’all will drop in sometime.” So, y’know…do the man a favor and drop in,…
On Mexican Independence Day, the match between these two soccer rivals meant a giant party at Arrowhead Stadium. Final score in the exhibition game: Chivas 2, Club America 1. Biggest winners: 26,119 fans.
