Oregon restaurant manager Charlize Theron, prone to submissive promiscuity and self-inflicted violence, sits naked in bed next to her lover. A decade or so earlier, an abandoned trailer in the middle of the New Mexico desert blazes the title into being. In the fractured, self-impressed screenplays of Guillermo Arriaga (Babel, 21 Grams), events unfold out of time and space, effects…
At first look, indie hip-hop and microbrew beer don’t have much in common. One is made by cool kids in backpacks who obsess over sneakers. The other is made by fat, white guys in khaki shorts who obsess over hops and barley. But if Kansas City’s Black Clover Records (home to Mac Lethal) has its say, that’s going to change….
Once upon a time, the 57th Street Rogue Dog Villains ruled Kansas City. “Let’s Get Fucked Up,” a syrupy, low-riding ode from the 2000 album My Dogs for Life, could be heard blasting from cars from the suburban enclaves of Olathe up to Prospect Avenue. Like a prison after a riot, the Rogue Dogs had the city on lock. Soon,…
If you really want to get the members of Pet Comfort riled up, start a conversation about ’90s rock. Like so many other bands, the Kansas City group bonded over a shared love for Weezer — well, the first couple of albums, at least. But that’s where the agreement ends. “I read that meditation was helping him get in touch…
The Westside Local opened in July amid lots of buzz. Managing partner Troy McEvers had worked at the popular Free State Brewery in Lawrence, and he introduced Rick Martin, another Free State Brewery veteran, as Westside’s consulting chef. McEvers took over an empty storefront space near the corner of 17th Street and Summit, adding another locally focused restaurant to the…
It’s a hell of a tricky thing turning real-life pulp into floss sugar, as evidenced by The Informant! The story of Mark Whitacre, the Archer Daniels Midland biochemist exec turned crooked federal snitch, is a tragicomedy. Journalist Kurt Eichenwald spent five years trailing the bipolar fuckup, and his 2000 book, The Informant, is so densely and richly packed with gut-wrenching…
Like the joke novel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, or its cash-in sequel, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, most of the power in Edward Albee’s drama Seascape comes from the friction between high literature and B-grade fantasy. Here, a set of garrulous, Proust-reading married couples lag about the beach, hash over their waning libidos and, not soon enough, stare…
The elevator ascends. John Sharp, a city councilman who represents south Kansas City, is changing floors at City Hall, moving from one meeting to another. Sharp and his colleagues on the City Council spent 90 minutes at the first meeting arguing about ambulances. One faction of the council wants the fire department to take over the emergency service. Sharp sides…
Dear Mexican: We gabachos get differing reports regarding the Reconquista. Some say it’s a genuine movement, well under way. Others claim it’ll never happen but it’s useful as a slogan that both antagonizes white America and energizes young Mexicans. Let’s say for now that it’s a genuine movement destined for success. What would victory look like? I mean, culturally, politically,…
Janovy: “Surgery Day,” September 3 This Hurts I just finished reading “Surgery Day.” I can’t help but be appalled by the amount of health-care campaign contributions everyone in the metro’s congressional delegation receives, not to mention all the other elected officeholders around the country. I just finished paying around $40,000 out of pocket (money that I don’t have) with thousands…
There was talk that all the footage they’d shot at the Staples Center of the rehearsals for Michael Jackson’s O2 Arena shows would get released theatrically. It’s called This Is It, and hits movie theaters on October 28. The trailer is below. Man, this is either going to be amazing, or painful to watch. The director of the concert, Michael…
Our Warped Tour 15th Anniversary movie ticket giveaway contest is over. Congrats to Caity and Mitchell, who answered the trivia answer correctly (New Jack City, fool) and whose names were picked out of an upturned ski cap out on the mean street known as Main St., downtown KCMO. Those who wish to buy tickets for tomorrow night’s 7 p.m. showing…
Mayor Mark Funkhouser is skeptical that Kansas City can afford to subsidize a 1,000-room conventional hotel. But that didn’t stop a group of city officials from sizing up prospective sites for such a behemoth. On Wednesday, Councilman Ed Ford and HNTB architect Todd Achelpohl led a tour of the blocks surrounding Bartle Hall. Eight potential sites, including Barney Allis Plaza,…
Todd Schulte has an idea for this space, but no deal yet There’s been a lot of incorrect information floating around about Todd Schulte’s future plans. Schulte — the entrepreneur behind The Happy Soup Eater, a home-made soup delivery service and Happy Gillis Cafe and Hangout, the popular soup-and-sandwich restaurant at 549 Gillis Street in Columbus Park — has been reported…
Update (5:13 p.m. September 16): Detectives say an accident may have preceded Ian Jones’ shooting. Jones pulled his black BMW in front of a dark colored Pontiac Grand Am near 19th and Paseo after leaving 18th and Vine. Witnesses told police that they heard a gunshot after the near accident. Jones also told police that he nearly hit a car…
For those of you already losing sleep over the possibility that torture-tuned terrorism suspects currently held at Guantanamo Bay might end up at Fort Leavenworth, I have four words: Rest easy my pretties. Today, Prime Buzz reported that Sens. Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts are “confident” the deal is kaput. The U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth was one of…
Bottoms Up: Shawn Moriarty is mixing it up in the West Bottoms Ten months ago, we reported in Fat City that the City Tavern had dismissed its very popular bartender Shawn Moriarty. The post garnered a lot of comments, including a couple from City Tavern owner Dan Clothier, referring to himself as Lucifer. At the time, Moriarty wasn’t quite sure…
Coalesce will see the release of their follow-up EP to this year’s OX album this November. On November 10, The OX EP will include seven new tracks. The OX EP will be available on CD and 12″ vinyl and is available for pre-order now. The pre-order is for the CD only, with the vinyl coming later. In other Coalesce news,…
Dropped this morning and picked up quick by The Dirty, Mac Lethal’s viral vid, “Lookin’ Bro,” takes on the type of nightclub-and-gym-frequenting male fauna that has been a favorite subject of sites like the above-mentioned and Hot Chicks with Douchebags. Well done, Mac. In Obama’s America, no douche left unridiculed. Reminder: Black Clover Beerfest is Friday. Categories: Music Tags: bros,…
The newest release for Boulevard Brewery’s Smokestack Series hits store shelves this week. I snagged a bottle of Seeyoulator Doppelbock at the Berbiglia Wine & Spirits on 75th Street (it arrived Monday) and uncorked it last night with a few friends. The higher alcohol content and price tag on the Smokestack Series beers make you want to share them with…
