Remember the crying baby elephant statue that PETA was trying to gift to the city to protest the circus’s treatment of animals? Well, that didn’t work out. Instead, they got a permit to display Ella PhantzPeril, as the thing is called, on the corner of Grand and Pershing. Not exactly the city’s busiest corner. “We were hoping for a spot…
Iggy Pop is going to be a LEGO?!?! Okay, it’s in the upcoming Lego Rock Band, but Topless Robot has a point when they write the game would be worth $60 just for an actual Iggy Lego figure alone. However, while Lego has done some fine work in the video game realm, what with their adaptations of the Star Wars,…
You might not have minded when it affected the polar bears — they’re not as cute and cuddly as the cartoons suggest. But you might want to know that climate change is potentially ruining your beer. Let’s set aside the arguments over global warming and just assume it is not up for debate, similar to your beer being served cold…
A botched robbery led to the death of Cedric J. Dent and murder charges against 21-year-old Irvan L. Nunnally. Jackson County prosecutors charged Nunnally today with second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action first-degree robbery in connection with Dent’s death. Dent’s lifeless body was found in the front passenger seat of a PT Cruiser at 305 Maple on March…
In June 2008, the Section 8 workers at the Housing Authority of Kansas City voted overwhelmingly to join the Service Employees International Union. More than a year later, they still don’t have a contract. Yesterday, Section 8 workers and supporters gathered outside the HAKC office, accusing the housing authority of bargaining in bad faith and using federal tax dollars to…
You should never go more than 48 hours between sandwiches. That’s because sometime in that 48 hours, you’ll be faced with a choice between a sandwich or another entree, and you’ll choose the non-sandwich alternative. It will inevitably be the wrong choice. And since it’s been a big week for sandwiches, Fat City’s going to go around the horn to…
You read that right. Megadeth at the Beaumont? I’d figure they were at least Uptown material. Still…nice, right? Dave Mustaine didn’t exactly get presented in the best light in Some Kind of Monster, but I’m actually more inclined to understand why he writes all of those songs that come off as a man tortured and oppressed. Dude’s got issues, that’s…
You never think that big things are going on in the candy aisle in terms of innovation. We still eat Sky Bars and Valomilks, after all. But then you stumble on something like Halloween Dots and it makes you wonder if the candy world isn’t in some sort of upheaval. With flavors like Blood Orange and Candy Corn, and neon…
As I spoke to Thomas Frank by phone on Saturday morning, a mob of conservative Tea Party activists were converging on the National Mall, ranting and raving about government oppression and hoisting placards of the President in creepy, Joker-style white face. While many were shocked at the boiling outrage that surfaced at town hall meetings this summer, Frank, a political…
A brain freeze seems bad enough, but what if it was a precursor to mind control? A new study from the UT Southwestern Medical Center posits that when we eat fat-laden foods, a signal is sent to the brain suppressing the hormones insulin and leptin, which are involved in weight regulation. Researcher Deborah Clegg explains how it works: What we’ve…
In last week’s cover story, “The Oldest Professional,” the Northeast’s most notorious prostitute, 39-year-old Darlene White led The Pitch around a tour of the neighborhood as she sees it. We followed her memories from the streets where she grew up to the places that have been backdrops for horrific incidents in her life. On your next drive down Cliff Drive,…
BY ELGIN SMITH When I first considered doing a review of the Mars Volta, a few thoughts came to mind: Being a fan of progressive rock, I thought it would be an exhilarating concert to attend – one that could achieve sensory overload. Listening to the band’s studio releases sometimes gets me to the point of disinterest, but, I thought,…
The man shot to death Sunday near Armour and Cherry was 20-year-old Taylor Holman, Kansas City police say. View Larger Map Holman died at a local hospital. If you know anything about the shooting, call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477 or e-mail me at justin.kendall@pitch.com. Categories: News Tags: homicide, shooting, Taylor Holman
Missouri is going to the hogs. In the midst of a feral hog population boom, the Missouri Department of Conservation is trying to raise awareness about the problems wild hogs are causing in the state. Though 400 hogs have been killed since January 1, the MDC’s Rex Martensen believes that’s just a stop-gap solution and not the long-term answer: At…
Now that your sunburn has peeled and healed and you’ve reconciled with your mom for allowing her bastard boyfriend Roy to wear one of your many but equally beloved Underoath T-shirts after he spilled beer on his polo while you were at Sandstone, the Vans Warped Tour is returning, in movie form, to Kansas City. This Thursday, September 17, on…
%{}% Not a lot to complain about after Mayor Mark Funkhouser’s first week of fantasy football. Funk’s Footballers defeated the Tampa Con Leches 95-85, putting Funk’s team in a tie for third place. Funk is going head-to-head with big-city mayors from across the country in the Yahoo! Sports Mayoral Face-Off Fantasy Football League. His charity of choice, should he win…
%{}% A review of the milkshakes and grill offerings at Georgetown Pharmacy finds the old-style soda fountain lacking. A taste of the new hatch chile beer at 75th Street Brewery — which is apparently looking to expand into the old Kennedy’s space and open up a roof-deck patio. Would you like some weed and firearms with that? A teen in…
Patrick Swayze died yesterday at age 57 after a nearly two-year struggle with pancreatic cancer. A lot of tributes to Swayze will laud his roles in Dirty Dancing and Ghost. But my favorite Swayze flick is the one sandwiched between the two: Road House (although Red Dawn is an ’80s wet dream for G.I. Joe-loving prepubescent boys). In Road House,…
Look what you did, Kanye: just when Spike Jonze could use a little extra media attention — what with the impending release of Where the Wild Things Are — you have to go and act a goddamn fool. The Playlist was cool enough to point out that Spike Jonze’s video for the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage” won a VMA Sunday night….
Did you know that Uncle Kracker was still making records? Did you care? Then you know that he’s got Happy Hour out today. Otherwise, you don’t care, and you don’t know, and you’re okay with that. Man on the Moon: The End of Day by Kid Cudi is being called things like “ridiculously intriguing” (the Boston Globe) and “the real…
