When I interviewed Kliph Scurlock a couple of weeks ago, the Flaming Lips drummer talked at length about a very exciting project the band was putting the finishing touches on: a full cover version of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. That news excited me easily as much as the release new Lips studio album, Embryonic. A few days…
There are a few things that the majority of us can agree on. Among those things: Rape is bad. Gang rape is really fucking bad. Employers that try to get their employees to sign away their rights to sue if they’re raped by co-workers? Fucking EVIL. Minnesota Sen. Al Franken introduced an amendment that would have kept the Pentagon from…
Unfortunately, unless you’ve got some friends in the UK who utilize Royal Mail, you’re not going to get be getting London Calling you anytime soon. NME and Aversion both report that Britain’s Royal Mail will release a set of classic album cover stamps on January 7. The list is as follows: Pink Floyd – The Division Bell Blur – Parklife…
If you’re going to be scooping out pumpkins in the next few weeks, it’s time you were rewarded for using a safety knife when you accidentally give your jack-o’-lantern a unibrow. And while it’s fine to roast pumpkin seeds with a bit of salt, you don’t just have to stop there. Chow has a list of 10 ways to spice…
%{}%The world of surf and turf came to the Power & Light District this weekend as Kobe Japanese Steak House opened on Saturday. The surf is the 14 hibachi grills, while the turf is a sushi bar in the main dining room at 1303 Baltimore Avenue. The Power & Light location is the sixth restaurant for a chain that began…
REVIEW BY IAN HRABE Olympia, Washington’s Mirah is my favorite female vocalist, and I am constantly surprised that she has somehow managed to stay out of the mainstream. Especially when so many artists wearing an “indie” tag are being commodified. Yet I still find it strange that she can barely draw 50 people to the Jackpot Music Hall on a…
Kansas City, Kansas, police say 43-year-old Dennis J. Moore Sr. of KCK was the victim of Monday morning’s homicide. Kansas City, Kansas, police found Moore’s body in a residence in the 1500 block of Georgia Avenue around 12:55 a.m. on an “armed disturbance” call. Police haven’t released any suspect information. If you know anything about the man’s death, call the…
John Wilkes Booth Records doesn’t even have a proper website, but they’ve managed to get interviewed by the Examiner on how a small label works. The interview presents a nice, short portrait of how most small labels operate. The focus on promotion through various social networking sites and “making sure people know the record exists” is fairly useful. It’s amazing…
%{}% First, a confession: Last year, my friends and I were among the last standing staggering at Beer Fest, sucking down samples of specialty brews even as the cleaning crew was shooing us off the premises. But this year was different. Beer Fest is an annual fundraiser for the Kansas City Free Health Clinic and the AIDS Service Foundation. For…
First, a confession: Last year, my friends and I were among the last standing staggering at Beer Fest, sucking down samples of specialty brews even as the cleaning crew was shooing us off the premises. But this year was different. Beer Fest is an annual fundraiser for the Kansas City Free Health Clinic and the AIDS Service Foundation. For several…
Since a 16-round, head-to-head cookbook tournament is not the simplest way to decide which cooking guides should enter your kitchen, perhaps you should consider some straightforward alternatives when perusing the aisles of Barnes & Noble. You could take the approach offered by Eat Me Daily, which involves comparing books according to their price per pound. EMD put 18 of the…
%{}% The National Football League has a large millionaire population which predictably contributes overwhelmingly to Republicans over Democrats. Yet this week we learned from rightbloggers that the NFL is in fact a wing of the liberal conspiracy. Early this month Rush Limbaugh and Dave Checketts collaborated on a bid to buy the St. Louis Rams NFL franchise. But after some…
The “European-style” 715 is set to open this morning on Massachusetts Avenue in Lawrence. “Italian cuisine is not just about the pasta, tomatoes, cheese and other ingredients. It’s about the lifestyle that brings you those dishes. Our goal is to emulate that feeling at 715 by offering the closest thing to a European neighborhood eatery as you can find in…
REVIEW BY ELGIN SMITH There are few things to say about Miles Davis’ 1959 album Kind of Blue that haven’t been said already. Phrases like “historically significant,” “most influential,” and “jazz masterpiece” seem to show up no matter where you look. While endorsements like these certainly don’t come easily, they really do seem applicable when considering the quality of the…
The latest report on Kansas City’s standing among cities clamoring for an NHL franchise isn’t good. The Toronto Star cites an October 11 comment from deputy commissioner Bill Daly that gives good vibes to Canadian cities where the NHL once called home: “Both Winnipeg and Quebec have already done that (supported an NHL team). We’ll see how things evolve. That…
How much authenticity do you need from your breakfast cereal? Well, if you answered that you wanted it to be laser-etched with the manufacturer’s logo, it’s time to start eating corn flakes in Britain. The Guardian looked at a press release from Kellogg’s in Britain that shows a digitally altered picture of individual corn flakes labeled with the Kellogg’s logo….
Updated: Mohua Roychowdry has been located. ***The Kansas City, Kansas, police’s Missing Persons Unit is still looking for Mohua Roychowdry. Police describe Roychowdry as a 5-foot-5, 140-pound Asian woman with black hair and brown eyes. The 28-year-old hasn’t been seen heard from since her mother spoke with her during a phone call on September 25. Roychowdry drives a 2001 sliver…
%{}% This “artistic interpretation” of KC Beerfest includes a sampling of Boulevard’s Nutcracker Ale. A review of some of the most interesting offerings at KC Beerfest and thoughts on the crowd. Score a victory for cane sugar! Pepsi is bringing back Pepsi and Mountain Dew Throwback made with cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup — for eight weeks, beginning…
The Grooms, from Brooklyn, appear to be Stereogum favorites. The site hosted the debut of their new video for “Dreamsucker,” as well as the MP3. Their album, Rejoicer comes out tomorrow on Death By Audio. As part of the tour for that record, they’re playing the Record Bar on November 17 with A.M.I.M. MP3: the Grooms, “Dreamsucker” Categories: Music Tags:…
Idolator has five songs about the whole “balloon boy” saga from last week. After watching the video the dad made of his kids (including Falcon, sad boy in the balloon) for a song called “Not Pussified,” I can’t help but be unsurprised at the whole balloon thing. Frightening. Categories: Music Tags: Balloon Boy, Falcon Heene, video
Raising money for the Kansas City Free Health Clinic and the AIDS Service Foundation never tasted so good — that is, while the beer lasted.
This is short notice, but there’s still time to get your resume together. Kansas City Hires is holding a job fair at the Kansas City Marriott on the Plaza (4445 Main St.) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. I’d tell you what employers will be there, but the site makes you register up to see ’em (actually, I signed up…
