Most of us can’t operate heavy machinery without coffee, let alone face another day at the office. And it turns out there are some very specific chemical reasons why. But before you discover what you’re drinking, some weird coffee news has floated in over the transom. The Guinness Book of World Records has declared that Karl’s Farm in Roevershagen, Germany,…
%{}% Mayor Mark Funkhouser’s fantasy team is almost as hapless as the Kansas City Chiefs. Almost. Funk’s Footballers have now lost three straight games, losing 75-60 to Buffalo’s Best. Funk’s Footballers are now in last place with a 1-3 record and 297 points. The only bright spot for Funk’s team was the Denver Broncos’ defense. Lots of bad, bad news…
%{}% A celebration of Vegan MoFo — October is the vegan month of food — and an invitation to an underground supper club. Oktobrewfest: an attempt to make rye beer and enjoy a day of German food and beer . If you want to know whether you’re actually saving money by bringing your lunch, try out the Sandwich Calculator. Say…
Usually, I am not a fan of “dance music,” especially the sort that comes with a pedigree that mentions London’s Southend. Everything dance these days seems to be reaching back to Depeche Mode or some other ’80s electronic act, and not doing it nearly as well, thus inviting unfavorable comparisons. Relation’s debut album, Fear of Night, does nothing to endear…
While it’s not a musical release, I’d really like to mention the fact that the long-delayed Trick ‘r Treat is finally seeing DVD release this week. Currently pulling in a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it’s a return to anthology horror like Twilight Zone: the Movie or Creepshow. I’ve seen nothing more than the trailer and a couple of…
This weekend, the Insane Clown Posse played the Granada in Lawrence Saturday. Enter the Juggalos. The grease-painted masses took over the streets. The hippies were pissed. Click the photo for the pics, including a just-married couple of Juggalos. Categories: News Tags: Faygo, insane clown posse, juggalos, lawrence, the granada
%{}% One of the men questioned in the disappearance of Keighley Ann Alyea has been booked into the Johnson County jail on charges of first-degree murder. Dustin Brian Hilt, 18, is listed as being booked into the Johnson County jail early Tuesday morning on first-degree murder charges. He was questioned Hilt in Alyea’s disappearance over the weekend. Two other men…
Kevin Klinkenberg, an architect who is passionate about cities, received a Best Thinker award in last week’s Best Of Kansas City issue. One place that’s been receptive to Klinkenberg’s new urbanist ideas is Blue Springs. Klinkenberg’s firm, 180º Design Studio, did a master plan for the suburb’s downtown in 2006. A year later, Klinkenberg and his colleagues worked with city…
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Keighley Ann Alyea’s body was found Monday night, and three men are now accused of killing Alyea, according to a press release issued Monday evening. The men’s names have not been released yet. Here’s the full statement from the Overland Park PD: OVERLAND PARK POLICE HAVE THREE MEN (ADULTS) IN CUSTODY FOR THE MURDER OF KEIGHLEY ANN ALYEA. Overland Park…
A man questioned Sunday in the disappearance of 18-year-old Keighley Ann Alyea is still being held in the Johnson County jail on a 2007 warrant for telephone harassment. Sean Michael Merritt, 22, is being held for failure to appear on the charges with a $25,000 bond. Overland Park police questioned Merritt on Sunday, but few details have been released. Police…
There are ladies’ nights, “family” nights, and DJ nights devoted to every genre imaginable (thrift store 45s, anyone?). However, the geeks and nerds are relegated to comic shops, basements, and the living rooms of the world. When do they get a chance to have their night out? Three weeks from today, actually. On October 26, Lawrence’s Astrokitty Comics and Gameguy…
Click on this silver asphalt-scraper to peep more photos from Sunday’s Hoptoberfest lowrider show in Minor Park. Categories: News Tags: hoptoberfest, lowrider, Minor Park
You’ve probably had to cut corners in your home bar and there is nothing sadder than an empty wine rack. So in the interest of letting you shop smarter while still having the kind of bar that is ready should you suddenly discover your house has become a party, here’s a quick guide to three wines that will help you…
Any list that puts NOFX’s “The Decline” back to back with “Society Is A Carnivorous Flower” by J Church gets a hearty thumbs up from me. The AV Club put together a list of 42 songs longer than ten minutes worth your time, entitled “Alice’s Restaurant doesn’t live here.” Needless to say, the Arlo Guthrie Thanksgiving staple does not make…
It used to be that strawberry lip balm was a big deal. And when Chapstick introduced raspberry as an alternative, watch out. Also, a potentially disproportionate number of middle school girls enjoyed eating watermelon lip gloss — perhaps that’s why it’s not seen so often these days? But now generic fruit flavors seem passe in light of an army of…
This weekend Juggalos converged on Lawrence to see their favorite bands play and shower each other in cheap soda. Come, embrace the clown heart of darkness.
First dates are not always the time to take risks. There is enough that could go wrong in terms of your outfit or conversation that you want to have a place that feels like a sure thing. So we understand why Pitch readers chose the Country Club Plaza as the Best Place for a First Date. There are plenty of…
Sidling up to local authors was real easy in Lee’s Summit last weekend. For the second year, Metropolitan Community College-Longview hosted a literary festival. All day Friday and Saturday, poets, novelists, children’s book authors, nonfiction writers, bloggers and other scribes of all stripes peddled and read from their works and talked about the act of stringing words together. Attendance was…
