Nebraska’s kings of garage, Brimstone Howl, release Big Deal. What’s He Done Lately? on Alive Records in two weeks. However, to get your juices flowing, and raise the anticipation level for this release, we’ve got a brand-new song off that record for you all to listen to. The album — the title of which references a quote from Johnny Ramone…
In this week’s new releases, we’ll be looking at new albums from Dashboard Confessional and Tori Amos, as well as reissues from Anthrax and the Tubes. Dashboard Confessional’s Alter the Ending seems to be getting unfavorable reviews. I’ve been split as far as Dashboard’s evolution goes. While I enjoyed early stuff like Swiss Army Romance, mainly because of the solo…
BY IAN HRABE Right before Dirty Projectors went on, I overheard someone on the balcony talking about the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense. Talking Heads come up a lot when people talk about Dirty Projectors, enough that now they are being heralded as the heir apparent to art pop. And with good reason, too. Like Heads frontman David…
The three people accused of kidnapping and killing Carol Thomas are scheduled to appear in Ray County court today. The arraignment of Erik. R. Zimmerman, Jennifer Saling and James Reardon is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Zimmerman and Saling are charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action. Reardon is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. Yesterday, Zimmerman, Reardon…
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported last night that Larry Johnson, formerly of the Kansas City Chiefs (just writing it feels good), wants to play for the Pittsburgh. Who doesn’t want to play for a winner? Last night, Schefter tweeted, “When Larry Johnson left Penn State, the one team he wanted to most play for was the Steelers. If he clears waivers,…
Yolanda M. Walker was identified as the victim of Sunday night’s homicide. Walker, 38, was found shot to death inside a Dodge minivan in the 6600 block of South Benton around 10 p.m. Kansas City police say they are still looking for suspects. Friends have started to leave tributes on Walker’s Facebook page on which Walker lists two children and…
The Boston Beer Company is a great barometer for what’s happening with the craft beer market, so the announcement of the Samuel Adams Barrel Room Collection is great news for beer fans. The limited-edition brews are aged in barrels that go back to when the makers of Sam Adams first began experimenting with the process 16 years ago. Barrel aging…
After three straight nights of shows last week, it was nice to spend my Saturday evening doing nothing more than watching DVDs while my wife worked on the laptop for NaNoWriMo. While I quite enjoyed working my way through the complete series of Spaced, as well as The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes, the American Masters portrait…
Sprint Nextel could cut as many as 2,500 jobs. Just saw the “breaking news” from KMBC Channel 9, which says the cuts are company wide and should be done by December 31. There’s no good time for layoffs, but these reek of especially shitty timing. This also comes on the heels of last week’s announcement of “dozens” of job cuts…
CNET recently profiled a new product that is capable of popping popcorn and roasting nuts at the same time: the West Bend Kettle Krazy Popcorn Popper and Nut Roaster. So with visions of the awesomeness that would be homemade Cracker Jack, Fat City tried to envision other products we’d love to see join the popcorn popper/nut roaster. The Quesadilla Griller/Salsa…
Our sister paper, The Riverfront Times, ran an interesting profile of St. Louisan Joey Carenza, who, for the past 18 months, has been around the globe with the one and only Leonard Cohen, who brings his tower of song to Kansas City tonight at the Midland by AMC. Turns out there’s an even-more-local connection to Carenza. His tour-managing roster includes…
%{}% The Associated Press is reporting that Scott Roeder, the man accused of killing Wichita abortion provider George Tiller, has confessed to the killing. The AP’s Roxana Hegeman reports that Roeder made the confession in a phone call Monday, adding that he plans to use a “necessity defense,” claiming that he had to kill Tiller to protect the lives of…
Attention free-form street crossers: The KCPD wants you. Starting today, the department will be enforcing the jaywalking rules, which means no more crossing when it simply looks clear, according to a press release. Motorists also need to take heed, because it’s illegal to cutoff a walker when he or she has got the little man saying walk. According to KCPD…
Jason Miller and the animal rights activists in Bite Club of KC are still waging their war against Johnson County Park and Recreation District, barraging officials with daily e-mails about their sadistic murder of innocent deer. But, according to this afternoon’s release from Randy Knight, the district’s community relations manager, the hunt to cull several hundred deer from the over-populated…
Emily Farris is crazy about casseroles, seriously Emily Farris, blogger and author of the cookbook Casserole Crazy: Hot Stuff for Your Oven (Penguin, 2008) hosts her first Kansas City Casserole Party next Monday, November 16 at Pryde’s Old Westport. It’s open to anyone who wants to compete in the casserole competition, but space is limited and the last day to register…
If you, too, were sideswiped by the Homosexuals’ no longer being the openers for Pinback at the Granada this past Thursday, you probably also unaware that they’d been replaced by Joe Jack Talcum of the Dead Milkmen. Since I’d seen Pinback a couple times before, and I’d also seen the Homosexuals several times in the past year and a half,…
November is National Pecan Month — so, it’s your obligation to give pecans a try in either all their raw glory or via the traditional intake: pecan pie. Earlier this year, pecans were the inspiration for a limited-edition Ben & Jerry’s flavor, the Obama tribute Yes Pecan! This January featured flavor consisted of “amber waves of buttery ice cream with…
It’s girly, but the portions are man-sized at Shabby Hattie’s Tea Room in Parkville Professional seamstress and former cocktail waitress Marcia Cherrito (the niece of local entertainer Frank Cherrito) had a dream: She wanted to open her own little tea room that served baked goods, breakfast, lunches and tea. Last week Cherrito threw open the doors to her turquoise-and-teal tea…
Durwin Rice, founder of Tulips on Troost, smiled with confusion and delight at the downright balmy temperatures on Saturday morning. “I feel like we’re in the wrong month,” he said with a grin. Normally, volunteers who pitch in for the planting events in the fall have to bundle up and keep warm with the knowledge that, come spring, the bulbs will create…
