Ooh, boy. Nice work by the folks over at Flavorwire. They’ve put together what they call “the Ultimate Hipster Reading List.” They’ve got lists of suggested material from the folks at Vice, David J. Gutowski (editor of largeheartedboy), and assorted other folks “in the know.” The only book on the list I can recall reading is The Manual of Detection…
For those of you like myself (a habitual early riser prone to crawling into bed before the news is over), or my wife (who’s got to work at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow), the idea of going out tonight is pretty much unfair. I love to party, but the point of a New Year’s party is staying ’til midnight. If you’re leaving…
Of all the footage we shot this year, this video was the most important. Ever since the Power & Light District opened, its dress code has been a source of controversy. Some argued it unfairly targeted black men, others said it was simply about “setting a standard of attire” to protect the district’s image. Meetings were held, marchers marched, and…
We love Kansas City, but sometimes it sucks. Most of the things that make us feel like this city is actually an evil monster bent on drowning your hopes and dreams in despair and barbecue sauce are represented in this trailer for Kansas City: The Horror Movie. If this were a real movie with a trivia section on IMDB, one…
There is little as fascinating as obsession, and fewer places where it presents itself for inspection as readily as it does in the music fan. But even among music fans, the Juggalo stands apart. How to account for them? The bad music, the backyard wrestling, the need to be doused in cheap soft drinks, the public ridicule….. The Juggalo is…
Every year, Kansas City’s lady blues singer Kelley Hunt plays all over the country. It’s nice to see her making a return to the area on New Year’s Eve. Her fourth album, Mercy, came out this past July to near-universal plaudits, and she draws in fans from all over with her sound that is the very epitome of modern blues….
No one could anticipate the carnage at this year’s International G.I. Joe Convention, which Kansas City was lucky enough to host. Especially at the event’s Joe Drop, where 300 12-inch G.I. paratrooper dolls were tossed off the roof of the Hyatt to a ravenous mass of children and man-children below. Grown men knocked over kids, kids knocked over kids, grown…
In the last hours of 2009, we thought we’d take a look back at the Pitch movies this year that made us smile, shake our heads in confusion, and sometimes get righteously pissed off. Starting the countdown is this video of John Bersuch showing us how to make spooky sound effects cool. Remember, no matter what time of year it…
Thank you, Lil B. New Year’s Eve is exactly the sort of time of year to hear a jam just this fucked up. I imagine that it’s going to sound amazing after a few drinks, and brilliant by the time midnight rolls around. The Seattle Times piece on the song says that it’s anti-homophobia. I say it looks and sounds…
There are so many ways to bid this year adieu and get 2010 started off right. Our suggestions: 1. Go out! Duh — it’s New Year’s Eve. And we rounded up a list of the best parties happening all over the metro tonight. 2. On Friday, nurse that hangover. For the last decade of January firsts, the Brick has provided…
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Author: Teen diarist Terri, a student at St. Thomas Aquinas Date: 1972 Discovered at: Unsorted box buried deep in a Westport estate-sale basement The Cover Promises:…
Keystone Nissan presents KC’s Best Damn New Years party — or so the promise goes. The cover charge is just $10 and includes performances by Mad Libby, Browntown and the Brisbanes. Thu., Dec. 31, 8:30 p.m., 2009 Tags: Browntown, Night & Day
Got a little one who really shouldn’t stay up until 12 a.m.? Do the countdown at noon! Tots and their parents can do the countdown early, and make festive hats and noisemakers. Entertainment by Jim Cosgrove and Brian Wendling, a Juggler with Martin City Melodrama. Thu., Dec. 31, 2009 Tags: Brian Wendling, Night & Day
The Mystery Train moves to Finnigan’s Hall for New Year’s Eve. The interactive dinner theater production of the night is Dressed to Kill. The show is set in 1931, when Nell Donnelly is kidnapped and the underworld is abuzz with the news. As the social set prepare for the big holiday parties, the gangsters are scrambling to please the politicians…
Spectators picture themselves as participants in spectator sports. What baseball fan doesn’t recall Little League memories when watching a Royals game? What scratch golfer doesn’t fantasize about being in a pro golfer’s pants (or, in Tiger Woods’ case, the pants of a Vegas “party planner”). So it goes at 7:30 p.m. today and Sunday as fans witness Extreme Ice Racing at the…
The exhibit invites visitor’s to look beyond the myth and develop a deeper understanding of Abraham Lincoln through his own words. Among the images featured in the exhibit are some of Lincoln’s greatest speeches, letters, and proclamations – including the Emancipation Proclamation – written in his own hand. Jan. 4-28, 2010 Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Night & Day
Headbanging through the night and raising infinite cans of PBR is one way to honor the end of 2009. But there’s a more sophisticated approach: sipping champagne and nibbling fancy finger food at Musical Theater Heritage’s New Year’s Eve Party and Cabaret. The talent tapped for tonight’s performance at Off Center Theatre (2450 Grand, Level 3 of Crown Center, 816-274-8444)…
