Technically, this is a New Year’s song. However, as we’re not limiting this to Christian celebrations of the season, why should we limit it to religious observances? It is the “holiday season,” and New Year’s is part of it, right? Okay — enough self-justification. This song comes from MxPx, and is off their holiday album, which is entitled — appropriately…
Megadeath
Tune into MTV, MTV2 or mtvU tonight, December 4, at 10 p.m. to see Kansas Citian Aaron Dontez Yates (known to, you know, a few folks as Tech N9ne) accept his Left Field Award at the music media conglomerate’s annual, college-music-oriented Woodie Awards. As the MTV newsroom reported last week, when the ceremony was held: One of the best surprises…
Local rappers wonder why they can’t get played on Hot 103 Jamz outside of a couple of specific shows for homegrown acts. But this week’s Pitch feature story comes to one sad conclusion: best work as if radio doesn’t exist. But there is hope: If you hustle better, then maybe you’ll get some play. This week’s edition also featured a…
Tonight and this weekend, students at the Kansas City Arts Institute show off their semester’s worth of delaying the inevitable work. The Pitch caught up with a few of them as they re-hung photographs, talked amongst themselves, b.s.’d answers about deeper meanings, and sat around looking mentally anguished fashionable This slideshow contains pictures of the artists with the work they’re…
Kansas City, Kansas, Archbishop Joseph Naumann isn’t a fan of same-sex marriage. No surprise there. But when Pitch staff writer Peter Rugg discovered that Naumann’s Catholic Foundation of Northeast Kansas had poured $10,000 into repealing same-sex marriage in Maine — that was surprising. We weren’t the only ones wondering how the 10 large could have been better spent. Commenter bduplenty…
The holiday cheer machine has only just started grinding in earnest, but for families touched by violence in Kansas City, the upward creep of the city’s homicide rate extinguishes thoughts of merrymaking. Today, a prayer vigil for two families of recent drive-by shooting victims will take place at 5:30 at Harvest Church, 4300 Corrington Avenue. The Ad Hoc Group Against…
Tonight and this weekend, students at the Kansas City Art Institute show off their semester’s worth of work. This slideshow contains pictures of the artists with the work they’re preparing to show off this weekend. Head there now and pick up something from some kid before he or she gets big. Details at kcai.edu
For those who adhere to the rational, scientifically proven reality that our hyper-industrial lifestyle has spewed enough global warming pollution into the atmosphere to make Earth decidedly uncomfortable for our grandkids, next week is huge. Like, last-chance-for-world-leaders-to-get-their-shit-together huge. Like, the-fate-of-the-human-species-could-hang-in-the-balance huge. Presidents and prime ministers meet Monday in Copenhagen, Denmark for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, an 11-day summit…
What the hell?! A compilation on compact disc?! I thought they’d stopped making these in favor of handing out download cards. Well, I’ll be damned. Wonders never cease, I suppose. The full title for this compilation is Fountains of Folly Vol. 1: Songs of Sin and Salvation from Kansas City and Beyond. At its heart, it’s mainly a collection of…
You need plans. Fat City has a recycle bin full of listings. In this post, all our problems are solved. Today is a First Friday, which means there is plenty to do and eat in the Crossroads. Start the night off at City Tavern’s happy hour — where oyster shooters are $1 between 4 and 6 p.m. If you stop…
The dedication in The Body Cartel, the first novel from University of Missouri-Kansas City English grad and Overland Park writer Alan Spencer, probably explains a lot: “This book is dedicated to my parents, who allowed me as a child to watch horror movies as long as I didn’t have nightmares.” Being a fan of creature features isn’t easy because, more…
I thought med students were supposed to look like frazzled, cash-strapped urchins, dressed in grungy cast-offs from Disabled American Veterans thrift stores. Not these med students. Claire and Nooreen paused in their brisk walk to class on the University of Missouri-Kansas City campus to bless us with their adorableness. They’re both from Kansas City and both are in their second…
The GonerFest 4 DVD is finally out. You can buy it now from Goner Records. The Goner Blog posted a preview video this morning from Quintron & Miss Pussycat. By the way, if you’ve never seen Quintron & Miss Pussycat live, go see them. You not only get a rock ‘n’ roll extravaganza, you get a puppet show that will…
The Sexy Accident (Chad & Jesse) is playing a surprise acoustic show at the Beggar’s Table Gallery tonight during First Fridays in the Crossroads. They’re playing at the Beggar’s Table Gallery, 2009 Baltimore at 7:30 p.m. They’ll play about 15 tunes: some old, some current, and some brand new. Maybe if you ask them really nicely, they’ll play that Christmas…
The tart flavor of cranberry is a great base for cocktails and one that people are subconsciously craving as they experience Thanksgiving withdrawal. And with just a bit of preparation and the magic of simple syrup, we can do better than the standard Cosmopolitan or Sex on the Beach. After the jump are two cocktail recipes — one alcoholic, one…
KU music student Lindsey Knox will be giving her oboe recital at 4:30 p.m. this afternoon at Lawrence’s Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St. These student recitals are a fantastic way to get involved in classical music, without feeling as if you’re being judged. You usually get a good mix of old and new classical, and there tends to be…
%{}% Mark Mangino’s blue wings were clipped last night. I mean, he “resigned.” Sure, he did Lew Perkins. But who can make KU’s blue wings rise again? Tell us. Who should coach the KU football team?(polling) Update: Looks like Mangino might not be the only one leaving KU. Dezmon Briscoe has scheduled a press conference for Friday to announce whether…
