You don’t have to warm up your drinks to provide some heat to your insides. On the off chance you’re not sitting near a moonshine still, a Sriracha Bloody Mary will have the same effect of warmth upon your gullet. Sriracha is a chili sauce — you’ll recognize it by its flaming red color and familiar plastic squeeze bottle. I’ve…
Warren Perkins’ Putrefaction Live is, at its heart, a prodigal son story. James Claw returns to the Navajo reservation where he grew up, leaving Flagstaff behind. Rather than being a straight novel with the usual problem, rising action, resolution plot structure, Perkins’ novel takes the form of a slice-of-life tale. Claw’s story is intercut with the tales of the various…
Christopher J. Thomas Jr. admitted to police that he sexually abused an 8-year-old girl. On Thursday, Clay County prosecutors charged Thomas, 18, with first-degree felony statutory rape. The story is extremely graphic. Stop reading now to maintain your faith in humanity. Categories: News Tags: Christopher J. Thomas Jr., clay county, Kansas City, kansas city, missouri, sexually abuse, statutory rape
The Muehlebach’s Le Bistro is gone…but the ghost never left Last week’s Pitch review of the new Jack Gage American Tavern revealed a secret: the building is haunted. Several employees say there’s a ghostly presence in the building, but no one knows who the poltergeist might be or when it might have settled into the 82-year-old building — which has…
CES Cru’s The Playground came out this week via INnatesounds. As of Monday, you could snag it on iTunes. You can read a review over at Demencha Magazine, and check out a track from it below. Read our preview of the album, as well. CES CRU “MI NA FOREPLAY” – Out 01.11.10 on INnatesounds by INnatesounds Categories: Music Tags: CES…
Most people hope to catch a show and maybe a nice dinner when they visit New York City, but most people aren’t chef Jasper J. Mirabile, Jr. In a span of five days — Saturday to this Wednesday — Mirabile cooked dinner for 80 at The James Beard House, helped guide a tour for 25 Kansas Citians around New York…
We’ll tag this story under “no shit!” Yesterday, the Kansas Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee recommended approving a ban on the chemicals found in K2 synthetic weed. The product, which mimics the effects of marijuana on the brain, is being sold in Lawrence and Kansas City shops. According to at least one store owner, K2 is a big hit with…
Would it be lazy if I were to describe Rad Omen’s song “Rad Anthem” as simply rad? Because, frankly, it is. And the video, which features various fast food icons smoking jays, doing shots, and blowing lines of coke as they’re prepping to go out, might be the best subversive use of advertising imagery in ages. Catchy as this dance-floor…
Michael R. Cushingberry was charged Thursday with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting Steven L. James in the back of the head and killing him during a drug deal. James’ decomposing body was found in an apartment at 8803 Millwood Drive on April 12. The manager of the apartment complex hadn’t seen the 37-year-old James for days. An autopsy on James’…
If you want to know where it’s safe to eat, the Kansas City Health Department has released the annual Grade A Food Excellence Awards for 2009. This list recognizes cafeterias, institutions and restaurants that “go above and beyond” when it comes to sanitation and food safety. The Health Department uses seven criteria that cover the certification of workers, business permits…
If you miss Adult Swim’s Frisky Dingo (Killface for president!), tune in tonight at 9 to FX’s new 3-D spy toon series Archer. The show’s from the same guys — Adam Reed and Matt Thompson — that created the bizarre but hilarious superhero spoof (as well as Sealab 2021). Good piece in today’s Preview section from the Star’s Aaron Barnhart…
An initiative to curb childhood obesity will begin in the Argentine neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas, and the Ivanhoe neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. KC Healthy Kids has been awarded a $360,000 grant as part of the Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities effort from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The money will be used to help improve access to affordable, healthy…
If you want to impress a donut eater, your glazed donut better be the best thing in the shop. An original sugar glaze can’t hide consistency or balance issues — instead, it tends to highlight exactly what’s out of whack. So Fat City scooped up some original glazed from Fluffy Fresh Donuts (10123 State Line) and the new Dunkin’ Donuts…
Jurors convicted Warren E. Frazier Wednesday night of first-degree murder for killing Danielle J. Gray during an argument over $20 worth of fake crack. The Kansas City Star reports that Frazier, 56, testified that he killed Gray, 28, in self-defense after confronting her about selling fake crack in an apartment in the 2100 block of East Linwood on February 2,…
%{}% A review of Foster’s Grille in Overland Park tests the fast casual burger joint for family-friendliness and the quality of the fries. One of the latest viral ads from Coca-Cola is about a happiness vending machine. This new concept phone runs on sugar — although I suspect it crashes after about 20 minutes and is really cranky. About a…
Water.org, a nonprofit organization based in Kansas City, works to provide access to safe water and sanitation in the developing world. Gary White, Water.org’s co-founder and executive director, is the subject of this week’s Martin column. White is as skillful as he is conscientious. In 2008, he met actor Matt Damon, who was involved in water-relief efforts through a foundation…
Back in 1981, the Plimsouls recorded a Halloween show at the Whisky A Go Go. The band was a live force to be reckoned with at that point, and were picked to be in the film Valley Girl, whose soundtrack yielded their biggest hit, “A Million Miles Away.” After that, the band re-recorded the song for their 1983 album Everywhere…
Every time I’ve seen NOFX, they’ve heckled the audience with a level of abuse that baffled me. It was witty, insightful, and pointed in ways that would’ve made Don Rickles proud. They seem to be one of those bands (much like Less Than Jake) for whom stage banter and audience interaction is almost as important as the songs themselves. NOFX’s…
It takes a kernel of crazy to paddle across the state of Missouri on a river known as dangerous and dirty in the blazing summer heat. It takes almost as much determination to try to capture the blood, sweat and tears with a single video camera. In 2007, filmmaker Jodi Pffeferkorn took her first stab at the Missouri River 340,…
Tom Powell was working on renovations at Scott Fitness’ newest gym, in the Broadway Valentine Shopping Center, a week and a half ago when he heard yelling coming from the parking lot. Several people outside the Uptown Theater were yelling at workers on the roof of the 10-story Ambassador Apartments (3560 Broadway), who’d sent a mini-avalanche of snow and ice…
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. Is George Bush the Antichrist? A guide to Armageddon Author: P. Stephen Hanchett Date: 2004 Publisher: Self-published, obviously. Representative Quote: “Skull & Bones is widely believed…
