Enough of cold-weather quiet — bring on the Mount Righteous! The nine-piece marching band of sorts, from Grapevine, Texas, generates enough sunny warmth to sustain Kansas City during the last dreary month of winter. Without amps or microphones, the playful members of Mount Righteous ditch the confines of the stage to get up close and personal as they engage crowds…
Not to sound crass, but when a high-profile member of a band bites the dust, chances are good that the band will take a dirt nap, too. Damageplan split after Dimebag Darrell’s murder; the surviving members of Sublime were court-ordered to play under a different name following Bradley Nowell’s death; and, most famously, Alice in Chains (and much of the…
Like Townes Van Zandt, the world-weary captain of Texas songwriters, Guy Clark has been better known among his peers than in the marketplace. His reputation is built on well-crafted songs narrated by windblown characters whose pathos is understated (particularly compared with the scenery-chewing characters of their made-in-Nashville counterparts). Other artists have made hits of his songs: the California kiss-off “L.A….
Title: Sex Problems in Marriage Author: George W. Crane, M.D., Ph.D. Date: None printed; probably mid-20th century Representative quotes: “An alkaline douche of a teaspoonful of ordinary baking soda to a quart of warm water, before each intercourse, seems to help produce pregnancy.” “The male tempo is usually far too strenuous for women. If the husband wishes intercourse every night,…
Fusion — the culinary kind, not nuclear — is exploding in Leawood these days. The bustling stretch of 135th Street between Roe and Metcalf has a Bo Lings and a Tannahs, both of which serve a variety of dishes inspired by Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese and other culinary traditions. And since November, chef-owner Jason Pi’s Blue Fin Asian Fusion has joined…
There’s something sleepily seductive about bedroom pop. Saharan Gazelle Boy’s label describes Darin Seal’s solo Airplanes Can’t as a record for a “lazy summer spent underwater” (more like a lazy summer spent recording songs in underwear, but whatever). Seal’s Airplanes Can’t is packed with soft indie pop with the tunnel echo of ’50s doo-wop: Think the Flamingos’ “I Only Have…
Derren Raser is too nice of a guy to slug it out in obscurity. With undeniably efficient, acoustic finger-style skills and a voice like James Taylor’s dipped in frosting and sprinkles, Raser is the full singer-songwriter package. It’s a wonder that the Kansas City-born San Diegan hasn’t been snatched up and marketed as a palliative for meanness — he makes…
Letters: “Unsettled Feelings,” February 4 We Get Our Exercise I read with interest Cathy Anderson’s defense of Jewish Vocational Service’s record regarding refugee services. As one of the disgruntled former employees referenced in an earlier letter, I might be able to contribute to the discussion. First of all, I have worked with several reporters on various issues over the years….
The Kansas state representatives gathered for today’s hearing have been working for just 10 days of a 90-day session. This year, the three-month legislative session hardly seems long enough to solve all the state’s problems. The state legislators are facing a projected budget shortfall of $400 million. (As a result of last year’s budget cuts, public schools already have lost…
The Truman Home: Look, but don’t eat…. Sure, President’s Day has come and gone this week, but in Fat City, there’s always time to honor the late Harry S Truman — the legendary 33rd president of the United States. Truman wasn’t born in historic Independence, Missouri, but he and his wife Bess lived there for most of their lives. Independence…
The annual 18th Street parade was the best place for unique costumes, floats and mayhem leading to the march to 18th and Vine. Adam Walker was cool enough to share these photos of the debauchery. Take a look and remember what you’ve already forgotten about Fat Tuesday. Categories: News Tags: 18th Street Mardi Gras parade, Fat Tuesday, Kansas City, kansas…
Debbie Gold Debbie Gold, the James Beard Award-winning chef at The American Restaurant, will be among the 22 competing chefs when the Bravo series Top Chef Masters returns to the small screen on Wednesday, April 7 at 10 p.m. Central. Gold taped the series — she won’t say when, because Bravo limits the amount of information contestants can reveal —…
A yelly cabinet official jousted briefly with a yelly member of Kansas City’s electronic press corps on Wednesday. The event: The presentation of a novelty check. The location: The lovely Public School Retirement System building at 4600 Paseo Boulevard. The combatants: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and KMBC’s Mike Mahoney. LaHood was in town to deliver a $50 million…
%{}% Fox 4 is reporting that Kansas City, Kansas, police have arrested a wanted man after a standoff near 48th and Ottawa. Police told Fox 4 that Earl W. West is in custody in connection with the death of Javier Reynoza. Authorities also want to ask West a few questions about the death of Annicka Martinez, whose body was found…
The annual 18th Street parade was the best place to see unique costumes and floats before the march to 18th and Vine. Adam Walker was cool enough to share these photos of the debauchery. Take a look and remember what you’ve already forgotten about Fat Tuesday.
As if the 1819 Central space wasn’t amazing enough, what with the gallery and Duane Trower’s Weights + Measures Soundlab, the address will add a guitar shop next month. Called the Guitar Syndicate, it is “a brand new Guitar Boutique, Specialty Effects and Music Accessories showcasespecializing in unique guitars, mandolins, banjos, effects pedals, amps, accessories and more.” As an incentive…
Just as hot chocolate makes the leap when it is drinking chocolate, it’s time for your marshmallows to do the same. They need not be hard little nuggets or Super Gigante sugar bombs. Instead, marshmallows can be refined, decadent and subtle. Amid the macaroons and handmade Oreos at Natasha’s Mulberry & Mott in Leawood’s Mission Farms, bundles of clear bags…
%{}% In this week’s feature, “Fake Reefer Madness,” you’ll see how Kansas lawmakers’ recent actions to ban K2 synthetic pot are as paranoid as … (ahem) someone who’s smoked a lot of bad reefer. That’s partly because there’s evidence that the active chemicals can be used to research treatment for neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, and partly because they’re ruining people’s…
My friends and I went and saw the WWE Smackdown and ECW tapings at the Sprint Center last night. Yes, I’m willing to admit I’m totally lacking in class and taste, and my interests froze somewhere circa 1998. Example: the biggest pops by our little trio of geeks were when C.M. Punk used the line, “I find your lack of…
Here’s a short biography, via their article: Sliccs Gotcha is a recording artist and entrepreneur from the North side of Kansas City, Missouri. Sliccs began his recording career at the age of 14 when he was recruited by his older cousin Rich the Factor and brother Felix Mitchell to join their budding record label Major Factor Records. As both Rich…
Gotten one of those red-light camera tickets in the mail yet? You felt cheated, didn’t you? Not just out of $113.50, but robbed of the experience. The thrill of seeing those reds and blues in your rear-view mirror. The adrenaline charge of that fleeting thought, What if I just kept going? The challenge of matching wits with a human being,…
In a few short weeks, kegs from the Free State Brewing Company will be rolling down I-70 toward Kansas City. The popular brewery in Lawrence, Kansas, has signed a distribution contract with Major Brands Distributors to bring its beer to the state of Missouri. “There are a lot of odd patterns that happen in our area with everything from weather…
Police in Liberty are investigating the death of a 3-week-old child. The infant was pronounced dead at Children’s Mercy Hospital on Tuesday afternoon. The investigation is classified as a “death investigation,” which police say is common in an unexpected death. View Larger Map On Monday, paramedics and police officers responded to a call of an infant who had stopped breathing…
