Archives: February 2010
FDA eyes serving sizes
When we’re looking at food labels, a lot of us will look at the number of calories in a serving size but not take into account how many servings we’re eating in a sitting. And most of the serving sizes are smaller than the amount we’re likely to eat — when was the last time you had six tortilla chips?…
Concert Review: Jesse Dayton
By GORDON GUILD Austin’s Jesse Dayton is a fresh face in the world of Americana and old-time honky-tonk. Standing onstage at Knuckleheads dressed in black, with a dangling chain wallet hanging from his pocket, Dayton looked like a clean-cut kid with early Elvis sideburns. But with a strum of his guitar and his raspy voice, the youthful guise dissipated and…
Breakfast Buffet: Tuesday, January 9
%{}% A stop at the gas station at 75th and Pennsylvania nets a gyro that is worth taking home. This review of the Bristol’s new Low Tides four-course menu also offers thoughts on the Power & Light District versus Westport. An interview with Jeremy Selwyn — the voice behind Taquitos.net, where he has reviewed more than 4,400 snack foods. It’s…
Miles Bonny’s INcense & Wine lets you sneak drinks
Miles Bonny’s INcense & Wine comes out today, and you can grab that sucker at the dedicated site for the album. Much like Coalesce’s OX last year, INcense & Wine comes as a special package. Whereas with OX, you could get a pocketknife engraved with the symbol on the album’s cover, INcense & Wine comes with an engraved flask. The…
How to put together an international punk magazine
Razorcake is not only one of my favorite magazines, it’s also one of my favorite labels. Tthey put out last year’s all-killer no-filler Shang-A-Lang/God Equals Genocide split 7″, which was about the best $4 I spent in 2009. If you’re unfamiliar with the magazine — or even if you do know the magazine, and just want to know more —…
Joshua’s Bar, site of KCMO’s first homicide of 2010, may lose liquor license
Joshua’s Bar, the site of Kansas City, Missouri’s first homicide of 2010, may lose its liquor license. KSHB Channel 41 reports that Joshua’s Bar (5701 Longview Road) is facing a 30-day liquor license suspension and maybe stiffer penalties. Joshua’s has 45 days to gather signatures from its neighbors or else the nightclub’s liquor license could be revoked. KSHB adds that…
Yep, getting tased still hurts
In the name of informative demonstration, KMBC Channel 9’s Lara Moritz sacrificed a man to the news gods in the latest and dumbest Taser stunt (watch it here). Yes, Lara, 50,000 volts (or 1,500 volts, depending on who you believe) does hurt. Moritz broke form and allowed a woman named “Wendy” to shock a man named “Lonnie.” “Go ahead an…
Dial up Mayor Funkhouser about his ‘Schools First’ initiative
In Mayor Mark Funkhouser’s still-hypothetical “City That Works,” every kid should be able to walk to school on safe streets lined with adequate sidewalks. Inspired by superintendents who’d prefer the mayor stay out of the classroom and just stick to fixing our crumbling infrastructure, Funkhouser unveiled his “Schools First” vision last month. The five-point plan aims to use money from bonds…
Most Kansans OK with medicinal marijuana
A state lawmaker from Olathe recently made a feeble Doritos crack in attempt to belittle legislation that would allow the chronically ill to obtain marijuana by a prescription. Turns out, the jokeman, state Rep. Scott Schwab, is out of step with most Kansans. Legalizing the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes has 58 percent support, according to a recent poll…
Jason Webley & Amanda Palmer are conjoined twins joined by famous friends
First of all: Jason Webley is responsible for the best show of which I’ve ever heard. Webley and friends staged a guerrilla concert at a Safeway. Look at photos of the show while you read the description and see if you don’t get all giddy and excited. Now, the idea that Webley has teamed with Amanda Palmer of the Dresden…
Scott Roeder, convicted murderer, would like a new trial or acquittal
%{}% The attorneys for convicted killer Scott Roeder are asking for a new trial or an acquittal of their client, who killed Wichita abortion provider George Tiller, according to a report on The Kansas City Star’s web site. The attorneys reportedly sought all of this in a motion Monday because Judge Warren Wilbert would allow the jury to consider voluntary…
Costco and the craft beer market
Is it still a craft beer if it’s made and sold for a warehouse club? That’s been the debate since Costco introduced a line of Kirkland (its in-store brand) handcrafted beers in 2008. The mixed case of four six-packs (Pale Ale, German Lager, Hefeweizen, Amber Ale) for $18.99 has returned to area stores. While Costco hasn’t said which brewers are…
Rape reported outside of Missie B’s
A 35-year-old man claims he was raped outside of Missie B’s nightclub at 39th Street and Southwest Trafficway Saturday evening. The alleged victim told police that he’d been at the bar drinking and watching a show. The man said he went outside to call a taxi around 6:20 p.m. That’s when he claims a man approached him in the east…
Potential hangover cures
If your screen had a bit more glare this morning and your productivity was down for no good reason, you might want to think about some cures for your hangover. “Hangovers are sort of like opinions. Every drinker ends up having one at some point, and nearly everyone feels the need to share its story,” wrote Jason Wilson — the…
Record your own records at home
When we say “record your own records,” we mean that literally. We’re not talking using Garageband, or Pro Tools, or anything like that. Thanks to Gakken’s Gramophone Kit, not only can you play records with a bamboo needle through the old-fashioned horn, you can flip the equation and use the horn as a microphone to cut your own vinyl. Gakken…
Wired presents the Second Annual Rippy Awards
Celebrating the random, the tabloid-ready, the meme-worthy: in other words, music news far more interesting than the actual musical output of most people involved, Wired presents the Second Annual Rippy Awards. The magazine started the awards “because the stodgy Grammys will, as ever, ignore the most interesting music achievements,” namely things like Twitter feuds, viral videos, and album leaks. You…
Night + Day Trivia: Win Kansas City Repertory Theatre tickets
In 2009, The Pitch deemed the Kansas City Repertory Theatre the city’s Best Theater. Well into its current season, the Rep’s currently showing an ambitious production of Around the World in 80 Days with Broke-ology, an economically relevant play written by a KCK native, opening February 19. Later this year, catch Bus Stop and Venice — A New Musical. For…
Radical library on Troost closes shop
The latest incarnation of the Crossroads Infoshop and Radical Library is officially closed. First established in 2004 at 19th and Locust, the Infoshop was a distribution site for zines, a library for political literature and a gathering place for meetings, movie screenings and live music. The Crossroads’ spot closed after just one year, but, in 2006, the shop reopened at…
Smashburger coming to Overland Park, Lawrence
I get the feeling that at a restaurant convention, someone last year stood up and suggested that folks in Kansas City consume a lot more burgers than the rest of the country. Smashburger, a fast-casual burger joint based out of Denver, will be the latest burger chain to enter the Kansas City market, with two stores slated to open in…
Heinz sets out to build a better ketchup packet
The act of eating fries just got a bit more complicated, or easier, depending on how you feel about ketchup packets. At the tail end of last week, H.J. Heinz Co. unveiled a “Dip and Squeeze” packet/cup hybrid that allows for squeezing from one end and dipping from the other. It looks like the progeny of a McDonald’s sauce container…
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