Sucktastic concert news: Lawrence will not enjoy the vocal-chord-shredding soul jams of Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears this weekend. Sunday’s show at the Bottleneck is postponed, due to a death in one of the band member’s family. The group’s record label says the show will be rescheduled in June. Due to a death in the family of one of the…
Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo Y Gabriela will be setting the Uptown aflame on May 11 with their furious Spanish-style guitar playing. Flying fingers, knocking knuckles and a penchant for thrash metal (the two met in Mexico City in a metal band called Tierra Acida, and list Overkill, Metallica, Megadeath and Slayer as key influences) all fuse into a blowtorch of…
The St. James Winery’s Web site suggests that it’s hard to tell the difference between the taste of freshly picked blackberries and this Missouri winery’s Blackberry wine. I can save you the consternation. Take the freshly picked blackberries. Maybe I should have taken it as a sign when the young-ish female cashier at the liquor store took a look at…
Need a job but scared of taking a piss test? Then you need to hook up with the United States Census Bureau. Check out this flier spotted by Pitch Action News team member Nadia Pflaum at the Jackson County Courthouse. Set your own hours, no peeing in a cup and $15 an hour with a weekly check? Uh, what’s that…
In the field of rock histories, Elijah Wald’s How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ‘n’ Roll: An Alternative History of American Music is a breath of fresh air. Rather than retreading familiar material and taking it out for another run around the track, Wald takes a look at those left behind when critics write the history of music. Case in point:…
Swinging ’60s chicks with recipes! In 1962, Helen Gurley Brown made publishing history with Sex & the Single Girl — an advice book that encouraged single women to be independent, make their own money and experience pre-marital sex. It sold two million copies in three weeks. Three years later, a copycat cookbook hit the bookstands. This book, Saucepans & the Single…
Forget about Google, Kansas. We’ve been there, and it’s nothing special. There’s a cool push being made to make Kansas City the place for Google’s one gigabyte, high-speed broadband Internet. Categories: News Tags: google, google +, GoogleKC, kansas, topeka
Stop the madness! It’s one of the first rules I learned working in the restaurant business: Never, ever, ever bring a glass to a table with your fingers anywhere near the rim. The first — and last — time I did that, a veteran waitress cuffed me upside the head. It’s unhygienic, she told me, and undignified. The proper way…
Can’t wait to hear Young Giant, Queens Club’s debut full-length on Tooth & Nail? Well, you don’t have to. Head over to Tooth & Nail’s webstore and pre-order the album, and you’ll get a link to stream that sucker right away. Pay a little extra and get a pretty boss Queens Club NASA-style logo shirt. Of course, while I’m sure…
A child was hit and killed by a school bus near 67th Street and Parkview Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas. View Larger Map Fox 4 reports the bus was on its way to pick up children for school. KMBC Channel 9 reports the bus was loaded with children. Update: KMBC Channel 9 reports that it was a 9-year-old girl who…
Legendary wrestler Hulk Hogan hobbles to the wrestling ring these days, but he’s declared war on the promotion that made him famous, World Wrestling Entertainment. Monday nights will again be the battleground with Hogan and the fledgling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling taking on WWE. Before the battle begins, tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. for TNA’s first live…
The Oscars are on Sunday, and a bucket of popcorn is necessary for properly enjoying the ceremony. But which local kernel popper should be in your bowl? In an effort to determine which popcorn is the best, I picked up caramel and cheese popcorn from the Velvet Creme Popcorn Co. and from Topsy’s. The popcorn was judged head-to-head on packaging,…
Depending on which Jesus this billboard along 71 Highway refers to — lord baby Jesus? Jesus on the cross? — this either qualifies as an “Amber Alert” or a “Silver Alert.” But Jesus is missing. So if you’ve seen a guy wearing a crown of thorns or turning water into wine at Chez Charlie or in the usual place —…
When it comes to high school chefs, Raytown is hard to beat. The reigning national champs from the Herndon Career Center finished atop the standings in the Missouri ProStart High School Culinary Contest on February 18 and 19. The team earned the right to defend its title at this year’s National ProStart Invitational at the Overland Park Convention Center on…
Fuck it. I give up. If the job of a music critic is to acknowledge the triumphs and the shortcomings of an artist’s live performance, I failed miserably Wednesday night. Simply put, there’s just no point in trying to find fault with an Eric Clapton concert – particularly when the opening act is Roger fucking Daltrey. If anything, trying to…
%{}% Here are some out-of-state beers that are new to Kansas. In case you’re headed to Las Vegas, here’s an extensive run down of where to eat and what to eat. Simmer Till Done tries to entice comments with a series of droolworthy cupcake photos. Chef Daniel Angerer is apparently making breast milk cheese — just because we can go…
For today only, Hole is offering a free download of their new single, “Skinny Little Bitch,” off their forthcoming album, Nobody’s Daughter, due out April 27. Go to the album’s website, where’s you’ll have to enter the usual info — name, birthdate, e-mail address — and in return, they’ll give you the single, which sounds like…um…Hole. With a drum machine….
Megan Birdsall booked her current tour all by herself. In addition to the lengthy MySpace blog she wrote on the subject, Birdsall’s been producing a vlog on YouTube wherein she shares her hard-earned advice to other musicians out there who might also consider going the DIY route. You can watch the first part below, with the second and third segments…
Kansas wore out Kansas State to claim the Big 12 regular season championship in last night’s Sunflower Showdown. The night belonged to senior guard Sherron Collins, who scored 17 and dished four assists, as the Jayhawks pulled away from the Wildcats in the second half to win 82-65. Although the Jayhawks locked down the Big 12 title, there’s still work…
