Archives: March 2010
The winner of the Kevin Smith contest is…
Congrats go out to Chuck K., who was selected randomly out of all the correct entries to yesterday’s Kevin Smith contest. Interesting fact: there were actually two correct answers to the question: In Mallrats, what is the “uncomfortable place” in “He tried to screw me somewhere very uncomfortable once”? What Shannon Hamilton was attempting to do to Tricia Jones was…
With city services in peril, will Jewish organizations take note?
Every once in a while, something happens in St. Louis that illustrates what Kansas City is and is not. The Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis has stated its opposition of the effort to repeal the earnings tax that St. Louis and Kansas City collect. The position itself is not all that earth-shattering. What’s interesting is that St. Louis…
The St. Regis Hotel: No tea, no sympathy
Courtesy Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library Pitch reporter Nadia Pflaum’s tale of conditions at the St. Regis Apartments at the northwest corner of Linwood and The Paseo reminded at least one Fat City reader that this eight-story building was once an elegant residential hotel in the early days of the 20th-century that even included — as…
Brenda Landwehr’s health-care amendment is dead … or is it?
The Kansas Health Care Freedom Amendment (HCR 5032) didn’t get the 84 votes it needed yesterday to pass the Kansas House. It was written to block the resolutions of the federal health care act in Kansas and was sponsored by Republican Rep. Brenda Landwehr of Wichita, who thinks President Barack Obama’s health-care bill will “take us down the path of…
Tonight: Le Moustache Party at the Bottleneck
March Moustache Madness is coming to a sad end. For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, the idea is to spend all of March growing a mustache. Le Moustache Party says, “Moustache is not a fad, it’s a way of LIFE. Every March, you live it to maximum volume!!!” Thus, they bring you tonight’s cheap-as-hell show. For the $3…
The answers to this week’s contest
I’ll have a Zombie, please Yes, this week’s contest was a little more difficult than usual, but life can be like that, you know? A shout-out to commenter Amy who did manage to answer three of the five questions to the A Cocktail Before Dinner Contest. Here are the correct answers. 1) The legendary Marilyn Maye was discovered — by…
Beverly Crowl, Killa City homicide 35: Police release sketch of ‘person of interest’
Independence police have released an electronic composite sketch of a “person of interest” in the homicide of Beverly S. Crowl. Crowl, 69, was found dead inside a home at 14608 East 37th Street in Independence on March 19. Police believe Crowl was the victim of a “home invasion.” Crowl had worked as a civilian member of the Independence Police Department…
Poll: Will you ride the KC Strip Trolley?
A new trolley system connecting bars and restaurants from Waldo to 18th and Vine is to have its test run this Friday, according to yesterday’s piece in The Kansas City Star. The KC Strip Trolley will cost $15 for a night pass or $35 for a monthly pass and run on an 11-mile route from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m….
David Sedaris coming to the Lied Center
Funny man David Sedaris is making the first of his probably twice yearly stop in the area. Stop one for the author of the SantaLand Diaries is scheduled for April 24 at the Lied Center of Kansas. Odd fact from the press release: Sedaris has 95,000 fans on Facebook. Good for him? Tickets are on sale now (and a bit…
Exclusive Video: Cowboy Indian Bear at SXSW
As the dust settles in Austin this week, many a Kansas City band is kicking back and celebrating a grueling week well-spent. One of these bands, no doubt, is local indie rockers Cowboy Indian Bear, who made the trek down to SXSW to play several gigs at one of the world’s most renowned music festivals. We’ve got an exclusive video of the journey…
Kansas State belongs in Collegiate Collection, Vicky!
Both the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri are included in Victoria’s Secret’s PINK Collegiate Collection, a line of lounge-around-the-dorm apparel with college themes. In years past, VS has held online voting competitions (some controversial!) to determine which schools should be added to the line. Kansas State has been nominated, but hasn’t won. But since K-State’s men’s basketball…
Manifesto is back for one night only
A bartender without a bar to tend is like a poet without a muse. Thankfully, two of the finest drinksmiths in Kansas City will have a chance to get behind a bar for the first time in weeks as Ryan Maybee and Beau Williams bring their talents to the Screenland Armour Theater at the Crossroads (408 Armour in North Kansas…
Things We Hate: $5 foot-long song
I concede. You win, Subway. If this requires some offering on my part in $5 increments, just let me know and I’ll do it. But the $5 Foot Long jingle needs to end. It was catchy in 2008. It was parodied to death by 2009. And here in 2010 — it is slowly ending rational thought. Quiznos was good enough…
Breakfast Buffet: Wednesday, March 24
%{}% A visit to the new Succotash finds the biscuits and gravy not to be missed. A guide to matzo and instructions on how to make matzo-brei. A provision in the recently signed health-care-reform act means that calorie counts must now be posted on vending machines and on restaurant menus at chains with more than 20 locations. The owners of…
Charles L. Clemens, bigamist, ordered to pay ex-wives thousands in restitution
Player hating Johnson County Judge James Franklin Davis is making 62-year-old Charles L. Clemens pay for having two wives (well, ex-wives now). Franklin reportedly ordered Clemens to pay one wife $1,500 a month in restitution and his second wife more than $37,000 total (or at least get back the jewelry he pawned). Clemens’ story is amazing. He was married for…
Throwback MP3 of the Week: Scroat Belly, “Whiskey Drinkin’ S.O.B.”
Scroat Belly is nowadays best known as being a prototype for Split Lip Rayfield. Kirk Rundstrom and Wayne Gottstine once played with drummer John Ezelle and bass player Mitch “Gator” Clay in a band that was so fast and hard, it makes Split Lip’s speed-metal bluegrass seem relatively tame. This album, The Great Alaskan Holiday is the band’s first album,…
Feds investigating Kansas basketball ticket sales
The bad news keeps coming for the University of Kansas. The No. 1 seeded Jayhawks were knocked out of the NCAA basketball tournament over the weekend by a scrappy Northern Iowa team, and now The Kansas City Star reports that the feds are investigating possible illegal sales of men’s basketball tickets. The Star’s Mark Morris writes that the probe looks…
Video: Weird: the Al Yankovic Story
Very little from Funny or Die is split-your-sides hilarious, but when you rope in Patton Oswalt to play Dr. Demento in a fake “Weird Al” Yankovic biopic, I concede defeat. Roping in Yankovic himself only sweetens the pot. This is everything Walk Hard should have been (i.e., two-and-a-half minutes and consistently funny). “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” from Aaron Paul…
Linwood Tauheed: Meet the school board candidates
As the April 6 Kansas City, Missouri, School Board election approaches, we’re profiling all of the candidates. Linwood Tauheed isn’t a mechanic. But in his bid for the Kansas City, Missouri, School Board, the economics professor offers a car analogy. “Your car is broken and you need someone to fix it,” he says, drawing a comparison to the district’s struggling…
Wanted: part-time Web editor
Web editor wanted: The Pitch has an immediate opening for a part-time Web editor. We’re looking for someone to spend 10 hours a week helping us deliver the daily stories at pitch.com to an ever-growing audience — and who’ll know how to have fun doing it. The Web editor will repackage print stories for Internet audiences, post slideshows and brainstorm…
Tonight: Golden Triangle at Love Garden & the Replay
Remember how we were complaining a couple of weeks ago that we weren’t getting Golden Triangle with last night’s Screens show at the Replay? Nevermind that, as you’ve now got two chances to see them this evening. The band will first play a free in-store at Love Garden at 6:30 p.m. The store has the band’s new album, Double Jointer…
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