A year ago, Shomari Benton and David Lloyd were fresh out of law school and grinding away their days at one of the largest corporate law firms in Kansas City — and looking damn good doing it.They each got ribbed by other lawyers at the firm for their always-crisp attire — three piece suits, pocket squares, the works. Both were…
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s , The Wall, a work of epic bombast, and the definitive concept album. As anyone who’s ever smoked dope or dropped acid can tell you, it’s also a classic piece of psychedelic head-fuckery. Floyd frontman Roger Waters brings “a monumental tour featuring a full band and a newly-mounted state-of-the-art production of…
The candidate with the most potent sperm won’t be getting an endorsement from Operation Rescue. The anti-abortion group is calling for Rob Wasinger to drop out of the race for Jerry Moran’s soon-to-be-vacant Congressional seat. Wasinger, a father of nine, would seem to be the ideal poster candidate for a pro-life group. But even though Wasinger isn’t shooting blanks in…
Alexander Abnos, the leader and frontman of the indie-electro collective Tut Tut, is a busy guy. He just got his solo project featured in this week’s Pitch, and now, his other project, Secret Cities (formerly known as White Foliage) just got plugged by Stereogum as a “Band to Watch.” Clearly, the dude’s doing something right. Here’s what Stereogum had to…
Julie Le’s spring rolls are a Le Monde tradition I don’t know if the Vietnamese spring rolls served at the Le Monde Bakery & Cafe in North Kansas City are “world famous,” as the restaurant’s blackboard suggests. But they are famous among fans of this storefront bistro and bake shop, where owner Jef Dover’s sister — noted Celtic singer, poet…
Noted fitness expert, master gardener, “Strange Tang” authority and Fox Sports/Kansas City Star columnist Jason Whitlock advocates for new marriage laws in his latest Fox Sports column. Whitlock’s Tiger Woods defense shields are up as he rips various sportswriters for pushing Phil Mickelson as the anti-Tiger and warns that Lefty is just being set up for a fall with bloodthirsty…
Local artists Sarah Link and Mat Shoare are the April Project: pictures and songs, created through the month of April. Every day, Link and Shoare post a picture and a song that they’ve crafted on that particular day. The result is fresh, candid glimpse into the life and minds of both artists, and the creative process. We sat down with…
Seemingly always in motion at Bluestem, Chef Colby Garrelts might have trouble sitting still for four hours next month in New York City, waiting for the announcement as to whether he has won a James Beard Award. Just like last year, he’s a finalist for the Best Chef: Midwest award. Actually, it’s the fourth year in a row that Garrelts…
For years, duos sought out bassists or guitarists to flesh out their sound and form a “real band,” but once Toronto’s Death From Above 1979 hit the scene in 2002, all of that went out the window. The bass-and-drum duo basically said, “Yo, what’s up, we don’t have a guitarist but we are going to rock you with sick bass…
%{}% It turns out a sparkly pink cake is the fastest way to a woman’s heart. A thumbs up for The Little Pig, a Belton barbecue joint that opened on April 1. Two baby pandas now have corporate sponsorship — I would have thought Coca-Cola would buy a polar bear first. Play with your food. You may eventually create unbelievable…
MGMT’s flop (whoops, I mean album), Congratulations, created more of a thud than a splash when it was leaked about a month ago. The Brooklyn-based duo’s sophomore release finds MGMT nixing the exuberant synth-ballads that catapulted them to stardom (“Time To Pretend,” “Kids,” “Electric Feel”) in favor of a hazy ’70s vibe that is bizarre (at best) and boring (at…
This week’s track is a bit of an anomaly, as I can barely remember its provenance. Essentially, I got this from Bradford Hoopes of the Secondhands sometime in 1999 on a homemade compilation entitled Echoes of Lawrence ’99. As near as I can suss out from the track listing, it seems to be a lot of stuff recorded by Hoopes….
Living near the Kansas City Art Institute, I am accustomed to artsy eyesores: the Bobey stickers slapped to street signs, the light-up “Billie Jean” sidewalk, the great heaps of twigs some students pile each spring on the campus courtyard because I guess they get credit in witch burning or something. These shoes — dangled over the wire at 43rd and Warwick — are…
Sam Billen has a series of confections for your collection: he’s releasing his sweet electro-pop take on lovingly rendered cover songs. He’s compiling them on an album later in the year called Removers, to promote last year’s release, the subtle and soft Headphones and Cellphones. So far, he’s released six (five covers and one remix, if you’re picky), and there…
Holy shit, guys. Get your hipster asses to the Ride Away Credit used car lot on the corner of 59th and Troost and lay some money down on this sweet, ’05 Pontiac with a custom flame job. The dealer wouldn’t let me look under the hood to see this beast’s heart, but that was probably for my own safety. Had…
Along with his wife, KPR’s Laura Lorson, Kelly Corcoran is the owner of Love Garden. The store — a downtown Lawrence staple for over 15 years — is frequently mentioned as one of the country’s best record stores, or so I hear each and every time I’m talking records with folks around the country. Since this Saturday is Record Store…
%{}% Kansas City, Missouri’s homicide count stands at 28 for 2010. Here are a couple of names that I missed along the way. Carl D. Phipps, 30, was killed at Independence and Ewing around 12:30 a.m. on March 25. His death came five days before his 31st birthday. Police have not yet released the name of victim No. 23, a…
