The beer man is the star of the vending show. There’s been a vendor selling ice cold beer just steps inside the gate at Kauffman Stadium on my last two visits — you can buy a beer before you can buy a program or get a T-shirt for signing up for a credit card. Just a step below the beer…
For the tour in support of their forthcoming album, Shout It Out, Hanson is holding an opening act contest. Head over to Ourstage, and enter you and your band’s best song by Monday, June 21. You’ll then be in the running for a fan-voted contest, in which one of the top 20 finalists will be chosen to open for Hanson…
It may be better to burn out than it is to rust, but John Lydon showed no signs of doing either one Monday night at the Midland with his band, Public Image Ltd. And though the general-admission crowd was sparse — with maybe 600 people in attendance — PiL plied its voluminous, ear-ringing sound with aplomb. If the Sex…
Charles Juba, in more hateful times Charles Juba, once considered among the most influential men in the Neo-Nazi movement, is opening a new under-21 nightclub in Odessa this weekend. He says he’s left his past behind, but Odessa residents are still understandably concerned about what kind of influence the man who once ran “Gas A Jew For Jesus.com” might have…
David Love, the pastor of New Hope Baptist Church, has resigned his position. The resignation comes after Independence police executed a search warrant last week at the church on East Lexington Road as part of the homicide investigation of Randy E. Stone. New Hope Baptist made the announcement in a “press release” on its Web site on Sunday. “David Love…
Hungry? Foo you! Anyone who has eaten in restaurants with some frequency has probably experienced the phenomenon known as “the problem dish.” The problem what? It’s the appetizer you ordered that was never turned in, the dinner directions that were ignored (“Can I have the steak medium rare, please?”), the dessert never served. It’s usually a communication screw-up between server…
Another old building is in need of saving (or not). A Web site has been started to save the Chatham Apartments at 3701 Broadway. The site says: The Chatham Apartments is the proposed redevelopment of the Chatham Hotel located at 3701 Broadway, in Kansas City, Missouri. This historical building is located in Midtown which is experiencing significant redevelopment and investment…
IHOP is eliminating a time-honored step in the dining process by simply inserting dessert into breakfast entrees. No longer will you have to be burdened with the difficult task of deciding whether you would like dessert. The chain’s new Pancake Stackers — crustless cheesecake layered between two buttermilk pancakes and topped with fruit and whipped cream — slams the door…
Eric Nally, frontman of Foxy Shazam, is a paranoid, delusional, manic-depressive squirrel. With pants soaked in water, sweat, and piss Foxy Shazam did their best to give a crowd of eager-beaver high school kids at the Jackpot in Lawrence a show to remember. At least, I think they gave it their best shot. It was hard to differentiate through the…
I still find myself getting white-knuckled and riding the gas pedal every time I come to 39th Street and Southwest Trafficway. I know the red-light cameras are watching, waiting to flash me when I get stuck in the intersection due to heavy traffic or some jackass driving extra slow to avoid getting flashed and a $113 ticket. Might not have…
%{}% One diner enjoys quality sushi and tender udon noodles at Edokko in Lenexa. Here’s a guide to making a pan of homemade Snickers bars. Publishers Weekly picks BBQ Makes Everything Better and The Kansas City Barbeque Society Cookbook for a list of the top 10 new grilling titles. The hypothetical conversation that happens immediately before a sommelier decides to…
Empty Glass is a weekly post devoted to furthering the alcoholic rock star image and mythos. That’s right, kids — drinking has no negative side effects and makes you look cool, to boot. Brit Schitt is the drummer for recently reformed ’90s punks Sex Offenders, as well as hardcore act 3PAC. As a man who’s in and out of clubs…
The Gaslight Anthem’s new album, American Slang, comes out on June 15, and just a little over a month later, you’ll be able to hear those new tunes at the Midland. The New Jersey rock ‘n’ rollers play there on Saturday, July 17. American Slang is the follow-up to the monster success that was 2008’s The ’59 Sound, a release…
The annual Pembroke Hill High School’s Clothesline Sale is great to hit up for reasonable, gently used, name-brand apparel, knickknacks and furniture. This year, I dropped $40 on couture skirts and dresses that I never could have afforded new, on a journalist’s salary. Even secondhand, I couldn’t afford the cutie to the right. That life-sized baby giraffe was marked at…
The EPA has a Hazard Ranking System for areas that have been designated so polluted that they require federal funding for their cleanup. Superfund sites are toxic, but Superfund sites on the EPA’s National Priorities List are really toxic — think the Love Canal in New York. Think Blinky. Three different Superfund sites exist at the Bannister Federal Complex, home…
A woman was shot to death in the 11800 block of Holiday Monday night. View Larger Map Police described the victim as a black woman in her thirties. She was found dead inside a residence. Detectives are trying to figure out where the shots came from outside of the residence. Police believe the woman may have been hit by a…
You can’t watch it, but you can now read Who Killed Bambi?. Film critic Roger Ebert recently made his script to the unfinished 1978 film available on his blog. Originally conceived of as A Hard Day’s Night for the Sex Pistols, the film was scrapped due to the offensive content. The extant footage was only ever glimpsed briefly in the…
Something wickedly rich this way comes This towering creation features two thick, creamy circles of dark chocolate mousse, flavored with Frangelico liqueur, stacked between two pillows of flaky pastry crisps drizzled with chocolate sauce and dusted with cocoa powder. Fat City friends, do you know which area restaurant serves this dessert? Categories: Dining, News Tags: chocolate mousse, dessert, flaky pastry, Where…
Camille Brecht The Brown Bombers take the stage tonight Anyone wary of attending a night of slam poetry has our sympathy. Opening a mic to those who think they’re poets without any sort of editorial intervention is just inviting drek. But you should set aside your fears for just tonight to check out the “Honor Roll” poetry exhibition for the Kansas…
Money Shots is a glimpse of random happenings when we’re out and about on Kansas City’s music scene. Hot rods, hair grease and rockabilly twang combines each year at Knuckleheads’ two-day Gear Grinders event. While shitty weather spoiled some greasers’ fun, that didn’t stop the sweet tunes and hot rides this weekend (including shows from Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite…
Poking around on Pollstar can be fun. For instance, you find out weird shows at local country fairs (“Starship starring Mickey Thomas at Old Shawnee Days on June 5? I’m THERE!”), along with stuff that might not have been officially announced, being terribly far in advance. Case in point — Michael Bolton will perform at Johnson County Community College’s Yardley…
Tony Glamcevski Tony Glamcevski of Weston’s Green Dirt Farm originally moved to Kansas City from New York City more than a decade ago to work at Lidia’s Kansas City with its opening chef, Linda Duerr. Duerr is now the executive chef at Zest in Leawood, but reunites with Glamcevski on August 21 for that month’s “Farm Table Dinner.” The women-owned…
Walking through the alley to work this morning, I noticed this can of whipped cream outside Bazooka’s Showgirls. Clearly something sexy happened, and this was evidence of another good old fashioned Kansas City date. Categories: News Tags: Bazooka’s Showgirls, Kansas City Date
At some point, parody becomes reality and I think Sir Mix-A-Lot just reached that moment. Last year, “Baby Got Back” became “I Like Square Butts.” Now we are on to “I Like Big Butterfingers,” with the Butterfinger Defense League ad campaign. Eventually, we all live long enough to see the songs we love turned into commercials. I just never thought…
