And so we near the end of legal, fake weed. The Missouri House finalized its bill banning K2 synthetic marijuana last night, then sent the legislation on to Gov. Jay Nixon. Assuming Nixon signs it — which is likely — Missouri will become the second state in the nation (after Kansas) to ban the faux-reefer. The bill aligns penalties for…
Chicago’s Fruit Bats were part of the crashing wave of folk-rock in the early aughts. Fruit Bats, the brainchild of Eric D. Johnson (who joined the Shins last year), caught ears with the warmly-received Spelled in Bones in 2005, and followed with The Ruminant Band in 2009. The band’s earnest charm is perfectly fitting for a summer soundtrack (or a Michael Cera movie…
%{}% Puritanical Missouri state Sen. Matt Bartle finally struck his death blow against the state’s nudie bars yesterday. After Bartle, a Lee’s Summit Republican, threw a tantrum earlier this week in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (“I’ve grown really frustrated with an overwhelming Republican Legislature that tells people we support family values and that we’re social conservatives. And we can’t get…
Is the Harvey House Diner on its way out? A little over a month after Union Station hosted a lecture by author Stephen Fried, discussing his new biography of legendary restaurateur Fred Harvey, the facility may be tossing Harvey’s namesake restaurant off the tracks. Today the Kansas City Star’s Joyce Smith quoted Union Station’s CEO George Guestello saying that the…
Karen Christine Downs: Mom of the Year Let’s see, what games do 14-year-old girls play at birthday parties? Ouija board? Too occult. Twister? Too grope-y. I know, thought 44-year-old Karen Christine Downs. We’ll play Who Can Chug This Glass of Vodka the Fastest for Ten Dollars! That brilliant plan, dreamed up in February 2009 at her daughter’s birthday party, caused…
Trey Hillman coached up his last game as Kansas City Royals manager yesterday, going out with a win. Hillman knew he was gone prior to the game. He and Royals G.M. Dayton Moore discussed the change after the club’s loss to the Cleveland Indians the night before. But Moore allowed Hillman to manage one last game. Now, the Royals’ future…
%{}% Here’s something I never think: “You know what would go well with my popcorn? A hot cup of joe.” But, through a new partnership with Starbucks, AMC Entertainment Inc. hopes to change my perceptions about what to enjoy during Iron Man 2. AMC will begin serving Seattle’s Best Coffee, which is owned by Starbucks, in July. It’s an attempt…
%{}% Chef Jasper J. Mirabile Jr. shares his recipe for Limoncello. Show-Me Beer has a good round-up of Craft Beer Week goings on next week. BRGR gets props for the fries and historical burgers, but there’s potential for awkwardness in the unisex bathrooms. A guide to making bacon fruit cups, the perfect dessert after a Hawaiian pizza. Five great American…
Who likes the Jesus Lizard? Black Congress certainly do. This is the title track to their “Davidians” 7-inch, which just came out on Team Science. If you like Fucked Up, Trash Talk, or Total Abuse, this is right up your alley: dissonant, epic hardcore that manages to be forward-thinking, yet still mosh-worthy. You can grab the Houston band’s newest release…
%{}% The goal of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is just what its name implies: to promote an agenda that defends and benefits the interests of people of color in America. In deciding what policies to include on the association’s platform, the leaders of the NAACP consider resolutions authored by its 1,800-some official chapters, scattered all…
The flash mob fad hit Kansas State Wednesday with more than 2,500 students packing into Hale Library (maybe the most in the library at once all year) for a rave. So don’t expect a choreographed dance to a Glee-ified cover of “Don’t Stop Believin’.” Updated: Thanks to Joel in the comments for sending the link to this higher quality video….
A 15-year-old boy told police that he awakened to his 49-year-old foster dad playing with his penis before taking the boy’s genitals in his mouth. Jackson County prosecutors charged David Melton with two counts of felony statutory sodomy in the second degree yesterday. According to police reports, Melton was a foster father to the unnamed boy, who called his caseworker to…
Guitarist Stephen Egerton is best known for his work with pop-punk acts Descendents and All. In addition, he’s a noted producer who’s recorded local acts Ultimate Fakebook and the Dead Girls. Egerton’s solo album, The Seven Degrees of Stephen Egerton was released this Tuesday on Paper + Plastick Records. The album features vocal contributions from a who’s who in the…
1. Pick a team — Courtney or Cher? The diva dress-up party known as Night of Fame Vol III takes over the Conspiracy Room tonight. 2. Drink a margarita. That’s probably the least cultural activity you can experience during Fiesta KC, happening all weekend at Crown Center. 3. Root for the Royals. KC’s underdogs take on the White Sox in…
%{}% Zack Greinke’s first victory wasn’t enough to save Trey Hillman’s job. After today’s win over the Cleveland Indians, Royals G.M. Dayton Moore announced Hillman is the team’s skipper no more and former Milwaukee Brewers manager Ned Yost will be taking over the reigns. Hillman’s final record is 151-207. Let the Yost era begin. Categories: News Tags: kansas city royals,…
Update (4:00 p.m. May 13): The transcript from a 1977 court hearing in which a 19-year-old Bernard Jackson pleaded guilty to raping a woman and a crime against nature has been released. At the hearing, the court finds that Jackson, a high-school dropout, doesn’t have any mental disease or defects. Jackson had claimed that he saw visions and they controlled…
Tech N9ne unveiled the single “O.G.,” off his new collaboration album — The Ollie Gates Mixed Plate — on KPRS last week. The song has a good hook, “O.G. like Ollie Gates,” and rattles off what sounds like the standard order for Tech N9ne: strawberry soda, baked beans, and the mixed plate (ribs, turkey, brisket and fries). Although this…
