Well, that was ugly. The Royals were patching together a not disastrous road trip when the team arrived in Arlington for four games with the Texas Rangers. Royals fans were feeling pretty good on Thursday night, as they watched the club take the lead after falling behind 8-0. (These boys have heart, I tell ya!) Oh, and did we mention…
Being as how it’s never too early to start blasting hardcore (at least in our opinion), here’s a brief sampler of tunes to get you in the mood for tonight’s show at the Bottleneck with Converge, Coalesce, Lewd Acts, Black Breath, and Canyons. The songs may contain profanity, but we can’t really understand a single word anyone’s saying. Therefor, you…
A death investigation is underway after authorities discovered a body in a wooded area in Miami County on Sunday. A vehicle linked to a missing person from Lee’s Summit was found in a parking lot at Middle Creek State Fishing Lake on Saturday around 8:10 p.m., according to multiple reports (here, here, here, here and here). View Larger Map The…
The Pistol Social Club, located at 1219 Union down in the West Bottoms, has been the home for art shows, and shows for off-the-radar bands. This weekend, they posted the following missive to their Twitter account: There are no longer any upcoming shows on their MySpace, and the June 2 Future Islands show has been moved to the Foundation Room….
Today: Chill out — literally. Figure skating rules the Sprint Center for Smucker’s Stars on Ice. Tuesday: Root for KC’s other baseball team. The T-Bones begin an exhibition series against the KCKCC Blue Devils. Wednesday: Meet Marilynne Robinson. The Kansas City Public Library caps off its Big Read initiative with a presentation by the author of this year’s selected novel,…
Hundreds of people swarmed Nelson-Atkins Art Museum this Mother’s Day weekend to catch a glimpse of Egyptian funerary pieces, including a mummy and a seven-foot inner coffin. The grand opening highlighted the craftsmanship of artisans in the ancient civilizations of the Near East, Egypt, Greece and Rome.
First, comedian Brian Posehn took on cookie-cutter screamo bands with “Metal By Numbers,” from his debut album Live In: Nerd Rage!!!. Now, he’s declaring himself to be “More Metal Than You” in this single from his new album, Fart and Wiener Jokes, which is out now on Relapse. “I torched a church in Norway — I”m more metal than you.”…
When you run your own bank, getting a haircut probably isn’t a priority. Denny Hardin, who ran the Private Bank of Denny Hardin, clearly isn’t concerned with getting a trim. He has other things to worry about — like a 21-count indictment for fraud, announced earlier this week. Hardin and his bank’s bad relationship with the federal government was profiled…
Michael L. Rhodes was shot and killed while standing next to a phone at a gas station at 4501 Cleveland around 7:23 p.m. Thursday. Rhodes, 20, was from Kansas City, Missouri. Several people witnessed the shooting. If you know anything about Rhodes’ death, call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477. Categories: News Tags: homicide, Killa City, Michael L. Rhodes, shooting
What’s worse than Crocs? You’re looking at ’em. Scott Fitness trainer Keith Earl is modeling the latest in disastrously ugly footwear. They’re called Vibram Five-Fingers and the people who swear by them are typically runners, climbers and hikers. It fits right in with the latest fad health craze, the Caveman Diet. (The Troglodyte Diet just didn’t have the same ring.)…
You need plans. Fat City has a recycle bin full of listings. In this post, all our problems are solved. The official first day of spring might have been March 21 elsewhere in the country, but it’s Friday, May 7, in Kansas City. That’s when Fresher Than Fresh Snow Cones opens for the season at First Friday in the Crossroads….
Fast Geek Press, which is run by one of our favorite poets, Charly “the city mouse” Fasano, is teaming up with Lubricated Magazine to release a limited-edition double cassette compilation. Proceeds from the sale of the comp will go to fund publication of Lubricated, a magazine out of northern California “that supports the collective effort of independent artists, writers and…
If a dose of Texas twang wasn’t good enough, Knuckleheads has another reason for you to head down to the East Bottoms tonight: the venue is hosting MerleJam, a benefit named for Knuckleheads’ Merle Zuel who recieved a heart transplant several years ago. Proceeds go to the Midwest Transplant Network, and Ray Wylie Hubbard headlines tonight’s show (it’s country-themed; tomorrow’s…
Officials in Kansas City, Missouri, have targeted the site of the Power & Light Building for a 1,000-room convention hotel. If the project gets the go ahead, a little environmental cleanup work will be required. Decades ago, a powerhouse operated at the site. Later, Kansas City Power & Light removed an underground storage tank that had been used to fuel…
The orange-and-black packaging on the Sunkist Solar Fusion tricked me into adding the two-liter to my shopping cart this week. But like the brightly colored clown fish, it was just a setup for the harsh sting of the anemone inside. This beverage is an unfortunate blend of energy drink and soft drink — I’ll call it a soft energy drink….
The beast walks among us, searching for goat blood. Dark mysteries on the farm lands of Lee’s Summit. Thursday morning, Dawn Applequist awoke to find one of her goats dead with the entire side of its body ripped off. It was the third goat to be murdered in the night in as many days. “Whatever is doing it, it’s very…
Fox 4 film critic Shawn Edwards is throwing a garage sale at the Screenland Crossroads Saturday, May 8, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Edwards is selling off a chunk of his movie collection and memorabilia — and the proceeds all for a good cause. Edwards is donating the money to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (he was moved by…
Chelsea Handler — famous for Chelsea Lately, her late night comedy show on E! — is sounding off at Starlight tonight on her Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang tour. Catch the comedian’s bitchy stories by buying tickets here; last time we checked, there were still seats left. If you want Chelsea to insult you in person, you can stop by Rainy Day…
It’s a damned good thing the new Get Up Kids EP, Simple Science, starts with “Your Petty Pretty Things.” It’s the only song of the four on the record to really come close to the earlier Get Up Kids formula of simple poppy rock ‘n’ roll that builds to a cathartic release when it hits the chorus. It’s understandable that…
The Peppercorn Duck Club Two decades ago, when I was counting ballots for a local business magazine’s “Best Of” competition, I wasn’t a bit surprised that the Peppercorn Duck Club at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center garnered lots and lots of votes. This upscale restaurant was enormously popular as a destination dining spot well into the 1990s; it offered a…
Ryan Taylor Cox, Chason Pennington and friends were drinking alcohol and smoking K2 synthetic marijuana at a bonfire party Saturday in the 29800 block of East AA Highway in Grain Valley. Cox and Pennington, both 19, had been wrestling. They’d split. Each had won one. Pennington wanted to go one more time. He wanted to box. Cox was done. Their…
