Archives: May 2010

Magic Hat tasting at Blanc tonight

Blanc Burgers + Bottles hosts a free Magic Hat #9 tasting at its Plaza location (4710 Jefferson) this evening from 4 to 6. Magic Hat is still fairly new to Kansas City. The Vermont brewery’s signature #9 beer has only been available here since December. If you’ve been holding off, this is a great excuse to take the plunge.  Conveniently,…

Lowside of the Road an intriguing look at Tom Waits

The recent paperback release of Barney Hoskyns’ Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits finally led to me grabbing the book and taking a read through. As a hardback, the book was of a rather intimidating girth. The idea of taking on the life of an artist with such a wide and varied career was a bit off-putting,…

Canadian blogger compares the K’s fountains to Teri Hatcher’s boobs

Navin Vaswani is fulfilling a baseball fan’s dream. He’s visiting all 30 Major League parks. Vaswani writes a Toronto-centric blog Sports and the City. His MLB tour recently reached Kauffman Stadium, and he left “astonished” by the park’s beauty. Vaswani, who shares content with the online version of The Globe and Mail newspaper, was mesmerized by the outfield fountains, though…

Ribs: They’re everywhere

Ribs and pasta? Why not? Last week we reported that Fat City was bursting with rib deals: Even Burger King is now selling barbecued ribs! Since then we’ve discovered that Cinzetti’s Italian Market restaurant — the lavishl Italian-style buffet at 7201 W. 91st Street in Overland Park — is now offering all-you-can-eat barbecued ribs on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights….

5 questions with baker Greg Connally

With a contagious laugh and a quick smile, baker Greg Connally is the man you want making your cake. Fresh out of the pastry department of Whole Foods, Connally began working at the Bloom Baking Company (profiled yesterday) on May 8. Since then his days have started at 7 a.m. because somebody has to make the Napoleons.    Fat City…

Band of Horses at the Blue Note

You might have caught them opening for Pearl Jam’s epic two-and-a-half hour show at the Sprint Center not too long ago, but indie-folk rockers Band of Horses are stopping by the Blue Note on July 14 all by their lonesome. The band is out supporting its new album, Infinite Arms, which finds frontman Ben Bridwell’s honeyed rasp backed by more…

Get some cheap-ass records from Amazon

As a preface to this post, we’d like to remind you that the Kansas City/Lawrence area has scads of fantastic record stores, wherein you can buy vinyl LPs without fear of them arriving at your home warped, dinged, or otherwise boogered up. That being said, Amazon is having a stellar vinyl overstock sale at the moment. You can grab those…

Jared Allen, ex-Chief, pulls a Samson, loses mullet

Pro footballer Jared Allen hasn’t played a down for the Chiefs since 2007. Yet until a current player finds himself in an Arizona bar, threatening to write checks with some homeboy’s name, he remains the team’s most interesting player. Alas, Allen’s connection to Kansas City gets weaker by the day. The All-Pro recently annulled the Missouri compromise that once shot…

Willie Nelson cut his hair

No, we’ve not turned into a celebrity gossip site (what up, Perez!). It’s just that when an icon such as Willie Nelson cuts off his trademark braids, it’s a change of an epic nature. It’s like when Metallica cut off their hair…aw, man — I hope this means that Willie isn’t going to turn into a whiny tool who makes…

Be in a Stik Figa video this weekend

Area hip hop heads know Stik Figa and D/Will can bring the party. They’ve got a new EP coming out soon, entitled Alive and Well. To get you all pumped for it, they’ve leaked the first single, “Whudupwitit!” In addition, they’ll be shooting a video for the song at this Saturday’s Granada show. Greg Enemy and Rufio Morris also on…

Bobbling breasts & jiggling mounds: Your grandpa’s ‘hot’ novels kept it above the waist

Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Sex Model Author: Al James Date: 1960 Publisher: Nightstand Books The Cover Promises: “She was riding high — on a roller-coaster of lust!” Representative Quote: “Here she…

Patriot’s Game

The world — including Americans, more now than ever — may be obsessed with soccer at the moment, but why crowd around a TV when you can enjoy this country’s original pastime, in person? It is America’s birthday, after all, and this is what she wants. The Royals are out of town, but the Northern League players are home. On…

Bag It

Missouri state Sen. Jolie Justus has 5,000 Facebook friends and a lot more constituents in the 10th District who want to communicate with her. That’s one reason Justus hosts a coffee gathering at the Oak Street Coffee House (6221 Oak) every Friday when she’s in town. (She posts notices on her Facebook page.) But not everyone can take time away…

New Gallery

Some people wouldn’t seek a new life path after a significant brain injury. But for Jason Wood, it was a bike accident and a subsequent injury that led the once-aspiring writer to art. With his first gallery show, Woods demonstrates how terrible events sometimes yield great results. His mixed-media pieces utilize found objects such as cans and tree branches —…

Record Swap

Farm Aid and the original “We Are the World” combined charity with music — usually a successful blend. Kansas City adds interactivity to this formula with Record Fair, an event benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. From noon to 7 p.m. at RecordBar (1020 Westport Road), participants can get more than their fill of music, prizes, cheap beer and food….

Tracking

If you ever want six or seven hours of uninterrupted reading, take the Amtrak from Union Station to St. Louis. Sure, you could drive the same distance in about four hours, but you’d miss the history, the spirit of adventure and the uniformed porters — all things you’d ponder whenever the train stopped, miles from any station, for no apparent…

Bustin’ with Pride

It’s Pride Week 2010 starting — wait — right now! Everybody flex your gay pride and hold that position for the next seven amazing days of celebration. At 9 a.m., the community gathers at Union Station before walking to the Liberty Memorial (100 West 26th Street) for a respectful military memorial at 9:30 that honors gay and lesbian troops. At…