Saturday night at Love Garden, the Spook Lights played a free in-store to celebrate the release of their “Teenage Maniac” single. Additionally, the show was taped for future 7-inch release. Even though you can’t see it in this video of their song “Shake Shake Shake,” the place was packed with fans and friends. Someone even brought hot dogs. All in…
Just so you know, hillbilly white supremacist and devout anti-Semite Glenn Miller’s write-in candidacy for U.S. Senate is for real. Miller has issued press releases saying so, and he’s supposedly set up a campaign headquarters near his home in Aurora, according to the Springfield News-Leader. His campaign HQ is at a super secret location, and Miller isn’t telling where. Miller…
There’s a charming little coffeehouse — once the scene of a high-profile murder, but that’s another story — that serves sandwiches like the turkey, cheese and lettuce on whole-grain bread with a big ol’ pile of chips and pickles. Which restaurant serves this sandwich? Categories: Dining, News Tags: coffeehouse, sandwich, Where am I eating?
Although they now call Chicago home, funky hip-hop foursome Anti-Crew originally hail from Kansas City. To get you hyped for their forthcoming full-length, Foundation: Expansion Plan, they’ve released the video for “Blur.” The video, directed by Bake Phouikam, follows the band as they go about their jobs at a nightclub, all macking unsuccessfully on the same young lady, only to…
It’s not every day that your editor asks you what food in Kansas City would yield the best results if placed inside a cannon and fired at him. Inspired by the viral sensation of watching hipsters in Portland pelted with a cupcake cannon — hipster lovers and haters can rejoice at the baked-goods carnage — I put together a list…
Would you trade the Royals for a .500 NBA team?customer surveys By Matt Moore Well, here we are again. On the verge of a series win over Tampa Bay, on the road, the Royals manage to find a way to lose another Greinke start, despite him giving them a four hit, one run complete game. The Royals aren’t in last…
In addition to being one of our favorite bands to follow on Twitter, the Noise FM are a tireless live act, rocking the stage at many a local venue on a very regular basis. Right now, however, they’re not playing any shows. Why? Because they’ve got a new EP coming out, fools! In order to get you all antsy-pantsy to…
Kansas City native and jazz great Ahmad Alaadeen has never been a stranger to his community, no matter where his music has taken him. After receiving the American Jazz Museum’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the Gem Theater on Friday, friend and supporter Prophett Maine wanted to celebrate Alaadeen’s honor. Having grown up in the same Islamic community around 69th and…
Marilyn R. Davis was allegedly the getaway driver in several robberies last August, including one that resulted in the death of Wireless clerk Khamis A. Saed. Jackson County prosecutors charged the 37-year-old Davis today with second-degree murder, first-degree robbery and two counts of armed criminal action. Saed was found shot to death in the backroom of a store at 5116…
Let this fact rattle around in your brain for a moment: in just a few years, NOFX will celebrate its thirtieth anniversary. That’s not a typo. NOFX, the band that made “skate punk” a household phrase, has been making music since 1983. Twenty. Seven. Fucking. Years. If you read that and started feeling really, really old, then… well, then you’re…
Get cozy with a big bowl of lasagna Kozeta Kreka, the Albanian-born owner of Cozy’s Cafe in Overland Park, had such good response offering her meat-and-spinach lasagna as a dinner special that she recently added the dish to the permanent menu. It’s a very good deal if you’re a fan of huge hunks of house-made lasagna. For $11.99, the meal…
Cupcakes meet cake donuts courtesy of Lamar’s Donuts this month. The local shop unveiled the red velvet donut on Saturday. There’s no cream cheese frosting or extraneous flavors — this is just a shockingly red donut with a light glaze. The glaze is clear, making the red donut easy to see in the case next to the long johns and…
The Sunday New York Times profiled the women of the Westside Family Church’s Victory Over Porn Addiction support group. The thought of women being into porn shouldn’t be surprising. But the Lenexa megachurch appears to be a a rarity. The Times notes that the group diverges “from secular sexual theory by treating masturbation and arousal as sins rather than elements…
Apropos of nothing, Robert Moore of Sonic Spectrum threw a party at RecordBar on Saturday night. For a spring fling of sorts, the ubiquitous long-haired music man recruited power-country-poppers Sons of Great Dane, the thunderous Hammerlord and the Pedaljets — the regrouped rock redux that hit it big in the 80’s, broke up in the early 90’s, decided to give it another…
%{}% This ode to the #1 at Carollo’s Italian Deli ends with a bit of curiosity about the octopus salad. Cooper’s Oak Winery has partnered with O’Fallon Brewery to brew Deer Beer. Just as the last sardine factory in the United States has closed its doors, sardines are now being touted as a food you should be eating. A man…
%{}% Bad news, New Yorkers: Once again, rightbloggers are pretending to care what happens to you. You may remember that right after 9/11 it became trendy for conservatives to gush over New York and Rudy “America’s Mayor” Giuliani. Then, when it became apparent that New Yorkers still weren’t going to vote Republican, they went back to their usual uncomprehending contempt…
Good on Goodnight Loving for bringing something new to the garage rock game. This track, “The Pan,” sounds like a countrified and better-produced version of the bands coming out on Sub Pop these days. It’s from the Milwaukee band’s fourth full-length, which is their first release for Dirtnap. It’s called The Goodnight Loving Supper Club, and comes out July 20….
The Royals trailed Tampa Bay for the first six innings of the game on Friday night. The score was close, 1-0, but a loss looked imminent. Even sensible fans following the game might have wondered: Is manager Trey Hillman going to survive this road trip? Amazingly, the Royals tied the game in the seventh inning and scored twice in the…
MondayEnjoy show tunes performed live. Musical Theater Heritage presents Musical Mondays at Off Center Theatre on a few choice Mondays throughout the year. Tonight is one of them. TuesdayShop locally. Westport 39 — the building at 611 West 39th Street that houses such cool businesses as Boomerang and Mash Handmade — celebrates its grand opening from 5 to 8 p.m….
“Where We Pee” is a weekly excursion into a local music venue’s excretory facilities, with a premium on the witticisms scrawled onto the walls. Lawrence’s Granada has undergone several renovations over the years. It’s original incarnation was a movie theater, then was converted to a big venue with an intimate “Aqua Lounge” in front (so named because of the blacklight-friendly…
Chason A. Pennington was stabbed to death at a bonfire party in the 29800 block of East AA Highway in Grain Valley around 2 a.m. Saturday. Pennington, a 19 year old from Lee’s Summit, was partying with friends in a field. He later reportedly wrestled with the man who allegedly stabbed him. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and the Jackson…
More than 40 people gathered Sunday afternoon at Salaam Cafe on 69th and Prospect to honor Kansas City jazz legend Ahmad Alaadeen. Jazz band Phil Callier and Jhamm played for the crowd before Alaadeen was presented with an achievement award by Salaam Cafe owner, Sulaiman Salaam.
