Mumford & Sons, a UK quartet whose sound veers between foot-stomping British folk music and Americana ballads, and who also remind me a little bit of Dave Matthews Band, are at RecordBar. The ladies be lovin’ this band, and that shit is SOLD OUT, son! Alternatively, the vaguely cult-like sixties throwback act Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros are over at…
%{}% All of the Big 12 Minus Two schools are holding press conferences to reaffirm their commitment to the league. Commitment is good, but it’d be even better in writing (although that didn’t stop Nebraska and Colorado from leaving). At University of Kansas athletics director Lew Perkins’ presser today, he announced the “Texas Ten” have a 10 year agreement to…
Update (2:17 p.m. June 16): After a meeting at the White House, BP has agreed to sock away $20 billion in a fund to pay for cleanup costs of the Gulf oil spill, the New York Times reports. Several U.S. senators, including Claire “Bear” McCaskill, suggested the idea to BP’s CEO in a letter sent Monday. It’s good news, although…
The wine is $29.95 per bottle, and available through the band’s website. There is a maximum order of 12 bottles. So in case you were thinking of ordering OVER 12 BOTTLES OF WINE MADE BY THE BAND WHITESNAKE, you will have to educate yourself to a new reality. If any Wayward readers get the opportunity to taste this, or any…
The death toll from Kansas City’s zombie apocalypse is at 81 as season one of Dead Wait wraps up today. The zombie apocalypse web series concludes with (SPOILER ALERT!) a showdown between shut-in Adam Aldrid (Dan Hillaker) and a brain muncher. Categories: News Tags: Dan Hillaker, Dead Wait, Eric Havens, Justin Parlette, zombies
Loose lips sink ships. But you can still put your lips to good use tonight by stopping by McCormick & Schmick’s between 4 and 6 p.m. The Plaza restaurant is contributing to Boulevard’s effort to raise funds for the USS Missouri Commissioning Committee. McCormick & Schmick’s is donating $1 to the cause for every Boulevard sold during the event. Boulevard…
They will be joined by Ferraby Lionheart, a folkie troubadour whose sound is not unlike that of Elvis Perkins in Dearland’s. He had better be pritt-tay good live to make up for that name. By the way, the Watson Twins have been covering “The Sweetest Taboo,” by Sade, on tour of late. If that isn’t adequate incentive to get out to this…
Longtime medical marijuana activist Heath Poland is taking charge of the Kansas City chapter of National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. Previous chair and founding member Brandon Ryan left the position because of health problems, says Greg Terry, NORML’s communication director. “Heath had been an activist for a while, and, basically, no one else wanted the job,” Terry…
When you think of the rock band Whitesnake, you probably think of a crisp, clean Chardonnay. Something refined, not too oaky. I think of an open bottle of pink champale in a hot-tub suite at a motel. Whitesnake is likely aiming for something in between with its new Whitesnake Zinfandel. The Onion’s A.V. Club picked up a release announcing the…
The ownership of the Mexican restaurant at 542 Southwest Boulevard didn’t change, but almost everything else has: the former Sol Azteca cantina is now Sabor y Sol. “It means the flavors of the sun,” said the manager, passing out chips slathered with fresh guacamole at the restaurant’s entrance. The venue was closed for several months while the interior of…
The cheapest priced cigarettes in all of ‘merica will be in Missouri come July 1. Last month, South Carolina lawmakers voted to increase the tax on cigarettes to 57 cents per pack, our friends at the Riverfront Times point out. Compare that to Missouri’s 17 cents per pack tax. That’s good news for smokers in Missouri, which boasts the sixth…
Gov. Nixon — can I call you Jay? Jay, let me give you some advice: It’s time to shut the fuck up about the Big 12 Minus Two. You’re the governor of Missouri — and a Tigers fan — so I know the impulse is to give your take on what’s been going down. I get it. Everyone’s an expert…
Chris Williamson started filming Mics on Fire, a documentary about Kansas City’s hip-hop scene, in the summer of 2009. After months of pounding Kansas City’s pavement to capture footage of the city’s rap artists, Williamson will premiere Mics on Fire at the Tivoli Theatre tomorrow, June 17. Williamson spoke with us about the film’s premiere, his appreciation for local rap…
Chipotle has been accorded a special status in the fast-food as a fast-casual chain with a focus on “food with integrity.” The Atlantic recently challenged that status by comparing a pork burrito from the chain with a Big Mac from McDonald’s. Although the burrito far exceeds the Big Mac in terms of fiber and protein, it contains (assuming you get…
Morris Dees, the famous civil rights attorney who co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center, inspired a crowd when he addressed members and supporters of Legal Aid of Western Missouri yesterday at its annual luncheon. Former Mayor Co-Temp Alvin Brooks introduced Dees to the luncheon’s attendees. Spotted in attendance: City Councilman John Sharp, Councilwoman Jan Marcason, Kansas City Star editorial page…
In a community known for its Hall of Waters, it’s the cinnamon rolls that are calling out-of-town guests to Excelsior Springs, Missouri. The homemade cinnamon rolls from Van Till Farms (a regular at the City Market farmers market) will draw you to the 10 to 12 vendor tables piled with eggs, produce and herbs, in downtown Excelsior Springs from 4…
%{}% You don’t always have to settle when dining at a gas station. Papu’s Cafe is proof of that fact. The Russian Store is your source for unrefined sunflower oil. Anthony Bourdain has a summer reading list for food lovers, with his five favorite food-related titles. Just remember, the trend started in Kansas City. Adult versions of snow cones are…
Sean Tevis — who made a splash two years ago when he ran for the Kansas House on a war chest raised $8.34 at a time — is back. This time, the office is higher (the 2nd District race for U.S. rep.), and the plan is bigger. Way bigger. Categories: News, Politics Tags: Kansas 2nd District, Sean Tevis, U.S. Congress
The show is Thursday, September 23; the NYC three-piece (which includes former Secret Machines guitarist Benjamin Curtis) will be touring in support of Disconnect from Desire, their new LP out July 13 on Ghostly International/Vagrant. A few weeks back, the band released a three-song digital single, Windstorm, the title track of which is a spacy, soaring winner of a song….
Alice Zeorlin, the Johnson County mother accused of suffocating her newborn baby girl, was sentenced to 123 months in prison yesterday. Zeorlin, 26, gave birth to the child in her parents’ basement on May 31, 2009. She then wrapped the baby in garbage bags and put it in a refrigerator. Her parents found the child’s body the next day. In…
Time and again we’ve seen that only you, The Pitch reader, can bring about racial harmony. Now society once again turns to you for help. Hallmark just yanked a graduation card off shelves because Los Angeles NAACP leaders are claiming that a Bazooka Joe-level joke about black holes (in the sense of a gravitational pull so strong that all light…
Better keep those drinks inside. The Rhythm Lounge (3535 Broadway) got its liquor license suspended for two days for customers drinking alcoholic beverages “on an unlicensed portion of the premise.” No good. The suspension goes in effect June 21 at 6 a.m. and ends June 23 at 1:30 a.m. Categories: News Tags: liquor license, regulated industries, suspension, The Rhythm Lounge
