If you want to keep it mellow, you might gravitate more toward the swaying folk sounds of the Bizmarks, who swing by the Czar Bar. They’re on at 10:15 p.m. Are we missing anything? Categories: Music Tags: bizmarks, rooftop vigilantes
Downtown’s supply of fried chicken and gasoline was nearly destroyed today. We’re no detectives, but maybe somebody at the Valero finally got tired of being told they couldn’t buy just one bottle of MGD to go with their chicken gizzards and decided to take revenge. According to the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department, officers were called to 17th Street and…
Berry-picking season is here again, so Fat City went picking … for six-packs. With no new summer seasonals at Royal Liquors, I took a flyer on two raspberry brews in an attempt to find out whether anything other than a fruit lambic should be helping me to reach my recommended serving of fruit beer each week. The first was a…
Eagle-eyed Kansas City gardeners tell The Pitch they’re concerned about a City Council ordinance that seems to ban front-yard vegetable gardens. The eye-catching line, added to Ordinance No. 100299: “Row crops are not permitted in the front yard of a residentially zoned and occupied property.” Councilwoman Beth Gottstein and Councilman John Sharp sponsored that ordinance, which passed the Planning and…
Count this among the better candidates for your First Friday attention tomorrow: the Soul Providers Crew, the local hip-hop collective who’ve been throwing free block parties in the Crossroads for a few years now, is teaming up with the Salvation Army for a good-old-fashioned food drive. Stop by, drop off some non-perishable items, kick it for a while, and then…
Even geeky Mac forums are obsessed this morning with last night’s botched call in Detroit. Umpire Jim Joyce spiked Armando Galarraga’s perfect game with a blown call at first base. After the game, Joyce watched tape of the play, met Galarraga for a huggy mea culpa, then gave reporters a sound bite that may become the new century’s “Say it…
This is a weird one. Kelly Clarkson — who is stopping by Sandstone on July 15 as a part of Lilith Fair — is leaking new demos like crazy. Her newest one actually sounds a bit like Arcade Fire’s “Rebellion (Lies).” Actually, that’s bullshit; it sounds a lot like Arcade Fire’s “Rebellion (Lies).” Click here to stream it. And click here to compare…
These suckers aren’t nailed down quite yet, but much buzz surrounds these possible concert dates. Here’s one: Paul McCartney at the Sprint Center. If what we’re hearing is true, Sir Paul’s date with Kansas City is coming up fast: the former Beatle (and recent recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song) is playing on Saturday, July…
The Vinn Diagram above came from the Spring 2010 edition of Ms. Magazine. Along with the diagram is a helluva story from writer Amanda Robb, who wonders if Scott Roeder, the man convicted of murdering Wichita abortion provider George Tiller in May 2009, really acted alone. Robb interviewed Roeder and his friends, and she writes: Using information gleaned from these…
Elvis has left the building, but he would probably approve of the burger of the week at Chef Burger. Yesterday, I wrapped two hands around the Goober Burger, a peanut-butter topped piece of meat that was the first — but not the last — that I’ll eat. The first place I saw a peanut butter burger on the menu was…
A hospitality consultant has come up with numbers supporting the idea of building a 1,000-room convention hotel in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The consultant based the report on surveys of convention planners, who were asked what kept them choosing from KC as a site for their meetings. In this week’s Martin column, I question the consultant’s data. It seems strange…
I might have slammed national food holidays earlier in this week, but we can all share in the benefits tomorrow. June 4 is National Doughnut Day and free doughnuts abound across the city. Lamar’s Donuts will each customer a free Ray’s Original Glazed. There are two Lamar’s locations in Overland Park (8615 College Boulevard and 12520 Quivira Road) and Kansas…
%{}% The pork tenderloin sandwich is still wowing people decades later at Kitty’s Cafe. Pickles are not for everybody. Pine nuts and pine mouth strike again; and this time it’s in Kansas City. Are eating meat and being environmentally conscious mutually exclusive? Hennessy Black is hoping to be the next Jagermeister. Hey, we all need goals in life. Categories: Dining,…
We can all agree that Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church are sad, terrible people. At this point, they’re not even protesting gays as much as anyone who’s ever relied on the Earth’s atmosphere to survive, because .000000001 percent of the carbon dioxide used in photosynthesis may have been exhaled by a homosexual. Even if we could somehow send every…
Andre Valentine can’t drive a stick. Durell D. White, 20, and Andre D. Valentine, 23, have each been charged with one count of first-degree robbery and one count of armed criminal action after being arrested in connection with a Brookside robbery that occurred in the early hours of Friday, May 28. Two victims, a man and a woman, told a…
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. Wax Museum Souvenir Guides from Miami, Dallas, and Scottsdale, Arizona Date: 1960s & ’70s The Cover Promises: No family road trip is complete without dioramas of torture…
In Tom Six’s torture-porn game-changer, an evil German doctor kidnaps a Japanese man and two vapid American girl tourists, imprisons them in his basement lab, and shows them a presentation of simplistic hand-drawn slides that illustrate his diabolical plan: By surgically connecting all three via digestive tract, he will turn three beings into one. Just like that, an iconic movie…
Gay Pride festivities began a year after the Stonewall Riots of 1969, but celebrations across the country see this as a time to remember the past while moving forward and reveling in the present. Kansas City’s LGBT community and supporters end the weeklong Pride celebration today with the customary parade. Recent downpours and Rockfest shenanigans have moved the venue from…
Brad Anderson’s long-running saga of the melty-looking Winslow family and the gangling, interfering Great Dane that should’ve been put to sleep ages ago gets a film treatment, and once-mute Marmaduke gets expressive CGI-arched eyebrows and a voice provided by Owen Wilson. Relocated from Kansas to Orange County by master Phil (Lee Pace), Marmaduke tries to fit in at the new…
Crossroads KC at Grinders 417 East 18th Street Shows go on in the Crossroads, behind Grinders and Grinders West, rain or shine. For more information, see crossroadskc.com. Friday, June 4: The Black Keys, Brian Olive Saturday, June 5: John Butler Trio, State Radio Sunday, June 6: Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa Tuesday, June 8: The Temper Trap, War Paint Wednesday, June…
