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Archives: June 2010
Local H, Agent Orange: Thursday’s best bets
At RecordBar, Local H is doing the thing where they have an audience member pull an album out of a hat and then they play that album. At Czar Bar, surf/punk trailblazers Agent Orange are headlining a show that includes local hardcore/punk acts Weekend Dad, Hipshot Killer, and Bombs over Broadway. What else? Categories: Music Tags: Agent Orange, bombs over…
SkillsUSA chaperones: Beware of 65-year-old craigslist pervs!
Students and teachers pack the streets around Bartle Hall and Municipal Auditorium for SkillsUSA’s National Leadership and Skills Conference every year. And where there are youngins, there are perverts. SkillsUSA chaperones, you might want to keep a close eye on the kiddos after seeing this brazen (and self-effacing) craigslist ad. Categories: News Tags: craigslist, perverts, SkillsUSA
Miles T. Moore, KCMO homicide 50: Shot while driving SUV at East 40th and Vineyard
Kansas City police say Miles T. Moore, 21, was the victim of Wednesday night’s homicide at East 40th Street and Vineyard Road. Categories: News Tags: homicide, Killa City, Miles T. Moore, shooting
Harlem, ‘Someday Soon’
Maybe you saw Harlem at the Riot Room a month ago?The Austin trio is one of the better garage acts going these days — though Kansas City has a few bands knocking around town that might give it a run for its money. In any case, the band, who start a tour with Jack White’s The Dead Weather in July that unfortunately…
Kansas Jayhawks Cole Aldrich, Xavier Henry and Sherron Collins await phone calls, millionaire status
Three Kansas Jayhawks are about to get paid. Tonight is the NBA Draft in which pro basketball’s bottom feeders attempt to retool and the contenders dig for diamonds in the rough. Cole Aldrich and Xavier Henry look like likely lottery picks while Sherron Collins could be a late first round or, more likely, late second round pick (so could Kansas…
James Christos, Enigmatic Tour Diary: Entry #4
James Christos’ latest report from the road has a behind-the-scenes sneak peek at the rapper’s new video for his single. What a day! We started the day with a video shoot for “A Beautiful Affair” hella early in the morning. We shot on location in Houston. Check out the making of the video, and the rest of Christos’ journal entry,…
LeBron James to Kansas City push begins … even without an NBA team
LeBron James becomes a free-agent on July 1. King James is coveted in every city with an NBA franchise and millions of dollars in salary cap space — New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and Cleveland — an even ones without a team and millions of dollars. Namely, Kansas City. Really. Categories: News Tags: AEG, LeBron James, NBA, Sprint Center,…
SkillsUSA national competition at Bartle Hall
SkillsUSA brought more than 5,000 red blazer-wearing high school and post-secondary school students to downtown this week for 96 competitions ranging from commercial baking to motorcycle repair to cosmetology. Outside of Bartle Hall, there was plenty of swag to collect and power tools to try out. The Pitch’s Berry Anderson dropped by to snap a few photos.
Six Hallmark cards not to send to your black or gay friends
Last week, Hallmark yanked a Hoops and YoYo graduation card because the NAACP claimed a dopey joke about black holes was really a dopey joke about black whores. The controversy was a unique waste of time for the NAACP. Not just because it was dumb, but because of all the other Hallmark cards full of stereotypes still on the shelves….
Poll: The glorification of pub fare
I once had a top shelf long island iced tea. It was the end of a night of wedding drinking and a friend had agreed to an exorbitant minimum at a bar for the after party. He was well short of the mark and began to seek out the most expensive drink — sadly this was a bar without aged…
Dick Bryant, attorney for adult businesses, lays out a legal defense of beautiful, naked breasts
Before state representatives passed legislation that would criminalize unregulated nipples, Democratic state Rep. Curt Dougherty filed papers, called reps and did everything short of beg for a fiscal review to see how much killing strip clubs would cost the state. The Republican leadership just ignored him. But as we note in this week’s feature, “Exit Boobies,” that sneering dismissal could…
Westport Cafe & Bar opens
Blanc no more As soon as Aaron Confessori heard the news that Blanc Burgers + Bottles was moving from its original location to a bigger venue on the Country Club Plaza, he knew he wanted Blanc’s old space. He had an idea for a new restaurant, and 419 Westport was just the spot for it. Confessori, a 32-year-old Wichita…
Food carts could revitalize empty spaces
The empty restaurant spaces in downtown Kansas City could take inspiration from an unconventional plan to breathe life into a New York City landmark. The Wall Street Journal broke the news that the New York City Parks and Recreation Department will be seeking bids for four food carts on the patio at Tavern on the Green. The hope is that…
Faction Magazine celebrates their third issue at the Farmhouse (slideshow)
Faction — a local fashion and photography zine — released its third issue last night at the Farmhouse. The patio and restaurant were packed with people flipping through the magazine, eating and mingling. The magazine is the brain child of photographer Jeff Evrard and Carman Stalker of Wearhaus, an event-planning company focused on fashion. Much like the magazine itself, the…
How neighborhoods are defining the urban farming debate
The issue of urban farming has only begun to be explored in Kansas City. The City Council’s decision to change the development code on June 10 and provide more guidance for what’s allowable within the city limits is the first step in a prolonged (and at times heated) discussion between locavores and neighborhood associations (who are not always mutually exclusive)….
Passion Pit, Gaslight Anthem, Surfer Blood get their nineties on
Categories: Music Tags: Gaslight Anthem, Lit, passion pit, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Surfer Blood
Catch Howard Iceberg’s new band on Saturday
You remember local legend Howard Iceberg from C.J. Janovy’s profile of the singer-songwriter about a month ago. If you’re not familiar with Kansas City’s rock shaman, now is a good time to get acquainted: Iceberg is playing a marathon two-hour show with a brand new full-band lineup on Saturday afternoon at Jardine’s. (Iceberg writes that he and his new acoustic…
Five things to do with a stray bitch
‘Tis the season of lost dogs, apparently. In recent weeks, multiple Pitch staffers have taken in stray canines, and we’ve noticed a lot of Facebook and Craigslist postings by other kind souls who took pity on a lost animal. Should a wayward pup follow you home tonight, these five tips can help you figure out what to do about it. Categories:…
Noodles & Company coming to Independence, Prairie Village
Noodles & Company continues its push into the Kansas City market with a new location opening in Independence tomorrow and another slated to open at the end of summer in Prairie Village. The fast-casual restaurant offers customizable pastas, salads and soups. The newest joint in the Independence Mall (2140 Independence Center Drive) opens its doors at 10:30 a.m. Back in…
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