Speeding around in a Ferrari may sound fucking rad, but apparently it’s not that rad. At least, not when you live in Lee’s Summit. Local superstar Tech N9ne was picked up yesterday by a police cruiser in his Ferrari F430 around 1:19PM, according to Tech’s twitter (as evidenced by the fact that the rapper posted a picture of the cop car…
%{}% High-gloss photos and glowing words suggest that Cafe Boulud should be your first stop on any trip to New York City. Summer loves tend to start with summer beers. In some cases, like Sofie — the new saison from Goose Island — it is the summer beer itself that is crushworthy. The biggest competitive threat to pork is apparently…
Everybody knows it’s a tough job market out there, and people are being let go in corporate austerity moves in every industry. But, as a recently canned Power & Light District valet claims, good old-fashioned “I don’t like what you did” firings might still alive and well in the workplace. The valet, Patrick Lee, thinks he was axed after an…
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A man driving a red SUV was shot and killed while driving along East 40th Street and Vineyard Road at around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday. The homicide is Kansas City, Missouri’s fiftieth of 2010. The victim is described as a black male in his early twenties. Categories: News Tags: homicide, Killa City, shooting
Nutbag apocalyptic preacher (and BFF of U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback) Lou “A Sexual Insanity Will Be Unleashed Upon the Earth” Engle apologized a couple of weeks ago after legislation that would impose a life sentence or the death penalty for the “crime” of “aggravated homosexuality” in Uganda was promoted at one of his TheCall events in that country. Engle pleaded…
Two weeks ago, at a show in Milan, Slash was tackled by a fan in the middle of a “Sweet Child of Mine” solo. If you haven’t seen the video yet, peep it after the jump. Categories: Music Tags: Slash
Despite reports of severe rain, a sizable group gathered for Faction Magazine’s release party yesterday. The magazine was born as a creative outlet for photographer Jeff Evrard and Carman Stalker of Wearhaus, an event-planning company focused on fashion. People carried the zine around the Farmhouse — where the party was held — as they chatted, sipped drinks and enjoyed the…
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. Hygeia: The Health Magazine Date: November, 1937 Publisher: American Medical Association The Cover Asks: “Should Cousins Marry? See page 980.” Representative Quote: “If defective animals are born,…
With a dramatic, added-time goal in their final first round game, the USA qualified for the knockout stages of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The team’s next match, against Ghana, kicks off at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Please see our World Cup Soccer Bars Directory for great places to gather with other fans to watch all the action…
At CommunityAmerica Ballpark (1800 Village West Parkway, 913-328-2255), the Kansas City Wizards face off against the New York Red Bulls, a team that, while based in New York, just opened its new Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, which is in an entirely different state. More confusion: If you can’t get taurine, glucuronolactone, caffeine, B vitamins and glucose out…
Welp, it’s been 25 years since the Kansas City Royals won the 1985 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, a victory admittedly tainted in the sixth game when first-base umpire Don Denkinger incorrectly called Jorge Orta safe. Would the Royals have won the game anyway? Who knows? But Bret Saberhagen’s subsequent 11-0 shutout in the seventh game might never…
Car-show enthusiasts are usually relegated to gatherings at the convention hall or to rockabilly nights at the drive-in. But for the past four years, Kansas City gearheads have been treated to an unusual car show on the grounds of the Kansas City Art Institute (45th Street and Oak). At the Art of the Car Concours, from 10 a.m. to 4…
Animal Haven will receive 20 percent of the profits on this day from everyone who brings in a flyer printed off from animalhavenkc.org. Sun., June 27, 12-9 p.m., 2010 Tags: Night & Day
So what if you haven’t caught World Cup fever? You can still cash in on the special deals that local bars and restaurants are offering in conjunction with the Olympics of soccer. In fact, just change the meaning of World Cup by making the tournament an excuse to raise a brimming cup at a different purveyor of international cuisine every…
For a decade now, the Independent Filmmakers Coalition of Kansas City has issued a steep challenge to local movie-makers once a year: write, shoot and edit a little film, which will be viewed and judged mercilessly – all within 10 hours. It’s time again for the contest known as One Night Stand. Camera wielders, actors, editors and directors who are…
For a decade now, the Independent Filmmakers Coalition of Kansas City has issued a steep challenge to local moviemakers once a year: Write, shoot and edit a little film — all within 10 hours — that will then be viewed and mercilessly judged. It’s time again for the contest known as One Night Stand. Camera wielders, actors, editors and directors…
Unlike other wealthy families, the Lords don’t need outsiders like reporter Macaulay Connor (James Stewart) to take them down a notch — they do it well enough themselves. When Connor arrives to cover the high-society wedding of high-strung Tracy (Katharine Hepburn), he finds chaos: a philandering father, a lecherous uncle, a long-suffering mother, a precocious kid sister, and an ex-husband…
Quietly amassing a compelling and varied CV that already includes turns as James Dean, Spider-Man’s best friend, a slow-witted pot dealer and Harvey Milk’s lover, James Franco now portrays poet Allen Ginsberg in the new feature Howl, about the landmark obscenity trial, which was sparked by the incendiary epic poem that defined both Ginsberg and the Beat movement. With a…
Remember when there used to be neighborhood record stores, and you could walk in and exchange William McKinley dollar notes for wax cylinders with Scott Joplin recordings? Well, sometime in the last decade, the music industry imploded and all the mom-and-pop record stores burned down, which is why we no longer listen to music. The distribution of media through independent…
Like rushed final papers and extra-long twin beds, flip cup stands out in the collective, if somewhat fuzzy, memory of college. Relive those days of yore at Tower Tavern (401 East 31st Street, 816-931-9300) while raising money for Harvesters, an organization devoted to helping the hungry. Now in its third year, the bar’s flip cup tournament will benefit a charity…
