Look out, all you bums, vagrants, Frisbee-throwers and dog-walkers who frequent Case Park on the weekends: a group called Kansas City Parkour is planning a gathering at the park at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. Expect to see dudes leapfrogging over every imaginable obstacle while picturing themselves as Daniel Craig’s James Bond in Casino Royale. No one is safe — especially not…
If I believe in anything, it’s the theory that speeding up a video and setting it to “Yackety Sax” — the cheeky song played in all of Benny Hill’s chase scenes — can make anything funny. Even a full-scale nuclear war. For example, here’s The Day After — the 1983 made-for-TV film/cautionary tale set in Kansas City and Lawrence —…
No real need for touring bands this weekend. The best shows are local, baby. FRIDAY James Christos wraps up a tour that we have faithfully followed by playing both the Riot Room and Czar Bar. If you want to go outside at Riot Room, there’s a Grateful Dead cover band called Skull and Roses on the patio. The Record Machine…
Animal rights activist Jason Miller appears to be working on another restraining order. Miller and his fellow Bite Club of KC members have been banned from the University of Kansas Medical Center, where security didn’t take kindly to him passing out “Wanted” posters targeting the so-called crimes of two researchers or his crusade to end animal research. That’s fine with…
Crossroads KC at Grinders has made a few strong late additions to its outdoor summer concert series this week. The Avett Brothers are playing the venue Saturday, September 25, with Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, who were just there just last night. The Avett Bros.’ pop-inflected folk and bluegrass sound has of late been replaced by piano ballads, which is…
%{}% James Christos has his homecoming tonight at the Riot Room. It’s his Enigmatic CD release party. After that, he’s hitting up Czar Bar — read more about it after the jump. Yooooooo! Not gonna lie I’m experiencing hella road fatigue. I kinda feel like an astronaut returning to earth. STL was the ish as usual. Its like my second…
Watch: here is yet another visual endeavor from the ridiculously photogenic band, She & Him. Just check out that picture to the right. Sickening, ain’t it? In the duo’s latest venture, universal indie crush Zooey Deschanel and guitar man M. Ward frolick in grainy black-and-white in the music video for ‘Thieves’ (both as kids and adults, which is sort of…
Between the time I left for college (2003) and my return (now), the West Bottoms has transformed. While thrill seekers can still get spooked at the Edge of Hell, they can also sip pricey and decadent drinks at R Bar or catch a fashion show with the city’s fashionable set. Categories: News Tags: Flickr, photography, pic of the week
You need plans. Fat City has a recycle bin full of listings. In this post, all our problems are solved. The American Royal is no longer a one trick pony. The third annual American Royal Wine & Brew Ha Ha comes to Hale Arena on Saturday from 5 to 9 p.m. The event has grown to include more than 100…
Like most of this city’s homicides, the robbery-turned-murder of Devin Cassidy in 2008 was sad and senseless. Cassidy, 24, had met friends for dinner and drinks on a Friday night in Westport. She was in her car, getting ready to go home to Leawood when Brandon Smith and Claude Sterling decided to rob her in a parking lot at 42nd…
Image via Flickr: adlaw The news this week that the Wendy’s fast-food chain had introduced four new premium salads to its menu reminded me of those fabulous days when the Ohio-based burger restaurants used to offer a popular salad bar. If you were poor but hungry in the 1980s, that salad bar was a great way to fill up on…
A memorial service for former pro basketball player, Olathe resident and really tall humanitarian Manute Bol is scheduled for Sunday in Overland Park. Antioch Church (5201 Antioch Road) is hosting the 4 p.m. public service. Categories: News Tags: Antioch Church, Manute Bol, NBA
Weight-loss reality-TV hit The Biggest Loser is apparently looking for contestants for Season 11. But you know what city isn’t on the list of 11 open audition sites? That’s right: Kansas City. So even though Men’s Health ranked Kansas City the sixth fattest city in the country earlier this year, we don’t merit a stop for a show dedicated to…
By Jenny Kratz Female folk pop prevailed through the drizzle and mud last night in the Crossroads at Grinders. Armed with an impressive arsenal of fiery female singer-songwriters, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals’ lineup rocked the outdoor stage with a relentless, gritty combination of blues and beats that seemed to cause even the weather to give in to the bands’…
U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint will give folks in Johnson County a taste of South Carolina’s baroque politics with an appearance on behalf of Congressman Jerry Moran this morning. DeMint is the Fox News/talk radio darling who said health care would be President Obama’s “Waterloo” if Democrats’ plans for reform failed. He’s been cast as the Tea Party’s best friend in…
The Record Machine showcase tonight is worthy of your support. The local label’s roster is chock full of hungry, hardworking bands that bring much honor to our city. Bands like: Laptop dance-pop dude Motorboater. He’s up first. Second on is Cowboy Indian Bear. Smart, cold, and yet somehow very groovy indie rock. You know about Soft Reeds already. It’s the band’s CD…
