Life seems to have turned out pretty well for The Pitch’s first editor, though readers who remember 1980 will recall the man’s name not as Don Mayberger but as Warren Stylus — Mayberger’s pen-name nod to the paper’s record-store beginnings. A Shawnee Mission East High School grad who discovered Lawrence in the late 1960s, Mayberger lives there still, in a…
It’s been said that big-city trends take 10 years to hit the Midwest. Fair enough — the Phoenix New Times, the loudmouthed paper that blossomed into the media company which now owns The Pitch, started in 1970, a decade before this paper. And The Pitch’s transition from record-reviewing newsletter to civic-minded tabloid took most of the Reagan years, an era…
Missouri’s Lieutenant Governor and a group of Random Citizens have filed a lawsuit against the federal government over health-care reforms, claiming the feds are forcing states to participate in a “federal scheme” and calling the new law unconstitutional. Suing the feds over health care would typically be the job of a state attorney general, and AGs in several states have…
Missouri state Rep. Curt Dougherty called for an investigation into what he called “political fixes” arranged by Jackson County Legislator Dennis Waits’ law office earlier this morning. Dougherty, who is running for Waits’ seat on the county legislature, claimed that Waits’ ability to vote on budget for the county’s courts and attorneys has allowed him to put clients through the…
Dorothy M. Cascone allegedly wanted a hit man to kill her ex-husband Monday night while fireworks were going off. The plot was all about cashing in on four — four — life insurance polices she keeps on her ex-, George Cascone, 11 years after their divorce. The good news for George Cascone is that his ex-‘s hired gun (and boyfriend…
We haven’t heard anything from the Beautiful Bodies for a while — since about 2008, actually. Today, Alicia Solo and co. are streaming its newest track on Myspace. The song is a more streamlined, modern stab at rock than the band’s, erm, Yeah Yeah Yeah-like sound on Touch Me (But If Only You Knew How). The track is called “You’re…
Note: The motto is subject to change. Country and bluegrass sounds at RecordBar with Oriole Post, who sound pretty, and Free State Revival, who sound rowdy. At the Jackpot, it’s an early (7 p.m.) all-ages hardcore show with Lewd Acts (awesome name), Mammoth Grinder, Crucified, and Harsh Reality. What else? Categories: Music Tags: crucified, free state revival, Lewd Acts, mammoth grinder, Oriole Post
Travis Cook wished that 11-year-old girls could work at strip clubs on an Internet forum. And when the feds came knocking on his door, the 37-year-old Kansas City man tried to melt his laptop’s RAM memory card card in a skillet on his stove. Categories: News Tags: child pornography, Travis Cook
%{}% Fired Mission Valley Middle School science teacher and notorious phallic Florida artist Ryan Haraughty should have quit while he was behind. Way behind. Earlier this week, an arbitrator upheld the Shawnee Mission School District’s firing of Haraughty, who claimed his firing was the act of a principal who was “out to get him.” Haraughty would have gotten his job…
Chai Shai, the combination tea shop and restaurant operated by Pakistani-born brothers Abdul and Kashif Tufial, is finally open at 59th and Holmes. Among its cold drinks are a thick and refreshing mango milkshake, an iced chai tea, regular iced tea and a beverage the Tufials call skun-jabeen. It’s made with fresh lemon juice, crushed black salt, water and a…
Escobar is spinning at Mosaic this Saturday night, and you can win a pair of tickets to it pretty easily. Categories: Music Tags: eli escobar
I am the master of very little — Madden ’93 for Super Nintendo comes to mind, and maybe Wiffle ball. But I was reminded over the weekend of another great talent: Turning a healthy meal into a fabulously unhealthy one. After I’d spent a few days forcing her to eat large quantities of meat, my better half did what better…
”I don’t see any color besides black and white and like, tan,” drawled the guy behind me, staring at Modest Mouse swapping guitars on stage between songs last night. “Do you? Maybe I’m just…high.” High Guy behind me was, in fact, just high. Modest Mouse rocked gems from their full catalog in a spectrum of loud — at times, glaring…
The pasta e fagioli was simmering and the cannolis were being filled to order yesterday at Pandolfi’s Deli (548 Campbell Street). The newest restaurant in Columbus Park is officially open for business. With a meatball sub that has the potential to be addictive and a hot muffaletta on the menu, Pandolfi’s is hoping to carve out a niche with the…
The feds’ lawsuit against Arizona’s immigration law offered Kansas Secretary of State candidate Kris Kobach — who co-authored the law and is rumored to have it tattooed in Chinese on his lower back — yet another chance to get his chiseled mug on TV. Once again, he wasn’t talking about Kansas, but that won’t matter come election time, when Kobach’s…
Oklahoma Joe’s is forcing itself into the national discussion of barbecue — one Z-man sandwich at a time. The KCK barbecue stalwart is part of Vanity Fair’s unranked list of “the country’s best BBQ joints,” which will appear in the magazine’s August issue. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink Tags: anthony bourdain, barbecue, BBQ, men’s health, Oklahoma Joes, Vanity Fair
And Hollapalooza 2010, which was set for July 16, isn’t happening due to “logistical problems.” We’ll let you know if we hear of any reschedules. Categories: Music Tags: bill gofrier, hollapalooza
You don’t have to eat your vegetables. Or anything else you don’t want, for that matter. Researchers at Duke University and the University of Pittsburgh are studying adults who are picky eaters in an attempt to understand what affects their food choices. Duke has even created the Food F.A.D. Study (Finicky Eating in Adults) — an online survey to collect…
A recent Associated Press story makes Johnson County sound like Portland with better schools. The story outlined the vision for the National Museum of Suburban History, an idea that’s being promoted by the officials at the Johnson County Museum and the Arts Council of Johnson County. The AP story began by declaring Johnson County an “economic powerhouse that has eclipsed…
Categories: Music Tags: soft reeds, the record machine
Never mind that he’s railing about the federal government in a campaign for the state senate. Never mind that if you close your eyes, he sounds creepily like Glenn Beck. Never mind that he’s still throwing “Hussein” into Barack Obama’s name (that’s so 2009). Never mind all that, Brian Nieves of Jefferson City, and answer us this: Why are you…
