%{}% Food dispatches from Kansas City and the rest of the culinary universe… Our beer laws haven’t quite caught up to our beer tastes. It can have mayo, sugar and bacon, but as long as the bowl has vegetables, it’s a salad. Dig into broccoli salad. Anal retentive people simply have better luck with leftovers. A guide to labeling the…
Kansas City tallied yet another homicide overnight — the city’s sixth killing in four days. A double shooting left one man dead and another injured at East 24th and Myrtle around 11:50 p.m. Tuesday. Categories: News Tags: homicide, Killa City, shooting
UPDATE: Tickets on sale this Saturday at 10 a.m. Categories: Music Tags: band of horses
Don’t tread on Missouri with your health care reform Dr. Barack HUSSEIN! Thanks to conservative outrage over health-care reform, people like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh might be watching next month’s vote on the Missouri Health Care Freedom Act very closely. Right-wing websites are already sending out lengthy missives on the August 3 vote, so you can protect your “health…
Last year, The Pitch named Kansas City Art Institute grad Nathan Fox Best Illustrator for his “hyper-detailed” work on such comics as Dark Reign: Zodiac and Joe R. Lansdale’s Pigeons From Hell. Fox’s new project, Fluorescent Black, is just further proof we picked the right guy. Categories: News Tags: Fluorescent Black, Heavy Metal, Matt Wilson, Nathan Fox
%{}% A football player at the University of Missouri has been suspended after being arrested on suspicion of shoplifting. Jarrell Harrison’s alleged crime took place at the Spencer’s in the Columbia Mall, prompting speculation as to whether he’s into light bondage or leaving fake dog poo around the locker room. Or maybe he was looking for a vintage Catherine Bach…
The Chiefs haven’t won a Super Bowl since 1969, but ESPN finds a silver lining. It’s no secret among Kansas City’s forlorn sports fans that the local teams are less than stellar. ESPN’s annual team rankings are out, and KC’s clubs didn’t get very high on the list, but they’re not bottom feeders, either. Categories: News Tags: Chiefs, Clark Hunt,…
Modest Mouse is at Crossroads KC with Avi Buffalo. Counting Crows and Barenaked Ladies are at Starlight. And Harry and the Potters, a band that plays songs about … what’s the name of that series of books about wizards and elves? Oh, yeah: the Lord of the Rings. They’ll be playing songs inspired by Lord of the Rings at the Saltwater Taffy…
James Christos hits up Chi-town in the latest installment of his Engimatic Tour diaries. Chicaaaaagoooo! I love this town. (Except for the winters.) There’s something about pulling into a town at 11PM and getting the feeling the night is just starting. First we hit up THE WORLD FAMOUS UIC radio station (peep the live U-Streams at www.SNRadioonline.com). My man Stretch…
Categories: Music Tags: ben summers, children of spy, jacob kruger, moon mash, the claque
Update (2 p.m. July 7) – Nixon signed the bill at 11:30 a.m., according to a spokesman for the St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department. Looks like it’s back to real reefer for you, Missouri. Original story (12:04 p.m. July 7) – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is reportedly going to stop dragging his feet and sign the ban on K2 synthetic marijuana later…
Being the New Guy, I recently had the severe displeasure of wading through Kansas City’s vacant-apartment inventory looking for someplace suitable to live, seeking that delicate balance between “having a pool so I don’t sweat my junk off all summer” and “not having a pool that looks like MTV’s The Duel every Saturday.” I used the usual tools — Craigslist,…
Jane Zieha-Bell, the owner of the eclectic Blue Bird Bistro, is thrilled that the weather is nice and warm — last winter’s arctic temperatures really hurt business — and that the new restaurants, including Westside Local, Chez Elle and Fud, in her neighborhood, at 17th and Summit, have increased traffic for all the dining operations in the area. But Zieha-Bell…
Kansas City, Missouri, apprehended the suspect in a fatal stabbing at a QuikTrip north of the river on July 4. Monique M. Walker, 26, has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Decarlos Henderson, 30, of Waterloo, Iowa. Police found Henderson bleeding at an apartment building at Northwest 55th Street and Englewood Road. He died at a hospital….
You can’t fight fire with fire, but you might be able to stifle fiery gin with a fiery mixer. I’ve spent the better part of a week trying to figure out what to do with Most Wanted Gin from High Plains. The liquor from Atchison, Kansas, has a hot finish, meaning it’s a bit harsh on the rocks or in…
Saddle Creek star Conor Oberst has gone on the record with several protest efforts recently, including the cancellation of Arizona tour dates in support of Zach De la Rocha’s Sound Strike efforts. That’s not enough, though: Oberst resurrecting his old bands, Desparecidos and Bright Eyes, in order to rally some support against Fremont, Nebraska’s recent immigration laws, which bear a…
Werewolves and vampires agree on one thing: vodka. By now, the appeal of the Twilight saga is crystal clear, just like the fine Swedish vodka being pimped at the AMC Studio 30 theater in Olathe last Friday. Categories: News Tags: AMC, booze, twilight
In a world of oversized portions, it might just be the smallest cakes that are making the biggest noise. Or, to be more accurate, Smallcakes. The Overland Park cupcake bakery — which opened a sister location in Olathe in February — is set to debut on the Food Network’s Cupcake Wars tonight and celebrate its first anniversary Saturday. Categories: Dining,…
%{}% Update (10:57 a.m. July 7): Police identified the victims as Michael B.K. Butler, 32, and Akeem Y. Wilson, 15, both of Kansas City, Missouri. Original story (7:40 a.m. July 7): Responding to a call that shots were fired, police found two men with bullet wounds near East 10th Street and Lydia Avenue early Sunday morning. A man in mid-20s was…
%{}% Democratic Senator Robert Byrd passed away last week at age 92. Among the items in his lengthy CV was a year-long membership in the Ku Klux Klan. He also had some kind words for that organization and its principles thereafter. Eventually Byrd denounced his Klan involvement as “my biggest mistake… an albatross that I will always wear.” Too little…
Just take a sip, you’ll like it Summer’s a great time for cold soups like gazpacho or a fruity chilled-melon concoction. This potato-and-leek potage is traditionally served in all seasons, but it’s particularly popular during the sultry summer months. The French vichyssoise — correctly pronounced, according to the Food Lover’s Companion, as vishsh-ee-Swahz and not vinsch-ee-Swah — served at this…
I’m calling it right now: Thao and Mirah with the Most of All was the best show of the summer. Hell, even though there’s a solid six months of shows to come in 2010, this will probably end up being in the running for show of the year. Why? Two of indie’s finest singer-songwriters joining forces, hiring a rad backing band…
Could Junction City, Kansas, be the Obama hatin’-est town in the country? Your Crap Archivist cruised west to the big J.C. for its Fourth of July festivities. At mile 300 on I-70 we spied this doozy of a billboard: “Obama is a Fraud. Demand Resignation Now. God Bless America.” We snapped photos of it from the parking lot of the Dreamland…
