Remember when Joaquin Phoenix told us that he’d quit acting to pursue a rap career, and acted kinda weird to David Letterman on the Late Show in early 2009, while sporting a full beard and sunglasses, and looking homeless? It was widely speculated that this was an elaborate Andy Kauffman-like stunt; but now, there’s a documentary coming out about it,…
Grilled cheeses are like the grills on which they are made. Once I’m in front of one, I don’t want anybody giving me advice, even if what I’m doing is decidedly wrong. But before I start my grill prep, I’m willing to listen to reason. And there’s no shortage of people ready to offer advice — consider this post on…
You’ve gotta love an event where a 24-oz. “pounder” is handed to you as soon as you waltz through the door. That’s exactly what will happen at Pabst Presents: A Spaghetti Western Death Country Carnival on August 28 at Knuckleheads. As if the title of “Death Carnival” wasn’t enough to wrangle your ass down to the East Bottoms, five bands…
Cortez Moorman apparently has a poor sense of timing. A couple of nights ago, Moorman was arrested for allegedly trying to rape and sodomize a 43-year-old woman. The 24-year-old agreed to talk to police. Fine by me. But when the cops left the room, Moorman is accused of blocking the door with his chair, whipping out his penis and masturbating…
To whet your appetite for The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue in October, we’re counting down our favorite Top 50 dishes each weekday until October 7. A chicken breast is essentially just a chicken breast — unless it’s been transformed into something much more exciting. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink Tags: chicken with olives and lemon, Fifty Favorites,…
%{}% U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback wears his religion on his sleeve. He once washed the feet of a staffer at a farewell party, and he’s been known to hang with the likes of Lou Engle, a homosexuality-fixated evangelical who rocks back and forth when he speaks, in the manner of a true kook. Brownback would like to see America get…
Watermelons snag your eye. It’s got green racing stripes and a bright red pulp that has made it a picnic staple. But in August, cantaloupe is the fruit that you should fall under the spell of your melon baller. Ripe melons are somewhere between beige and gray in color. If you run your finger along the side, the netting pattern…
Jason Whitlock is leaving The Kansas City Star “to pursue other interests.” The Star made the announcement on its website at 11:33 p.m. So ends Whitlock’s 16-year career at the local daily. Not that the end didn’t appear to be near. Whitlock hasn’t written a Star column since May 26, but he has been firing off copy for Fox Sports…
Chandra and Leigh Watson — better known as the Watson Twins — got their big break in 2006 by adding soulful embroidery to Jenny Lewis’ barbed ballads on Rabbit Fur Coat. The duo stepped out from behind Lewis in 2008 with Fire Songs, and they’re back with a new release, Talking to You, Talking to Me. No reason yet for…
Forget fine dining. Zagat is now putting its stamp on restaurant chains with the results of a fast food survey labeling everything from the top fast food coffee (Starbucks) to the top burger (Five Guys Burgers & Fries). The annual survey looks at fast food and full-service chains. This year, 6,518 people rated the restaurants. And if you don’t believe…
Joey Santiago has been the guitarist for alt rock legends the Pixies since they formed in 1986. The Pixies reformed in 2004, and recently toured in celebration of their seminal 1989 album, Doolittle, playing the album in its entirety. The southern (and final) leg of the tour kicks off at the beginning of September, and hits the Uptown on September…
The Kansas City Chiefs are worth $1.03 billion according to an analysis from Portfolio.com and Biz Journals. Still, that doesn’t make them successful, the study found. The economy nerds based their rankings on regular season winning percentage, average margin of victory, playoff results, average home attendance, percent of stadium capacity and franchise value. None of which is the club’s forte….
Today, via the Record Machine, we bring you a new video from Motorboater for the song “Je Mange Titties,” which I believe is roughly translated as “I eat titties.” There do not seem to be any titties in this video, but it does involve the consumption and subsequent regurgitation of a gallon of milk in a park. You should watch…
Remember those way-too-good-to-be-true deals from car dealer Chad Franklin Suzuki? The ones touting a “gas experiment” in which the dealership offered $49 a month car payments plus free gas? Well, the fallout from that keeps coming. A jury awarded more than $1.3 million to a couple who claimed the dealership scammed them, according to the always awesome Daily Record in…
As far as crimes go, kidnapping and robbing little old ladies is pretty much ball-sweat disgusting. Rachel Ann Batista and Sarah Nicole Zaragoza are accused of scooping up 81-year-old Edna Wells at knife-point from a Price Chopper parking lot on Shawnee Mission Parkway last Wednesday afternoon. One of the women allegedly made Wells drive her to M&I Bank (6333 Long)…
Since August 11, Kansas City’s Muslim community has been observing Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar and a time for praying, all-day fasting and a communal gathering at nightfall to enjoy Iftar, the “break the fast” meal. The month of Ramadan continues through September 9, and at least two local restaurants are offering Iftar dinners each night. Categories:…
“Let’s Keep Going.” — Thelma Dickerson, Thelma & Louise. Some parties are never meant to stop. Case in point, the 24-year-long pub crawl that is still a work in progress, according to four friends from West Bromwich, England. The Telegraph has the story of how these four men have managed to knock back 84,000 pints at 14,000 bars — which…
You heard about the pigeon debacle that the Kings of Leon suffered in the Lou on July 23: namely, that birds shit all over their show (and in their mouths!). (Our sister paper, The Riverfront Times, is calling it “Pigeon Gate.” Awesome.) The band walked off the stage after the third song and didn’t return. Gross. Would you? Apparently, the Kings feel…
The Kansas City Star hammered Kansas athletics director Lew Perkins in Sunday’s paper for spending more than $150,000 for 22 flights on university-owned and leased airplanes between July 2008 and May 2010. Not that any of this is illegal; it’s just excessive, especially when he’s flying to Wichita, Hutchinson and Columbia. The Star’s review showed Perkins hopped planes to see…
Ahmad Alaadeen, beloved Kansas City jazz saxophonist, teacher and performer, died at age 76 on Sunday, August 15. The musician was diagnosed with stage four bladder cancer earlier this summer. Alaadeen, a native Kansas Citian, took saxophone lessons from Leo H. Davis, the well-respected musician who also taught Charlie Parker. Alaadeen began performing professionally at age 14, and would go…
