You don’t eat like a dad all at once. It started for me when I began finishing my wife’s plate shortly after we were married. And in the span of nearly a year of being a father, I’ve become the goat of the household — putting food in my mouth without thought as to where it originated. But I never…
1. Be careful. It’s Friday the 13th — hence, the ghost rockers scheduled at the Brick and Riot Room. 2. Damn the Yankees. They’re in town to take on the Royals. 3. Ogle art by chicks. Viva La Femme at Alcott Arts Center on Saturday features the bold work of more than 20 female artists. Categories: News Tags: Alcott Arts…
Dr. George Watson is not a fan of reworking America’s health-care policy. In fact, he’s been against health-care reform and anti-insurance companies since way before it was trendy. Watson, who practices in Wichita and Hays, is president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, a conservative professional organization that is suing the federal government over the health-care overhaul bill…
Republican congressional candidate Mike Pompeo has an odd idea of what makes “a good read.” Pompeo was so taken with a blog post trashing his Democratic opponent, Raj Goyle. No surprise there. Except, the post wasn’t about political differences. It was a bunch of racist bullshit, calling Goyle, a U.S. citizen of Indian descent, a “turban topper.” There was also…
Bitters aren’t just for Old Fashioneds anymore “There are certain classic cocktails — a Manhattan, for example, or an Old Fashioned — that absolutely require a dash or two of bitters,” says Ryan Maybee, Kansas City’s celebrity bartender. Anyone who has done a stint behind the bar knows that little bottle of Angostura bitters — or one of the…
“Mondo Generator have had to postpone their current US tour. The band are very sorry about this and would like to apologize to all involved; The shows will be rescheduled to run in December and January. New dates will be announced shortly.” Pretty vague. We’ll keep you in the loop with any reschedules. Categories: Music Tags: Mondo Generator
Money Shots is a glimpse of random happenings when we’re out and about on Kansas City’s music scene. Find more shots of Dream Wolf’s set at the Brick last night after the jump. Categories: Music Tags: Dream Wolf
Drinkers have tales of phenomenal drinks that have never been re-created. Drinks that will make your hangover go away. Drinks that will give you the strength of 10 men (or at least the courage of a different, bigger man). But these are bar stories, told to amuse or with a bit of wistfulness. I would have put the beer popsicle…
The identity of the man with the Our Lady of Guadalupe back tattoo is still unknown. His body found burned in the 5500 block of Kaw Drive in Kansas City, Kansas, last Friday. But KCK police believe they know who killed them. They just need help finding him. A first-degree murder warrant has been issued 24-year-old Mitchell C. Northern. He’s…
For a minute there, it looked like the new judges’ table was locked in: Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez would join Randy Jackson. But it was widely reported yesterday that J. Lo’s demands had gotten “out of hand,” and that she was out of the running for the gig. (Note to J. Lo: Nobody under the age of 18 even…
It’s about to get all evil up in Independence. Robert Bartleh Cummings and Vincent Damon Furnier are joining forces for their Halloween Hootenanny at the Independence Events Center. Tickets are running between $44-$55.50 and go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. Can’t justify a purchase on legendary shock-rock? Make it your own special Halloween gift to yourself: The chance…
Bye bye, Baja 600 Update (1:30 p.m. Aug. 12): The employees at the shuttered Baja 600 restaurant were given their walking papers Tuesday, according to Sam, a waiter who requested that we not use his real name. Sam had worked for the restaurant (“I made damn good money there,” he says) for 19 months and said he was continually told…
As you might recall from your fantasy football waiver wire, wide receiver Chris Chambers came from San Diego to Kansas City midway through last season after a tumultuous period in his personal life, and made a solid contribution to both the Chiefs and some below-average fantasy teams. And it looks like his turnaround is nearing completion: According to several outlets,…
Locking your estranged wife in a headlock and shooting her in the head, killing her, will get you 24.5 years in prison. Breaking up is hard but there are better ways of permanently separating. Franklin L. Grammer Jr. took shittier route and received the sentence yesterday in Johnson County court for killing Betty Jo Grammer in a super dickish way,…
I’m used to living in a city where real estate agents attempt to paint up and coming neighborhoods with nicknames in order to try and lend some cache to an area that is not quite yet developed. Inspired by the artful renaming of restaurant districts and a recent blog entry about a corridor on Wornall from Jon and John Eric’s…
Local rockabilly dudes Them Damned Young Livers aren’t known for being shy. Table-dancing, beer-spitting and whiskey-swilling are all a part of the show for Jody Hendrix and his band. But tomorrow, it looks like Hendrix might be speechless. We’ve got word from the frontman that he’s contracted laryngitis, just in time for the band’s CD release at Crosstown Station tomorrow…
Peregrine Honig’s unborn fawns weren’t the only Kansas City flesh to star on reality television last night. The Travel Channel’s Man v. Food also spotlighted this fair hamlet, with host Adam Richman racing around town clogging his arteries and interviewing people who make Kansas City look like a town full of fiendish meat addicts. It was beautiful — right until…
Riding lawnmowers don’t make for fast getaways. Justin K. Schmitt (the muddy guy on the right) is accused of trying to make a getaway on a stolen riding mower around 10 a.m. yesterday in northeast Jackson County. Once Schmitt apparently realized he’d been found out, he abandoned ship and ran into a wooded area near Union School and Atherton roads….
This is quite possibly the greatest Hallmark card ever made. That is, if it’s real. Check out this Valentine’s Day card (see it all after the jump) apparently from the 1950s showing a lovelorn skunk holding a pistol to his head and threatening to pull the trigger if you won’t love him. As if that threat weren’t enough, the skunk…
PuPu Platters still rock at Wok-N-Roll Express The restaurant featured in last week’s print review was Master Wok, the Lee’s Summit outpost of a mini-chain of locally operated Chinese restaurants. The place still serves Chinese-American dishes such as lemon chicken and moo goo gai pan. Those kind of specialties have become less popular over the years, particularly in contrast to the spicy…
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. Sometimes you can’t decide what you want to eat. And sometimes you don’t have to decide. Fresher Than Fresh Snow Cones has met enough of the former customers to know that people…
%{}% Roy Blunt stopped in Columbia on Monday to visit with women who support his candidacy in spite of the fact he tossed aside the mother of his children for a Washington glamor lady. “Women for Blunt” gathered at Moresource, a woman-owned business, to meet with the U.S. Senate hopeful, who left his wife of 35 years to be with…
The guys in Dead Girls know their classic rock inside and out — they opened for fuckin’ Kiss! — and on Saturday, most of them (all of them?) will be performing as Heaven Tonight, a Cheap Trick tribute band. The show’s at Record Bar and features special guest Hipshot Killer. And of course, don’t miss the Dead Girls on Sunday at the Uptown,…
