There’s still no official DVD release of the film planned yet — though some rumors have it that it’ll be out as soon as this November — but on September 16, a special version of it will play in a couple of local movie theaters for one night only. Categories: Music Tags: rolling stones
This weekend marked the 90th anniversary of Charlie Parker’s birth. About 75 people were present at the annual gravesite service for the local jazz legend at Lincoln Cemetery on this Sunday, August 29, 2010. Dennis Winslett led a rendition of the Parker tune, “Now’s the Time.” Watch a video — via Plastic Sax and There Stands the Glass — after…
We stopped by and snapped a few shots; check ’em out mon. Categories: Music Tags: 77 Jefferson, reggae uprising festival
Unless an appeals court rules in their favor soon, it looks like Missouri’s strip-club employees will be dancing fully clothed come midnight tonight. Today, a Cole County Circuit Court judge denied a temporary restraining order that would allow clubs to operate without the restrictions the legislature passed earlier this year while the club owners fight the new law in court….
What’s the key to being seen as an authentic Midwesterner? Being from someplace else first. Arthur Brisbane, the new public editor of the The New York Times, is steeped in establishment ways. He grew up in on Long Island, went to Harvard and lives on Cape Cod. His grandfather worked as an editor for the towering publisher William Randolph Hearst….
Strange Music member Krizz Kaliko is about to drop his new album, Shock Treatment, on September 14 — and it looks like it’s already going to have an even bigger fanbase, thanks to the rapper’s newest anthem devoted to KU fans, called “Game On.” Kaliko’s beats might even be pumping up crowds in Allen Fieldhouse next season. Here are some…
Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton, a Democrat, is running for re-election in what could be his 18th term. He hasn’t seen a close race since 1982. His Republican opponent, Vicky Hartzler, recently attacked his record as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. In an interview with KSHB reporter Chris Hernandez, Hartzler, who lives in Cass County, says it’s Skelton’s fault…
You think that’s going to stop him from engaging with the culture? Please, son. Today, Sports Illustrated published a letter Weezy sent them responding to their request for his thoughts on the U.S. Open tennis tournament, which starts Monday. (He likes Nadal in the men’s final.) Wayne apparently used a ruler to compose the letter? Is that a prison thing? That…
They’re not withholding dessert for bad behavior at Cook County Jail. In a piece in next month’s Chicago Magazine, Jeff Ruby looks at Nutraloaf — an oddly bland, but nutritional meal — that is being used as a punishment for rule infractions. The loaf is a mish-mash of vegetables, “dairy blend” and “mechanically separated poultry,” formed into a brick that…
Yesterday, we took a look at the gloriously terrible quasi-campaign Kansas gubernatorial candidate Ken Cannon is running. Facing criminal charges of making a false report to police, battery and making a criminal threat, Cannon’s campaign was further complicated when his aide/campaign manager ditched him this week. But Cannon is proving to be quite the resilient candidate. The threat of jail…
A garnish…or a mess? The other day, I ordered a Caesar salad at one of the Hereford House restaurants and was served an overdressed pile of greens with a heaping helping of commercially manufactured croutons that were too small to be speared with a fork. The ideal sprinkling of croutons is supposed to be garnish, but this Caesar looked like…
It’s been a fun ride, K2 synthetic marijuana. Since your innocent beginnings in Kansas, we’ve smoked you, watched politicians and cops flog you, seen the cycle repeat in every new state you sprung up in until finally The Washington Post was discussing whether you were a public health menace and Mancow and Tom Green were smoking you live on air….
Rule one in the rock and roll Bible: live fast, die young. Fast, sexy cars generally help this cause. Click through to see some killer photographs of classic rock stars with their cars. (Via Flavorwire) Categories: Music Tags: bob dylan, cars, Janis Joplin, Joe Strummer, Neil Young, rock stars, the beatles, the who
If a childhood shaped by Sweet Valley High books and the opening scene of “Grease” has taught me one thing, it’s that summer is meant for flings. With the fall months fast approaching, it’s time to hold your lover close before layers of wool and knits come between you. Even animals are known to get in some couple time before…
Fierce competition comes to the Uptown Theater on Sunday night with the Greater Kansas City Bartending Competition. The city’s best compete on the stage for the title of Kansas City’s best bartender and $1,000. Chris Conaster (the winner in 2008, third in 2009) from Justus Drugstore and Jennifer Tosatto (third in 2008) of the Firefly Lounge have to be considered…
Bring on a chuckwagon buffet! This Leawood structure was built in 1998 to house “cowboy steakhouse” Yahooz — at the height of the PB&J restaurant chain’s glory days. When business started flagging a decade later, the owners decided to revive another of its restaurant concepts, the Coyote Grill, in the venue. The new Coyote Grill opened in the spring of…
The Explanation is a week old now, and has mostly unscrewed itself from the brains of Kansas City sports fans. Soon Jason Whitlock’s drive-time exit interview will blend in with his other exit interviews, wherein he always confuses speaking “truth to power” with speaking “a lot.” Bloggers (like me) and navel-staring journalists (still me) will keep talking about the most…
After dropping a new EP out of nowhere last week called All Delighted People, indie-folk shaman Sufjan Stevens has announced that his first full-length in five years, The Age of Adz, will be released on October 12. The new album, to quote Stevens, is going to sound like this: We can say it shows an extensive use of electronics (banjos…
