Whippersnappers beware: You don’t want to fuck with former Lee’s Summit City Council member John M. Smith lest he give you a knuckle sandwich. Smith, 70, was at a football game last week when he was hit in the neck by a plastic soda bottle, the Star reported. So Smith hauled off and decked a 17-year-old high school student. Smith…
Start spreading the news. Santora’s Pizza (3834 Main Street) has brought a little bit of New York City to midtown. Not the Jeter-jersey-wearing, incessantly talking hordes that can suck the joy out of a ballgame at Kauffman Stadium; I’m talking the crackly, thin-crust slice that will help start your night at 5 p.m. or end it at 3 a.m. …
It turns out the judges on The Next Iron Chef aren’t the only ones impressed by the cooking ability of chef Celina Tio. Slashfood interviewed chef Marc Forgione at his restaurant in New York City and asked about his toughest competition on the reality cooking show. He coyly suggested he was working to best nine “amazing” chefs (there were 10…
In news you probably already know is true or, conversely, already know is socialist propaganda, Kansas City’s Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights has released a report accusing tea party leaders of having ties to racist hate groups. Whichever way your politics leans, I think we can all agree it’s just coincidence this was released with two weeks…
1. Vampires of any kind are bad enough. But something about sexy sorority chicks sporting fangs and the rolled up jeans and materialism of the 1980s is especially frightening. Assuming an undead girl never sucked on you, all your bad hook-ups will pale in comparison to the ice-cold hotties in Sorority House of the Dead, now playing on the Living…
The Rhymesayers artist has crafted a persona of tough-guy-with-a-soft-heart over the last decade, and his latest release, 2009’s Us, is another stroke that completes the portrait. It’s a collection of story yarns that focus on populist empathy rather than the rapper’s bruiser reputation. In fact, Brother Ali might be a little softer than usual on this appearance in town: no doubt…
Of Montreal and Janelle Monae are combining their technicolor dreamscapes into one gigantic psychedelic dream — and they’re doing it here, in Lawrence, on Saturday night. Of Montreal showed up on Monae’s The ArchAndroid, and Monae showed up twice on of Montreal’s False Priest. (The Georgia-based art freaks even invited Monáe onstage to moonwalk at last year’s Lollapalooza.) They’ve toured…
This election season, you’re ready to show those fat cat incumbent politicians that you’re the boss. So you walk into the voting booth on November 2 and get to the question about whether to retain 15 Jackson County Circuit Court judges. You don’t recognize any of their names, so you just start going down the line, checking “No.” You’re out…
It’s a sold-out event, with Five Finger Death Punch, Sevendust, and Drowning Pool. 10 Years and Evalyn Awake will open. It’s sponsored by 98.9 The Rock. Be sure to come in costume just to scare the usual downtown crowd. If you have a killer costume, join the costume contest for a chance to share in $1000 in prize money! One…
In the summer of 2009, Jackson County prosecutors dropped the second-degree murder charges they’d filed against Birmingham White, now 25 years old. White had been accused of killing a man he called his best friend. White lucked out in that case because “the evidence changed,” as top prosecutor Jim Kanatzar told The Pitch at the time. Now, White is again…
Remember how mad you were when you heard about the federal investigation of the illegal sales of Kansas Jayhawk basketball tickets? Some good has come out of the scandal. Season tickets are now available for Kansas men’s basketball games. That’s right. Allen Fieldhouse isn’t sold out for the first time since the early oughts. The Star reports that between 400…
Because Kansas City isn’t a complete black hole of infinite sadness and despair, there’s this story: After 12 years in a Kansas City shelter, Michelle the cat has a forever home. The Star’s Dawn Borman has Michelle’s heartwarming story. She was abandoned at the Humane Society of Greater Kansas City when she was just seven months old, then known as…
Clear your calendar at the end of January. Charles and David Koch, the secretive money men behind countless conservative and libertarian causes and candidates nationwide, are sending out invites for a girls’ weekend meeting of the Conservative League of Shadows at the Ranchos Las Palms Resort and Spa in Rancho Mirage, California. Categories: News, Politics Tags: Antoni Scalia, Charles Koch,…
Punk icon Ari Up — also known as Arianna Foster — has died of an undisclosed illness, according to her step-father John Lydon’s site. Here’s what Spin magazine says about the death of the frontwoman of England’s pioneering punk band, the Slits. Ari Up — co-founder of the iconic British punk band the Slits — died October 20, according to the…
In a new poll that might shock only college students, RateBeer users have named Olde English 800 3.2 (a lower-alcohol version of the malt liquor) the worst beer in the world. The list of 50 beers includes just 10 made outside the United States. So it was a safe bet that the world’s worst brew would be made domestically. While…
A potential lockout between NFL players and owners has the Kansas City, Missouri, City Council chiming in with a meaningless resolution opposing a work stoppage. The labor issues between owners and players are likely going to come to a head after this season. So before we even know if there’s a work stoppage, the city council is adopting a resolution…
Someone really wanted to burn down a house at 7th and Montgall. Last night, they were finally successful. KCTV5 reports that for the second time in the last two months, the home was set ablaze. This time, fire fighters couldn’t save the home, which was described as a “total loss.” Categories: News Tags: arson
He’s an entertainer, philanthropist and has shared stages with Elton John, Reba McEntire and Beyonce. He’s also a musical prodigy who wrote a song for Muhammed Ali and starred in his own PBS concert special. 9-year-old Ethan Bortnick is coming to the Midland on Tuesday, Feburary 11. Categories: Music Tags: 500 miles to memphis, Adam Lee & the Dead Horse…
I hate to state the obvious, but shooting children is bad. Don’t get me wrong, shooting anyone is bad. But when it’s children, c’mon. So last night, around 10:30 p.m., someone did a drive-by of a home near 24th and Stewart in Kansas City, Kansas. There are conflicting report of the aftermath. Categories: News Tags: shooting
