1. Witness the next-best thing to Lady Gaga. OK, maybe that’s an overstatement, but Prince Poppycock is pretty perplexing and his costumes are outlandish. He’s at the Midland, along with other standouts from America’s Got Talent tonight, for a live show emceed by none other than Jerry Springer. Here’s hoping the Prince and the opera prodigy get in a fight….
Manuel Gustavo Lopez died after a gunfight with KCK police. UPDATE: Kansas City, Kansas, police say Manuel Gustavo Lopez, 34, was the man who was killed in a shootout with police. Read updates after the jump … A gunfight between Kansas City, Kansas, police officers and a suspect in a home invasion ended with a cop shot in the…
The roadhouse is an endangered species. Thankfully, one of the few true roadhouses around continues to be going strong. B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ celebrates its 20th anniversary tonight (and for the rest of the year). Check out Berry Anderson’s interview from earlier this week with Jo and Lindsay Shannon, who run the blues-and-barbecue joint. Then, go watch Eddie Shaw & The…
Now in its third year, Apocalypse Meow is well established as an annual opportunity to see some great live music and donate your cash to musicians who need health care. The dates and venues for AM3 have been set: November 5 at Midwestern Musical Company, and November 6 at the Riot Room. And there’s some solid names lined up. Categories: Music…
Kansas Jayhawks, at least your football coach is honest. After getting whooped 59-7 — in Lawrence — by in-state rival Kansas State, KU football coach Turner Gill dropped some truth on the Rock Chalkers (via SB Nation Kansas City): “Right now we’re not a very good football team. That’s the reality of it at this point in time. However you…
Gillette has done a masterful job of linking innovation to the number of razor blades. You think that three-bladed razor is good? Wait until you see what four can do, mister. Domino’s is taking a page out of the disposable razor playbook and upping the cheese ante with its new Wisconsin 6 Cheese Pizza. Mozzarella, feta, provolone, cheddar, parmesan and…
Both Blitzen Trapper and Fruit Bats make sunny, 70s AM-tinged folk-rock. Likewise, both Blitzen Trapper and Fruit Bats have made stops in Kansas City in the last six months. (Blitzen Trapper were at the RecordBar with the Moondoggies in June, and Fruit Bats hit up the Jackpot in late August.) And both shows were excellent. Categories: Music Tags: blitzen trapper, Fruit…
A Kansas City attorney who charged a soldier $3,500 an hour in a DUI case will no longer be able to practice law in Kansas. The $13,250 fee that Carlos Romious tried to collect from a member of the Kansas Army National Guard — in a McDonald’s parking lot, at 11:30 p.m. — was not the first instance of odd…
%{}% Discover the joyful tradition of beer drinking at the fourth annual KCBeerfest on Saturday. The event, at the Legends, starts at 2 p.m. and features Free State, Goose Island, High Noon Saloon, Odell and Ska among the dozens of brewing companies providing samples. The beerfest, which runs until 5 p.m., is rain or shine. The cost is $25 in…
Old-school honky-tonkers Adam Lee & the Dead Horse Sound Company have a new album, When the Spirits Move Me, out November 13. This Saturday, October 16, Lee & Co. are playing a “pre-release party” for the album at Davey’s Uptown. If you make it down there, you can pick up a teaser CD with songs from the new album for…
Helmets offer far more than just a fashionable way to tell people about your interests. There’s a man in Blue Springs who needs to buy a lottery ticket right now, because he’s on one hell of a lucky streak. Not only did he shoot a cop without anyone getting hurt, including himself, but he might not even be charged…
We are more informal as a society. I can live with that. But what I can’t abide is when my fellow diners choose to treat a restaurant booth as an extension of their living room couch. I don’t need a peek at the inner you. I need a little bit of formality, right about the level of a dinner with…
Those with a phobia of clowns and Victorian makeup have likely been avoiding this summer’s incarnation of America’s Got Talent. That’s because one of its star performers was Prince Poppycock (lovingly dubbed “The ‘Cock” by our clubs editor, Berry Anderson.) The self-described “operatic dandy” will be at the Midland tonight, along with the rest of the top ten America’s Got…
Police are trying to figure out who beat up Bradley Murray. UPDATE: Authorities are now saying they do not suspect foul play in the death of 25-year-old Kansas State student Bradley Murray, who was found injured in a ditch on the border of the college’s campus. Read the update after the jump … Bradley Murray’s battered body was found…
UPDATE: Kansas City police say 36-year-old Gary A. King was the man killed in the shooting Wednesday night. The other shooting victims are expected to live. The cops are still looking for suspects. A triple shooting Wednesday night has left two people wounded and one person dead. Kansas City police were called to a shooting in the 3400 block of…
Following 2000’s manic-depressive A Sun Came and the experimental drone of Enjoy Your Rabbit, Sufjan Stevens’ 2003 album, Michigan, catapulted him onto the radar of the emerging indie-folk movement. The album, a portrait of Stevens’ home state, was an ambitious smorgasbord of history, memory and human narrative. Categories: Music Tags: sufjan stevens, The Age of Adz
Robin Carnahan fought cancer in 2006. Campaign ads are where decency go to die, unless Karl Rove is behind them, in which case decency was never alive in the first place. But of all the things Senate-hopeful Robin Carnahan can rightfully cry foul over, Rove’s use of photos in which Carnahan, enduring chemo at the time, was apparently wearing…
Arnoldo Bazan was allegedly behind the Mi Ranchito poisonings. We get used to seeing horrible stories and seeing some happy ending come from them. But a year after a couple of disgruntled employees used pesticide to poison the salsa at the Lenexa Mi Ranchito restaurant, one family is still dealing with medical issues. KSHB Channel 41 spoke with five…
