Archives: October 2010
R.I.P., Limewire
Oh, Limewire. You were a purveyor of free and completely illegal music to thousands for a shade under a decade. You were responsible for my very first mix CD (Elke’s Mixx, represent!) and thousands of hours spent watching Radiohead tracks download. You will be missed as you join Napster and Kazaa in the technology graveyard. Find out why after the…
Madden football fight leads to homicide (updated)
UPDATE: A man wanted in connection with a homicide sparked by a game of Madden football has been arrested. Read the update after the jump … John Madden has blood on his hands. People take Madden’s series of football games seriously. So seriously that an accusation of cheating may have led to a homicide in Wichita last week. The Wichita…
Mogwai announces tour dates…and they’re not here
Scottish noise-masters Mogwai will follow-up their recent live album and DVD with some tour dates in support of their sublimely titled new album, Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. The release is due on Feb 15, 2010 on Sub Pop. They’re not coming to Kansas City (dammit), but they’re coming to Omaha on April 30 to make the Slowdown…
Ten legitimately scary rock songs that are not Halloween-themed
Did you download those bone-chilling horror comps we told y’all about earlier this week? What are you waiting for? I was listening to one in the kitchen yesterday and I started daydreaming about eating the dog’s brain! They really work! No wait, that’s a lie — I was listening to one of these ten scary-in-a-different-way rock songs that I am…
Greatest American tradition owned by Belgians to clomp through Waldo today
As Missourians, I think we all remember that sweltering summer of 2008 when we collectively paused with the can of St. Louis’ own Budweiser at our lips, yellowy lager choked in our throats. Not that the choking was unique. We knew the torpid notes of hops and melancholy. No, it was the knowledge that the King of American Beers had…
The day American women were no longer NSFW: 1974’s A Paycheck of Your Own
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Woman Alive: A Paycheck of Your Own Author: Jo March Date: 1974 Publisher: Aldus Books, London Discovered at: Topeka garage sale Representative Quote: “It isn’t discrimination in…
Be A Hockey Mom
Need to adopt a good cause? If you don’t want to adopt a worthy cause, would you consider adopting a strapping young defense man? The Missouri Mavericks provide an opportunity for the philanthropic KC sports fan this week. The Adopt a Maverick Post-Game Auction takes place immediately following the 7:05 p.m. game between the Mavericks and the Mississippi River Kings…
Playing the Bills
We don’t know whether the Chiefs’ 2010 season will be a trick or a treat yet, but we do know that the team has been at least as pleasant a surprise as receiving a grab bag of sweets from a curmudgeonly elderly woman on Halloween. The running game is vibrant, the defense young and talented, the coaching staff decisive and…
Fete Accompli
In a fundraiser for its International Center for Music, Park University presents a charming throwback to the golden days of the variety show, wherein assorted musical styles share the billing for an evening of entertainment that covers the waterfront. The evening, titled Fête, presents world-renowned pianist Stanislav Ioudenitch and his protégé Behzod Abduraimov, as well as distinguished violinist Ben Sayevich…
Haunted Ranch
The Haunted Benjamin Ranch (6401 East 87th Street) is a very spooky working cattle ranch haunted by ghosts and boasting such features as the Zombie Corral of Doom, the Stockpen Cage Maze, Haunted Stables and a Haunted Hayride through the Forest of Lost Cowboys. Gates open at 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Halloween night. Tickets cost $15; the hayride is…
Halloweekends
Starting at 7 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Fright Nights at Worlds of Fun (4545 Northeast Worlds of Fun Drive, 816- 454-4545) ensue with a bunch of fog machines creating a rolling mist across the park’s paths from which vampires, werewolves and zombies jump out at visitors yelling “GRAAAAH!” Though the park’s rides and attractions are open, Fright Night is…
Nobody Puts Baby In A Corner
Appearing chronologically between Sunset Boulevard’s Norma Desmond and Misery’s Annie Wilkes, Jane Hudson (Bette Davis) is both fallen star and caretaker. Claiming her membership in that special sorority, she’s batshit insane, to boot — a perfect storm of delusion, envy, spite and pent-up rage. But instead of victimizing writers (a welcome reprieve, thank you), Jane keeps it in the family,…
Find The Pitch
