Roger Waters, widely considered to be one of the biggest egotistical jerks in music (do a Google search for “Roger Waters jerk” or “Roger Waters asshole”), is playing the Sprint Center this Saturday. Waters is also one of those folks who, despite their total douchebag tendencies, still managed to write some truly moving tunes. “Wish You Were Here,” the touching…
Kansas smokers, don’t celebrate yet, but there’s hope you won’t have to freeze your asses off to light up every time you go to a bar. All four Kansas gubernatorial candidates say they believe the statewide ban (excluding, of course, private clubs and state-owned casinos because they’re special) goes too far and should be decided by local governments. The ban…
The new season of Throwdown With Bobby Flay premieres tonight, and I couldn’t be more excited. On this show, Bobby Flay shows up, relatively unannounced, to challenge somebody who — unlike him — isn’t an Iron Chef to a cook-off. In front of all of his opponent’s friends. On TV. So no pressure there. I’m not excited because I’m going…
Kansas City is the 12th smartest city in America, in spite of all you Jane Austen fans. The Daily Beast has come up with IQ scores for U.S. cities. The numbers are based on college degrees and non-fiction book sales, which should annoy self-educated Dickens adherents. Boston is No. 1 in brain power by these measures. Las Vegas, a city…
%{}% Two witnesses — one a juvenile — told police that they saw Robert L. Washington arguing his wife, Robyn R. Hamilton, yesterday morning. The argument was so loud that it woke up the juvenile, who saw Washington shoot and kill Hamilton. A third witness told police that an “emotional” and weeping Washington, 39, showed up at her home around…
As frontman Jody Hendrix puts it, his KC rockabilly crew Them Damned Young Livers sings about “booze, weed, domestic violence, Jesus, DUIs, and dirty sex.” Those themes are not entirely out of step with the ones explored by rapper Tech N9ne and the other artists on his wildly successful independent label Strange Music. Which is why, the band tells Wayward, they have…
Yesterday, we brought you an interview with some of the dudes in the New Riddim about playing Slackers songs at RecordBar’s Halloween show on Sunday. Also on that bill: Tut Tut, who’ll be performing songs by folk-punk pioneers Violent Femmes. Wayward talked to Abnos on the phone Tuesday to get his take on the band and the show. Categories: Music Tags:…
UPDATE: Christopher M. Wilhite, the person of interest in a KCK kidnapping and rape, was arrested by the Pleasant Hill, Missouri Police Department last night. Wilhite is being held on $100,000 bond. Read more after the jump … Kansas City, Kansas, police are looking for Christopher M. Wilhite, who they’re calling a “person of interest” in a kidnapping and rape…
The builder of The Jones pool claims the Cordish Company owes him $32,000. KMBC Channel 9 reports that Aquatic Creations co-owner Jack Huwar claims Cordish, which manages the Power & Light District, is into him for $19,000 for building the rooftop pool on the downtown Cosentino’s grocery store and $13,000 the fountain outside of the H&R Block building. But Cordish…
Replacing defunct Power & Light District burger boutique Chefburger will be … Burger King? Fat City has confirmed that the P&L’s new leaseholder will be the burgers-and-beer concept by the second-largest fast-food hamburger chain in the world. The KC location is set to be only the fifth U.S. Whopper Bar. Another tenant in the Power & Light District first whispered…
The chef Coe that nobody knows Less than a month after Fat City wrote about Patrice Welcher, the imaginative new chef at Sharp’s 63rd Street Grill, Welcher was suddenly out of the kitchen and her baby-faced sous chef, 24-year-old Matthew Coe had been promoted to executive chef. He’s pretty serious about his work. On a recent Friday evening, as…
The family of basketball founder James Naismith needs some cash for its foundation, so it’s getting ready to auction off the first-ever rules of basketball — 13 guidelines that cover dribbling, passing, and, rule No. 7, never fucking over your hometown during a nationally televised special. But the story of the rules, as told by the New York Times, takes…
Trustees in charge of the Missouri Highway Patrol’s employee pension fund made a questionable $15-million investment decision, according to a report by Auditor Susan Montee. The report also found the pension fund has racked up sizable travel bills. In one instance, the chief investment officer was reimbursed $505 for a night at a Boston hotel. The investment officer blamed the…
For those of you not wanting to wait until the next Planet ComiCon (March 26 and 27, by the way), you’re in luck. Jim Killroy presents the first ever Rock And Comic-Con at the Uptown on Saturday, December 4. Running from 3:00 to 11:00 p.m., the event combines the two things about which collectors obsess: comic books and rock. Punk…
Last week, the National released a new video for “Terrible Love.” The clip features live footage from the band’s recent tour dates. The Riverfront Times found the band bowling in St. Louis; we think it also might include footage from the band’s Kansas City date. (Check our review here.) Do you spy the Uptown for a brief moment at 4:07?…
For those of us crippled by having to decide between pumpkin pie and apple pie, there’s a new dessert on the table. The Flying Monkey, in Philadelphia, is now serving “pumpple cake.” Each slice has a piece of pumpkin pie and a piece of apple pie, baked into a vanilla-and-chocolate cake. Each cake takes more than two days to create,…
Earlier this month, 21-year-old Stephanie N. Roberts was shot and killed in the parking lot of Jay’s Bigger Jigger (3019 East 12th Street). Today, Regulated Industries suspended the tavern’s liquor license for 30 days for “not maintaining an orderly place at all times.” The suspension begins November 1 and lasts 15 days. Categories: News Tags: Jay’s Bigger Jigger, Stephanie N….
Thanks to a tip from the Pornhuskers on our mention Electric Six’s canceled show, it looks like King Punk Rock Salami and his crew of sleazy compatriots are coming out of retirement to sex up the Riot Room on this Saturday, Halloween Eve. We’re expecting the beloved Pornhusker fare of yore: drugs, simulated sex, surf-punk-thrash and lots of fake blood…
