The challenge with Thanksgiving is that you have to eat dessert even if you don’t have room. And when you add a piece of cake and a few cookies into your stomach, the whole Thanksgiving meal can go south in a hurry. The Thanksgiving Turkey Cake, featured on Chow, is a sweet and savory layer cake that takes carving out…
And, if you’re like me, all you can think about are the noises that Seth McFarlane makes on Family Guy whenever he mentions Cosby’s name. He’ll be at the Midland on April 1. (Note: we do not think this is an April Fool’s joke. A Cosby sweater — on Bill Cosby, no less — is no laughing matter.) Categories: Music…
Check the standings! Missouri is on track to lead the country in meth labs seized.The Southeast Missourian figures that this would be the tenth straight time that the Show-Me State has led the nation in meth labs. Crime Scene KC credits Missouri’s “dedicated hobbyists” for the labs. This isn’t the big corporate meth labs they have in California. No, this…
There’s a hip-hop dance contest this weekend where you could actually win some mad cash (and see Kansas City’s favorite Afrobeat band, Hearts of Darkness). It’s called Show Me Your Soul. There’s a $400 dollar prize for two-on-two b-boying, a $100 dollar prize for a one-on-one freestyle hip-hop dance, and one-on-one krumping for $150. Categories: Music Tags: b-boy, freestyle, hearts…
A man probably can’t live on pumpkin alone, but Dolce Baking Company (6974 Mission Road) makes me want to try. The Prairie Village bakery has a new line of pumpkin pastries that you’ll intend to serve to guests but likely eat before the box even makes it home. And topping the list is a bourbon pumpkin parfait that is simply…
If you’re not sick of the endless stream of city rankings of everything from patriotism to STDs, then I fear it’s too late for you. But in the interest of saving you from this nest of death and destruction, I feel obligated to provide you the latest: There is a safe haven in Kansas City — one of the safest…
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World came out on DVD this week. (It rules — go buy it, rent it, Netflix it, whatever). The film features Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim, Canadian slacker and bassist for Sex Bob-omb. The band’s music is provided by Beck, and we couldn’t help but wish that he’d put together a band and taken it on…
First, Mr. Peanut. And now, Wendy. It would seem that mascots are angling for a piece of reality television stardom. Wendy Thomas, the daughter of Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas and the namesake of the fast food chain, is starring in a series of advertisements that will be run in Las Vegas to promote the new Dave’s Hot ‘N Juicy Cheeseburger…
If creepy old guys haven’t realized that underage children aren’t in chat rooms waiting to have sex with them, then they’re never going to learn. The latest creeper, David Allen Hickey, allegedly used a Yahoo chat room to meet a “13-year-old girl” at a McDonald’s for sex on Friday night. Of course, the 13-year-old was really and undercover cop. When…
Kansas City punk rockers Bent Left released the USS Awesome EP last year (and I liked it, despite a few flaws), and followed it up with the Let Me Be Your Jesus EP shortly thereafter. If you’ve not had a chance to pick either release up, the band has compiled the two EPs into a convenient single disc (both CD…
We told all y’all about a month ago about local instrumental space cadets Monta at Odds’ new album Fuoco Infernale, and how it’s being released by Upstairs Recordings, a Vancouver label. You remember. Well, it’s officially out today, and as I mentioned before, it’s a very solid album of experimental downtempo tracks. Get it here. The band’s also dropped a…
As shiny new Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach was shaking the election-night confetti from his hair, judges were busy scrutinizing the immigration laws he crafted for Hazleton, Pennsylvania, and Fremont, Nebraska. And it wasn’t all good news for towns that have adopted his federal-authority-skirting brand of regulations. Categories: News Tags: immigration, Kris Kobach, Lou Barletta
Dear Mexican: I’ve been hired to find out why some clothes are not being returned to patients at a nursing home in Newport Beach, California, even though these clothes are marked. I went down to the lavadero as a place to start my investigation and watched some señoras jóvenes selecting clothes that they put in their armarios or coches. I…
Delta Spirit bangs out clamorous tunes dripping with red, white and blue. Hailing from Southern California, the group produces a well-worn, blue-jean sound that marries roots and rock. After scoring a major success with its 2008 debut, Ode to Sunshine, the quintet cut back to a quartet, but its reduction in numbers didn’t mean a reduction in sound. Religious allusions,…
Hippies love grass, right? So it goes to reason that hippies, playing for other hippies, would love bluegrass, too (especially if it’s laced with a big helping of green). Since forming in 1998, Dave Johnston, Ben Kaufmann, Adam Aijala and Jeff Austin have built a reputation for high-energy, modern bluegrass shows that often turn into long, twangy jam sessions. Depending…
When the Flatlanders’ long-neglected first album was reissued in the early 1990s, it was called More a Legend Than a Band. Busy with solo careers, Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock weren’t together again until asked to write a song for The Horse Whisperer soundtrack. They subsequently returned with their first full album in 30 years, 2002’s Now…
