Austin, Texas doom metal ban, the Sword has rescheduled its show from October 24 at RecordBar, after officially canceling all of its tour dates earlier in the month when drummer Trivett Wingo left the band because he could no longer bring the rock. As Wingo put it: Categories: Music Tags: Chiddy Bang, Kenny G., Murder by Death, Silverstein, the Misfits,…
Call it budget-conscious or poor taste but American beer drinkers slug down an astonishing amount of crappy beer. The Chicago Tribune put together a chart of the top selling beer brands in the U.S. Bud Light came in first with $5.25 billion in sales between October 3 of this year and last. But fifth on the list is the choice…
The Big 12 Conference was on the brink of oblivion this summer — and when it was all over, Nebraska and some other school, which I can’t think of the name of, were gone to new conferences. Losing one of the premiere college football programs in the country, of course, has earned Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe a three-year contract…
Listen, guys, Ed Bagley, the man from Lebanon who is facing 11 federal charges for keeping a mentally ill sex slave, isn’t that bad of a person. His wife, Marilyn has said so in the past, and now she’s saying their odd little family wasn’t any stranger than what you see on HBO. To people that haven’t spent almost a…
Felons, can we be real for a minute? I know you guys like guns, but why can’t you leave ’em at home when you have priors? This never ends well. Just ask Nicholas C. Garrett. Garrett is only 24, but he’s racked up two prior felony convictions — one in Jackson County in 2008 and one in Shawnee County in…
Yee-haw! It isn’t a Fun Run Mud Run truck race unless the newly elected presiding commissioner of Cass County is accused of assaulting — and trying to kiss — a teenage boy. Herschel Young rode the Republican wave and beat incumbent Gary Young on Tuesday. But back in June, according to KCTV5, the 43-year-old Young allegedly assaulted a teenage boy…
You might not be that excited by the prospect of fresh weekly chard or butternut squash. But what if you had a homegrown whoopie pie per week followed by a cream puff? That’s the idea behind the Tell Tale Society’s monthly dessert subscription service in San Francisco (h/t to the Kitchn). There’s local pick-up or national shipping (a la a…
A jury in July decided that a woman whose breasts were exposed on a Girls Gone Wild was a willing participant in the booby baring fun and didn’t deserve a $5 million judgment. Circuit Judge John J. Riley disagreed this week and granted the woman a new trial. “It is clear from viewing the video that plaintiff was an unwilling…
You may have broken a pumpkin or two in your misspent youth, but you’ve got nothing on an elephant. Watch elephants, rhinos, hippos and meerkats interact with pumpkins at the Kansas City Zoo’s Great Pumpkin Smash from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, November 6. The Gorilla smashes pumpkins at noon, the tigers are up at 2:30 p.m. and the…
The parents of Nathan Stiles, the Spring Hill High School football player who died after collapsing on the sidelines last week, say they “absolutely do not hold any bitterness toward anyone” in connection with their son’s death. Ron and Connie Stiles addressed the media before a two-hour celebration of Nathan’s life in the high school’s gymnasium. A homecoming king and…
Here on the Internet, we have short attention spans and we don’t like to pay for things. Free mp3 singles have emerged as one of the best ways for artists to get their stuff out there. With Single File, we’ll be spotlighting hot local tracks that pass the Wayward smell test. And the award for best album name of the…
We’ve always let cake carry the weight when it comes to celebrations. Sheet cakes for retirements, ice cream cakes for birthdays. But maybe it’s time we let pie have a chance. Cooking With Carrie blogged about first girlfriend pie, a chocolate pudding pie creation she made to celebrate her son’s first girlfriend. I’d like to take the idea a bit…
1. Last weekend was for the ghouls, but a macabre vibe lingers over some First Friday happenings like the Doll Bones exhibit at Slap &Tickle Gallery and a couple Day of the Dead-themed parties. 2. Comedian Josh Wolf should look familiar to Chelsea Lately fans. He does a weekly spot on the late night talk show, but you can catch…
Emo forebears — and the most famous band from Kansas City in the past few decades — the Get Up Kids are releasing their fifth full-length album on January 25, 2011. It’s called There Are Rules, which has a nice, sturdy ring to it, and it’s out on their newly formed label Quality Hill Records, named after the downtown KC neighborhood….
No question, it sucked to be a Democrat Tuesday night. But at least you can walk away from your position with a certain quiet dignity, right? Right? Well, maybe some of you can, but unlike Kelley Stahlin, you haven’t had a taste of the unbridled corrupting dominance that comes with being county clerk of Buchanan County. That’s just too much…
The popularity of zombies is much like the zombie itself: undying. I’m not complaining, especially after seeing last week’s debut of The Walking Dead on AMC. It’s worth seeing (and congrats to Tony Moore, who lived in Kansas City for three years and illustrated the first six issues and continued doing the cover art through issue No. 24). Now zombies…
No Better Than This, John Mellencamp’s 21st studio record, is a sparse roots album on the independent label Rounder, and it’s nothing like the arena rock that marked his ascension to stardom. (Fans of the Coug’s “Jack and Diane” are shit out of luck.) Producer T Bone Burnett recorded the songs in mono, on mid-century equipment, at three locations: Sun…
Apocalypse Meow 3, the third annual event held by the Midwest Music Foundation to help raise money for the Musician’s Health Care Fund for Musicians living and working in Kansas City and the surrounding areas, goes down this weekend. If you haven’t already, check out our Q&A with Abigail Henderson in this week’s print edition to find out more. Here’s…
Today, the Wall Street Journal’s website carries a story about supermarkets and restaurants having to grit their teeth and pass rising food costs for ingredients — including staples like beef, milk, coffee, cocoa, and sugar — onto consumers. The timing is unfortunate, since the restaurant industry hasn’t really rebounded, and more and more publications and blogs are describing how penny-pinching customers…
The award for first politician to start pandering to the right after the Democrats’ drubbing on Tuesday goes to … Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster! Not about to be relegated to the chill of new Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s shadow, Koster is reminding voters that he hated illegal immigration before it was cool, and he still hates it….
U.S. Sen. Claire “Bear” McCaskill has killed the rumor that she’s not running for re-election in 2012 dead; she told the St. Louis Beacon that she will “absolutely” defend her World Heavyweight Senate seat in 2012 (if the world doesn’t end). “Anybody who thinks I’m not running in 2012 doesn’t know me very well,” McCaskill said while breathing fire Wednesday….
Will Tuesday’s national election results have positive or negative results for America’s restaurant industry? At first glance, the Republican wins would seem to be a triumph for the hospitality industry since Republicans have a long history of being sympathetic to the needs of the business community. But yesterday’s article, “What the election results mean for restaurateurs,” posted on the online…
Mac the Yorkie has been dognapped. Mac’s been gone since someone broke into a home in the 10800 block of Richards Court in Lenexa and swiped the 7-year-old dog. Mac is described as brown and black with a red collar with the letter “M” on it. This Craigslist ad says a neighbor witnessed someone pick Mac up and take him…
