Archives: November 2010

David Matthews’ seventh DUI gets the 27-year-old a year in prison

When you hear that a guy’s racked up seven drunken driving convictions — three of ’em in a seven-month period — you’d think that the guy is going away for a long, long time. You’d be wrong. David Matthews has managed to collect seven of ’em in just 27 years of existence. His collection began nine years ago, but he’s…

Cast a vote for the cheapest steaks in town

Here in Fat City, the economy weighs heavily on our minds, particularly during election time. So, as card-carrying members of the Bull Moose Party (there aren’t many of us left, you know), we’re jumping on the beef platform, looking to cast a vote for the best steak deals in the metro. Driving south on Highway 71, we stopped in Carthage,…

U2’s 360 tour coming to St. Louis in 2011

U2’s 360 Degrees Tour announced sixteen tour dates today — and none of them are in Kansas City. The good news? U2 is hitting up our neighboring city, St. Louis, on July 17, 2011. According to The Riverfront Times, capacity of the concert is expected to exceed 50,000, with 90 percent of tickets priced at under $100, according to today’s…

We’ve got to go back in time…to brew ancient beer?

The next big trend in craft beer isn’t likely to come from an undiscovered flavor profile, instead brewmasters are looking to the past with the help of molecular archaeologists. The Guardian recently looked at how ingredients from several thousand years ago — wildflower honey, wormwood, juniper twigs, and bog myrtle — are being considered (and/or currently used) by brewers hoping…

Christina Nicole Devine, tells police she went out for a milkshake after abandoning her child in a Dumpster

Christina Nicole Devine told police, “I can’t be a mom,” and I tend to agree. If you’ve left your baby in a trash Dumpster and went out for a chocolate shake after, yep, you’re not mommy material. Devine, 24, is charged with attempted intentional first-degree murder after allegedly wrapping her newborn with a still-attached umbilical cord in a plastic bag…

New Continents video for ‘Future Waves,’ show Friday in the Crossroads

We’re big fans of Continents, the hazy psych-pop project of Jim Button. We don’t get a lot of chances to see the songs performed live, though, so this weekend is special. Button & Co. are playing a show Friday down at Bridgeport, across from Grinders. (Also on the bill: Breathe Owl Breathe, Saharan Gazelle Boy and David Bennett.) To celebrate…

Black Friday: tributes to Dilla and Biggie

Jazz and hip-hop seem to have a beautiful cross-flow in Kansas City these days. Mark Lowrey vs. Hip-Hop is a regular source for MCs and jazz players to team up, and Les Izmore and Diverse fused jazz and hip-hop in a tribute to Common’s Like Water for Chocolate last year. Black Friday — that’s November 26 — will unveil tributes…

Max Weinberg’s Big Band stops by Jardine’s

The Max Weinberg Big Band made a Halloween stop at Jardine’s, in one of the jazz club’s highest profile shows in recent memory. Judging by the turnout, Weinberg’s name pulls some weight, whether it’s from his older days with Bruce Springsteen, or his more recent tenure as the bandleader with Conan O’Brien. Regardless, there wasn’t a single seat left in…

Some corncob named Estil doesn’t like the puppy mill initiative

The Missouri Farm Bureau opposes the “puppy mill” question that’s on Tuesday’s ballot. The organization says the restrictions on large-scale breeding facilities will unfairly punish reputable dog farmers. But the bureau don’t stop there. In an open letter to animal lovers, Estil Fretwell, the bureau’s public affairs director with a made-up-sounding name, goes on to criticize the Humane Society of…

Kansas City Chiefs get lucky, eke out victory against lowly Buffalo Bills

Let’s face it: The Chiefs got lucky Sunday. Really lucky. Chiefs kicker Ryan Succop saved the day with a last-second, 35-yard field goal in overtime to escape with a 13-10 victory. Succop was nearly the goat after his first overtime kick, a 39 yarder, hooked left. What’s worse: This all came against the winless Buffalo. Categories: News Tags: kansas city…

Roger Waters gets paranoid at the Sprint Center

Roger Waters Presents The Wall Saturday, October 30, 2010 The Sprint Center It all began with a homeless man. Roger Waters’ magnum opus, The Wall, was unveiled in live form at the Sprint Center on Saturday night. The Pink Floyd masterpiece — one of the most commercially successful albums ever, and an irrefutable piece of pop culture history — would…

Usinger’s Deli transcends airport food in Milwaukee

Years of travel have lowered my expectations of airport food to somewhere between ancient gas station hot dog and frozen chicken cutlet. Any choice you make is seemingly a mistake and will set you back a ten-spot. But Milwaukee County’s General Mitchell International Airport’s Terminal D let me dream for one moment yesterday that greatness can be found during a…

Roger Waters at the Sprint Center

Floyd frontman Roger Waters brought “a monumental tour featuring a full band and a newly-mounted state-of-the-art production of his epochal masterpiece of alienation and transformation performed in its entirety” to Kansas City and the Sprint Center on October 30. All photos by Scott Spychalski.