I’ll be shocked if Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel trots onto the field Sunday against San Diego. If he does, it’ll be a stupid, short-sighted and unnecessary risk by head coach Todd Haley, sacrificing winning now versus winning later. It’ll also show that Haley has zero confidence in backup Brodie Croyle. Cassel didn’t practice yesterday, and hell, he’s not practicing today….
UPDATE: Let the bells of freedom ring across the hills and valleys of this great land! Junction City High School students can finally walk the halls wearing jewelry that proclaims their love of all things wonderful and nippley! Huzzah! Huzzah! Read the update after the jump … Original Story (December 8): Why the hell does the Midwest hate breasts so…
Want a say in what musicians grace our fair city? Of course you do! Well, friends, your time has come. KCUR has started a new blog for the Kauffman Center called Sound and Glass, and it’s soliciting opinions from you (yes, you!) about what musicians you’d like to bring to the performing arts center, when it opens in September 2011….
With the next Kansas Chiefs’ home game not until Dec. 26, you’ve got a few weeks to plan out exactly what you’re bringing to the parking lot. And despite what Yahoo thinks, I know it’s not KC Masterpiece. That said, I am curious as to what goes into the perfect tailgate. A proper pre-game celebration can often morph into a…
Here’s a sneakerhead’s dream heist Thieves stole a semi-trailer packed with 4,716 pairs of Nike Air Jordan Classics 90 on Saturday, according to Fox 4. The thieves apparently made it to at least Council Bluffs, Iowa, where they ditched the truck. But there was no sign of the J’s. Categories: News Tags: Air Jordans
On December 11, indie outfit the Noise FM headlines the second annual Noise for Toys benefit show at the Bottleneck. The charity concert, which is organized by members of the Noise FM with the support of the Douglas County Toys for Tots program, is also the band’s first hometown show since brothers Austin and Alex Ward made the move to…
Mudstomp Records is gathering an arsenal of up-and-coming pickers, stompers and hillbilly sound machines in Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri. Alongside Mountain Sprout, Lawrence’s Deadman Flats is one of the label’s flagship bands. Its shredded bluegrass sets the stage for a live DVD taping on Friday, December 10, at Liberty Hall. The Pitch caught up with Hank Osterhout, the band’s bassist…
%{}% Are you feeling, at this point in your life, that you don’t want to get dragged again to the Nutcracker? A tasting of Boulevard’s Nutcracker Ale could change your mind. The Hotel Phillips’ 12 Baltimore is hosting a tasting of the ale from 6 to 8 p.m. today. Those who buy beer get T-shirts and memorabilia from Boulevard reps….
1. Don’t just stand there and pontificate, take part in the art! The creativity demands interactivity during the Charlotte Street Foundation’s Art Downtown happenings. Barter at the art yard sale at City Center Square, create your own holiday card at Partnership Place or make a zine at the Paragraph. 2. In honor of Jim Morrison’s posthumous pardon for indecent exposure,…
Local indie rock band Everyday/Everynight premiers a music video tonight at Crosstown Station directed by Zac Eubank. (We’re not sure what song it’s for, but we’re guessing it’s off of the band’s recent second album, Trust: A Trip to the Center of My Head.) Both of the band’s songwriters, Jerad Tomasino and Mat Shoare, have recently released solo debuts —…
It’s OK to stuff an entire sleeve of cookies into your mouth. And that cake left over from the office party? Take a thick slice and eat every bite. Whatever your food fantasy, go ahead and imagine fulfilling it. The Wall Street Journal breaks down a recent report in Science about a new study, which shows that people eat less…
Cost overruns run downhill at KCI. Kansas City, Missouri, parks board Ajamu Webster is being sued by an engineering company that asked him to work as subcontractor on the design of a rental car center at Kansas City International Airport. The city hired BWR as the architect and engineer of a two-story car rental facility, which opened in 2007. BWR,…
If you’re going to hide a body, is a military post really the best option? I’m pretty sure for most people in the hiding bodies business, it’d be one of the last places they’d pick. But I’m no expert. I just watch Dexter every Sunday. Apparently the spot was just right for Christopher Anthony Wilaby. The 26-year-old from Pensacola, Florida,…
When people are killed in this oftentimes awful city, we don’t know much about the victims without the help of our commenters. Sometimes comments help fill in the blanks. Today’s Comment of the Day goes to CB for telling us a little more about Doug Tipton, the man who died after a fight at Plaza sushi bar Kona Grill in…
I have friends who still insist that the best pizza they ever tasted was that doughy, greasy square slab of cheese-topped garbage that they were served in their high school cafeteria. Although, thanks to years of therapy, I’ve effectively blocked out almost every possible memory from my high school days, I can still remember that horrible pizza. I could never…
In this week’s Pitch, we pay tribute to the loons and degenerates who labored so diligently to ruin Kansas City in 2010, in our first-ever Larry Johnson Awards. These stalwarts of suck were: Kris Kobach (Salesman of the Year), Owen Hawkins (Businessman of the Year), Jason Whitlock (Employee of the Year), Karen Pletz (Executive of the Year), KU’s Phi Gamma…
Bonner Springs’ city manager knows how to kill the fun of a holiday party. Just require all of the city’s employees to attend and tag it as a team building event. Oh, and make it booze free. KCTV5 reported that city employees in Bonner Springs, Kansas, have to attend the city’s holiday party on Friday afternoon at the Speedway Grill…
UPDATE: Multiple news outlets are reporting that the man who died after a fight was 31-year-old Doug Tipton of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Read the update after the jump …A fight broke out at Kona Grill on the Plaza last night, and now one of the fighters is dead and police are calling the man’s death “suspicious.” Fox 4 reports that witnesses…
Pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph will bring his sacred steel to Liberty Hall on January 21. The Pentecostal artist is supporting his latest crop of fiery, blues-based bangers, We Walk This Road, which was produced by roots mastermind the T Bone Burnett. Tickets for the newly announced tour dates begin to go on sale Friday (12/10), and pre-sale information is…
The Get Up Kids are back, as we all know. Their new album, There Are Rules, drops January 25, 2011. Four days before that, they’ll embark upon a gigantic winter tour, to which they today added a number of dates. They’re stopping at some major venues like Webster Hall in New York City and wrapping up in Lawrence — at…
Yesterday, we learned about just how unhealthy Missourians are, with our cigarette-smoking, BBQ-eating, vaccine-shunning ways. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says we have really unhealthy and dangerous habits, too. Namely, plenty of Missourians admitted to driving drunk or while high on drugs between 2006 and 2009. Categories: News Tags: drugs, drunk driving, law enforcement
If you’ve been debating whether or not to get a dog for the holidays, now’s the time to do it. And I mean right now, like right this second, because there are a shitload of dogs about to be killed if they don’t get homes very soon. In the last week, Halfway Homes Pet Adoptions has been flooded with animals…
%{}% When it comes to food or drinks and YouTube, my first thought is, “this is probably a video I don’t want to watch while eating.” But The Atlantic suggests that YouTube is supplanting cookbooks, providing instructional videos and clear recipes that are more illustrative than a two-dimensional picture. So is YouTube America’s next great cooking show? Categories: Dining, Food…
