We know, we know. You’ve grown attached to straining your eyes over the distorted, nonsensical text of Captcha to prove you’re not a spammy robot. But we care about your retinas, Kansas City. So along with continuing to share all the news that’s fit to blog we’re also giving you Disqus, a new commenting system. Disqus is the same system…
We know, we know. You’ve grown attached to straining your eyes over the distorted, nonsensical text of Captcha to prove you’re not a spammy robot. But we care about your retinas, Kansas City. So along with continuing to share all the news that’s fit to blog we’re also giving you Disqus, a new commenting system. Read more about how Disqus…
Two Kansas churches are giving the city of Mission a lawsuit for Christmas. The Alliance Defense Fund, sort of the Christian right’s ACLU, has filed suit on behalf of the First Baptist Church of Mission and the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas in an effort to get out of paying the so-called driveway tax the city imposes. When the…
%{}% Forget the bowls. Really, is anyone excited about the Insight Bowl? The Iowa Hawkeyes are decimated with suspensions and defections and general what-if disappointment. Let’s face it, the Missouri Tigers should roll them. The forward-thinking folks at NationalChamps.net have released quite possibly the most premature top 50 poll ever, and Missouri comes in at No. 8. As our friends…
Christmas came early for Mike Sanders. The Jackson County Executive landed $1.8 million in federal money to study his fanciful/awesome idea for a regional transit system. Sanders sent out a press release on Tuesday in which he thanked five members of Congress for their help in shaking the money tree. The shout-outs to Kit Bond, Claire McCaskill, Emanuel Cleaver II,…
If you haven’t seen Mike Babick’s Christmas display in Prairie Village, you really should. It’s a spectacle something to behold (even if his neighbors hate his guts and pray for power outages). It’s an issue every year, but the Dustin Schirer (who creates the videos for Scene Stealers) sent me a link to a video he made with Austin Walsh…
Until the mid-1990s, I spent almost every New Year’s Eve — starting as a teenager — busing tables, waiting tables or bartending (or doing all three). It can be a grueling night for a restaurant staffer, what with a dangerous holiday combination of booze, unrealistically high expectations (“You’re having fun, aren’t you? Why not?”) and pricey packages. For the people…
They may have grown up on glam-metal; but the guys in Ultimate Fakebook sound more like rockers mixing the Get Up Kids’ perky pop-punk hooks with the distortion-drenched rock of the Replacements. The band’s first decade of existence — roughly spanning 1994 to 2003 — was highlighted by the band’s second album, 1999’s This Will Be Laughing Week. It was…
To see what’s in store for Kansas City next year, Plog peered into our crystal ball, which we later discovered was actually a half-empty bottle of Canadian Club. Here’s what we saw: January 8: In the team’s first playoff appearance since 2007, the Chiefs jump out to a 10-3 lead over the New York Jets. But on Kansas City’s next…
Henry Klein says over and over that he wants to run for mayor again in his It’s a Wonderful Life spoof, It’s a Wonderful Kansas City. He let’s out an awesome Howard Dean scream, and runs around the city (including the main drag of the Plaza) like a lunatic yelling “Merry Christmas.” I can’t say the video inspired me, but…
From June 2008 through May 2010, Natasha Brown believed her husband was sexually “grooming” the young girls, who are now 9 and 11 years old. Brown didn’t go to the police. She didn’t tell the girls’ parents. She didn’t do anything to stop her husband from allegedly raping the children. For doing nothing — and lifting her skirt and showing…
Local music video phenom Zac Eubank has crafted artful little movies for several local bands this year. Now, he’s trying to get the attention of creepy film god-turned-electronic musician David Lynch. Co-directing with Trey Hock, Eubank recently made a music video for Lynch’s song “I Know.” Categories: Music Tags: David Lynch, Peggy Noland, Trey Hock, Zac Eubank
At The Pitch, we go out. Scratch that: We go out a lot. And in 2010, we saw you, Kansas City. We saw you cheer, dance and roar at dinosaur acts at the Uptown Theater, at steamy rock shows at the Replay Lounge, at hard-charging DIY punk sets in warehouses, and at crusty blues riffs at Knuckleheads Saloon. With the…
We have a list of what our reviewers, Karina Longworth and J. Hoberman, thought were the best films of 2010.
You might not be able to find great bagels in Kansas City, but at least you can kvetch about it at Bagel Bash 2010. The annual party organized by the Jewish Federation of Kansas City is Thursday. Head over to Taste (7938 Santa Fe in Overland Park) at 8 p.m. for an open bar and the restaurant’s small plates. Tickets…
Last month, the Riverfront Times broke a fairly incredible story about Camp Zoe, the southern Missouri property where the jamband festival Schwagstock is held, being busted up by federal agents and the DEA. Authorities have subsequently attempted to seize the 350-acre site from owner Jimmy Tebeau — a member of Grateful Dead tribute band the Schwag — despite the fact…
%{}% Kansas State’s basketball team could have used Jacob Pullen and Curtis Kelly last night. UNLV beat the 11th-ranked (but not for long) Wildcats 63-59 at the Sprint Center last night. Pullen and Kelly didn’t play because they were suspended for receiving “impermissible benefits.” The announcement of the suspensions came down an hour before game time, which I imagine was…
Jonathan Bender reports on the latest incarnation of celebrity coffee brands: Horror movie impresario and heavy metal icon Rob Zombie is now a coffee roaster? L.A. Weekly’s Squid Ink reports that Zombie is now selling a pair of organic, free-trade certified coffees. You can choose from a pound of Hellbilly Brew Peru or Hellbilly Brew Dark French Roast for $13.99….
It’s no longer cute, Easter Bunny. Your perpetually smiling mug and promise of pastel-colored candy routine was starting to get old; but I forgave it because you brought me Cadbury Eggs. Then in some sort of mythical creature power grab you had to go and try and take over Christmas and that, little bunny, was going too far. The Consumerist…
Are you sick of the same old Christmas music every year? I am not, at all! I am happy with Wham! and Vince Guaraldi and Frosty the Snowman and that Paul McCartney song that everybody hates except for me. But I am a deeply disturbed individual. Maybe you are not? Categories: Music
James Kraig Kahler’s 11-year-old son testified Tuesday at a preliminary hearing that he witnessed his father fatally shoot his mother. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported that Kahler’s son was cleaning coins with his mother when his father barged into the home and shot his mother with a deer rifle. ‘ Kahler, who goes by his middle name and is Columbia’s former…
