From The Pitch Feel Good News Desk: An anonymous man who received addiction treatment at Welcome House, a Kansas City in-patient recovery center, decided to thank the nonprofit in December by donating a winning lottery scratcher worth $20,000. KCTV5 has the story of a man who dropped off an envelope with the ticket and a letter, which read, in part,…
If I had 10 dollars that wasn’t already stuffed away in my beer fund for this weekend, I would literally bet you, reader, that Radiohead moved up the release date of The King of Limbs because it was a full moon. The album was supposed to be released tomorrow, but the band released this statement on its website: “It’s Friday…
This advice comes in the March 2011 issue of Esquire (the one with Liam Neeson on the cover). Thank you, Kara. Tits and breasts, it is! Categories: News Tags: breasts
Ke$ha will be in town this Sunday, rocking the Midland in the fourth stop of her Get $leazy Tour. She’s set to hit the stage at 8 p.m. But between her show and the several hours that it likely takes to wash off two tons of glitter (check here), she probably won’t be hitting the town before midnight. But since…
Chef Jennifer Maloney changes the dinner menu weekly at Cafe Sebastienne in the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Today, she talks about her week in preparation for the dinner service on Friday and Saturday nights. Yesterday, we learned why hot dogs and champagne make a good pairing, and on Wednesday, she talked about what it’s like to see Italy with…
Better Than: Whatever you were doing last night. Last night, Lemmy Kilmister walked onstage of the Midland and said the same thing he says every night to open the show. It is the Zen koan of heavy metal. “We are Motorhead,” he meditated. “And we play rock and rolll!” (Do you like that quote? I do. Here’s another from another…
%{}% Ke$ha will be in town this Sunday, rocking the Midland in the fourth stop of her Get Sleazy Tour. She’s set to hit the stage at 8 p.m. But between her show and the several hours that it likely takes to wash off two tons of glitter (see Elke Mermis’ post on Wayward, you’ll understand), she probably won’t be…
Christina Nicole Devine, the woman accused of throwing away her newborn in a trash Dumpster a half-hour after giving birth, was in court Thursday as her defense attorney tried to suppress interviews that the 24-year-old gave to police and social workers. A Lyon County judge declined to throw out interviews with police in which Devine said she gave birth to…
I know that we here at The Pitch pimp Thee Oh Sees pretty hard. Why? Because they’re fucking awesome. So take this as your final warning before their show at The Granada tonight. Categories: Music Tags: Spooklights, The Dactyls, thee oh sees, thee water moccasins
Fat City spoke with chef and owner of Justus Drugstore, Jonathan Justus (who yesterday was named a semifinalist in the Best Chef: Midwest category of the James Beard Awards), about his desire to save the world through sausage, whether he’d ever be a contestant on a reality cooking show and how to shop locally and ethically. Now take a gander…
HIPSTERS, ATTACK!By now, you’ve already seen the Who Is Arcade Fire? Tumblr account, wherein people with Twitter handles like iBieberette (below) ruminate on the band’s recent Grammy win by sharing thoughts like these: Well, now there’s a video illustration of what will happen to iBieberette, if s/he isn’t protected by the anonymity of the Internet, hipsters will descend, maim and…
Weekends in Lawrence are all kinds of crazy, with one common side effect: the munchies. There to quell the cravings is Lucky You Bakery, a mobile goodie shop that opened for weekend delivery on January 28 after a year in the works and 300 hours developing original recipes. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink
Look at the little doggy face on the right. I’m not sure how anyone could stab this little fella. But someone did. A 23-year-old Wichita woman was arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty after telling her younger sister during a phone conversation Wednesday that she’d stabbed her dog, Roxy the Terrier, according to the Wichita Eagle. The woman allegedly told…
Ke$ha will give the girls at Bazooka’s a run for their money on Sunday night at the Midland. According to Spin, here’s what KC can expect from the pop tart’s sold-out show: The 23-year-old comic-provocateur-musician gave the tween-filled crowd wall-to-wall electro-dance jams, costume changes, fake blood, 8-foot penises, and two tons of glitter — not to mention a generous amount…
If you’re too cool for school, maybe you ought to test your knowledge at the Art Trivia Smackdown from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight. The Young Friends of Art trivia event at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art combines questions about art, trivia and movies. Even if you’re not a trivia wiz, you might win best team name, which also earns…
Secret Cities is a sweeping, colorful electronic act made up of two North Dakota kids, Charlie Gokey and Marie Parker, and KC’s own Alexander Abnos. So far, the band has scored accolades from Paste, Nylon, Pitchfork, Tiny Mixtapes and Filter — and the band kicked off its nationwide tour in Kansas City last night. Categories: Music Tags: continents, Secret Cities
When the 2011 James Beard Award semifinalists were announced yesterday, there were two familiar names on the list. Colby Garrelts, the chef and co-owner of Bluestem, has been named a semifinalist in the Best Chef: Midwest category. It’s the fifth consecutive year that the chef has been nominated. Chef Jonathan Justus, featured in our chef interview series last week, is…
Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals were not able to agree on a new contract. The superstar is eligible for free agency at the end of the season, raising the possibility — OK, fantasy — that he might sign with Kansas City. Pujols in Royals blue is not the craziest idea. The slugger attended Fort Osage High School and…
UPDATE: Eric F. Jones, 46, has been identified as the victim of Thursday’s homicide. The Star reports that Jones was killed in a drive-by shooting while helping a friend move.Original Story: A shooting has left a black man in his 20s dead. Kansas City police responded to a shooting at 25th and Poplar around 5:52 p.m. Thursday. Categories: News Tags:…
Ken Unger says he didn’t want to be a “morphine addict.” He came up with an alternative: Grow marijuana in his home to use medicinally. Unfortunately, Missouri isn’t a progressive place willing to let people like, say, a Navy veteran such as Unger, use pot to manage his pain. Unger told KSHB Channel 41 that he uses marijuana to treat…
Stevie Green supposedly asked a woman, whom Kalven Canady sometimes dated, if she wanted to have sex with him in August 2008. This didn’t set well with the woman or Canady, who had Green killed. Green, 32, was found dead inside his car at 74th and Walrond on August 21, 2008. Earlier this week, Canady, 32, entered an Alford plea…
