Wild Nothing exists in the netherworld among pulsating dance pop, melodic British dark wave and shimmering shoegaze. Even leader Jack Tatum’s sad tenor recalls such British romantics as the Smiths, Love and Rockets, and the Cure. The band peels back the songs’ recorded layers with attack and energy in a live setting, transforming into a true-and-tried rock act. Categories: Music…
A judge sentenced former Inman, Kansas, Police Chief Mike Akins Jr. to life in prison for sex crimes against children. Akins reportedly will have to serve 55 years before he’s eligible for parole. (If the 39-year-old lives that long, he’ll be around 94 years old.) It’s a fitting end for someone convicted of molesting children while wearing his police uniform….
The Uptown’s website says that the Schwag — you know, the Grateful Dead tribute band that Schwagstock is named after — is stopping in Kansas City on March 4. Apparently, the show is a benefit for Camp Zoe, the former site of Schwagstock that was raided and seized by the DEA last year. Categories: Music Tags: camp zoe, DEA, schwagstock
Charles Ferruzza wonders whether the month-old Hickok’s in the River Market is in the right space at the right time. Only time will tell — but until then, we have great pictures of the restaurant and its menu, taken by Pitch photographer Matthew Taylor.
Pork tenderloins (see our top five from earlier this month) and fried chicken tend to get all the press. But there are a lot of other meats that are being lovely dropped into deep fryers at kitchens all around town. I wanted to highlight five plates that show what can happen when a little creativity or late-night hunger and a…
The sultry-voiced folkster will hit up Starlight with Secret Sisters and Brandi Carlile on June 15. The show is sponsored by 90.9 the Bridge, which makes sense: Though Ray LaMontagne is rooted firmly in the adult-alternative genre, his easy, loping Americana is difficult to hate. (Bonus points: He and his band, the Pariah Dogs, also recently won a Grammy for…
Have you always wondered what life is really like on the farm? Whether you’re a backyard gardener with a small plot of vegetables or you’re thinking about starting an urban farm, Growing Growers can help you learn to work the soil and develop sustainable practices. And this spring, the farmers’ education group is offering monthly workshops and season-long apprenticeships that…
%{}% Kansas City voters got the Funk out. Mayor Mark Funkhouser won’t see a second term in office — the first incumbent since the 1920s to not survive the primary. Sly James and Mike Burke will square off in a March 22 run-off election. KMBC Channel 9 reported that only 38 votes separated James and Burke. Categories: News, Politics Tags:…
James Clark, Justin Selby and Alfred Anaya have been convicted of multiple drug charges related to their role in a drug ring that ran cocaine, meth and marijuana through Kansas and Missouri, including dealing at Oak Park Mall and stashing the drugs at the Argosy Casino and the Legends shopping mall, from June 1, 2008, through September 22, 2009. According…
Big Brother is pulling out of Jefferson County. Or, depending on your opinion of red-light cameras, Jefferson County just became a lot more dangerous. That’s because American Traffic Solutions, the Arizona-based company that runs the cameras in Jefferson County and other Missouri communities, is pulling out of the suburban St. Louis county. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that ATS grew…
Harley-Davidson has reached an initial collective-bargaining agreement with its unions at the motorcycle maker’s Kansas City plant, according to the Kansas City Business Journal. We don’t know what this agreement entails exactly, but details should become public after the unions meet with their members today and vote on the deal on Monday. Categories: News Tags: Harley-Davidson
Think anyone would be fooled into thinking that any old sample ballot was the official ballot made by the historic, black political club Freedom Inc.? A “fake” Freedom ballot was reportedly circulating around several East Side polling places, including the Boys & Girls Club on 43rd, and another at Eighth and Cleveland. The fake says “FREEDOM” in a circle of…
If you happen to be down in Surprise, Arizona, and see a 2004 Ford F-250 diesel truck with Georgia plates, you might want to give the cops a call. The pickup of Royals rookie pitcher Everett Teaford was stolen Sunday night while he was out to dinner with his teammates. “I get done eating, and here I am looking around…
NBC Action News action weatherman Gary Lezak took a stand against ignorance on Monday’s 10 p.m. broadcast. Residents have shoveled a lot of snow over the course of the last two winters. But contrary to what Sean Hannity and idiotic editorial cartoonists believe, the flakes do not mean that global warming has stopped. Lezak told viewers that the Earth is…
Chocolate balls, that is. Chocolates filled with whiskey. It’s more than a confection and less than a cocktail: It’s a head-spinning way to end a meal at the Rieger Hotel Grill & Exchange, the two-month-old restaurant located in the old Rieger Hotel at 1924 Main. It’s not just a dessert, but a potently sweet homage to the history of the…
UPDATE: Brent D. Humphreys, 19, has been identified as the victim of this morning’s homicide. Original Story: Kansas City, Missouri, police are investigating a stabbing in the Northland that has left one person dead. Categories: News Tags: Brent Humphreys, homicide, stabbing
Well, whadya know. Lots of sources are reporting that Wichita’s billionaire bros for all things conservative, Charles and David Koch, are partly behind Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s current move to strip collective-bargaining rights from government workers. Not directly, mind you. Koch Industries’ involvement is shielded under the company’s political umbrella, Americans for Prosperity. Categories: News, Politics Tags: Americans For Prosperity,…
Kansas City can claim a lot of great hip-hop performers, and one the best has just been added to the ridiculously awesome Paid Dues independent hip-hop festival. Krizz Kaliko — henceforth known as Krizzly Bear, Krizz Kringle, or simply the Krizz — will perform as part of a lineup that includes the reunited Black Star (Mos Def and Talib Kweli),…
%{}% Former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline is totally cool with lying to state agencies to get what he wants. Kline’s vendetta against two clinics is on trial in a state ethics hearing that could lead to the Sunflower State’s former top cop being stripped of his law license, which is already suspended because Kline didn’t pay a $50 renewal…
On tour in support of his solo album, Better by Design, John Lefler (guitarist and keyboardist for emo mainstay Dashboard Confessional) will roll through Kansas City early next month. Though, to be honest, I’m not sure how “supportive” a tour is that’s for an album released in 2009. Lefler has said of his album: “People have referred to it as…
