Long-running ska-funk-metal-punk act Fishbone hasn’t been to this neck of the woods in over a decade, but it’s finally making a triumphant return on Tuesday, March 15. The band is playing an early, all-ages show at Aftershock, in Merriam, on the way down to Austin’s South By Southwest music festival, where Fishbone headlines a showcase at the Austin Music Hall…
Remember when we all thought that paying $10 for event parking was outrageous? Those were sweet innocent days. The Star reported that several lots near the Sprint Center were charging $40 to park for the entire day (a bargain $20 if you leave by 5 p.m.). Someone else is going to have to finish this post because my head just…
Kansas’ progressive nature never ceases to amaze me. In a state where you still cannot buy full-strength booze at grocery and convenience stores — 84 years after Prohibition — you still cannot legally engage in gay sex. And to absolutely no one’s surprise, Kansas lawmakers aren’t about to repeal the law — even though it’s unconstitutional, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported….
Kansas and Missouri will both hold a statewide tornado drill this afternoon at 1:30. So when the sirens wail and all of the out-of-towners, here for the Big 12 tourney, start running for cover, you can keep your cool in the beer line at Power & Light. Because we’re sitting on the Missouri side of the state line, rest easy…
As reported over at Fat City: Restaurateur, visual artist and force behind music venue Crossroads KC Jeff Rumaner, better known around town as the larger-than-life character Stretch, is finally getting his own TV show on Spike TV. Yesterday, the Kansas City Business Journal’s Krista Klaus reported that Stretch had signed a deal to host a show on the cable network….
The Kansas City Wizards professional soccer team is now known as Sporting Kansas City. At the time the rebranding was announced, team officials scoffed at the suggestion that the franchise was trying to look and sound more European. “This, to us, is not European whatsoever,” CEO Robb Heineman said, presumably before he donned a beret and drove home on the…
A little bit of the beach life is coming to Kansas City: Hurricane Grill & Wings has announced it’s expanding into the area. The Kansas City Business Journal reports that the franchise, based in West Palm Beach, Florida, has plans to open four or five locations in the Kansas City market with the first opening by the end of the…
Way back in October, we mentioned that director Kevin Smith was looking for bands to provide the soundtrack to his new film, Red State. We’d said that we thought Adam Lee & the Dead Horse Sound Co.’s throwback twang would work nicely. Turns out, we were right. The band’s frontman, Adam Lee himself, let us know this morning that the…
If it seems like chef Michael Foust is always at the Farmhouse talking to diners about their meals or about new items on the menu, that’s because he is. Last year, Foust took four days off, just one of the things Fat City learned in yesterday’s interview with him. Today, he confesses his love for cereal and the Vietnam Cafe….
Armin Hamidovic was sitting on a bed next to two women in a room at a Red Roof Inn on February 26. The Star, citing court records, reported that one of the women was the ex-girlfriend of 18-year-old Isaac Perdomo-Paz. Perdomo-Paz and Hamidovic supposedly exchanged words, and court records say Perdomo-Paz “lifted his shirt, pulled a black handgun from his…
There’s been a lot of talk about the reunion of local pop darlings Capybara, the kaleidoscopic quartet signed to Kansas City’s the Record Machine. After the release of their debut album, Try Brother, in Spring of 2009, the local (and national) blogosphere and word-of-mouth buzzfeed couldn’t seem to stop talking about the melodic, harmonic talents of Capybara. Then last year,…
Merle Haggard has been playing shows in Kansas City for nearly 50 years. Last summer, Knuckleheads owner Frank Hicks told me a story, in which he mentioned the grizzled country star’s early appearances in our town. “You know where the Shady Lady’s at? That used to be a pretty good club here in Kansas City. It was called Genova’s Chestnut…
D’Bronx has opened in Mission. The locally owned deli and pizzeria, known for serving New York-style slices, is up and running at the former Pizza Shoppe space at 6846 Johnson Drive. The restaurant began serving lunch at the tail end of last year before opening for dinner near the end of January. Those expecting a thin crust and grilled sandwiches…
Let’s try this again. My first-round predictions were far from perfect. How was I supposed to know that the NCAA was going to suspend Baylor’s Perry Jones III just hours before the game? And who would have thought that Iowa State would blow a lead late? OK, after 31 games, I should have seen that second one coming. But today,…
Whopper Bar — the more upscale burger restaurant from the fast-food mavens who brought you Burger King — is scheduled to open this week at 1350 Walnut in the Kansas City Power & Light District, the space formerly occupied by Chef Burger. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink Tags: burger king, power and light, whopper bar
Never doubt elected officials’ ability to find a creative way to get a pet project done. Bar owners across Kansas were howling (and filing suit) last year when the state Legislature passed a statewide smoking ban for almost all bars and restaurants. Perhaps most upsetting to establishment owners was the exception in the law that allowed for state-owned casinos to…
Upon strolling out of Cold War Kids’ show at The Granada, there was one question that stuck with me. Only one. And it was weird. Why did the band’s bassist, Matt Maust, keep kicking singer Nathan Willett? Seriously. Fellow crowd members, did you notice this? Perhaps “nudge” is a better term than “kick.” Throughout the Cold War Kids’ lukewarm set…
Everyone knows that Owl City — that’s Adam Young — really likes to sing about fireflies and teardrops and how his dreams are bursting at the seams and … stuff. But did you know that he also likes to sing about the dentist? A quote from my review of Owl City’s tour kickoff show last winter at the Beaumont: “I’ve…
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Butt Prints in the Sand Author: Sam Glenn Date: 1999 Publisher: Yakadoo Publishing, Naperville, IN Discovered at: Trinity Lutheran Church garage sale, Mission, KS The Cover Promises:…
Nightly entertainment paired with $3 Kirin and Miller Lite drafts, $4 spring rolls and shrimp shumai and $5 glasses of wine and cosmos. Mondays-Saturdays, 10 p.m., 2011 Tags: miller lite, Night & Day
Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre’s latest production is a family drama based around a piano. Thursdays-Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m. Starts: Feb. 17. Continues through March 16, 2011 Tags: 275, Night & Day
The greatest or most popular movie stars tend to embrace a singular theme in the roles they choose throughout their careers. For example, no modern actor plays a drowning man quite like Clive Owen. Watch the British actor struggle to stay above water at 2 p.m. Sunday, when the Kansas City Public Library’s Plaza Branch (4801 Main, 816-701-3481) hosts a…
The Elders, Kansas City’s most popular Celtic band, hosts this huge Irish party featuring the Wires and the O’Riada School of Irish Dance. Table seats are available for $37 and $45; general admission tickets are $25. Doors open at 7 p.m Tickets available at the Uptown Theater box office, uptowntheater.com, ticketmaster.com, or charge by phone at 800-745-3000. Sat., March 12,…
