Net-based label Pterodactyl Squad is devoted to video game-inspired music, be it imaginary soundtracks or original 8-bit compositions. Late last month, the label released an 8-bit tribute to Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon. That tribute is a follow-up to last year’s 8-bit tribute to the music of Weezer. (Where that album was a compilation of songs spanning…
If there was one overarching theme Sunday night at the Blue Note in Columbia, Missouri, it was, quite simply, talk is cheap. The four soft-spoken men (plus a touring bassist) that make up Explosions in the Sky didn’t sing a single lyric, but the subtext of their blistering hour-and-a-half set spoke volumes. It had been nine years since the seminal…
A new chef and a well-designed food truck weren’t enough to overcome a bad plate of brisket for Sandy Digiovanni last night on America’s Next Great Restaurant. Despite high praise for Sinners and Saints — an innovative concept that offered diners either a healthy or a decadent version of a dish — Digiovanni had chef/host Bobby Flay inform her that…
When you gotta go, you gotta go. Even at the Masters. Kansas City’s Tom Watson whipped it out during a practice round and peed in the bushes, as captured above by TMZ. For just about anyone else, that’d probably get you kicked out of Augusta. But that’s Tom Watson taking a leak — a two-time Masters champion — so it’s…
In the future, restaurant dining rooms might never be full. However, if you want to get a seat, you may have to talk to your friendly neighborhood reservation scalper. Next has created a wild auctioning frenzy in Chicago, as diners scramble to get seats in the new restaurant from Alinea’s Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas. The restaurant’s reservations and sales…
Prepare to get dub-stepped on and big-beated if you plan on seeing Skrillex when he blows into Kansas City, Missouri, this summer. The snake-bit musician will perform at the Beaumont on July 13. Doors open at 8 p.m. Porter Robinson and Zedd will support. Categories: Music Tags: Porter Robinson, skrillex, Zedd
The Middle of the Map Fest brought rock to Westport on Saturday, April 9, and Sunday, April 10. Photos by Brooke Vandever.
%{}% So here’s one thing to take from Sam Mellinger’s 2,500-word piece on the Kansas City Royals on Sunday: David Glass won’t say he’s sorry for being one of the worst owners in professional sports. He’s not the worst of the worst now, a distinction that Mellinger makes. Since 2006, the year he convinced Dayton Moore to take the general…
%{}% Kansas City, Missouri’s homicide total climbed over the weekend to 22 for 2011. The first slaying of the weekend came Friday night when 17-year-old DeAnthony Clemons was shot and killed at a 5-year-old’s birthday party. Clemons and friends were in a front yard at 114th and Delmar when someone began shooting at them from the side of a residence…
Do you love Social D? Do you have a Facebook or Twitter account? Do you want to go to a red-carpet premiere? Are you broke? If you answered “yes” to any of the above questions, then you’ll want to check this out. If KC plays its cards right, it can score a free concert from Social Distortion, on top of…
Canvas closed the 21st Annual Banzai Awards show with all the weight and energy necessary to finish off a crowd that had seen some of the strongest heavy bands in Kansas City. We’re talking 9 Volt Junkie, Drek, promising “Young Turks” Cimino, hard-rock veteran Johnny Rocker and even the king of rock and roll himself — in the form of…
“Who is this fucking band? It’s full of fucking hipsters,” a kid in a baseball cap complained loudly in the back of the Riot Room. Hospital Ships was onstage, and the Riot Room was admirably filled out for 7:45 p.m. Punks, crusty kids and girls in sundresses crowded inside the Westport bar — as did those who, evidently, weren’t familiar…
The new pizzeria on the Country Club Plaza, Coal Vines Pizza & Wine Bar — this week’s Cafe review — made me wonder how many Fat City readers can remember the first time they ever tasted pizza in a restaurant? I can, because I remember — and I was a child of the 1960s — how different a hot, bubbling…
Classy police operation they’re running in Carter County. Not only was the sheriff charged with distributing meth — a drug that has ruined more than the teeth of rural Missourians — but also his deputy is charged with burglary and receiving stolen property. Now-former Carter County Sheriff Tommy Adams was arrested last weekend. The 31-year-old was reportedly the target of…
You don’t have to feel that scurvy is a possibility anymore. Remember what it’s like to have a fridge full of fruits and vegetables by heading over to the opening of the downtown Overland Park Farmers Market. The first day of the market — west of Marty between 79th and 80th streets — is Saturday. On June 1, vendors will…
Is there a Kansas City musician or band that’s looking to win a big, fancy recording contract? (We’re guessing the answer is yes.) The X Factor, a singing-competition series that will air on Fox this fall, has expanded its auditions to cities across the country, including Kansas City. Vocal groups and individuals (ages 12 and up) who can’t make it…
I’m afraid I saw a moose knuckle. Fox 4 weatherman Don Harman busted out his short shorts for this morning’s weather report. Harman often does cheesy humor, but it’s hard to knock him for this morning’s performance because he was promoting Dodge for a Cause (which benefits the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation). Harman even busted into a rendition of the…
