During the hazy interim between School of Seven Bells’ and Interpol’s sets last night, a murky, humid smoke filled the Beaumont’s stage. Crowd members gathered and gossiped about some of the more bizarre outfits spotted in the crowd. (Black feathers and a pinned-on red hat were tame compared with a bleach-blond girl in sheer knee-high socks, whom the guy next…
Taurian Burton and a partner broke into a home to steal a couple of plasma TVs in July 2009. But the couple was home, and the robbery quickly turned violent. Burton and his partner pistol-whipped and tied up the couple but didn’t stop there. Clay County Prosecutor Daniel White told Fox 4 that while the male victim suffered a skull…
You may have been asked the classic cocktail-party question of whom you’d invite to your last meal. But there’s a lot of meals before then and a significantly greater probability that you’ll be dining alongside a local celebrity. Jenae Weinbrenner stopped in for some Chinese at Kin Lin and met Mayor-elect Sly James. I’ve dined a few times with in…
Missouri is a dirty, dirty girl. 24/7 Wall St. ranked the least green states in the United States, and the Show-Me State ranked a shameful 10th (or 41st out 50, however you want to look at it). 24/7 Wall St. looked at energy consumption, pollution problems and state energy policies, taking from the most recent info available (2009 and 2010)…
%{}% You don’t get many third chances in life. So listen up, chocoholics. The Riot Room (4048 Broadway) is having its “annual, not-so-annual” Spring Cleaning Beer Cellar Blowout tonight, beginning at 5 p.m. sharp. And in addition to a bunch of limited-release bottles making their way onto the circular bar, the rock-and-roll club will be tapping a 1/6 barrel keg…
Kickstarter pages: They’re all the rage. The Kansas City-bred singer and songwriter Margo May is hoping to raise some cash to release her second album, space/face, using the online fundraising site. Here’s an update on what’s going on in May’s world: I am now living in Portland, Oregon. I have been working on my second album, performing some, and writing…
The Kansas City Public Library buys e-books, and there are wait lists for electronic editions of popular titles, such as Jennifer Egan’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Visit From the Goon Squad, just as there are for printed versions. Technology has allowed the library to expand its reach — maybe too much. Library officials are trying to figure out the best…
Sergio Vega first encountered the Sacramento, California, metal band Deftones on the 1995 Warped Tour, when Vega’s old outfit, Quicksand, shared the bill. After that, in 1997, the darkly atmospheric Deftones took Quicksand on the road and, in 1999, first recruited Vega to fill in for bassist Chi Cheng for a month’s worth of dates. Since 2008, Vega has been…
Sonic Spectrum could never replace The Replacements, but they did pay them proper tribute on the stage of the Record Bar on Sunday, April 24. Photos by Allie Mason.
Just because we’ve yet to see a compost pile next to the traditional trash bin behind a restaurant doesn’t mean the trend isn’t catching on nationally: Yesterday, the Washington Post ran a story about restaurants in cities, such as Portsmouth, New Hampshire, turning their food waste over to companies that haul it away and compost it. It’s a terrific idea…
Well, not that new. Metal lunch pails date back to at least the 19th century: Coal miners would carry home-packed meals down into the mine shafts with them. And if they didn’t use traditional metal pails with secure lids and a wire handle, they might recycle biscuit or tobacco tins to serve the same purpose. That concept later evolved into…
Deadlock broken! Missouri state Sen. Jolie Justus offered this redistricting map (brought to you by Crayola and Miller Lite) on her Twitter page (h/t: Fired Up! Missouri). Looks about right to us. Categories: News, Politics Tags: Jolie Justus, redistricting
If the allegations are true, Neil Fisher is a pathetic son of a bitch. Fisher is accused of beating up an elderly couple, stealing their SUV, and leading police on a chase through four counties before finally surrendering. It started Thursday around 8 a.m. when Fisher allegedly beat up a woman in her 70s outside her home and bound her…
%{}% Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback lapsed into truthiness as he touted his plan to re-people population-shedding areas of Kansas by offering tax breaks. Brownback said he is convinced that Kansas is losing residents to states that have no income taxes, although, as the Associated Press pointed out, it’s more of a feeling than a fact. Brownback signed the bill into…
Kansas State fans, it’s OK to breathe. Frank Martin won’t be coaching the Miami Hurricanes. The ‘Canes have landed George Mason coach Jim Larranaga. This is nothing but good news in Manhattan after weeks of speculation and odd comments. The deal is apparently done with George Mason AD Tom O’Connor telling the Associated Press that Larranaga broke the news to…
The third episode of most reality cooking shows is when a bit of calm is meant to set into the kitchen. The chefs have experienced a few eliminations, not heard their names called and now think that they might actually win this thing. So, of course, that’s when the third season of Top Chef: Masters decides to get freaky by…
This band knows how to make an entrance. Former Interpol bassist Carlos Dengler, known to sport a gun holster under a slickly tailored suit, was the face of the fashion-forward quartet since Turn on the Bright Lights galloped out of the gates in 2002 with alarming success. Though he left the group in May of last year (taking his fascist-friendly…
On most nights in Kansas City, one can throw a proverbial rock and hit a local band playing at a live venue. That’s the beauty of living in an arts town. But it’s not every night that a hefty smattering of some of KC’s and Lawrence’s popular groups are playing on the same night — and that’s exactly what this…
UPDATE: The school-bus driver seen restraining a boy in a YouTube video has been cleared of any wrongdoing, according to KSHB Channel 41. There’s a new video, and damn, the bus driver has the patience of a monk for dealing with some of these little monsters. Watch the second video after the jump …Original Story (April 19): A YouTube video…
