Archives: June 2011
How we do it in KC is with alligators on chains, apparently
I have so many questions, you guys. So many. How do I get two alligators? Do they issue them at that Juggalo Gathering that Tech N9ne is playing? Is that little girl still alive, or is there a ragged dress hanging from one of these emerald snouts even now? Hat tip, TKC. Categories: News Tags: Alligators on chains
Activist Nelson Hopkins Sr. charged with first-degree robbery
This face just disappointed a lot of people. Nelson Hopkins Sr. is the kind of story you want to believe in. After his son was murdered, this ex-con became an activist running Pardon & Parole Negotiations LLC from a small office on East 12th Street. He also started Operation Promised Land, dreaming that he could repopulate and rebuild the East Side with…
The Boston Bruins’ bar tab shows why KC needs a pro sports team
That epic night you had on the boats, where your bar tab looked like your area code? Yeah, that was just the start of the Boston Bruins’ night. Business Insider has the tale of the register tape as members of the Beantown hockey team racked up a $156,000 bar tab at Foxwoods Casino last Saturday night while celebrating their Stanley…
Who makes the best steak in Kansas City?
%{}% Steaks can be the difference between winning and losing a fight or they’re simply a way to celebrate. But when it comes to where to dine, Kansas City Business Journal readers had some suspect opinions. A shockingly high 19 percent preferred chain steakhouses (the Longhorns and Outbacks of the world), while 41 percent would grill their own and 40…
Everything you always wanted to know about tonight’s Motley Crue show but were afraid to ask
Motley Crue is at the Sprint Center tonight, with Poison and the New York Dolls, and apparently — SPOILER ALERT — Tommy Lee has rigged up some sort of rotating drum roller coaster that spins around in the air? If you think I am going to say something snarky about this, you are DEAD WRONG. If the general spectacle of insanity, dysfunction…
Swingin’ Utters at the Bottleneck this Saturday (+ MP3)
Long-running street punks Swingin’ Utters are making their way to the area for the first time in nearly a decade; October 2001 was the last time the San Francisco quintet came through town. Categories: Music Tags: Continental, Dropkick Murphys, Swingin’ Utters
Music Forecast maps the week’s best shows
Sonic Spectrum Tribute Series Robert Moore’s monthly tribute series continues, with pop-minded rock acts Minden, Ghosty, Sons of Great Dane, plus Brodie Rush and Dan Talmadge paying homage to the Beach Boys. Do you wanna dance? You will wanna dance. Sunday, June 26, at RecordBar (1020 Westport Road, 816-753-5207) Punk Rock Formal The first was at somebody’s house, and last…
Howard Iceberg’s seven-year journey to Welcome Aboard
Since scaling back his duties as an immigration lawyer seven years ago to concentrate on his music, Howard Iceberg has written and recorded hundreds of songs. You could be forgiven for not knowing that — none of the music has been formally released. But all that work finally sees the light of day on Sunday. Iceberg and his band, the…
The Golden Republic reunites
In 2005, The Pitch published a lengthy profile of the Golden Republic. The local band was ascending rapidly, backed by a major label, EMI subsidiary Astralwerks. It was fresh off national tours with Sondre Lerche and Nada Surf and a high-profile performance at South By Southwest. A show at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City had yielded a photo…
A team’s long day’s journey into One Night Stand
The panty lines need to stay out of the shot. This is the consensus formed on the set of One Day Like This, a short film being made for the Independent Film Coalition of Kansas City’s 11th annual One Night Stand competition. Actress Bobbie Sutcliffe’s underwear is showing through her borrowed gray dress, but that’s the least of director Tim…
Story rewrites food in Prairie Village
You can’t usually tell a book by its cover, but in the case of one-month-old Story restaurant, in Prairie Village, you might make a pretty accurate snap judgment about the place just by peering inside. The windows tell the story: white, sheer curtains pulled back to reveal tables cloaked in starched linens, set with shiny glassware and a single fresh…
‘Swanky, hip boutique bakery’ opens in Leavenworth
Kelly Littmann may be the tiniest, skinniest restaurateur in the metro. It was hard for me to believe she bakes some of the desserts that she prepares for her six-month-old bistro, the Peacock Cafe, in downtown Leavenworth, let alone eats any of them. Littmann says her secret for staying svelte is raising horses: She and her husband own a farm…
Bluestem’s Colby and Megan Garrelts take over Trezo Vino restaurant
For the last two years, Colby Garrelts — the James Beard-nominated chef and co-owner of Westport’s Bluestem restaurant — has been talking about opening a second venue. His vision was for a completely different culinary concept from the sophisticated, upscale Bluestem. The time seemed right: Bluestem, the creation of Colby and his pastry chef wife, Megan, was running smoothly. Smoothly…
Tyrone Williams found shot to death on Agnes Avenue; 46 homicides in Kansas City, Missouri
UPDATE (4:33 p.m.): Tyrone Williams, 21, was the victim of Sunday night’s homicide. Police are still looking for his killer.Original Story (7:14 a.m.): The killing continued in Kansas City, Missouri, Sunday night. The city recorded its 46th homicide of 2011 by 10:45 p.m. Police were called to a shooting at 41st and Agnes and found an adult male dead in…
Two men found slain behind apartment complex on Indiana; Scott Smith shot to death
UPDATE (4:25 p.m.): The victims of Sunday morning’s double homicide at 33rd and Indiana have been identified as 26-year-old Oscar Owens and 24-year-old Aeson Griffin, both of Kansas City, Missouri. No suspects are in custody. Original Story (6 a.m.): Sunday morning was deadly in Kansas City, Missouri. Police were investigating three homicides at two crime scenes, taking the total number…
LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat will return to Kansas City in October … if the NBA’s labor deal is done
Sprint Center officials announced Monday that LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the Eastern Conference Champion Miami Heat are scheduled to return to Kansas City for a preseason game with the Houston Rockets. The match-up isn’t as attractive as last season’s, which featured Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and the Seattle SuperSonics Oklahoma City Thunder (take a look back here). But, hey,…
Raina Esparza, 15-year-old boxing star killed in crash, remembered at Turner Rec Center
Raina Esparza was a 15-year-old boxing sensation. She was killed last week in a car wreck in Johnson County. KMBC featured her in an interview this past April when she was training for a Golden Gloves boxing tournament. I snapped the photo above outside a memorial to her at the Turner Rec Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Categories: News Tags:…
Wild Flag (members of Sleater-Kinney) coming to RecordBar; stream the single
The Sleater-Kinney ladies have been keeping since retiring their band, what with Quasi and Portlandia and Stephen Malkmus’ band and the Corin Tucker Band. and you get the idea. Wild Flag, a punkish group that includes drummer Janet Weiss and guitarist Carrie Brownstein, will release its debut album in September, and the next month, they’ll stop by RecordBar. Categories:…
Sister of Joplin tornado victim Will Norton tells his story in video blog
The sister of YouTube star and Joplin tornado victim Will Norton told her brother’s story in a video blog posted last week. In the 35-minute video, Sara Norton recalls the day that the tornado hit Joplin (the same day that her brother, Will, graduated from high school) and the frantic search for him. Sad stuff. H/t: Turner Report. Categories: News…
America can now lay claim to inventing deep-fried Kool-Aid
I think we’ve officially entered the time of peak oil — peak frying oil that is. The San Diego Union-Tribune brings tale of a new fair food — deep-fried Kool-Aid — that marks the latest in our country’s attempt to fry the ever loving life out of any and all items that can be taken in trailers onto county grounds….
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