Time for some more meaningless rankings. GQ magazine (yes, they still print it) says Kansas City, Missouri, is the 37th worst dressed city in America. Why are Kansas City’s men so poorly dressed? Here’s GQ’s Christoper Swetala: “How does a city that fathered its own style of jazz back in the 1930s dress with such little manly swagger? Yeah, you’re…
A few weeks back, CES Cru posted a YouTube trailer for an upcoming video for their song “Changes.” In it, one-half of the local rap duo, Ubiquitous, strolled through the Strange Music merch headquarters, chatting with Tech N9ne. At one point in the conversation, Tech implied that CES Cru, along with Irv Da Phenom, would soon be joining the Strange…
Whenever I want to feel old, it’s always good to go see a show in Lawrence, particularly at the Bottleneck. It’s kind of nice, though, to see that kids still wait patiently for a show to start, sitting on the edge of the stage with X’s on their hands. If nothing else, it means a shorter line at the bar…
Local label Emptyland Records recently posted a free compilation for download. Entitled Underground Artists Vol.1, the comp gathers together unreleased tracks from the Leotards (featuring author Iain Ellis on vox in his King Tosser guise) and d-beat maestros Methhorse, as well as previously released tunes from the likes of Der Todesking, among others. You can either download it at this…
UPDATE (July 14): Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker charged Aaron Sullivan with involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the shooting death of 11-year-old Blair Lane. Baker said during a press conference that the gun used in the shooting belongs to Sullivan. No charges have been filed against the other three men who fired the gun. Baker also advocated…
The lunch line was steady but moving quickly at Zaina (25 East 12th Street) yesterday. And each person who stepped up to the counter had a chance to parlay with Joe Semaan. His banter is as charming as the food at the downtown Mediterranean restaurant. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink Tags: zaina
Welcome to What I Like, our weekly chat with local musicians about their favorite things. This week: Chris Robbins of O, Giant Man on Scar Tissue, Hay’s Hamburgers and hats. Categories: Music Tags: o giant man
The odds of you dining with a mariachi band outside a Mexican restaurant are probably not that great, but apparently it can happen. The most surreal meal I’ve had involved three booths of rodeo clowns in full makeup and dress. It was the week of the American Royal, and they, too, wanted a hamburger at Winstead’s. Who’s been your weirdest,…
The Pitch Music Showcase comes to Westport on Thursday, August 4. Kind of soon! Today we bring you the official schedule. We’ve added RecordBar to our stable of venues this year; there’ll be a shuttle on hand to move folks between Ye Olde Westport Square and Westport proper all evening. Answers to your Who, When and Where questions can be…
My favorite former Missouri lawmaker, O’Fallon loon Cynthia Davis, made a repeat appearance on Countdown host Keith Olbermann’s “Worst Persons in the World” list Wednesday night. Davis didn’t do anything quite as noteworthy as arguing hunger can motivate poor children to get jobs at McDonald’s, where they can eat for free during their breaks (she was arguing against taxpayer-supported summer-food…
Billy Ebeling is a busy man. He plays solo gigs and gigs with his Late for Dinner Band, and he hosts a weekly open jam session at Knuckleheads on Saturday afternoons. This afternoon (Thursday), Ebeling heads to Lawrence to treat locals to a set of free tunes as part of the city’s Brown Bag Lunch Series. We chatted with him about…
Kadeem Robinson, 21, another person shot at a neighborhood block party at 27th and Askew on June 25, died Sunday from wounds suffered at the party, according to the Star. Robinson was one of four men shot that night. Rodney Curtis, 29, died after being rushed to a hospital. The other two shooting victims had non-life-threatening injuries. Categories: News Tags:…
What’s playing at Starlight? I’ll tell you what’s playing at Starlight. Has any couple onstage been more star-crossed than Sarah Brown, the uptight Skid Row missionary with God in her heart, and Sky Masterson, the upright golden boy with gambling in his heart? Unlike Romeo and Juliet, whose families’ enmity makes their love impossible, Sarah and Sky are separated by…
Raytown School District high school kids better get ready to start peeing in cups. In September, the district will become the first in the Kansas City area to start randomly testing students for drugs, after the board of education voted 6-0 on Monday to approve testing, according to The Kansas City Star. But not all students will have to agree…
I love pro wrestling. I started watching it in the mid-’80s and never stopped watching (I’ll be throwing a party Sunday night and watching CM Punk win the WWE title from John Cena). But I’m not this big of a fan. The photo above is of Justin Deming’s stomach. He’s from St. Louis, and yes, that’s the WWF Championship tattooed…
More than 30 years after he joined The Kansas City Star, 11 of which were spent as a columnist, Steve Penn has been fired from the city’s major daily for stealing his work from other sources. “In the normal editing process and follow-up review, it was discovered that Penn had lifted material from press releases verbatim, in some cases presenting…
Tomorrow — July 14 — marks the 222nd anniversary of the storming of the Bastille prison and fortress in Paris, an event later acknowledged as the symbolic beginning of the French revolution. An important holiday in France, Bastille Day warrants a few local celebrations, too. Tannin Wine Bar at 1526 Walnut still has seats available for the Bastille Day Wine…
The Navy SEAL Who Killed Osama Bin Laden from Rob Riggle Rob Riggle is coming to Johnson County Community College on Saturday, October 8. No word yet on when tickets go on sale to the public, but JCCC students get first crack at ’em (and they’re only $10). Can’t wait for this. Plus, this is a fantastic reason to repost…
The man who once suggested that Arthur Bryant’s was “the single best restaurant in the world” is coming back to Kansas City. Humorist Calvin Trillin will be speaking about his new book, Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff, on Tuesday, September 27, at 7 p.m. The Kansas City-born writer currently lives in Greenwich Village but has…
This week, all over town, in red boxes on street corners and near the entrances of restaurants: The Pitch newspaper! In the music section: Berry Anderson hangs out with scary old bluesman Billy Beale, and Nadia Pflaum talks to thePhantom* about infusing his hip-hop with dance beats. (Grab his latest right here.) Plus the Forecast. Get some! Categories: Music
