Archives: August 2011
David Matthews’ seventh DUI gets him a year in prison after all
Last September, we told you about David Matthews, who had somehow managed to collect seven DUIs in just 27 years of existence. The last we’d heard of Matthews, he was going to prison for a year, which made us feel better about being on the road. Last week, Judge Gunnar Sundy granted Matthews probation beginning in September, allowing the 27-year-old…
Tonight: Cults at Riot Room, with Minden, Guards and Writer
Cults have taken the Vampire Weekend path to indie-rock prominence: Attend an elite East Coast university, write three catchy songs, blithely toss them onto the Internet, then wait patiently — a couple of weeks or so — for your friends interning at New York media outlets to build up the buzz. Categories: Music
Kings of Leon cancel Sandstone show, continue to act like a bunch of babies
Increasingly obnoxious rock-and-roll band Kings of Leon cut short its show in Dallas this past Saturday after singer Caleb Followill complained about the heat and said his voice was too weak to perform. Read about it here. “Caleb can’t sing. Go ahead and burn our records. We are sorry,” bassist Jared Followill told the crowd after Caleb left the stage…
9-year-old Japanese girl wrestles grown man in must-see video
Everything is better in Japan — even their 9-year-old professional wrestlers. Check out this little girl, named Haruka, wrestling a grown man (Kenny Omega, who’s wrestled in Ring of Honor and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla). I had to share the video, especially for the 3:36 mark. It’s totally worth it. Damn, does Haruka know how to sell a beating. She also…
The Pitch Music Showcase is this Thursday, as in two days
Just a reminder to all y’all who might not be on Facebook — the Pitch Music Showcase is happening this Thursday in Westport. Lots of great bands on the bill, lots of cool venues offering shelter from the heat, lots of icy-cold beverages to be sipped and guzzled. Peep the lineup here. Also: the Pitch Music Awards is a week…
Missouri teachers banned from being Facebook friends with their students
Facebook is the devil. The state of Missouri knows this, so Gov. Jay Nixon signed a bill last week outlawing student-teacher Facebook friendships (or really, any social network). The new law goes into effect August 28. You know, because all teachers are using Facebook to set up trysts with their students. Pervs. The law says: “Teachers cannot establish, maintain, or…
Missouri teachers cannot be Facebook friends with their students
Facebook is the devil. The state of Missouri knows this, so Gov. Jay Nixon signed a bill last week outlawing student-teacher Facebook friendships (or really, any social network). The new law goes into effect August 28. You know, because all teachers are using Facebook to set up trysts with their students. Pervs. The law says: “Teachers cannot establish, maintain, or…
Dear Chuck E. Cheese, we don’t come to you for the pizza
No, father. I do not wish to play more Dance Dance Revolution or Crazy Taxi. I wish to sit and enjoy this delectable pizza. What are ‘words that have never been uttered at a Chuck E. Cheese,’ Alex? That’s correct, the control of the board is yours. Chuck E. Cheese, the destroyer of quarters and animatronic band pioneer, has developed…
Dear Chuck E. Cheese, we don’t come to you for the pizza
%{}% No, father. I do not wish to play more Dance Dance Revolution or Crazy Taxi. I wish to sit and enjoy this delectable pizza. What are ‘words that have never been uttered at a Chuck E. Cheese,’ Alex? That’s correct, the control of the board is yours. Chuck E. Cheese, the destroyer of quarters and animatronic band pioneer, has…
Kanrocksas Local Showcase winners announced
Every Friday night for the last four weeks, a lineup of local acts has gathered to perform at Wild Bill’s Steakhouse and Saloon out at the Legends as part of the Kanrocksas Local Showcase. Judges, along with the crowd, assessed and rated the performances. Today, they’ve announced the winners. Categories: Music Tags: kanrocksas
Big 12 ADs say no high school games on the Longhorn Network for at least a year
Conference realignment Armageddon seems to have been averted for at least another year. The Big 12(-2) athletic directors met in Dallas Monday and unanimously agreed to “a minimum one-year moratorium” on broadcasting high school games on the Longhorn Network. The Big 12 made the announcement on the conference’s website yesterday. The conference’s athletic directors also asked the NCAA to make…
The five best food mascots in Kansas City
While Kansas City doesn’t have Justin Timberlake to exhort people down to Omeletteville, we do have a surprisingly robust food-mascot culture. And while our greatest mascot may have fallen — a moment of silence for the soups and hero chef of Souperman — there are plenty of mascots left to pick up the mantle. A mascot can be funny or…
Tyrone Stewart Jr. shot and killed at 31st and Garfield in Kansas City, Kansas
UPDATE (11:23 a.m. August 3): KCK police say Tyrone Stewart Jr., 27, was the victim of Tuesday’s homicide at 31st and Garfield.Original Story (8:41 a.m. August 2): Kansas City, Kansas, police are investigating a homicide after the body of a man was discovered in the 1900 block of North 31st Street. Reports of a shooting in the 1900 block of…
Have you ever tried to re-create a movie or TV recipe?
Sometimes the most appetizing food isn’t coming out of the kitchens featured on the Food Network. Instead, it’s courtesy of the crazy imaginations of comedians and filmmakers. Have you ever tried to re-create the Cheesy Blasters from 30 Rock or considered buying the new collection of recipes in “The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook”? Some foods just shine too brightly to…
Want to live in Quagmire’s Kansas City house? It can be yours, giggity giggity
A friend on Facebook wrote that she didn’t realize Family Guy’s resident sex addict Quagmire used to live in Kansas City. I didn’t either, but I’m convinced after seeing this listing on Reece & Nichols. Zebra-print floor? Leopard-print walls? I have a feeling there’s a hidden room in there, too. If you have $76,500, this one-bedroom, one-bath, “one of a…
Preston Peltier shot to death at 81st and Wabash; 62 homicides in KCMO
UPDATE (4:04 p.m.): The victim of this morning’s homicide at 81st and Wabash has been identified as 33-year-old Preston Peltier of KCMO. Original Story (7:12 a.m.): A man was found shot to death in the street at 81st and Wabash early this morning. Witnesses told police that they saw a black man shoot the victim around 2:30 a.m. The shooter…
Sam Brownback downplays his involvement in creepy prayer rally
The prayer rally that Texas Gov. Rick Perry is leading in Houston on Saturday is looking more like a cautionary tale than a great awakening. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, the one governor who planned to attend the arena-sized day of fasting and prayer, now appears to be waffling in his commitment to the event — perhaps out of recognition that…
The Change-Up
Remember that scene in Idiocracy that showed a movie-theater audience enjoying an Oscar-winning film that’s nothing but somebody’s farting ass onscreen? Yeah, that’s pretty much The Change-Up, two hours of Hollywood farting in your face. The fecal fun starts with Jason Bateman getting a squirting stream of liquid baby shit in his face and mouth, and it only gets more…
The Pitch Music Showcase 2011
All of a sudden, you can’t swing an underemployed drummer in this town without walloping a music festival. In April, the first annual indie-band-centric Middle of the Map Fest was held. This Friday and Saturday, the locally organized but nationally minded Kanrocksas Music and Camping Festival comes to the Kansas Speedway, bringing with it the likes of Eminem, Muse, the…
Project Nim
Exploring the limits of human consciousness from another angle, Project Nim chronicles the 1970s experiment led by Herbert Terrace, a Columbia University psychology professor who set out to disprove Noam Chomsky’s famous theory that humans possess an innate and unique ability to acquire language. Thus the name of its chimpanzee test subject: Nim Chimpsky. Torn from his mother at infancy,…
The Double Hour
A seductive, darkly stylish suspense story from first-time Italian director Giuseppe Capotondi, The Double Hour (La Doppia Ora) hooks you from the opening credits and keeps you guessing to the end. The plot is as tricky as they come, but it’s the shifting mood and moral angles that never let you know which characters to root for and which to…
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