Say My Name 2, the second album from the Lawrence producer/musician/audio collagist Steve Swyers, opens with a one-minute track called “The Squeakquel.” It’s a sort of cheeky, faux-grand announcement of Say My Name’s return. Through a swirling haze of piano and percussion, imposing voices emerge. “It happened once before … It’s about to happen again … And this time ……
%{}% Wild Flag The supergroup of the moment is a collection of riot grrrls from the ’90s: Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney, Mary Timony of Helium, and Rebecca Cole of the Minders. Now known together as Wild Flag, they just released their debut, a self-titled album of energetic indie-punk with echoes of ’60s garage-rock and ’80s new-wave bounce….
It was inevitable, I suppose. As soon as the owner of the Raphael Hotel — the Salina, Kansas-based Lighthouse Properties — hired chef Charles d’Ablaing away from the Webster House last spring, patrons of the restaurant began assuming that Charles was the Chaz of the restaurant’s name. It’s an easy thing to figure because d’Ablaing walks through the dining room…
The 2011-12 season of the Johnson County Community College Performing Arts Series opens Friday night with the Miles Davis Experience: 1949-1959. In addition to archived footage of Davis, interviews with his contemporaries and beat poetry performances, the show features jazz trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire performing Davis’ songs with a quintet. Akinmusire is a rising figure in the jazz world, and his…
Timothy McClendon (pictured) allegedly shot Jose Jenkins about 22 times in the head, neck and torso. Video cameras captured the shootout at the 42nd and Prospect car wash that ended in the killing of Jose Jenkins. Jenkins, 37, became Kansas City’s 84th homicide victim Sunday night. Authorities believe they’ve found his killer: Jackson County prosecutors charged 34-year-old Timothy McClendon with…
Bishop Robert Finn has lots and lots of problems. Already under fire for a child-pornography scandal, the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph is now facing a lawsuit alleging that the diocese covered for a priest who fathered a child with a married parishioner. A lawsuit says the Rev. Joseph Matt was providing “spiritual counseling, comfort, mentoring and advice” to…
Folk icon/storyteller/cult hero John Prine just released a live album, In Person and On Stage. On Friday, December 2, he’ll stop at the Midland to presumably play some of those songs, plus many of his old favorites and classics. Tickets are on sale this Friday, September 30, at 10 am. “Lake Marie” after the jump. Categories: Music Tags: john prine
Jacob Shepard has seven years to catch up on his reading. Seven years in prison. That’s where 18-year-old Jacob Shepard will be for stealing Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder’s car. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Shepard was also sentenced to a concurrent four years for crashing the car into a Shooter’s Gun Shop last April. Charges of torching the…
The new wooden bar will be a focal point at The Boot. Aaron Confessori has a lot of confidence that Westport is on the rise. That’s why the co-owner of the Westport Cafe & Bar is preparing to debut two new restaurants in the neighborhood over the course of the next month. The first is a food truck, Westport Street…
BNIM In less depressing arts news, Michael Kaiser is really excited about the opening of the Todd Bolender Center for Dance and Creativity and the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Kaiser, the president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., wrote a glowing column on the Huffington Post about the newly opened Bolender…
Gordon Biersch is open for business. Roll out the barrels, Gordon Biersch is now serving its German lager in Leawood’s Park Place. The brewpub at 11652 Ash opened at 11 a.m. yesterday morning. The decor is similar to Gordon Biersch’s downtown location (where the beer for the Leawood spot is being brewed), and a well-appointed patio should be busy this…
Electric Six threw it down at RecordBar Sunday night. Photographer Bethany Day snapped some pics. View them here. Categories: Music Tags: electric six
Everett Collection What are your rules when it comes to food? An eater must have some rules if he or she is to survive in this world. Even Bizarre Foods’ Andrew Zimmern has a limit — he won’t eat walnuts. Over on Chowhound, there’s a fascinating thread right now asking for people’s “irrefutable food rules.” Among the current rules? No…
KC police are looking for this car. From the files of “this is why we can’t have nice things,” there was a strong-arm robbery inside a parking garage at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts around 7 a.m. KCTV5 reported that a heavyset robber dressed in all black pushed an employee into a closet. The Star reported that the…
Much-loved local power-pop act the Dead Girls recently recorded a couple of songs, and the group is trying to raise money to press a vinyl 7-inch via Kickstarter. The A-side is called “She Laughed a Little,” and the B-side is a collaboration with Motion City Soundtrack singer-guitarist Justin Pierre. They’re currently about $900 short. If you donate, there’s a bunch…
Jake the Snake says to treat your boa constrictor right. A man attacking a boa constrictor is a weird story. But add a sword and … oh my. The friends of a 45-year-old Manhattan, Kansas, man told police that the man was acting strangely Friday afternoon, meaning that he was repeatedly throwing a boa constrictor on the ground, they said….
Sean Daley, more commonly referred to as Slug of Atmosphere, is at a place in his career where he can relax, at least a little bit. The Minneapolis-based emcee, songwriter and co-founder of Rhymesayers Entertainment has “made it.” Along with producer Anthony “Ant” Davis and several other key players, he’s made a permanent imprint on the hip-hop community. After two…
Only three games into the Chiefs’ season, and the bad news keeps coming. Brandon Flowers may have a high ankle sprain and who knows if it’s going to cost him any games. If that isn’t depressing enough, watch quarterback Matt Cassel try to put on his hat after throwing a game-ending interception yesterday. Fumble! Love how he tries to play…
It was 30 years ago the last time a good punk act came out of Reno, Nevada — the straight-edge youth crew 7 Seconds. Cobra Skulls’ rockabilly tinged, twangy punk might have little in common with the speedy hardcore of its Nevadan forebears, but the two bands share a verve and energy, as well as a political polemic to change…
Electric Six set RecordBar afire Sunday night. Photographer Bethany Day was on hand, and took these photos.
