Get yourself a proper drink at Davey’s. You don’t have to go over the top to properly celebrate Halloween. Some celebrations offer just the right mix of ridiculous costumes and cheap well drinks. Case in point: Davey’s Uptown. The club’s Halloween party kicks off at 10 p.m. on Saturday when Hearts of Darkness and Pope of Dope are set to…
Along with her sister Jessica, Jennifer Clavin formed two-fifths of exuberant indie punks Mika Miko. Though that group disbanded in 2009, the sisters continued making music. Earlier this year, the two of them came back together to form a duo they call Bleached. They’ve released two singles thus far, with a third — Searching Through The Past — due out…
The Big 12 isn’t the only conference prone to embarrassing mistakes. The SEC accidentally posted an article on the conference’s website announcing that the University of Missouri was officially headed south to become its 14th member. The article was dated October 22, but referenced “Monday” as Mizzou’s official join date. The articles have since been pulled. As you can see…
Photo by Kate O’Neill Occupation: Independent filmmaker, social media consultant, Apple evangelist at UMKC, time traveler Hometown: Garden City, Kansas. (Not the one in Missouri, which I am convinced is some sort of bizarre Fringe-esque parallel universe with copies of everyone from my childhood encased in amber.) Current neighborhood: The Plaza Who or what is your sidekick? My iPhone 5….
Jaimie Warren The R Bar becomes a weekend-only venue after this weekend. Update: R Bar owner Joy Jacobs told Fat City, after yesterday’s post about the bar and restaurant’s new hours, that she has decided to keep the West Bottoms venue open three nights a week instead of weekends only. “We’ll be open Thursday, Friday and Saturday.” Jacobs says she…
After November 6, the interior of Sharp’s will no longer look like this. The breakfast-and-lunch business in Brookside is going to be a lot more competitive next year when St. Louis-based Panera Bread opens a bakery and cafe directly across the street from Sharp’s 63rd Street Grill; Panera will locate its Brookside branch in the former Beauty Express space at…
Keep it steady. Tonight! 96.5 the Buzz Halloweenie Roast: Social Distortion, the Hold Steady, Viva Brother, the Architects at the Midland Ozric Tentacles/Halloweenie Roast Afterparty w/ Heroes + Villains at the Riot Room Voodoo Organist / The Latenight Callers at RecordBar L5 / Lantern / Living Ghost at Replay Lounge Savor the Sun / Yes, Inferno at Davey’s Uptown Early…
The Voodoo Organist, aka Scott Wexton, carts a skull-laden organ around when he tours. His musical passion? Original gothic blues. He recently released Darwin Dance Hall Days and hopes to put out his next album, Organeddon, once he raises some funds. “Voodoo’s been really broke,” Wexton says. Broke or not, though, Voodoo Organist is touring now, playing old and new…
For my skrill, the Pink Socks are the best garage-rock act in town. That might have something to do with the fact that they hardly ever play shows, which makes it a special occasion when they deign to grace local stages with their presence. Nevertheless. On Friday, the Socks will be at the Replay in Lawrence with My Brother the…
Somewhere, someone’s drinking a pork cocktail. Life, on occasion, resembles The Onion. And when the news that Mark Wahlberg and his family had opened Wahlburgers in Hingham, Massachusetts, came across the transom this week, I assumed that this was a beautiful internet mock-up of the beefcake. Nope. Our Family. Our Story. Our Burgers. is happening. If Hollywood has taught us…
The University of Kansas’ Symphony Orchestra puts on its third annual Halloween concert this Friday, October 28. For those who’ve not had the opportunity to see this one-of-a-kind event, it’s the sort of thing that defines the word “spectacle.” For last year’s performance, the Symphony’s conductor, Professor David Neely, conducted Star Wars’ “Imperial March” as Darth Vader, using a lightsaber…
Murphy’s book is out now. It’s a funny thing when a travel writer turns her eyes to a new hometown and discovers (not unlike Frommers) that it’s a destination unto itself. Sylvie Hogg Murphy, the author of “A Food Lover’s Guide to Kansas City,” moved here in 2008 after meeting her now-husband, a native son of Kansas City. “I absolutely…
Facebook: The Cook Shack The Boss is coming from this griddle. The breakfast sandwich is an art form and now, in its third year, the Cook Shack Cafe (8950 Wornall) may have created their masterpiece. “The Boss,” is a righteous breakfast sandwich with eggs fried over hard sprinkled with cayenne pepper, pepper jack cheese and corned beef hash on sourdough…
Deviant Art: Iced Coffee Humans are the ones that need saving this time. Add humans to the list of endangered species. The Missouri Department of Conservation has issued an invasive species alert on its website for the latest environmental threat — zombies. The lurching, pack-traveling man-eaters are apparently threatening the 500,000 hunters that are not used to being the prey…
Jennifer Long Long-running area power-pop trio Ultimate Fakebook called it quits back in 2003, after three LPs and a series of frustrating label issues. Since 2008, though, the band has been playing occasional reunion shows, and last year they released Daydream Radio Is Smiling Static, a digital collection of unreleased cuts and b-sides. This Saturday, October 29, they’re throwing down…
%{}% Back by popular demand: Tarot & Astrology akin to your gas station now known as GPS and road map. Capricorn/Capricorn Rising* (Dec 21-Jan 19): Your Tarot GPS (TGPS) moves in delight at fall’s middle. You and Scorpio have so much in common. Your two signs are the “sisters of a different mother.” Siblings with mutual suspicion and mistrust of…
Ume, oh my. Is that a flock of Pegasus’ offspring? Nope, it’s just tonight’s Best Bets. Tonight: Ume/Radiation City/Fierce Bad Rabbit at the Record BarGreg Enemy/No Bird Sing/Swanson at the Jackpot SaloonThe Voodoo Organist/The Spook Lights at Replay LoungeOutlaw Jim & The Whiskey Benders at KnuckleheadsSobriquet (CD Release Show!)/Dignan at the Riot RoomYears from Now at Davey’s UptownGuerilla Movement presents:…
Angela C. Bond Greg Enemy In this week’s tactile information product: rapping with Greg Enemy about his latest (and quite good) mixtape, Xtra Small; a road conversation with the War on Drugs (at Jackpot Tuesday night); and Unknown Mortal Orchestra (at RecordBar Sunday night) answer some questions about becoming known. Plus Forecast. Pick one up. The Pitch: Still a robust…
See Elvira in the flesh Thursday night. The Mistress of the Dark is coming home … sort of. Scream queen Elvira will be making an appearance at The Beast Thursday night from 8 until midnight, so you can get an autograph and your photo taken with the horror vixen. Elvira made the announcement on her Twitter account (yes, even the…
Mazatlan is bringing a bevy of Mexican dishes to the Northland. Photos by Angela C. Bond.
Coasting into Lawrence in a big white majestic van, AIDS Wolf delivered everything you would expect at the Replay Lounge last night: dissonance, moaning, yelling, screech-infused guitar slides, a hero’s dose of snare-blasts. The inaccessibility of their set suggests such a sonic hazard would make for an empty show, but even for a Tuesday, the Replay Lounge was modestly stocked…
Flickr: Ninahale Color is not a bad organizational scheme. It’s not right to steal candy from babies — this we can all accept. But children, especially your own, are absolutely fair game on Halloween. We have a responsibility as adults to check and taste candy. As such, here are five tips for pulling off a successful candy caper from the…
