Times-Union You can’t shock Micky D’s… With the news of the McRib, it’s hard not to think about the drive-thru this morning. And while all transactions are essentially the same — order through improperly calibrated speaker system, wait in line long enough to regret pulling into the parking lot, pay at the window, sneak a bite before easing out into…
Cycling is close to this woman’s heart. Scavenger-hunt enthusiasts, cyclists and beer drinkers got together on Saturday, October 22, for the fifth annual KC Sprints’ Pub N’ Pedal. The pub-crawl mystery started in the parking lot of the former Katz Drugstore with teams pedaling around midtown before ending up at Buzzard Beach. Click on the photo above (or here) for…
The Caged Ham You can’t outrun the McRib. Meat Christmas comes early this year. The McRib is at every single McDonald’s location until November 14. It’s a move that has to be overloading the McRib locator — a search engine designed to help people track down the normally elusive, limited-time offering. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink
Flickr: Sigckgc Hershey bars might have the best back in 1900. You can do better 111 years later. Whether you’re dipping into your own child’s pillowcase or stealing from the basket you’ve got ready for trick-or-treaters, you’ve got a lot of potential candy coming your way. The best part of having your own household is that you get to pick…
We’ve written a bit these past few months about Danny Gibson. There was his retrospective at 1819 Central. And that DJG compilation tribute, DJG Was Here, which featured a number of local musicians. We’ve also noted Lo-Fi Feeling, Tambourine Club’s latest EP of dark pop music. Today, we bring you synergy! A music video Gibson made for a Tambourine Club…
Photo by Chris Mullins Dana Savorelli says Ohio authorities did the right thing. Dana Savorelli knows exotic animals. The owner of the nonprofit Monkey Island Rescue and Zoological Sanctuary keeps a variety of monkeys, ostriches, llamas and lemurs, and more than 20 venomous snakes on his 10-acre farm in Greenwood. Savorelli, whom The Pitch profiled in July, took particular interest…
Virgins, Justine Liese wants to talk to you. An Overland Park native is on a national hunt for virgins. Justine Liese, a University of Kansas grad, is looking for a virtuous few who are 18 and older for an upcoming reality series. Reality-TV production runs in Liese’s family. Her mother, Sharon Liese, created High School Confidential, a documentary covering her…
Getty Images Dwayne Bowe just won’t quit. The Kansas City Chiefs hit the reset button on their season yesterday with a 28-0 demolishing of the Oakland Raiders. The Chiefs scored their first touchdown on the ground (of the season) with 1:53 to go in the first quarter. First-round draft pick Jonathan Baldwin was on the field making a catch for…
Lite-Brite your Monday night with these Best Bets. Tonight: Deadmau5 with Excision, Feed Me and Le Castle Vania at the MidlandMr. Gnome/Appropriate Grammar/Sunrise Revolt at the Riot Room1st Annual Team Scare Club Spelling Bee at Jackpot SaloonDrew Grow & the Pastors’ Wives/Generals at Replay LoungeElektro Nekro Goth at Davey’s Uptown Categories: Music
Matt Pond PA Philadelphia-formed, Brooklyn-based Matt Pond PA is one of those acts that critics seem to love to bash. The band’s 2002 effort, The Green Fury, earned one of those strange, vindictive-seeming Pitchfork reviews — a 1.8, for sounding too much like a boring Adam Duritz record. That’s pretty funny, I guess, but it doesn’t really ring true to…
Scavenger hunt enthusiasts, cyclists and beer drinkers got together on Saturday, October 22, for the fifth annual KC Sprints’ Pub N’ Pedal. The pub crawl mystery started in the parking lot of the former Katz Drugstore with teams pedaling around Midtown before ending up at Buzzard Beach. Photos by Bethany Day.
Facebook: 801 Chophouse Steak is serious business at the 801 Chophouse. Raise your knives, carnivores, there’s a new steakhouse in town. The 801 Chophouse opened last Thursday in Park Place (11616 Ash) between the Aloft Hotel and Trezo Vino Wine Bistro. The menu of the old-style steakhouse includes a 24-ounce porterhouse, a la carte sides, and a rotating weekly selection…
Funk’s car can be yours. Former Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser has left us all in order to work for Governing, a Washington, D.C., think tank. But the mayor made a trip back to Kansas City this past weekend and tried to sell his “little red car.” Funkhouser posted an ad on Craigslist offering his 1996 Toyota Corolla for $2,250….
KCMO’s homicide total is now at 88 for 2011. Chester Kelley was found shot to death Saturday in the stairway of an apartment building at 76th and Monroe. Officers were called to a shooting around 12:58 a.m. Kelley, 34, was pronounced dead at the scene. He is the 88th homicide in Kansas City, Missouri, this year. For 2011, the KCPD…
Blanc’s Groupons are Internet phenomena. Groupons and the bevy of online coupon competitors are perhaps the ultimate impulse buys. There’s the rush of excitement, the belief that it’s a good decision in the moment, and then the inevitable discovery of a printed-out piece of paper, in the backseat of your car, which informs you that your Groupon has expired. With…
Hey, guys. Remember Jakob Dylan? He was in that alternative pseudo-blues/country ’90s band, the Wallflowers. Oh, don’t even act like you don’t remember Jakob Dylan. He’s fuckin’ Bob Dylan’s son. He’ll play an “up close and personal show” at the Indie on Main November 13. Tickets went on sale Friday ($12 in advance, $15 day of show). It’s all-ages, and…
Allie Mason John McClure, at age 35, was one of Kansas City’s best-loved chef-owners. Update: A memorial for the late restaurateur John McClure will be held at RecordBar, 1020 Westport Road, on Monday night. The Facebook page created for this event reports that the gathering in McClure’s honor will begin at 7 p.m. and end on the following Tuesday morning…
“Listen! I might have an accurate prediction! Maybe!” Looks like Tom Hoenig, recently departed president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and all-knowing financial Cassandra, isn’t going to head up the University of Missouri System after all. The Associated Press reports that President Obama wants Hoenig to wring his hands at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. If the…
Notre Dame doesn’t like anyone using using its Fighting Irish leprechaun logo. Not even Chapman High School in central Kansas. The Irish accused Chapman of trademark infringement for using the logo, which the high school dropped. About three years ago, Chapman didn’t have the luck of the Irish when a tornado ravaged the town. But that doesn’t matter to Notre…
These Best Bets aim to stimulate a variety of auditory cortexes. Tonight: Bone Crusher/Fuck Yeah Its Friday w/ DJ 2Live Cruz at the Riot RoomDead Girls/Sons of Great Dane/Sexy Accident at Jackpot SaloonThe King Canutes/the Paperclips/Don Nails and the Bad Man/Dollar Fox at RecordBarThe Chaotic Goods/Luddites at the BrickRadio Romantica/the Mad Kings/Hammerlord Halloween Party! at Replay LoungeTHE ZOMBIE-FEST with Slasher…
