It was an understandably frustrating night for Chiefs’ coach Todd Haley. I was born a little brother, so I know what it’s like to look up at a bigger kid and think that you can hang, when in reality it’s just a matter of time before you get knocked on your ass. I was lucky; my older brother was nice….
Florida slide guitarist Bill Wharton – affectionately known as the Sauce Boss – needs the followig for his shows: a 12-gallon cast aluminum pot, 100 plastic spoons, 1 gallon of chicken stock, 4 pounds of orka and 3 pounds of crawfish tails. The Sauce Boss rolled out his swampy sounds and spicy soup together onstage this past Friday night at…
Conquerors Sure, this is a music review, but FOKL on Friday night was more about sight than sound. The community arts space hosted a first-anniversary celebration of We Are Tribe’s vintage clothing enterprise, and so flocked the physically attractive to the fashion show, to drinks and babes, to food trucks, and to hear four bands play the theme music to…
Looks like the Wood Law Firm bet on the wrong side in Libya. It looks like two Kansas City-based lawyers are on the wrong side of history. The Washington Post and The Kansas City Star report that documents uncovered in the aftermath of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s death indicate two attorneys with a Kansas City office were part of a…
Thee Oh Sees It’s no secret that many of us at The Pitch like Thee Oh Sees (these write-ups from 2009, 2010 and 2011 prove it). The San Francisco band consistently delivers amazing live shows. If you’re not familiar with the Sees’ sound, here’s your opportunity: Categories: Music Tags: thee oh sees
Crossroads Current The eight-layer cake at Succotash is symbolic of the restaurant’s approach to pastry. Beth Barden is hoping that she has discovered the latest must-have hand-held item of the holiday season: Christmas cookies. “Technology is awesome if you use it the right way, but I feel like so many people are missing their lives because they’re talking to someone…
Fox4 Aramark is in the food-truck game with sandwiches at the Mobile Melt. The Kansas City Chiefs are on the road tonight against the New England Patriots, which means that the Melt Mobile won’t be rolling. As Yahoo reports, the Melt Mobile is Aramark’s take on the culinary trend of the year in Kansas City: food trucks. “Food trucks have…
Rickey King is 2011’s 100th homicide victim. After a pair of weekend homicides, Kansas City, Missouri’s death toll is now at 100 for 2011. The 100th homicide came Saturday night. Officers found two shooting victims inside a vehicle at 53rd and Prospect around 10:15 p.m. One was declared dead at the scene. The other was taken to a hospital in…
No Clip Mode Bathroom attendant is a tough gig. I’ve thought for the past several years that the bathroom attendants in the Power & Light District might have the most thankless service-industry job in Kansas City. Inside the porcelain tile of the bathroom adjacent to the outdoor living room, there are plenty of men behaving badly, and courtesy (unlike the…
The dash-cam video of Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel’s DWI arrest was bound to come out. In the video, Pinkel tells the officer that he’s “very nervous.” He’s not the only one. The Boone County Sheriff’s deputy seems a bit nervy too. Pinkel tells the deputy that he had a a couple of “jumbo” glasses of red wine over the…
Bill Pile Paul DeMatteo Mixmasters Bill Pile and Paul DeMatteo are pulling the plug on their monthly event “F**kin’ A!” Categories: Music Tags: Bill Pile, dance party, DJ!, Paul DeMatteo, Yo
Peter Kinder isn’t ready for the big time. It hasn’t been Peter Kinder’s year. And it looks like he won’t get the job he wanted next year. Sources tell Politico and The Star that Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder will not run for governor. It had long been assumed that Kinder would run and be the Republican front-runner, but he…
Long live the king. Johnson County officials announced today that the county is buying the King Louie West and Ice Chateau building in Overland Park and is planning to relocate the Johnson County Museum to the relic of 1960s suburbia. The 70,000-square-foot building was completed in 1965 and featured an ice-skating rink and 32-lane bowling alley. The rink was closed…
We don’t wanna fall in love with you either, Chris Isaak. Sweet Baby Jesus, there’s too many Best Bets to list. Check out the full calendar here. Tonight: We Are Tribe Anniversary party with Conquerors, Expo 70, the Devil. Port Fonda in the house. Chris Isaak at Uptown TheaterMary Bridget Davies at Fat Fish BlueThe Good Foot at the LeveeWhite…
While interviewing Replay Lounge owner Nick Carroll regarding the upcoming Cheap Beer compilation LP, the erstwhile Jackpot Music Hall proprietor was kind enough to clear up some confusion regarding the venue’s upcoming sale to Eric and Darla Bergman: “The Jackpot — they’re going to continue to have shows. I think there was maybe some misinformation, but what they want to…
Hsien-Hsien Liu is heading home. Her victims might not be. The international mess brewing around federal prosecutors in Kansas City charging a Taiwanese envoy with labor fraud appears to have come to an anticlimactic resolution. Hsien-Hsien Liu was charged November 10 for allegedly overworking and underpaying a Filipina housekeeper. The woman only freed herself from Liu’s home after she found…
Beth Barden lifts the beach-ball-blue, eight-layer cake slowly from the pastry case at the front of Succotash. “How could you not smile eating a piece of this cake?” she asks. The rainbow-colored interior and dusting of glitter turn the cake into an edible carnival — a reminder to Barden and her guests that this whole food thing is supposed to…
William Shatner wants you to be safe this Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a holiday of extremes — one gorges oneself shortly after proclaiming that this is the year you won’t overeat. As a result, the actual meal comes with high stakes. I’m slated to bring a 20-pound turkey for the family meal this Thanksgiving, a bird of ridiculous size that I…
Kansas City is closing in on another 100-homicide year. UPDATE (November 20): The homicide victim at 39th and Hardesty has been identified as 28-year-old Patrick McCarthy. Original Story (November 18): Police found two men suffering from apparent gunshot wounds around 12:17 a.m. today at the intersection of 39th Street and Hardesty. Both were transferred to a hospital, where one man…
Flickr: Sarah_Ackerman Napa can come to you. You may not go to Napa this year, but that shouldn’t stop you from going on a tour of Napa. Off the Vine is holding a free wine tasting from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Rice Gallery of Fine Art (11535 Ash, in Leawood). The Napa or Bust 2011 tasting features…
