Hell, yeah. Hold Steady fans: Singer Craig Finn will grace Kansas City with his presence on February 11 at RecordBar. Finn’s solo tour is in support of his album, Clear Heart Full Eyes (Vagrant, January 24, U.S.) Doors open at 9 p.m. The 18-and-older show costs $12. Check out a pretty solid Finn solo track here. Here are some other…
Bronson Joyce gave police a bunch of reasons for killing two men. Broson Joyce told detectives that he committed a double homicide for two reasons: (1) One of the victims was infected with AIDS and was spreading the disease to multiple partners, and (2) the other victim was a crack cocaine user. Joyce, 19, is charged with two counts of…
flickr: jsorbieus Real maple syrup comes from a tree, not the cornfield The interesting thing about researching this week’s Pitch Cafe feature about Kansas City’s finest pancakes was the discovery that most area restaurants, even first-class restaurants like Chaz on the Plaza in the Raphael Hotel, don’t use real maple syrup, but serve maple-flavored corn syrup. Actually, in defense of…
Kansas fans, avert your eyes. Almost as ugly as the Jayhawks’ 2-8 record is football coach Turner Gill’s salary. Gill is making $2,101,200, according to ESPN’s Big 12 blog. That makes him the fifth-highest-paid coach in the Big 12. He’s the 28th-highest-paid coach nationally. That’s $1,050,600 per win. And it’s a substantial pay increase from what Gill was making as…
One of Kansas City’s longest-running trivia games is switching venues from the Brick (1727 McGee) to Retro (1518 McGee). It’s been 10 years since the dawn of the weekly Friday night Trivia Riot. Says Brick owner Sheri Parr: I want to say that I am grateful for the last 10 years of Trivia Riot, but we are looking forward to…
Beth Barden stands behind her rainbow cake. Everything at Succotash (2601 Holmes) comes with a story. The tables are from a bowling alley in Topeka, while the chairs are refugees of a defunct Thai restaurant in town. The wooden monkey next to the coffeemaker is “Little Buddy,” a gift to restaurant owner Beth Barden. He’s perched next to the aqua…
Root and Stem When in doubt, whip out the Best Bets. Tonight: K-ROO Student Media 2011 Fundraiser featuring Fullbloods, Scouts, She’s a Keeper, Root and Stem at RecordBarMonte Montgomery at KnuckleheadsIll-Mannered, the E.Z. Brothers, Evil Bastards at BottleneckSuicide Theory, Aluna, the Magnificent Bang Bangs at the Riot RoomSobriquet CD release, Louisiana Street Band, Panda Circus at Replay Lounge Categories: Music
Sobriquet has been making sweet, alternative rock tunes since 2009. The band is preparing to release its second EP, Hello Fragmented Sky, tonight at the Replay. We recently spoke with vocalist Doug Wooldridge about the band’s home studio in Lawrence. Categories: Music
Seeing Pinkel without a visor is weird, right? UPDATE: Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel and MU athletics director Mike Alden have released statements about Pinkel’s DWI arrest. And Pinkel reportedly won’t be coaching for a week. Read them after the jump. Original Story: Mizzou head football coach Gary Pinkel was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in Columbia last…
Gram & Dun is almost open. The Country Club Plaza is getting a gastropub. Gram & Dun, the British-inspired American gastropub restaurant from Bread & Butter Concepts, opens at 600 Ward Parkway next Tuesday, November 22. Tara P. Van Loenen, B&BC Marketing Director, defines the gastropub as “not solely a bar and not just a restaurant, the gastropub is a…
“Postclassical string quartet” Ethel , which focuses on works by modern composers, brings its show to the Lied Center at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 19. The performance features Philip Glass’ score to The Hours, as well as pieces by other modern composers. We recently spoke by phone with the group’s violinist, Jennifer Choi, about her experiences with Ethel and the…
Facebook: Shatto Shatto unveiled a line of flavored butters this week. With skim milk being the Shatto Milk Company’s top seller, Shatto is left with a lot of cream. This means that the Osborn, Missouri, dairy has started to get pretty creative with its product line. The latest introduction? Flavored butters. Shatto rolled out two new flavors of butter —…
Kansas has earned props for its anti-DUI laws. Mothers Against Drunk Driving announced Wednesday that they had bestowed a five-star rating on Kansas, along with four other states, for DUI countermeasures. The rating is based on Kansas laws requiring breath interlock devices for all convicted drunk drivers, operating sobriety checkpoints, escalating penalties for driving while intoxicated with children in the…
Photo by Angela C. Bond Occupation: KCTV Channel 5 weather forecaster, co-host of Qué Pasa, KC and occasional reporterHometown: Phoenix Current neighborhood: Overland Park Who or what is your sidekick? My iPhone and my great friend Alex, who’s also a Channel 5 producer. What career would you choose in an alternate reality? In my fantasy world, I would own/run an…
KCMO’s homicide total is now at 97 for 2011. UPDATE: Kansas City police have identified the victim of Wednesday night’s barbershop homicide as 53-year-old Joseph Jackson. Original Story (November 17): A man was shot and killed Wednesday night in a barbershop at Troost and East 34th Street. Police were called to the shop around 6:10 p.m. after a customer found…
Lydia Loveless looking lovely. Ignore the overcast with Wednesday’s Best Bets. Tonight: Lydia Loveless, Rich & Uncle Penny Bags, Hotdog Skeletons the Riot RoomThe Lonely Hearts Club, 2 Twenty 2, C3 at the BottleneckGaza, The Cast Pattern, The Melting Point of Bronze at Jackpot SaloonBrother Bagman at KnuckleheadsLiterary Death Match at the Brick Categories: Music
DUI is high stakes with the Intoxilyzer 8000. Suspected drunken drivers in Kansas might want to cross their fingers or rub a lucky rabbit’s foot before taking a breath test to determine their blood-alcohol level. That’s because Kansas law-enforcement agencies use the Intoxilyzer 8000, a blood-alcohol testing device that’s gaining a reputation for being more of a slot machine than…
%{}% Scorpio/Scorpio Rising* (Oct 23-Nov 21): Heightened awareness of what others dismiss as unimportant is a running character trait of yours. The trouble occurs when you refuse to analyze whether you are running away or toward. You are courageous, and in one-to-one relationships (without witnesses), blunt. So what if you’ve made what you consider to be a spectacle over the…
Liana Wears In this week’s issue: new releases from Margo May and Sara Swenson; a chat with the Hearers; a new weekly at Czar; and the Forecast. Get your hands on it, son! Categories: Music
Hotdog Skeletons Hotdog Skeletons have been hitting the local venue circuit pretty hard lately.The band — Chad Matheson (drums), Dan Buffkin (guitar), Darren Matheson (guitar, vocals) and Matt Cook (bass, vocals) — released Rooted to the Spot last year, and the band is already planning to record another album this winter. Hot dog! We recently had a quick chat with…
Looks like it’s curtains for nudity at Missouri strip clubs. It’s a sad day for Missouri breast seekers. The state Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the state law passed last year putting severe restrictions on strip clubs didn’t violate the First Amendment or the state constitution. So, for now, strippers will have to remain somewhat clothed, and clubs will close…
Just Jared Perhaps Robert Pattinson will finally come to KC now. We might as well start referring to Kansas City as Boston West because we’re getting a plethora of Dunkin’ Donuts. A new location opened in Lawrence at 521 W. 23rd St. on Monday, and next Tuesday, November 22, Kansas City, Missouri, gets its first location. The new doughnut shop…
Flickr: MinimalistPhotography101 Why can’t you just find a good woman who smells like a Reuben? The woman who smells like roast beef might just be the most desired lady in a nation of eaters. Or not. NPR has the story of Brooklyn-based I Hate Perfume, a micro-olfactory laboratory that is producing scents from roast beef to old musty books (named…
