Archives: April 2012
Teresa Stone pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit murder in husband’s killing
Teresa Stone was accused of having an affair with her pastor. Teresa Stone has pleaded guilty to conspiring with her pastor to kill her husband, Randy Stone. KMBC reports that Stone made the plea Monday – the day her trial was supposed to begin – and prosecutors have agreed to not seek a sentence longer than 10 years. In November,…
My Morning Jacket and Band of Horses are playing Starlight in August
MMJ Big fat Monday-morning tour announcement: My Morning Jacket rolls into Starlight on Monday, August 6. But wait, there’s more: Band of Horses is opening. That’s a hot summer show. Tickets on sale this weekend. Categories: Music
Listen Before the Show: Peelander-Z
Whitney Lee For those unfamiliar with Japanese rockers Peelander-Z, a brief warning: The music will probably take a backseat to the antics onstage. Like the Aquabats, the trio dress in uniforms and, at times, fight evildoers as part of their performance. You may also be called upon to bang on instruments or participate in a game of human bowling. I…
Talib Kweli, with B Double E and Louiz Rip, last Friday at the Granada
Maybe the spring semester has gotten to the kids in Lawrence – on the block-and-a-half walk from the Granada to the car after Talib Kweli’s performance Friday night, there were no fewer than three young drunkens fully laid out on the sidewalk, either on the verge of puking or passing out. It wasn’t quite so boozy inside the venue, but…
Midwest Living names Blanc, Wesport Flea Market among region’s best burgers
Dooby Brain Westport Flea Market is likely the only place on the list with a burger car. Burgers are like weather forecasters in Kansas City. We have no shortage of celebrated options. Thus, it makes sense that KC would have strong presence on a compendium of regional burger places. Midwest Living tested 130 burgers en route to naming its 25…
Barbosa’s is coming to Kansas City this summer
Cardozo Family Adventure A St. Joseph classic is headed to KC. A St. Joseph tradition is coming to Kansas City. Barbosa’s, arguably the best-known Mexican restaurant in St. Joseph, will be opening a new location at 12th Street and Oak this summer. Barbosa’s Castillo (906 Sylvanie) has been in a classic Victorian mansion in downtown St. Joseph since 1974 –…
Why the Royals’ Bruce Chen drives opponents crazy
You can get back to first, but you won’t run on Chen. Doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome isn’t insanity – it’s simply another start for Bruce Chen. Yahoo has a solid write-up of one of the more entertaining moments in the Royals’ 7-4 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Sunday, snapping the team’s three-game winning streak….
Is wine just a beverage?
Nestor Ruiz Is it time we stopped romanticizing wine? Oenophiles can get carried away pretty quickly, and wine gets elevated to something beyond fermented grapes in a glass. That’s how you end up talking about stinky diapers and spitting out perfectly good wine into a bucket. But leave it to the good folks at Costco to keep us all grounded….
Armando Lara found dead in a vacant lot on Friday; KCK police investigating death as a homicide
KCK police are looking for whoever killed Armando Lara. The man found dead in a vacant lot in Kansas City, Kansas, Friday has been identified as 44-year-old Armando Lara. The body of Lara, a resident of Durango, Mexico, was discovered in the 900 block of Argentine Boulevard around 11:15 a.m. by a passer-by. KCK police are investigating Lara’s death as…
Sugo’s Spaghetteria coming to Overland Park in May
Riverfront Times The spaghetti and meatballs at Sugo’s. Michael Del Pietro wants to take you to the edge – that perfect edge between satisfied and stuffed. The third-generation St. Louis restaurateur is preparing to bring his newest concept, Sugo’s Spaghetteria, to 13386 Metcalf in Overland Park this May. “Our dishes are filling, but they’re not to that point where you’re…
Going Big: The Kansas City Chiefs take defensive tackle Dontari Poe in the NFL Draft
Dontari Poe got up-close and personal with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Let us hope he’s this physical in pads. You never forget your first nose tackle. At least not if you’re Chiefs General Manager Scott Pioli. Faced with a prospect that had to call to mind Vince Wilfork – the erstwhile run stopper for the New England Patriots – Pioli…
Do you have small-plate fatigue?
Nibbles of Tidbits Even the Cheesecake Factory has small plates. In a reaction to the economy and the concept that we don’t all need to eat like the Flintstones, restaurateurs seem to be shoehorning the idea of small plates into every concept. I wouldn’t want to be a dishwasher at Barley’s Brewhaus, which has micro plates, apps and small plates….
Talking with Susanna Lee, aka Lucky Deluxe, about Los Angeles, hustling, and the Kansas City Burlesque Festival
Vixen Pinup Photography Maybe you picked up a copy of The Pitch this week and noticed that the Filter section was all about the ladies? There’s a women’s MMA, Daisy Bucket, Russian ballerinas, and Gina and Tanya. Yes. Meow. Which brings us to Susanna Lee, the burlesque comedian, also known as Lucky DeLuxe. Lee recently moved out to Los Angeles…
Food Truck Festival and other weekend possibilities
It’s officially food-truck season. If someone would just bring a whole gaggle of food trucks together, you’d have quite a rolling buffet. That’s the idea behind the Westport Food Truck Festival, an event sponsored by The Pitch and the Boulevard Brewing Co., from 3 to 10 p.m. Saturday. More than a dozen food trucks will be at the Back Yard…
Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk returns to town this weekend, ready a cassette release
Paul Skomsvold Former Lawrence act Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk is now based in Chicago, but the band returns to KC and Lawrence this weekend as part of a tour that’s had them hoofin’ across the country for the past month or so. “The current tour has been going amazingly well,” says BBDDM’s Drew Gibson. “Saturday we’re playing at a…
Belief Is Not Required
%{}% When Infinite Soul Buddha was born, it was a Full Moon in Scorpio. Translation: Major King soul was born, died and became enlightened at the Scorpio Full Moon (this next one is May 5, 2012). At present, please feel like you are a Buddha. Detach, build up and let go … sort of like shampooing your hair. Rinse. Repeat….
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