Archives: May 2012
The moral of George Brett’s lost dog tweets
A missing black Labradoodle was briefly trending on Twitter yesterday. Charlie, who happens to be owned by George Brett, was found after a series of appeals by the former Royal to his 11,883 followers. Brett has been on Twitter (or Tweeter as he called it May 28) for only 26 days. But when his pup disappeared, the Mission Hills neighborhood…
Danzig is at the Uptown tonight playing Misfits songs
The current Danzig tour sees frontman Glenn Danzig reunited with Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, his former Misfits bandmate. That means a full set of terrifying Misfits tunes tonight at the Uptown, plus heavy devil rock from the Danzig and Samhain catalogs. Hammerlord opens. Doors at 7 p.m., and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Categories: Music Tags: danzig
Jermaine Reed, Kansas City councilman, reveals that he was once homeless
Reed’s Roundtable City Councilman Jermaine Reed revealed that he was once homeless. A discussion of homelessness got very personal for one member of Kansas City’s City Council on Wednesday. Mike Mahoney’s 20 Pounds of Headlines reported that Councilman Jermaine Reed revealed that he and his family were homeless during a two-year period in 1997 and 1998. Reed, the councilman for…
Spider-Man, watch out for that mermaid!
Spider-Man sighting at 17th Street and Walnut on the side of the Helix building. And is that one of those mermaids Jason Mewes Jay (of Jay and Silent Bob fame) was talking about in Mallrats? By the erase marks, it looks like someone tried to alter the chalk art. Categories: News Tags: Helix, Jay and Silent Bob, Mermaids, Spider-Man
The Big Biscuit is now open in Prairie Village
Facebook: Big Biscuit The biscuits are serious business at the Big Biscuit. The biscuits have been bigger in Prairie Village for two weeks now. The Big Biscuit Co. opened its fourth location in the metro area on May 17 at 5400 W. 95th St., the former Le Peep space. The Big Biscuit serves breakfast and lunch with portions that often…
Buzz Under the Stars Night Two announced
Gotye looking kinda creepy. Buzz Beach Ball is happening this Saturday at Livestrong Sporting Park, with the Shins, Sublime with Rome, Foster the People, and more. Later this summer, on Wednesday, August 8, Silversun Pickups, Garbage, fun. (whose music is garbage), Alabama Shakes, and Electric Guest will headline Buzz Under the Stars Night One at Berkley Riverfront Park. Today comes…
Zagat ratings are now free with a Google+ registration
The place that gave diners a place to yelp, before there was a Yelp, is now free. Zagat, the erstwhile print dining guide turned multimedia dinner-recommendation service, is free if you’re willing to register for Google+ (also free). Zagat was acquired by Google in September 2011 – a countermove to the rising popularity of Yelp (which the iPhone’s Siri application…
Liquor Buddies, ‘Free in My Mind’
New local band Liquor Buddies, featuring Steve Wilson (Mahoots), Matt Erickson (Litigators, Bleach Bloodz), Scott Gribble (Sunday Drive) and Doug Hitchcock (Near Death Experience) have played only one show thus far, and that was two months ago. Nevertheless, the quartet has a song for your ears, and it’s a wonderful bit of power pop. If this is what these gents…
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PETA wants a memorial sign posted for the 30 cows killed in a truck accident in Kansas City, Kansas
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent the above image to The Pitch today. The sign is a memorial for the 30 cows killed when a transport truck crashed through a guardrail on Interstate 70, careened down an embankment and landed on 118th Street in Kansas City, Kansas, on April 26. The cattle were en route to slaughter. PETA…
Titan Fighting Championship at Memorial Hall
Titan Fighting Championship held its Titan 22 fight card on Friday, May 25, at Memorial Hall in KCK. In the main event, former UFC contender Anthony “Rumble” Johnson fought David Branch. Both fighters missed their 185-pound weight mark, and agreed to fight at 195. Johnson won by unanimous decision. Photos by Brooke Vandever.
Q&A: Eric Earley of Blitzen Trapper
Eric Earley is now into his 12th year leading Blitzen Trapper. The band spent the first half of its life mired in Portland’s local indie-music ghetto. Struggling with his father’s death and his own indifference, Earley wound up homeless for a while before pouring his energy into late-night recordings in the band’s practice space. Those sessions produced Blitzen Trapper’s critically…
New Belgium’s Clips of Faith is tomorrow
KC Brew Review Clips of Faith is back. We love it when drinking beer means supporting a good cause. New Belgium brings its annual nonprofit Clips of Faith film-and-beer show to Theis Park (48th Street and Rockhill Road) at 7 p.m., with all proceeds benefiting BikeWalkKC. The event features short films made by New Belgium fans, as well as 16…
Listen Before the Show: Ringworm
Cleveland’s Ringworm is taking a brief jaunt down to Texas for the annual Chaos In Tejas festival in Austin, and Kansas City is lucky enough to get one of the dates on the way. The metallic hardcore sextet plays the Sidecar at the Beaumont this Thursday, May 31, with Everything Went Black, Renouncer, and At Your Throat. If you’re coming…
Downtown farmers market kicks off its season Thursday
Brix Bounty Vegetables will be back this week at Ilus Davis Park. Downtown office workers will have another option besides the City Market this summer for fresh produce as the Downtown Farmers Market kicks off on Thursday at 11 a.m. Vendors will be set up in Ilus Davis Park at 11th Street and Oak. The first day of the market…
The summer is loaded with food and drink festivals. Here’s where to go.
The grill is always a little fuller during the summer months. The joy of summer is not slimming down to fit into a swimsuit or picking at a salad of baby greens. This is about putting on your winter weight with glorious bites of barbecue and deep gulps of wine. There’s no shortage of folks in the heartland who want…
Kansas City is Travel + Leisure’s 10th worst-dressed city in the nation
Etsy: Counter Couture Design This would be high fashion in KC. It’s always casual Friday in Kansas City, at least according to Travel + Leisure. The former print home of jet-setters, now generator of lists that includes Kansas City, has determined that this city is the 10th worst-dressed city in the country. Let’s adjust our sweatpants and smooth out the…
Corporate FM needs a lot of money
We’re not usually all that jazzed about Kickstarter projects here. If we posted each and every one that came about locally, we’d probably end up doing nothing else. However, Corporate FM, the film from director Kevin McKinney, has been getting absolutely rave reviews across the board. Corporate FM is the story of “local radio disappeared from communities across the U.S….
Hacking It: Michael Gelphman assembles an app-building crew this weekend.
Photo by Sabrina Staires Michael Gelphman is connecting Kansas City’s IT community. Michael Gelphman found a way out. After 12 years of working in IT, for companies such as Embarq and H&R Block, the 35-year-old took the leap in February and devoted himself full time to his passion. Gelphman is the founder of Kansas City IT Professionals, a grassroots networking…
The Pitch Questionnaire with LEGOLAND Master Builder Jeremiah Boehr
Photo by Angela C. Bond Jeremiah Boehr, Master model builder, LEGOLAND Discovery Center, Kansas City Name: Jeremiah Boehr Occupation: Master model builder, LEGOLAND Discovery Center, Kansas City Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska Current neighborhood: North Plaza Who or what is your sidekick? My Brick Separator and iPhone What career would you choose in an alternate reality? A Starship captain Categories: News Tags:…
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