Akin says the FBI is investigating threats against him. Karl Rove just can’t help publicly harassing Missouri Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin. A few days ago, he predicted that Akin would suffer a record-breaking defeat in November’s election. Bloomberg Buisnessweek reports today that Rove made a wisecrack about Akin getting murdered. The report says that while Rove was speaking to…
Blame Hurricane Isaac. Refund/reschedule information will be available soon, according to Facebook. What else is there to do? Megan Birdsall’s band, MBird, is at the Uptown Arts Bar. There’s a one-off screening of a Fatboy Slim documentary at the Tivoli. Nature Boys and some other bands are at Davey’s Uptown. The Conquerors and Savage Seven are at RecordBar. Plus some…
The signs are up, and Franks is almost open. Restaurateur Dan Clothier has spent the past several weeks working to get a hood installed over the charcoal grill that he believes is the secret to Franks, the hot-dog shop that he has recently moved from the West Bottoms to 520 Southwest Boulevard. “For a few hundred dollars, we could have…
Well, isn’t this nice. The Dead Girls were featured on Daytrotter this week. The Lawrence power-pop band played a five-track set, which included “The Beast Inside,” “Never Erased,” “Girl in Fatigues,” ”Naysayer,” and “Chasing Clouds.” And, hey. Isn’t that artwork a spot-on representation of the band? Categories: Music Tags: Daytrotter, the dead girls
To celebrate the unofficial beginning of the fall season on Labor Day (Monday Sep. 3), Czar is hosting the monthly Slaughter Movie House, which begins at 7 p.m. and is free for patrons 18 and older. We recently contacted Jill Gevargizian (Jill Sixx), Slaughter Movie House organizer, and asked her about this month’s feature film, Mold, who she met at…
If you’re dressed like Abraham Lincoln, odds are that you’re going to get a few microphones pointed in your direction. Former Missouri House Rep. George Engelbach, currently a Missouri delegate at the Republican National Convention, has been circling around news stations like a human version of “Where’s Waldo” the past several days. But it’s what he said when Democracy Now…
MLB Top of the Crown to you. Kansas City International Airport and the Kansas City Royals have collaborated on Top of the Crown Grill, a new restaurant run by HMSHost Inc., in Terminal B near Gate 58. The vibe is upscale sports bar and grill with food that fits the motif. There are wings, pulled pork sliders, flatbread pizzas and…
Enjoy some shamrocks and shenanigans. Get out your green, dust off your dancing shoes and get ready for an event that Kansas City gets right. Kansas City Irish Fest celebrates its 10th anniversary this year starting tonight. Irish Fest runs through Sunday. The festivities at Crown Center Square include plenty of entertainment, loads of traditional Irish food (the Old Bag…
Melvin Taylor (left) and Travis Parnell (right) died in a double shooting Wednesday night. The victims of last night’s double homicide have been identified as Travis Pernell and Melvin Taylor. KCMO’s homicide total is now at 70 for 2012. Police received a shots-fired call at 32nd and College around 11:51 p.m. Officers found Pernell, 24, and Taylor, 29, suffering from…
Ashford Stamper Chef Marshall Roth: He just keeps moving around. A once-familiar face in Kansas City’s culinary scene, chef Marshall Roth (who was the executive chef at the Hollywood Casino’s Final Cut steakhouse before moving to Wichita last March) will be in Kansas City for a visit next month. Roth will be attending the September 13 grand opening of the…
Benjamin Bernard Digital Don’t be shocked. Somebody is supposed to be yelling at the screen. Talking at the Alamo Drafthouse during a movie will earn you a ticket to the curb, but elsewhere in Kansas City, it’s helping keep the lights on. The Associated Press has a trend piece on “movie riffs,” comedians heckling cult classics before a live movie…
Novice Chef It’s only a matter of time before we start cracking open a six-pack of cupcakes. If London is experiencing a hangover, it’s not from missing the Olympics. The Daily Mail reports on a trend that is without question going to be heading over the pond: alcoholic cupcakes. Eliminating the need for a box of cupcakes and a bottle…
The guys who made the dreadful “We are Mizzou” song and video are back with a new song and video that’s possibly worse than the first. The video above from Fifth Down is an endurance test called “SEC Bound.” Guessing it won’t be long before we get a parody from KU fans. Categories: News Tags: Fifth Down, Missouri Tigers, mizzou,…
You’re going to be hearing the name Melissa Ohden a lot over the next several days. Ohden, who identifies herself as a survivor of a failed abortion, is the focal point of a new political advertisement that will begin airing shortly in Missouri (Politico noted that the ad debuts with a $150,000 buy in the state). The ad, created and…
Sprouts is on the way to Mission. Just as restaurant executives once decided the Kansas City area was badly in need of burger joints (just a heads up to execs, we’re fairly meated up these days), organic and specialty grocers are being drawn to this market in bunches. And now you can add Sprouts Farmers Market as a potential place…
Since one of Rooftop Vigilantes members moved to New York City, local fans haven’t heard much from the band. That aural drought ends tonight at the Replay. The show doubles as the Vigilante’s tour kick-off and celebrates the release of the band’s split 7-inch with Chicago’s Mannequin Men (via Replay Records). Categories: Music Tags: Copyrights, Eighth Street Taproom, High Tension…
You can’t get breakfast any more at the Aixois Brasserie downtown, but the lunch menu has a fabulous burger. The owners of the two-month-old Aixois Brasserie — chef Emmanuel Langlade and his wife, Megan — learned quickly, and sadly, that downtown diners don’t really want a sophisticated French breakfast in the morning. No croissant, no grapefruit brulee, no cafe au…
