Archives: October 2012
ZZ Top is at the Midland tonight
ZZ Top: so much more than dudes with killer beards. The classic-rock trio recently released a new album, La Futura, the band’s first in nine years. Nine years! It’s not too bad, either! Take a listen to the tracks and get a quickie, four-minute review here. The band will perform at the Midland tonight (Tuesday, October 16). Door time for…
What’s the best pumpkin dish or drink you’ve recently had?
Flickr: Kam’s World This is a field of soups, purees and pastas waiting to be harvested. In the next two months, pumpkin will rival pork for the top spot on menus around town. New York Magazine has called pumpkin, “the new bacon.” I’m content to suggest that it’s once again fall and pumpkin is abundant, cheap and versatile. O’Fallon’s pumpkin…
The Sweet Tooth is selling the cupcake flavors it made for Cupcake Wars this week
Facebook: The Sweet Tooth The supercal cupcakes at the Sweet Tooth. The Sweet Tooth (3100 South 7 Highway, Suite D) may not have walked away as the winner of this past Sunday’s episode of Cupcake Wars, but the Blue Springs bakery left with plenty of inspiration . Owners Trevor and Amy Goodwin are celebrating their first baking-competition appearance by selling…
Duggar family to stump for Todd Akin
TLC Michelle Duggar has Akin’s back. Still trailing Sen. Claire McCaskill in polls, embattled GOP Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin is desperately trying to recapture Republican support. After a lengthy public shaming by Republican PACs and politicians, Akin has recently earned support from Mike Huckabee and secured endorsements from Missouri Republican icon Kit Bond and former Missouri Sen. Jim Talent….
Is KC responsible for Missouri being pronounced ‘Missourah’ ?
Flickr: Hey Paul Studios Maybe the ‘I’ should just be silent. The New York Times uncovered a startling truth Friday: Missouri has two different in-state pronunciations. In a piece that looked at how politicians appeal to the common Missourian via the last syllable of the state’s name, the Times suggests that Kansas City might be responsible for the “uh” in…
Boulevard’s Nommo Dubbel hits shelves today
Dubbel, the sequel, is on shelves now. Kansas Citians get a second crack at Boulevard’s Nommo Dubbel starting today. The seasonal Smokestack Series release is slated to be on shelves again, a year after Boulevard introduced the Belgian-style ale for the first time. In its tasting notes, the Kansas City brewery suggests that Nommo Dubbel “showcases the coriander, cinnamon and…
Cooper’s Hawk opening in December, Lee’s Summit 810 Zone open now
Facebook: 810 Zone The new 810 Zone in Lee’s Summit. Sports fans and wine drinkers can both raise their glasses to this news. Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant is set to open on the Plaza in the former 810 Zone space at 4686 Broadway this December. The new location will feature a wine-tasting room, wine clubs and a 300-seat restaurant….
The Crystal Castles show at Liberty Hall on Tuesday has been canceled
Nope. First it was moved from the Uptown to Liberty Hall, in Lawrence. Now the Crystal Castles/Health show is just not happening at all. No word yet on why, although maybe because tickets cost an insane $34 plus service fees? I dunno, just guessing. Categories: Music
Saturday auction of First Family Church items has something for everyone
A veritable Garden of Eden of plastic ferns and flowers will be auctioned off tomorrow at the former First Family Church. “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do…
Ssion is back in town this weekend, with House of LaDosha
Queer rap is on the rise, and Dosha Devastation and Cunty Crawford LaDosha — rapper and producer, respectively, for Brooklyn’s House of LaDosha — are near the top of the heap, tossing crass rhymes over crunk beats. It’s hard to imagine a more complementary touring partner than former, maybe-kinda-still Kansas Citian Cody Critcheloe, aka Ssion. I have listened to “My…
Sporting KC is demonstrating its leadership off the field
Livestrong Blog This name’s a keeper. A sports franchise that has been a model of professional success continues to have to answer for the personal transgressions of one of its marketing partners. Sporting KC chief executive Robb Heineman again reasserted that the club will keep the name Livestrong Sporting Park in the wake of a report from the U.S. Anti-Doping…
Twin Peaks is opening an outpost in Olathe
Facebook: Twin Peaks Kirby Twin Peaks is changing the topography in Olathe. The Texas-based restaurant chain will be taking over the space at 14805 W. 119th St., formerly the home of My Big Fat Greek Restaurant. Twin Peaks is meant to evoke a mountain lodge — a lodge that shows sports, has draft beer at 29 degrees, and female servers…
Weston Irish Festival and other weekend possibilities
Facebook: Weston Irish Fest MC Bob Reeder wants you in Weston. Proper Irish pub? Check. Bangers and mash? Check. Plenty of beer? Check. Well, it looks like Weston has itself an Irish fest. The 13th-annual Weston Irish Festival is tonight through Sunday with Irish fare and hours of live music on four stages. It’s all headquartered at O’Malley’s Pub and…
Mark Patton, KC native and star of Nightmare on Elm Street 2, on acting, horror and his ‘scream queen’ status
Though Mark Patton, native Kansas Citian and actor, has played many roles, he’s best known for his interpretation of Jesse in Nightmare on Elmstreet 2: Freddy’s Revenge. Patton hasn’t lived in KC for a while, but he’s returning this weekend to meet fans and horror aficionados at the Boulevard Drive-In’s Horror on the Blvd. We recently chatted with Patton over…
KCPD will tell bar patrons in Waldo their BAC this Friday
KCPD will breathlyze you in Waldo on Friday. If you’re sidling up to a bar in Waldo this Friday night, you could stumble away with a little bit of knowledge about your drinking limits, too. The Kansas City Police Department will be hanging around the bars near 75th and Wornall from 7 to 11 p.m. with breathalyzers, to give drinkers…
Softbank in “advanced talks” to buy Sprint Nextel
Flickr: Jbtaylor Sprint CEO Dan Hesse is likely smiling this morning. Sprint Nextel Corp. might soon be very big in Japan. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this morning that Softbank Corp., Japan’s third biggest mobile-phone operation, is in “advanced talks” to purchase the U.S. mobile carrier. Softbank could have had a much better deal in January. Sprint’s stock was…
Danny Edwards Blvd Barbecue gets a love note from USA Today
In basketball, they say that the “ball don’t lie.” In barbecue, the same can be said for the ribs. Larry Olmsted of USA Today left Danny Edwards Blvd. Barbecue with what was likely a clean plate full of rib bones, a full belly and a serious crush on the barbecue joint at 2900 Southwest Boulevard. Here’s Olmsted on the ribs:…
Damien Echols of the West Memphis Three on surviving death row and proving his innocence
Damien Echols talks about the West Memphis Three Friday night. In 1993, Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr. were charged with killing three 8-year-olds in West Memphis, Arkansas. Despite its slapdash case, the prosecution convinced a jury in 1994 to send Echols to death row, and Baldwin and Misskelley to life in prison. Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s…
Mac Lethal is performing in Liberty this weekend
Friday night, to be exact. At Club 906, to be even more exact. And with support from C.O.A. (thePhantom* and KJ), but that is as exacting as I can go. Mac doesn’t play a ton of local shows, so this is somewhat noteworthy. Get ready for some first-rate meme raps! (Probably?) And other really fast raps about KC and the…
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