Flickr: scragz Chiefs fans are now hiding their shame. There are levels of shame for fanbases. And the tradition of wearing a paper bag with eye cutouts stands somewhere between face-painted child weeping on national television and grown man wearing a baseball glove without that child next to him. Yesterday on the broadcast of the Kansas City Chiefs’ 28-6 loss…
Sarpino’s Sarpino’s offers 40 toppings and four dipping sauces. Kansas City’s appetite for pizza doesn’t appear to be waning. And Sarpino’s Pizzeria has big plans for our mouth holes. The pizza shop (which sells pies, calzones, salads, pasta, sandwiches and tiramisu) recently added a new location in the Northland at 311 N.E. Vivion Road. Sarpino’s opened its third location in…
Brooke Vandever Cole Lindbergh, the games manager at Worlds of Fun who was featured on an episode of This American Life earlier this year, recently launched a songwriting service called I Got You a Song. The cheeky tagline: It’s Definitely Something. Indeed, it is. Categories: Music Tags: cole lindbergh, this american life
During the encore of his packed-to-the-rafters show Saturday night at the Sprint Center, Bruce Springsteen stripped down to a gray tank top and soaked his head and chest with a big, juicy, yellow sponge. Then he hopped on top of a white grand piano and ran his fingers through his wet hair. Then he returned to center stage and straddled…
Tim League talks shop at Alamo Mainstreet’s grand reopening. Tim League, founder of the Alamo Drafthouse, was in town yesterday to cut the ribbon and reopen the chain’s KC outpost. Alamo Drafthouse Mainstreet invited various local dignitaries and media types to the 9 a.m. event, which included a short tour of the improved theater space. There was a pair of…
KU faculty say homophobia is common on campus. A survey released Friday regarding faculties at Kansas’ seven state universities reveals that University of Kansas professors believe homophobia is commonplace on campus. As one KU respondent put it, “Anti-GLBT discrimination is the norm in the unit and school levels quite often.” The Kansas Conference of the American Association of University Professors…
Eat ’em if you got ’em. The last Twinkie has been baked. We woke up today to a post-Twinkie world. At least temporarily. Hostess Brands, the formerly Kansas City-based producer of Wonder Bread, Twinkies and Ho-Hos, announced that it is throwing in the towel. Hostess announced plans to sell off its iconic products, so cellophane-wrapped cakes will likely return at…
Via Tivoli Facebook page. Aerosmith was in town on Wednesday. They invaded this town! According to the Tivoli Facebook page, Steven Tyler took in a screening of The Sessions. There is no purpose to this blog post beyond that information. If you saw Steven Tyler, or any grown man with teased hair and a scarf, please contribute in the comments…
This market is the very definition of cornucopia. You’ve got to get the turkey right for Thanksgiving to be a success. But if you have outstanding sides, you can sometimes save the holiday meal from going sideways. You’ll be in good hands if you visit the BadSeed market (1909 McGee) tonight, which is open from 4 to 9 p.m. The…
Flickr: davecito Sorry, there won’t be a Republic of Kansas. It takes 25,000 signatures in a month’s time to compel the federal government to reply to a petition at We The People. But when it came to talks of Kansas and secession, Gov. Sam Brownback decided that he better step in shortly after 7,000 signatures and four days. A petition…
Do you go to shows? Do you have opinions about local music? Do you know how to string sentences together in a coherent manner? If so, you might be interested to learn that The Pitch is looking for freelancers for our music section and for Wayward Blog – the very blog you are currently reading! Holler at me for details…
Tumblr: ilbesonic Beer Kitchen is making all kinds of lists. You know you’re good when you’ve been open awhile and you still make a list of the best new restaurants in the country. Kunda Eats has put together its 2012 list of the Best New Restaurants in America, and two Kansas City joints, Beer Kitchen No. 1 and the Rieger…
Say yes to the Guinness. If you think about Browne’s Irish Marketplace (3300 Pennsylvania) only when St. Patrick’s Day rolls around, then you’re missing out on a lot of fun the rest of the year. The market’s annual open house is today through Sunday. There are clothes and accessories imported straight from Ireland, but the free samples while you browse…
An anomaly on the late 1990s Sub Pop gravy train, Supersuckers was cheekier and rowdier than its more artfully conscious labelmates. Grunge, punk, classic rock and, later, country, all filtered into the band’s sound, but only to serve the group’s primary intent: rocking with its collective cock out. Cherokee Rock Rifle and Radkey, the local openers at the group’s show…
This weekend at the Uptown Arts Bar, Vibe Tribe KC hosts the Art of Sweet Tease, an evening of diverse performances (spoken word, dance, music, etc.) and cheap drinks ($3 sweet tea, folks). Who’ll be there? Categories: Music Tags: KC Vibe Tribe, MissConception
Flickr: JD Hancock They never mentioned the Sasquatch when we were looking at houses in Grain Valley. In the coming months, children who refuse to go to sleep may be told by their parents that if they’re not good, Bigfoot will come down off Monkey Mountain to set them straight. That’s because Sasquatch is apparently in eastern Jackson County. Wentworth…
Facebook: New Roots for Refugees Keep an eye out for this trailer. It takes a special kind of awful to steal from a program designed to help urban immigrant farmers. The New Roots for Refugees’ trailer was pilfered last week, and the whereabouts remain unknown. Here’s the trailer’s description: white trailer with built in shelving. Has (or had?) a large…
Flickr: Dinner Series The shrimp-to-people ratio is a good formula for determining a party’s success. I weep for those who think a party is just about a party. The real joy of a party is in what fills your gullet. I don’t judge playlists or glassware. I focus on what’s important, like whether there are more pigs in blankets in…
Hell, you can always throw a TV dinner in the oven… My mother had an epiphany one year: She hated cooking Thanksgiving dinner and wasn’t going to do it anymore. Unfortunately for my family, she had this revelation on Thanksgiving Day, and my father had to scramble to find a place to take his four small children, his impossibly snobby…
Shoegaze? Post-punk? Mopey-ass new wave? It has never been entirely clear to me what sound the Twilight Sad is going for because I am too distracted by singer James Graham’s super-thick Scottish accent. All I picture is Groundskeeper Willie sulking in some dark janitor’s closet. But if you have a Joy Division type of soul, I’d say this is one…
Andrews McMeel Publishing Three autographed copies of Judith Fertig’s new cookbook will be awarded to the winners of the contest on Fat City’s Facebook page. The ideal way to greet out-of-town relatives or friends on a chilly Thanksgiving morning is with a cup of strong coffee and a pan of freshly baked cinnamon rolls. But not just any cinnamon rolls….
