The other day, we were about to complete one of the basic year-end tasks of the digital age: Wipe our camera’s memory card. But before we could hit delete, we noticed a really cool shot. And then another … and another. We’ve shown you a few of these images over the past year, but we like how they look together,…
Archie Scott Gobber and Beniah Leuschke make art with words. With their oversized, hard-edged letters painted on canvas with enamel, Gobber’s works resemble signs, but the messages they spell out are rarely straightforward. Leuschke also uses words as raw conceptual material, and his practices include cutting letters out of security envelopes or printing them on Sentra or vinyl. Both arrange…
Mac Lethal KC’s best-known speed rapper gone good (who recently had some words for the Westboro Baptist church) is playing a Christmas day show tonight at the Riot Room. Bring your pancakes, texts from Bennett, etc. Categories: Music Tags: mac lethal
The Beautiful Bodies This Christmas-night performance is billed as “A Beautiful Fucking Xmas with the Beautiful Bodies.” I don’t care for the vulgar language. But if being cooped up with your family all day finds you in need of a cabin-fever cure, the Bodies’ boisterous dance rock is probably the best option in town. With Is Paris Burning and DJ…
flickr/jetalone Someone is serving hot-and-sour soup somewhere on Christmas Day. Not everyone wants to make Christmas dinner. But there aren’t a lot of restaurants open December 25, including many Chinese restaurants (no matter what the movie A Christmas Story suggests). The six Bo Lings restaurants in the metro will be open Christmas Eve from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. None…
The Grisly Hand Not a lot of bands tour during the last half of December, which means it’s up to local acts to step up and fill venues around town. This double bill of KC acts is a special treat. The Caves are fresh off the release of their new album, Duplexiaville, a fine bit of downbeat, acoustic alt-rock. The…
Replay Records just put out a split 7-inch with a song apiece from Lawrence acts Hospital Ships and the Hips. It is excellent, and you should totally pick it up. If I’m not mistaken, it’s also the first official-ish thing the Hips have released, even though they’ve been playing together around Lawrence for almost two years. The group includes members…
Oddly Correct’s new cafe is almost ready. The bold white-and-black sign hanging out in front of 3940 Main is a deliberate statement from Gregory Kolsto and his team at Oddly Correct as they set up shop on Main – they intend to stay awhile. Two years after opening at 3934 Main, Oddly Correct’s new cafe space just three doors down…
via facebook The Conquerors For anyone bummed that the world continued to turn today, there is an upside: the wealth of great local shows tonight (see here and here). Another very promising option is the end-of-the-year show at the Roost in the West Bottoms (1100 Santa Fe), featuring the Conquerors, the Devil, Snake Island and the Levitators. For a mere…
A local MC takes on the WBC. Is Mac Lethal our unshaven, trucker-hat-wearing conscience? The rapper-turned-YouTube sensation is back with a new video for “Oh My God,” a rap that criticizes the media’s coverage in the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School and the protests planned by the Westboro Baptist Church. In between taking shots at reporters…
After nearly a decade sans new releases, the Casket Lottery had a prolific 2012. The Kansas City group released “The Door,” a 7-inch single, and “Split,” an EP with Touche Amore that features a surprisingly pretty cover of Beach House’s “Myth.” In November, its new full-length, Real Fear, arrived. It doesn’t sound much like Beach House. It’s more what fans…
Santacon 2012 Santa has left the department store. Santa Claus is coming to town. A lot of Santas. Santacon 2012, a fundraising pub crawl in Martini Corner, Westport and Waldo, is Saturday night at 6 p.m. More than 300 wannabe Saint Nicks are expected at the benefit for Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City. There are buses (and…
If you’re worried about lunch and the world’s end, one man wants to help you solve that problem. For a sheer $500, Sammy Orangkhadivi will not only provide protection from zombies but also unleash his “awesome cooking skills.” If you’re wondering about his qualifications, you should know that he wrestled and played football for 15 years and has a bonus…
Making Movies Making Movies is closing 2012 about as on point as any band in town. The Latin-rock quartet just released Conciencia Colectiva, a free online mixtape that hews a little jazzy, thanks to local guest spots by Hermon Mehari, Mark Lowrey, Javier Mendoza, Julia Haile and others. And the band’s full-length, A La Deriva, produced by Steve Berlin of…
Over at our sister paper the Nashville Scene, editor Jim Ridley and writer Jason Shawhan just saw the new movie version of Les Misérables. Being two guys who snuffle without shame every time they hear that show’s original cast albums, they had high hopes but different reactions. One discreetly reached for the Kleenex as the characters embraced their fates. The…
Facebook: Dr. Mary Vernon Vernon faces a litany of charges. Dr. Mary C. Vernon may have tried to take too much off the top. Kansas federal prosecutors have charged the physician and co-author of Atkins Diabetes Revolution with five counts of tax evasion and one count of making a false statement to a bank in order to obtain a loan….
If the snow outside (and the car accidents accompanying that snow) isn’t quite enough to put you in a jolly, Christmas mood, Sam Billen has surprised us with a nice holiday gift: a free album of Christmas tunes to stream or download. Categories: Music
Mario’s in Westport should patent its grinder. Today Fat City brings you a great moment in sandwich innovation. This one is directed toward the hero purveyors, sub sellers and the sandwich shops across the metro. Mario’s in Westport (204 Westport Road) has created the ultimate sandwich to-go, thanks to a cleverly placed bread cap that covers the opening of its…
Facebook: RyeKC The taps are in, and the bar is stocked. Rye (10551 Mission, Leawood) needs to age for just a bit longer. The second concept from the husband-and-wife chef duo, Megan and Colby Garrelts, has been in the works at Mission Farms since this summer (when the Lakeside Tavern closed), and it should be just a few days from…
The vertiginous Cloud Atlas was supposed to be this year’s cinematic head trip — shuffling identities, scrambling stories, centuries vaulted in the blink of an eye. But 2012 is the year of Holy Motors. With a generous spirit and sense of play, its writer and director, Leos Carax, offers a riot of images and ideas. This is the movie to…
Is there a filmmaker more enthusiastic about his own work than Quentin Tarantino? It’s easy to admire a writer-director who has pride and confidence in his movies, of course, but Tarantino’s determination to express himself only with epics can feel like ego-driven overkill. (Inglourious Basterds may be relentlessly entertaining, but it’s also undeniably bloated.) The guy makes Kanye West look…
