Archives: November 2013
Rusko will get bodies shaking at the Midland tonight
It’ll be interesting to see if dubstep’s newest hero, the L.A. Englishman Christopher Mercer – better known as Rusko – will be able to get a Monday-night crowd sweating and shaking at the Midland. That is, those who aren’t over at the Riot Room, sweating and shaking with Big Freedia who’s also in town tonight. (Check out our interview with the…
Your guide to the MLS Cup final
Much has been made over the last two years of Sporting Kansas City’s ascension into the firmament of Kansas City’s collective consciousness and its drastic departure from the moribund days of playing soccer in the outfield of a semipro baseball park. But in some measures, it hadn’t quite meant that much because of the team’s surprising postseason losses the last…
There’s some solid college basketball happening downtown over the next two nights
Gregg Marshall of Wichita State hopes to do it all over again this year. The CBE Hall of Fame Classic is one of those small annual traditions that makes the winterish months here in Kansas City a little more bearable. This year, the four-team mini tournament is bringing to town Wichita State (fresh off its Cinderella run in the Final…
Sporting Kansas City solves the Houston Dynamo postseason riddle, will host the MLS final on December 7
Early on, it looked so grim. Sporting Park packed a raucous and record-breaking crowd of 21,650, seemingly to watch an ugly history repeat itself once again. It wasn’t more than three minutes into Sporting Kansas City’s playoff game when their eternal postseason foils the Houston Dynamo put a goal on the scoreboard. A weird deflection from Boniek Garcia off Sporting…
KCPD officer pleads guilty to assault charges related to beating of carjacker
Carl Counti, a 15-year veteran of the Kansas City Police Department, will do jail time for punching a restrained carjacking suspect in the head multiple times during an arrest on October 5. Counti, 39, will serve 30 days of shock time in jail after pleading guilty to third-degree assault. He was sentenced to one year in prison, but that sentence…
Psychic Sylvia Browne dies; now she can really talk to dead people
Gravel-voiced TV psychic Sylvia Browne, a frequent guest on the syndicated Montel Williams talk show and a native of Kansas City, Missouri (where her “spiritual psychic ability began to manifest at the age of three,” according to her Web page), died Wednesday in California. She was 77 years old. Browne’s alleged psychic skills were seriously tarnished this year after the…
Iris Dement is coming to Knuckleheads on Saturday night
Iris DeMent has been blessed with one of those voices that plucks you out of your current time and place and transports you to another. She’s like the female version of John Prine – a vocal power so haunting and thrilling that it’s easier to listen with your eyes closed and imagine yourself at some abandoned cabin in the countryside,…
Those Darlins brought a Tennessee drawl and moody hoots to RecordBar last night
Those Darlins with Diane Coffee RecordBar, Kansas City Thursday, November 21, 2013 Animated from the very start, the Tennessee ladies of Those Darlins left me yearning for more whiskey and that distinct, garage sound. But, of course, the teenage angst I felt couldn’t have spawned quite as heavily without the help of opener Diane Coffee. As it was my first…
Young the Giant performed a rare, intimate show for a sold-out crowd at Czar last night
Young the Giant Czar, Kansas City Thursday, November 21, 2013 Thursday night found popular indie hit makers Young the Giant playing to a sold-out crowd of enthusiastic alt-rockers for a very special limited-ticket show at Czar in the Crossroads. The shotgun layout of Czar combined with the sold-out nature of the show led to some true packing it in. Though…
City Council set to carve out the Kansas City Museum from Union Station control
A trio of Kansas City Council members have sponsored an ordinance introduced on Thursday to have the city assume management of Corinthian Hall and the Kansas City Museum. The measure bought to the City Council docket by Jan Marcason, Jim Glover and Scott Wagner would have Kansas City determine how to spend between $1.2 million and $1.4 million in museum…
Next up in Missouri’s death penalty queue: Allen Nicklasson
%{}% Missouri officials on Wednesday morning overcame a last-minute objection from a federal judge regarding the planned execution of Joseph Franklin and killed the murder convict with a lethal dose of pentobarbital. The Missouri Department of Corrections’ execution protocol has come under scrutiny from several different directions, delaying several planned executions including Franklin’s and Allen Nicklasson’s. Nicklasson received the death…
With 9-1 Start, Kansas City Chiefs Tickets Have Gone Up 46% Since Week 1
Kansas City Chiefs fans had reasonable optimism when the Chiefs hired former Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid to take over a 2-14 franchise. When Reid, who has four NFC title games and one Super Bowl under his belt, swung a trade for veteran passer Alex Smith, fans felt like this could be more than just a minor jump. Who…
Top Chef Celina Tio partners with Murder Ballad Ball, offers special four-course meal to small group for $50
How often do you have the opportunity to experience a custom dinner by Iron Chef and Top Chef contender Celina Tio for the low, low bargain price of $50? Good news: Tio has partnered with the good folks who put on Murder Ballad Ball every year, and as a part of their “exclusive package,” the local James Beard Award winner…
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band is at the Bottleneck this Friday
Reverend Peyton is not your average cleric. Everyone knows him as “the Reverend” or simply “Rev,” and his music is his gospel. (Update: Also, he’s a for-real reverend. Who knew?) Peyton rotates among a variety of guitars while his wife, Breezy, plays a washboard, and Ben Bussell pounds away on a drum kit that includes an overturned 5-gallon plastic bucket….
Three Kansas City MCs form “supergroup” Yawn Johnson, performing live this weekend
The Abnorm, i-R Neko and Huey P. Nuisance are three separate forces in Kansas City hip-hop, but combined, these distinct voices make up the brand-new collective Yawn Johnson. Yawn Johnson is a product of ShameleSS MGMT, the local label that all three artists are signed to. The project initially started as a one-song collaboration, but after pushing out “For My…
Five up-and-coming Kansas City MCs form “supergroup” Yawn Johnson, performing live this weekend
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AIGA Kansas City is hosting a big music discussion tonight at the Vox Theatre
Tonight at the Vox. A couple of times a year, the local branch of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) hosts an installation called Homegrown. The idea is to examine the way other creative fields relate to design through conversations with, and presentations by, various Kansas City folks laboring in those fields. Tonight, at the Vox Theatre (1405 Southwest…
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
When last we left Katniss Everdeen, she of the steady bow and quivering lip, our screen heroine had thwarted the totalitarian entertainment state at its own game(s), doubling down with a suicide pact and sharing the crown with her fellow District 12 contestant, Peeta Mellark. These two youngsters became fan favorites — as did the actors who played them, Jennifer…
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