Harry Dean Stanton’s filmography unrolls like Jack Kerouac’s original On the Road scroll. It’s long and it’s weird, and it shows an actor who has toured every freeway, hobo camp and cul-de-sac in film and television. A random glance at his IMDB page shows these three successive appearances: Escape From New York, Laverne & Shirley, and One From the Heart. Lowbrow…
There’s a wild woman living inside of me, Imelda May sings on her latest album, Tribal. She’s not kidding. The Dublin-born rockabilly vixen has been stirring up foot-stomping trouble since her 2003 debut, No Turning Back. And if audiences aren’t already primed to receive May’s retro throwback hits “Johnny Got a Boom Boom” and “Mayhem,” well, one fierce look from…
B.B. King is coming back to Kansas City October 1. As part of the Mercedes-Benz Signature Series, the Beale Street Blues Boy is making his way (again) through the Heartland and stopping at the Midland. Six weeks after turning the big eight-nine, King will hopefully redeem himself after a poor showing in St. Louis in mid-April (his rep claimed he was…
For those who were fans of Vandals’ Center of the City Fest (read our coverage here), there’s a chance to see many of those bands – and more of the same ilk – without freezing your ass off outside. For those who have collegiate back-to-school demands, Vandals’ Summer Kamp is a fine last chance to rage with some of the…
First, the good news: Art Closet Studios, the all-ages space in the back room of the now shuttered Open Fire Wood Burning Pizza, will not be closing, according to Mike Moreno, one of the organizers of the space. However, Art Closet’s status is just that it has been granted a stay of execution. The space that Art Closet Studios inhabits…
%{}% Jackson County Circuit Judge Bryan Round will not preside over a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the family of Anthony Bruno, who was shot to death by an off-duty Kansas City police officer last December. Round, who had been a Kansas City police board attorney for about eight years, was assigned last week to preside over the controversial Bruno lawsuit….
Across the United States this evening, peaceful rallies are being held for Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager gunned down by a police officer last weekend on the other side of the state, in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Kansas City’s will be held on the Country Club Plaza, near the J.C. Nichols Memorial Fountain, at 7 p.m. A…
Those Darlins’ lead singer-songwriters and guitarists Jessi Zazu and Nikki Kvarnes probably chose their band name with more than a touch of irony. Since the Nashville band’s 2009 self-titled debut, Zazu and Kvarnes have made it clear that they are anything but well-behaved Southern girls. But the October release of Blur the Line reined in the group’s trademark temerity while…
Shark Week is just about over, but that doesn’t mean the fun has to end. Lawrence label I Am Shark offered up their third Shark Week compilation earlier this week for free download. The compilation, Confessions Under Water, has cuts from American Baseball, Canadian punks Greys, and country-punk balladeer Austin Lucas. If that wasn’t enough wonderful, the label’s offering up…
The NBA released its schedule last evening so it’s time we take a look and see how it breaks down for the top teams in the league. Today, we will take a closer look at the Oklahoma City Thunder so fans looking to grab OKC Thunder tickets this year better pay attention. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook have fallen short…
Jay Nixon is always traveling all over Missouri, promoting some idea of his or defending his decision to veto some wacky legislation put on his desk by lawmakers. That’s fine. That’s what governors do. Governors also show up and stick around when some part of their state descends into chaos. Nixon did that when Joplin got clobbered by a tornado…
The recently reopened El Torreon seems to have floated under the radar of most show-going folks in Kansas City. While the all-ages venue hosted quite a few legendary shows in its heyday — Fugazi, Bright Eyes, the Get Up Kids, amongst others — the attempts to revitalize it as a performance space have never been met with much success. The…
Until early this morning, chef and restaurant owner Ryan Brazeal was almost the last person to know that his 13-month-old restaurant, Novel, had been nominated by Bon Appetit as one of “America’s Best New Restaurants.” Fifty new restaurants from across the United States were nominated; the list will be winnowed down to 10 (and that list will be posted August…
OK Go Riot Room, Kansas City Tuesday, August 12, 2014 From the moment they walked onstage (two hours after doors opened), the four members of OK Go were treated like gods by fans of various ages. YouTubers and baby boomers constantly took photos with smartphones — and even compared notes on the number of takes it took to make each of…
%{}% Miley Cyrus Sprint Center August 12, 2014 For more photos, check out our slideshow here. Few have risen from child star to pop infamy in quite the way that Miley Cyrus has. While it was easy to ignore as an adult (at least for me), the Hannah Montana character was a truly massive thing, and the fame that Cyrus…
There are several reasons to see the Baseball Project at RecordBar tonight: Notably, it features members of Dream Syndicate, the Minus 5, and R.E.M. However, what with the Royals now first in the American League Central, their performance seems to have been presciently booked. Given the fact that each and every song the Baseball Project performs is about the national…
