AltWeeklies Wire
Moving Onnew
The solo debut from the bassist of Obsessed and Kyuss combines trippy guitar leads and multitracked vocal harmonies with hooks that cut through the haze.
Singles Barnew
Kansas-based Little Hits provides ear candy for the song-deprived.
Screen Testnew
With his Sundance-bound First Date, Kansas City's Gary Huggins discovers a new leading man.
Tags: First Date, Gary Huggins
Wayward Sonnew
The Black Diamond Heavies and the Immortal Lee County Killers play the blues hard, fast and dirty -- as if punk came before the blues.
Tags: John Wesley Myers
Pour It Onnew
When it comes to tipping, there are more cheapskates out there than we thought.
The Pitch |
Charles Ferruzza |
01-17-2006 |
Food+Drink
Fear This Geeknew
Kansas City's Johnathan Wendel has earned over $500,000 in the past six years by being a cold-blooded killer.
The Pitch |
Justin Kendall |
01-17-2006 |
Video Games
A Hormone-Charged Hazenew
This is what Le Tigre would sound like had they skipped current-events class to smoke in the bathroom and make out behind the bleachers.
Tags: Morningwood
Bugged Outnew
Last month it was revealed that Sony Music BMG had been covertly installing spyware on its CDs in order to combat music piracy -- here are some of the anti-piracy ideas they rejected.
Is Esmie Evil?new
As a posse of parents throw their support behind 16-year-old accused murderer Esmie Tseng, many remain unaware of her cries for help and are blind to the messages her case relays about their own kids.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
01-10-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: matricide, troubled youth
Finding 'Ms. K.E.G.'new
Beauty pageants are good places to meet guys, assuming you like guys who are into ogling women in bikinis.
The Pitch |
Jen Chen |
01-04-2006 |
Recreation
The Dark Agesnew
In 2005, both Kansas and Missouri were hurled into an age in which superstition prevailed.
The Pitch |
C.J. Janovy |
01-04-2006 |
Commentary
New Rubblenew
Comebacks are out. Repackaged credibility — an artist reaching back to the sound of his or her prime, coached by an admiring junior — was the new remastering in 2005.
No Talent, Senatornew
Former Missouri Sen. John Danforth's support of more radical Sen. Jim Talent doesn't match his recent criticism of the Republican Party.
