Subject: Alexander Austin

• Letters from the week of March 5

  March 5, 2009

• Alexander Austin climbed his way up from the streets and onto Kansas City’s biggest canvas

  June 26, 2008

• Goin' to Where?

  March 13, 2008

• North Stars

  August 24, 2006

• Alexander Austin is the Michelangelo behind this Michael Jackson mural

  Alexander Austin is painting a fantastic portrait of the late King of Pop on this building at the corner of 18th and Troost. Take a look at Austin's Michael Jackson masterpiece so far. ​

  August 13, 2009

• Alexander Austin tells us more about his Michael Jackson mural

  ​It only takes a second for Alexander Austin to recall his finest moment impersonating Michael Jackson. "In ninth grade, I played football and we'd have to go out of town for games," he says, laughing at the memory. "And, on the bus, I'd lead a Michael Jackson song: 'Dancing Machine.' All the guys on the team would do the background, and I'd just break out. My coach used to get mad at me and he actually banned me from singing after we lost a game. But we did end up winning the city champions

  August 19, 2009

• 17 things we learned this week

  ​1. Flavored cigs are going bye-bye.2. Congressman Emanuel Cleaver held a civil town hall meeting.3. Former Missouri Gov. Warren E. Hearnes died.4. David Cross is going to get fucked up in KC in September.5. Kit Bond: Joke thief.6. The most important video of our time -- of an alien peeking through a window -- was unveiled. 7. KU's J-school dean isn't sexist. 8. Alexander Austin wants his Michael Jackson mural to be perfect.9. Fox 4 is ready for a zombie apocalypse. Save us, Phil Witt.10. Wres

  August 21, 2009

• Fans leave their own tributes on Austin's Michael Jackson mural

  ​In honor of Michael Jackson's birthday on August 29th, a small group of fans gathered to dance and mingle at 18th Street and Troost Avenue, under the shadow of Alexander Austin's tribute to the King of Pop. The mural looks amazing, but the art isn't entirely Austin's. On Saturday, dozens of Sharpie-wielding fans added their own words to the massive painting. Here's what some of them said.

  September 3, 2009

• Get past the name and go see Wonkachild tonight at the Record Bar

  Wonkachild is in the building​When I told a colleague here at The Pitch that I was excited about an artist named Wonkachild, he said, "What, is he a candy raver or something?" Yeah, 23-year-old Jaqwan Sirls picked a stupid-ass name on which to hang a music career. But even if he went by Fetusmuncher, I'd be encouraging attendance at his show tonight at the Record Bar. Why? Because I listened to his whole album online and didn't skip a single song. It is, as they say, all good. I can clown on S

  October 14, 2009