Our old and funky friend, KCist-turned-San-Franciscan Oz McGuire, dropped the following list in our inbox over the holidays.
Top Records You Might Have Missed This Year (2008)
Señor Oz (Afrolicious, SF)
Ocote Soul Sounds, The Alchemist Manifesto (ESL Music)
Someone called this "mescalin music." I don't know about that, but this collaboration between Adrian Quesada (Brownout) and Martin Perna (Antibalas) takes elements of Afrobeat, Latin, downtempo and dub and turns it into pure gold!
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And, as usual, no one from Kansas City is on it. Yet. (You will be glad to know, however, that Dananananaykroyd, from Glasgow, is.)
A coworker was wondering aloud today whether the festival would be as big this year because of the economy. Many of the unsigned acts that flood the city -- playing free shows any place that will have them, paying all their own expenses, sleeping in the van and so forth -- probably won't be able to go this year. And in past years, that's precisely how Kansas City
Apparently, Franz Ferdinand pretty much took over Westport yesterday.
It started early, with a KRBZ 96.5 FM-sponsored "Kegs and Eggs" acoustic show at the Firefly.
According to reports, people began waiting outside at 6 a.m. or earlier. I'm not sure when they began letting folks inside, but they had to turn some away. The lucky ones got to nosh on a breakfast buffet and get drinks at the bar -- and then go to work and throw up in their cubicles.
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And once again, we bring you Friday Freebies, wherein we present things to do this weekend that won't cost you any more than the gas it takes to get to 'em.
www.sambush.comOlathe Parks & Recreation presents the 2009 Olathe FREE Summer Concert Series. Sam Bush plays with Jeff & Vida tonight at 7pm in Frontier Park, 15501 Indian Creek Parkway. It's family-friendly show of Americana, bluegrass, country, and folk. Bring a blanket or lawnchairs and enjoy this wonderful weather we've been graced with
And once again, we bring you Friday Freebies, wherein we present things to do this weekend that won't cost you any more than the gas it takes to get to 'em.
Crown Center's Friday Night Flicks has Dr. Strangelove, while at Gladstone Amphitheater, in Oak Grove Park you can take your family to see Madagascar. On Saturday, you can head over to Budd Park, at St. John and Brighton, and see Madagascar 2 courtesy of Kansas City Parks & Rec, in what is probably the only opportunity to see a movie
And once again, we bring you Friday Freebies, wherein we present things to do this weekend that won't cost you any more than the gas it takes to get to 'em.
Friday night's free movies appear to be for musical fans. You can choose between the new and the classic. Crown Center's Friday Night Flick this week is the ABBA musical, Mamma Mia!, with Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried. City Market Cinema in the (surprise!) City Market shows Little Shop of Horrors. Really, it all boils down as to w
And once again, we bring you Friday Freebies, wherein we present things to do this weekend that won't cost you any more than the gas it takes to get to 'em.
There are scads of things to do this weekend. Your decisions will be tough, but you're guaranteed to be entertained no matter what. I've divvied up things by type to make them a little easier to figure out.
First Friday musical stuff for you first. Hearts of Darkness plays in front of Mid-American Arts Alliance, 2018 Baltimore Avenu
