I rejoice with fellow Hold Steadians at the announcement of the upcoming release of the gruffly named A Positive Rage, the Hold Steady's first live album and tour documentary.
Press says:
The live album was recorded on October 31, 2007 and includes seventeen songs that Craig Finn, Tad Kubler, Galen Polivka, Franz Nicolay, and Bobby Drake performed on the second of their two-night sold-out stand at the Metro in Chicago. The enhanced album will also feature five bonus studio tracks: "Ask Her
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The excellent culinary blog slashfood.com has some great stuff on it, including a hilarious post about a man who had his resignation letter to his employers written in blue frosting on a vanilla sheet cake.
What caught our eye was this list of "The Best Sandwiches in America" compiled by the blog's readers. Pitch managing editor Scott Wilson was pleased to see one Kansas City entry on the list: the pork and beef barbecue at LC's Bar-B-Que, one of my a
This past Saturday at high noon, as the temperature started to climb into the 80s, a crowd of a hundred or so gathered in a tent on the east side of the Sam's Club parking lot at 135th Street in Overland Park. Here was where dreams were achieved but also shattered as 13 contestants gathered for the Nathan's hot dog regional contest.The winner would move on to the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International
Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island on July 4.Emceeing was George Shea. Wearing his tr
Tonight is Steak Night at Swagger, the bar-and-restaurant at 8431 Wornall Road. The owners of the place, brothers Derek Boone (left) and Dustin Craighead, serve up an 8-ounce hand-cut grilled ribeye, salad, roll and a loaded baked potato for $13 from 5 to 10 p.m.
For the last 11 months, the siblings have been putting their own imprint on the saloon, which they admit is a "neighborhood, working class bar." I mean, glamorous it isn't, but who wants a neighborhood, working class bar to lo
