Subject: Cody Critcheloe

• Snuffed Out

  February 19, 2007

• Fun Fun in the Ssion

  April 6, 2007

• The Ssion, Central Standard, Witch and Hare Reviewed

  April 27, 2007

• O, Yeah

  August 2, 2007

• New Ssion Video: "Ah Ma"

  March 21, 2008

• New Ssion Video: Day Job

  April 10, 2008

• New Ssion Video: "Warm Glove" (and shows tonight and tomorrow)

  The latest installment in Drew Bolton and Cody Critcheloe's series of award-winning, life-changing, love-slaying videos for Kansas City dance band the Ssion is for the song "Warm Glove." Synopsis: After a minute-and-a-half clip of a big guy in leather drinking gasoline, Danny Fischer of local country-rock band the Afterparty arrives, playing a gay disco heartthrob (don't get typecast there, Danny!). He woos Cody; Cody, in a cage, woos him back; the crowd swells and gets in the way; Danny leaves

  December 9, 2008

• Ssion in Vice Magazine: sex, drugs and gay rockers

  Photo courtesy myspace.com/ssionWhat happens when Ssion goes on tour? All the old rock 'n' roll cliches, except gayer! The band is keeping a tour blog for Vice Magazine, including lots of candid photos and frontman Cody Critcheloe's naughty commentary.  You can tell it's going to be a wild ride from the very first post: "I'm really thankful that two core members in Ssion are still in high school. Those kids can get their hands on the best drugs. We all took a bunch of Adderall and proceeded

  January 7, 2009

• Spray This

  May 29, 2003

• Street Jizz

  August 31, 2006

• The Ssion shows how it's done at SXSW.

  Now that the festival is over and folks hangovers are wearing off, the really good shit is coming in. The past few days I've been enjoying living vicariously post-facto through KJHK's SXSW blog. If I tried to do the same thing through the Ssion's blog for Vice magazine, I'd probably turn gay, have a heart attack and die a glamorous, rainbow-spewing death. Click here or on the photo below for part one. Megan Mantia Cody Critcheloe's stories are not for prudes. The talks openly and unashamedly a

  March 25, 2009

• Howl-O-Ween

  November 2, 2006

• Official Guide: 2008 Pitch Music Showcase and Awards

  August 7, 2008

• Rah, Rah

  February 21, 2008

• Truth Be Told

  Liars makes a name for itself as a band both experimental and accessible.

  January 31, 2008

• Art Exhibitions

  January 17, 2008

• Art Exhibitions

  January 10, 2008

• art exhibitions

  January 3, 2008

• Home Schooled

  December 27, 2007

• art exhibitions

  December 6, 2007

• They Play Well With Others

  This year's Charlotte Street Foundation Award winners are strikingly different from one another — but they put on a good show.

  November 22, 2007

• Trick or Treat?

  October 25, 2007

• Top of the Pops

  Anything goes — and anything went — at the Pitch Music Awards ceremony.

  August 16, 2007

• All the Rage

  The Pitch Music Showcase: There’s no better reason to leave the house.

  August 2, 2007

• Boys of Summer

  KC dudes share their manly summer jams for '07.

  June 7, 2007

• Strange Alchemy

  With help from a dude in a sarong, Cody Critcheloe turns punk into pop gold.

  April 26, 2007

• Absent on Picture Day

  December 29, 2005

• Commander Cody

  Even without the cowsuits, the Ssion is still weird as hell.

  October 20, 2005

• The Ssion

  August 4, 2005

• Yo, Kansas City! It's time to rock the vote!

  August 4, 2005

• Local Lore

  Just how debauched was KC's jazz era?

  June 2, 2005

• Hot Pants

  It's the season to flaunt the artistry of KC's very own fashion designers.

  May 19, 2005

• Pabst Cheer

  Here's a toast to the Blue Ribbon Press.

  June 3, 2004

• Peer Pressure

  Last year, we found out who our true Friendsters were.

  January 1, 2004

• Publish or Perish

  Magazine students learn a tough lesson in the art of finance.

  April 24, 2003

• This Is It

  This band makes art out of playful condescen-Ssion.

  November 14, 2002

• Seriously Now

  Students hatch a plan for an Emotional Massacre at La Movida.

  December 7, 2000

• Fischerspooner's Casey Spooner has brotherly love for the Ssion.

  Our dear friend A to Z just posted an awesome Q&A with Casey Spooner of synth-slicers Fischerspooner, who are playing tonight in the Lou at the Pageant. In Z's interview, the flamboyant frontman tells about how he met and fell in love with our homeboys the Ssion. His story pretty much matches up with Ssion leader Cody Critcheloe's hookup account from last month, but adds a little extra history. Relevant excerpt below; read the whole interview here. Peas in a pod: Critcheloe and Spooner A to

  May 14, 2009

• The 2009 Pitch Music Awards Nominees Announced!

  Ladies and gentlemen, the wheat has been separated from the chaff, the cream has been skimmed from the top, and the nominees for the 2009 Pitch Music Awards have been chosen. Because we are insanely in love with the scene and wanted to cover as wide an array of local awesomeness as possible, we upped the size of the ballot from16 categories last year to 21 this year, for a total of 126 nominees (30 more than last year). And, as is always the case year after year, there are many local acts --

  June 10, 2009

• Review Slide Show: Tilly and the Wall at the Granada

  BY NICOLE REINERTSON What do you do when the tap-dancing percussion section of your band gets pregnant? Go on tour! Duh. Tilly and the Wall were joined by Lawrence locals Fourth of July and Fortuning Saturday night at the Granada. Dancer Jamie Pressnall, the band's sole percussionist, subtly announced (wearing a Peggy Noland dress complete with baby and umbilical cord) she is five months pregnant. Nicole ReinertsonClick for slide show.

  June 29, 2009

• Video: Cody Critcheloe at the Gossip's Record Release Party

  The Gossip's new album, Music For Men, dropped last month, and they had a big album release party in London. The show was a split record release party, as London art-rockers

  July 20, 2009

• Official Guide: 2009 Pitch Music Showcase and Awards

  August 6, 2009

• Tonight: Harlem at the Riot Room

  Last night at the Pitch Music Awards VIP party, I accosted Ssion leader Cody Critcheloe, who was noshing meatballs and dispensing wisdom with every twitch of his snout, like an anthropomorphic aardvark wiseman. He introduced me to his friend Coomers (second from right in this photo) of the Austin, Texas, band Harlem, which, evidently, has recently signed a worldwide deal on prestigious indie label Matador Records. Harlem played the Replay last night and is playing tonight at the Riot Room with l

  August 17, 2009

• Boy Cody

  September 3, 2009

• The Ssion Movie BOY Premieres This Week

  You've learned how to paint your face like the Ssion wants you to. ​You've seen what it looks like when hundreds of people join up, painted up like that. Now you can see it all come together on the screen this weekend. The premiere of the Ssion movie, BOY is at the Tivoli on Thursday at 7:30pm. The Grand Arts opening is Friday at 6pm. The Grand Arts show has an opening reception with a performance from NOISS, a SSION cover band, plus Casey Spooner (Fischerspooner) and Jeppe (Junior Seni

  September 2, 2009

• Ssion Snapshots: Boy opening at Grand Arts

  Boy, the brand-new, feature-length film by local music and art collective Ssion, debuted to a packed Tivoli last Thursday night. (Read our review.) The following Friday, September 4, Grand Arts, which funded the film, held a reception for the film, which is showing in the gallery through October 24. We got the hot pix. Nicole Reinertson Ssion leader Cody Critcheloe (center) with special guests Jeppe Laursen (left) of the late Junior Senior and Casey Spooner of Fischerspooner, for which Ssion o

  September 8, 2009