Subject: Oakland

• Tonight: Hot Toddies Dead Girls = Pop Rock Perfection

  The Hot Toddies formed in 2004 while relaxing on a beach in Mexico, heavily under the influence of Tecate and tequila. Heidi and Erin began writing songs, and Jessica and Sylvia joined the band in the fall of 2005. All together, they are a fun loving group of four girls from Oakland who play drums, guitar, bass, and keyboards and sing charmingly about being bad. They're currently touring in support of their Smell the Mitten release on Asian Man Records. It's coquettish and cute and adorable a

  June 2, 2009

• Monday Music Junkie: Cat Power, Radiohead, Lupe Fiasco and more

  November 12, 2007

• Monday Music Junkie: Rosebuds, Nick Cave, Why? and More

  January 21, 2008

• East Bay Writer Worked From the Inside at H&R Block

  April 18, 2008

• Free Angel Berroa

  April 30, 2008

• Death Cab for Cutie, with Rogue Wave, the Kooks and the Morning Benders at the City Market, 5/30/08

  June 2, 2008

• Free Angel Berroa

  April 30, 2008

• Jose Guillen, An Edgy Leader?

  June 26, 2008

• T-Bones Remember the Forogtten Kansas City Athletics

  July 28, 2008

• The Download Extra: New Rogue Wave MP3s

  October 6, 2008

• Off the Couch

  June 14, 2001

• The Download: New Souls of Mischief MP3

  Two years have passed since rumors of an upcoming Prince Paul-produced Souls of Mischief album first surfaced. Nothing has been officially confirmed as of yet, but the Oakland outfit recently dropped a new track and hit the road. Their Wikipedia page suggests the album's title will be Montezuma's Revenge , which is encouraging considering that the members' recent solo efforts have failed to project the staying power of 93 'til Infinity. Check out "Tour Stories" below, thanks to So Much Silence

  January 12, 2009

• Get Up, Stand Up: Your weekly guide to giving a shit

  Whether you're liberal, conservative or entirely anti-establishment, President Obama is right about one thing: We citizens need to get more involved in creating the conditions that contain our lives. In that spirit, welcome to a weekly guide to leaving the house and engaging in public affairs.

  January 27, 2009

• Zion I

  April 3, 2003

• Chief Concern

  May 1, 2003

• Incoming: Franz Ferdinand at the Beaumont

  I said you don't know. You said don't you know. I said ... take me out. To Franz Ferdinand. April 27. The Beaumont. It's not up yet on the group's MySpace, but a not unreliable source tells us it is so. I wish they were playing just about anywhere than the Breaumont, but I'll survive. More dates and the best video of the year so far after the jump.

  February 4, 2009

• Tom Morello and Boots Riley form new band, come to KC with NIN and Jane's Addiction.

  Image is from the Wikimedia commons.You probably already know that Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction are co-headlining at Starlight on Wednesday, May 27, and that tickets go on sale March 13 blah-di-blah. But what you may not know is that Trent Reznor is part centaur. Also, self-appointed Nightwatchman Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave and badass MC Boots Riley of funky, funny and political Oakland hip-hop outfitthe Coup have joined forces to form a band they're calling

  March 9, 2009

• Too Short

  April 21, 2005

• Rhyme and Reason

  June 23, 2005

• Incoming: Rancid, show at Beaumont and new album

  Right on the heels of the June 2 release of their new (seventh) album, Let the Dominoes Fall, punk icons Rancid are coming to the Beaumont. They'll be hitting the club's outside decks on June 19 with support from Rise Against.Rachel Tejada If you're a superfan -- and you're on this new thing called "MySpace" -- then you can help the band promote by featuring the new single, "Last One to Die," on your profile when the single is released on April 7. Go to Rancid's MySpace page and follow the thre

  March 30, 2009

• Go 'Roos!

  January 15, 2009

• Why

  April 10, 2008

• Native Son

  August 23, 2007

• St. Vincent and Scout Niblett

  July 26, 2007

• Mexican Tells All!

  Everything you always wanted to know about Mex, but were too afraid to ask.

  May 3, 2007

• Ghost Story

  December 21, 2006

• Tailgating

  August 10, 2006

• Jel

  March 16, 2006

• Diaspora Jammin'

  December 29, 2005

• The Girl Is a Ghost

  December 8, 2005

• Breakin' Too

  November 17, 2005

• Picks and Pans

  Letters from the week of October 20, 2005

  October 20, 2005

• Mr. Roboto

  September 1, 2005

• The Heavenly States

  September 1, 2005

• House Proud

  The KCAI raises funds for its home sweet home

  April 28, 2005

• Lube Job

  The Greaserama rolls out some slick cars.

  May 20, 2004

• A Girl With Balls

  Katie Houlehan's decision to stay in Kansas City helped a sorry UMKC team catch fire.

  February 5, 2004

• Check Ya Later

  Hey, 2003, don't let the door smack you on the ass.

  January 1, 2004

• Hieroglyphics

  Monday, October 20, at the Granada.

  October 16, 2003

• Numbers Game

  Numbers' shows produce an exponential increase in booty-shaking.

  September 18, 2003

• Assorted Stuff

  Staria Stine hunts and gathers.

  September 4, 2003

• Homeward Bound

  Punk pioneers Slaughter and the Dogs won't forget where they came from.

  February 28, 2002

• Political Party

  The Coup aims to establish a new world order.

  November 8, 2001

• Special Delivery

  Jeffrey Halford converts his life on the move into fascinating story-songs.

  September 27, 2001

• Fatal femmes

  Why do women in comics become Women in Refrigerators?

  May 18, 2000

• Incoming: Green Day, new album in tow

  credit: Marina ChavezGreen Day will be buzzing through Missouri in August, landing in St. Louis on 8/11 and here on 8/12. Venues haven't been announced, nor have ticket sale dates. The band's latest and eighth album, 21st Century Breakdown, produced by Butch Vig, is due out May 15 on Reprise. The band recently debuted the album live with a show in their hometown of Oakland, CA. Here's an adulatory review of that show. The first single, "Know Your Enemy," hit the airwaves last week.

  April 20, 2009

• Funk pins fantasy hopes on Jessica Simpson heartbreaker

  KCChiefs.comFunkhouser's backup WR has yet to meet the team photographer​Drafting against other big-city mayors, Mayor Mark Funkhouser followed his heart instead of his head and put three Chiefs on his fantasy football team.Funkhouser selected Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel to back up the Cowboys' Tony Romo. He supplemented his bench with wide receiver Amani Toomer, presumably as first lady Gloria Squitiro shouted "Reach!" in the background.A former small-college basketball player, Funkhouser

  August 21, 2009

• The Beatbox: The Jacka

  September 3, 2009

• Weekend Distractions

  1. Experience a battle of wits. Bonner Springs' Roving Imp Theater is the site of an improv festival that runs through Sunday.2. Bid farewell to the Abracadabras. The once promising local band plays its final show tonight at Czar Bar.Flickr: foxypar4See cows and stuff at the American Royal.​3. Look closely at baby pigs. Also: Watch kids learn how to rodeo and buy yourself some cowboy boots during Family Fun Day at the American Royal on Saturday.4. Get some green thumb inspiration. Author and u

  October 23, 2009

• A WORLD ON TWO STRINGS

  November 5, 2009