Subject: Social Software and Tagging

• The Long Gobble Gobble

  November 22, 2006

• Whither MySpace?

  August 16, 2006

• Inside the Pimping

  August 15, 2006

• This Murderer Needs a Friend

  May 21, 2007

• MySpace Remembers ACE, This Year's 39th Homicide Victim

  June 7, 2007

• Hall's MySpace Page, Part 2

  June 8, 2007

• Free Mac Lethal

  June 28, 2007

• Maximo Park and the Cribs at the Record Bar

  July 19, 2007

• Kansas City: Small But Eager

  July 23, 2007

• Josephine Isn't Bitter. No Way.

  August 8, 2007

• The Truth About Larry Johnson's Rap

  September 14, 2007

• The Wrong Paul Saleh? Yeah.

  October 8, 2007

• Online Now: Brodie Croyle

  November 13, 2007

• Teen Pitch: What We’re Doing This Weekend

  December 7, 2007

• Ultra Music 2008 Finalists

  February 5, 2008

• Now's Your Chance: Remix Radiohead

  April 1, 2008

• The Architects' Tour Blog

  May 27, 2008

• The Download Extra: New Verve Stream

  June 24, 2008

• Daily Briefs: Sarcasm through punctuation, John McCain, a weird KMBC omission

  July 29, 2008

• Daily Briefs: The crucifixion that goes CRUNCH

  July 30, 2008

• Daily Briefs in Brief: The 2008 Sparkle Olympiad

  August 8, 2008

• The Download Extra: New Rogue Wave MP3s

  October 6, 2008

• Jason Whitlock has to poo

  By JUSTIN KENDALL First George Brett, and now self-proclaimed "Big Sexy." Deadspin has the latest Facebook status update from Star columnist Jason Whitlock. It ain't pretty.

  November 13, 2008

• Daily Briefs: Europe: The Forgotten Continent

  Secret society: I have got to become a "Hallmark Hipster," you guys. There's nothing that says "hipster" like Our Special Thoughts On the Occasion of Your 10th Wedding Anniversary. Unfortunately, my application to this very exclusive social networking site was rejected, just like my applications to the Georgetown University Alumni Association, Curves and the Heritage Foundation, so basically I'm still just a misunderstood outsider drifting from town to town with no visible means of support, hel

  December 12, 2008

• Missouri Matters: Missouri politics' Facebook

  Forget Facebook and MySpace, Missouri political junkies. Scooter Jackson, the man behind the not-at-all-Republican Missouri Political News Service, has started a social networking site for Missouri politicos called Missouri Matters. So far, 163 people have signed up. Hey, who wouldn't want to be friends with Matt Blunt's former chief-of-staff Ed Martin (pictured)? Except for maybe, Scott Eckersley. But at least that whole e-mail lawsuit is finally settled.

  January 6, 2009

• Would you sacrifice a friend for one Whopper

  One month after Burger King launched its somewhat-offensive whopper virgins commercials, it's come up with another out-there idea.It's a Facebook application called Whopper Sacrifice and the premise is simple: Defriend 10 people on the social site and Burger King will give you one whopper. That works out to about a half-bite of burger for every friend. Before you think, "I have a bunch of extra friends and they'll never find out": Burger King tells each person you defriend that you "sacrificed"

  January 9, 2009

• Sneak Peek at New Queens Club Video on Stickam

  Photo courtesy myspace.com/queensclubus Got no place to be on a Friday night? Queens Club is streaming behind-the-scenes footage of their new music video tonight. I found out about this in a Myspace bulletin posted by the band. But you have to go to the Stickam Web site for the video. Stickam is yet another social networking site, one with an emphasis on interactive video, apparently. I've never used it before, but, presumably, if you go to Queens Club's Stickam profile at 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. b

  January 9, 2009

• Another argument for thrift store shopping

  I got a text message on New Year's Eve from a friend who showed up to a party wearing the same dress as another friend. The matchy-matchy event was "a disaster," according to the text, which I thought was a pretty ridiculous exaggeration. Apparently I underestimated a serious matter, because some chick named Sacha Nana (really?) in Fairway created a whole Web site about it, called That'sMyDress.

  January 22, 2009

• Justin Warring Bopping Along On Tour with Bad Manners

  See if you can pick out the ginger-haired Kansas City musician hopping on stage along with Bad Manners at a January 18 gig in San Diego. Justin Warring (Stella Link, Sex Police) is currently on tour with the really old English ska band, which doesn't have its tour posted on Myspace. Pollstar says the tour hits Baltimore on January 30, Alexandria on February 2 and New York City on February 6. Meanwhile, according to Warring's Facebook profile, he was "getting a sunburn in St. Petersburg, Fla."

  January 26, 2009

• Calibration Sequence Seeks a Singer

  Courtesy myspace.com/thecalibrationsequence Do you dream of fronting a face-melting local rock band? Then, maybe you have what it takes to sing for Calibration Sequence. The Shawnee band features former members or Roanoke and is "lookin for some vocal love," according to its Myspace profile. There are also three breakdown-heavy Calibration Sequence demo tracks posted on Myspace. Hit up the band if you think you've got what it takes. Like, maybe the ability to do a mean, Cookie Monster-style d

  February 2, 2009

• FDA lurves new media

  Unless I still get salmonella from a Clif bar or there's another outbreak, I promise this will be my last post on the peanut butter panic of 2009. Partly because I'm thinking about switching off of peanut butter to Vegemite (oh wait!) and partly because the FDA and CDC are releasing enough gadgets to make Q of the James Bond films happy. First there are the CDC's badges seen below. You place the code for these badges on your social Web sites like Facebook and MySpace to "let your friends know th

  February 5, 2009

• New Appleseed Cast Album On the Way

  Since the Appleseed Cast began its journey 13 years ago, many a band has come and gone treading similar waters of spacey, delay-soaked guitar rock. Though occasionally lapsing into periods of pause, the Lawrence band will once again emerge from the foggy forests when its new album, Sagarmatha hits the streets February 17. Initially rumored to be an instrumental album, the nine-song disc does feature some vocals, but as per tradition they're buried underneath pummeling drums and canyon reverb

  February 5, 2009

• Thieves: A new band of hipsters from Johnson County

  Courtesy myspace.com/thievesHere are some Thieves rockin' out. If you think the headline on this blog is an oxymoron, then you're a bigot. Practically every hipster I know was born in the suburbs. They just don't like to talk about it. Anyway, this new band Thieves still resides in Johnson County, according to MySpace. And in their little hats and scarves they pretty much epitomize art student cool. Thieves apparently made it to Midtown last weekend for a benefit show at the Boiler Room. I was

  February 10, 2009

• Help Wanted: Waiting for Signal needs new drummer

  Image courtesy myspace.com/waitingforsignalYour presence is requested behind these drums.Your presence is requested behind this kit.Eugene Ambramov, frontman for alt-rockers Waiting For Signal recently sent out a MySpace bulletin saying his band is seeking help on the skins. So if you're a drummer looking for a gig, hit them up via MySpace. Speaking of ... it turns out that Abramov has become quite the prolific blogger. Check out the group's blog for Abramov's narratives of playing shows hithe

  March 3, 2009

• We're Tweeting the Power & Light dress code hearing at 1:30 p.m.

  Much like Cobra Commander never fully harnessed the power of his Weather Dominator, we haven't fully taken advantage of Twitter. Until today*. The Pitch's Nadia Pflaum is going to try Tweeting today's Power & Light dress code hearing, starting at 1:30 p.m. Check http://twitter.com/pitchplog for 140-character updates. I'll also try to post her updates on the Plog. * Barring technical difficulties beyond our controlUpdate (5 p.m., Wednesday, March 4): Nadia got thrown off of Twitter for postin

  March 4, 2009

• What Twitter is good for: restaurants!

  Few things are better than hot baked goods. Especially hot doughnuts and cookies just out of the oven. But it's hard to know when a bakery has such treats. Krispy Kremes turn on a neon light when their doughnuts are coming out, but even then you have to be driving by to see it. Calling a bakery every 10 minutes is unrealistic, and so is expecting that bakery to update a Web site dozens of times a day. Enter Twitter.A baker can't call 200 customers individually to tell them he's closing in 10 min

  April 6, 2009

• Jason Whitlock is out of ideas

  Breast man (and Kansas City Star columnist) Jason Whitlock is whoring for column ideas on his Facebook page. Oh, God. We're in for some shitty columns. The inspiration of his Facebook friends isn't enough for Whitlock -- he wants angles. Why don't they just write the column for him? Hey, Jason. How much you paying for ideas?

  April 14, 2009

• Facebooked

  The Star’s wanna-be Hemingway enters the digital age. Will you be his friend?

  September 11, 2008

• Use Your Imagination

  May 15, 2008

• Youthful Vigor

  November 8, 2007

• Charles S. McVey

  Modern Living
  (self-released)

  November 1, 2007

• Downloads

  Joe Good

  January 26, 2006

• Mayor Kay's MySpace page

  January 12, 2006

• Peer Pressure

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

  January 1, 2004

• Killa City: More on KCMO homicide No. 41, Pierre 'Keyz' Parker

  Kansas City police released the name of Sunday morning's homicide victim Monday. They say 21-year-old Pierre E. Parker was the man shot to death in a parking lot near Grand Slam Liquors, 631 Grand Boulevard. Parker was also known as Keyz, a local rapper, and his MySpace music page shows a handful of albums, including this one:The album, "Come Up 2," debuted on April 28. Keyz' record label, Brick Money Click Entertainment, offers free downloads of his mixtapes.Keyz lists among his influences Rich

  May 5, 2009

• Festival of Words

  August 6, 2009

• A step backwards for General Caldwell's mil-blogging plans?

  Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell​A story on Wired's website a week ago outlined how a Department of Defense "warning order" solicited feedback on a potential ban on the use of social media sites like Twitter and Facebook by military personnel. Such a ban seemingly would fly in the face of efforts by Lt.General William B. Caldwell, who oversees the Army's Command and General Staff College on the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center in Fort Leavenworth, Missouri. Caldwell recently ordered every officer at

  August 7, 2009

• Breakfast Buffet: Friday, September 11

  Get a bit adventurous with zucchini-ginger bread -- it's a tastier way to get your servings of vegetables. [Simmer Till Done]A review of seven locally available pumpkin ales -- welcome to fall. [The Wort Hog Beer Blog]$83 million. That's the going rate for a master cheese grader's nose, based on the insurance policy taken out by Wyke Farms, a cheese manufacturer in England. [UPI]Sometimes we use our methods of instant communication to do good. A group in Los Angeles is using Twitter and Faceboo

  September 11, 2009

• MP3: Stik Figa & D/Will, "Knowwhere"

  Via 2dopeboyz, this is the second leaked track off Stik Figa and D/Will's upcoming release, hellogoodbye, which will arrive December 1. Contrasting the first leaked track, the restless, banging "Seasons," "Knowwhere" is more laidback and funky, an easy ride over a popping bass-guitar and laden with crackly vinyl static. Still with the catchy chorus, though. MP3: Stik Figa & D/Will: "Knowwhere" Left-clicky: Usershare or Mediafire iknowdwill.com​ On a related note, D/Will and Stik are sett

  November 11, 2009

• KC Star now Facebook stalking Larry Johnson

  The Kansas City Star's unhealthy obsession with former Kansas City Chief and future Cincinnati Bengal Larry Johnson continues.Star sports reporter Kent Babb updated his Twitter yesterday after spying King Pink's posts on Facebook and Twitter.​​This comes less than a week after Babb blabbed on Twitter that LJ was in Dallas -- citing the GPS coordinates on his Twitter page. That proved to be a non-scoop. LJ might want to learn the word of the year: unfriend.

  November 17, 2009