Yesterday with the rain pouring down, I felt like a nice hot cup of joe. But first, I had to check IsItIcedCoffeeWeather.com to make sure my coffee was supposed to be hot. It was!For those not in the know, IsItIcedCoffeeWeather.com is a Web site where the you enter a zip code and it tells you whether the weather is right for iced coffee.There is no explanation just a big "No. Try it hot," like the one I got yesterday if the weather isn't right for iced coffee. If you live in place where it's hot
I couldn't have come back from a four-day, computer-free weekend to better news: the Pogues are coming to the Midland by AMC on October 25. Pogues.com
Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 26, at 10 a.m. But a pre-sale is available today beginning at 3 p.m. to anyone who signs up for the Pogues' online community.
In recent years, it seems like the storied Irish trad-rock-punk band has only played in New York (and maybe one or two other select cities) when they've bothered to come to the U.S. Ev
Track our ongoing, exclusive series starring James Christos, PL and Jamel Rockwell here.
Christos: What up KC?!!! Last time I wrote we were in LA. We're in Phoenix now. But I'm gonna give you a rundown of what happened when we were in LA. We'll just call this entry "Escape from LA".
As soon as we arrived in town we turned the news on only to see Michael Jackson being rushed to the hospital by ambulance. A few hours later he was pronounced dead. That immediately killed the whole excitement of
The latest dispatch from Christos and co.'s Anarchy Tour comes from the keyboard of DJ Jamel Rockwell.
Rockwell: What's Good, KC? This is Jamel Rockwell handling the tour diary for the 1st and of July. Tuesday nite we did our thing at the Stray Cat in Tempe, AZ, and it felt good to be on the stage again.
The reception was more than positive, and we made a few Industry contacts, one of which might help immediately. We met famed Cali indie MC Xololaxinco (i hope to god i finally spelled that
Tonight at Czar Bar, the fashionists of Monkey Wrench Clothing take over the runway, and a quirky but very intriguing musical lineup takes over the PA.
First up, Adam Lee and the Dead Horse Sound Company -- a local honky tonk duo about whom we have had no shortage of good things to say -- gets the heartache locomotive chuggin' at 9 p.m.
Then, around 10, the Chicago band Skybox goes on. The band was formed some six years ago in Tempe, Arizona, with none other than the Dead Horse Sound Co
This Sunday, semin ... no, wait. Legen-- nah. Fucking righteous Irish rock band the Pogues is playing its first concert ever in Kansas City. Brief history: The band formed in the early '80s in London, forcing punk and traditional Irish music together like opponents in a drinking contest who both end up on the barroom floor, talking to God and hugging. Beginning with the trio of singer and songwriter Shane MacGowan, tin whistler Spider Stacy and guitarist Jim Fearnley, the group first called itse
