Since opening Crosstown Station in December of '07, 30-year-old Chip Mitchell has upped the bar on quality local music venues and added fresh competition to the game. In the still new-seeming Crossroads venue, I talked with Mitchell about running a "destination bar," the shitty economy and the mantra, "predict, plan, promote."
The Pitch: Did you grow up in KC?
Chip Mitchell: Yes, born and raised. Grew up in the Lenexa-Overland Park area.
What was your vision for this place when it first opened
There's nothing coming out today. Seriously, I scoured pretty much every list I use to put this thing together: Largeheartedboy's weekly new release post, Pitchfork's guide to summer releases, Metacritic's upcoming CD releases page, and Punknews.org's release schedule to miss what falls through the cracks.
I was going to write about the RX Bandits's Mandala, and how they used to be a ska-punk band (or, rather, a ska-emo band) and are now something like a prog-rock jam band, but that albu
