I’m a sucker for weird band descriptions. For example: El Valiente is a band that blends Tex-Mex and spaghetti-western influences into experimental, instrumental, indie rock. See? Instant intrigue!
The three-piece band from Madison, Wisconsin, creates moderately intense, 10-minute symphonies that border on jam band-y, but never cross to boring or cheesy. We recently spoke with Eric Caldera of El Valiente.
Grayson Van Sickle (banjo) recently spoke with us about Mountain Sprout’s traveling lifestyle and the new material the guys will soon release.
Natural Grocers will be located in a neighboring shopping center to the Whole Foods Market at 7401 West 91st Street. While both stores focus on organic produce, vitamins, supplements, and grass-fed beef, Natural Grocers doesn't stock prepared foods and is known for catering to those with specialty diets such as vegan or gluten-free.
But sports, like life, is rarely neat or sensible. Instead, Frank White will wear a different Kansas City uniform for the first time next season. The Kansas City T-Bones have hired White to be part of their coaching staff in a role that includes player evaluation and development.
Sophia Stockton, a student at MidAmerica Nazarene University, ordered a used textbook about terrorism from an Amazon user. When the book arrived, she flipped through the pages and "a little tiny package falls out with white powder in it," according to Fox 4. Demonstrating that she pays attention to lectures, Stockton told the TV station: "In class we talked about people sending bombs in the mail, and I thought of, you know, they send anthrax in the mail, too."
Stockton took the baggie to the local police, and officers asked her if she had ordered cocaine (not an advised study aid) with the book. "I was like, 'no,' " she told them. Good answer.
Police valued the cocaine at $300-$400.
5. Aztec Hot Chocolate from Hi Hat (5012 State Line, in Westwood Hills) — The tiny coffeehouse in Westwood Hills (the recent site of a cash mob) makes a spicy, rich hot chocolate using bark from the Aztec dark chocolate sold next door at Annedore's Fine Chocolates. Call ahead; it's a winter special that's not always on the menu.
Boulevard's Saison-Brett hits store shelves and taps Tuesday
Giovanni's Deli goes big in the Northland
Big Rip Brewing Co. opens to the world Sunday
Rob Schamberger shows his paintings and sells prints of wrestling champions tonight with 100 percent of proceeds going to Make-A-Wish
Cody Rhodes keeps his family's tradition alive on WWE's Monday Night Raw
KC Pride Festival 2013? Yes, it's still on
The Humdinger: Stand in line to get in, baby
Jim Gaffigan, Dad Is Fat author, on his way to our fat town