A vaudeville revival at the historic Folly Theater. by David Hudnall The Standard Theatre, later known as the Century Theater and then Shubert’s Missouri, before settling into its name as the Folly Theater, opened in downtown Kansas City in 1900. In its early days, the building — the oldest theater in the city — hosted …
Streetside: Whooping it up at Lathrop & Gage
Trying to comprehend Whoop De Doo. by David Hudnall For nine months after graduating from college, I worked as a nonsalaried data-entry employee at Shook, Hardy & Bacon, the juggernaut law firm at 25th Street and Grand. Shook’s business — defending Big Tobacco, Big Pharma and other comically villainous corporations — is pure evil, but …
Up the Academy, ‘Gimme Gimme’ (mp3)
In addition to his duties as part of Kid Congo Powers’ Pink Monkey Birds, Up the Academy frontman and guitarist Ron Miller also helps run the Harveyville Project with Nikol Lohr. Despite Miller’s busy life, Up the Academy has recorded its debut single, “Gimme Gimme,” with “Pretty Bird,” and it’s the first non-compilation release from …
Jay-Z “Marcy To Barclays” Rocawear Ad
Hov’s come a long way from 5C. And for his new Roc-A-Wear commercial, he journey’s from Marcy projects to the opening of the Barclay Center in Brooklyn.
Odd Future Loiter Squad Ep. 2
From gay dog porn to the return of Thurnis Haley, Odd Future brought April Fools Day to a close last night on Adult Swim with the second episode of their sketch-comedy series. Balls, nigga! Previously: Ep. 1
Diddy & MGK “Invincible” At Wrestlemania
Pardon the poor rip, but while YN and the rest of the rasslin’ fanatics tuned into WrestleMania XXVIII in Miami last night, Diddy brought out Machine Gun Kelly and Skylar Grey for a performance of “Invincible”.
New Music: Kendrick Lamar x Dr. Dre “The Recipe”
LA’s Power 106 premiered the new single from Kendrick Lamar featuring Dr. Dre. It’s produced By Scoop DeVille and was originally titled, “Women Weed and Weather”. The chorus and beat compliment each other, but their verses are pretty second rate. But whenever the Doc’s on your side, that’s a recipe for success. Check it out …
Busta Rhymes, E-40, & Nick Cannon Funny Or Die Skit
Along with JB Smooth and Rosa Acosta, Bus, 40 and Nick Cannon get animated in The Dummiez’ latest rap video for their new Funny Or Die Skit. They got so much bitches, their bitches got bitches. Previously: Nas
New Video: Memphis Bleek “Hustle Money”
“You get them witness chips, you on that snitchin’ shit…” Makin’ Easy Money isn’t a simple as it used to be. That’s why for Bleek’s new video he hits the block for a share of that “Hustle Money”. Be on the look out for The Movement mixtape April 10th.
New Music: Los “Wit My Hoodie On”
With George Zimmerman still yet to be charged, Los throws up his hood and pays tribute to Trayvon Martin for his latest recording.