We were just south of Swope Park when we had to make a quick detour. We needed four 'C' batteries for a 1980s Panasonic tape recorder which a better man would have put money against ever recording any sound again.
At 8 p.m. tonight, Oct. 3, The Surge will host a Rock the Vote concert to encourage unregistered voters to sign up and cast their votes on Nov. 4.
Does Joplin have a "hip hop" scene? The answer depends on your definition of hip-hop and whom you ask.
Metallica's 12th album, Death Magnetic, has received most of its hype from the fact that Rick Rubin produced it, but did it earn the hype?
Brutally Frank is a local psychobilly band that has been together for almost seven years and has released four albums. The band consists of Klyntt, guitar/vocals (top picture); Mell, drums/vocals (right side of bottom picture) and Steevo, bass fiddle (left side of bottom picture). These photos were shot at The Keystone. The band will be playing at The Keystone again on Oct. 20 and 31.
I often get tired of the same Americanized restaurant on every street in town. Even when I venture away from fast food, there are only so many Chinese buffets and Tex-Mex menu items. So when I see a place looking like the FDA let it slide this year, I have to go inside and order the most creative feature on the menu.
When it comes to big brother watching over us we all have some fear over how much privacy we actually have left.
In Spike Lee's newest World War II film, Lee bumbles between mediocrity and incoherency as he attempts to tell the story of four African American Buffalo Soldiers' journey through an Italian village.
Samuel L. Jackson can still whip your ass, even if his name is Abel. That's his role in the decent, yet predictable Lakeview Terrace, where Jackson plays a jerk of an LAPD cop who has a problem with the interracial marriage between his new neighbors.
Joel and Ethan Cohen are experts at making those "weird" movies that are now so popular on college campuses. Burn After Reading continues their trend.
A local bar is changing its image to suit a younger crowd. Adam Giebler, owner of The Tropicana, said when he bought the bar it was an "old man hangout." Now he features live music at least three nights a week.
Alternative/electro rockers Pretty Empire have a farcical view on today's society.
For anyone keeping track of NORML news Kelly Maddy and his group just celebrated their third anniversary for the Joplin Chapter.
In Joplin there are many nightclubs where people dance, drink and have fun. One establishment, The Salvage Yard, offers a different environment.
For anyone looking for a good time this weekend, West 60 Cycle in Neosho will be hosting a two-day music festival featuring several local acts.
Local musicians do a lot in their free time, like work a real job, but for one artist free time is just more time to do what he loves. Make music.