Above: The storm clouds over Crossroads KC have dispersed (for now).
The latest on Crossroads KC, the venue behind Grinders: The venue got the parking variance it needed. It has its liquor license back. It is nearly finished building its permanent stage.
Tonight, the British-born (Birmingham, England) reggae band Steel Pulse headlines a show. Ras Neville & the Kingstonians open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $19; info here.
Our own correspondent/reviewer and multi-blogger Bill Brownlee has started another blog (his third), Plastic Sax, This one is devoted exclusively to the city's jazz world. Why? His words:
I've been desperately pining for a vibrant, regularly updated web site dedicated to jazz in Kansas City. I figured Lee was just the man for the job. He's certainly smarter, funnier and more attractive than me. But Lee doesn't post nearly enough at The New Low Down, and his overly generous praise of yours truly in his July 21 post doesn't entirely pacify me.
Here's a link to PlasticSax. Bill's other blogs: There Stands the Glass, a music site, and Happy in Bag, a personal blog sprung from his eclectic and eccentric muse.
| Timothy Finn, The Star
All right. Kansas City has a new jazz blog. Now we just need some jazz.
Posted by: Karl Hungus | July 26, 2007 at 07:59 AM