Black Dog Coffeehouse
been in business I came to the Black Dog to watch a local musician, Drew Black, play guitar, but I arrived too late and only had the radio across the speakers, loud enough to hear, soft enough not to disrupt. The walls are painted in warm oranges, yellows and reds and display the lilies and ladies of local artist Colleen Arnhold and the sketches of artist
12815 W. 87th St. Parkway
Settled in a shopping plaza off busy $87^{th}$ St. Parkway in Lenexa, Black Dog Coffeehouse is a combination of the warm, cozy, ideal coffee joint and a store front that screams Chinese restaurant — The glass windows have foot-high yellow lettering alerting customers that they are NOW OPEN 6:00 AM MON-FRI—even though they have been in business for two years.
Alison Duncan. The girl in line in front of me orders some cold coffee concoction that is not on the menu, and Black Dog has no problem making it, stating they'll try and make you anything, and if you don't like it, they'll try again. For more information, visit the Web site at www.bd.coffeehouse.com.
Daily Brews:
Daily Brews:
Aztec French
Black Dog Blend
David's Blend
Decaf
Some Traditional Specialties:
Americano
Vanilla Sky
White Cow
Raspberry Torte
Espresso con panna
**"Menu also includes sandwiches, soups and sweets""
Entertainment:
Entertainment:
Live music every Friday and Saturday night
November 5- Raging Hormones
November 6- The Northwest Trio
Liz Beggs
Coffee shop stat-card
Who??
Ozomatli
L. A.-based Ozomatil twists hip-hop and Latin styles into dance-floor-rockin' tunes and will stir it up at The Granada Nov. 10. Ozomatil is touring in support of their album, Street Signs.
Interview with Jiro Yamaguchi, percussion
Can you name all the emcees that Qzomatii has worked with?
Yamaguchi: In the band, we've worked with Chali 2na (now of Jurassic 5), Kanetic Source and now we have MC Jabu (formerly of $^{4}$ th Avenue Jones). DJ Cut Chemist also has worked on some albums. We've collaborated with De La Soul and Common too.
What's your favorite Mexican dish?
Yamaguchi: I would have to say poole,
it's a winter soup dish — it's good food.
I know you guys are politically involved. What issues currently concern you?
carry your
Yamaguchi: I'd say schools struggling to get books in public schools. I've had experience myself as a third-grade teacher in Los Angeles and we had to fight to get enough books for our kids.
What's more work: being in a band or being a teacher?
Yamaguchi: Definitely being a teacher. Dealing with the school district—like when they're trying to cram standardized tests into the system and dealing with other teachers.
How do you feel about musicians lip-synching on live TV?
Yamaguchi: I know why they do it — it sounds good. Every musical artist lip-synch at some point. We've lip-synched. There are some places that they prefer it, like some of the Spanish TV shows. We lip-synched on Sabado Gigante on Univision before. It's easier for the show to not have us set up to play live. In general, I'm not down with it.
Chris Crawford
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