If you see cab No. 1091 rockin’, Papa Bear wants you to come knockin’. Papa Bear, as he insists upon being called, is a Yellow Cab driver who has outfitted his vehicle with TV screens and video cameras and calls his setup “cabaraoke.” For the price of a regular fare, riders can select from Papa Bear’s 300-plus songs and sing…
Martin, “Scoop of Poop,” September 6 Bite Back During the 12 years I have lived next to Sunnyside Park, my neighbors and I have lobbied, not always successfully, to improve the area. We have asked for speed bumps on Summit Street, for improvements to the storm-water and sewer systems, for more lighting, for video surveillance to curb illegal dumping, for…
A PR woman slipped a couple of client shout-outs past an unsuspecting features writer in Tuesday’s edition of The Kansas City Star. Star scribe Monica Watrous tabbed Megan Neher, owner of Megan Neher Public Relations, as a source for a piece about the places that notable folks take their out-of-town guests. Neher said she takes visitors to Benton’s Steak &…
For this edition of the Wayward Cast podcast, I not only play the music that rocks your boo-hiney, I talk to the man whose business, in his own words, is to rock and to write about it: THE KANSAS CITY STAR’S TIM FINN, pop critic and badass extraordinaire! But it’s not what you might expect — no ordinary interview here….
Hometown boy Jason Sudeikis gave a shout out to the Shawnee Mission West on last Saturday’s SNL. Then he got schooled by LeBron, but hey, he mentioned the Vikings. Categories: News
The Sound of Urchin Tuesday, October 2, 2007 The Replay Lounge Review & Concert Photos by Richard Gintowt This is the Sound of Urchin. I met these wackjobs in 2002 when I interviewed them on KJHK. Lead guitarist B-ILL spent the whole interview wearing a ridiculous mask that I gave him and talking in an O.J. Simpson voice. They cussed,…
Baseball legend Buck O’Neil died a year ago on Saturday, but his great stories live on. Bob Edwards recorded this interview with O’Neil that aired on XM Satellite Radio on February 28, 2005. In it, O’Neil tells the story of how he picked up the nickname “Nancy” from Satchel Paige. Enjoy. – David Martin Categories: News
A national property-rights group held a press conference this afternoon outside of a house in Sugar Creek where Eleanor Miller raised eight children and put many pretty plants in the ground. According to Sugar Creek officials, Miller’s land is “blighted,” a designation that allows the city to take Miller’s and her neighbors’ homes via eminent domain. The property will be…
There’s a new feature on the Federal Election Commission’s Web site that allows you to search political contributions to presidential candidates, right down to the zip code. It gives a pretty fascinating look at who your neighbors are supporting in the next election. Categories: News, Politics
So it’s been almost four days since the LCD Soundsystem and Arcade Fire double headliner (nominally, at least) at Starlight Theatre, and everyone’s forgotten about it and moved on, but, having spent a couple days snorting nasal spray, hacking up phlegm and listening to the trains go through the Bottoms, I have some thoughts to share. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM = awesome….
While it’s certainly intoxicating to crack open (i.e., illegally download) a new album from Kanye West or Jay-Z, an equally enticing venture is discovering rare unreleased material from local lyricists. Lawrence rapper Isaac Diehl (aka iD) has gobs of the stuff – so much so that he’s constantly coming up with new ways to package it. ID will work up…
I went to the American Royal parade on Saturday and took some pictures. They include: A horde of junior Chiefs Cheerleaders. It was a sea of red sateen as far as the eye could see. Categories: News
In 2004, Kansas City roller derby consisted of a couple of rink rats skating in a parking lot. In the past three years, though, that small band of bruising women has revived the retro sport, making their four-team roller derby league a major sports draw that fills Hale Arena with thousands of screaming fans. Now, after just three seasons…
If you missed the Kansas Speedway race yesterday, you missed a Grandview Triangle’s worth of crashes. Luckily, thanks to the magic of the Internets, many of them have been preserved, including Carl Edwards slamming bumper first into the wall: Then there’s Denny Hamlin and Jamie McMurray colliding: Categories: News
BY ANDY VIHSTADT Rainbow Connection After months of cryptic come-ons, Radiohead threw us all a huge bone last night. In Rainbows, the band’s long awaited seventh LP, will be available to download on October 10 here. From the looks of it, you won’t be able to get it anywhere else until December. Craziest of all, you get to name your…
