BY OWEN MORRIS I don’t want to be the first to label the Democratic veep a flip-flopper but let’s just say there’s some inconsistencies in Joe Biden’s food talk. Is his favorite food pasta like he claims to the Chicago Tribune or is homemade pot pie like he tells a New Hampshire Web site? More controversy too! In a time…
North Vs. South Festival Saturday, 8-23-08 Better than: Getting slaughtered in an early morning raid by Confederate sympathizers. By RICHARD GINTOWT Click to view slideshow Brothers and Sisters Ever showed up to summer camp a couple days late and felt like you missed all the fun? That’s a bit how I felt Saturday night at the third and final evening…
By C.J. JANOVY Photo by Scott Spychalski. Click here for slide show. It was the last night of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s Magic Tour and so, the Boss proclaimed, anything could happen. And it did. Taking requests via handmade signs from the pit, he spread out the fluorescent posterboards and notes scrawled on the backs of printed-out…
This weekend’s North vs. South fest brought together bands from Kansas City, Minneapolis, and Austin, with performances at the Brick, the Record Bar, Harling’s, Davey’s Uptown, and Big Al’s Speakeasy. Photos by Michael Forester.
BY OWEN MORRIS The Columbia Tribune is doing a cool feature about eating your way across the state of Missouri. (Columbia Tribune) It’s a good sign that a Farmer’s Market has gone bad and gotten too full of itself when it starts charging $7.99 for regular tomatoes. That’s ridiculous and even the New Yorker complains. (New Yorker) Toilet-themed restaurant, condom-themed…
This weekend’s North vs. South fest brought together bands from Kansas City, Minneapolis, and Austin, with performances at the Brick, the Record Bar, Harling’s, Davey’s Uptown, and Big Al’s Speakeasy.
The Boss abides. Photos by Scott Spychalski.
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Schwag live at the Uptown
By JUSTIN KENDALL Lisa Marie Evans sent out an e-mail today saying Nicole Coty has died. Evans featured Coty in her documentary about transgendered people The Same But Different. In one of the more memorable and touching moments of the documentary, Coty, a vivacious, redheaded male-to-female transgendered comedian and former truck driver said she feared her children would treat her…
By CHRIS PACKHAM From the Comments: gus says: hey, just curious and not joking, why does everyone hate Cory doctorow so much? Chris Packham says: Gus — I DON’T KNOW. Seriously: I have no idea whatsoever. I’m completely politically aligned with him. His short stories are great. I agree with 99 percent of everything he writes about, and the other…
By C.J. Janovy Our colleagues in Denver have three words to describe their city prior to Monday’s start of the Democratic National Convention: “crazy, crazy, crazy.” The journalists at Westword, our sister paper in the Mile High City, have been blogging about the convention since last goddamn July, though, so they’re prepared for anything. Today’s highlights (so far): An abortion…
By DAVID MARTIN Superspouse Gloria Squitiro’s role in the Kansas City, Missouri, mayor’s office continues to ignite flash points. City Councilwoman Jan Marcason has introduced an ordinance, aimed at Squitiro, restricting volunteerism by family members. Mayor Mark Funkhouser has said that he would ignore the new rules if adopted, and he continues to lash at out anyone who believes that…
By JASON HARPER Oh. My. Crunk. I had no idea what I was getting into last night, rolling up outside this two-story-plus-patio-plus-huge-outdoor-tent venue on KCK. I came out for a hip-hop show featuring rappers from Block Life Entertainment who’d come by the office two days ago to invite me out. Well, I’m not even sure you could call what happened…
By ANDY VIHSTADT I can’t function properly without a Mountain Dew in the morning. The caffeine-rich soda is jumping into the music biz, promoting four different bands over the summer with free exclusive downloads. Grab the first installment with a new one from the Cool Kids right here. Categories: Music
by NADIA PFLAUM Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is going out-of-body while everybody else is just going out of their minds, waiting for Obama’s VP nomination announcement, which could come any minute! Like now! Or even now! Sigh. Meanwhile, you can read even more endless and dubious speculation. Categories: News, Politics Tags: Obama, Sebelius, Veepwatch
BY OWEN MORRIS True North proudly advertises that they use 100 percent American-grown, all-natural nuts and that these aren’t just typical Planters’ mixed nuts. As one of its press releases put it, “By elevating the ‘simple nut’ into three unique nut snacks – nut clusters, nut crisps and nut crunches – each True North variety offers consumers a different snacking…
By Justin Kendall Two more members of Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline’s staff will soon be departing. In an e-mail Wednesday morning, Kline’s director of administration Shawna Chambless bid farewell to investigator Jared Reed and spokesman Brian Burgess. Categories: News Tags: abortion, Johnson County District Attorney’s Office, Phill Kline
By OWEN MORRIS Sammy Loren visiting Primanti Bros. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Recently, an aspiring filmmaker (and a former little-league baseball teammate) named Aaron Lindenbaum e-mailed me to say he was producing a documentary on sandwiches and whether I knew any places he should visit in Kansas City. It piqued my interest since I have a great love of sandwiches. I…
Recently revived as a hip-hop club, Moda Mansion on Kansas Avenue in KCK welcomes home high-rolling area talent every Thursday night.
by NADIA PFLAUM When Jen and I started this blog, we swore that we would take lots of pictures of all different kinds of people – not just young, hot chicks. But so far this week, it’s been all young, hot chicks. It is Hot Chicks Week at Clothes Whores. Accordingly, here’s Rebecca. She works for Donna of Donna’s Dress…
BY OWEN MORRIS What happens when one of Kansas City’s best known food bloggers meets up with Kansas City’s best known drink blogger? Why a damn good blog post of course. (KC Beer Blog) I knew Big Brother would eventually screen my face in public places for directed advertisements, I just never expected Dunkin’ Donuts to be the first one…
The latest viddy from 11:11 is this ditty: Director: Kyle Harbaugh Starring: Mac Lethal, DJ Sku, Small Guy Who Looks Like DJ Sku, Model Woman, Blues Man, Animated Buildings and Vines Rating: TV-14 Summary: Spinning a tale of unrequited love, Mac holds his own against the graphic backdrops and shiny actors, drinks whiskey and beer, smashes a car window and…
