digg_url = ‘http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2008/09/daily_briefs_david_foster_wallace_has_a_posse.php’; By CHRIS PACKHAM From the comments: (the) Trevor as Obama’s eyes says: We see to it that anything on msnbc is properly “reported”. Thanks for showing folks where to look, minion-dawg, we will see to it that you receive an extra portion of wealth redistribution whenst we are in charge for your dedication to not thinking for…
By OWEN MORRIS Tanna Guthrie originally came to fame as part of the radio trio Max, Tanna and Moffit on 99.7 KY. She now has her own radio show on 98.1 KUDL called “The Late Afternoon Show With Tanna Guthrie.” It runs from 2 to 7 p.m. weekdays. In addition, she keeps a blog on her Web site. We asked…
By CHARLES FERRUZZA It doesn’t look like much from the outside (or even from the inside, come to think of it), but Aloha Chopstix Chinese Restaurant at 4316 Rainbow Boulevard has its devotees, including a friend of mine who gets intense cravings for a couple of the inexpensive house specialties here, like Dong Ting Shrimp (“Shrimp marinated in egg white…
By ANDY VIHSTADT While the other half of Little Brother pushes the Foreign Exchange, Rapper Big Pooh kept his promise yesterday and finally posted up the Rappers Delight mixtape. The collection features fellow Justus League members Chaundon and Joe Scudda, as well as production on a couple of tracks from the late J. Dilla. Download the mixtape (via your choice…
By OWEN MORRIS Shoneys’ founder Raymond Danner died recently, leaving behind a legacy of buffets and a ghost of what was once the country’s third largest sit-down chain. (WSJ) Another person who passed on this weekend was author (and lover of footnotes) David Foster Wallace. He wrote on a number of subjects, including food. One of his finest is this…
By CAROLYN SZCZEPANSKI Say goodbye to those plastic water bottles with the Kansas City skyline. As of October 1, the city’s water department won’t be putting tap water in plastic containers. And not only is councilmember Beth Gottstein one step closer to tossing the city’s bottled-water habit, but she also got a public apology from a colleague who originally made…
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By JUSTIN KENDALL I was in an Omaha Comfort Inn & Suites when I spotted the man from this photo. He was wearing a sleeveless, gray Kansas City Royals shirt and talking with a biker-looking dude. “Check out Vince Neil,” I whispered to a friend. We giggled while signing for our room. I was in Omaha for my friends Brandan…
By ANDY VIHSTADT It’s hard to imagine that someone with Z-Trip’s accolades would ever play to an empty house. Given that the man once paired up with the quasi-local legend, DJ P, for the groundbreaking Uneasy Listening album (thought to be the birth of the mashup movement), coupled with the fact that the show was free, I expected Abe &…
By JEN CHEN Misti Mathis is a girl after my own heart. When I asked her about her style, she said, “Honestly? Comfortable and cheap.” Categories: News Tags: Edie Sedgwick, flat gray boots, Forever 21, Gossip Girl, HumaNature Salon, rat tails, scarves, Serena van der Woodsen, Velvet Dog, Wearhaus
By ANDY VIHSTADT That’s right. The one time Daily Show correspondent and now host of the Colbert Report sings, and if you’re looking for a new tune to play on Rock Band, we suggest you download it for free on Xbox Live and play along. Or, just get it below, thanks to Hypeful. Here’s the video. MP3: Stephen and the…
%{}% digg_url = ‘http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2008/09/daily_briefs_sarah_palin_is_ve.php’; By CHRIS PACKHAM From the comments: Peekaboo Joe says: That is a lot of text. Totally unscary: Once, when confronting a catastrophe of epic proportions, a brave, unflinching man addressed America’s fear by saying, “I ain’t ‘fraid a no ghosts.” That man? Ray Parker Jr. Good day. Sure enough, cooler heads prevailed, and three doctors from…
%{}% By Owen Morris So I can’t figure out how to connect this new darn-fangled camera to my computer to show the pictures but I went to the Tea Drops party last night. While I meant to just take a couple of pictures and grab a few quotes, I ended up staying for more than two hours. That’s because I…
By Owen Morris I normally don’t link to recipes but I like the story leading up to this recipe enough that I’ll just go ahead and let it slide. The author hits the nail on the head when she says the last thing someone who cooks all day wants to do is gone home and cook! (Venus in the Kitchen)…
Vampire Weekend, with White Williams September 11, 2008 Liberty Hall Better than: Peter Gabriel (post-Genesis) By RICHARD GINTOWT For the past few years, I’ve had a theory that high school kids are listening to worse and worse music. Mostly it’s because of the emo crap they’re spoonfed by Hot Topic and Warped Tour, but also because I haven’t heard as…
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By Owen Morris All right Chiefs fans! It’s finally time for the team’s home opener against hated rivals the Al Davis Hairpieces Oakland Raiders. Realistic expectations don’t have the Chiefs doing so hot this year but the Raiders are just as bad. It’s one of the few times the Chiefs are favored to win. The game itself is only one…
By Justin Kendall and David Martin Last week, ESPN’s Chris Broussard reported that No. 2 pick Michael Beasley was in the hotel room with former Kansas Jayhawks Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur when hotel security busted them with weed and women at the NBA rookie orientation, which warns players against smoking the chronic and hanging with “fans.” The Kansas City…
By CHARLES FERRUZZA Martin and Wendy Rudderforth’s Pangea Café & Market at 900 W. 39th Street has been open for nearly three years, but the husband-and-wife restaurateurs only began serving dinner last month. The reasons, says Martin (pronounced Mar-teen, he’s from Argentina) is that their regular customers started pestering them to start serving an evening meal. The same diners who…
