By OWEN MORRIS Another day, another Top 10 list at Another KC Blog, which comes up with 10 excellent choices like The Reuben at Browne’s Deli in the nine spot. It also has Minsky’s prime cut pizza which I think is good but I decided to go for one of Minsky’s competitors. My number seven spot goes to D’Bronx, specifically…
By CHRIS PACKHAM Okay, okay, only Republicans are allowed to vote, we get it already: The Republican party is working hard to disenfranchise as many newly registered Democratic voters as they can before the November election, and the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati %{}%just ruled that the Secretary of State in Ohio must verify 660,000 new voters via…
By CHRIS RASMUSSEN John McCain is floundering. Worse yet, his rallies struggle to find the correct music. The Foo Fighters, Heart, John Mellencamp, Van Halen, Gretchen Peter and even the demographically appropriate Frankie Valli have all asked the Republican candidates to stop playing their music at McCain/Palin rallies. So what to do? Awkward silence does not fire up the base,…
By JUSTIN KENDALL Former Kansas State Wildcat Bill Walker is making a name for himself in the NBA as a dick. The Boston Celtics rookie acts like a punk throughout this three-minute video. He tangles with all-stars Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets, and McGrady knocks Walker on his ass. Walker apparently didn’t learn his lesson. Later…
%{}% By OWEN MORRIS Americans ain’t getting the vitamin D anymore. Actually, as far as I can tell, this is the doctors’ fault. They doubled the recommended daily dose and then issued a press release saying that our intake is not large enough. (Time) John Mellencamp would not be pleased. A town in Indiana passes a law limiting residents to…
By JUSTIN KENDALL The top-hat- and monocle-wearing writers of Esquire issued endorsements for every federal and gubernatorial race in their November issue. They recommend some usual suspects (Reps. Emanuel Cleaver and Dennis Moore) and some dark horse candidates (Kay Barnes and Jim Slattery). They also love them some Ike Skelton, who they name one of the 10 best lawmakers. Categories:…
By DAVID MARTIN A couple building a car wash on Main Street is bankrolling the campaign to defeat the light-rail initiative, according to a spokesman. Citizens for Sensible Transit has raised approximately $58,000, the committee’s spokesman, Patrick Tuohey, says. Michael and Donna Messina, described by Touhey as Main Street “shop owners,” have contributed $50,000 to the cause. Tuohey says the…
By ANDY VIHSTADT After issuing his first physical release earlier this year, NYC multi-instrumentalist and producer Jason Drake, a.k.a. Cassettes Won’t Listen, returned to the digital format for his latest project. Yesterday, he unveiled Ludacris Democracy, a mash-up of the Atlanta MC Ludacris and leaked tracks from Guns ‘n’ Roses’ long awaited Chinese Democracy. In the spirit of avoiding Axl…
By DAVID MARTIN Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez did not get the trade he wanted. The NFL’s trading deadline came and went, and No. 88 is still with the team and the general manager who brought him into the league in 1997. Aaron Schatz, the creator of Football Outsiders, a collective that tries to apply statistical rigor to football in…
By OWEN MORRIS On Sunday I joined Bull E. Vard and Wes Port (noms de plume if you couldn’t guess), founders of the KC Beer Blog, for a bar-tour and bike ride down 87th Street in Johnson County. While the definitive story of the experience has already been posted on the KC Beer Blog I thought I’d share my two…
By CHARLES FERRUZZA Once, in the 1980s, when I was a waiter at a short-lived disco restaurant, a table of extremely friendly but very stoned customers left me, as a tip, a little bag of cocaine. Instead of cash. I was livid at the time: I was late paying my rent and I needed bucks, not blow. Luckily, another waiter…
Local rapper and self-proclaimed Wyandotte Ambassador Mad Marlon has uploaded a fuck-ton of supershort videos of himself on YouTube. The reason why is anyone’s guess, but there’s enough to kill a good chunk of your working day, and that’s what matters most. Here he is, upside down. Here he is, ambivalent about the economic crisis. Browse the insanity further. Categories:…
In the 1980 World Series, the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Kansas City Royals in six games (4-2). It was no doubt because of this song, which, according to blogs such as this one, stormed Philly radio that year. Having defeated the Dodgers last night to increase their lead in the NLCS playoffs to 3-1, the Phillies are one step closer…
By ANDY VIHSTADT Sam Prekop and Archer Prewitt are set to release their eighth collaborative full-length as the Sea and Cake next Tuesday. According to the Car Alarm one-sheet: “It is bracing, like the surge of wasabi on sweet sushi, like the slap of cool water on a diving body, like the head-rush of a rollercoaster just leaving summit.” From…
By OWEN MORRIS We finally put our learning to the test when we had to prepare a full meal by ourselves — a classic French/American meal consisting of a airline chicken breast covered in pan au jus, mashed potatoes and blanched vegetables. Within those boundaries we were free to do whatever we wanted, such as plating, extra seasonings, portion size,…
%{}% ☃☃☃ By CHRIS PACKHAM ☃☃☃ I have a healthy fear of the American moviegoing public: I’m no political campaign manager. I’m just a simple man with a toned set of lateral oblique muscles that would make a sports doctor weep with admiration. So nobody’s looking to me for advice about how to get an old battle-scarred war hero elected…
%{}% By OWEN MORRIS Hey! See that cool picture to the left. That’s like breakfast buffet’s new logo. (Sorry, fanboys, no T-shirts yet.) So instead of looking at my annoying, esoteric, pervy pictures getting your food news every morning, you’ll be able to see that logo and know, “Damn, Breakfast Buffet has got me some fresh links!” OK, I will…
By CAROLYN SZCZEPANSKI The courtroom in Wyandotte County was eerily silent on Friday, except for the metallic rustle of ankle chains as Jose Franco Jr. shifted slightly in the defendant’s chair. The rows of wooden benches behind him were empty. No family or friends had come to support the 20-year-old as he faced 10 years in prison for his involvement…
