It’s easy to be a celebrity in Kansas City! This town’s shameful lack of scalding-hot movie stars, debauched socialites, winning sports-team owners, mobbed-up politicians and beloved eccentrics means that anyone can make the C list. Just ask Boomer Grigsby (star of his own radio show, mediocre football skills)! Look at any local TV anchor! How do you know if you’re…
Feature: “The Ghosts of St. Elizabeth,” October 9 Enough Already Peter Rugg’s story about St. Elizabeth was a bit over the mark. As any Catholic worth the incense at his own funeral, I am profoundly ashamed of the sexual scandals plaguing the church. However, this is about the eighth time I have seen a detailed summary of the particular scandals…
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By JUSTIN KENDALL The NHL is talking about adding a team. Not to Kansas City or Las Vegas but Toronto. Wait. Toronto? Don’t they already have … yes, the Maple Leafs. Ugh. Categories: News Tags: nhl, Toronto Maple Leafs
By JUSTIN KENDALL Hey, kids. George Brett wants you to vote against electing judges in Johnson County. Today a Pitch editor received a robo call from the empty-boweled ballplayer. Listen to the Royals legend’s spiel below — it’s not as interesting as a certain double-tapered tale — or check out the transcribed message. “Hi, I’m George Brett, and I’m calling…
By DAVID MARTIN Mock opposition to light rail has emerged. A group called Citizens Opposed to Workable Solutions has released videos making ridiculous arguments against the city’s proposal. In one video, a farmer named Billy Bob suggests the proposed sales tax should be used to buy farm animals. “Wouldn’t that be great, if everybody was to have their own cow?”…
%{}% By OWEN MORRIS UPDATE: Some people have had trouble signing up for the newsletter and not getting it or the website not letting them sign up at all or already being signed up for other newsletters etc. If you’re having any problems please e-mail me or leave a comment as we’re still working out all the kinks. Fat City…
By OWEN MORRIS Jen Chen isn’t the only person on Fat City who can spot a funny sign. (Though admittedly, she is the best.) On Saturday morning, I was on The Pitch’s team in the Ravenchase Adventure downtown. For those of you who don’t know (I didn’t), Ravenchase Adventures is an updated version of the scavenger hunt that is just…
%{}% By JEN CHEN Every time I go to Westport, I have to check out the funny, creative sandwich-board signs in front of One80. My love of One80’s signs started last summer when the bar posted this “Jesus also drank, mo fos” statement on its door. Since then, I’ve documented a few more favorites. For those hard of eyesight, the…
By ANDY VIHSTADT Ham1 knows that times are tough, so the Athens, Georgia, quartet, fronted by school teacher Jim Willingham, is offering up its third LP away for free, with vinyl copies due next year. The band also released its 2005 debut at no charge. Download The Underground Stream as a zip file below or get the uncompressed MP3s at…
Ray LaMontagne, with Leona Naess October 21, 2008 The Uptown Theater Better Than: Ray’s #1 MySpace friend, Damien Rice By NADIA PFLAUM Why did Ray LaMontagne tease us so long before giving us what we wanted? Don’t get me wrong – last night’s show at the Uptown Theater was great. It was another sit-down affair, as the chairs were still…
%{}% By OWEN MORRIS If heaven exists and God is merciful then my cafeteria will serve mainly seafood. I love seafood, which can sometimes be painful when there are no oceans for 1,500 miles in either direction. Fortunately, the miracles of air shipping and fish farms allow me to divulge more than is good for the environment or the fish….
By CHRIS PACKHAM Well, here we are, a day after the New York Post’s Page Six was forced to angrily retract %{}%a fake story based on a bad tip that Michelle Obama had stayed at the fancy and mythical Waldorf-Astoria elf lodge, where she ordered up the “lobster and caviar” via a magickal summoning called “room service.” And then it…
%{}% By OWEN MORRIS The lower the sugar content in kids’ cereal, the higher the salt content. We’re just a couple of years away from Kellogg’s releasing a cereal called Slammin’ Salt. (WSJ My grandmother has been saying this for years but finally scientists are also acknowledging there aren’t many things that excite the brain as much as chocolate. (At…
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By CHARLES FERRUZZA Like my fellow Pitch columnist Alan Scherstuhl, I haunt thrift stores and flea markets looking through — and for — interesting old books. I recently stumbled across a 1950s vintage cookbook and, after I brought the treasure home, a magazine clipping for Prune Whip Pie (pictured) slipped out from between two pages. I’d never heard of the…
Octarium.org photo by Mark Hutchinson Octarium, evidently, is Latin for “eight as one.” We’re not sure what the title to the local vocal octet’s new CD means, but Hodie recently made the voting list for the 51st Grammys. Saith the press release: Octarium’s album Hodie has been listed on the nominating ballot for the 51st Grammy Awards. There are 44…
By DAVID MARTIN A billboard in West Plains, Missouri, made news earlier this month for its caricature of Barack Obama wearing a turban. But as this awesome video from a John McCain rally in Virginia points out, linking Obama to Islam is (among other things) offensive to Muslims inclined to support the Republican ticket. Categories: News, Politics Tags: barack obama,…
By OWEN MORRIS Man, if I only had a nickel for every Zima I’ve downed, I’d have 15 cents. That’s right, I’ve managed to choke down smoothly enjoy three ice-cold, refreshing Zimas. The last one was right before entering a high school dance. (Note to high school males reading this: Nothing says “manliness” to your date like chugging a Zima…
