Archives: December 2008
National sangria day. Celebrate with.. sangria!
Sangria is a time-honored way of making cheap, skanky wine into a delicious upscale treat. Also one of the drink trends to watch for in 2009, sangria is the honoree of its own special day tomorrow. Why sangria, which is a sweet summer punch, would be honored in the wintertime I know not. When people say “drink sangria tomorrow” I…
Citadel Plaza gets $20 million advance from taxpayers
CDC-KC President William Threatt Two weeks ago, the Citadel Plaza development looked like it might never break ground at 63rd Street and Prospect Avenue. Kansas City, Missouri, City Council members were angry and frustrated with the…
Stealing Time: Christmas comes early this year?
I didn’t know Christmas was on Monday, December 22. You know who did? KCTV-5. Nick Sloan has screen shot proof thanks to our live, late breaking, investigative friends. So take Monday off. Tell your boss Katie Horner said it’s Christmas (Chris Packham can’t use that excuse, so look for Daily Briefs Monday). Meesha V. is cranky but his media tips…
Noooooo! Sparks to disappear and come back unrecognizable
%{}% This is a sad day for people who like waking up at 4 a.m. in flop sweat with their hearts going 200 miles-per-hour. Twelve buzz-kill state attorney generals who brought claims that Sparks — the caffeinated alcoholic energy drink — was being marketed to underage drinkers and have reached an agreement with booze giant SABMiller to reformulate the recipe…
‘Times’ absolves lawyer for KC firm who exmined Madoff
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Tuesday that it was launching an investigation into its failed effort to check the activities of money manager Bernie Madoff. Upon the admission of failed oversight, the business press pointed out that a former assistant director of compliance and examinations at the SEC had married a Madoff niece in 2005. The examiner, Eric Swanson,…
Neighbors and KCP&L square off over new substations
KCP&L substation at 19th Street and Cherry Lynda Callon was so fed up that she walked out of a Monday-night meeting between Westside residents and Kansas City Power & Light. The outspoken neighborhood activist, who oversees the Westside CAN Center, had heard the company’s…
The Download: New Hot Chip MP3s
Along with Alexis Taylor’s recent solo effort, Hot Chip is keeping its fans hunger for dancefloor worthy electro-pop appeased with a collaborative EP with the Soft Machine’s Robert Wyatt. The four-track collection, entitiled Hot Chip with Robert Wyatt and Geese, hits retailers just in time for Christmas on December 23. From the Hot Chip website: “Long recognised as one of…
Breakfast Buffet: Friday, 12/19
%{}% Celebrating another day of great Kansas City weather. While Missouri is in the act of banning foods such as imitation butter, Kansas City with a Russian Accent has some other foods he’d like to see banned. I love coffee (to the tune of six-plus cups a day) and I also love most things related to coffee, including music. Midtown…
The Felt Show brings comedy, ventriloquism, spoken word and bawdy puppets to the Bottleneck tonight
Through videos, the Felt Show puts puppets in unexpected places. Photo courtesy Paul Santos. In the mood to be entertained by fuzzy-faced goofballs? Lawrence’s Felt Show brings grown-up puppet skits to the Bottleneck tonight. The puppetry will be a mix of new scenes and videotaped Felt Show classics. “We have footage from the very, very first show that we ever…
Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers
By Randall Roberts You don’t need a half-wit music critic to tell you it’s been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barriers in 2008 were demolished by a Midwestern black man, and gender barriers were hurdled…
Top 10 Dance Collections of 2008, Both Mixed and Unmixed
By Randall Roberts Any knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive house tracks (from dry and synthetic to wet and gushy), rhythm…
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