C.W. Gusewelle can breed bird dogs like a mother, but he can’t e-mail? That’s what I get out of Kansas City Star reader rep Derek Donovan’s latest blog explaining why Gusewelle’s e-mail address doesn’t appear at the end of his columns. Double D never outright says it, but I get the feeling Gusewelle’s computer skills haven’t advanced past sending lame-ass…
%{}% For various reasons, I’ve become incredibly familiar with the principles of Pavlovian conditioning and their utility in training people, I mean dogs, to perform simple tasks. So the AMAZING REWARD at the end of today’s Daily Briefs should not be construed as a “prize” for reading the whole thing, but rather as a conditioned reinforcer that will increase the…
Yesterday I finally tried Boulevard’s latest Smokestack release, the Bourbon Barrel Quad (BBQ for short). The BBQ was originally scheduled to be released right after the Brett-Saison in October. That released was pushed back until it finally arrived last week in liquor stores — where it disappeared quickly. I visited several liquor stores trying to find it, and they all…
Since it’s been a while since we’ve heard about Union Station’s uncertain future, I thought I’d take a tour of its current attraction, Dialogue in the Dark, Thursday afternoon. The tour isn’t going to save the place — and it’s not supposed to — but I can tell you that even without the thrill of wondering whether everyone around you…
Santa Claus stopped by the off-leash dog park last Sunday to pose with local pooches and dole out advice to their humans. The free event was sponsored by the Dogpark Improvement Group.
On the Firefly Lounge post from last week, a commenter named Tom left a lengthy reply about the grand opening party. “Went to the grand opening last week, and unfortunately they weren’t ready… Cool idea, nice setup inside, and it’s unique for Westport. I worry about the service issues, location (a hidden speakeasy is good if people know about it)…
Even though Jordan Geiger’s big project this year has been Hospital Ships, the Lawrence liver saw fit to drop by the Daytrotter studios this past Friday and lay down a few Minus Story classics. Click here or on the illo below to hear live cuts from the past three MS records plus a Drakkar Sauna cover. Illustration by Johnnie Cluney…
Three months ago Fat City mentioned that an episode of the Food Network show Road Tasted With the Neelys focused on Kansas City. Part of that episode is now available on Hulu. Below the couple visits Not Just Desserts at 13 SW 3rd St. in Lee’s Summit. Not Just Desserts address is 13 Southwest 3rd Street. Categories: Dining, Food &…
Click on photo for slide show. It’s been a while since the Faint was the hot hipster band of the minute, bringing synth back and paving the way for the Killers and that whole neo-new wave thing. Now, synth-pop has turned into a cliché, and the Killers themselves have become something else altogether (albeit something that sells well). But in…
The follow-up to P.O.S.’ Audition LP doesn’t drop until next year, so the Minneapolis-based Rhymesayers label is giving fans an early taste. “Goodbye” isn’t all that strong of a track, but it did spark the urge to revisit a few of his earlier gems like “Stand Up (Let’s Get Murdered)” and “De La Souls.” Let’s hope he hasn’t lost his…
%{}% Filling a soda for a young child: nice. Filling a soda for a young child and realizing as you fill it that the kid just picked the cup up off the ground: still nice but much more awkward. It isn’t a great time to be working at a TGIFriday’s or any of the other restaurants that are squeezing…
The Faint gave desperate guys — and gals — a chance to get down this past Saturday in Lawrence.
The 2009-10 season will be the last for Fox’s King of the Hill. The network must have figured a minimalist approach would be a good way to remind people in midtown that the show is still on the air — for now. This photo was taken at 36th Street and Main. (Another billboard is at 19th and Grand.) Either Fox…
Like the Super Bowl or a good fetish ball, nothing brings people like a theatrical screening of The Godfather Part II. Mixed among the film geeks bundled snugly into Westport’s Tivoli Cinemas for Thursday night’s final showing of a restored Godfather II print were moms, dads, teens, business people and art-school types. And gangstas. Watching Francis Ford Coppola’s engrossing epic…
In KC (formerly Topeka) rapper Stik Figa’s new video, he is asked to tell the truth. His answer-as-question: “Ain’t I the truth?” Listen to his verses and judge for yourself: Notes: In the video, Stik is being interrogated by a police detective. OK, cool premise. But what detective in their right mind would leave a big-ass Maglite sitting on the…
The sound of screaming fans, jingling cowbells and the whine of Axl Rose belting “Welcome to the Jungle” rang out at Tiffany Springs Park yesterday as the Cyclocross National Championships kicked off four days of muddy mayhem. “He’s riding that bike like he just stole it from the front of a 7-Eleven!” shouted one of the announcers as a grime-spattered…
With word earlier this week that National Public Radio, in budget trouble like everyone else in this country, would lay off 7 percent of its work force and cancel a couple of programs, we wondered what might be ahead for Kansas City’s KCUR 89.3. Patrica Cahill, the station’s general manager, tells me things aren’t as grim as people might conclude…
We’ve spent this week thinking about our friend and fellow music critic Tim Finn over at the Kansas City Star. Our hearts went out to Tim when we heard that his wife, Lauren Chapin, restaurant reviewer for the Star, suddenly collapsed while working out at the gym on Monday from what turned out to be a ruptured aneurysm. We learned…
General Motors still has money to advertise. A recently aired TV commercial touting red-hot savings at your local Pontiac dealership should sound familiar to Royals fans. GM is using a song the Royals leased from a New York music house for two years. The song, “Summer Highway,” provided the soundtrack for the “This Is Kansas City” campaign the team waged…
