%{}%Secret society: I have got to become a “Hallmark Hipster,” you guys. There’s nothing that says “hipster” like Our Special Thoughts On the Occasion of Your 10th Wedding Anniversary. Unfortunately, my application to this very exclusive social networking site was rejected, just like my applications to the Georgetown University Alumni Association, Curves and the Heritage Foundation, so basically I’m still…
The Cyclocross National Championships kicked off four days of muddy mayhem in KC.
The first time I met Lauren Chapin, the restaurant reviewer for The Kansas City Star, neither of us was writing about restaurants, and we probably never thought that we ever would. I was a feature writer for the Sun Newspapers in Johnson County (and a part-time waiter), and Lauren was a photographer. She might have been freelancing at that point…
State of the Line introduces the “Funkhouser Adjective Alert System,” giving us a color-coded warning system of the mayor’s status. “So right now we’re somewhere between ‘beleaguered’ and ’embattled,’ ” State of the Line forecasts. “Let’s just hope we don’t reach the last two on the list.” Now if we could just get some Gloria Squitiro warnings. Squit Beacon red,…
Over two years have passed since the Long Winters’ last LP, so Barsuk Records and Dorsia Films are throwing fans a bone. The Long Winters Live at the Showbox DVD is now available for $15 at the Barsuk label site. Here’s what the band had to say on Wednesday via MySpace: “We hope you are doing well, and apologize for…
%{}% Ten affordable wines that are perfect for the holidays. Unfortunately, “affordable” in this case means still means too expensive to drink alone. Scientists have finally hit on a diet that works. The surprise is that it’s social scientists. They proved that they can entice weight loss by paying people. Didn’t Fear Factor show people will do anything for money?…
Solombrino on the set of “Made Concrete.” Photo courtesy Myspace.com/AliciaSolodotcom. Multifaceted local persona Alicia Solombrino has added something else to her resume: music video directing. She’s debuting her two latest projects — narrative-style videos for the Republic Tigers song “Made Concrete” and “Strut” by her own band the Beautiful Bodies — during a shindig at Crosstown Station tonight. The schmoozefest…
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There’s always one bad apple in the bunch. But a former waiter at Brio Tuscan Grille on the Country Club Plaza may — if the charges leveled against him are true — take the cannoli. John F. Wood, United States attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a former Kansas City resident, John David Woody of…
This summer, hundreds of Barbie collectors converged on Kansas City for their annual pink-tinged, collectors’ convention. It wasn’t the first time KC has won the hearts of these lovers of dolls with impossibly porcelain skin and the proportions of a rock star bound for rehab. In 1995, Mattel partnered with Hallmark to release a Holiday Memories Barbie commemorating the card-making corporation’s…
Catching up on fancy East Coast reading: The November 23 issue of the New York Times Magazine, “The Screens Issue,” was really cool. It was a theme issue dedicated to how people watch stuff: “On our HDTVs, Smart Phones, Laptops, Imax Screens, Computer Monitors, Nanos, Kindles, Bus Shelters, PDAs and Airplane Seat Backs.” Extra cool: “Moments that Mattered,” in which…
If you are a fan of Sam Elliot’s mustache and garage rock, then you got to see this here slide show by Scott Spychalski, who totally partied with Jessie Hughes after the show and did not call us. Bastard. Click on photo, y’all. Amazing bonus shots after the jump. Categories: Music Tags: death by sexy, Eagles of Death Metal, mustaches
It’s telling that Firefly Lounge does not have a telephone number, is located in the back of a narrow 50-foot hallway, and the custom sign in front is so easy to miss that even if you know where to look, you’ll probably drive past it. Firefly is a modern “speakeasy,” and while it’s open to the public it’s not going…
Holidays ain’t the greatest time to be dieting. Still, a lot of people are hoping not to gain that five or 10 pounds over the holidays, and that involves some concessions. Instead of giving up entire meals, most people will try to cut back on one thing or two. The foods with the most calories are alcohol and sweets. Preferably,…
Eagles of Death Metal. Wednesday, December 10, at the Midland in Kansas City.
Fred Phelps is spreading joy to all the boys and girls of Washington state with a special holiday message: “Santa Claus will take you to hell.” Phelps, pastor of Topeka’s least popular church, wants his Christmas cheer included in Washington’s state capitol next to a nativity scene and an atheist sign. But Phelps’ message wouldn’t be complete unless he slandered…
First off, let me just apologize to my mother for the cookbook I’m about to write about. For her, blogging equals Internet and Internet equals porn, therefore blogging equals porn. I try to keep the adult material and blogging about food separate, but no such luck today. Not when a cookbook like Natural Harvest comes along, with its unsubtle subtitle:…
Anberlin brought the hair, Eagles of Death Metal brought the guitar, Jack’s Mannequin brought the vocals, Airborne Toxic Event brought the set that was too early in the evening for me to see, and the Gaslight Anthem — they brought the songs. Jack’s Mannequin. Photos by Scott Spychalski I spent about 50 bucks at the Midland Theatre last night at…
%{}% ¿De que color es el autobus? Back when the thinly budgeted Kansas City Transportation Authority started the MAX express line from the City Market to Waldo, there was a lot of talk about the magickal properties that distinguished it from, for instance, the smelly old 57 line your grandparents are always going on about between defibrillations. One of the…
%{}% KC With a Russian Accent gives his thoughts on depression foods. He notices that in typical American form, we’ve managed to take these left-over parts of animals and turn them into pricey delicacies. Another local blogger follows up the above link with her own memories of her husband’s days as a butcher and with quite the nostalgia for liver….
The Raveonettes graced us with four worthy EP’s recently and Sune Rose Wagner is finishing off the year with a solo LP. The eponymous album came out on Tuesday, but it will hardly make much of a splash this side of the Atlantic as the entire thing is sung in Danish, Wagner’s native tongue. Aside from that, it sounds just…
