One way we keep track of the general health of Kansas City, Missouri, is by paying attention to the press releases from the police department. When someone’s killed, one of the KCPD’s public information officers sends out a notice with a number. Yesterday at 5:06 p.m. came this one, under the subject line “Homicide #126”: Today at approximately 4:30pm, KCMO…
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Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel may have moved from KC to Las Vegas, but we haven’t forgotten the video-gaming legend. Now, Wendel is featured as part of Microsoft Windows’ “I’m a PC” TV ad campaign. Fatal1ty has also been spotted sporting a faux hawk and a finger gun on billboards, which his newsletter says have appeared in San Francisco and London. Check…
On Christmas, some Grinch chucked rocks through the windows of a building near 39th and Main. Two days later, the building suffered $20,000 damage in a fire. The vandalism had led to rumors the blaze began with a Molotov cocktail. But the Kansas City fire department today says a defective water cooler was the cause. The fire started just before…
Marty Schottenheimer’s return to the Kansas City Chiefs is “a long shot,” Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer reports. Glazer says Schottenheimer met with team owner Clark Hunt last week to talk about a vice president gig with the team, kinda like Bill Parcells, who may be considering new employment. Glazer notes that the GM search will be “thorough.” Chiefs dream coach…
So 2008 you’ve been fun. We’ve had good times. But now you’re leaving and there’s some of the worst of 2008 to kick to the curb with you. The words “delish” and “foodie”: I have a visceral nails-on-a-chalkboard reaction to these words. Delish is a cop-out. If something is truly delicious, show some proper gratitude and take the time to…
I’m not naming names but I can think of more than a few local restaurants that would benefit from the kind, gentle hand of Gordon Ramsey. Ramsey is now casting for his new season of Kitchen Nightmares and is looking for potential troubled restaurants to scream like mad in turn around. In case you’ve been living under a cave (or…
McClatchy Watch argues with Kansas City Star columnist Rhonda Chriss Lokeman over who’s really writing her paychecks. McClatchy Watch says the Star — via Lokeman’s hubby, publisher Mark Zieman — funnels the money through Lokeman’s syndicator because she’s not really nationally syndicated. Lokeman says her syndicator pays her. I’m not sure a couple of papers running a column makes a…
After we sent out this week’s dining newsletter Pitch Forks, reporting that Holiday Cab — the free New Year’s Eve taxi service — had been canceled this year because it was unable to find a sponsor, we got word that the service got a last minute reprieve thanks to the generosity of Kansas/Missouri alcohol distributor and downtown club Seven. Holiday…
I’m pretty sure the Guinness World Records folks owe Robert Pollard some sort of recognition. In the past year, the man turned out a whopping five LPs along with handful of EPs and singles throughout his various projects and according to the discography page on his website, we should expect nothing less in 2009. His upcoming solo album, The Crawling…
%{}% Wait? Is this blog post even about food? It starts off on the subject but quickly veers to Twitter. You’ve been warned. New Years’ Resolutions are coming quick and often now. Dan Regan from KC Irish Fest has a good list of what he hopes to accomplish including, “I will get a full 8 hours of sleep a night…
Sam Graves’ homophobic TV spots against “Big City Mayor” Kay Barnes have earned a nomination for the 2008 Golden Duke Awards for the sleaziest campaign ad given out by Talking Points Memo. But Sammy will face tough competition from John McCain’s ads about how Barack Obama supposedly wanted sex ed in kindergarten. Hat tip to Prime Buzz. — Justin Kendall…
Damn Minneapolis. Damn Seattle. Damn their fancy book reading. This guy on the right, Dr. John W. Miller, doesn’t think Kansas Citians are very literate. Miller just released his annual list of America’s 10 Most Literate Cities. Miller’s fancy pants study ranks America’s largest cities by looking at each city s newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing…
By Ben Westhoff Hip-hop A-listers including Rick Ross, Akon and Plies were caught grossly exaggerating their gangster credentials this year. (Turns out they were painfully law-abiding. The horror!) But even if your favorite rapper wasn’t caught in a lie, you can bet he or she put out a hilariously absurd record or two in 2008. Here are the most preposterous…
