Grandmaster Flash will be forever remembered as one of the artists that spawned the hip-hop movement so many years ago and at the ripe age of 51, he’s still punishing every circular piece of vinyl thrown his way. From his MySpace page: “The wait is over. The first major Grandmaster Flash studio album for 20 years has now been completed…
Prune desserts have always gotten a bad rap. Back in the 1930s, legendary author Dorothy Parker wrote a short story, “The Bolt Behind the Blue,” where a rich lady pretends to be nice to a less well-off acquaintance who offends the wealthier woman’s sensibilities by describing her favorite dessert: prune whip with cherries. But January is National Prune Breakfast Month!…
According to various Web sites, Soulja Boy celebrated the holidays with some uninvited guests. On the night of December 30, would-be robbers allegedly followed the upstart rapper and his crew back to his Atlanta home after an album release party. At the house, the gunmen allegedly jacked Soulja for several Gs in cash and perhaps some of Soulja’s favorite canary-yellow…
The Smithsonian Institution might as well enshrine the water fountain in its collection of cultural artifacts, thanks to the way Americans guzzle their liquids from little plastic bottles. Luckily, a backlash is brewing against containers with a life cycle of one measly serving. Through the end of the month, one student at the University of Kansas is reincarnating recyclables to…
Last month, steelworkers installed beams between the concert hall and the theater at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Set to open in 2010, the future home of the Kansas City Symphony, the Kansas City Ballet and the Lyric Opera is beginning to make what should be an ultimately dramatic mark on the skyline. The project could still use…
If for some ungodly reason, you’re reading this before 7 a.m. and happen to be near the YMCA of Greater Kansas City (1017 N 6th St, Kansas City, Kansas), then you might want to pop in to hear Jared Fogle speak about losing weight. Fogle famous for losing 250 pounds by eating Subway. He once told Triumph the Insult Dog…
The Kansas City Chiefs made Scott Pioli’s hiring official about an hour ago — before Pioli (pictured hoisting the Vince Lombardi Trophy) could change his mind — in a news release. Team owner Clark Hunt was clearly ecstatic. “We are very excited to welcome Scott to the Chiefs,” Hunt said in the official release. “With his proven tack record of…
The above image is what you see when you go to www.997theboulevard.com. We’re as surprised as you are, folks. Imagine the shock of people driving home, expecting the usual “quality rock” and instead getting Top 40 and … gahgahgahgagaaag Ryan Seacrest’s syndicated show. This is way worse than when KY became the Boulevard. Expect delays on the drive home in…
I knew that local restaurants were going to face tough times when a friend of mine, a woman who hates to cook, bragged that she had stayed home and cooked meals for her family five nights in a row last week. It was all terribly cozy and everything, but after five nights of my friend’s culinary creations, her husband was…
“Nobody’s Listening” remembers driving up on the scene of the fatal crash that killed Steamboat Arabia Museum co-founder Greg Hawley. Just sad. Found via Crime Scene KC. Categories: News Tags: Greg Hawley, Nobody’s Listening, Steamboat Arabia Museum
Damn, this recession is so tough, we’re looking for a roommate. We don’t snore. Much. We’ll even give you the top bunk. Ideal candidates will have lots of good-looking sisters, spend plenty of time away on business and own a Fry Daddy. — Justin Kendall Categories: News Tags: the pitch
Crime suspects are entitled to a vigorous defense. But every once in a while, a defense lawyer takes the concept of innocent until proven guilty and acts like a real asshat. Renee Pernice, a 35-year-old Northland wife and mother, has been missing since January 2. Since her disappearance, it seems fair to say that her husband, Shon, has acted like…
If the World Wide Leader says it, then it must be true. NFL sources tell ESPN’s Michael Smith that the Kansas City Chiefs have hired Scott Pioli as the franchise’s new general manager. Pioli was the New England Patriots vice president of player personnel and Tom Brady’s personal masseuse. OK, one of those is true. ESPN says Pioli was seen…
Pitch reporter Nadia Pflaum appeared on KC Currents Sunday to talk about last week’s cover story, “Housing for Dummies: Six Ways the City has Wrecked a Vital Agency.” She talked with one of our favorite reporters, Sylvia Maria Gross. Check it out. — Justin Kendall Categories: News Tags: Housing, kc currents, the pitch
The Miles Bonny Show #001 from miles bonny on Vimeo. If you’ve got 48 minutes and 37 seconds of time to kill (in front of your computer, naturally) and can bear the sound of ice clinking in large tumblers of beverage to a greatly amplified degree followed by the sound of said tumblers being placed loudly onto the same table…
Maybe Bill Walker isn’t a dick after all. Maybe the Boston Celtics rookie forward and former Kansas State Wildcat just gets a bad rap. Walker is at the center of a NBA Developmental League controversy after he was wrongly accused of a foul he didn’t commit in a late December game. Did his dickish reputation finally catch up to him?…
If you’ve ever wondered why the rest of the country views us as America’s C student, this story should help. Kansas City man Dragan Djuric and his wife were visiting Laguna Beach on New Year’s Eve. The couple got some ice cream, and seagulls attacked them and attempted to steal said ice cream. At least that’s what Djuric claims. His…
A good friend once told me that people born after 1982 don’t know hip-hop. That statement not only helps make sense of the decline of the genre at the hands of younger artists, it means there are a lot of young ‘heads in need of a little education. In Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Nation, Jeff…
The job search Web site Careercast (I hadn’t heard of it either) has compiled a list of the best jobs. Mathematician is number one, while lumberjacks come in at 200. The restaurant industry, and hospitality in general, does not rank high. The only hospitality job in the top 100 is hotel manager at 56. You have to go to the…
Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks And when she saw what she had done She gave her father forty-one — Childhood Rhyme The term bed-and-breakfast evokes the idea of a romantic getaway, a quiet and peaceful setting — more like a home than an impersonal hotel — and maybe a place with a unique…
Tonight at the Broadmoor Bistro, which is inside Broadmoor Technical Center, chef David Felton is preparing a special five-course formal meal with the help of the center’s high school students. I’ve written before of the highly advanced meals put out by the students every Wednesday night, but Felton has designed a menu even beyond that, with dishes like day boat…
Carolyn Ragan tells Fox 4 that her 5-foot, 275-pound frame was too big for the University of Kansas Hospital’s MRI machine. So, she claims, they told her to the Kansas City Zoo. “I thought, I know I’m big but I’m not as big as an elephant,” Ragan told Fox 4. “And my husband got mad.” Categories: News Tags: Carolyn Ragan,…
I was looking through a box in my basement and stumbled upon a forgotten treasure: my collection of Kansas City restaurant menus dating back to the mid-1980s, when I reviewed restaurants for the Sun Newspapers of Johnson County. The first shocker, of course, was the prices: like a roast beef dinner for under five bucks at the old John Francis Restaurant…
