A friend passed this video along with the explanatory note, “It’s a commercial for a new music-related Microsoft product, and it is so astoundingly bad that I should probably be applying for the jobs of the people who wrote, produced and acted in it.” Commenters on YouTube have expressed surprise at the fact that it’s a real Microsoft ad and…
Butthole Surfers, Naked Raygun, Black Flag, fucking MINUTEMEN — these are just a few of the bands whose performances at places like the Foolkiller in KC and the Lawrence Opera House were captured by the fearless, underground, compact tape recorder of a dude named Jason Willis. For the past couple of months, Willis has been posting these concerts (as well…
Was it just a couple of weeks ago that I had a very good — great even — lunch at the Italian restaurant Vivace in the River Market? You know, the one with the ice bar? Well, it already closed and was officially re-born, this past Friday, as The Red Head Lounge, which I’m assuming, just assuming now, is…
Hey, finally a bailout not aimed at banks. No, this one is aimed at people who like eating massive quantities of food for one set price. It’s IHOP’s Hungry Consumer Relief Plan. HCRP (really, a lackluster acronym from a restaurant chain known by its acronym) is simple: For $4.99 IHOP will give you all the pancakes you can eat. From…
What can you make with the following: applesbutterhotdogcoffeepeanutchickenbanana Give up? Categories: Dining, Food & Drink Tags: Apples, butter, coffe, hotdog, passwords, Peanut
Stay away from ESPN’s NBA mock draft if a) you’re a basketball fan and b) you want to get some work done. It’s addicting. The Big 12 regular season is just underway, but the latest ping-pong ball prognostication from the World Wide Leader has Kansas Jayhawk sophomore center Cole Aldrich jumping to the pros, joining such great Jayhawk stiffs big…
If “Married in a Taco Bell” ain’t the name of a country song, it should be. This past Friday, a young couple (they both had the same last name before the wedding) got married in a Taco Bell in Normal, Illinois. They didn’t even rent out the place. Normal customers were saying “I’d like…” as the couple was saying “I…
Former Chiefs running back, current Iowa Hawkeyes color commentator and dirty old man Ed Podolak is in trouble with the U of I after photos of Podolak peeking down a woman’s shirt came out. Podolak was apparently out partying during the Hawkeyes’ trip to the Outback Bowl. Hawkeyes love to party — and get busy in the Metrodome’s bathroom. Hat…
The first restaurant casualty of 2009 is a painful one. Delaware Cafe, which was located at 300 Delaware in the River Market, has closed. One of the most charming Saturday’s I’ve had in the past year was at Delaware Cafe. Former head chef Joe West allowed me to tag along as he and company created a brunch from items they’d…
If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “I love cheese but I don’t get to read enough in-depth articles about it,” then Culture Magazine is for you. Self-described as “the word on cheese,” it publishes four times a year at around a 100 pages per issue. The first one’s on sale now for $12.95, with articles on desserts with cheeses, how…
Our hearts go out to the Hawley family, of the Steamboat Arabia Museum, after reading this morning’s sad news that Greg Hawley was killed in a car wreck on Saturday. Along with his father Bob and his brother Dave, Greg helped dig the steamboat’s wreckage out of a cornfield north of the river, where the Missouri River once flowed before…
Scene: Earlier this morning, Phill Kline’s first day as a visiting law professor at Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University School of Law in Lynchburg, Virginia. Hello, class. My name is Phill Kline. I’m the former attorney general of Kansas and the district attorney of Johnson County, where the soil is stained red with the blood of the unborn. Louis Kahn said…
%{}% To start the week, a special hello to my grandpa who I just found out is a reader! That angry Whopper is not very angry at all. Plus, a great insight into why I never use the drive-through. It’s nice to see Venus in the Kitchen blogging again and she wastes no time detailing how hard it is to…
Two years have passed since rumors of an upcoming Prince Paul-produced Souls of Mischief album first surfaced. Nothing has been officially confirmed as of yet, but the Oakland outfit recently dropped a new track and hit the road. Their Wikipedia page suggests the album’s title will be Montezuma’s Revenge , which is encouraging considering that the members’ recent solo efforts…
“I wouldn’t care if you was a prostitute,” Lil’ Wayne assured the many ladies of the sold-out crowd at the Sprint Center Friday night. As the rapper delivered a brief but heartfelt defense of a love that transcends street-walking during the middle of his set, it was clear that the cheering audience was hooked. While Wayne couldn’t bring his eight…
I admit that I expected big things on Friday night. I purposely skipped out on the Roman Numerals show at Czar Bar a week before. I feel claustrophobic in there when bands are playing, especially those with large local draws. I knew that I could better judge the performance of a band in a venue with lower ceilings and a…
A couple of months ago, there was a rumor flying around Kansas City — as fast as the Concorde, actually — that French-born restaurateur Patrick Quillec (Hannah Bistro, Cafe Provence, Cassis) had run away for good. The rumor started after Quillec’s upscale bistro, Cassis, had closed at Leawood’s Town Center and he had, by all reports, left town. It’s true, Cassis did close…
Thomas Frank’s best-selling political book What’s the Matter with Kansas? is now a movie by Laura Cohen and Joe Winston. No word on when it’s coming out, but I can’t wait to see it. For now, I’ll settle for the nearly four-minute trailer. Hat tip to Kansas Jackass. — Justin Kendall Categories: News, Politics Tags: Thomas Frank, What’s the Matter…
%{}% Baby Mangino has made the finals of Deadspin’s Human of the Year tournament. But the tiny Jayhawk, whose Cinderella story going from an eleventh seed all the way to the championship, is in a close battle with spitting machine Buzz Bissinger. Baby Mangino was up 51 percent to Bissinger’s 49 percent. Vote now; the polls close Sunday. And check…
Photo courtesy myspace.com/queensclubus Got no place to be on a Friday night? Queens Club is streaming behind-the-scenes footage of their new music video tonight. I found out about this in a Myspace bulletin posted by the band. But you have to go to the Stickam Web site for the video. Stickam is yet another social networking site, one with an…
KMBC anchor Larry Moore and his wife, Ruth, are fighting to recoup some medical expenses in the federal government’s “Vaccine Court,” Moore wrote today on his KMBC web page. I didn’t realize that Ruth Moore was paralyzed after receiving a flu shot three years ago. Viewers always ask how she is doing and I always have trouble answering because life…
A Lee’s Summit police officer asked Maurice Henry Sr. if anyone was hurt inside his house. “Just my wife,” Henry told the officer. “I killed her.” This afternoon, Jackson County Prosecutor Jim Kanatzar charged Henry with second-degree murder and armed criminal action. According to the probable cause statement, Henry and his wife were arguing in their bedroom Thursday night. Henry’s…
Local hip-hop veteran James Christos, an MC and originator of the Guerilla Movement record label, just inked a distribution deal with label EMI Music Publishing and Gracie Productions. How cool is that? Let him tell you after the jump: Categories: Music Tags: EMI, Gracie Productions, Guerilla Movement, James Christos, karma, MP3, True Spittaz
%{}% In about 72 hours, Phill Kline’s term as Johnson County District Attorney will expire. Kline leaves office, and Steve Howe takes over. Most of Kline’s minions have already received their pink slips, so Monday in the DA’s office should go by quietly without everyone fearing for their jobs. In the last three years, Kline has been the most intriguing…
