Yesterday, I posted a photo of William S. Burroughs and a man simply identified as “Woodard” that Pitch music critic Jason Harper found buried in his office.I had no idea who Woodard was, but friend of the Plog S.T. Vockrodt thinks he’s solved the mystery. Vockrodt sent me a link to this 2000 OC Weekly profile of David Woodard. The…
The KC Free Thinkers — a group of atheists, agnostics and humanists — gained some notoriety when they erected a provocative billboard in Overland Park last October. Saturday, they’re employing a different attention-grabbing tactic: taking off their clothes. But this frigid baptism has got nothing to do with God. Categories: News Tags: global warming, KCFreeThinkers
Dateline: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 I think about what it feels like to play music, something you wrote and to have to live with. This usually occurs to me after I’ve seen some band that’s had to carry on for years, and must have found some sense of regeneration to keep at the same choruses over and over. Sometimes, I…
%{}% Dave’s Stagecoach Inn in Westport currently stays open until 3 a.m. That could change following an appeal of its 3 a.m. liquor license. The appeal is being sought by Westport Presbyterian Church and its pastor, Reverend Scott Myers. Two months ago Myers wrote a letter to Kansas City public officials urging them to cut off Westport liquor sales at…
Poor Christian Morgan. The executive director of Kansas’ Republican Party is heartbroken over Spider-Man teaming up with Barack Obama. Sucks when your fictional heroes let you down. “At least I still have Batman,” Morgan writes. Not quite. Categories: News Tags: 610 Sports, Arrowhead Pride, Batman, Bill Self, Deadspin, Democrats, frodo, Gloria Squitiro, hobbits, kansas city chiefs, Kansas City Kansan, Kansas…
One month after Burger King launched its somewhat-offensive whopper virgins commercials, it’s come up with another out-there idea. It’s a Facebook application called Whopper Sacrifice and the premise is simple: Defriend 10 people on the social site and Burger King will give you one whopper. That works out to about a half-bite of burger for every friend. Before you think,…
For more than a dozen years, Jim Curley’s Mountain Music Shoppe was an acoustic oasis in Johnson County; not just a place where people bought instruments but got together in picking sessions and attended intimate concerts by renowned folk musicians, from Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart to Tommy Ramone. The store was the center of a wide, local musical community….
A big hat-tip to Chimpotle for calling attention to this on his food blog Hot Blog on a Stick: Shatto Milk Company’s glass supplier is having trouble with quart-size bottles and the dairy may experience a delay of two months before it gets any replacement. Shatto’s asking customers to return any of their empty bottles to any store that carries…
%{}% Proof that you don’t need to take out a mortgage to have a great time in Kansas City on New Year’s Eve. I know the Internet allows for a niche market but I wonder just how many Canucks reading the Canadian Press were wondering what’s new in Kansas City in 2009. If you run into any of our neighbors…
Trent Reznor proved to be pretty damn generous in 2008 by giving away The Slip and the first disc of his Ghosts I-IV collection of instrumentals for free. It looks like he’s starting off the new year on the same note, only in glorious high-definition this time. From the man himself via the Nine Inch Nails forum: “Your gift… The…
This week’s column involves street prostitution. Researching the subject, I came across newspaper accounts of daredevil Evel Knievel’s 1986 citation for soliciting sex while in Kansas City. Knievel was driving his tour bus along Main Street when he pulled over at 34th Terrace. Police said Knievel negotiated a $60 date with a woman who happened to be an undercover officer….
%{}% The clips are short, but the Wichita Eagle has a couple of videos of Linda Carter testifying at yesterday’s pretrial hearing of abortion doctor George Tiller. Carter answers questions about the affair and says Morrison was willing to “make peace with Phill Kline” if Carter would stay with him. She also says she couldn’t persuade Morrison to charge Tiller….
Good garage bands don’t die, they just rename themselves. Formerly known as the Black Tarantulas, the moppy-headed foursome now calling itself the Wrong Crowd will be opening for Vampire Hands at the Caverns in Minneapolis next Friday. If you can’t get your punk ass up north though, catch them at Harling’s tomorrow night with Lawrence’s Coat Party. Beware though… They might…
Ever since Hearne Christopher got the axe during The Kansas City Star’s last round of layoffs, he’s been threatening to start a blog. But his Facebook reveals he might get his column back. Categories: News Tags: Hearne Christopher Jr., McClatchy Watch
The Kansas City Police Department released the name of Kansas City’s fourth homicide victim this afternoon. Richard Revels, 22, was found shot to death at Linwood Boulevard and Walrond Avenue at 12:30 a.m. No one is in custody, and detectives are asking tipsters to call (816) 474-8477. A quick search of Missouri’s criminal records shows three protection orders filed against…
And, as usual, no one from Kansas City is on it. Yet. (You will be glad to know, however, that Dananananaykroyd, from Glasgow, is.) A coworker was wondering aloud today whether the festival would be as big this year because of the economy. Many of the unsigned acts that flood the city — playing free shows any place that will…
Time for the annual reminder that dating in Kansas City sucks. This time, Sperling’s BestPlaces — and Axe Body Spray! — say KC is just the worst. We get it. Dating sucks in this city. But I dunno. From the dirty voice mails that a special lady in Lawrence keeps leaving me, I think Lawrence might be worse. Elise, I…
In my story this week, Housing for Dummies, I wrote about the city’s housing department, or lack thereof. In the story, I quoted Kansas City lawyer and Urban Summit attendee Clinton Adams as he faulted Sharon Sanders Brooks’ leadership on the housing committee. Space didn’t permit the inclusion of all that Adams had to say on the subject of faulty…
The Blue Ridge Cutoff is not one Kansas City’s most desirable addresses. What the Royals and Chiefs lack in location, they make up for in acreage. With room to grow, the teams are using the $625 million renovation of the Truman Sports Complex to bump out the stadiums’ concourses and add new shops, concession stands and, in the case of…
The latest game-meat fad in Britain is squirrel. Yes, cute, precious gray squirrel. Not to be confused with the slightly more cute, slightly more precious red squirrel. Gray squirrels effect the population of red squirrels, and because red squirrels are cuter (just look at picture) the gray squirrels must go — right into stews and the menus of posh London…
Missouri Sen. Kit Bond is retiring. I hope he has more time to send holiday greetings. — Justin Kendall Categories: News, Politics Tags: Kit Bond
This iconic advertising image wasn’t the “Aunt Jemima” that I remember on the cardboard boxes of Aunt Jemima Pancake & Waffle Mix that my mother purchased at the cormer grocery store during my childhood. No, the smiling African-American lady on those boxes was still sporting that post-Civil War slave ensemble: a red-and-white checked calico dress and a checkered kerchief on her head….
SKYFOX is grounded, according to Bottom Line Communications. At least until the Fox 4’s chopper can get a sponsor. Poor Nick Vasos. The TV station is cutting costs, and Vasos’ wings were among those clipped. What? No more free coffee. Poor Loren Halifax. Categories: News Tags: Bottom Line Communications, fox 4, General Blather, ho map, Hobo code, Nick Vasos, Screenland…
I’ll be honest here. Even though I’ve flipped more than my share of flapjacks and served many hot stacks o’ pancakes over the decades (I’ve worked for no less than three pancake operations over the years, although one of those chains specialized exclusively in crepes, not that I want to flip out over little details), I had never heard of author…
