Kansas’ creationists won’t celebrate the father of evolution’s birthday, but Walt Bodine spent this morning recalling his old friend Charles Darwin. Fascinating discussion from Kansas City’s example of “natural selection.” Categories: News, Politics Tags: Charles Darwin, creationism, Kansas City, kansas city, Walt Bodine
Duane Trower is a busy dude. Usually found behind the soundboards of the Record Bar, the Brick or Czar Bar, Duane has also played with some of KC’s most acclaimed bands (Season to Risk, Overstep, Doris Henson) and recorded, mixed or mastered even more of them (The Beautiful Bodies, Olympic Size, the Grand Marquis), often at Westend Recording Studios. We…
OK, we all know that when a restaurateur says his or her new establishment is going to open “soon,” that really means “in this decade.” But the hard-working Hope Loehr has been working around-the-clock inside the building — a former Pizza Hut — at 9148 Santa Fe Drive in Overland Park to make sure her new business, Adam’s Rib Original…
California-based DineEquity Inc., which owns the IHOP and Kansas City-based Applebee’s restaurant chains, announced that Desmond Hague, the president of the 51-year-old national pancake chain formerly known as International House of Pancakes is, in a matter of speaking, getting flipped out of the corporation. Hague is officially retiring next week with, according to DineEquity, “the intent of pursuing a chief…
This may be a recession but any halfway romantic restaurant is booked by now. Hell, romantic or not, any restaurant that takes reservations is booked by now. So if you have your heart set on dining out this weekend but don’t have reservations or just don’t like massive crowds, dine out Friday or Sunday night instead. I’m not a fan…
Kansas’ Republican Party needs a new executive director. Spider-Man fan Christian Morgan is “stepping down to pursue other opportunities,” according to a release. Kansas Dirt Diver had the scoop yesterday and claims Morgan is headed to the Republican National Committee. “I look forward to pursuing new opportunities, and look forward to working towards getting Republicans elected in 2010,” Morgan said…
It’s strange how quickly sodas can become a part of our life. Companies release new products all the time and discontinue products at nearly the same rate, yet failed sodas stay with our culture. Thanks to YouTube commercials and comedic routines, people who weren’t alive when New Coke or Crystal Pepsi were introduced can still talk about them. Viewing this…
Some local Twitter fanatics are getting together today to drink for charity and listen to bands on Union Hill. Kansas City Twestival 2009 starts at 6 p.m. at Tower Tavern (401 E. 31st St.). $25 buys admission and all the Boulevard you can drink, and the proceeds go to Charity:Water. This video, made by one of the local organizers, pretty…
Listeners to yesterday’s KCUR show Up to Date with Steve Kraske heard his guest, Dr. Michael Main, talk about cardiovascular disease. At one point a caller mentioned that his wife was growing chickens and wondered whether it would be all right for him to eat more eggs if he increased his dose of heart medicine. Dr. Main can’t give that…
Kansas City and AEG are working on getting a pro basketball or hockey team for the Sprint Center. That’s what City Manager Wayne Cauthen told The Downtowners lunch club yesterday. He specifically mentioned the New York Islanders. I saved this shaky video from yesterday’s dispatch. Since the announcement that the Islanders booked an exhibition game at the Sprint Center,…
Not to steal too much from Pitch Forks, but there are a ton of events around town this week — including the one I’m currently attending at the American Royal. (More on that tomorrow.) The cool Eljay’s River Market Coffeehouse, which hosts everything from improv groups to acoustic metal bands, puts on a wine event later today. It’s called Ports…
I got a message from Eddie Crane, who owns The Drop. He had some news concerning the Valentine’s Day menu that his Martini Corner bar had been promoting. Because the message contained personal information I won’t reprint all of it but here’s the gist: I would like to apologize for sending an e-mail so soon after our Valentine’s Day announcement….
From: GREG FRANKLIN To: Local Aspiring Songwriters Re: Writing Like John Roderick One of the first things that I did upon my move from KC to Seattle was to make contact with 826 Seattle. Dave Eggers (author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, among others) started 826 as a nationwide non-profit organization to provide free writing help to students…
%{}%I am a genius, you guys, we already knew that. I’ve never taken the Mensa I.Q. test or brained my way through a Sudoku puzzle, the thrilling pastime of people whose favorite videogame is Microsoft Excel, but I have solved the Tyler Perry Code once and for all: I am the Allied Codebreaker Genius of broad, obvious characters weakly farted…
%{}% Does reading about coffee jolt you up as much as drinking it? Probably not, but it can’t hurt. Speaking of coffee, turns out that the label “fair trade” is not all it’s cracked up to be. What a wonderful way to start the day: knowing that a company in India is about to launch a soft-drink made of cow…
From: GREG FRANKLIN To: Local Scenesters Re: Tonight’s Delta Spirit/Dawes/Other Lives show at the Jackpot in Lawrence As a recent transplant from Kansas City to Seattle, I’m still trying to adjust to some of the strange and subtle differences between the years upon years of shows I’ve attended in the KC/Lawrence area and what the Emerald City has to offer….
Natasha Khan returns this Spring with the follow up to her 2007 Mercury-nominated Bat for Lashes debut (sadly, the album won’t be titled Bat for Lashes II: The Wrath of Khan). From her MySpace blog: “Two Suns sees Natasha exploring her creative personas and the world around her in a very different way. Envisioning herself as two separate yet ultimately…
Kansas City once again has a housing department, thanks to an ordinance passed by the city council January 29th that went into effect last Sunday. Can’t you just feel the difference? Me neither, but bringing housing in Kansas City back to the level of a department, even as a piece of a larger department, is an improvement from conditions I…
As part of this year’s sex edition, we profiled the metro’s adult stores to help you decide which was right for you. We were especially looking forward to profiling Wink, the closest thing we had to a feminist sex shop in KC. We had written about Wink when it opened in September 2007. Unfortunately, we learned the store closed after…
Sean Tevis raised a whole lotta money in his run for the Kansas House of Representatives. A lot of his campaign donations were small. In fact, he specifically asked for $8.34 in an awesome comic strip. He got a lot of attention, like from the Los Angeles Times and Wall Street Journal. He scared the shit out of his opponent….
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from area basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. The Farmer and the Crows Authors: Herbert R. Simmons and Lester L. Boyice Publisher: H&R Publishing, Lenexa, Kansas Date: 1982 Discovered at: Salvation Army, Johnson Drive…
