%{}% The reason Boulevard chose aluminum bottles over cans. There’s some business speak and the wonderful phrase “cost-prohibitive.” Basically, Boulevard says it ain’t going to do cans for a long time. What a great weekend road trip: driving to St. Louis, spending some quality time there and picking up beers not available in the state of Missouri, like Dogfish Head….
%{}% Yay for the DMV: So, in response to Pres. Barack Obama’s health care initiative, Republicans are warning that health care in America will become like the DMV or the IRS. Here’s charismatic and telegenic matinee idol Missouri Rep. Roy Blunt giving the Weekly Republican Address. For busy Americans trying to read this while holding a tight tourniquet around a…
A man wearing a tie checked out two these titles from the Plaza library on Friday afternoon: Categories: News Tags: Econocalypse, get rich, Plaza Library
The first time I met with superintendent Nancy Leazer about the Municipal Correctional Institution, she told me the story of a guy named Donald. When he was booked into MCI in late 2006, she said, he was effectively paralyzed by mental illness. Two years later, he reentered society ready to take a job and rejoin his family. Without the rehabilitative…
This week: vet candidates to thin the ranks of crooked officials in Wyandotte County, vent about KCP&L jacking up your electric rates, get involved in an East Side beautification effort that continues to flourish without city handouts and toss a pair of old shoes for your under-shod neighbors in Africa. Categories: News Tags: Bad Seed, Donna Brazile, KCPL, Shawnee Mission…
Five DJs faced off, and one went home the winner. Congratulations to Shaun Duval!
In case you missed them, we’re thinking the top stories on Fat City this week include: God hates whores and waitresses with cleavage. I’ll take a dirty greeting card and an espresso Boulevard beer in aluminum: a step forward? It’s not any store, it’s THE Store For all your rain barrel, kombucha, and beer-making needs. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink
In the classical guitar world, strummer Anthony Glise is kind of a big deal. You can check out all the honors that Glise has racked up stateside and in Europe at his Web site. I met him back when I was living in St. Joseph — Glise splits his time between there and France. Just about every year, he organizes…
It’s such a nice day outside, y’all know the Crossroads is the place to be in just a few hours. If you’re looking for so sounds to go with your art, drop by Midwestern Musical Co. at 19th and Locust for art by Sarah Brecko and music by Kasey Rausch & Friends and the Sunflower Colonels. There’s no live music…
If you haven’t read Jason Harper’s post about Jeff “Git” Hagan on the Wayward Blog, read it now. A year ago, two men brutally beat Hagan, a local musician and artist, at the News Room on Broadway. He was beaten so severely that he was in a coma for two months and needed months of therapy to relearn how to…
When we heard that the UMB Bank at 1010 Grand Boulevard had been robbed — thanks Chris Packham! — we assembled The Pitch Action News team. Cops were still scanning the scene when we arrived. We talked with an officer who filled us in on what went down. The officer said they they were looking for a fat white guy…
The other day we were at Marsh’s Sunfresh in Westport, buying groceries with all the rest of Midtown’s finest. We’d remembered to bring our re-usable grocery bags, so we were feeling all proud of ourselves for getting to say “neither” when they asked if we wanted paper or plastic. As we waited for the sacker — the cool one with…
This July, if you want your Rick Neilsen and your Bun E. Carlos and your dream police and your want-you-to-want-me, you’re gonna have to pour some sugar and take a little Poison to get it. Just announced: Headliner Def Leppard, plus Poison and “special guest” Cheap Trick, all coming to Sprint Center July 21. Tickets go on sale Saturday, March…
Listen, old man. This is the last time I’m going to tell you: Stop feeding the geese. See this sign? It means no more dropping bread crumbs and looking all sad and pathetic and shit. Thanks to you and all these little kids who want to feed the birdies, we get not only this depressing sign but also an explanation…
Kansas City Police are on the scene of what may be the city’s 17th murder of the year. Officers went to 4023 Harvard Circle at 9:15 a.m. to investigate the death of a 27-year-old woman. The KCPD issued an Amber Alert for the woman’s 4-year-old daughter, Allison Corrales. Be on the lookout for the the family’s 1999 Kia Sportage. It’s…
Flickr: Brandi666 If you’re looking for a night on the town or have a tiny bit of disposable income, restaurants are chomping at the bit for your business. With the economy the way it is, more restaurants — even upscale steakhouses — are turning to specials. Sullivan’s in Leawood is running several specials, including two $29 prix-fixe menus. The John…
If you can tell me where else you can buy an evening of dance music this diverse and this banging for only a buck, then I’ll eat my hat. And I wore the ol’ stovepipe today, yes sir I did. The buck stops tonight at NV, (220 Admiral), when the five finalists in our DJ spinoff compete to see who…
Kansas City brings the testosterone. That is, if you believe a new study commissioned by the snack Combos and executed by research company Bert Sperling (of the semi-famous Best Places to Live list). They determined Nashville to be the number one manliest city followed by Charlotte, Oklahoma City, Cincinnati, Denver, St. Louis, Columbus and then us. Take that, Indianapolis and…
Yes, girls: I know a girl who’s like the sea (“No Line on the Horizon”); she’s a rainbow and she loves the peaceful life (“I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight”); women of the future/Hold the big revelations/I got a submarine/You got gasoline (“Get On Your Boots”); I haven’t been with a woman, it feels like for years…
If a picture is worth a thousands words, then a video of a lovable hamster choosing between organic and regular produce is worth, like, 10,000 words, several “ahhhhs” and a hug. As the title of the pseudo-scientific experiment suggests, Hammy does indeed prefer organic food to conventional food, especially carrots, bananas and cheese. Overall, Hammy’s owners ran 75 grueling tests…
Recently, researchers found evidence that horses were domesticated around 3500 B.C. That’s 1,000 years earlier than previous estimates. By looking at the horses’ bones and teeth, the researchers could tell that the people not only rode them but milked them. I’ve read and reread the words “horse milk” and they still make me grimace. The researchers were working in Kazakhstan,…
