Badass auto detailing? Bartering? All that’s missing from the 1970s in this Craigslist ad asking for help painting a Nixon-era Ford Econoline van is a long line at the filling station (that’s what folks used to call, like, Conoco in the pre-self-serve days) to gas it up when you’re done. To wit: I have a 1973 Ford econo line van…
Quick! — explain in 140 characters why Pizza Hut should pay you to post Twitter updates all day. My answer looks like this: @pizzahut the hut is funky fresh yo. I’m more personal than a pan pizza w/ as much spice as your sausage. Plus I got madz tweet skillz. (136 characters) Sadly, it looks like my Tweet will go…
Who doesn’t think of hot action when they hear “Overland Park Red Roof Inn”? Overland Park police arrested “three suspected prostitutes from Texas” Wednesday afternoon, KSHB Channel 41 reports. The women allegedly advertised in the classified section of the newspaper. Hahaha. No, really, they advertised on the Internet. Sounds like the women were really busy: Someone at the Red Roof…
Last night at Riot Room, I caught the newly re-formed KC rock outfit Shots Fired play for the second time, and I’ve concluded that the reunion is a real gift to the scene. Or at least to all the fans whose hearts cracked when the band dissolved a couple of years ago. Shots Fired played last night after a melodic…
Say what you want about Guy Fieri but the man knows how to draw viewers. This Sunday is the sixth-season premier of his reality show Guy’s Big Bite. The episode is titled “Pizza! Pizza” and features Kansas City’s very own sculpture impresario Stretch, along with recipes from his restaurant Grinders. Maybe Stretch will also talk about some of his guilty…
Just when you’re sure the cathartic wail and supercharged sexuality of real, big-beat rock and roll has breathed its last, you suddenly become aware that it’s still alive. You can see it moving, discern its growl. And, fittingly, with middle fingers first coming from the U.K., the Horrors come into view. Clad in tight black clothes with unbelievable hairdos, these…
For those of us living just one winning Powerball ticket from personal fulfillment, the “Property Values” series on the New York Times’ Web site is the hottest Internet porn going. This week, the Times undresses Lawrence with its eyes and pimps the house at right. The price point in the latest roundup is $700,000. For a little less than three-quarters…
%{}% Want to stop illegal immigration? Then U.S. Sen. Claire “Bear” McCaskill has a deal for you. McCaskill says the illegal immigrants aren’t the problem. It’s the people who hire them. During a hearing with Immigration and Customs Enforcement nominee John Morton yesterday, McCaskill told him that she wants him to bring the pain to employers who hire illegals. Bring…
The Sprint Center is starting to offer alternatives for people with Celiac Disease and other food allergies. In partnership with Levy Restaurants — the company that also handles food for the Arrowhead Club in Arrowhead Stadium and at Wrigley Field — the arena will be selling personal-sized pizzas made with gluten-free crust, available at Oak Street Pizza in the concourse….
%{}% The Kansas City Star’s parent company, McClatchy, announced a $37.5 million loss and a whopping 25-percent drop in revenues from last year. The Associated Press blurb sums it up: The loss is larger than expected. After four rounds of layoffs, this isn’t the best news for those trapped in the mineshaft, especially with rumors of a fifth round of…
From Andre’s to Zest, it seems every restaurant in town turns out to help Harvesters with its annual Forks & Corks event, now in its 13th year. The benefit begins tonight at 6 in the Grand Ballroom of the Kansas City Convention Center. Cellar Rat, Bristol Seafood, NoRTH, Pierpont’s, Parisi Coffee, The American Restaurant and Skies at the Hyatt are…
The enigma of a question mark known as Astronautalis will take the stage tonight at Czar Bar. For the last few hours, I’ve been trying to think of a way to introduce and explain Astronautalis – one of the best-kept secrets in indie hip-hop — without using a phrase as cliché as “one of the best-kept secrets in indie hip-hop.”…
%{}% By Caitlin Packham My daddy brought me to work at his office today for Take Your Daughter to Work Day. That means yesterday was Take Your Daughter to Work Day Eve. We lit up the Take Your Daughter to Work Day tree and sang Take Your Daughter to Work Day carols. I was so excited that I almost shit…
%{}% A trip through the Guinness factory and dispelling the myth that the Irish serve their beers warm. All that and more in this round-up of drinking on the Emerald Isle. Speaking of Ireland, a Southern Illinois professor who attended college in Kansas is going to that country for a year to teach about local food. Better than trying to…
This post, friends, is about the level of political debate in the Missouri House of Representatives: Yet more proof that can’t seem to get past the Civil War in this state. We’re a little late on this, but thanks to Capitol Calling blogger Jason Rosenbaum, a political blogger in Jefferson City, it’s YouTubed for all the world to hear. The…
A lawsuit claims that members of the private security force at the Power & Light District used racial slurs and targeted minorities for arrests and “takedowns.” The plaintiff, John Jacob, worked for the security company, Chesley Brown International, from February to July 2008. Jacob says he heard Tom Whitener and another supervisor make sexually inappropriate comments and use the terms…
When I asked officials at both the City of Kansas City and Deffenbaugh Industries when the private trash hauler first started collecting the Cowtown’s garbage both sides had the same answer: They had no idea. All they knew was that the partnership had been in place so long that it pre-dated the institutional memory employed at City Hall and corporate…
It might be hard to imagine now, with clubs like the Riot Room regularly booking extreme bills and even larger venues like the Uptown Theater hosting ghouls like Dimmu Borgir and Children of Bodom, but in the ’80s, promoters were terrified of black metal, grindcore, death metal — basically anything more exotic than Metallica cover bands. KC’s Order From Chaos…
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. Polly Pigtails Magazine Date: July 1947 Discovered at: Liberty Antique Mall, Liberty, MO The Cover Promises: The Germans licked, the boys back home, America invents childhood….
Metropolitan Community College-Maple Woods will honor individuals, poets and musicians who practiced their art during the tumultuous era of the Holocaust. This multi-dimensional event features performances of music written, performed or inspired during the Holocaust. Poetry written by Holocaust survivors, as well as original student artwork, also will be featured at the multi-media concert. Guest speaker Dr. Milton Katz, professor…
Nearly 2,500 people in Kansas City, Missouri, are living with HIV or AIDS, according to the most recent statistics from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Today, you have a chance to help those people while acquiring some new designer duds at the Redline Fashion Show and Benefit Auction at the Nara Event Space (1617 Main). Browse the…
