Archives: April 2009
Boulevard still 8th-biggest craft brewer
Yesterday, the Brewers Association released its Top 50 Breweries List based on sales in 2008. Boulevard ranks as the 16th-largest brewery in the country. When compared to only fellow craft brewers, it rises to number 8, which is where the company ranked last year. Once again Anheuser-Busch is the largest brewer and Boston Beer Company (Sam Adams) is the largest…
Tonight: Clem Snide at the Record Bar
Its been a tumultuous 18 years for the Nashville-based, art-country outfit Clem Snide. Anchored by frontman Eef Barzelay, the band has wafted in and out of the mainstream with a rotating lineup and fluid style changes. Originally shelved prior to its 2006 release, Hungry Bird, the band’s sixth full-length recording, has finally been released. Much like Barzelay’s solo work, it’s…
Tax day — boo! Free things — yeah!
It doesn’t look as if Chipotle will be giving out fake tax forms for free burritos this year like it did in 2007. (Fat City readers, I’m counting on you to immediately e-mail us if they are.) But there are other deals and give-aways. McCormick & Schmick’s offers a special entree menu with items for $10.40 (get it?) in the…
Sketchbook: “Tom’s Diner”
Categories: Music Tags: comics, rock history, sketchbook, Suzanne Vega
Breakfast Buffet: Wednesday, 4/15
%{}% When trying a Thai restaurant for the first time, there are only two dishes to choose from, according to these rules. You’re only five short steps from baking like a pro! That, and several years of practice. But even novices will benefit from these hints. Encyclopedia Chimpotle and the case of the mysterious Boulevard Brewery pry caps. A history…
Kansas coal fight in NY Times
Green Inc., The New York Times’ blog on energy and the environment, noticed Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ coal bill veto. Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt even conceded that a veto override is unlikely. But here’s the key: The battle in Kansas could have real-world effects on electricity prices in the state. Coal is the cheapest source of electricity generation in…
And Missouri’s Youth of the Year is…
…not Mikheala Hill, of the Boys & Girls Club’s Wyandotte Unit. Mikheala, who beat out Rushad Hill and three others in the metro-wide competition — detailed in this week’s feature story — is pictured here standing next to David Smith, president of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kansas City. Mikheala did a fantastic job representing the metro, but…
Daily Briefs: Tough on crime
%{}% Our Sincerest Condolences on the Occasion of Your Unemployment: Kansas City-based Hallmark Sentiment Prefabrication Industries, Inc. is laying off eight percent of its tearful, sensitive workforce globally. They’re going to fire around 250 workers from their Kansas City headquarters alone. Hallmark is probably the only privately held company in the world that once made a profit by manufacturing products…
Now Hiring: Art of Pizza
The Art of Pizza (1801 Baltimore Ave.) is looking for help. Stop in to apply. Categories: News Tags: art of pizza
Jason Whitlock is out of ideas
Breast man (and Kansas City Star columnist) Jason Whitlock is whoring for column ideas on his Facebook page. Oh, God. We’re in for some shitty columns. The inspiration of his Facebook friends isn’t enough for Whitlock — he wants angles. Why don’t they just write the column for him? Hey, Jason. How much you paying for ideas? Categories: News Tags:…
Bluesday Tuesday News: T-Model Ford in KC, Kearney Blues Festival
This just in… Fat Possum Records artist T-Model Ford has booked a July 15th date at Davey’s (3402 Main, 816-753-1909). Opening up for the 85 year-old blues singer is Denver’s Rev. Deadeye. Davey’s owner Michelle Markowitz calls this a “must-see” show. We would tend to agree. Acts have been announced for the 2nd Annual Kearney Blues Festival on May 30…
Star rips off The Superficial’s banner
A couple of weeks ago, The Kansas City Star launched Stargazing, a celebrity gossip blog apparently written by FYI reporter Lisa Gutierrez. The blog banner uses an uncomfortably childlike model … and looks strikingly similar to the banner for national celebrity skewering site The Superficial. From now on, we’ll be covering Kansas City celebs under this banner: Categories: News Tags:…
Schlitz has changed but still brings back memories
“You’ve got to try it.” My liquor-store salesman can turn on the persuasive sell, he was using all of it to convince me to buy Schlitz. I was skeptical. I knew that Schlitz is back — holding rallies outside of bars and using its original 1960s recipe — but the few reviews I’d read were negative. But my salesman said…
Spring means spring cocktails and the loss of my dignity
It is sad that the New York Times liquor blog Proof is closing shop after four months and 40 posts. It dealt with alcohol in serious ways (such as in its first post) but also with a sophisticated pizzazz. One of the posts I was waiting to highlight was written last month. “Your signature cocktail” talks about how what you…
More support for a single-payer health-care system; distress over pukey PBS documentary
Among those who responded to last week’s story on Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ health-care reform efforts was Joshua Freeman, MD, a professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine for the University of Kansas School of Medicine. We knew and admired Dr. Freeman for his work with the dedicated med students who run the JayDoc Free Clinic at Southwest…
Concert Review: Mastodon at the Granada, April 13, 2009
I was at the Granada last night next to the sound board getting ready for Mastodon to come on, and I’m going to be totally honest here and tell you right now it was pretty unlikely I was going to give this show a bad review. I’ve loved every album they’ve put out — including the one they just released…
Kay Barnes wants an empty arena? Not quite
This isn’t quite as it seems. Yes, The Atlantic did a story called “The Empty Arena” about the tenant-less Sprint Center. And yes, that’s former Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes exclaiming, “I very much want one here.” But my “Google News Alert” is a dirty liar. Barnes’ quote appears out of context. She’s actually saying that she still wants a…
Foods disappearing across the U.S.
Walletpop (it’s like an edgier Reader’s Digest) is running a list of 25 things that are vanishing from America. Some don’t have to do with food — Catholic schools, playing in alleys, land-line telephones — but many do. And I’m inclined to agree with some of them. Take charcoal. When I was a child, you wouldn’t think about having a…
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