%{}% An interview with down-to-earth food writer Francis Lam, who admits that yellow-powder mac and cheese is delicious. Well, it is! The City Market is starting to look good with lot’s of fresh veggies, even if they’re not all organic. Yes, the Rhythm and Ribs Festival is canceled this year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t invent your own jazz…
Here’s a little news about what may be Kansas City’s most sacred ground. A lot has happened since 2002, the last time we wrote at length about the Quindaro Ruins. A town that once stood on a hill at the Kansas City, Kansas, edge of the Missouri River, it was a stop on the Underground Railroad. Forgotten by time, then…
%{}% When I used to live in a fourth-story apartment, I thought that a cool invention would be a charcoal grill that you mount outside your window frame so that you could enjoy the delicious, smoky flavor of meat slow-cooked over compressed briquettes of petroleum waste without any need for a patio. The obvious disadvantage is that a window-mounted grill…
From the early morning Kegs and Eggs show sponsored by KRBZ at the Firefly to the rock climax that came later that night at the Beaumont, Monday, April 27, 2009, was Franz Ferdinand Day in Kansas City.
Here’s a helluva find by Independence’s newest and best blogger Midtown Miscreant: former children’s show host “Uncle” Ed Muscare’s bizarre YouTube page. Videos like this: There are many more videos of “Uncle” Ed on YouTube, and he’s looking a little lonely. Maybe it’s because, as the Miscreant points out, “Uncle” Ed is a registered sex offender in Florida. He’s a…
A new report concludes that calling Kansas the Saudi Arabia of wind power is actually an understatement of its blustery wealth. Last October, Kansas Lt. Gov. (and wind czar) Mark Parkinson asked the American Council on Renewable Energy, a non-profit group based in Washington, D.C., to put hard numbers on the state’s renewable energy potential. The study released yesterday says…
Ron Paul supporters, goldbugs and people wearing JFK T-shirts amassed on the lawn between Liberty Memorial and Union Station to protest the Federal Reserve Bank on Saturday. End the Fed rallies took place in Kansas City and other cities where the Fed operates banks. The Kansas City protesters brought signs blasting various aspects of the U.S. financial system, including the…
KCTV Channel 5 is always trying to creep us out. This time, our live, late breaking, investigative friends say a woman is blaming her 23-year-old son’s suicide in 2007 on an 18-year-old book called Final Exit, which offers advice on offing yourself in painless ways (the book’s author, Derek Humphry, defends the book is for the terminally ill). The woman,…
True to their moniker the Factory Workers are busy getting a job done — the job of recording an album. The two-man bluesy rock band is working with producer Josh Thomas — with whom both Factory Workers also play in High Diving Ponies — on their first full-length album. Alheim Amador, the Worker who sings and plays guitar, sent me…
Jackson County prosecutors charged Vincent R. Muzquiz with unlawful use of weapons (drive-by shootings) and armed criminal action today in connection with the death of Rebecca Amparan-Chacon. Court records say 21-year-old Muzquiz, also known as “Big V,” showed up at a tavern on Southwest Boulevard Friday around 11:25 p.m. A witness told police that Muzquiz was upset, wouldn’t talk to…
Brooklyn’s Talib Kweli and Cincinnati-born D Hi-Tek collaborated as Reflection Eternal on the monumental album, Train of Thought, then waited ten years before making a Reflection Eternal follow-up, which is due out this summer. So I worried when the duo abandoned the Granada’s stage last night at 11 p.m., having performed for a little over an hour. Obviously, these guys…
In this economy (or any economy) it can be tough getting that first job interview. For recruiters, resumes start to blend together and Rolodexes fill up with anonymous business cards. Unless of course, yours is the only card emitting the sweet fragrances of jerky. That is the goal of Meat Cards. Using a laser and carbon dioxide, Meat Cards can…
Missed this report last week from NBC Action News’ sexiest reporter, “Kinky” Keith King, who trolled Craigslist looking for sex.King found plenty of offers during a long, hard, thorough three-month investigation of — here come the NSFW links — “Naughty Nurse Becky,” “Plus Size German Barbie” and “SnowBunny.” In the video below, he offers step-by-step instructions for conducting your own…
Has it really been five years since Julia Child’s death? Her cookbooks continue to connect us to her but they only a capture a piece of her genius. For a more complete picture, we need the Julia Child of television. Her show The French Chef was an inspiration for dozens of Food Network personalities. Unfortunately it isn’t online (yet!) but…
This is what rock and roll is all about! I kept having that thought on Saturday night as the Architects assaulted my ears. Loud, brash and freeing, the veterans of the local music scene deliver straight-ahead rock with punk sensibility that can really get a crowd riled up, forgetting life outside the club for 30 guitar-heavy minutes. The effect on…
What a crazy weekend. We’re in the middle of the swine-flu “Panico 09!” My grandmother called me last night to ask what I knew, and then said that she and my grandfather don’t plan to leave their home “until we know how bad this is.” Russia has stopped all meat imports from Mexico and several U.S. states including Kansas. The…
Remember when everyone thought Scott Pioli was bulletproof? It only took one NFL Draft for the experts to start questioning the new Carl Peterson. Arrowhead Pride has a great recap of the report cards given to Pioli by the experts and they’re, uh, not great. Randy Covitz from The Kansas City Star gave the Chiefs a C+ (one of the…
Top members of the Kansas House and Senate are saying they don’t think they can override a Sebelius veto and are “not sure we would want to waste the time trying.” Those quotes come from Garden City’s Larry Powell, who is chairman of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, one of the committees that passed HB 2121, dealing with…
KFC has tried introducing grilled chicken onto its menu not once, not twice, but three times. All attempts ended unsuccessfully. But it must believe fourth time’s the charm to be giving away a free piece of grilled chicken today. Yes, just stop in any participating KFC today and get one free grilled piece of chicken. Wing? Thigh?? Breast??? Depends on…
