Damn, the fall-out from these Missouri Information Analysis Center reports is just never going to end. The short version for those of you who don’t know — in February MIAC issued a strategic report warning that a militia movement could be underway, and some conservatives (like Rush Limbaugh) got mad that they were being targeted for investigation along with the rest…
Little Brazil w/ Audiovox & Mr History
Charles Ferruzza Collection Back in the summer of 1984, Michael Jackson — who died today at age 50 — was the hottest name in the music industry: His 1982 Thriller album had, at that point, been on the Top Ten charts for a consecutive 80 weeks — and would go on to become the biggest selling album of all time….
Michael Jackson has died at age 50, say the local TV news stations. Harper over on the Wayward Blog found a treasure trove of live concert videos on YouTube. Here’s one from the King of Pop’s Arrowhead Stadium stop on the Jacksons’ 1984 Victory Tour. Categories: News Tags: Michael Jackson
We’re not sure what condition Michael Jackson’s condition is in. TMZ is reporting that the 50-year-old King of Pop is dead. CNN and the LA Times are reporting only that he has been hospitalized for cardiac arrest. We at Wayward HQ salute the (late?) smooth criminal with this live concert video from the Kansas City stop on his 1988 Bad…
Jaime Warren It’s almost criminal not to love cinnamon rolls, especially great cinnamon rolls. There are certain qualifications that set the perfect rolls apart from the plastic-wrapped supermarket variety: not too dry; moist, but not gummy; lightly brushed with a sugary glaze — too much icing can turn a breakfast roll into a cupcake. KCUR-FM’s Walt Bodine loves cinnamon rolls (he…
The Washington Examiner got some expert advice from Missouri Congressman Roy Blunt on South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s affair. Blunt told the Examiner that affairs “can be a distraction.” Then, according to Fired Up! Missouri, the Examiner scrubbed a reference to Blunt “having gone through an affair.” But this screen shot taken by Fired Up! captures the original line:Wonder why…
Oversized novelty Mayor Mark Funkhouser is back on the job, and he’s firing off angry memos. This one went to City Manager Wayne Cauthen ’cause Funkhouser wants his police funding — not a half-million dollar convention hotel study. “The money for that project came easily, yet our residents still don’t know if their city government is going to maintain our…
Put on your thinking-back caps, scenesters: It was over two years ago … February of ’07 … the OxBlood Records Showcase at the Record Bar … 12 local bands … and a film crew led by a dude named Bob Moczydlowsky. Bob had come to his hometown former KC home (he was born in Fort Collins, CO, and went to…
%{}% Three Kansas City, Missouri, schools won’t be closing their doors afterall. McCoy, Milton Moore and Ecole Longan French Magnet elementary schools were taken off the list of schools set to close. The KMBC Channel 9 says these schools will be closing and has the full plan. Eighth grade schools at … Central Thatcher East Westport Elementary schools at ……
When the feds sell a project, by God, they really sell a project. Representatives from the National Nuclear Security Administration and the General Services Administration dropped by City Hall yesterday to ask for the Planning and Zoning Committee’s final blessing on the Kansas City Plant’s move from offices on Bannister Road to a new facility in what one presenter called…
A misdemeanor summons was issued in Jackson County Court in Independence today against Aardvark Air Duct Cleaning Chimney Service, owned by Rycoblake Corp. and Gerald L. Chevalier, 46, of Lee’s Summit. Court records allege Aardvark failed to pay the prevailing wage for overtime and fringe benefits and misclassified three workers on certified payroll forms, paying them as laborers rather than…
Yes, today is National Catfish Day! No, not the giant, man-eating catfish that was allegedly discovered in the Guangdang Reservoir or the former Kansas City Athletics star “Catfish” Hunter…but the smaller, whiskered variety that was, before the days of quick refrigerated deliveries, the closest thing Midwestern diners had to “seafood” for many years. Once a staple on menus in the heartland, it’s…
The ICEE has often been imitated, but purists know that nothing compares with the blue-and-red-striped cup and the incredibly cold and sweet liquid ice. And the inevitable brain freeze. Maybe this is just idyllic childhood talking, but didn’t there used to be an ICEE machine on practically every corner? Or at least in every gas station? These days, the machines…
Because this is the one and only day this song will ever be relevant, I have to post it. From the Vandals’ Fear of A Punk Planet, here is “The Day Farrah Fawcett Died.” “But still I ache The world has lost a friend I’ll trade all of my viewmaster reels To see her once again.” E! called her “first…
Nothing says excitement like a Chinese buffet! This sign positively bursts with enthusiasm — and the offer of a free drink! Do you know where this buffet might be? Here’s a clue: It’s one of the few buffets in town where the cuisine literally spans the globe. No, not one of the casino buffets, but a more modest approach to…
Secret’s out. Elvis Grbac isn’t a sexy hunk of man. Sports Illustrated’s Jeff Pearlman tells the hilarious story of how the former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback accidentally became 1998’s Sexiest Athlete on his blog. Here’s a snip of Pearlman’s story: The magazine chose Rich Gannon as its Sexiest Athlete. At the time, Gannon was a member of the Kansas City…
Wyandotte County District Attorney Jerome Gorman charged Adrian W. Burks with four counts of first-degree murder in Monday’s quadruple homicide in KCK. Gorman told reporters Thursday that domestic violence was “driving force” behind the homicides. But Gorman cautioned that his office and detectives are still trying to piece together what happened Monday at the home at 5234 Munice Drive. The…
A few days after George Harrison passed away in 2001, Jim James of My Morning Jacket was moved to record Tribute To, a six-song EP of Harrison covers, paying tribute to a man that he never met, but with whom he felt a special connection. On the EP, James performs renditions of four cuts from Harrison’s classic album All Things…
