Archives: July 2009
That’s all folks!
Well readers, today is my last day as a Fat City blogger. I am moving on, or, to be more exact, moving away, and will no longer be able to report on the local food scene. I’m grateful to the hundreds of people who graciously granted me interviews, sent me tips, alerted me to errors and otherwise helped me blog…
Flier of the Week: 3 Bad Jacks at the Replay, July 13
Usually, I try and post a flier for a show that’s upcoming, but I didn’t discover this one until the day of the show. Forgive me for sleeping on the coolness. It was designed by Jud of Killer Kite Productions, and it’s rock ‘n’ roll as all hell. Southern California’s 3 Bad Jacks played a Sunday matinee on the Replay…
Photos: Chris Isaak at VooDoo Lounge
Hot on the heels of his well-reviewed 12th LP, Mr. Lucky, Mr. Chris Isaak came to Kansas City last night in full fiery regalia. We were sadly unable to place a reviewer at the show, but we got some cracking visuals. If you were there, by all means, let us know what you thought, baby. Categories: Music Tags: chris isaak,…
Aussie rules football Saturday — only time to see a KC Power home game in 2009
Get ready, U.S. Footy fans. The KC Power Australian Football Club takes on Dallas and Denver in a triple header at the Kenneth Road Soccer Complex (Kenneth Road and Holmes) starting at 1 p.m. Saturday. This is the only chance to catch a KC Power home game in 2009 and see all the pad-free hits. In the first match Saturday,…
Coffee commercials of yore
Slashfood has a round-up of classic coffee commercials from a simpler time in America’s history, when Folger’s showed women how to make their men a decent cup of coffee and Muppets had guns held to their head and were executed for not liking coffee: For some reason coffee commercials seem to stay with the psyche more than other commercials and…
Friday Freebies
And once again, we bring you Friday Freebies, wherein we present things to do this weekend that won’t cost you any more than the gas it takes to get to ’em. Olathe Parks & Recreation presents the 2009 Olathe FREE Summer Concert Series. Sam Bush plays with Jeff & Vida tonight at 7pm in Frontier Park, 15501 Indian Creek Parkway….
Somebody in Kansas City does love you, Sneaky Sound System
Attention local DJs: Here’s your new dance jam of the summer. A random Vimeo search led uber-Plogger Justin Kendall to this brand new video from Sydney, Oz-stralia, band Sneaky Sound System. The song is “Kansas City,” and its catchy-as-hell chorus, as if lifted from a souvenir T-shirt, goes Somebody in Kansas City loves me. The video is vaguely Wizard of…
Goings-on this weekend
If you don’t subscribe to our dining newsletter Pitch Forks, then you are missing out. It is all that and a bag of chips. Below are just some of this weekend’s activities (actually, just Saturday’s) that Pitch Forks would have helped you plan for. Tomorrow is the German Somerfest at Turners Banquet Center in Belton (512 Bong, 816-322-4202), an event…
Starbucks trying not to be Starbucks anymore
What does it say about Starbucks that the company’s closing stores, only to reopen them under a different name? It says that despite an expensive ad campaign and lowering prices, Starbucks is still struggling to shake its pre-recession image. The new non-Starbucks Starbucks will not only feature different names but also wine, beer, poetry readings and, most importantly for coffee…
Insurance agents want Brownback as governor
%{}% As a U.S. Senator, Kansas Republican Sam Brownback insists the nation’s health-care crisis can be cured with private-sector solutions. Now, those private-sector industries are writing checks to boost Brownback to the Governor’s mansion in 2010. Last month, when Brownback visited Cleveland Chiropractic Clinic in Overland Park, the Senator made clear he doesn’t favor the public insurance option Democrats are…
Platte County D.A. gives slap on the wrist to grossest man ever
If I were Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd, I’m not sure I’d so proud of the 120-day sentence my office handed slimy-ass Justin Leonard. Leonard, 36, pleaded guilty to felony sexual assault and two counts of sexual misconduct for inappropriately touching female clients while working as a masseuse. Leonard’s skeeviness was reported by customers who’d gotten massages at the Beauty…
JCCC’s Kelly Conwell wins best student chef in the country
This past February, Johnson County Community College student Kelly Conwell was ecstatic to go to Illinois and be able to compete against her Midwestern peers for the American Culinary Federation’s central region student chef of the year. At the time, she told Fat City she was “completely happy just to even get to regionals.” She went on to win, with…
Breakfast Buffet: Friday, 7/17
%{}% After labeling it the worst happy hour in town, KC Beer Blog went to the new and improved Savvy Coffee House happy hour and came away calling it a fine place. The KC Irish Fest is staffing its beer tents with volunteers from local schools. Don’t worry, it’s parent volunteers and there will be a push this year at…
What to do this weekend — our suggestions
Laugh out loud at hillbilly jokes. Comedian Jon Reep performs at Stanford and Sons Comedy Club at the Legends tonight and Saturday. See how some local actors compare with Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler. The musical theater adaptation of The Wedding Singer opens tonight at Theatre in the Park in Shawnee. Munch on some tasty sweet corn. On Saturday from…
Little Hits Meets “The end.”
Jon Harrison’s Little Hits music blog, which has provided fantastic, unheralded music since 2004, called it quits yesterday. All of the writing is still there, but the MP3s are all gone. The farewell post read, in part: I realize now, belatedly, that once I put an MP3 on our server, anyone else might use it in any way they wish….
Stills From White Flight’s “Children of the Light” Video
Over at Digital Temple, there are stills from the upcoming video for White Flight’s “Children of the Light.” White Flight is the solo project from Justin Roelofs, former frontman for the Anniversary. This looks to be crazy. Neil Krug, the director, has made some stellar clips for groups like Pulp. Stay-tuned to Range Life Records website or their Twitter feed…
Chris Isaak at VooDoo Lounge
Hot on the heels of his well-reviewed 12th LP, Mr. Lucky, Mr. Chris Isaak came to Kansas City in full fiery regalia.
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