Archives: July 2009
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art hires new curator
The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art has named Barbara O’Brien its new curator. She will start in mid-September. According to the Kemper’s press release, O’Brien (pictured), who holds undergraduate degrees in journalism and women’s and gender studies from the University of Kansas, comes to Kansas City by way of Simmons College in Boston, where she was most recently an assistant…
Last two red-light cameras go live today
Finally, no more red-light cameras after the two that go live today. The latest cameras are set up at the intersections of Interstate 435 and Wornall Road … View Larger Map and Interstate 435 and 23rd Street. View Larger Map This makes 30 intersections you scofflaws might want to stop running. Categories: News Tags: red-light cameras
The Michael Jackson diet
There’s our world and then there’s the world of Michael Jackson’s personal chef. Kai Chase recently told the Associated Press about her experiences cooking for the Jackson family and about his last few days. She also just so happens to have a draft of an unpublished cookbook, Fit For a King. You make the connection. In breaking down his breakfast,…
Rally to ‘Put People First’ and protect kids from the budget hatchet
How’s this for some math that doesn’t quite add up? Missouri’s Department of Social Services keeps track of 9,000 kids in foster care, investigates 75,000 reported cases of child abuse annually and provides 43,000 children daycare while their low-income parents go off to work. To do that — and more — the Child Division takes up just 3 percent of…
Breakfast Buffet: Friday, July 31
%{}% A look at the turkey sandwiches, baked beans and drink choices at the recently opened Greedy Man’s Bar-B-Que & Grill. The KC Beer Blog questions President Barack Obama’s choice of Bud Light at the White House beer summit. On the road with a competitive barbecue cook at the Illinois BBQ State Championships — an annual event sanctioned by the…
Get Up Kids Apologize For Emo; Not Really
In an interview with Drowned In Sound, Get Up Kid Jim Suptic has some things to say about the crop of bands spawned in their wake: “Honestly, I don’t often think about the state of ’emo’. The punk scene we came out of and the punk scene now are completely different. It’s like glam rock now. We played the Bamboozle…
Shitty Limits Show Moved to Love Garden
Due to the Batcave being shut down, and no longer hosting shows — something that I sincerely hope I had no part in — the UK punk act’s show with Logic Problem and Dark Ages has been moved to Love Garden in Lawrence. The show is 7-10pm, all ages, and $5. Love Garden is located at 936 1/2 Massachusetts St….
Police say drinking game killed 11-year-old boy, uncle and girlfriend charged
Missed this yesterday. It’s from Joplin. The couple on the right, Dale Phillips and Linda Petrait, are accused of challenging Phillips’ 11-year-old nephew to a drinking game. Police believe the boy, Tyler Fecko, then died of alcohol poisoning. Court records say Phillips and Petrait, both 27, challenged Fecko to drink several shots of Jim Beam Whiskey and then ignored the…
Killa City: JoCo mom accused of killing her newborn makes court appearance
Alice Zeorlin — the Johnson County mother accused of suffocating her newborn baby girl — appeared in court Thursday. Earlier this week, Johnson County prosecutors charged Zeorlin, 25, with first-degree murder for the asphyxiation death of her newborn at Zeorlin’s Overland Park home. KSHB Channel 41 adds: Zoerlin is accused of giving birth in her parents basement on May 31st…
What to do this weekend — our suggestions
1. Get to know a man-eating plant. Friday night at 9 p.m., there’s a free, outdoor screening of the Little Shop of Horrors at 9 p.m. at City Market. 2. Hot it up. Starting Friday night at 8 p.m., Summer Salsa Fever at Harrah’s VooDoo Lounge features some heavy hitters from the world of salsa music. 3. Reflect upon the…
Roy Blunt believes Obama is an American citizen afterall
Be careful what you ask for, Roy Blunt. The Missouri Congressman was ambushed on whether he believes Barack Obama is an American citizen. OK, ambush is a little harsh considering it’s a yes or no question. But yesterday’s video from Fire Dog Lake showed Blunt saying that birthers were raising a “legitimate question” and that he didn’t know why Obama…
Killa City: KCK homicide No. 24, Carol S. Thomas identified as the woman found dead in an apartment Tuesday
The death of a woman found dead in an apartment at 1215 Central Avenue has been ruled a homicide, Kansas City, Kansas police announced today. KCK police also identified the woman as 48-year-old Carol S. Thomas of KCK. View Larger Map The cause of death has not been released, yet. If you have info about Thomas’ death, call 913-573-6020…
The infamous George Brett poopypants video gets autotuned
Just a warning: This isn’t going to be safe for work. Clips from the now legendary George Brett video get the autotune treatment so we can all relive the best moments from the potty-mouthed Royals’ classic accident. Who’s the pitchers in this game? Thanks to Pitch art director Zachary Trover for sending the link to 8corp. Categories: News Tags: George…
The worst blowjobs of these guys’ lives
This is the worst thought out robbery that I have ever heard of. Imagine the pitch: OK, ladies, you’re going to give these guys blowjobs to distract these two guys. Then we’ll come up from behind and rob these guys — or shoot them (while you’re blowing them) and then rob them. Then we’ll take the money and drugs and…
The potential healing power of blue M&Ms
A recent study by the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York shows that a food dye may aid in recovery from spinal cord injuries. Brilliant Blue G — the dye used to create blue M&Ms — might block the release of a chemical that kills healthy spinal cord cells in the first few hours after an injury. Adenosine…
Rock of Pages: Upcoming Books From Rockers
Mint Records chanteuse Carolyn Mark just put the finishing touches on her new full-length, Let’s Just Stay Here. It’s out on October 13, along with her second cookbook, The Terrible Hostess: Recipes For Disaster, Vol. II. Mark had the following to say about her first cookbook, according to Exclaim!: “All the recipes are road tested by me,” Mark insists. “There’s…
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