You might have thought you were too old for popsicles — but a new wave of liquor-filled icy treats could likely change your mind. LiQ is a new frozen cocktail on a stick. The poptails (the other term Fat City thought about using was genuinely dirty) are available in two flavors — strawberry daiquiri and margarita — made with rum…
Hungry for bass? McCormick & Schmick’s, baby. Hungry for bass with the long-A sound? Cast your line no further than the Czar Bar at 10 p.m. tonight for the debut of a dub-shakin’, earth-quakin’ new aural experience called Hyperlink. It’s brought to you by DJs Brent Tactic and FSTZ and promises, according to Brent, “bass heavy music from all different…
Jim Kilroy, show promoter extraordinaire and Club Wars mogul, presents a show called Monsters of Metal tomorrow night at the Uptown Theater. In keeping with the name, it is a monster of a show, with 14 bands. But how can you book 14 bands in one day, let alone at a show starting at 7? I asked Kilroy, and this…
A Pizza Hut receipt led to the arrest Antwan S. Wooden, following a shooting in March. Jackson County prosecutors charged Wooden today with first-degree assault, armed criminal action ad firing a weapon from a moving vehicle. Court records allege on March 7, Wooden, 23, hung out of the passenger window of a vehicle on 71 Highway and shot a man…
It sounds like something out of a movie, but a Florida couple is claiming to have found a mouse in their Diet Pepsi. Amy and Fred Denegri were grilling at their home in Ormond Beach last week when they reportedly found the nasty surprise in the second-to-last can of Diet Pepsi in a 36-pack purchased from Sam’s Club. Amy talked…
Great tickets are still available for the September preseason game between the New York Islanders and the Los Angeles Kings. That’s what Newsday columnist Jim Baumbach wrote a couple of days ago. Want two seats 11 rows back just off center ice? They could be yours for just $75 a pop, plus a $9.65 convenience charge and $1 building facility…
Tea sandwich and pickling enthusiasts rejoice — it’s time for cucumbers! And cucumbers are one of the easiest vegetables to eat. “We just eat them raw. We don’t have boxed snacks, so instead we just pick our snack food off a vine and eat them,” says Dan Heryer, one for the farmers at Badseed Farm. Cucumbers are available throughout the…
A “suspicious bag” was found outside the Federal Building downtown earlier this morning. It was breaking news and all that … worthy of an e-mail alert from KMBC Channel 9. The streets around the building were shut down for a short time. I can’t remember the last time anything interesting has been found in one of these “suspicious bags.” Better…
Kevin, Nick and Joe Jonas, stars of the biggest boy band of the moment in America, returned to Sprint Center last night to strut before a sea of adoring fans. We did not send a reviewer, but we got some good, wholesome pics. (And if it’s possible to just join someone else’s family, I’d really like to be adopted by…
As summer begins to wane, The Drop is moving closer to adding an outdoor patio space. Proprietor Eddie Crane was in early Monday morning, tearing down the east wall in the bar room — exposing the red brick in preparation for the double doors that he envisions leading outside. Crane still needs to get approval from the Codes Division of…
Five Fort Riley soldiers were allegedly conned into paying for “phantom options” on vehicles they bought from the Dick Edwards Auto Plaza in Junction City, Kansas, according to a lawsuit filed June 23. The Auto Plaza, which derives approximately 75 to 80 percent of its sales from military personnel, allegedly raked in a profit of $56,000 over a four-month period…
%{}% A search for summer blueberries leads to the freezer in an effort to recreate a blueberry spiced jam. A round-up of specialty beers available in the area with some coming attractions. Coca-Cola and Frito-Lay are among the companies to take delivery of the first Smith Electric delivery vehicles manufactured in Kansas City. ABC Is finally wising up to what…
Bassist Zach Phillips has been on the Warped Tour with his band, the Architects, all summer. Angelo Moore, aka Dr. Madd Vibe, aka the frontman for Fishbone, has been the MC for the Skullcandy stage where the Architects play every day. After seeing Moore do a set of ska and reggae stuff with HR of Bad Brains in D.C., Phillips…
Why oh why hasn’t anyone been showing up to punk shows in Lawrence? I know I’m starting to sound like a broken record, here, but it’s getting ridiculous. When you have Kevin Seconds and Kepi Ghoulie — frontmen for one of the best hardcore bands and one of the best pop-punk bands, respectively — only draw 20 people, either the…
Kevin, Nick and Joe Jonas, stars of the biggest boy band of the moment in America, returned to Sprint Center last night to strut before a sea of adoring fans.
This week’s feature story, “Crash,” tells the story of Scamps piano player Bill Laursen, who last month pleaded guilty to child porn charges. Before his incarceration, Laursen sent a letter to friends trying to explain what had driven him to download the images. He also discusses law enforcement, how he’ll get through prison and just how fair he thinks his…
Newspaper publishers are rooting for a collapse in attendance at Washington, D.C.-area movie theaters. Kansas City-based AMC Entertainment has stopped paying to advertise movie times in The Washington Post. A spokesman for the chain says a commitment to an ad in a daily newspaper limited AMC’s ability to communicate with film fans, who can easily find show times on the…
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from area basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power.The Counterfeit Candidate Author: Kent H. SteffgenPublisher: National Issues, Las VegasDate: 1976Discovered at: Mission Hills estate sale The Cover Promises: “Legalized abortion, forced school bussing, women’s lib,…
The Kansas City T-Bones baseball club celebrates St. Patrick’s Day in the middle of summer. The wearing o’ the green when grass turns brown is not an attempt at historical accuracy — St. Patrick really did die on March 17, or so religious scholars believe. Rather, the T-Bones, whose season does not begin until May, simply like to give their…
Read the statistics and success stories on the Web site for Sheffield Place, a long-term transitional living program for homeless mothers and their children in Kansas City. Then try to rationalize a refusal to pony up 10 bucks for Off the Wall, the nonprofit’s art auction and craft bazaar tonight. On any given day in KC — which has the…
If you’ve ever been to Santa-Cali-Gon Days, you have a pretty good idea what Strotherfest is all about: turkey legs, local bands, cheerleaders, snow cones, dance groups and people-watching. Also on the menu are “extreme funnel cakes,” which probably cause arteries to explode on contact. This weekend’s third-annual Strotherfest, at Paradise Park in Lee’s Summit (1021 Northeast Colbern Road, 816-246-5224),…
Pioneering salsa label Fania Records was founded in 1964 when a Dominican bandleader and an Italian-American lawyer hooked up to mix and record the Puerto Rican and Cuban sounds emerging from Spanish Harlem, the Bronx and points in between and placed them in the American mainstream. Four years later, the Fania All-Stars were formed, launching the American careers of such…
