Shawnee police found a 20-year-old woman with five times the legal limit of alcohol in her system passed out in the parking lot and now Shawnee police are investigating Johnny’s Tavern (13410 W. 62nd Terrace) to see if they served a minor, KMBC reports. View Larger Map Five times? Wow. That’s damn near lethal, according to the University of Oklahoma’s…
Lots of fun in the Sunday Star’s International House of Prayer story. IHOP founder Mike Bickle has heard God’s voice a couple of times (meh, who hasn’t?) and he sees visions of shit straight off the cover of a Dio album. In a recent post about a prophetic dream about war between Satan and Michael the archangel, Bickle wrote that…
Straight from their Twitter this morning, it’s been announced that the Get Up Kids’ kick-off for their full-bore reunion tour will be 21 and up. Such is the case because Harrah’s is a casino, and Missouri laws require you to be 21 to gamble. Specifically (from the Licensed Gaming Activities statutes): 313.817.1.4: “A person under twenty-one years of age shall…
KU’s student-run radio station (and my former employer), KJHK 90.7FM, welcomes new students to KU with a free concert on August 16 in front of the Kansas Union on the KU campus. Incoming freshmen and transfer students will enjoy the complimentary performances of freak-out rockers for a new tomorrow Ad Astra Arkestra, the lady-fronted dance punk of Coat Party, hip-hop…
I saw White Denim the night before SXSW started at a bar called Ms. Bea’s. All they served was cheap beer, and the stage was out back on a sort of porch thing. The KJHK folks I’d gone down with and myself hadn’t even checked into our hotel yet, and we were already rocking out to this band, who almost…
The Kansas City Tribe women’s football team won the 2009 Independent Women’s Football League championship. After beating the D.C. Divas 21-18 in a squeaker on Saturday in Austin, the team is bringing home the league’s glass trophy. “It hasn’t quite sunk in yet,” said Mindy White, the Tribe’s co-owner, general manager and linebacker, from the airport on Monday afternoon. “It’s…
If you’re still blown away by the ice maker in your fridge, you might want to sit down for what you’re about to read. Forget the argument about on the rocks or a splash of water — you can now super-size your ice via spherical ice molds ($16). The molds create ice spheres that are 2 inches in diameter, they’ll…
Bo Jackson was known to go both ways — he played football for the L.A. Raiders and broke bats with the Kansas City Royals. Now you, too, can look like you go both ways with Nike’s Blazer Mid in Royals blue. And oh holy crap, check out the tongue, which features a lil 8-bit Tecmo Bo. Categories: News Tags: bo…
BY SAMMY LOREN To steal a concept from a writer I like, we all have bands who haunt us. Groups whose names we know and whose reputations we respect but whose music we’ve never really heard. This described my relationship to Reverend Horton Heat before the band’s concert last Friday at the Crossroads KC at Grinders. So when the occasion…
Last Saturday was the last day of business for one of the sweetest little coffee houses in the city: Eljay’s River Market Coffeehouse at 412 Delaware. Owned and operated by mother-daughter team Joy and Leah Koesten, the duo sent out an e-mail announcement last week stating “we gave it our best shot, but sales continued to fall short of…
Do you have a desire to sing in front of hundreds, if not thousands of people? Are you unbothered by the possibility that there may be the scent of horse droppings seasoning the air while you’re doing it? This might be your opportunity: The American Royal is seeking talented individuals to volunteer their time to sing the National Anthem at…
Kansas City police say 35-year-old Aaron R. Powell is the man found shot to death near 31st and Agnes early Sunday. Powell was a resident of Kansas City, Missouri. Police found Powell in a vehicle near the intersection. He was pronounced dead at the scenes. Witnesses told police that a black man was seen running south on Agnes. Police are…
Tickets for two incoming Midland — and completely different — shows go on sale this Friday, July 31, at 10 a.m. But chances are, if you’re an NPR listener, you’ll be down for either. Who: The Mars Volta When: September 14 Whither NPR?: Now you, NPR listener aged 35+, might think you’re too old for this, but let’s look at…
Guilt is a powerful factor for people looking to stay on a diet or avoid fast food — it’s hard to look another person in the eye and ask for a bucket of chicken. But that’s no longer a problem at a Jack in the Box in Bellevue, Washington, where customers can order via an automated kiosk, instead of a…
Nearly a decade ago, Adam Clay was a manager at Skies restaurant in the Hyatt Regency Crown Center Hotel. He’s never really left the food service business, although these days he’s a little more hands-on. On Saturdays, Clay now sells Chicago-style hot dogs from a cart in the heart of downtown North Kansas City — in a parking lot…
Sunday’s sports section was a little shocking. It featured a story about a Royals victory (rare these days) as well as a large picture of team manager Trey Hillman without his magnificent mustache. Hillman is a man of robust and varied facial hair. He was clean-shaven when he became Royals manager. For much of this season, he’d been sporting the…
Last month, Fat City ran a “Top Ten” list of the city’s best cinnamon rolls and now every time I turn around, someone is handing me a cinnamon roll to see if where it would rank on an updated list. Since it would be rude not to at least taste these sweet offerings, I’ve been eating a few, including the…
Heirloom tomatoes come in more than 600 varietals — so that means you’ve got a lot of options when you’re thinking about what to make for dinner. “I look at tomatoes like women: You don’t just want the pretty face, you need a little personality,” says farmer Brooke Salvaggio. Salvaggio notes as a general rule of thumb that the darker…
With everybody focused on saving more and spending less, it’s easy to get caught up in clichéd axioms or shopping strategies. It can be difficult to know which suggestions to take, so Fat City turned to Tracie Fobes, who blogs about coupons and sales at The Kansas City Penny Pinchin’ Mama, for her opinions on a recent CNN.com article on…
BY IAN HRABE Right before Abe Vigoda played I was asked to submit a question to the band on behalf of The Pitch. Everyone was getting asked, so I submitted the one I always wanted to know: Why the fuck would you name your band Abe Vigoda? Not to say that Abe Vigoda the man isn’t awesome (if only by…
The challenge sounds easy. Can writer Carey Jones avoid consuming any corn, or products that contain corn, for a week? The real question is how much would she actually have to change her diet? Not many of us eat corn every day in its original stalk or cob-form. Cornbread probably isn’t on the menu unless you’re enjoying barbecue, and sadly,…
The real Jamie Foxx may have never appeared at the Sprint Center on Saturday night. Instead, he performed as a few polished characters: the oversexed old-school R&B crooner, the feisty hip-hop hitmaker, and, briefly, the reincarnation of Ray Charles. Nearly as brief as Ray’s appearance were the moments of pure comedy. Foxx used his formidable stand-up and sketch-comedy chops only…
%{}% Sometimes it’s better when the foods of your childhood — like zucchini caviar — don’t taste like you remember. A review of Schlafly No. 15, an amber ale celebrating the 15th anniversary of the St. Louis brewer. The nearly 25,000 recipes on Epicurious now have wine pairings — many of which are under $20 a bottle and readily available….
