Mark Mallman is releasing a graphic novel as a companion piece to his new album, Invincible Criminal. The Incredible Urban Myth Of The Invincible Criminal, with art by Steven Somers, isn’t due out until early next year, but Mallman has created an audio book version of the comic book, and it was presented as five parts on Magnet Magazine’s website…
BY IAN HRABE It’s funny what a hit can do. Two years ago, I literally could not walk down Mass Street without hearing Peter, Bjorn and John’s whistle-wielding surprise hit “Young Folks” blasting out of some boutique or pizza place. Suddenly, the song was everywhere. From clothing commercials, to sports video games, to Grey’s Anatomy, to a sample in a…
Liquor control busted La Bodega and Sol Cantina selling alcohol to minors. For this bit of naughtiness, their liquor licenses will be suspended for two days. Updated (The city sent out the wrong dates and times. These are the correct days and times.) La Bodega, 703 Southwest Blvd., won’t be allowed to sell liquor as of 6 a.m. on Monday,…
Democrats immediately seized on the hypocrisy of a Republican health-care forum at Children’s Mercy Hospital today. Across the country, conservatives have flocked to town hall meetings to jeer and deride Democratic policymakers because health-care reform is going to bankrupt the country and, uh, unravel all that is good about America. Apparently, Sen. Kit Bond wasn’t interested in hearing liberal advocates…
Dayton Moore will be cashing more of those sweet, sweet Wal-Mart checks from David Glass. The Kansas City Star reports that Glass has rewarded Moore, the Royals’ general manager, with a four-year extension. The Star tries to polish a turd: Moore became the club’s general manager on May 30, 2006. The club’s record improved in his first two full seasons…
Potato chips and beer are like reality television. You’re happy while you’re enjoying them, but feel a slight bit of shame when you’re done. Well, it’s time to class up your couch — or just take a break from the every day by pairing inexpensive wines with potato chips. The Dallas Morning News went through 19 wines under $15 and…
Being as how I missed Off With Their Heads when they came through all the way back in December at Club Mustache, I am bouncing up and down in my chair as I realize that I not only finally get to see Minneapolis’ finest (yeah, yeah… after Dillinger Four), I get to see them a ten-minute bike ride from my…
Last March, Fat City reported — somewhat mournfully — about the last breakfast served at Poco’s on the Boulevard, the beloved cafe at 3063 Southwest Boulevard. The dream restaurant of Lorenza “Poco” Gutierrez (who had been the celebrity chef at the Broadway Grille and, later Poco’s Latin American Grill), who served breakfast, lunch and dinner — terrific dinners! — at…
There are a few seats yet unbooked for Tuesday’s special dinner at Room 39, 1819 W. 39th Street, for chef-owners Ted Habiger and Andrew Sloan’s celebration of Queen of the Prairie — the newest sheep’s milk cheese from Green Dirt Farm. “It’s a Basque-style cheese,” said Habiger. “I tasted it last week and it blew me away.” Tomorrow’s dinner,…
There are several restaurants in the family-owned Mi Ranchito mini-chain of full-service Mexican dining spots, but the Lenexa location received some major negative publicity this morning when local TV, radio and print news led with Sunday’s incident at the Mi Ranchito restaurant on 95th Street: 22 patrons were taken to the hospital. The Star just reported, a few minutes…
If you’ve ever seen the Buck Night crowd at Kauffman Stadium, it’s a no-brainer that in times of recession people not only love comfort food but cheap comfort food. NPR’s Gillian Gutierrez recently suggested that hot dogs should be used as an indicator of the economy’s health of the economy. Based on the ingredients suggested on cooking Web sites, she…
Take a few days off from writing for Fat City and boy, things change dramatically in the world of bacon. If there’s any question about whether our society is headed for greatness or the future envisioned in Wall-E, the answer lines up pretty well with the latest bacon news. I’ll leave it to you to decide what the following portends. …
%{}% Scott Roeder, the man accused of assassinating Wichita abortion provider George Tiller, is considering a defense of “justifiable homicide” and talking to to a prominent attorney who previously represented Paul Hill, who shot and killed a Florida abortion provider. Good luck with that. The Kansas City Star’s Judy L. Thomas has a good story on the FBI’s continued investigation…
Fresh off their by-all-accounts-stellar performance at the University of Kansas’ Lied Center earlier this month, Passion Pit will play the Yard at Beaumont on October 1. The band is nominated for a “Best Break Through Video” at the MTV Video Music Awards for “The Reeling.” Surprisingly, they’re up against Death Cab For Cutie and Gnarls Barkley …. I’m pretty sure…
When it came to celebrating Charlie Parker’s birthday on Saturday, August 29, Kansas Citians had two main options: the First Annual Kansas City Yardbird Jazz & Film Festival at the American Jazz Museum and, just around the corner, the Bird Lives Festival at the Mutual Musicians Foundation. Many people might have thought the two events were part of the same…
Fries used to be an afterthought — the sidekick to hamburgers or hot dogs. And although you’re still likely to find a frozen bag of Sysco fries next to the deep-fat fryer in diners and casual-dining restaurants, french fries have become a serious selling point for burger chains. Endless french fries slowly coat your arteries at Red Robin, while Chick-fil-A…
The Kansas City Chiefs are in the market for a new offensive coordinator: The Chiefs just sent out a press release announcing that offensive coordinator Chan Gailey has been relieved of his duties. Never a good sign two weeks before the start of the season. Update (3:12 p.m. Monday, August 31): The Chiefs released this statement from Gailey. STATEMENT FROM…
Kansas Congresswoman Lynn “Where all the white folks at?” Jenkins’ naivete defense for using turn-of-the-century racist phrase “great white hope” at a town-hall meeting a couple of weeks ago lost credibility Friday thanks to the Ottawa Herald. The Herald dug up the Kansas Republican’s vote on a resolution asking President Obama to pardon Jack Johnson — the first black world…
For today’s August-recess-celebrating tally of how much medical-industry money is going to the campaigns of metro-area politicians, we’ve decided to be extra efficient. We’ve already counted the totals for Sen. Pat Roberts ($525,000), Congressman Dennis Moore ($62,000), Sen. Claire McCaskill ($132,000) and Congressman Sam Graves ($85,500). Today, we’ve decided to combine the lists for Senators Kit Bond (Republican of Missouri)…
Yesterday around 12:30 p.m., a yakety of local saxophonists gathered around Charlie Parker’s grave in Kansas City’s Lincoln Cemetery to blow out a tribute to Bird. The day before, August 29, celebrations at the Mutual Musicians Foundation and the Jazz Museum (but mostly the Foundation) commemorated what would’ve been Parker’s 89th birthday. In the video, the saxers play a fanfare…
It’s not usually up to fruit to rock your world. When was the last time you had an apple that made you reconsider all previous apples? But one fruit that’s now in season might just shift your paradigm right there in the produce section. The pluot is a sweet, juicy cross-blend of a plum (approximately 70 percent) and apricot (approximately 30…
