%{}% A field trip to the butcher and Paradise Meats in Trimble, Missouri, might sound unconventional, but pork chops are possibly the best tour giveaway. A look at how festivals introduce people to traditional Irish food and an emphatic statement that Irish sausages aren’t bangers. Budweiser will be rolling out a whole lot more “Drinkability” advertisements in an attempt to…
Matt Pryor comes into the shop where I work on a regular basis, and it’s totally weird to think of him being famous. Come to think of it, when you see people like Pryor or Chris Crisci or someone like that at the grocery store or the farmer’s market, they’re just another local musician, really. Of course, our local musicians…
When you consider the fact that Boo & Boo Too and Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk share several members (Boo & Boo Too has BBDM’s members, plus two more), it’s unsurprising that the two bands are releasing a split 7″ entitled Baby Boo. It comes out tonight on Lovely Sea Records, and you can pick it up at Love Garden…
Chad Franklin Suzuki — the Kansas car dealer that offered way too good to be true deals — settled its lawsuit with the state of Kansas, KSHB Channel 41 is reporting. And the loser in the suit is leaving Kansas. KSHB’s Call For Action’s investigative reports broke the story and now they’re reporting that Chad Franklin Suzuki is paying the…
1. Ooh and ah at some of the prettiest darn things in nature — butterflies. Powell Gardens is hosting a Festival of Butterflies today through Sunday. 2. Go see a play under the moonlight. Chicago is on stage through Sunday at Starlight Theatre. 3. Go to Warrensburg. Kickass neo-classic country band Adam Lee and the Dead Horse Sound Company will…
In this week’s cover story, I examined the case of Stan Romanek, the Denver dude who claims he videotaped a big-eyed gray alien peeking through his window. Until now, that video has only been made publicly available at UFO conventions, but it might finally show up in your homes next week. Romanek has posted on his Twitter feed that he…
Here’s video of the ruckus that broke out at a Claire “Bear” McCaskill town hall meeting yesterday. Damn, remember when people could give a shit about town hall meetings? At least people are engaged … or something. Here’s video from the fracas. People, ripping up a poster of Rosa Parks is not the answer. Via Fired Up! Missouri. Categories: News,…
Noted health-care expert and Kansan-in-exile Phill Kline finally chimed in “Obamacare” — and oh, man. The analysis from Dr. Phill’s bloggy bully pulpit (hey, we’re peers now, Phill) begins with a quote from an order issued by Adolf Hitler. “Authority (is hereby given for) certain physicians to be designated by name in such a manner that persons who, according to…
Alexander Austin is painting a fantastic portrait of the late King of Pop on this building at the corner of 18th and Troost. Take a look at Austin’s Michael Jackson masterpiece so far. Categories: News Tags: Alexander Austin, Michael Jackson, Troost
%{}% In my house, we’ve something like 400-500 books. One of our many bookcases (with the exception of top shelf devoted to classics) is nothing but music books. In the interest of helping out those looking to start their own rock ‘n’ roll library, I offer up some of the contents located in my own. First of all — and…
I’m so sorry that I didn’t discover the delectable tacos at Taqueria Camecuaro — located at 309 N. 7th Street in Kansas City, Kansas — until after Jonathan Bender and I had completed our list of the Top Ten Cheap Tacos last month. I’m not saying that this combination taqueria and market would have pushed our numero uno choice off…
I’ll be honest — this is really just an excuse to post a really awesome MUTEMATH live performance of “The Nerve” from a concert in Tokyo earlier this summer. See? Neat, huh? Now, when I saw MUTEMATH play live back in 2006, I’d never even heard of them. Imagine my surprise when I showed up at the Bottleneck and the…
Green Dirt Farm’s Bossa…is the boss Green Dirt Farm, the lamb farm and artisan cheese maker in Weston, Missouri, was honored last Friday at the 2009 American Cheese Society Competition in Austin, Texas. This was the first year that cheesemaker Sarah Hoffman — who owns the farm with Jacquie Smith — has entered the competition, but good fortune was definitely…
Let’s all not get too crazy today. But since it’s looking like a weird flavor day here — it only seemed appropriate to wonder about the taste of beet-flavored beer. The Local Beet looks at creating a home batch based off roasted beets. Besides a frighteningly red wort, the steps and ingredients would seem fairly standard to a home brewer….
Everywhere in Kansas City, there are bands who rarely get a chance to play outside of weeknight shows at their local bar and grill. This Labor Day weekend, 120 — that’s ONE HUNDRED ‘N TWENTY — bands from in and around the Kansas City area will play as part of the Kansas City Music Fest. The show runs Friday, September…
This is the time of year when ice cream always sounds good. However, some of the offerings uncovered by Better Homes and Gardens might not sound as appealing. Ice cream is apparently the next frontier for unusual tastes. At first the list is tame, with flavors like sweet corn and grilled potato. Corn seems an easy leap for cream; after…
If you are a fan of rock ‘n’ roll of the greasy, fast, loud, “Lemmy Is God” variety, have I got a deal for you. Seems that Gearhead Records has a lot of CDs they’d like to sell you for cheap. Specifically, $3 a disc on selected items in their store. Yeah, yeah — the CD is a dead format….
This is officially the coolest story of the day. A flip-flop wearing nun chased down a gun-toting robber this morning, and Fox 4 is all over the story, including an interview with Sister Catarina from Saint Francis of the Holy Eucharist. Now that’s a Kansas City crime fighter. Categories: News Tags: robbery, Saint Francis of the Holy Eucharist, Sister Catarina
Ugh. The hits just keep on coming, huh? Guitar legend Les Paul died today at the age of 94. From KMBC 9’s story: According to Gibson Guitar, Paul died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital. His family and friends were by his side. He had been hospitalized in February 2006 when he learned he won two Grammys for…
Workers at the local Ford production plant will have more to do thanks to www.shunya.net the Cash for Clunkers program. Turns out that with so many people trading in their shitboxes, the demand for production of the Ford Escape and Ford Focus has exploded, meaning Ford will produce about 33 percent more vehicles in this year’s fourth quarter than in the…
