If they’re true, the allegations against a former deputy of Phill Kline are damning. The Kansas Office of Disciplinary Administrator alleges that attorney Stephen Maxwell — who worked for Kline in the Kansas Attorney General’s office and later followed Kline to the Johnson County District Attorney’s office — tricked a Shawnee County District Court judge into issuing subpoenas for women’s…
Ever snapped at a family member for mooching too much of your burrito? At one time, the world seemed to be divided between plate-sharers and those who wanted to eat separately, either out of dietary concerns, a germ phobia, or contentment with what they ordered. But when it comes to sharing entrees today, dining companions fall into one of three…
%{}% Big night at the Sprint Center with the New York Islanders vs. Los Angeles Kings NHL exhibition game. Great seats are apparently still available. A quick search for the two best available seats turned up a pair of $150 front-row seats in section 107 near center ice. So if you have an extra $330.40 … Also found a pair…
If you were depressed before you got your morning cup of coffee, then feel free to add a shot of kahlua before you keep reading. This will be a shock, but apparently it’s your coffee that is causing you to feel disconnected from the rest of the world. Allow Temple University History Professor Bryant Simon to explain: “As our sense…
Mat “Slimm” Adkins, that purveyor of fine rock photography and knower of knowables, is holding court tonight at Davey’s Uptown with another installment of his Slimm Spins Music Trivia. Unlike the other, mostly question-based pub quizzes around town, Slimm Spins is entirely name-that-tune-tastic. So get your friends with the sharp ears — the ones who are always stopping mid-conversations at…
If you’re heading to the record store today to pick up some new releases, here’s what’s happening and cool on your radio this week. Think of this not as a “must have” guide, but just FYI on what makes the tastemakers move and shake. There’s charts from KJHK and Sonic Spectrum. And, as always — if you’ve got a radio…
The Almighty Defenders are a supergroup created by joining the King Khan & BBQ Show with the Black Lips. King Khan, Mark Sultan, and the Black Lips rolled up into one tasty combo. So, what do you get? It’s actually a lot more like the Black Lips’ Good Bad Not Evil than anything else. It’s very laid back, and not…
%{}% The advice we should take is always the advice we ignore, like “don’t get drunk at your high school reunion.” A primer on how to prepare yeast for baking — you just need flour, water, a canning jar and some patience. . A guide on making it to Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, without breaking the bank. If you’re…
%{}% Funk’s Footballers flamed out in week two with a 65-51 loss to the Orlando Scorchers in ahoo! Sports Mayoral Face-Off Fantasy Football League. Funk is challenging big-city mayors from across the country with a $15,000 prize on the line, which Funk would give to the Police Athletic League. Outside of a good game from Atlanta wide receiver Roddy White,…
Video of a band on the radio? The mind boggles. Here is the first of many tour videos you will be seeing from Capybara as they are on the road, in support of Try Brother on The Record Machine. The video has the band jammed in a tight little KCOU radio station booth in Columbia, MO, playing “The Wimp,” the…
Michael Adams Jr., the Belton man accused of killing the mother of his two children, pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and armed criminal action today, the Associated Press reports. Adams and Amber Hartwig allegedly argued over cross dressing on the day of the shooting. Adams will be back in court on October 19. Via Crime Scene KC. %{}%The AP…
He was wasting away in Margaritaville…with bratwurst For years I’ve driven by the yellow banner announcing the annual Oktoberfest celebration at the Our Lady of Sorrows Church at 2552 Gillham Road — and then missed the shindig. But last weekend, I decided to finally celebrate the German festival — on historic Dutch Hill — and see what I had been missing….
The Northeast’s Esther Saladino McMurray will be honored on Wednesday If you’ve traveled east on Independence Avenue recently, you may have seen the sign, above, on the side of the Avenue’s venerable Mayfair Cleaners. And you might have wondered: Why is Mayor Funkhauser celebrating Dairy Queen? Well, it’s not just any Dairy Queen, but the city’s oldest Dairy Queen —…
Social media Mayor of Kansas City Mark Funkhouser was really “excited about being able to use new tools to communicate with my constituency.” That’s what Funkhouser tweeted on April 10 when he opened his Twitter account. By April 12, Mayor Funkhouser was apparently done with Twitter. That was his last attempt using this new tool to communicate with his constituents….
Math humor is not cool. Examples: There are 10 kinds of mathematicians. Those who can understand binary and those who can’t. Old mathematicians never die; they just lose some of their functions. An engineer, a physicist and a mathematician are staying in a hotel. The engineer wakes up and smells smoke. He goes out into the hallway and sees a…
The tenderloins rule at Rob’s Cafe on Highway 40 Over the weekend, we posed this question: Where in the Kansas City area could one find the Tom Boy Sandwich? Not every diner serves such a unique delicacy: a ground-beef patty, grilled medium, then hand-dipped, breaded and deep-fried “to a golden crisp” and topped with grilled onions, lettuce and mayonnaise.” Not…
Todd Tiahrt’s hair got the endorsement of super moralist Bill Bennett and former Republican Speaker Denny Hastert. But it didn’t get the endorsement of U.S. Sen. John McCain, who endorsed Jerry Moran for U.S. Senate (after Sam Brownback failed to call quack-quack seat back on his Senate seat, per Senate protocal). McCain likes Moran because of his “proven record of…
%{}% Roy Edroso is unwell. So this week’s Rightbloggers: Exploring the right Wing Blogosphere is a recent hit (and as always, appears courtesy of our sister paper in New York City, Village Voice). Congressman Joe Wilson’s cry of “Lie!” at President Obama’s health-care speech had not stopped reverberating in the halls of Congress before rightbloggers declared it a failure. Scared…
The standard for an unedited, steadicam shot has always been Goodfellas — the scene where Henry Hill and his wife-to-be Karen walk through the back of the Copacabana on the way to their table at the front of the club. Without the ability to edit the shot, it took director Martin Scorsese eight takes to get what he wanted. Add…
Not all school lunches are bad. In fact, each school has the power to make at least one great dish. Whether that dish comes from instant potatoes or grade D meat is another question. Earlier this month, Slow Food USA staged a series of potluck “eat-ins” at public schools across the country, in an effort to lobby the government to…
