Fishing seems difficult enough without the potential of coming upon fish that have been genetically engineered. And now Wired has the story of how fisherman are caught in a debate over whether a record-setting catch of a genetically engineered fish should really count. Earlier this month, Saskatchewan fisherman Sean Konrad snared a 48-pound, world-record rainbow trout in Lake Diefenbaker, which…
The word foodie is established enough that people use the title as a self-identifier (“I’m a foodie”). But it can also denote an obsession with food. The term has bled into news stories, blog names and radio call-in programs. As such, people either love the concept or hate what it represents. Nobody is ambivalent about foodies. But as strong as…
The Kansas City Police Department has opened up a Twitter account. Nothing interesting up yet but the police say updates at http://twitter.com/kcpolice will include “breaking crime and traffic news, missing person alerts, press releases and more” so stay tuned. Here’s what Chief Jim Corwin had to say in the release: “With Twitter, we can leverage technology to keep the public…
Via CrookedRain.com: After years of speculation, the most important American band of the Nineties is returning to the stage with the lineup of Mark Ibold, Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg, Stephen Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich and Steve West reuniting for dates around the world in 2010. Please be advised this tour is not a prelude to additional jaunts and/or a permanent reunion….
Jo Marie Scaglia, owner of The Mixx — the four-year-old fast-casual salad-pasta-sandwich concept near the Country Club Plaza — is almost ready to open her second location in the Power & Light District. The new venue, in the central courtyard across from Rob Dalzell’s Chefburger (and the recently shuttered Yummo frozen yogurt), was scheduled to open next week, but a…
%{}% Prepare yourselves for the spectacle that is a wine tasting at Red X tonight. An ode to September with a photo series that covers what’s available right now at Farmer’s Markets. If you need a job, The Plog says that the Kobe Steakhouse on 13th and Baltimore is hiring. Chalk a win up for the locavores. The United States…
Kansas City must be too liberal for a couple of conservative Joes. Joe the Plumber skipped an appearance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City last night to attend a tea party rally in St. Louis today. He’s promoting a comic strip. In other conservative Joe news, South Carolina Congressman Joe “You lie” Wilson is scheduled to speak at the Missouri…
How could Format top the awesomeness that were the Lego hip-hop album covers? Two words: “The Simpsons.” Take your average, everyday, hip-hop icons and do ’em up in the style of The Simpsons. Format calls it No Homer, and it’s amazing. Some of the folks are helped by the context in which they’re placed — the Notorious B.I.G. has a…
Whoosh! Just when we’d filed Ghosty to the back of the card catalog, the mellow-pop masters blow back with some of their best work yet. This week, the Lawrence-rooted fivesome released its first collection of new material since Answers, which came out in early 2008 but feels like a long time ago. Available online at ghosty.bandcamp.com, A Mystic’s Robe EP…
Making like it’s NPR, the Colbert Nation will be streaming the Flaming Lips’ new album, Embryonic, from now until midnight on September 21. Surprisingly, when you go the website, there’s not a lot of hullabaloo over the preview stream. There’s no banner screaming “EXCLUSIVE” or anything like that. It’s just a small player in the upper left-hand corner. As many…
In Steven Soderbergh’s new movie The Informant!, Matt Damon plays Mark Whitacre, a bio-chemist at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) who sets off an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation into allegations of price-fixing at the agricultural industry giant. Whitacre suffers from delusions of grandeur (among other things) and is all too eager to make the feds’ case by recording…
Operation Rescue’s Troy Newman didn’t need to borrow money for his fund-raising mailers (as he claimed in a letter sent to supporters and the media on Monday). All Newman needed was to claim that his anti-abortion organization was “broke” and on the verge “of shutting everything down if emergency help doesn’t arrive soon.” The media — local and national —…
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. John Lennon in Heaven: Crossing the Borderlines of Being Author: Linda Keen Date: 1994 Publisher: Pan Publishing, Oregon Discovered at: 2nd Chance Thrift, 63rd & Troost…
The American Royal is proud to announce the annual Quarter Horse Show. Come and watch the nation’s best Quarter Horses compete in Halter and Performance classes. The public is also invited to visit the stalls to meet the exhibitors and see these magnificent animals up close. Thu., Sept. 17, 8 a.m.; Fri., Sept. 18, 8 a.m.; Sat., Sept. 19, 8…
Back in the days of Sansabelt uniforms, the Royals used to play the American League’s glamour teams — the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox — 10 or 11 times a season. Now that the AL is a three-division affair, the East Coast clubs visit the fountains less frequently. The Red Sox make their lone KC appearance in…
Yes, the good folks behind the ninth-annual Kansas International Film Festival have landed Michael Moore’s latest documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story, a full three weeks before its wide release. (You can get your rabble roused when it premieres tonight at 8.) But the event has also booked more than 50 other indie dramas, comedies, docs and curios from the region,…
Plaza Pzazz is an annual fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald house that features food, drinks and music. The event will take place rain or shine along the 200 & 300 Blocks of Ward Parkway. Event entrance on Central Street. Sun., Sept. 20, 6-10 p.m., 2009 Tags: Night & Day, Ronald McDonald
In honor of its 70th anniversary, see The Wizard of Oz for the first time in high definition on the big screen. The movie is showing for one night only at various theaters around the metro. See Web site for details. Wed., Sept. 23, 7 p.m., 2009 Tags: 2226, Night & Day
The harvest moon comes late this year, on October 4. But the harvest season starts whenever there are crops to be picked — and stored, pickled, canned or frozen for winter. The folks at the Kansas City Community Gardens in Swope Park mark the bounty of this summer’s crops with their Fall Family Festival and Harvest Celebration today from 10…
Experience the gaieties of Anglo civilization’s rebirth with more than 500 costumed characters on 13 stages and 16 acres of shaded lanes in Wyandotte County (628 North 126th Street in Bonner Springs) during the Kansas City Renaissance Festival. Celebrate the sensual, mysterious Middle East this weekend, when the theme is “Beyond the Veil, Tales for the Sultan.” Meet Aladdin and…
In the spirit of Saturday Night Live and MADtv, “The Really Big Show” by local improv troupe Full Frontal Comedy will feature comedy sketches, guests hosts, and a musical guest. Fridays, Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. Starts: Sept. 18. Continues through Oct. 3, 2009 Tags: Mad TV, Night & Day, Saturday Night Live
This festival features the latest and greatest in bike gear, bike information, trail guides and more. Cyclocross racing will take place on Saturday, with mountain bike races and a trail run on Sunday. Kid races will occur on both days. Sat., Sept. 19, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Sun., Sept. 20, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 2009 Tags: 1055, Night & Day
Being of the opinion that birthdays can never be celebrated too fully, we’re pleased to see that the Coterie Theatre (2450 Grand) discovered the many quaint and curious volumes of Edgar Allan Poe in time for his 200th birthday. The Tell-Tale Electric Poe, an adaptation of the stories “William Wilson,” “The Pit and the Pendulum” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” as…
