Found this video produced for Arte Television on Vimeo about the aftermath of Wichita abortion provider George Tiller’s death. I don’t understand the French narration, but the rest of the video is in English and some pretty creepy moments thanks to an aimless anti-abortion protester wandering around the outskirts of Tiller’s closed down clinic and defending “justifiable homicide.” Abortion in…
Hey, I know this isn’t exactly “local.” When it comes to Springfield, we’re probably moving into the realm of “regional” at that point. But the Jeff Bilberry-designed flier is just badass, right? Very Japanese horror, while at the same time conjuring up images of H1N1 and hiding in your basement. The green adds some nastiness to it, as well. The…
The number of calories that soda contributes to our daily intake is a hotly debated topic. Soft-drink manufacturers don’t believe that soda should be singled out in relation to the nation’s obesity, and critics argue that Americans are slowly drinking themselves into a world of motorized scooters. The Center for a Livable Future (CLF) recently took issue with an argument…
KJ was no match for the Funk. Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser’s fantasy football team laid the smack down on former NBA star and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson’s Sack-town’s Finest, 100-62. Funk’s Footballers are riding a two-game winning streak. This week, Funk got a huge game out of New England receiver Wes Welker (150 yards receiving and two touchdowns for…
Finding the sweet spot of the Internet is like searching for the Holy Grail. It’s probably not going to happen unless Sean Connery is involved. And since he’s not taking Fat City’s telephone calls, we’re left to root around blindly hoping to find that one story that somehow brings together everyone online. And this time we think we’ve found it…
The neighborhood drama started with a simple crop of tomatoes. In 2007, Brooke Salvaggio took over the 2.5 acres surrounding her grandparents’ house on Bannister Road in southern Kansas City and turned it into Bad Seed Farm. This spring, with husband Dan Heryer adding his expertise to the urban operation, the organic farmers decided to expand their cornucopia, including a…
REVIEW BY IAN HRABE I turn around to find Karl Blau sitting at the bar folding oragami. He looks absolutely insane. His hair is teased up into some kind of mullet mohawk with two pigtails coming out of the back. He’s also extremely tall and wearing a Marty McFly vest, which makes the effect extra weird. He also seems like…
As a boy growing up on the East Coast, there were certain inalienable truths. Among them was that the only place to get bagels and cheesecakes done the right way was New York City. And to this day, cheesecake remains a food that, outside of Manhattan, isn’t the same. Whether it’s a question of water or baking practices, or simply…
After some complaints from groups such as the United Farm Workers, Target and Toys R Us have stopped selling this “illegal alien” costume. The United Farm Workers’ Web site says: The extra terrestrial creature perpetuates racism and discrimination in an already hostile environment and during a period of time when the debate on immigration reform is increasingly hateful and divisive….
This week’s new releases include comedy — both intentional and unintentional — along with some indie blues-rock, and epic soundscapes. Flight Of The Conchords’ I Told You I Was Freaky is the follow-up to their smash debut on Sub Pop. Now, while they might have been eclipsed in popularity and hipness by the Mighty Boosh as of late, this album…
This is going to get really complicated really quick, so pay attention. Zechs Marquise features Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez (who also plays in the Mars Volta) and bassist Marfred Rodriguez-Lopez. They’re brothers, obviously. Now, Zechs Marquise is a side project of the Mars Volta, and where it gets kind of complicated is the fact that the band is touring with Free Moral…
%{}% The Roasterie continues with updates from founder Danny O’Neill, who encounters everything from armed guards to red coffee cherries on the Mexico-Guatemala border. A visit to Lufti’s Fried Fish Buffet finds the fried catfish to “be the star of the show.” With Gourmet ceasing publication, the future of the magazine’s Web site is uncertain. Here are the 25 recipes…
A federal judge sentenced a former Naval recruiter yesterday to 15 years in prison without parole for attempted commercial sex trafficking of a child. Shane Allan Childers pleaded guilty in July to trying to pay $80 to have sex with an 11-year-old girl. Of course, this was part of a sting. Childers, a 32-year-old Olathe man, was a naval recruiter…
Kansas state Rep. Bill Otto took heat last week for his “RedNeck Rap” in which he criticizes President Obama and talks the tastiness of opossum. Kansas state Sen. Anthony Hensley called out Otto for the rap’s racial overtones — and, in a separate incident, allegedly telling Patrick Woods, a legislative liaison, that he nearly shot him because he looked like…
Saw this billboard next to Daddy’s on Main Street (just a few paces from HQ). We’re not even going to joke about everyone hating you. If you can pull in a fat government check — even if it’s seasonal or temporary — we won’t be mad at ya. Categories: News Tags: IRS, Kansas City, kansas city
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I’m posting this rather late today because, well, that’s what going out all three nights of the weekend does to a body. And because I saw so much music this weekend, I’m not even gonna try to make this a shapely piece of writing. Here’s what I saw, y’all. FRIDAY Son Venezuela at Power & Light: The district was by…
Okay, so Matt Pryor of the Get Up Kids told a story to Spinner earlier this month about the tour they did opening for Weezer back in 2001 (it played Memorial Hall, and Ozma also played, and it was fucking AWESOME). So, in it, Pryor said of the Weez that they were “the only band I’ve toured with for a…
