In the 1960s, it wasn’t enough to just cook chicken, damn it. One had to cook it gloriously. At least, that’s what the manufacturers of “lighter, clearer” Wesson pure vegetable cooking oil wanted their customers to do. That’s why Wesson published this free 15-page booklet (consumers had to order it by writing to “The Wesson People” in New Orleans) filled…
A Missouri appeals court recently took up an interesting question: Does the use of a Whizzinator constitute forgery? Robert Smothers of Moberly, Missouri, was subject to drug testing as a condition of his bond. Smothers was submitting a sample when a police officer administering the test heard a snapping noise. Asked about the suspicious ruckus, Smith allegedly admitted to using…
Luxury Wafers is similar to Daytrotter, but there are some notable differences. Luxury Wafters offers up video, but the site isn’t nearly as easy to navigate as Daytrotter’s. Both sites are providing some great exclusive content, however, and I’m glad that nobody exclusively holds the title to “free live recordings.” Luxury Wafers have also completed their first iTunes exclusive recording,…
Tom Wiggans announced yesterday that he’s the Democrat running for Kansas governor. Wiggans was ready. He had a folksy Web site and a YouTube video and encouraged supporters to sign up for his mailing list. Some did … and then they slapped their heads. Paid for and authorized by Wiggans for Senate? An auspicious debut, indeed. Categories: News, Politics Tags:…
Kozeta Kreka just wants customers to get cozy To her family and friends, Kozeta Kreka is simply Cozy. And that’s the name Kreka — a native of Pogradec, Albania — gave to her new restaurant, Cozy’s Cafe. The placed opened two months ago at 6740 W. 75th Street, directly across the street from Fritz’s Chili and the Petco store. Kozeta…
Kansas City police released the victim of Monday’s homicide in the 3700 block of Roberts. Police say 27-year-old Lisa M. McGuire of Versailles was the woman they found dead outside of an apartment complex. Police had received a tip around 9:49 p.m. Monday thata woman was dead outside of an apartment complex. If you have a tip about McGuire’s death,…
Kansas City, Missouri, does not lack for sad-looking houses. So when the city orders one of them to be demolished, you can be certain it’s a real dump. Go Invest Wisely, the subject of this week’s Martin column, owns a house in the Northeast that’s slated for demolition. The Utah-based company bought the Cypress Avenue house in the summer of…
Mike TV is a pop-punk act from England. Their bio reads like it might have been written by members of Monty Python: In the summer they encountered a major bummer as drummer Riff Reynolds left the band to pursue a career as a sous-chef. He was replaced by a Welsh school-girl from Stoke called Glyn Mellor. Tours with CJ RAMONE…
Heather Ryan serves up the Irish potato soup Why did it take me twenty years to finally stumble into Rockhurst High School’s annual Heritage Ethnic Food Festival? A friend told me not to miss the event, which took place last Sunday, because he insisted “it’s the best food deal in town.” I’m sure I rolled my eyes, but I was…
Mr. Goodcents recently launched a new product line of flatbread pizzas and, in an effort to determine whether that was a good idea, I brought home a white cardboard box filled with a foil-wrapped pizza. “You’re going to like it,” the cashier told me and I wanted to believe him. The options are straightforward. A cheese flatbread pizza is $3.49,…
BY ELGIN SMITH After hearing so much about Widespread Panic over the past few years, I decided it was finally time to take the plunge and check the band out in concert. While I knew of Widespread’s heroic status in the upper echelons of jam, I had only heard a few songs here and there, and figured that these cats…
I’ll bet my Specialized that, if you ride a bike in this town, you know the name Sarah Gibson. In fact, many have probably shared a beer in a bike-strewn parking lot — before Critical Mass, after Tour de Cowtown — with the gravely voiced, gray-haired, bad-ass co-owner of equally bad-ass Acme Bicycle Company in the Crossroads District. Well, get…
This bobblehead of oversized novelty Mayor Mark Funkhouser is amazing. Bobblehead LLC of KCMO made it for McFadden’s, and if you’re in need of a stocking stuffer, now you can take home your own minature novelty Funkhouser. Awesome. Categories: News, Politics Tags: Bobblehead LLC, bobbleheads, Mayor Mark Funkhouser
Here are some random newsy items from my reporter’s notebook. Chili Cookoff Benefit Great chili comes from the heart, so the third annual chili cook-off sponsored by the Wyandotte Homeless Services Coalition is a no-brainer. The event is slated for Thursday, November 19, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Wilhemina Gill Services Center (645 Nebraska Avenue) in Kansas City, Kansas….
%{}% Kansas football coach Mark Mangino poked a player in the chest during a practice, sparking the super secret internal investigation that everyone’s not doing a good job of keeping secrets about. Since the poke, the Jayhawks have lost five in a row. They face Texas on Saturday (good luck with that). At his weekly press conference, Mangino was asked…
Living without a refrigerator seems wrong on some level — like having a hole in your living room where the television used to be. But one couple in Portland, Oregon, has been without a fridge for the past seven years in an effort to reduce their carbon emissions. It’s a difficult concept to grasp from my kitchen in Kansas City,…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Rock, It has been a profound pleasure to serve the Kansas City scene as music editor of The Pitch, but after nearly five years of burning my Guitar Lamp at both ends, I will be leaving my post early next year. I am not leaving The Pitch because of any shakedown, bad trip or other…
Chemical spills. Buried drums of unknown substances. Teflon poisoning. PCB drippings. Mold. These are just some of the cringe-inducing details included in a Department of Labor summary of information gathered from workers and former workers of Honeywell’s Kansas City Plant, where non-nuclear parts for nuclear weapons have been manufactured for the last 60 years (Honeywell is the subject of this…
%{}% Let the breakfast wars begin — a look at the craziness around the new Dunkin’ Donuts in Overland Park while Grimace is busy working the corner. A trip back in time to the simpler days of cherry torte for dessert. The latest trend in gin is cold distillation — let’s hope the new campaign for Oxley Gin proves to…
For those of you wanting something a little classier on a Sunday than some synthpunk at the Jackpot, there is hope for you. At 2 p.m. Sunday, in the Jewish Community Campus’ Lewis and Shirley White Theatre, there will be a performance from Tiberius Klausner and Richard Cass. The Klausner and Cass concert will include piano and violin duets and…
Let’s take a moment to focus our attentions away from the Riverboat Gamblers’ injured guitarist Ian MacDougall, and return them instead to the rocking amazingness that is the band’s music. The Gamblers released Underneath the Owl on Volcom earlier this year, and this is the first track on it, continuing in the fine tradition of leadoff tracks to which the…
