Last week, the Kansas City police announced targeted enforcement for jaywalkers and others violating the oft-overlooked pedestrians-in-crosswalks-have-right-of-way thing. Police spent two days cruising the intersections around the Power & Light District, the Crossroads and on Broadway between 31st and Westport looking for lawbreakers. The majority of tickets were directed at cars, which isn’t much of a surprise given that cars…
How would you say this in Spanish? Tenemos Yo La Tengo? Which would then translate to “we got I got it?” Que pasa? Anyway, Yo La Tengo is launching a tour behind it’s latest, the actually rather poppin’ Popular Songs, and the Hoboken indie amigos y amiga are running a pretty cool deal. Via Matador Records: Though Yo La Tengo…
The list of meat-based cocktails grew a bit fatter last week, as the team behind the McNuggetini decided to collaborate on a Ham Daiquiri. It’s nice to know that creators Alie Ward and Georgia Hardstark weren’t just offering a pithy joke at the end of their first video and have delivered on the promise of a ham-inspired cocktail. “I’m going…
ESPN is reporting that Larry Johnson is expected to sign with the Cincinnati Bengals. LJ should fit right in. Photo courtesy of KCChiefs.com. Categories: News Tags: Cincinnati Bengals, football, Kansas City, kansas city, kansas city chiefs, larry johnson
Just in time for the first truly dreary, winter-foreshadowing weekend of the fall, the Arts Incubator made several hundred fans feel all warm and cozy Saturday night. The annual Turn On the Heat fundraiser, which banks money to keep the collective’s artists from freezing in their warehouse workshops during the frigid months, was certainly part sizzle. Ceiling-dangling acrobats from Voler…
When we noticed the Lunch Blog checking out King Buffet in Lawrence, Kansas, it only felt right to offer up a series of Do’s and Don’ts for the buffet-goer. Because the wrong decisions can leave an amateur with a hurting stomach and a feeling that you have failed to eat $6.99 worth of food. These suggestions will guide you safely…
E-mails obtained by The New York Times show that lobbyists working for biotech powerhouse Genetech and two Washington, D.C., law firms drafted statements for members of Congress to read into the Congressional Record. Among the dozen-plus House members who parroted language from the prepared text verbatim: Missouri Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer and Kansas Republican Lynn Jenkins. The statements, versions of which…
In what is sure to be a crazily pop-laden project, Mike Yannich (the Ergs!), Jesse Thorson (Pretty Boy Thorson), and Katie Naden (The God Damn Doo-Wop Band) have formed a new group called Automatic Weapons. According to a post made by Naden, there are “Two songs set to be recorded after Christmas and before New Years” and that they are…
Kansas City, Kansas, police say they are investigating the death of 28-year-old Jose Salazar-Moreno as a homicide. Salazar Moreno was found shot in an alley south of the 900 block of Armstrong Avenue around 4:49 a.m. Sunday. View Larger Map Salazar-Moreno was taken to a local hospital where he died from his wounds. KCK police have not released any suspect…
The Well has quickly established itself on the Waldo circuit since opening this August — and now it’s hoping to attract more patrons with a host of new menu and drink offerings. The bar and grill debuted its Sunday Brunch yesterday, which features an omelet bar among the six stations offering breakfast breads, fruit, eggs benedict, salads and desserts. For…
Not sure where it came from and who’s behind it, but I spied this creative bicycle chained to a street sign at 41st and Main this weekend. Not only is it a cool work of urban art, but also good advice for motorists, now that bike commuters will be pedaling home from work in the dark. Categories: News Tags: bicycling,…
The Arts Incubator’s annual fundraiser turned a chilly evening into an extravaganza of comfort food and the creative arts.
Are some fruits just not worth the trouble? I believe that the time has come for us a society to agree to retire pomegranates — which started popping up at grocery stores over the past two weeks. The fruit, typically in season from October to January, will be the subject of cocktail recipes and lauded for its antioxidant properties, but…
Going into a show aware of an artist’s reputation, but completely unfamiliar with any of that artist’s material is a double-edged sword. I’ve not a clue as to how any of Brendan Benson’s studio work compared with the live show he and his band put on Saturday night at the Bottleneck. Thus, while being completely ignorant with anything he’s done,…
In a rare feat of sexiness for the Wayward Blog, we actually have pictures of bona fide good-looking people for you to ogle today. Hollywood, here we come! These shots were taken at the Rock ‘N Fashion party this past Saturday at Crosstown Station, where designers Oblivion, Robert Anthony, Abigail Carolina, Wop on Top, Betsey Johnson, Envolve and Evil Pawn…
%{}% Ever wonder why rightbloggers don’t ever just say the hell with it? Week after week we unfailingly find them locked in the highest of dudgeons, raging about such inanities as old Sesame Street episodes or a non-existent suppressed Obama “thesis.” Wouldn’t you expect them to occasionally look at the more piddling of these outrages as they come over the…
Last week, a series of stories focused on how Starbucks baristas were bristling at being forced to push the coffee shop’s new instant brew product, Via, to each customer. I stopped in the Starbucks at Ward Parkway to see if that was the case. The store was pushing Via in displays, but the marketing effort was no more overbearing than…
Designers Oblivion, Robert Anthony, Abigail Carolina, Wop on Top, Betsey Johnson, Envolve and Evil Pawn showed their wares alongside performances by Pet Comfort, Action Figure and Heroes and Villains. 11/14/09.
%{}% A great round-up of beers on tap around Kansas City, including a few coffee-inspired brews. A long list of exactly what to do after you buy the great pumpkin and want to use something besides the seeds. The FDA might decide that you should stop sending your body mixed messages; it’s considering a ban on caffeinated alcoholic drinks. A…
When the headliner bails, it’s a crap shoot as to whether or not the show cobbled together from the remnants will be worth a good goddamn or not. When your headliner is a duo as energetic, exciting, and entertaining as the Kentucky-detained King Khan & BBQ Show, any band trying to please the people expecting them is fighting an uphill…
Last week’s Veterans Day was an unusually poignant one, coming just a day after the memorial service for 12 soldiers and a civilian killed at Fort Hood by a man who, as far as we still know, was one of their own. Wednesday was marked by political speeches expressing love and gratitude for those who served our country. A couple…
