While this story from Wired about music for monkeys might be a few months old, it’s still a fascinating read. Entitled “Monkeys Don’t Go For Music — Unless It’s Made for Them,” it demonstrates that monkeys don’t really respond to human music, instead preferring silence. However, “when a psychologist and a musician collaborated to compose music based on the pitch,…
Go Invest Wisely, a Utah company, began purchasing homes in Kansas City, Missouri, in 2008. Most are vacant. One is headed for demolition.
Update, 1:14 p.m.: From the Up to Eleven Twitter feed: the king khan & bbq will unfortunately not be able to perform tonight at the jackpot. refunds available at point of purchase. HOWEVER…..those darlins and the spook lights WILL BE playing at the jackpot. tickets only $7 at the door. celebrate friday the 13th in lawrence Update, 11:06 a.m.: The…
Fast food franchises have been testing mobile loyalty rewards and advertising programs for a few years, now. But soon, that system could know a lot more about your eating habits through radio frequency identification tag stickers on your cell phone. A recent article in Near Field Communications World highlights pilot programs in place at McDonald’s, Arby’s, Qdoba, Dairy Queen and…
Watch mountains explode, rivers turn black and grown men cry. Nope, we’re not talking about 2012, but another disturbing movie debuting this weekend about the end of the world. At least, the end of the world as Appalachian residents know it. Sierra Club has gone cinematic with their environmental protection in Coal Country, a feature-length documentary that shows in graphic…
You’re about to start fighting over who gets to do the office work. J&D’s has introduced bacon-flavored MMMvelopes. The makers of Baconnaise and Bacon Salt (one of the few gimmick products to deliver on its taste promises) encourage people to Lick It. Love It. Mail It. The product’s Web site breaks down the pork-like paper goods: No longer will envelopes…
Update: KMBC Channel 9 reports that police have cleared and released Larry Kidd. Kidd told Fox 4 that being named as an “associate” of the Mohler family and treated as a suspect was a “horrible nightmare.” KSHB Channel 41 explains how Kidd’s name was brought into the case — a new release issued by police. ***Add Larry Kidd to the…
On occasion, Fat City is written from the hallowed tables of coffee shops across the city and over the past several weeks, it’s become apparent to me that everything but coffee seems to be going out the door. Take for example a recent lunch hour I spent at Coffee Girls in Waldo — here’s a sample of the orders that…
Homegrown Buzz favorites Thieves recently sent us this track from their new Divider EP to share in hopes of promoting their CD-release party. Unfortunately, that party took place last weekend (with Cowboy Indian Bear and Sailor Sequence, so you know it had to’ve been good). Hey, we get backed up here sometimes at the Wayward Blog. But it’s never too…
In one way, it was surprising to see what might appear to be a blasphemous argument coming from the Missouri Record, a journal of politics and policy put out by the conservative Missourians for Responsible Government. But there it was, yesterday, a post headlined “Economics of Gay Marriage.” In the post, Stephen Eisele, a Springfield political consultant and Obama delegate…
%{}% A one-gallon home brew kit is the perfect starter set — and it’s now available online. Amid the health care debate, a potential cure-all has been forgotten: Chicken Noodle Soup. In the argument over whether to crate piglets, a Missouri pig farmer stands on the side of protecting profits and piglets from being crushed by their mothers. With hunting…
After over a decade of rocking and rolling you all over Kansas City, the Throttlers are throwing down for one last time tonight. Born out of the ashes of Johnny Black & the Assassins, the Throttlers have been the closest thing this poor world has seen to a hot rod rock ‘n’ roll band since the New Bomb Turks broke…
When a drummer decides to step out from behind the kit and make music as a solo artist, it can go poorly — let us never forget the terrible lesson learned with Phil Collins. However, let us remember that for every Collins and Don Henley, we occasionally get a Dave Grohl. It is in this hopeful spirit that we present…
%{}% The man who confessed to killing a Wichita abortion provider doesn’t believe he can get a fair trial in Sedgwick County. The Wichita Eagle reports that Scott Roeder’s public defenders want his trial moved, citing news reports in the Eagle and a reported comment made by District Attorney Nola Foulston that Roeder’s past could lead reasonable people to believe…
%{}% The sickening allegations against Burrell Mohler Sr. and four of his sons have brought unwelcome attention to the Community of Christ, a church that’s headquartered in Independence. Mohler and two of his sons, David Mohler and Jared Mohler, are lay ministers in the church. (Saying the allegations were being taken seriously, the church suspended the individuals’ “priesthood licenses.”) At…
It’s soup season — so bring your choices for best bowl in the city as Charles Ferruzza answers questions and takes stock of the situation on The Walt Bodine Show at 10 a.m. today. If you need some inspiration or are looking to stir the pot, Fat City listed the Top 10 soups in Kansas City earlier this month. The…
My friend Jania Amador snapped this photo in Independence yesterday. Poor kitty. If you haven’t eaten the cat, call the number. Categories: News Tags: cats, Independence, missouri
Branson, Missouri, is not exactly the birthplace of sophistication. Perhaps it was just an innocent mistake when, on September 9, 2008, agents with the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a Samoan man, Hans Joachim Keil, on the suspicion that Keil was not in the country legally. See, Keil is a U.S. citizen. He has dual citizenship…
Former Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputy Steven W. Burgess pleaded guilty Thursday to sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl while she was detained on July 24, 2007. The 35-year-old Independence man is facing 14 years in prison. The facts are pretty twisted. Here’s how the Department of Justice described it in a press release: Burgess then put the victim in handcuffs and,…
These BBE Lost & Found compilations are quickly becoming the way to get a fast, thorough initiation into the deep cuts of a given genre. Keb Darge last teamed with Cut Chemist on the initial Lost & Found comp, Rockabilly and Jump Blues, which featured obscurities from Little Junior’s Blue Flames next to better known artists like Johnny Burnette and…
Resident INnatesounds producer and turntablist Leonard DStroy has been living up to his adopted surname this year, destructing the decks on his own solo album, Game Over, as well as on CES Cru’s celebrated Playground. Most recently, he’s returned to his brainy cradle as beat helmsman for MC Brother of Moses on the Deep Thinkers’ brand-new release, Make It Quake….
