Mike Thompson went on Chris Stigall’s morning show today to yap about how global warming isn’t man-made and that the data in favor of global warming itself have been discredited. It supposedly caused a stir for listeners to hear a meteorologist dispute climate change, but you readers of Plog might remember that Thompson’s held these views for years. He has a…
David Sedaris tells a story in his book, Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his brother Paul, who calls himself the Rooster. Paul Sedaris’ philosophy is as follows: “Certain motherfuckers think they can fuck with my shit, but you can’t kill the Rooster. You might can fuck him up sometimes, but, bitch, nobody kills the motherfucking Rooster. You know what…
Big, meaty, full-frontal congrats to Lawrence vets Coalesce for shearing all the way to no. 3 in Decibel Magazine’s Top 40 metal albums of 2009 with their latest full-length, Ox. The Top 40 list isn’t anywhere on Decibel’s site, but Stereogum has it. Here’s the top ten: 10 Isis – Wavering Radiant 9 Marduk – Wormwood 8 Tombs – Winter…
Eat ’em or use the filled box as a barbell Tomorrow — Friday, December 4 — is National Cookie Day, a celebration of the crispy pastry that our British cousins call biscuits and the Dutch, who reportedly introduced the confection to the United States, call keokje. No matter what you call them, they’re an American favorite and have been for…
Pitch editor C.J. Janovy spotted this on her way to work today … Hey, hope the driver doesn’t need another piece of paper later. Categories: News, Politics Tags: Afghanistan, barack obama, Kansas City, kansas city
All-swingin’, all-singin’ Big Bad Voodoo Daddy comes to town this Sunday, bringing holiday cheer to Harrah’s VooDoo Lounge, and we’d like to send you and your hot-struttin’ sweetheart for free. In addition to BBVD’s jumpin’ hits, the show promises voodoo-roonied Christmas jams from the band’s seasonal catalogue (see their 2004 album, All You Want for Christmas), plus cuts off the…
The holiday season offers up an opportunity to decorate one’s home in many ways. Some opt for simple and traditional lights outlining the home and some go a little more “reason for the season” and have a full-on Nativity in the front yard. Other go whole hog and attempt to signal extraterrestrials with enough electricity to power Oskaloosa for a…
%{}% O’Fallon loon (and Missouri state Rep.) Cynthia Davis was serious when she said she wants guns in churches. You know Jesus would have wanted it that way. Davis has pre-filed H.B. 1232, which would repeal restrictions against packing heat in the pews (h/t to Randy Turner at the Turner Report). Last month in her e-newsletter, Davis showed off her…
As 2009 draws to a close, the race to predict big restaurant trends in 2010 has begun. The National Restaurant Association asked more than 1,800 chefs from the American Culinary Federation (ACF) what they planned to do with their menus next year. The survey results are out, and it should come as no surprise that considerations about portion size and…
Get your motor running and get out of the driveway — Backfire BBQ cranks it up in the Legends on Monday, December 7, at 7 p.m. for a Grand Opening Party. It’s biker theme is the vision of Steven Schussler — the restaurateur behind Rainforest Cafe and T-Rex Cafe — built around the Orange County Choppers brand. The motorcycle company’s…
Besides taxi, bicycle or squad car, there’s now a new safe option that holiday drunks can use to get home: dudes on scooters. Jeff Seabaugh is the owner of ScooterCrew, a service that dispatches a helmeted, sober, insured dude on a scooter to pick you up at the bar, pack his scooter in your trunk (in a chemically sealed bag)…
It burned out faster than expected… Matchstick BBQ, which opened just this past summer, closed last month. I never had the opportunity to eat at the storefront restaurant, but most of the comments in response to Fat City’s June 8 blog post seemed generally positive (except for a one damning post in late August that still praised the food). Real…
Strange story from Fox 4: Kansas City police found a man covered in blood and carrying a sawed-off shotgun near 38th and Pennsylvania this morning. View Larger Map The guy had injuries but wasn’t forthcoming with details about what exactly happened, Fox 4 reported, so police canvassed the area, knocking on doors, deploying a helicopter and dogs but didn’t find…
%{}% A visit to Spin finds the pizza to be good, the salads to be great and the service ready to handle a crowd. A charmed diner offers a vivid description of the food and setting at Cafe Beautiful in Lawrence. A Russian professor believes he has developed a formula that allows for vodka to be consumed in powdered or…
We’re going to have to agree with the guys at I-Mockery on this one: there is really no fake spoof trailer out there that makes us wish there were a real movie more than The Night the Reindeer Died, from the Bill Murray Christmas classic Scrooged. Maybe the one for Thanksgiving that was in Grindhouse, or Simple Jack from Tropic…
Director Kevin Smith spent most of Tuesday arguing back and forth on his Twitter page with Megan Phelps, part of the Westboro Baptist Church clan spawned by pastor Fred Phelps. Not only did amusement come from the back and forth exchange (including Smith attempting to posit Wayne Gretzky as a possible savior — not the first time for that, by…
Walk tall, Kansas Citians — we’re ahead of St. Louis, Denver and Los Angeles at something. But look both ways before you cross the street because the KC metro outranks those towns on something called the “pedestrian danger index” — meaning you’re more likely to get run over here than in, say, West Hollywood. In November, the lobby Transportation for…
General Motors hopes the new LaCrosse sedan changes the way people think about Buick. Made in Kansas City, Kansas, the mid-size LaCrosse has been praised for its looks, safety and handling. But in its January issue, Consumer Reports says Buick still can’t beat imports in its class. The magazine’s testers tried out a $37,555 LaCrosse. They liked the car, finding…
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. Sexual Physiology or Hidden Truths Revealed: Purity, Heredity and Physical Manhood Authors: Bishop Samuel Fallows and Dr. W. J. Truitt, both “heaven-appointed teachers of purity and…
Jerry G. Link was charged with seven crimes yesterday in connection with a four-day kidnapping, guns and rape spree he allegedly perpetrated against a woman from November 27 to 30. Link, 49, allegedly agreed to drive a woman from Lee’s Summit to his residence in Lone Jack to pick up her dog. Once there, the probable cause statement alleges, Link…
