I never thought my car would smell like a state fair — but then I ordered a box of funnel cake sticks at the Burger King drive-thru. The newest product from BK runs you $1.79 for a package of nine cigarillo-shaped cakes that come with a container of icing. They smell just like the delicacies on that grease-laden paper plate…
%{}% It’s a Christmas miracle — the story of how a tomato plant sprouted near a garage. A trip to Danny Edwards BBQ on Southwest Boulevard finds more square footage and plenty of meat in the chili. A plan for how to make stirring natural peanut butter easier. A new synthetic alcohol in development reportedly gives you all the buzz…
INnatesounds sent out the following e-mail as a Christmas gift, and we felt that those of you not on said list still deserved to know that the label announced the long overdue Reggie B and Miles Bonny album Doin’ Our Thang will be available January 8. Enjoy this track from it in the meantime. It’s what funk and soul will…
We here at Wayward Blog noticed that there were quite a few videos that veered into XXX territory. We’re not the only ones, as it seems that Stereogum’s got a list of the top 10 NSFW videos of the year. Take a look at their list, which contains quite a few I never got to this year, but also notice…
Whatever novelty drink you had planned to for ringing in the New Year — shelve it. This is the year to try flaming egg nog. The concept is the same as a volcano bowl or any other flaming drink you’ve had at a Chinese restaurant or friendly dive bar. Your flame comes from the use of 151-proof rum, which in…
If the Rumspringer MP3 that came with the interview I did with Traffic Street’s Sam North wasn’t enough to get you interested in the label, how about a whole free album — in this case, Troublemake’s Feral? Four songs of “grimey sounding pop punk” recorded and released in 2007. I think you can download them in pretty much whichever format…
There may be no better time to rob a bank in the Kansas City metro area. Various news outlets and the FBI are reporting dual bank robberies this morning — one in Kansas City and one in Lenexa. Seems like the FBI is really busy with these cases. It’s probably a good time to try and sneak one past ’em….
Free…the magic word We love little kids in Fat City. In fact, Jonathan Bender now has one! But the best children — in the restaurant world, anyway — are the well-behaved kind. And the best way for kids to learn restaurant etiquette is to actually take them to restaurants. And the most practical way to take little ones to restaurants,…
Sam North’s record label, Traffic Street Records went from being completely unknown to me at the year’s start to my favorite by the end. North had sent me a few records to play on my radio show, and I liked them so much, I ended up taking advantage of a deal he offered back in May, wherein you could get…
Gage Guys: McPeak, Hurst, Wilcox Blair Hurst — the young restaurateur best-known for operating the Baja 600 Mexican Restaurant on the Country Club Plaza and for purchasing (and ultimately closing) the moribund KC Masterpiece Barbecue concept — hasn’t exactly won raves for the food or service at his restaurants. But that may change now that he’s opened Jack Gage American…
A preliminary FBI report released last week shows that crime in major metropolitan areas dropped in the first half of 2009 — but that may be because criminals are going to smaller cities where they can commit more robberies. Cities with populations between 10,000 to 24,999 saw a 1.7 increase in violent crime and a 3.8 increase in aggravated assault….
For those who feel that the act of chewing is too much effort, we anti-celebrate the top five food innovations for the laziest among us. 5. The self-stirring mug. Is lifting a spoon getting you down in the morning? Let the self-stirring mug do the work for you via a rotating part in the base of the cup that creates…
Seriously. There are no new albums coming out today. This is the desolate wasteland between Christmas and the start of the new year, so I imagine that checking out the new release racks this afternoon will consist mainly of restocks. However, there are a couple of DVD releases today that bear discussing. There will be spoilers, so stop reading now…
You can’t escape bacon. You can’t even contain it. J&D Foods, the company behind Bacon Salt and Baconnaise, is back with two new pork-inspired creations: Bacon Ranch dressing and Bacon popcorn. Yum Sugar found the ranch dressing to be dip-worthy, while the flavor of the BaconPOP was neutralized by the microwave. A recent interview with J&D Foods founders Justin Esch…
Sad story from over the weekend. KSHB-TV is reporting that a 21-month-old toddler was rushed to the hospital on Sunday in full cardiac arrest apparently after chewing on one of his mom’s alleged PCP-laced cigarettes. The child’s mother, Velma C. Scott, 32, has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree — a felony. Just…
If you’re set on cooking more in the coming year, a few cookbooks offer budget-conscious meals and recipes you’ll actually use. Epicurious covers three cookbooks released this year that serve as guides for how to stretch your dollar at the grocery store without sacrificing what you’re eating at the dinner table: The Frugal Foodie Cookbook: 200 Gourmet Recipes For Any…
It’s the classic American story of building you up only to tear you down. A nation whose waistline has expanded on the fourth meal is now being encouraged to look to the very same drive-thru for diet options. In an effort to promote its new fresco menu as a healthy option, Taco Bell has launched the “Drive-Thru Diet,” introducing pitchwoman…
Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, appeared in a recent New York Times story about the cheesy way the U.S. Senate conducts business. Sunday’s Times described the White House’s difficulties in filling administration posts. The Times reports that more than a third of President Obama’s nominations are being held up in the Senate for various reasons. One of the delays involves downtown…
%{}% Vienna shall henceforth be known as the city of snowball-sized whipped cream. If you’ve ever wondered about the relative prices of blood, Red Bull, water and crude oi, a bar graph has your answer. You’ve probably heard of dining in the dark, where all the waiters are blind and you eat without the sense of sight. Now try to…
Laid-back, chilled-out vibes are the name of the name with this collaboration between Stik Figa and his mate E. Tusks. This track’s one of the ones that didn’t make the cut for Stik’s upcoming mixtape, Still Ain’t Easy Bein’ Skinny, mixed by DJ Shad and due out on New Year’s Day. It’s a little less banger than the usual output…
Here they are — the albums that rocked my world in 2009, in alphabetical order. A couple are offered for free download by forward-thinking artists, although we do recommend you either donate or purchase a physical copy in the format of your choice, if at all possible. Andrew Jackson Jihad – Can’t Maintain This band just keeps bringing the folk….
