Just out, Alan Goforth’s Historic Photos of Missouri (Turner Publishing Company, $39.95) compiles about 200 black-and-white images, taken from the 1870s through the 1970s, from around the state. Among the often striking archival photos are a number of shots taken in and around Kansas City. Thanks to the publisher for providing these 10 entries from the book.
Polar Bear Plunge
The Max Floyd Celebrity Roast
Anvil
Jackson County prosecutors charged Luke R. Malcolm with first-degree involuntary manslaughter in the death of Brady Lowery. Malcolm, 23, told police that he accidentally shot Lowery, 23, at 1312 Southeast Austin in Oak Grove on January 22. Court records say police found Malcolm on his knees, crying over Lowery’s body. “It was an accident,” Malcolm told police. “I was putting…
Unknown quantities make for a show that can keep an audience on its toes. When blues-rock guitarist Fast Johnny Ricker plays host to a showcase of singer-songwriters tonight at the Lawrence Arts Center, he’ll preside over a couple of newcomers and one well-reputed performer. Daniel Quin Shay and Rayyan Kamal are fresh to the scene, while Preston Girard is an…
Mario Marberry doesn’t harbor any ill will toward Marilyn Simmons, the president of the Kansas City, Missouri, School Board. He decided to run against Simmons because he wanted to give voters a choice. Mario Marberry ”Not necessarily going into her or what she has and hasn’t done, but the fact that she’s gotten on the board and not gone through…
In addition to the “hey, they’re reuniting!” cash-in that is the greatest hits album Quarantine the Past, Matador’s doing something else that — while making them more money — will actually help you out. For Pavement fans tired of shelling out pocketfuls of money when they’ve wanted to get any of their albums on LP, Matador is repressing all five…
You need plans. Fat City has a recycle bin full of listings. In this post, all our problems are solved. Another weekend, another rivalry. The men’s basketball teams at Kansas University and Kansas State University battle each other on the hardwood at 6 p.m. on Saturday. Lew’s Grill and Bar in Waldo has drink specials on UV Vodka, bloody marys…
Former NBA baller Paul Shirley hasn’t apologized for his column on Haiti — the one in which he asks Haitians to wear a condom, if it’s not too much trouble, and begs the question “Shouldn’t much of the responsibility for the disaster lie with the victims of that disaster?” This has proved an unpopular stance — one that just cost…
It takes a strong stomach to withstand the introduction of the first character in Patricia Catto’s Aunt Pig of Puglia (published last year through Kansas City writer Debra DiBlasi’s Jaded Ibis Productions). The titular aunt, born in the Italian-boot-heel village of Casamassima, arrives in the world “with boar bristles running up and down her infant spine” and looking “more four…
With the Book of Eli still going strong at the box office and Legion now joining it, I’ve been pondering the dystopian future. Which made me think about what five Kansas City foods I’d crave or miss most after an apocalypse. Each post-apocalyptic film has a different vision of society, so you can consider these as suggested food pairings when…
Failures’ Union recently released their second album, In What Way on Paper + Plastick. It’s a pretty darn all right piece of college rock, and worth checking out if you get the chance. The band does the whole mid-’90s alternative thing really well, to the point of getting Angie Hart of Frente! to do guest vocals on “Cubist Camo” and…
The dining room was quiet on Thursday just after noon at The Drum Room, so that means Kansas Citians are likely missing the well-thought out menu of the sunlit spot in the President Hotel. The $15 prix fixe for lunch at included a salad, soup and sandwich course — and this could be your one meal for the day. It…
For those of you still stuck on Valentine’s Day, that is so next month. It’s time for Easter, people. And that means a whole host of new chocolate candies. At the forefront is Peeps’ chocolate-covered marshmallows, a departure from the exclusively marshmallow cutouts made by Just Born. I’ll admit that I was hesitant to open the plastic packaging because of…
%{}% A Wichita jury found confessed killer Scott Roeder guilty of first-degree murder for killing Wichita abortion provider George Tiller. The jury also found Roeder guilty of two counts of aggravated assault against two witnesses. The state will be seeking a “hard 50” sentence. Jurors deliberated for less than an hour Friday morning. On Thursday, Roeder testified that he killed…
%{}% From listening to Afentra’s Big Fat Morning Buzz on KRBZ 96.5 this morning, I gather that the morning jocks recently spoke on-air with Eula Inloes, president of the Here’s Waldo Neighborhood Association. Inloes, whom Afentra said is in her 90s, offered safety tips for her neighbors now that the Waldo Rapist is on the prowl. Afentra said this morning…
%{}% The jury didn’t take long to reach a verdict in the trial of confessed killer Scott Roeder. Closing arguments ended less than an hour ago. Roeder testified yesterday that he killed Wichita abortion provider George Tiller at a church service last May. CNN is live streaming the trial. Categories: News, Politics Tags: abortion, George Tiller, kansas, Scott P Roeder,…
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey is seeking to use a carrot, not Kit Kat stick, to motivate his employees to get in better shape. In a recent letter, Mackey explained that employees with healthier biometrics (cholesterol, blood pressure and body mass index levels) would qualify for a higher employee discount than the standard 20 percent. An employee who met the…
%{}% Judge Warren Wilbert ruled yesterday that the jury cannot consider voluntary manslaughter in the first-degree murder trial of Scott Roeder, who testified that he killed Wichita abortion provider George Tiller. The Wichita Eagle reports that Wilbert also ruled that the jury cannot consider a lesser charge of second-degree murder. Jurors will begin deliberating this morning. We’re running a little…
There is something powerful about a rock concert when the hum of the band’s static becomes a part of your body. You can feel the buzzing of the band in your stomach, your feet, your teeth. These moments remind me of something my parents said about hip-hop, and my parents’ parents said about punk, and my parents’ parents’ parents said…
%{}% It would be so much easier to eat your greens if they all came with bacon in them like they do at Niecie’s. S’mores Tarts: marshmallow and graham cracker and fire. It sounds epic. A Dr Pepper musical commercial comes to Wall Street after the closing bell, and nobody is quite sure what to make of the flash mob….
G.I. Joe (despite the travesty that was last year’s movie) will always be cool. Cobra helps. Ninjas are pretty badass — even the well-informed Josh and Chuck of “Stuff You Should Know” spent a good portion of this week’s podcast discussing Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes. But a G.I Joe musical? Could this be the death knell of the franchise,…
Jim Mahfood is well-known around these parts. He went to the Kansas City Art Institute, and during his time there, he started his Grrl Scouts comics (then known as Girl Scouts), as well as doing some time with Flavorpak and the paper whence comes this blog. A brief aside: Mafood did the cover for the “Best In Music” issue one…
