You know how it goes: A rock star casually tosses their guitar pick into a crowd, creating a treasured memento for a lucky, crazed fan. Owl City fans won’t get guitar picks, though. They’ll have to settle for toothbrushes. I’ve been to the dentist a thousand times, so I know the drill, sings Owl City frontman Adam Young, miming brushing…
%{}% These drool-worthy pictures of drinking chocolate from Christopher Elbow come with a recommendation for peppermint. A debate over the Boulevard Brewery’s Frequently Asked Questions spills across local blogs — The Wort Hog Beer Blog and Gone Mild. This recipe for Lynn’s Ginger Orange Chicken sounds like a better version of teriyaki sauce. The five-second rule doesn’t always hold firm…
When Motion City Soundtrack’s Justin Pierre came through town to play an in-store at Love Garden and shoot a segment for Scene-Stealers, he also did a little time with Lawrence’s the Dead Girls in their basement studio. Pierre and the Dead Girls crew wrote and recorded a song in five hours. Steve Squire recorded the song, entitled “It’s All Happening,”…
oh!mr. and Sneakhype team up to present tonight’s show at the Jackpot. “Jockin’ My Fresh” is described by said promoters as: “A belated birthday present from that quirky uncle who lives in New Mexico that you only see once every three years or so. Because he lives off the grid and hasn’t eaten meat since 1989. And he vehemently disagrees…
When joblessness visits a household, a newspaper subscription can seem frivolous. In recognition of this, the Lawrence Journal-World is offering the unemployed an opportunity to take the paper for 13 weeks for just $1. The deal is available to the those who live within the Journal-World’s delivery area. To qualify, interested subscribers need to present a current unemployment statement from…
%{}% Call it odd timing. Opening statements in the trial of Scott Roeder, the man accused of fatally shooting Wichita abortion provider George Tiller during a church service, are scheduled to begin this morning, which also happens to be the 37th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision legalizing abortion, Roe v. Wade. KMBC Channel 9 is advertising a…
1. Eat out. Today is the kick-off for Kansas City Restaurant Week. More than 90 local eateries are offering tasty discounts, and a portion of proceeds benefits Harvesters. 2. Pose for the paparazzi. Devotees of Lady Gaga and Madonna will gather, in costume, at the Uptown Theater’s Conspiracy Room tonight at 9 for Night of Fame, a night of glitter,…
One of the most important pieces of advice Daniel Aguado-Ornelas gives to Mexican immigrants — both legal and undocumented — has to do with health care. “If you’re living here, you should get medical insurance,” says Aguado-Ornelas, the director of legal affairs for the Mexican consulate in Kansas City. “Get a private one, because you won’t be able to get…
Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson says the state faces its worst economic crisis since the Great Depression — and it’s not over. While we’re waiting to see how the math whizzes in the state legislature deal with the problem, the journalists at the Kansas Health Institute are doing some great reporting on how state budget cuts are likely to hurt real…
Two more men pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday for their part in a criminal conspiracy to steal at least 1,000 pounds of pseudoephedrine from a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Kansas City and use the score to manufacture more than $40 million worth of meth. The heist was timed to coincide with Super Bowl XLI. Long story short: The crime involved…
Paging Owl City: Kansas City’s got your wallet. Valerie Poxleitner, Owl City’s opening act (better known as Lights) must be a bit scattered today. That’s understandable, given that she’s got a sold out show to play at the Beaumont tonight. The 22-year-old songstress left her billfold at Pot Pie today on Westport road, where the Billboard-topping Owl City and his…
Hot chocolate was invented to be mixed with spirits, particularly if it’s a dark chocolate or double chocolate concoction. When a spiked hot chocolate is made properly, it’s what you want a mudslide to be — sweet, filling and the right balance of dessert and drink. Hot chocolate also masks the bite of cheaper alcohol, so well-drink brands (I’m looking…
Last night’s State of the State speech by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon focused on jobs. For a few workers, the speech itself created a little overtime — this afternoon, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s politics blog posted a pop-up-video version of Nixon’s speech. Political Fix blogger Christopher Ave (the paper’s political editor) explains: Here we debut a new feature: A pop-up…
The rodeo’s over for Texas Tom’s on Linwood What was supposedly Kansas City’s original Texas Tom’s fast food restaurant, at 709 E. Linwood, is closed and boarded-up. A Fat City reader who was a regular patron called to say that he’s “been in a state of depression” since the neighborhood joint — a fixture on a stretch of Linwood that…
Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson says the state faces its worst economic crisis since the Great Depression — and it’s not over. While we’re waiting to see how the math whizzes in the state legislature deal with the problem, the journalists at the Kansas Health Institute are doing some great reporting on how state budget cuts are likely to hurt real…
With the sheer number of celebrity songs mentioned in today’s Rock of Pages post on George Gimarc and Pat Reeder’s Hollywood Hi-Fi, it seemed appropriate to launch the Wayward Podcast. This is going to run once a month or so, highlighting music that gets mentioned in conjunction with a book, incoming artist, or whatever happens to be in the news….
No, your regularly scheduled Fat City programming has not been replaced with an episode of Man Vs. Food. It’s not an eating challenge; what you’re seeing is the full loaf sandwich from La Sala’s Deli — one of the two competitors in this battle of the Italian Sandwiches — and yes, it’s as big as a man’s forearm. This battle…
Rubin, who lives in New York but grew up in Kansas City, is the best-selling author of Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill. She was here last night to talk about her latest, more personal endeavor, The Happiness Project. The project consisted of Rubin’s attempt to become happier through dozens of personal resolutions and testing out the relevant wisdom…
A Fat City reader e-mailed asking whether Cafe Seed, the vegan restaurant at 2932 Cherry, had closed. “The closed sign has been up for a bit and there’s a piece of white paper taped to the glass door.” I stopped by and the restaurant is, indeed, closed — but temporarily. The notice taped to the door reads: “Cafe Seed is…
Definitive zombie graphic novel The Walking Dead is one step closer to cable-TV reality. Variety is reporting that AMC has greenlighted the show’s pilot, which will be directed by Frank Darabont (The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption and, shudder, The Mist). In 2003, writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore created the graphic novel about a small-town Kentucky cop struggling…
It’s rare that bands from across the pond make their way to our neck of the woods, so the fact that Glasgow, Scotland’s Camera Obscura plays the Bottleneck on April 7 is something of note. Their indie-pop is slow and relaxed, although it manages to get rollicking and upbeat at times. In other words, the recurring comparisons to fellow Glaswegians…
