The duck corn dogs at Pachamama’s When is a corn dog not a corn dog? When it’s a duck corn dog! Chef Ken Baker’s Pachamama’s restaurant in Lawrence is currently offering, as a starter, a hoity-toity version of the lowbrow carny treat. The corn dog was reportedly introduced to the public by Carl and Neil Fletcher at the Texas State…
We told you Friday that Kansas state Rep. Robert Olson would announce a bill to criminalize K2 synthetic weed on Monday. Today, Olson, a Republican and the Majority Whip, revealed why he believes K2 is dangerous … and his reasons aren’t surprising. There’s the usual stuff about high school students and gateway drugs and operating heavy machinery and all that…
The University of Southern California is in the market for a head football coach now that Pete Carroll has jumped ship fearing NCAA sanctions resigned (and taken a job with the Seattle Seahawks). USC hired Carroll after he washed out of the NFL, and he transformed USC into a juggernaut. His success may open the door for another charismatic coach…
Last week, Fat City’s Jonathan Bender reported on the new Friday night Happy Hour promotion at Cafe Sebastienne at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. The first Happy Hour made its debut last Friday, but Cafe Sebastienne’s executive chef, Jennifer Maloney, wasn’t around for the festivities. Maloney was at another art happening about 26 blocks to the north, where The…
Nick Oliveri is the king of stoner metal, or sludge rock, or whatever you want to call it. He was in Katzenjammer, the original incarnation of the band that would come to be known as Kyuss, which he then rejoined for two albums. He’s also played in the Dwarves and Queens of the Stone Age. At the moment, Oliveri is…
I spent Sunday afternoon in the aisles of the 888 International Market (10118 W. 119th Street, Overland Park) which opened just two days before Christmas. The former Hy-Vee is now a massive market with products from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam and Korea. It features dozens of kinds of ramen and a large produce aisle just off the entrance. In addition…
New Jersey’s Screaming Females went from being near-unknowns at the beginning of 2009 to being critical darlings by year’s end. The Voice named singer-guitarist Malissa Paternoster “Best Guitar-Shredder.” They also made quite a few other year-end best-ofs, in addition to being tapped by Jack White himself as the openers for the Dead Weather’s tour. The band has an illustrated tour…
There’s another twist in the Beauty Smith faux-abduction story. The 14-year-old told detectives that she slept over at a friend’s house and was not kidnapped. Smith also admitted that she sent misleading text messages to her family. The text messages led Smith’s parents to call the Kansas City police, fearing their daughter was in danger. Jackson County Family Court will…
Saphira, Glasgow-Follett, MacDonald and Criswell First, the good news: 2010 will not be the year for serious seismic activity along the New Madrid Fault Line in Missouri. But there will be several major earthquakes shaking things up in 2010 — including the East Coast of the United States — since this is the year, according to several of the local…
The product-development arm of fast-food companies never sleeps — and in the slower restaurant months of January and February, it always seems to go into hyper-drive. One of the latest unholy offerings is from Einstein Bros. Bagels, which has just released Twisted Bagels. They look like the offspring of challah and bagels, if a plain challah got together with a…
%{}% Social networking now has a flavor. In March, Vitamin Water will release Connect — a black cherry-lime flavored beverage that’s the winner of among fan-submitted suggestions on the sports drink’s Facebook page. The new drink has caffeine and “eight key nutrients.” It managed to defeat lychee, banana and strawberry/cranberry/raspberry blend in a popular vote on what was deemed the…
A former Hy-Vee at 10118 W. 119th Street in Overland Park is now the massive 888 International Market, carrying products from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam and Korea. Words alone can’t convey the experience, so food blogger Jonathan Bender took some pictures for Fat City readers.
When you can see your breath fog up the inside of the windshield and a forgotten water bottle is frozen solid in the backseat, is it still acceptable to order the iced coffee when you hit the drive-thru at Dunkin’ Donuts? The teenager who made my coffee shivered slightly as the folding window opened and he handed me a medium…
Update: The box was full of flyers for a local business. I’m sure there’s more than one “suspicious package” in Westport, but this one’s got the Kansas City police’s Bomb and Arson Unit investigating it. The package was found by a Westport security officer near the stairwell of a local business at Westport and Mill and described as a cardboard…
Words by ROBERT FOLSOMPhotos by SCOTT SPYCHALSKI It was 5 degrees outside when Allen Toussaint took the stage Friday night, but things were about to heat up inside the Folly Theater. The man who Bill Shapiro and Cyprus Avenue was presenting to Kansas City brought the warm musical currents of New Orleans with him. A recorded announcement introduced Toussaint as…
%{}% Mark Halperin’s and John Heilemann’s new book Game Change about the 2008 Presidential campaign is full of hilarious revelations. Among these is the news that Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid listed among Barack Obama’s electoral advantages that he was “light skinned” and had “no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.” Reid quickly apologized for the comments…
%{}% If you’re having oatmeal for breakfast, you can do better than the instant packets. Some thoughts about where to draw the line on sustainable eating and living. This illustrated sushi-eating guide will let you know how to dip and where to put your chopsticks. This recipe for fried macaroni n’ cheese makes leftovers seem like something you should aspire…
I don’t care how cheap they are. I don’t care about the art of sequencing a mixtape. I don’t care if they’re making a resurgence. The fact of the matter is that cassette tapes are hissy, and make MP3s sound like an exercise in sonic fidelity. Yet, somehow, it seems that folks think they’re worth bringing back. The BBC has…
The Kleptones’ first release was the brilliant Yoshimi Battles the Hip-Hop Robots in 2003. Since then, Eric Kleptone has mashed up Queen’s A Night at the Opera, as well as creating the magnum opus two-disc concept mix 24 Hours, which attempted to not only combine samples from every possible genre, but tell a linear story as it went. After a…
Seeing Rooftop Vigilantes at the Replay Lounge is like seeing a panda in its native China chomping on bamboo in a forest. It’s a natural habitat: a terrarium of indie rock. (Hell, the title of the band’s forthcoming sophomore LP, Real Pony Glue, is an anagram of the bar’s name.) Since the last time I saw them perform at the…
Here’s some cool stuff to do for the next four days. Tonight: Late Kansas City musician and owner of the record label Invisible Generation Ian Thomas is remembered during an event at the Terrace on Grand. A $12 ticket purchased at the door will help raise money for the Kansas City Hospice House and Palliative Care and get do-gooding attendees…
Cole Aldrich and the No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks fell for the first time on Sunday in a 76-68 loss to a rag-tag Tennessee Volunteers team. Let this be a wake-up call to Kansas. Jayhawks, here’s your Monday morning pick-me-up. Categories: News Tags: Cole Aldrich, College basketball, Kansas Jayhawks, lawrence, Tennessee Volunteers
Update: Missing teen Beauty Smith was found walking near Ruskin High School around 9 a.m. Police report that she is in fair condition. They’ll interview her to see if a crime has been committed. ***Kansas City police are looking for Beauty Smith, who they consider a “missing/endangered juvenile.” Smith, 14, was last seen at a friend’s house near 11th and…
