In a provocative essay titled “Image of the Decade: Osama and the Towers,” published by salon.com on the last day of 2009, freelance critic Matt Zoller Seitz argues that all art produced over the last decade has been about the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. Asserting that the burning towers were an overriding and “slightly unreal, iconic, representative” image…
Ex-cop Howard Carney has been hooked for years. While working with the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department, he was known to occasionally squeeze in a fix while on the job. “In uniform, I used to sneak to the salsa club,” Carney says. His face registers a guilty grin. “My partner would stand at the door with a flashlight, and I’d…
%{}% A former deputy of Phill Kline is denying allegations of ethical lapses. Earlier this week, Eric Rucker, the former chief of staff for Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline, filed a response denying allegations lodged by Kansas’ disciplinary administrator that Rucker participated in, among other things, a scheme to identify adult patients of the late George Tiller’s Wichita abortion clinic….
We’ll keep the summary brief, as the video pretty much speaks for itself. However, in the interest of full disclosure, the trailer for Big Money Rustlas that appears below features the following: * Insane Clown Posse * Cowboys * Profanity * Howling like a wolf * Wrestling moves performed on a midget (Courtesy Scene-Stealers) Categories: Music Tags: insane clown posse,…
Jackson County prosecutors charged 18-year-old Jonathan E. Brown Jr. with involuntary manslaughter in connection with Tuesday night’s homicide in the 7100 block of Indiana. Kansas City police identified the victim as 16-year-old Jamar Nevels. Police say Brown and Nevels were friends and were running away from dogs when Brown tried to shoot at the dogs. The gun failed to discharge…
Russ Ptacek’s continuing investigation for Channel 41 regarding sick employees at the Bannister Federal Complex — sick workers employed outside the Honeywell factory, from the neighboring General Services Administration and IRS facilities in the complex — has yielded a major bombshell (no pun intended). A government insider leaked a letter to Ptacek from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to…
%{}% The AdHoc Group Against Crime is holding a prayer vigil for homicide victim Derrick Patterson Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. The vigil will take place at Joey Cuts Barber Salon (3914 Indiana) where Patterson worked. Patterson, 30, was found shot to death inside a vehicle in the 1700 block of Haskell Avenue last Friday. If you have a tip about…
Ezra T. Richardson was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder in the death of Lorne Mabon. Mabon, 19, was fatally shot near 29th and Indiana on October 13, 2009. Richardson, 17, was also charged with armed criminal action. Court records say Richardson’s brother told police that he saw Richardson fire eight rounds at Mabon. He also told police that Richardson told…
Give her a funnel cake … or else! A story posted today on USA Today’s OnDeadline Web site reports various explosive details in the new Andrew Young tell-all about scandal-plagued, but always immaculately groomed 2008 presidential candidate John Edwards. Among the revelations: The trim, boyish Edwards doesn’t like going to state fairs because “fat rednecks try to shove food down…
Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ most recent album, It’s Blitz! has been out for almost a year now. While lacking a single as huge as Fever to Tell’s “Maps,” the album’s a lot more cohesive and entertaining. Perhaps this video for “Skeletons,” the second single from It’s Blitz!, will help propel the record’s sales. Maybe the Twilight kids will get into it,…
A 24-ounce can of PBR is in the back of my fridge right now. It’s in the regular spot for a tallboy, towering over the craft beers but a neck below the Tank 7 Smokestack series from Boulevard. Tallboys are the lone holdout from my days of college drinking. They still go well with a football game and take up…
It better be a hell of a speech. With health care on life support and Republicans rejuvenated by their unlikely election victory in Massachusetts, President Barack Obama will have his rhetorical work cut out for him when he delivers his first State of the Union address at 8 p.m. One lucky Kansas Citian has a prime seat for the event….
Former NBA basketballer Paul Shirley is making lots and lots of enemies with his his latest essay on relief efforts in Haiti. You know it’s not going to end well when you have to post a disclaimer before your link saying that you’re “only trying to make ppl think.” Shirley, who grew up in Meridian, Kansas, and lives in the…
It’s around the world in a half dozen cooking classes! Your journey can start this Friday with Sushi 101 taught by Joe Shirley — Executive Chef of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City — as part of the Asian Cooking Series at The Cooking Studio attached to the Whole Foods store in Overland Park. It’s a chance to learn…
Yes, we’re very much aware that AC/DC actually recorded this song back in 1980. Originally on Back In Black, it’s one of the band’s signature tunes. Along with 14 other AC/DC tracks, it’ll be on the soundtrack for Iron Man 2, which is due out April 19. This is the second time AC/DC’s been used to soundtrack a movie. Hopefully,…
Bird Fleming is an avid salsa dancer who, when he’s not busy pursuing higher education at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, also teaches lessons at the City in Motion dance studio. When I interviewed him for this week’s feature story (“The Politics of Dancing”), he offered some examples of the advice he gives his students — things to know to…
Michael Smith is serving two courses for its prix fix menu ($15) during restaurant week. The regular lunch menu is still available, although most of the business crowd in a half-filled dining room opted for the prix fixe — which is composed of standard menu items at a slight discount. For the first course, you have your choice of a…
It’s a novel defense, but alas a losing defense. An Iowa City bar attempted to fight a charge of selling alcohol to a minor by claiming that Jell-O shots are not a beverage and thus the bar had not broken any laws (via Crime Scene KC). Administrative Law Judge Laura Lockard issued an eight-page ruling that stated that once the…
%{}% Missouri U.S. Sen. Claire “Bear” McCaskill told a St. Louis radio host that “Mr. Two Americas” John Edwards doesn’t have a soul. McCaskill’s comments came Tuesday during a radio interview with KTRS host McGraw Milhaven, who had asked McCaskill what she’d do if she ran into Edwards at a cocktail party. “I think he’s disgusting,” McCaskill said. “I don’t…
Updated: The Kansas City Star quotes a friend of Scott Roeder, saying the man accused of killing George Tiller is preparing to take the stand and testify at the trial. “Scott is absolutely planning to testify,” said Dave Leach, an anti-abortion activist from Des Moines who visited Roeder in jail last night. “He’s been practicing with his attorneys.” ***The prosecution’s…
This morning my coffee ice cubes offered a sign that it was time to post Valentine’s Day menus Like New Year’s Eve, Valentine’s Day can be more hype than joy. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t enjoy a good meal. Grand Street Cafe offers a trio of special dishes on February 13 and 14: a soy glazed Chilean sea bass…
