%{}% Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh is heading to the private sector. Today Thornburgh handed in his resignation, which will go into effect February 15. Thornburgh is taking a job as senior vice president of sales and marketing of NIC, an Olathe, Kansas-based company that builds and maintains government web sites. In a statement, Thornburgh said: “It has been…
By ELGIN SMITH One of today’s brightest contemporary jazz saxophonists, Jackson—who has worked with names like Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones, Ron Carter, and Dr. Lonnie Smith, to name a few—left the audience with no doubt about his appreciation for his predecessors. Jackson and his quartet kicked off the evening with “Four,” a classic jazz standard written by Eddie…
Last Friday was the final day of Jamie Medlicott’s eight-month tenure as producer of The Walt Bodine Show. British-born Medlicott (he was raised 20 miles from Worcestershire — the city famous for the steak sauce of the same name) resigned to take on a new job, as full-time Mr. Mom for two-month-old Evan. Medlicott’s wife Kerrie (she’s British too) is…
If you were surprised that Charles Ferruzza found Denny’s pancakes to be the grand slam winner in his battle of the dishes last Thursday, now you can test them yourself — for free. Denny’s is bringing back its free grand slam breakfast promotion — the one that sparked such massive lines after last year’s Super Bowl — on Tuesday, February…
In a face-melting fusion of hard rock and LSD, the Entrance Band churns out music that sounds like an acid trip gone straight to hell. In front of a crowd dense with fringed leather and body odor, Blakeslee (a dead ringer for George Harrison circa All Things Must Pass) shed his shirt—and his inhibitions—as the Entrance Band began their set…
%{}% If you thought you were safe from the Jack in the Box mascot, think again. The taquito/burger chain is coming back to Kansas City, Kansas. The story of how Parisi Bros. is finding success at area Costco and Sam Club’s stores with its organic line of coffee. Welcome to your nightmare or heaven! May I present … the meat…
By RACHEL GRAY “Kansas City — everybody should be dancing!” DJ Andy Butler shouted as galloping bass lines and hand claps introduced his disco-infused dance music project Hercules and Love Affair to the Record Bar last Friday night. Although unaccompanied by the project’s multiple collaborators — vocalists Nomi, Kim Ann or Antony Hegarty (of Antony and the Johnsons) — Butler’s…
When the loud-as-hell hardcore rock ‘n’ roll of the Bronx hits the Riot Room on Monday, March 22, their noise is going to be tempered somewhat. The band will play two sets: one as the bellowing rock monster with which you’re familiar, and another as Mariachi El Bronx, which is exactly what it sounds like. The Bronx’s mariachi record, released…
If you missed last year’s fantastically dreamy and weird album from the Strange Boys, The Strange Boys and Girls Club, don’t despair. There’s still enough time for you to go buy it and get into their refreshingly left-field take on lo-fi garage. They’re less King Khan and more Psychedelic Horseshit, for what that’s worth. The Strange Boys’ new album, Be…
Lawrence T-shirt shop Joe College is now hawking T-shirts that might make Kansas State basketball coach Frank Martin’s blood boil. The shirts say “Frank Martin mows my lawn,” you know, because Martin’s parents were Cuban immigrants. The privilege of wearing one goes to anyone dumb enough willing to shell out $15.95 (to look like a doucher). So would you buy…
Animal rights activist Jason Miller spent Saturday afternoon carrying around a pig’s head he dubbed “Wilbur.” It was part of the Bite Club of KC’s latest publicity stunt was surprisingly bloodless. Miller and company were protesting outside of Steve’s Meat Market in DeSoto, Kansas, which received nearly $20,000 from Johnson County to butcher the deer carcasses from the cull in…
%{}% A Tea Party Convention was held this weekend in Nashville by some members of the national tea party movement. (The tea party movement, as we have observed at their previous events, is an allegedly non-partisan but in practice anti-Obama phenomenon, focusing on the Administration’s massive spending, which is portrayed as socialistic and wasteful of taxpayer dollars.) Though paid attendance…
Get off your duff and do something every day this week. Today Get to know the Thin Man. Every Monday this month, the Central Branch of the Kansas City Public Library is screening a different Thin Man movie. Tonight at 6:30, catch After the Thin Man. TuesdayExperience an amalgamation art, music and visual media during Shift, an ArtSounds performance at…
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power . Author: Kansas City teen diarist Terri Date: 1972 Discovered at: Unsorted box buried deep in a Westport estate-sale basement The Cover Promises: “1/2 Frosh Year +…
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The twilight of The Corner Restaurant Did I shed a tear when a friend called to tell me that The Corner Restaurant had finally closed its doors for good after a remarkable 30-year run in Westport? In a word, no. But I do confess that I felt a twinge of nostalgia for what the place had once been in its heyday….
Jefferson County prosecutors charged Jonathan Sloan of Lawrence with multiple felonies today, according to a press release from the Jefferson County Attorney’s Office. Sloan was arrested yesterday during a law enforcement sweep that raided Lawrence stores Bouncing Bear Botanicals and Sacred Journey. Sloan is charged with eight felonies — seven for the unlawful cultivation or distribution of a controlled substance….
Keith Ingram was the victim of a homicide in Kansas City, Kansas, Thursday evening, KCK police say. Ingram, a 23-year-old from KCK, was found shot to death inside a residence in the 1800 block of N. 27th Street around 6:25 p.m. A second shooting victim was found at a local hospital with non-threatening injuries. Police have not released any suspect…
This week, Kansas state Rep. Gail Finney introduced a bill that would legalize medical marijuana in Kansas. This brave move came in the same week that the House was rushing to outlaw K2 synthetic marijuana and the feds were raiding a Lawrence head shop that sells K2. Don’t count on Kansas lawmakers fighting to legalize marijuana for therapeutic use —…
You need plans. Fat City has a recycle bin full of listings. In this post, all our problems are solved. It’s Super Bowl weekend. But before you get to the big game on Sunday, this is a huge weekend for charity events in Kansas City. The Horizon Academy puts on its annual fundraiser — The Bayou Bash (seems appropriate with…
