When attempting to describe Mr. Marco’s V7, one is tempted to start talking about exotica, psychedelia, and assorted other far-out genres. Suffice it to say, the band taps into every style of music whose deeper meaning are enhanced by the addition of some recreational substances, be they pharmaceutical or fermented. This track comes from a split 7″ Mr. Marco’s V7…
%{}% Waldo Pizza is now offering beer flights — and sadly losing its cicerone Elliott Beier at the end of the month. If bread is your thing, you might need to take a road trip to Wheatfields Bakery in Lawrence. This recipe for rainbow pancakes would be an eye-opening way for anybody to start their morning. Stereotypes about men can…
As recently as 2006, there was so little interest — or confidence — in the Kansas City, Missouri, School Board that not one person challenged the incumbents and the election was canceled. This year, the race is packed with candidates vying for at-large and sub-district seats. From now until the election on April 6th, we’re profiling each of the candidates, starting…
Hey, local rock bands: you are sorely slacking when it comes to YouTube. The area hip hop community has a seemingly inexhaustible supply of camera men, editors, and videographers. If we wanted, we could probably post a new video each and every day here on Wayward Blog. Today brings us “Kenneth Arnold,” the second video from Steddy P’s most recent…
Photo courtesy of the Playboy archive. The Hef shared his life story with Missouri author Steven Watts. When Hugh Hefner accepted Steven Watts’ request for an interview, the University of Missouri history professor got years of unfettered access to the archives, social circle and mind of America’s favorite dirty old man. The result, Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American…
Paul Rudd, the recent darling of dude-bro comedies like Knocked Up and I Love You, Man, grew up in Overland Park, Kansas. Mad Men actor Jon Hamm was born in Missouri. The two have known each other for more than 20 years and share a lot in common: They shared the same manager for a time. They sported bad hairstyles…
Last week, Kansas state Sen. Dick Kelsey bravely took a stand against funding schools, introducing a nonbinding resolution saying the Kansas Supreme Court should not get to tell lawmakers how much to spend on education and the schools should not be allowed to use taxpayer dollars to sue for more tax dollars. After introducing this meaningless resolution, how does Kelsey…
Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton has been getting flack for putting off hearings about Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell in his House Armed Services Committee. But Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill came out firing when the Senate Armed Services Committee took on the hot topic yesterday. The committee heard testimony from Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who said…
If you want to learn about wine without committing to a full slate of classes (in case you discover you’d just rather drink the stuff), JP Wine Bar’s classes could be a good option. The classes, which begin tonight at 7, run on consecutive Tuesdays with JP Wine Bar General Manager Thomas Goerdel leading students through a study of different…
Daniel Avazpour Daniel Avazpour has no illusions about being a starving artist. The 32-year-old visual artist has been trying to establish a career, but in the current economy that’s been difficult. So Avazpour — who was born in Kansas City but is the son of Iran-born Parviz Avazpour — came up with a concept that combines his art and his…
If you’re a fan of K2 — the legal (for now) synthetic weed that simulates marijuana’s effects on the brain — better get to one of the head shops selling it today. This morning, the Kansas House endorsed a bill that would criminalize fake reefer and make possession a misdemeanor. The state Senate already passed a version of the bill less…
So you’re convinced that Valentine’s Day is a manufactured holiday designed to extract more cash from outside your joint bank account, or further elucidate your status as single. In an effort to save you the inevitable backlash that comes from skipping a holiday built on being a sensitive romantic, here’s a list of your available options in order of price….
Kansas-City based DST Systems is cutting about 760 jobs due to the recession, the Kansas City Business Journal reports. How many jobs will be lost in Kansas City? It’s unclear. The layoffs came as DST reported $2.22 billion in 2009 revenue, a 3-percent drop from the previous year, and earnings of $241.6 million, down from $242.9 million in 2008. Categories:…
In these first few weeks of the session, legislators in Jefferson City have been awfully distracted by Washington, D.C. This morning, Sen. Bill Stouffer, a Republican from Saline County (and candidate for Congress), held a press conference to rail against gays in the military. As early as December, two lawmakers from St. Louis introduced the so-called “Health Care Freedom Act”…
Cold weather has meant a decline in dairy-cow production, leading to shortages of flavored milk in grocery stores. But that hasn’t stopped Manifesto from serving its Shatto Blanc — Shatto root beer milk, Tito’s vodka, yellow Chartreuse and bitters. I had one on Saturday night, and I wish all spiked milkshakes tasted that good. Shatto hopes that warmer weather will…
Dammit. I hate not having cable sometimes. This — this shit right here — is exactly why YouTube consistently makes me a happy camper. When he guest-hosted WWE’s Monday Night Raw last night, William Shatner did his own inimitable renditions of Shawn Michaels’ “Sexy Boy,” John Cena’s “My Time Is Now,” P.O.D.’s “Booyaka 619,” and Motorhead’s “The Game” (the latter…
Diane Mora’s cakes are gallery-worthy Last year, KMBC-Channel 9 reporter Dion Lim risked life and limb to participate in the “Running of the Brides” sale at Filene’s in Boston. This week she’ll risk her diet by discussing cakes with professional baker Diane Mora. Mora won’t reveal exactly what she’ll be preparing for Lim when she appears on Thursday’s FirstNews broadcast,…
According to Variety, Catch Me If You Can’s Jeff Nathanson will be writing and directing a Milli Vanilli biopic. The story’s solid, and for the ten of you who aren’t familiar with it: Pilatus and Morvan were hired by producer Frank Farian to front Milli Vanilli. Farian already had songs recorded by three other singers. Pilatus and Morvan became trapped…
Message-board rumors over the weekend had the University of Pittsburgh joining the Big Ten athletic conference this week. If it’s true — and I’m tempted to say: not so fast, my friends — then the University of Missouri would be on the outside looking in — unless the Big Ten is expanding to more than 12 teams. (There are already…
See if you recognize the faces behind the masks in these photos from Saturday night’s “Living in a Space Age” Masquerade Ball at Crosstown Station. There were horns (the musical kind) and horns (the kind that protrude from foreheads) and feathers and confetti and aerial fabric dancers and Hearts of Darkness and metallic fabrics and Helga. Click on him to…
