Archives: February 2010

News

Dion Pettis, Killa City homicide 15: Man fatally shot at Club Champs

Justin Kendall,

Kansas City police say Dion Pettis was the victim of Sunday morning’s homicide at Club Champs, 3900 Jackson. Police found the 29-year-old Pettis at a nearby residence around 1:43 a.m. He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Police say a second shooting victim — a black male in his late thirties — was also taken to a local…
Dining, Food & Drink

Is it ever OK to double-dip?

Jonathan Bender,

Now is the time of year — Super Bowl, Valentine’s Day — when fondue and dips come into your life more often. And with the act of smothering something in cheese comes the inevitable debate about the propriety of double dipping. For a classic example of this argument, Fat City presents Exhibit A, wherein Seinfeld character George Costanza demonstrates how…
News

Slideshow: Historic Photos of Missouri

Scott Wilson,

Just out, Alan Goforth’s Historic Photos of Missouri (Turner Publishing Company, $39.95) compiles about 200 black-and-white images, taken from the 1870s through the 1970s, from around the state. Among the book’s striking archival photos are a number of shots taken in and around Kansas City. Thanks to the publisher for providing 10 entries from the book for a slideshow. Click…
News

Funkhouser’s ‘Schools First’ program bypasses basic math

Carolyn Szczepanski,

During his Sunday morning speech, Mark Funkhouser took on the role of teacher. As the mayor of Kansas City gave his State of the City address to a full house at All Souls Unitarian Universalist church, he had the audience follow along with a set of hand-outs. The packet was surely familiar to anyone who’s followed city politics since Funkhouser’s…
Dining, News

Power & Light District Restaurant Week begins today

Jonathan Bender,

As the saying goes, when one restaurant week closes its doors, another will open them. The Power & Light District is piggybacking on the first Kansas City Restaurant Week and bringing back District Restaurant Week. The event runs from today through Sunday, February 7, and you’ll have your choice of a prix fixe lunch ($10) or dinner ($25 or $30)…

News

James O’Keefe is arrested, and Rightbloggers tell you what the real crime is — the liberal media coverage!

%{}% When word broke that James O’Keefe, the conservative reporter who’d previously made news by dressing like a blaxploitation movie pimp and confounding ACORN workers, was arrested with three cohorts for funny business with phones at the offices of Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu, it seemed a grand comeuppance. O’Keefe’s ACORN adventures had been attacked by opponents as something other than…
Dining, Food & Drink

Ingredient opens on the Plaza

Jonathan Bender,

Ingredient, a create your own salad/sandwich/pizza restaurant, opened on the Plaza (4807 Jefferson Street) last Wednesday — the fifth location for the fast casual chain that began in Lawrence, Kansas. The new restaurant was scheduled to launch breakfast today at 6:30 a.m. with a customizable omelet ($7.95) that can be filled with three of 32 ingredients neatly arranged in bins…

Dining, Food & Drink

Breakfast Buffet: Monday, February 1

Jonathan Bender,

%{}% Memories of old candy bars start with Valomilk — made by the Russell Sifers Candy Co. in Merriam, Kansas. A blogger gives Grinders a second chance and it disappoints. High culture meets low culture — it’s crepes and White Castle in St. Louis. We know burgers in Kansas City. But if you’re in Washington D.C., apparently you need to…
News, Politics

Wall Street Journal reports on Kansas politics

David Martin,

The Wall Street Journal has been keeping its eye on Kansas. One of the paper’s writers covered Scott Roeder’s murder trial, while another surveyed the state’s political outlook. The politics story, titled “Kansas GOP Could Be Its Own Worst Enemy,” examined the downside, for Republicans, of being the party of choice. Kansas voters’ strong identification with the Republican Party creates…
Music

Concert Review: Anvil

Elke Mermis,

By HUGH WELSH Concussed. I don’t know how else to describe how I felt after Anvil’s performance on Saturday night at Westport’s Riot Room.  ​My head was already reeling from opener Troglodyte, an Independence-based big-foot death metal band whose best-known ditty is called “Skunk Ape Rape.” Once Anvil had ripped through their set list, my brain was scrambled cheese eggs….
Music

Concert Review: The Max Floyd Roast at the Uptown

Nick Spacek,

Saturday night’s Max Floyd roast at the Uptown wasn’t a roast in the strictest sense of the word. Most of the roasters actually paid tribute to Max Floyd, rather than verbally eviscerating him, as is usually the case. One of the early presenters, Richard Ward Fatherly, accurately described the proceedings as “old home week.” Sadly, most of their words went…
Music

Concert Review: A.A. Bondy

Elke Mermis,

There are live shows that make me resent the smoking ban, and A.A. Bondy’s set at the Jackpot on Friday night was one of them. Between the dim red stage lights and the slowly swaying crowd, a cloud of hovering smog would have added the perfect atmospheric touch to this melancholic folk singer’s performance. Crooning in a husky Southern drawl,…
News

Night + Day picks: What to do this week

Crystal K. Wiebe,

Why save your fun times for the weekend? There’s something cool happening in the metro on every day that ends in y. TodayKansas City Design Week, five days of forums, panels, lectures and exhibitions pertaining to all forms of design, kick off today with remarks by former Mayor Kay Barnes at 5:30 p.m. at 1801 McGee. Today is also the…
News

Gay penguins retain influence over NKC students

Peter Rugg,

​Well, it’s all over. Gay bestiality has carried the day. Weep for a future of glitter and quacking. Last Tuesday, the North Kansas City School board voted 5-2 against a proposal to launch an age-appropriate review process for the district’s library books. The policy could have resulted in implementation of more local-friendly guidelines than those already in place at the…
News

Forecast: 2010 Royals will not lose 100!

David Martin,

The 2010 Kansas City Royals will finish in last place in the American League Central, according to a forecasting system. Baseball Prospectus, which is like a cross between Bill Simmons and the RAND Corporation, has developed a player projection system called PECOTA. The system predicts the performance of hitters and pitchers based on their previous work, body type, injury history…

News

Shooting at Club Champs leaves one dead, Killa City homicide 15

Justin Kendall,

A shooting at Club Champs, 3900 Jackson, left one dead and one injured Sunday morning. Kansas City police were called to the club around 1:43 a.m. and found a black male in his late twenties with a gunshot wound at a nearby residence. The man was pronounced dead at a local hospital. View Larger Map Police say a second shooting…