President Barack Obama’s health-care bill is already helping to stimulate the window-repair sector of the economy. The Wichita Eagle reports that local authorities are investigating potential vandalism at some Democratic offices, including that of the Sedgwick County Democratic Party, where a brick inscribed with “some anti-Obama rhetoric” found its way through a floor-to-ceiling window. Democratic offices in Arizona and New…
When NBC Action News reporter Russ Ptacek embarked on his ambitious investigation into sick workers on the General Services Administration property of the Bannister Federal Complex, he started by filing Freedom of Information Act requests. In response, Ptacek received more than 10,000 pages of government documents, which currently blanket his desk and overflow onto a folding table in the hallway…
Canadian indie pop group the New Pornographers is a star-studded supergroup that has churned out hook-heavy melodies since the band’s smash debut, Mass Romantic. (The three most famous members are Carl Newman, for Zumpano and his solo work as A.C. Newman, Dan Bejar for his projects Destroyer and Swan Lake, and Neko Case, for being both a folk-rock hero and really, really pretty.)…
Single women blush and respond: “Not so married, thanks.” In a new study, the University of Missouri-Columbia’s Lawrence Ganong and Texas Tech University’s Elizabeth A. Sharp report that single women feel lousy about being single. Who told them that? The 32 “middle-class, never-married” women they interviewed, people they say felt “heightened visibility in situations such as bouquet tosses at weddings.”…
A Swedish gentleman by the name of Fredde Gredde duets with himself on this medley of 22 TV theme songs. They go together wonderfully — it’s like Sondre Lerche decided to go into the novelty recording business. Categories: Music Tags: Fredde Gedde, tv shows, video
Bice Bistro has closed in the Power & Light District. “Bice has closed many of its restaurants throughout the country over the past two years and unfortunately had to close its doors here in February,” says Nick Benjamin, executive director of the Power & Light District. “We are working through a number of different options to replace them and expect…
Emerging from England’s punk scene in the late ’70s, the Psychedelic Furs dabbled in austere art-rock before churning out a slew of early ’80s radio-topping dance hits (“Love My Way,” “The Ghost In You,” “Pretty in Pink,” etc.). After going on hiatus in 1991, the band reunited in 2001 and frontman Richard Butler has hinted at a new album. The good…
Liberace played here It was once a sign of elegance and sophistication to have a cocktail before dinner, particularly in the 1960s, the true glory years of the martini, the daiquiri, the vodka gimlet (the favorite cocktail of the mad film star Norma Desmond) and the Manhattan. And if a restaurant had a cozy cocktail lounge adjacent to the dining…
We here at Wayward Blog learned a valuable lesson this past week: Don’t bury a contest for tickets to see ANYTHING at the bottom of a post about picketers and protesters, especially Fred Phelps — nor should you make it three questions, and ridiculously fanboy-esque questions, as well. C’est la guerre. You live and learn. New contest: for two tickets…
It’s a small world, damn it. Last November, Raynal King, 18, and two other men allegedly robbed the Jimmy John’s sandwich shop at 3900 Broadway. When detectives arrived at the scene, a witness said they recognized King because they’d been classmates at the same middle school. King was arrested yesterday after two other victims positively identified him as a suspect…
A few of spring’s long-awaited releases are ripe for the plucking. We have the highly photogenic duo She & Him, comprised of the dreamy, Ben-Gibbard-snatching Zooey Deschanel and guitar virtuoso M. Ward. (I swear, these two have participated in more photo-shoots together than they’ve penned songs.) Their new album, Vol. 2, is a follow-up to their well-recieved Vol. 1, which consisted of…
%{}% Conservative wing nuts, like radio host Glenn Beck, have been screaming about the dangers posed by the U.S. Census. There’s no telling what the shady federal government will do with all that intimate information… like, uh, your name. Don’t be deceived, patriots! Those ten questions, Beck warns, will remake our great nation into a slave state. The Constitution Party…
It didn’t take very long after this week’s Where Am I Eating? question was posted for commenters fastmetal and Faith to guess the answer: the Sunday brunch at Tomfooleries on the Country Club Plaza. This brunch is frequently praised for its Sunday brunch. And it definitely has two things going for it: It’s inexpensive (less than $15 a person), and…
Today, March 23, is Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s in Overland Park (6984 West 135th Street) and Lawrence (818 Massachusetts Avenue). At 32 years old, it seems like Free Cone Day is getting ready to be added to the list alongside death and taxes. Though not yet a national holiday, it certainly has an impact of the productivity…
On March 5, 1910, in Independence, Missouri, Dr. Bennett Clark Hyde was indicted by a grand jury for the murder of Col. Thomas H. Swope; the murder of Col. Swope’s nephew, Chrisman Swope; a count of manslaughter in the death of Col. Moss Hunton; and the poisonings of eight other people at Swope’s mansion on 406 South Pleasant Street. Col….
%{}% A look at the state of wine in Kansas, where there are 23 active farm winery licenses. Fish buying tips for the Kansas City set — including a suggestion to always buy fish on Tuesday. Let the lobbying begin for a beer week in Kansas City with St. Louis Craft Beer Week set for April. Saturday Night Live star…
Empty Glass is a weekly post devoted to furthering the alcoholic rock star image and mythos. That’s right, kids — drinking has no negative side effects and makes you look cool, to boot. Since Mammoth Life played their album, An American Movement, in its entirety last night (which I was unable to see, dammit), they seemed like a band to…
The police blotter in this week’s edition of the UNews, the student paper of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, reports of a disturbance at 7:13 a.m. on Friday, March 12: A woman at the Dental School began yelling and screaming when she was told she could not have a cigarette. Lady, we have so been there. Categories: News Tags: Dental…
Queens Club’s new album, Young Giant hits the stores today (both physical and digital). They also released the video for “Less Talk,” after teasing us with a trailer last month. After you watch the video, you can watch the making of, which is after the jump. Categories: Music Tags: new release, Queens Club, video
