%{}% Two local podcasters cover Kansas City coffee shops, current events and Conan O’Brien. Ever wonder what Confucius would have to say about barbecue? KansasCityBarbecue.com has the answer. A question about the ethics and rules that should govern food bloggers in relation to food journalists — if they really aren’t one and the same. This review of Big Mac Wrap…
Today Reflect on this crazy nation — Barbie Nation. The documentary about Barbie fanatics screens for free today at UMKC’s University Center in conjunction with the Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City’s current Barbie exhibit. Tuesday Pretend that Jimi Hendrix never died. More than a dozen musicians, most famous in their own right, will pay tribute to Hendrix on…
Kansas didn’t need the automatic NCAA Tournament bid that comes with winning the Big 12 Tournament. But they took it anyway, outlasting Kansas State to add more hardware to their trophy case. The win locked the Jayhawks into a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The selection committee was so impressed that they deemed the Jayhawks the best in…
Matt Urlaub won’t let me take his picture, which is actually kind of appropriate. For months, he was the mystery artist behind two pieces of bicycle art that popped up along Main Street. When I finally got a tip from a gentleman in-the-know, I caught up with the anonymous designer behind the unsigned installations. Turns out, the Kansas City Art…
Got a case of the Mondays? Perhaps a free coffee will help. Dunkin’ Donuts is giving away a free medium iced or hot coffee — no other purchase is required. While the ground has been broken on a new shop at the intersection of 75th Street and Metcalf, the only current store in the area is at 7722 West 151st…
If Uncle Sam can bail out Citibank out they can bail out Denny Hardin Denny Hardin wrote more than $160 million in bonded promissory notes to save people’s homes when the real estate market collapsed. That sounds good until you realize that he wrote the notes on the U.S. Treasury Department’s account numbers and no bank will accept them. Hardin,…
When thinking about Saturday night’s Kid Congo Powers & the Pink Monkey Birds show at the Jackpot, descriptions keep coming to me in fits and starts. The stamp’s still on my hand, my ears are still ringing, and I can look at these photos; but it all seems too wonderful to be real. I remember standing at the side of…
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 author Terri Date: 1972 Discovered at: Westport estate sale The Cover Promises: “1/2 Frosh Year + Soph Summer” Representative Quotes: Tuesday, March 14: “Nothin happened!…
%{}% Sonny Julian Guirmo Chavarria-Gonzalez was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 20 years in connection with the death of Carol S. Thomas. Thomas, 48, was found dead in an apartment at 1215 Central Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, on July 28. Chavarria-Gonzalez, a 28-year-old Guatemalan national, also received a 24-month consecutive sentence for aggravated…
If I was feeling lazy I would just suggest that you stock your fridge with Guinness and your home bar with Irish Whiskey to be properly prepared for St. Patrick’s Day. But instead, I’ve put together a three-beer rotation for your weekend or next Wednesday. Pick up a six-pack of McSorley’s Irish Pale Ale. The name is slightly misleading: This…
We’ve spent some serious mental energy lately on gun-loving O’Fallon loon and Missouri state representative Cynthia Davis. And with good reason: There’s a 24-7 party going on in her mouth, and when she speaks (or issues a press release or sits for an interview), she spreads the good times. Responding to Justin Kendall’s recent close reading of Davis’ latest newsletter,…
This is our first Twitpic entry in the “Tweet of the Week” category. Coming courtesy of the Noise FM (whom you can follow via @thenoisefm), it was taken after the band’s show Wednesday night at the Riot Room. The caption explains it all. Surprisingly, despite the fact that the Architects have been on tour with Flogging Molly for a couple…
The Waldo rapist has not been arrested, Kansas City police spokesman Rich Lockhart wrote in an e-mail this afternoon. Lockhart sent the e-mail after someone posting on the “Lets Find This Prick” Facebook page claimed a KCMO police officer told him that an arrest had been made. About an hour ago, a guy named Steve McCracken posted the following:Followed by…
The FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” program turns 60 March 14. Kansas City’s history with the list is long, dating to the list’s inception with Orba Elmer Jackson, an escaped federal prisoner who became the seventh person added to the list (his run from the feds ended on March 23, 1950, in Oregon). The mugs of 20 fugitives with ties…
Come Saturday, April 10, you will have a chance to see every goddamn bluegrass thrash band this area has to offer. Do you like bands that play bluegrass fast and punky? Have a high tolerance for people with dogs, babies wearing nothing but cloth diapers, and children allowed to “find their own way”? This is your show. The L-Town Throwdown…
St. Patrick’s Day is like New Year’s Eve — there’s a lot of build up, no shortage of options and you probably have a story about kissing someone unexpectedly. On Saturday, I’ll try to point you in the right direction while talking in studio to Chef Jasper Mirabile Jr. and co-host Mitch Baker on the Live From Jasper’s Kitchen Podcast…
