Rejoice, Kansas fans: Your men’s basketball team is No. 1, and Joe Posnanski’s bottomless ocean of words has coughed up pieces about the team and its head coach, Bill Self. Next up for the Jayhawks: An NCAA tournament in which the Jayhawks beat some scrubby mid-major by 20, bathe in Jim Boeheim’s salty tears and prevent John Calipari from winning…
The mugs of 20 fugitives with ties to Kansas City have made the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list, which celebrates its 60th anniversary March 14. Here’s a look at KC’s most wanted.
My dad likes to tell me about walking to school in the winter with a baked potato in his coat pocket. The potato would warm his hands on the walk, and he could eat it once he had arrived at school. I wonder if that’s why I sometimes catch him with his gloves in his mouth? So that was the…
Billy Corgan is looking to replace recently departed bassist Ginger Pooley and keyboard player Lisa Harriton to play as part of the reformed, touring version of the Smashing Pumpkins. If you’re a talented, open individual, follow the following instructions to apply: Bassists and keyboardists looking to play with The Pumpkins should send their background info (including age, a resume of…
The patties are on the grill and a new “modern burger joint” is now open in Prairie Village. BRGR Kitchen & Bar (4038 West 83rd Street) had its grand opening Wednesday in the Corinth Square Shopping Center. “We’re really excited about bringing a place that provides fresh and unique culinary creations that won’t empty your wallet to Prairie Village and…
Guess what I forgot I had in my desk? Why, it’s two tickets to the sold out Flogging Molly and the Architects on Sunday night! Rad. In honor of St. Patty’s day quickly approaching (and the fact that this concert is bound to be a night of Irish-flavored punk debauchery), here are the rules: comment on this post and tell…
By Kansas City brunch standards, the $14 Sunday brunch served at Trezo Mare Restaurant & Lounge, in the Briarcliff Village Shopping Center, is an excellent deal. After all, the elegant Sunday brunch at Benton’s Steak & Chop House at Westin Crown Center costs $32 per adult. The Sunday brunch at Trezo Mare, which began two weeks ago, might not have…
You need plans. Fat City has a recycle bin full of listings. In this post, all our problems are solved. This weekend is really like the dress rehearsal for St. Patrick’s Day — so get your comfortable shoes ready. The Snake Saturday Parade and Family Fun Day Festival in North Kansas City is set for Saturday at 11 a.m. (14th…
%{}% O’Fallon loon Cynthia Davis is such a cutup. The gun-toting Missouri state rep ends her weekly “Capitol Reports” newsletter with “A little bit of humor.” They’re always knee-slappers so in the spirit of sharing, we’ll be running her weekly jokes on our blog. We want to encourage Davis to follow her heart and pursue a career in comedy, not…
American liberty needs preserving and Sarah Palin is coming to Independence Events Center on May 1 to preserve America’s liberty and cash in speak truth to the masses. Palin is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at an event that promises to “address important topics that the mainstream media usually ignores. Whether it is the growing deficit, broken promises from…
%{}% A review of Shawnee’s La Chihuahua, which features tortas and tacos. The dangers of the break-room leftover, and what could be lurking within peanut butter cookies. A look at the history of Browne’s Irish Market and Deli, which will host Guinness master brewer Fergal Murray on Sunday. Describing vodka after an eight-hour sensory experience sponsored by Absolut at the…
Thanks to everyone who entered yesterday’s contest for a pair of tickets to the Original Wailers show at the Voodoo Lounge on Friday, March 26. Thanks also go to Bill Pile and C3 Presents, who were cool enough to hook us up with the tickets. The question we asked to to answer was: In what song did Bob Marley write…
Who goes to a high school to shop? You might, now that the Costume and Design students at the Paseo Academy of Fine & Performing Arts are opening their own store. The shop, called Urban Edge, is housed in a previously vacant classroom and is still under construction. Students from Manual Career Tech came in to do the carpentry, erecting…
In honor of their (real) SXSW showcase in Austin and their (local) SXSW showcase at the Czar Bar tonight, locally-based label the Record Machine is releasing a collection of tracks from their artists that have new music coming out soon. Download the sampler below, which features debut tracks from Max Justus and State Bird. You can catch Capybara, Cowboy Indian…
What’s tackier than wearing a Snuggie in public? Painting your car so that it looks like it’s wearing one. I spotted this leopard-print Toyota Prius in the parking lot of a Borders in Olathe. Not being an expert on animal camouflage, at first I thought the car had Cheetah spots. (Come to think of it, given the recent controversy surrounding…
Digital hardcore outfit Atari Teenage Riot reunites in May for two shows: May 3 at Paradiso in Amsterdam, and May 12 at the Electric Ballroom in London. Frankly, I’d kill to go to either of these shows. I passed on seeing ATR when they played the Granada in 1998, and only managed to catch them a few months later, as…
1. Get a tattoo. Or at least figure out what you’re gonna get. Today through Sunday, the Uptown Theater hosts the Real Deal Tattoo Convention, an inkfest that features tattoo celebrities, tattoo experts and tattooed burlesque dancers. 2. Spend the first evening of the weekend at a church. Seriously, if you’re into Celtic music, watching blond fiddler babe Natalie MacMaster tonight…
In return for getting future unwanted mail in your inbox, there are a couple of e-mail lists to which you can sign up and, in return, get free tunes. From the Epitaph Blog comes this little nugget regarding Bad Religion: In celebration of three decades of groundbreaking music, So-Cal’s quintessential punk rock group Bad Religion has announced plans to record…
