I’ll be in New York City until Wednesday, discovering if the Big Apple can stand up to Kansas City, culinary block for culinary block. I will not be taking comedian Jason Sudeikis’ advice and heading out to either barbecue or Buffalo Wild Wings, but instead I see this as a chance to remember the joys of the buyback in a…
Kansas City police say Jamil D. Ragland was the victim of Friday’s homicide. Ragland, 21, was found shot to death in the parking lot of the Friendship Village Apartments at 5637 Norton Avenue. Ragland’s death is the 20th homicide in Kansas City, Missouri, in 2010. There’s a MySpace page for a “Jamil Ragland,” who is the same age and from…
%{}% A guide to making gyros, a visit to Mr. Gyros and a coupon for Greek yogurt. Chef Thomas Keller apparently had lunch at Blanc Burgers + Bottles on Saturday, and the KC burger spot has made the final four of the Burger Business Burger Bracket. A recipe for matzo meal latkes — Passover meets Hanukkah in your stomach….
%{}% We hate to admit it, but the rightbloggers may be onto something when they talk about “false flag operations” against conservatives — that is, opponents pretending to be rightwing, then acting crazy to discredit the cause. Take CNN’s hiring of RedState lunatic Erick Erickson. As we all know, mainstream media outlets like CNN are mere instruments of liberal bias….
Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self sat in a television studio over the weekend, commentating on games instead of winning them. The premature end to the season ruined a lot of plans. The KU sports site The Shiver posted a video of Kansas-born adult-film star Samantha Ryan talking smack about Kentucky, another No. 1 seed that failed to reach the…
In the top drawer of my dresser, there is a ticket stub to a Q&A Kevin Smith was supposed to do at K-State back in the late ’90s, which he canceled, due to breaking his leg. I held onto it, because it was supposed to be rescheduled. The reschedule date was also canceled, because his daughter Harley was born. So,…
A teenager was shot to death Friday night in the parking lot of the Friendship Village Apartments at 5637 Norton Avenue. View Larger Map Police arrived on the scene around 8:17 p.m. after a shots fired call. The man, described as either 18 or 19, was pronounced dead at the scene. The man’s death is the 20th homicide in Kansas…
Jacob Pullen can finally shave his neckbeard. The Butler Bulldogs ended Kansas State’s NCAA tourney run Saturday, ousting the Wildcats with a 63-58 victory to advance to the Final Four. K-State tried to rally late, but Butler held them off. Personally, I’m going to miss seeing Frank Martin chewing out his team at halftime. Next year, the Wildcats will be…
Authorities believe they’ve found the men who allegedly shot and killed 18-year-old Hector Olivas-Villegas behind a business at 1263 Kansas Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, March 24. Last Friday, Wyandotte County prosecutors charged Miguel A. Sanchez and Pablo Molina, both 18, with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Olivas-Vilegas. Olivas-Vilegas was found with mortal wounds behind a business in…
The annual Planet Comicon comic book convention was this past weekend in Overland Park. The original Incredible Hulk Lou Ferringo signed autographs and posed for pictures and others dressed up as their favorite characters, from the The Comedian to Cobra Commander to Emperor Palpatine. Here’s some of the most colorful characters roaming the booths.
Missouri state Rep. Roman LeBlanc announced today that he won’t be seeking reelection. LeBlanc, a Democrat from Kansas City, admitted cheating on his pregnant wife with an 18-year-old college student who he had mentored since she was 15. The college student accused LeBlanc of sexually assaulting her (read this week’s Pitch feature story, “Public Disservice”), however Platte County prosecutors decided…
An online condom store wasn’t impressed with the size of Kansas City men’s dongs. KC didn’t make the top 20 cities for large penises. We’re told that Condomania didn’t have enough data, which beats the usual “it’s not the size” and “it’s the motion of the ocean” excuses. Although some experts tell us it’s news to them. This was fertile…
The Royals are in Arizona for spring training, which is fortunate for Metro Sports anchor Chris Gough. That’s because so is WrestleMania XXVI, the Super Bowl of professional wrestling. Gough is a former creative writer for World Wrestling Entertainment, and he’ll be at University of Phoenix Stadium Sunday to see the show live. I talked with Gough this week about…
It’s tough to decide which of the tweets Soft Reeds’ Ben Grimes posted this week. They’ve all been fairly stellar. This one, however, seemed to take the cake. Check out the rest at their Twitter feed, via @softreeds. Categories: Music Tags: Noise FM, soft reeds, Twitter
Thank god for Fridays, and thank god for Eastsider Ron Ron, who continues to breathe dragon-slaying fire on the mic. His new joint, “100 Barz,” knocks … like ATF agents at a crack house. You can check out a review (and a free download) of Ron Ron’s first album, Ironic, at Demencha.com. Categories: Music Tags: 100 Barz, Ron Ron
