Let us now put away “icing,” alongside the other drinking games you left behind in college. The practice involves one person surprising an unsuspecting victim with a hidden Smirnoff Ice. When the bottle is discovered, the victim has been iced and must get down on one knee and chug said bottle. Icing’s only utility is that it shows you the…
Attorneys for the coalition of 72 Kansas school districts known as Schools for Fair Funding are paving the way for a new school finance fight in the courts. Categories: News, Politics Tags: Alan Rupe, John Robb, kansas, Mark Parkinson, School finance, school funding, Schools for Fair Funding
Damn, that is one fine-lookin’ lineup over at the Brick this Saturday. Been excited about it for about a month now. Let’s take a closer look, why don’t we? Bleach Bloodz are pretty much killing it these days. They’re playing hot shows all over town, dressing better than any other band, and churning out Stones-y garage-rock stomps that hit you square in…
A runway stretched over the length of The Jones rooftop pool, but we weren’t watching the models — we found eye candy in the crowd. Check out the fashionable folks who distracted us from the main event.
The otherworldly colors and textures in Pitch Flickr Pool member Ambher Gray-Burch’s photo lured us in. But what is it? And where was it taken? Some new fluorescent, scaly animal? Lighting in an intimate, members-only speakeasy? Categories: News Tags: Ambher Gray-Burch, Flickr, photography, pic of the week, the pitch
The problem is not you, honey, it’s me…. In Fat City, we believe it’s probably not a good idea to have that “let’s break up” discussion in a public place, particularly in a restaurant where there are sharp instruments (knives, forks, kabob skewers) and glassware within easy reach. We have long advocated a quiet place — particularly in a faraway suburb,…
Jeff Tebben, an account rep who plays poker in an Overland Park home game, won a World Series of Poker Event in Las Vegas. Tebben parlayed his $1,000 entry fee into a $503,389 prize. The Kansas City Star printed a short account of Tebben’s triumph in Friday’s metro section. The story appeared under the headline “Overland Park man comes up…
You need plans. Fat City has a recycle bin full of listings. In this post, all our problems are solved. Saturday is the 7th annual “Family Day at the Farm” at the Shatto Milk Company in Osborn, Missouri. Milk a cow, pet a baby calf and take a tour of the farm between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. If the…
The band will be releasing Skeletor on cassette (SOLID MELTS) and CD (Worker Bee Records), and in the meantime they’ve dropped a new, but as yet unmastered, song on us from the album. Check it out below. Love the moment 1:07 in, when that calm, distant electric guitar and the vocal harmony catch up to the reverb and fuzz. Baby Birds…
Gravelly-voiced Americana act William Elliott Whitmore is bringing his rustic charm to the Bottleneck in August. Despite his Iowa roots, Whitmore is steeped deep in Delta blues (hell, his record label is called Southern Records), and most of his live tunes consist of Whitmore’s smoky, floorboard-rattling bass croon and banjo or guitar. He’ll be in Lawrence on August 14. Categories: Music…
%{}% Some stories tell themselves. For example: how Lt. Col. Kevin Schenker came to be eating grass-fed beef from his family farm near the tiny town of McCune, Kansas, while stationed in Afghanistan (via The Turner Report). It’s a powerful reminder of how much home can be found in the foods we eat. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink Tags: Afghanistan,…
The Bad Seed Farmers Market (1909 McGee, 4 to 9 p.m. Fridays through November 19) has begun accepting electronic benefit transfer payments. The market is now part of the federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program. Brooke Salvaggio started the farm in 2007 on a 2.5-acre plot of land at 1201 West Bannister Road. She was joined at Bad Seed by her…
Newsweek has come up with a list of America’s best public high schools. The results run contrary to a half-century of migratory patterns. The area’s two highest ranking buildings are located in Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas. Categories: News Tags: kansas, Kansas City, kansas city, Lincoln College Prep, missouri, newsweek, public schools, School District, Sumner Academy
%{}% O’Fallon’s Hemp Hop Rye, a muted amber ale, is apparently enjoyable but not a home run. Let the cupcake battle commence. Cupcake Wars, a new competition on the Food Network, featured Topeka cupcake maker Allyson Fiander in its first episode. KFC’s Double Down may finally have met its match. A food blogger creates the Cluck Double using two Burger…
For the last week, I’ve snapped some quick shots of the ongoing construction of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. As a commenter pointed out in December, it looks like a giant armadillo. Even more so now. Categories: News Tags: construction work, kauffman center for the performing arts
1. Show your American pride — by cheering on the United States in its match against Slovenia at 9 a.m. today. For places to watch the futbol action for this game and throughout the series, see our World Cup Soccer Bar Directory. 2. Flip through the files. The 2010 Kansas City Flatfile Exhibition opens at the H&R Block Artspace tonight….
%{}% This city’s news is just depressing some days. The victims of a drive-by shooting yesterday afternoon in the 3300 block of Agnes were both believed to be approximately 8 years old. Both girls. One was shot in the face. The other was shot in the hand. Their injuries were non-life threatening. Categories: News Tags: 8-year-old girls, double shooting, drive-by…
Missouri Department of Natural Resources officials blame state Sen. Brad Lager (R-Maryville) for terminating the department’s ability to collect fees for State Operating Permits that fund the state’s Water Protection Program for 2011. The bill that would have extended those funds was expected to pass on the last day of the legislative session in May, but Lager sent it to…
Update (4:38 p.m. June 17): Raytown police have officially identified 33-year-old Latoya Hopkins as the victim of a homicide on June 15. Categories: News Tags: homicide, Latoya Hopkins, person of interest, Tawanda Kunoga
When J. Mascis ousted him from Dinosaur Jr., Lou Barlow packed up his bass and returned to his side project, Sebadoh, where he pioneered a tuneful, lo-fi, acoustic sound that you don’t have to search very hard to hear in much of today’s indie-rock milieu. He’s touring solo right now, in support of 2009’s Goodnight Unknown, and tonight he’s at RecordBar. Local…
If you’re noticing that one British quartet that penned the lovely “Little Lion Man” is conspicuously absent from the Wayward Blog today, you’re right: it is weird. Sometimes, it’s hard to muscle into a sold-out show like last night’s at the Record Bar. But weep not: here’s some video, courtesy of 96.5 the Buzz, of Mumford and Sons’ appearance at Kegs…
