Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser took a side in the conversation about the 1,000-room convention hotel. He thinks it’s a dumb idea. Last Thursday, Funkhouser voted against exercising a $250,000 option on a downtown parcel targeted for the convention hotel. In his weekly newsletter, the mayor elaborated on his decision, which found him in the smallest of minorities (the ordinance…
Congratulations to Karen, who nailed it with Julian and possibly set a Fat City record by getting the right answer only 11 minutes after the post went up. Erin also guessed correctly, leaving Fat City readers with a .667 batting average. Perhaps, the Royals should consider looking at FC readers. Happy Sunday! read the header on the menu the waiter…
Our photographers covered the crap out of “A Decadent Summer,” the 10th annual West 18th Street Fashion Show. It wasn’t without its hazards — a steaming-hot summer night, claustrophobic crowd closeness and flying glitter (“The herpes of arts and crafts,” an onlooker commented at the time). But these guys are professionals. Scott Spychalski and Forester Michael managed to crop out…
Money Shots is a glimpse of random happenings when we’re out and about on Kansas City’s music scene. Birdies may be better known as the space on West 18th street where Peregrine Honig and Danielle Meister sell lovely lingerie and the like, but after the shop’s expansion last year, the dressing rooms in Birdies’ new room were also designed to…
Three people have been charged in the homicide of 18-year-old Giovani Martinez-Carino, and Wyandotte County authorities are still looking for one of the accused. On May 27, Martinez-Carino’s body was found around in a home in the 600 block of Sandusky in Kansas City, Kansas. Wyandotte County prosecutors have since charged 21-year-old Admira Hamidovic, 18-year-old Edgar Gonzalez and 16-year-old Soe…
She Wants Revenge are opening for the Furs, and I am sorry (not sorry at all), but I cannot resist pointing out that they are responsible for one of the worst fucking songs I’ve ever heard played on modern rock radio. Just a steaming pile of gloomy new-wave horseshit that you could not escape circa 2006. I’m still not over…
When does analog become gimmickry? A good hint is when a band’s signature instruments are a Speak & Spell and a mic’d 35mm film synchronizer; but, Toronto’s Holy Fuck, armed with an array of seemingly homemade effects, eschew gimmickry by muscling every skronk, bleep, and bloop out of their machines. It helps that the band features a great rhythm section…
Reports now say Texas is leaning toward keeping the Big 12 Minus Two alive. Texas’ Rivals site, Orangebloods.com, reports that the conference’s richest school is working on a new TV deal with the other nine universities that would salvage the conference and make Texas even richer (Texas’ cut in the new deal would be between $20 million and $25 million…
The last time I saw Built to Spill in Kansas City was maybe 2005. They played the Madrid, which for some reason no longer hosts shows. (Anybody know why, by the way?) BTS took the stage a little late, probably thirty minutes after they were supposed to. After the third song of their set, some jackass near the front of…
With a vegetable crisper full of oranges and a need to clear some room for the mountain of salad greens from a community supported agriculture membership, I turned to booze for answers. And when it comes to finding a purpose for a half-dozen oranges, it’s easy to get stuck on the screwdriver. Just two ingredients (vodka and orange juice) create…
One might think that only chaos could exist behind the curtain of such a massive undertaking as this. And one would be wrong — just look at these breathtaking glimpses of tranquility, as told through the lens of photographer Forester Michael.
The “Decadent Summer” edition of the West 18th Street Fashion Show came with lots of surprises. There were explosions of glitter, donuts used as props, and one extreme pearl-barfing incident. And somehow, it all came off perfectly under blazing-hot lights. Photographer Scott Spychalski gives us the best of the goods.
I’ve got friends addicted to maple syrup and Tabasco. Thankfully, these are two different friends — although both of them are happy with a plate of chicken and waffles. I didn’t realize how strongly they were attached to the condiment until dining out with them several times. It’s usually somewhere between the salad course and the entree that a tiny…
Last month’s daylong Rockfest concert left Penn Valley Park a muddy mess. AEG is supposed to be picking up the tab for the park repairs. So how’s the park coming along? I stopped by late last week and snapped some photos. The heavy equipment was all gone and the park was starting to look a lot less like someone went…
I’ve been in search of a great banh mi since Vinh Hoa in North Kansas City closed. Though I have yet to find a suitable replacement for David Du’s grilled pork offering, I might just have uncovered a budget friendly version at Kim Long’s Asian Market (511 Cherry), in the Columbus Park neighborhood. The banh mi is a Vietnamese sandwich…
Flash flooding and torrential downpours didn’t stop us nor some of our readers from enjoying themselves this weekend. Maybe there was something about the weather this weekend that made us want to eat. When it wasn’t raining, there was saganaki to be had at the St. Dionysios Greek Orthodox Church’s annual Greek festival in Overland Park; roasted almonds to nosh…
%{}% I’ve made meatless meals for dates, but my attempts to impress a vegan pale in comparison to Laura Beck. A food blogger with The Bold Italic in San Francisco, Beck has written a funny guide to the process of wooing, bedding and leaving a vegan. She deconstructs what taking a potential boyfriend or girlfriend to a given vegan restaurant…
The Lawrence-based duo will play a set of their charming, laid-back, melodic pop at the Love Garden this Friday. It’s free and starts at 7:30 p.m. Categories: Music Tags: belles
Texas wants to stay in the Big 12 Minus Two. This is all according to Texas’ Rivals site, Orangebloods.com, which reports that the decision could be announced as early as today. The Oklahoman confirmed the report with an Oklahoma State source. Texas supposedly likes the so-called “Beebe Plan” — named after Big 12 commish Dan Beebe — that would pay…
%{}% The sandwich artists at Happy Gillis engage in high risk, high gain with most of the fantastical combinations (like asparagus, fresh ricotta, arugula pesto and pistachios) succeeding. Revenge is a dish best served cold. Friendship should be served a bit warmer, like this asparagus, prosciutto, wild mushroom and sorrel pesto. We have entered a weird age where the ice…
Major League Baseball’s amateur draft is big deal for Royals fans. In a city like Boston, the draft is a side note to the dramas that unfold during a potentially championship season. Here it’s a reason to get out of bed. The 2010 draft felt especially notable because last year’s No. 1 overall pick, pitcher Stephen Strasburg, made his big-league…
After all, one of the band’s hits, “Time to Pretend,” is a goofy shot at what Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden would do if they, y’know, actually made it big: I’ll move to Paris, shoot some heroin, and fuck with the stars. Little did they know that their college project would transform them into the very stars they intended to…
And according to their Facebook page, Bleach Bloodz are finishing up recording some new songs, for which we eagerly wait. We’ll keep you posted. Categories: Music Tags: BleachBloodz, heartless bastards
