Archives: June 2010
Breakfast Buffet: Tuesday, June 29
%{}% Villa Capri is a restaurant you’ve driven by on Metcalf hundreds of times. Kitschy decor and red sauce Italian await inside. The American Restaurant, Bluestem and Capital Grille in Kansas City are three of the top 50 American restaurants, according to a new survey from Open Table diners. An organic raisin farmer wonders about his decision to work with…
Jorge Rodriguez-Hernandez accused of killing 50-year-old woman found dead in Olathe
Johnson County prosecutors charged Jorge Rodriguez-Hernandez with first-degree murder in connection with the death of his roommate, Asuncion Delgado-Lopez, the 50-year-old woman found dead in the 1600 block of East Cedar in Olathe on Sunday. Categories: News Tags: Asuncion Delgado-Lopez, Candelario Monsivais-Izunza, homicide, Jorge Rodriguez-Hernandez
We Are Scientists coming to RecordBar
Cincinnati dance-rock duo Bad Veins, who sound kinda like the Killers and kinda like We Are Scientists, open. They’re also coming through town in a few weeks, with Thrice, Kevin Devine, and The Dig, at the Midland on July 10. Categories: Music Tags: bad veins, we are scientists
Where am I eating? (Update)
Update: Congratulations to commenter Karen, who correctly identified this chilled gazpacho as the featured soup at the new vegan restaurant at 17th and Summit: Fud. ______________________________________________ On a hot, sultry summer night, a cup of cold gazpacho can really hit the spot. This particular variation of the Andalusian potage is made with pureed tomatoes, beets, oranges, apples, onion and garlic…
Big Boi’s ‘Sir Lucious Left Foot’ streaming at last
Categories: Music Tags: big boi
Using stupid and arbitrary measures, snack food maker judges Kansas City to be manly
The company that makes Combos snacks has come up with a list of the top 50 “manliest cities” in an effort to attract attention from news media outlets lazy enough to regurgitate the “findings.” We bring the information to you because Kansas City came in at No. 3. Also, we’re feeling a little logy today. Categories: News Tags: combos, lists,…
Five ways to not lose your bitch
Having recently informed you what to do if you find a stray bitch, we now offer some tips on how not to lose your own bitch (or sire, if your dog has or used to have a set of balls). Categories: News Tags: Animal Control, bitches, microchip
Missouri A.G. wants execution date for neo-Nazi Joseph Paul Franklin, who shot Larry Flynt
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is tired of Joseph Paul Franklin, the white supremacist and serial killer who claimed responsibility for shooting Hustler publisher Larry Flynt, breathing his state’s air. Categories: News, Politics Tags: Chris Koster, Hustler, interracial killings, Joseph Franklin, Larry Flynt, serial killer
Hank III, Assjack, Bizmarks, B’Dinas: Monday’s best bets
It’s all about Midtown tonight, with solid shows at Riot Room and Beaumont Club. There are four girls in the B’Dinas, but they do NOT pronounce their name in a way that rhymes with “vagina.” Just so you know. The group plays straightforward, AAA-style rock with nods to blues and funk, and they’re at the Riot Room with the Bizmarks…
Barack and Michelle Obama coming to Kansas City (updated)
Update (1:44 p.m. June 28): Robin Carnahan ‘s campaign just sent out the details of President Obama’s visit to downtown Kansas City next week. Obama is scheduled for an ActBlue luncheon and reception at Bartle Hall (302 West 13th Street) at 1 p.m. But you better have a fat wallet if you want to attend. Tickets range from $1,000 to…
My New TV Set in a Michael Cera movie?
So there’s this new Michael Cera movie coming out called Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, which is based on the Scott Pilgrim comic book series by Bryan Lee O’Malley. As a promotional deal, Universal Pictures and Sonicbids are holding a nationwide battle-of-the-bands-type contest, where bands compete to have their song included on the DVD release of the movie. And local…
Men’s Health thinks Kansas City is fat, drunk and patriotic
Men’s Health likes to rank cities under labels like “fattest,” “drunkest” and “skankiest.” OK, that last one is ours but appropriate given this city’s D- grade for STDs. As far as the others go, the meathead mag with cover boys sporting six-packs of abs ranked KC the sixth-fattest and the 36th-drunkest city in the good ol’ U.S. of A. earlier…
Tool at the Sprint Center
A sold-out crowd rocked and roared at Tool’s visually-charged show at the Sprint Center on Friday night. Tool may be notoriously camera shy, but we’ve got some shots of Maynard James Keenan (well, we’ve got some shots of his shadow). And his awesome light show. Did anyone get kicked out for snapping shots with their camera, or phone? Tell us…
Overheard at the counter: Glace
While waiting behind a woman who wanted to taste most of the 18 flavors in the case, I enjoyed this exchange between two of the ice cream shop’s employees. “Does peanut butter and jelly ice cream count as lunch?” asked the cashier. “Stop after jelly. Just say, ‘Peanut butter and jelly for lunch.’ Nobody has to know,” replied a coworker….
‘Suspicious death’ investigation ongoing in Olathe
%{}% The “suspicious death” investigation started Sunday after a woman’s body was discovered in the 1600 block of East Cedar in Olathe is ongoing. Categories: News Tags: suspicious death
The Joan Rivers Diet
The new documentary film Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, which celebrates the life of the 77-year-old comedienne, QVC saleswoman and plastic surgery devotee , opens at Tivoli Cinemas July 16. In the meantime, fans of the outspoken stand-up comedy legend can follow her unique diet, as recently reported in a New York Magazine article by Rivers’ friend Jonathan Van…
Lakeside Speedway drivers featured in new reality show
The network that turned crab fishermen into reality stars is airing an unscripted show filmed in and around Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Heartland Thunder on the Discovery Channel follows four drivers who live to race modified cars on Lakeside’s dirt track. The series made its debut on June 19. In the first episode, one of the drivers, Danny…
Hail to the ham hock
Pork in Washington, D.C., is not a new concept. But portraits of presidents holding ham hocks? Probably not what you were picturing. Bijijoo, a Portland, Oregon, oil painter, finished the Presidential Ham collection earlier this month. The collection of 43 paintings — one for each president — will be on display in 2011 and available as prints and postcards in…
Closing: The Sweet Guy
A bittersweet ending… Yesterday was the last day for the popular — well, here in Fat City, we thought it was, anyway — The Sweet Guy in Waldo, the confectionary shop opened 15 months ago by Blake Matthews that sold chocolate, gelato, coffee drinks, terrific cinnamon rolls and sandwiches. The venue will apparently serve the last of its gelato on Tuesday…
Jaywalkers, the man is out to get us. Don’t trust anybody
Fellow scofflaws, beware. Kansas City police are on the hunt for jaywalkers downtown during the next five days, and you may not see them coming. Categories: News Tags: Jaywalking
Five Guys sign goes up at Ward Parkway
The signs are up, and the space is ready to be built out at Five Guys Burgers and Fries in the Ward Parkway Center. The latest outpost for the burger chain in the Kansas City market is expected to open this summer in the corner spot that previously held McAlister’s Deli. Another Five Guys is slated to open this fall…
At gay Pride, rightbloggers try to keep it on the down-low, but some out themselves
%{}% Pride Week’s a fun time to rightblogger-watch, because rightbloggers just don’t know what to do about the gays. They must know straight America is losing its antipathy toward gay people — Hell, even TGI Fridays is down with Pride. And some insist that the gay-hating stuff is behind them, too. But homosexual panic remains a big part of the…
Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears at the Bottleneck
If the Bottleneck learned one thing about Black Joe Lewis last night, it’s that his kin is important to him. The Austin garage-soul act Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears played a makeup show in Lawrence on Saturday night after canceling several months ago following a band member’s death in the family. “I love Kansas and Kansas City,” Lewis said….
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