Times were easier for the pioneers. You had hardtack and cheese. It was good. Or it wasn’t good. These days, food comes in a dizzying array of permutations. Case in point — bubblegum is no longer something that is just chewed. I decided to find out if this development is a good thing. So, today’s battle is Baskin-Robbins Pink Bubblegum…
ESPN The Magazine runs a column by an anonymous professional athlete in each of the major sports. Since it’s summertime, “Player X” is a Major League Baseball player, and he’s apparently a fan of the All-Star Game but no fan of Kansas City. Categories: News Tags: All-star game, ESPN The Magazine, kansas city royals, Kauffman Stadium, Major League Baseball, Player…
Smashburger is continuing its manifest destiny takeover of 119th Street. The Denver-based chain opens its second Johnson County location on Tuesday, August 3, in Olathe (15241 West 119th Street). A Smashburger opened three months ago in Overland Park at 6551 West 119th Street. The Kansas City area is not the only place to experience a Smashburger boom. The company intends…
That was a misleading intro. For one, the story broke yesterday, which is a very long time ago in internet time, and thus it is hardly a breaking story. For two, the intro struck a skeptical tone. Aaaand I’m gonna go out on a limb and say … I believe this rumor? Categories: Music Tags: Beavis and Butthead
So, remember the movie Drumline? Or was I the only one who saw that in 2002? Shit. Well, regardless: If you’re secretly obsessed with drumlines, or a die-hard Chiefs fan, or perhaps just a fan of applying mad amounts of muscle to drumsticks and creating glorious, cacophonous noise (or, even better, all three!) then Sunday might be your chance to live…
Heads up tea party protesters, Phelps family members and downtown workers. Downtown is going to be a mess with President Obama in town and that means street closures, protests and general pains in the asses for working joes. So, where should you avoid? Categories: News, Politics Tags: barack obama, Folly Theater, marriott, Robin Carnahan, Westboro Baptist Church
Melons are for squeezing. Peaches apparently require a more delicate hand. The sign (pictured at right) is from the temporary farm stand in the parking lot at the corner of 23rd Street and I-291 in Independence. Georgia peaches, bing cherries and pints of blueberries are available alongside Vidalia onions, avocados and jars of jelly. The farm stand will be moving…
Here is a secret about Of Montreal: they are not from Montreal, or even Of that city! They are from Athens, Georgia, which is in the same state as Atlanta. That’s probably how these two know each other, come to think of it. Georgia. Big deal. Tickets on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. Categories: Music Tags: janelle monae, of montreal
If you ever wanted to jog in the nude and feel the breeze on your nether-regions, this weekend’s Sun Run is the perfect opportunity. Hosted by Heartland Naturists (they don’t call themselves nudists any more), the Sun Run takes place on a campground in Kansas, and naturist Greg (who requested we not use his last name) says the 5K…
%{}% The China Moon appetizer with the dumpling sauce is apparently the way to go at Blue Koi. Watermelons were meant to be sculptures — delicious, sweet sculptures. Ozark Forest Mushrooms — an operation at the cutting edge of balancing sustainability with haute cuisine — is based in Missouri’s Ozark Forest. Think you’re buying extra virgin olive oil? Think again….
kansascityurbanfilmfestival (at) yahoo (dot) com. The deadline to enter the contest is July 31, at which point they’ll pick five finalists and then The People get to decide who the winner is, by voting on the internet. Here’s the event’s Facebook page. Categories: Music Tags: kansas city urban film festival
Danial Rinehart found Jesus. Whoop-di-freaking-do. One of the least inspiring religious conversions ever was announced after child rapist Danial Rinehart received word he was going to die in prison. Rinehart conducted an incestuous relationship with his daughter that began when she was 5 years old. The abuse produced four children; the bodies of two infants were found in coolers on the…
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Sears Catalog, Fall/Winter 1975 Discovered at: Handed down by my grandmother, who treasured it. Seriously. The Cover Promises: You should have bought these clothes, hoarded them for…
In this Robert Rodriguez-produced sequel to Predator — the 1987 sci-fi horror film that put the multi-megaton Reagan-era stud soldiers’ action in the infrared cross hairs of a higher-tech intergalactic superpower — U.S. soldier of fortune Royce (Adrien Brody, knotty with new muscle) leads the human targets. Mind-wiped and stranded in an uncharted jungle, he finds a similarly disoriented gaggle…
The names of the couples in this story have been changed to protect their identities. If Juan and Juana were going to stage a fake marriage to help Juan get his green card, the two of them figured, they might as well treat some friends to a great meal. They invited eight of their closest pals—four guys, four girls, people…
Anyone who visits Hale Arena (1701 American Royal Court) on this day and doesn’t get a buzz might need to work on lowering her tolerance. More than 100 varieties of beer and wine are available to sample from 5 to 9 p.m. during the third annual American Royal’s Wine & Brew Ha-Ha. Brands on tap come from brewhouses and wineries…
The Folly Theater’s history goes way, way back to the early 20th century, when it was called the Standard Theater and operated as a burlesque and vaudeville house. Nobody’s really sorry that vaudeville is dead — if it weren’t, we’d have to wrestle it to the ground and strangle it just for its tradition of minstrelsy. But women are awesome,…
Much like the Mad Max movie from which it takes its name, Improv Thunderdome is a chilling vision of a dystopian future in which Tina Turner is a ruthless dictator and everything is powered by pig-shit-derived methane. Wait, no. That’s totally wrong. Improv Thunderdome is a local, nine-team improv tournament happening over the course of the next four months. Three…
Anyone who visits Hale Arena (1701 American Royal Court) on this day and doesn’t get a buzz might need to work on lowering her tolerance. More than 100 varieties of beer and wine are available to sample from 5 to 9 p.m. during the third annual American Royal’s Wine & Brew Ha-Ha. Brands on tap come from brewhouses and wineries…
Equal parts photographer, documentary filmmaker and historian, Bill Daniel has examined a wide range of subjects: hobo graffiti, bicycle messengers, people who live on houseboats. But he started out documenting the Austin, Texas, punk scene in the 1980s, and for his latest project, Sonic Orphans, he has returned to his musical roots. Orphans compiles raw, non-YouTubed, sometimes-silent footage that Daniel…
The Folly Theater’s history goes way, way back to the early 20th century, when it was called the Standard Theater and operated as a burlesque and vaudeville house. Nobody’s really sorry that vaudeville is dead — if it weren’t, we’d have to wrestle it to the ground and strangle it just for its tradition of minstrelsy. But women are awesome,…
Relevance Productions, Tom Barry and Trevor Belt’s upstart theatrical company, promises to bring “socially relevant theatre” to Kansas City. But with the KC premiere of Will Eno’s philosophical comedy Thom Pain (Based on Nothing), Barry and Belt do more than that: They take a stab at the vital. Scott Cox stars as a witty young man charting the way childhood…
