Archives: August 2010
Kansas gubernatorial candidate Ken Cannon’s political face-plant
It’s well documented that Sam Brownback is far enough ahead in the polls that he could fall asleep at the wheel of his Alabama-rented campaign bus and never be in risk of losing the gubernatorial election. Still, we should take the time to note (read: ridicule) the colossal failure of a campaign Reform party candidate Ken Cannon is running. The…
DJ Jazzy Jeff booted from the decks (again!)
This time, it wasn’t us. DJ Jazzy Jeff — who is probably the first DJ that most Americans had ever heard of — was removed from Las Vegas club Surrender at Encore after management decided they didn’t like what the DJ was playing at a special tribute to the late DJ AM. Sounds familiar, right? More after the jump. Categories:…
Catherine Ashworth disappears after husband’s death, reappears in police station
People were rightly confused when Larry Schnackenberg disappeared off the face of the earth. Now imagine how much more suspicious if would’ve been if Larry had vanished and left a dead body behind. Such is the case of Catherine Ashworth, 50, who disappeared after her 63-year-old husband Ronnie Ashworth was found dead in his home on the 18500 block of…
Messy food is in, perfection is so last decade
Let’s get real, man Messy food isn’t just having a revival in the overstuffed sandwiches and other yawning productions you put in your mouth — gloppy Sloppy Joe’s, theatrically dressed hamburgers, overloaded tacos. It’s also taking hold in the world of high-fashion culinary photography. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink Tags: food porn, food styling, Gloria Gale, messy food, photography
Fat City on the radio tomorrow
Ninety years of Walt…and malts Tomorrow’s edition of the “Food Critics Panel” on The Walt Bodine Show on KCUR 89.3 won’t be any ordinary show. In addition to discussing the best pasta in Kansas City, the panel celebrates the 90th birthday of the veteran broadcaster and talk-show host with an on-air visit by a surprise guest. And no, we’re not…
Five Guys Burgers And Fries now open in the Ward Parkway Center
Five Guys Burgers And Fries is open and hopping at the Ward Parkway Center in the former McAlister’s Deli space. Yesterday, the order numbers were being chanted out like auction bids as customers munched on free peanuts while waiting. It’s the third location for the burger chain in the Kansas City area, joining the restaurant at 14965 West 119th Street…
David Seume’s last show in Kansas City
Money Shots is a glimpse of random happenings when we’re out and about on Kansas City’s music scene. Shots from singer and songwriter David Seume’s last show in Kansas City at the Gusto Lounge. More after the jump. Categories: Music Tags: david seume, Gusto Lounge
What’s Poppin’ Off: Edgar Winter, Tommy Bolan and Joe Satriani shows announced
Frank Hicks of Knuckleheads Saloon is hoping that fans will shell out $50 for a meet-and-greet and performance by experimental rocker, Scientologist and albino, Edgar Winter. Tickets are $30 for only the show, which begins at 8 p.m. on Thursday, September 23. Winter finished up a tour earlier this month with Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band. Chances are,…
Where We Pee: Harling’s Upstairs
Walking into Harling’s mens’ room is like being gassed with a hundred years of piss particles. It’s nasty in there, man — one of the city’s worst. On a bad night, it’s better to just hold it. It’s probably my favorite bar in the city. Categories: Music Tags: harling’s, harlings, where we pee
When garnishes go crazy
Update: This was a tough one! The restaurant thhat serves this dramatically-garnished bowl of seafood etouffee is Shields Manor Bistro in Platte City. ———————————————————————————————- Fat City loves a creative garnish. Turnips carved into little swans. Carrots artfully transformed into lotus blossoms. Even the traditional orange slice and sprig of parsley, the standard garnish of the 1960s and ’70s. Plates always…
17-year sentence for stamp burglary deemed excessive
Burglary is an impulse some men can’t tame. One of the keys to satisfying the urge and while maintaining a reasonable degree of freedom is to hit places that might result in a softer penalty if the cops show up. Dwight Laughlin spent 17 years in prison after he was caught burglarizing a post office in Neosho, Missouri. When police…
Cellar Rat teaches you to love hot dogs and wine tonight
It turns out the best thing to wash down a Chicago-style hot dog might not be a cold beer. What you actually want could be a glass of wine from California. Cellar Rat is going to help you figure it out with an artisan hot dog or sausage and accompanying wine tasting tonight from 5:30 to 7:30. You’ll be able…
Fruit Bats bring some bite to the Jackpot
”Lawrence is good,” ruminated Eric Johnson at the mic stand. He sounded surprised. “I like this town,” he said. Larryville can be quite charming when it wants to be; and last night, the romper-clad college kids were drunk, dancing, and loving on Johnson’s band — indie-folk pioneers Fruit Bats — hard. Johnson must have been digging Jackpot last night, too,…
Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan’s wine documentary, Blood Into Wine, will screen in Lawrence
Keenan’s in (sort of) good company on this venture, as Wayward and Fat City have reported. But unlike his rock star colleagues, Keenan’s enthusiasm is based on a crusade — specifically, to establish Northern Arizona as a major winemaking region. Categories: Music Tags: Maynard James Keenan, rock star wine, tool
Top 5 collaborations we wish would happen in Kansas City
With the recent news that Christopher Elbow would begin rolling out Boulevard-inspired ice cream, that got the wheels turning at Fat City. There are a ton of local shops that we would like to see putting their heads together to make some sweet (and savory) products. We thought we might give them a bit of help by suggesting some possibilities….
Wichita candidate gets death threat for being gay, like there’s nothing else to hate about politicians
Kansas statehouse candidate Dan Manning received death threats over the weekend, apparently because he is openly gay. The person who made the threats cut the letters out of magazines and taped them to Mannings door. If only the suspect had actually read the magazines before cutting them up, he might have known that there are things way more worth threatening…
Roy Blunt compares building Ground Zero mosque to Dr. Laura’s n-word rant
Roy Blunt continued his useless jihad against a Manhattan mosque this week, this time comparing the mosque’s construction near Ground Zero to the n-word carpet bomb that got radio host Dr. Laura fired. It makes no sense, of course, but what else are you going to do when you’re running for Senator in the middle of the Great Recession? Talk…
No. 29: Lemon cake from Cafe Europa
To whet your appetite for The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue, we’re counting down our favorite Top 50 dishes each weekday until October 7. Yellow is not a flavor. But if we’re assigning foods to stand for their color, the lemon cake from Cafe Europa would be a fine representative in the box of crayons. Moist and bright,…
Cooking with (and for) Dick: An absurd cookbook round-up
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. Barbecuing Dick Van Dyke Style and Cooking for Love Author: Copywriters purporting to be Dick Van Dyke Publisher: Hunt-Wesson Foods Discovered at: Maj-R Thrift, Fairway The Cover…
Memoryhouse, Twin Sister and Motorboater hit Lawrence
Memoryhouse’s glacial compositions are soft-focus smatterings of dreamy reverb, cast in sonic pastels. But don’t dismiss the Ontario duo as another exponent of mere lo-fi. Watch the video for Memoryhouse’s “Lately” after the jump. Categories: Music Tags: Memoryhouse, motorboater, Twin Sister
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