Archives: September 2010
Shocking: Man who hunts mushrooms (the front-yard kind, not the Widespread Panic kind) ends up in hospital
%{}% Outdoorsmen and Phish fans, heed this warning. A Kansas mushroom hunter (picker seems like a more appropriate term, really) was hospitalized last week when he mistakenly scarfed down the wrong kind of mushroom. KMBC Channel 9 reports that Robert Williams, a mushroom enthusiast with 40 years of experience, confused the tasty volvariella speciosa with the deadly chlorophyllum molybdites. A…
Bruce Raisley, online sex sting target, convicted of launching attack on Rolling Stone‘s website
How could you attack this? Bruce Raisley used to be tight with the child predator hating vigilantes at Perverted Justice (you know, the guys who helped NBC’s Chris Hansen humiliate dudes packing Mike’s Hard Lemonade and condoms). But the 49-year-old Kansas City man had a falling out with Perverted Justice founder Xavier Von Erck and began criticizing the group…
Barclay Martin Ensemble release their CD tonight at the Folly — for a good cause
Barclay Martin’s socially conscious jazz-folk-rock group — which includes Giuliano Mingucci, Rick Willoughby and Mark Lowrey — is releasing its new album, Pools That Swell With Rain, at the Folly tonight. And it’s for a good cause, too. Categories: Music Tags: Barclay Martin Ensemble, charity events, Water.org
Roy Blunt kicking himself for offering to debate Robin Carnahan a bunch of times
When U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt (R-K Street) looks at the polls that like his chances of becoming a senator, he can taste his foot in the back of his mouth. Blunt will participate in only two debates with his opponent, Robin Carnahan (D-Legacy), retreating from an earlier suggestion to give Missourians all the rhetorical tangling they could ever want or…
No. 8: Autumn Cookies from Chacko’s Eatery
The best after-school snack with a glass of milk or apple cider 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.If only cookies that looked like fruits and vegetables had the same vitamins and minerals that real fruits and vegetables contain. But…
Matt and Kim’s good vibes blow up the Granada
Brooklyn’s happiest couple, Matt and Kim — also known as Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino — rocked the Granada with their wildly kinetic, synth-punk dance jams last night. The duo emerged to a chunky, cataclysmically loud refrain of “Where Brooklyn At,” hopping on their instrument sets and saluting the crowd with goofy grins. The crowd — already drenched in sweat…
Grilled pizza should be the pizza we’re known for in Kansas City
You can get your deep dish at Rosati’s and your thin crust at Waldo Pizza. But when it comes to finding a pizza that is truly representative of Kansas City, that’s a question to which there doesn’t seem to be a single answer. Since moving to the City of Fountains, I’ve heard impassioned defense and criticism of Grinders, Minsky’s, d’Bronx,…
Dexter McCluster’s rap: DMC says, don’t text and drive
In case you missed it on the Plog, Kansas City Chief Dexter McCluster has a special message for you, kids: “Don’t text and drive.” DMC — that’s what he calls himself — thinks texting and driving is dangerous and serious. He’s a hands-at-10-and-two man, from what I can tell. He’s written a rap about it, too. Like to hear it?…
Mike Babick inspires neighborly love in everyone with his Christmas display … except his neighbors
Is Mike Babick a bad Santa, or a good Santa? Man it seems like the holidays start earlier and earlier every year, doesn’t it? Time was when you didn’t want to murder your neighbor until early December, but the folks in Prairie Village are ready to nail Mike Babick to his plastic reindeer and it’s not even Halloween yet….
Fresher Than Fresh Snow Cones ends it season, plus four other reasons to go out this weekend
Summer officially colcludes Sunday. That’s the end of the season for Fresher Than Fresh Snow Cones. So get over to the West Side between noon and 10 p.m. (The fun usually ends at 7 p.m., but the hours have been extended as a last hurrah.) There will be a prize wheel and snow-cone eaters are encouraged to bring something to…
USA Pan-Am baseball team loaded with Kansas City Royals prospects
Forget that the Royals are wrapping up another absolutely dreadful season. Forget that they’re about to tally their 90th loss, and that their lone star is pissy and struggling. And let’s pretend that rumor about David Glass selling the team was never started. Because — shock — there is actually cause to be hopeful about the club. Weird, right? The…
4-year-old Taylor Wilson dies in hit-and-run (updated)
Update (10:29 a.m. September 24): The death of 4-year-old Taylor Wilson is getting ugly with family members fighting over who is to blame. Read the update after the jump … Original Story (11:30 a.m. September 20): I could never understand the impulse to leave the scene of an accident that you’ve caused. How could someone run over a person, drive…
Ryshod Mercer, handcuffed inmate wearing a cast, escapes from police
Ryshod Mercer is on the loose. The odds of Ryshod Mercer escaping from police, not good. The 34-year-old was handcuffed and had soft casts on his arm and legs. He was riding in a police car going about 20 mph, on his way to the Jackson County jail on Thursday, when he somehow escaped near Truman Road and Denver…
What’s a dealbreaker when you’re dining out?
Restaurants make mistakes. Chefs and servers have off nights. Some mistakes are forgivable because they are easily corrected. Others suggest deeper issues, born of some fatal flaw that will keep a restaurant from being successful or doom it to early close. I can forgive a forgotten menu substitution (assuming the server chose to write it down) and overly salty food….
Prairie reflections and four more things to think about this weekend
1. Contemplate the purpose of zombies and idea of artists as cowboys. Both themes get interpreted visually at Lawrence art galleries during Final Fridays. 2. Tune in to music with a message. Proceeds from Barclay Martin Ensemble’s new album — and tonight’s accompanying release party — help get water to thirsty people in Africa. Categories: News
Westport Flea Market to be on Meat & Potatoes premier on Food Network tonight
Kansas City’s reputation as a meat and potatoes kind of town earned it a spot on the premier of Meat & Potatoes, a new show debuting on the Food Network this evening at 9 p.m. And representing Kansas City will be the famed burgers at the Westport Flea Market. The Flea Market is hosting a watch party tonight beginning at…
The top 5 bands we’d like to see new albums from, and the weird shit we would buy to pay for it
Last week, we posted about how Gang of Four was selling vials of band members’ blood and VIP helicopter rides to pay for the recording of its comeback album. It got us thinking: What are some other divorced bands for whom we’d participate in funding another record? And what kinds of limited-edition items would we demand? We put together a…
Vernon Davis guarantees victory against the Kansas City Chiefs, should probably shut his mouth
“We will win this game.” Those words actually left San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis’ mouth. He’s guaranteeing a victory, and the 49ers need need a win. They’re 0-2 after being picked by many to win the NFC West, going on the road to Arrowhead Stadium — a place that was so electric for the Monday night game that…
The Royals need a new anthem to battle Craig Finn’s Minnesota Twins song
Songwriters, what’s better fodder for a ballad than the sad, downtrodden career of our Kansas City’s professional baseball team? It’s just begging to be turned into a tearjerking tale of noble defeat, am I right? If you agree, you’re in luck. The Royals are looking for a new theme song, to battle the Minnesota Twins’ anthem, penned and sang by…
Source: Coal Vines Pizza will replace Re:Verse on the Plaza; CPK next to get the boot?
No one wants to talk on the record, but a source familiar with negotiations between Country Club Plaza landlord Highwoods Properties and Dallas-based pizzeria restaurant Coal Vines Pizza tells Fat City that the fledgling chain is planning to open its first Midwest outpost in the Re:Verse Beatnik Bistro & Bar space, which closes this Sunday. Categories: Dining, Food &…
Kris Kobach, illegal immigration crusader, goes shootin’: caption contest!
Columnist David Martin just stumbled on this photo on illegal-immigration crusader Kris Kobach’s website, and it just cries out for a caption contest. Best/funniest/weirdest caption gets one of our new Best of Kansas City T-shirts. Go to work. Categories: News Tags: Kris Kobach
Cody Simpson, a.k.a. Justin Bieber’s replacement, can make a school full of teenagers play nice
Evidently, Cody Simpson is amazing enough to make an entire Liberty junior high shape up when baited with a concert from the “teen sensation,” according to the Star. (You’ll know his pre-pubescent whine from the song “iYiYi” featuring Flo-Rida.) South Valley Junior High in Liberty, Missouri, won a promotion through KMXV Mix 93.3, and if the kids play their cards…
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