Unless movies and television have lied to me, there’s a misunderstood girl out there who’s about to have the romantic adventure of her young life. Five juveniles have broken out of the Jackson County Detention Center and are at this moment on the run. They’ll need a place to lay low for a while, and that’s where the lucky girl…
Four Loko is officially outlawed in the state of Kansas. The Kansas Department of Revenue issued a release this afternoon saying Four Loko, Four Maxed, Joose and max are no longer legal to sell in the Sunflower State, according to the University Daily Kansan. Last week, the Food and Drug Administration deemed caffeine an “unsafe food additive” for alcoholic beverages…
This fat bastard is Kenneth Tomlinson II. He was once a police captain in the southeastern Missouri town Fredericktown, Missouri. He was also a Boy Scout leader. Good guy, right? Not even close. Tomlinson, who weighs in at four bills and stand 6-foot-2, was accused in January of having “deviate sexual intercourse” with three boys under the age of 17,…
Don’t mess with Raytown. That’s a lesson The Kansas City Star learned the hard way last week, when a cheeky and seemingly innocent photo caption drew the ire of the city’s residents. The November 13 FYI section featured this cutline next to a small photo of Billy Ray Cyrus, who was sporting a mullet-ish hairdo: Categories: News Tags: Billy Ray…
In our ongoing search for a go-to sushi place, my wife and I found ourselves sitting at the bar at Jun’s this weekend, staring at the above plate of grub. It was solid — but more than quality it had me thinking about quantity. Specifically: How many pieces of sushi am I supposed to be able to eat? I like…
Michael L. Buck claimed he didn’t force anyone into prostitution. The 37-year-old pimp pleaded guilty in May to trafficking women in involuntary servitude and coerced commercial sex, but Buck argued tht he wasn’t guilty of sex trafficking. Buck testified that he wasn’t such a bad guy, according to the Star, telling the court: “I’ve got a bad criminal record and…
By now you probably know that Pitchfork gave Kanye West’s new album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, a perfect 10.0 rating this morning. For music dorks keeping track, the last time Pitchfork gave a new, non-reissued album a perfect 10 was 2002, for Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Today’s ‘Ye review is 12 paragraphs long. Also! By coincidence — or totally…
Missouri’s anti-stripping bill is tearing the local exotic dancing community apart. C’mon, ladies. Just because you can’t bare your beautiful, beautiful bouncing breasts doesn’t mean you should stab each other. Early last Friday, a 29-year-old exotic dancer was accused of stabbing a 27-year-old dancer with an eyeliner wand or pencil, according to the Star. The stabbing occurred at probably the…
You might not feed as many people as a Kansas farmer this year — although preparing Thanksgiving dinner may feel like you’re cooking for 129 people — but you can feature some of what they grow on your dinner table. The Greater Kansas City Food Policy Coalition has launched a campaign and corresponding Web site, Eat Local for the Holidays,…
Brandon FlowersSaturday, November 20 Liberty Hall Better Than: Brandon Flowers vs. Larry Fitzgerald Shortly after the death of Jacko, I declared Brandon Flowers the new King of Pop via Facebook. No one commented. Categories: Music Tags: Brandon Flowers, Fran Healy, Liberty Hall
Yep, that’s what we didn’t eat at the original Arthur Bryant’s last night. I guess my eyes are bigger than — actually, no, my stomach’s still considerably bigger. Good luck not eating barbecue in the next few days. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink
Pen pals of convicted murderer Scott Roeder take note: The killer of abortion provider George Tiller has a new address. The Associated Press reported that Roeder was moved from a prison cell in El Dorado to one in Lansing on November 2 for unnamed reasons. Categories: News Tags: abortion, George Tiller, Scott Roeder
We’ve all been snookered into eating kung pao chicken if it’s impaled by a toothpick on a plastic plate. Food you’d likely never eat suddenly seems a lot more palatable when it’s free and being foisted upon you from the floor of the mall food court. A piece in Forbes suggests that food trucks are taking samples on the road….
Dwayne Bowe hasn’t been doing a lot of talking — or any — since the off-season when he claimed his veteran teammates like to fly groupies in for road games. Of course, the Chiefs wide receiver claimed he was misquoted after (and who wouldn’t when you’re in a locker room full of large men who probably now have angry significant…
Goodbye, cinnamon rolls. I’m sorry, breakfast cereal. I never really liked you, oatmeal — I just ate you because everyone said I should. There’s a new way to make breakfast amazing — it’s not you, Quaker — and it’s at the Broadway Cafe. Allow me to introduce to you the gooey pumpkin butter bar. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink Tags:…
Wolf ParadeNovember 19, 2010 The Granada Though it’s been years since Montreal was the “next big thing” on the music scene, the bands it spawned in the boom of 2004-2005 are still making great records. (Lately, though, the new next-big-thing prodigies have dwindled due to a 15-minutes-of-fame outlook that emphasizes a better-get-it-while-the-getting’s-good-because-your-star-is-fading-fast mentality. Thus, we have Brooklyn circa, um, right…
%{}% Since the Republicans — with the help of those Revolutionary-War reenactors in the tea party — scored big in the 2010 elections, they’ve been bringing up the U.S. Constitution a lot. Incoming House Speaker John Boehner pushes the GOP “Pledge to America” promise “to honor the Constitution as constructed by its framers and honor the original intent of those…
Since it’s Thanksgiving this week and all, it seemed rather appropriate to put together a few songs about food. While the holiday is ostensibly about getting together and expressing thanks for everything you have, we all know that it’s really just an excuse to get together and eat a lot of food that’s either too time-consuming or too rich to…
