At the same time that packaged beverages that blend caffeine and alcohol are either being banned by states (like Kansas banning canned drinks like Four Loko) or under stringent regulatory scrutiny, the classic after-dinner coffee drink is having a revival. Nation’s Restaurant News reports that “(restaurateurs) are refreshing the formulas and service styles of these popular and profitable after-dinner drinks.”…
%{}% Six members of a $3.5 million sports gambling ring with ties to the Kansas City Crime Family found out their sentences on Thursday. Here’s how it all shook out: Gerlarmo “Jerry” Cammisano, who pleaded guilty in April to running the whole operation, was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison without parole. He was also ordered to forfeit $201,137…
It’s been more than a year since Wichita abortion provider Dr. George Tiller was gunned down while ushering at a church, and though there was talk of reopening his clinic, nothing ever came of it. Sitting in his Kansas prison cell, Tiller’s assassin, Scott Roeder, might’ve thought he put so much fear into doctors that no one would ever offer…
One of the annoying things politicians do is use the royal “we” to mask their ambition. When a congressman says, “We think there’s an opportunity for us to share new ideas,” he’s really saying, “You know, I think I’d be a kick-ass senator.” Steve Tilley, the next speaker of the Missouri House, is already looking for his next job. Or…
Though a child of the ’80s, I completely understand why brunch was all the rage in the decadent disco days of the 1970s and its present-day revival. As Charles Ferruzza points out in this week’s Pitch, there’s really no better way to keep the party going after last call. The afternoon meal also has curative powers: a good omelet or…
You can be drunk on your feet. You just can’t get drunk with your feet. The British Medical Journal has debunked a popular urban myth in Denmark that soaking your feet in alcohol can get you drunk (h/t to io9). While I’m starting to think we need cooler urban myths in America, let’s take a moment to look at the…
The tensions that have erupted in comment threads on this blog spilled over into a Kansas City courtroom today. Fox 4 has footage of a fight that broke out during the sentencing of Michael Gunn, one of three men accused of killing Justin Budreau and Andrew Eli in April 2009. Gun was convicted of second-degree murder earlier this month. Jackson…
In this week’s Pitch: Kratz on the Latenight Callers’ dramatic, vaudevillian noir-rock, a local release roundup featuring the Grisly Hand, Monta At Odds, and the Phantom*, plus a peek at the Holiday Hoedown, the Record Machine Showcase, and Millionyoung. Categories: Music Tags: Grisly Hand, latenight callers, monta
More than a year after a double shooting that claimed the life of Steven Allen, Wyandotte County prosecutors believe they have the man who pulled the trigger. Perry Lee Coleman Jr. was charged Wednesday afternoon with first-degree murder, aggravated battery and criminal possession of a firearm. Allen was shot and killed on October 8, 2009, three days after his 32nd…
This year is the 30th anniversary of John Lennon’s murder. Yoko Ono has put copies of her and John Lennon’s 1969 holiday posters — ‘War is over! If you want it. Happy Christmas from John and Yoko’ — in over 100 languages on her website for free download. Ono asks on her website that fans “Download, print & display these…
%{}% A chilling report by KCTV5 may have filled in a few of the blanks on why Clinton Gallagher and his 6-year-old son, Alex, were found shot to death inside a Lone Jack home on Tuesday night in what may have been a murder-suicide. Citing court documents filed last week, KCTV5 reported that Gallagher’s wife fear for her life as…
Well, kids, it’s that time of year: end-of-year-list season. All of your buds at Wayward are compiling a list of the best concerts of 2010 — after all, we were at most of ’em — and we want to know where your favorite nights of debauchery went down. So, Kansas City, what artists rocked your shit this year? Was it…
Old soda fountains are like drive-in movie theaters: We’ve forgotten what makes them so special. And just like the moment when the opening credits finally come onto the screen as the sky darkens over a parking lot, the magic of every soda fountain lies in anticipation. While Fat City has tried to remind you of the joy of getting a…
Charles checked out three “unusual” brunch spots in the city.
UPDATE: The search for Chad Michael Osborn is over. FBI agents arrested Osborn without incident in Grandview, Missouri, around 10 p.m. Wednesday. Osborn was wanted after he allegedly tried to run over sheriff’s deputies who were trying to serve a warrant on him. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment of his injuries. Original Story (December 13): Chad…
Charles checked out three “unusual” brunch spots in the city.
%{}% A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…a great kitchen mistake was made. Star Wars has inspired some beautiful parodies, an entire line of cookbooks and some fantastic products (you know you want a Darth Vader toaster). Unfortunately, it’s also spawned some culinary monstrosities that were best left in deep space. As such, here are the five…
Local songstress Jenny Carr is releasing her sublimely titled album, Maybe Definitely Really For Sure, at a CD release show at Czar Bar tonight. Categories: Music Tags: Jenny Carr, Root and Stem, Sour Babies
Charles checked out three “unusual” brunch spots in the city.
David Smith cut a plea deal with Jackson County prosecutors, and the family of the man he admitted to killing is not happy. Smith, 30, was charged with second-degree murder for shooting and killing his roommate, 29-year-old Brandon Stevens, in January 2009. Smith was also accused of burning down a Waldo-area house near 77th and Grand to hide the evidence….
When Mother Nature decides to spit freezing rain down upon me, I know only two ways to cope — salting my steps and stopping for gas-station hot chocolate. After a yearlong layoff, I inevitably fail to stop holding the button before the cup is full and hot cocoa runs freely into the catch basin beneath. I burn my tongue on…
Here are some shots from the Sword’s set at the RecordBar last night. The crowd was so packed and thrashing that our photographer got spooked. Whoa! How metal is that? Categories: Music Tags: metal, The Sword
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