Archives: December 2010
Santa can’t resist a sexy reindeer this week, plus burlesque, the law and art by women
Tonight: Just recall Billy Bob Thornton in a Santa suit for evidence that jolly old St. Nick might not actually be so sweet. The latest from local theater company She and Her Productions offers another take on the creepy Kris Kringle angle. The Eight: Reindeer Monologues by Jeff Goode is kinda like the Vagina Monologues meets The Accused at the…
Even your morning coffee is not safe from bacon
I was a bacon innocent when I began writing for Fat City. It was not that I had failed to eat my share of the griddle sticks, but rather I met each and every new bacon invention with the wonder of a child discovering Santa’s greasy breakfast had been left for him. Today I sit here like a grizzled veteran,…
ESPN: If New Orleans Hornets move, Kansas City is on the short list. But let’s be honest …
Like everyone else in America, the New Orleans Hornets are broke — and their brokeness is going to revive talk of the NBA returning to Kansas City. Hornets owner George Shinn is too cash-strapped to run the team and can’t find a suitable buyer, ESPN reported on Sunday. So the NBA, for the first time in league history, is on…
Looking for Today, a documentary about the Lawrence hip hop scene circa 2000
About a week ago, Bonny converted the documentary from VHS and uploaded it to the internet, using technology! So now anybody can watch it for free, which is what you should probably do right now. Categories: Music Tags: Approach, miles bonny
Rightbloggers say they’ll change the Constitution to fix problems you never knew you had
%{}% Two years ago, conservatives were on the ropes. But the GOP victories in last month’s elections have them dreaming big again. They’re back to talking about destroying the Democrats once and for all. Even Newt Gingrich is talking about running for President in 2012, which shows how general the optimism is. Some in the political meth labs of the…
The next Burger Stand restaurant will open in Topeka in 2011
It’s a Topeka comeback for the Krauses In this week’s Pitch Cafe review, the latest restaurant created by chef Robert Krause and his wife Molly, Esquina, was one of three Lawrence restaurants featured in the story. In a few months — Robert Krause says late winter, Molly Krause predicts early spring — the Krauses will open another location of their…
Outdoor market moves inside Saturday for holiday market
The taste of summer…in December The season to be jolly is here, so Fat City is looking around for holiday gift ideas, preferably the kind that can be eaten (or used to make something that can be devoured). File this news under “Better Late than Never.” During the spring and summer months, David and Sally Calvin get up before dawn…
Comment of the Day: Guns for everyone!
Guns on college campuses was a hot topic this week after Kansas state Rep. Forrest Knox said he’d fight to get a concealed-carry law for college campuses in the Sunflower State. This brought out a chorus of commenters with fantasies about taking down a school shooter. For one commenter, a Biff Malibu, government-controlled concealed-carry laws are a bad idea because…
Jerusalem Cafe owners accused of threatening, taunting Latino workers
Look for a picket line Saturday at Westport’s Jerusalem Cafe. Saturday already is one of the busiest days at Westport’s Jerusalem Cafe. Tomorrow, the popular Middle Eastern restaurant may be a lot busier than usual. A group of UMKC college students and other supporters plan to peacefully picket the restaurant from noon to 1 p.m., in protest of the alleged…
Want free stuff? Here’s where to get presents that don’t cost a penny
Finally, there’s a store in the metro with prices I can afford — FREE! Starting Saturday at 10 a.m. nearly new clothes, toys and (actually new) food will be available, sans price tag, at The Free Store, 205 South Green in Lee’s Summit. Because a business model like this couldn’t possibly work forever, the shop’s only open through the holiday…
Randy Stone’s homicide attracts 48 Hours Mystery and Dateline NBC
A pastor is accused of killing one of his parishioners after having an affair with the church-goer’s wife, then giveing the eulogy at the dead man’s funeral? Of course the national media is all over the Randy Stone story. Duh. David Love, the former pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Independence, made his first appearance in court yesterday since…
Pointing a laser at a police helicopter is pretty stupid
Who needs a surface-to-air missile when a laser pointer will do? A 21-year-old Overland Park man is in a whole shit load of trouble after allegedly pointing a a green laser at a police helicopter and temporarily blinding the pilot, according to the Star. The guy with the laser pointer (they still make those?) could be facing federal charges for…
Iowa inmates wiping asses with toilet paper made by Missouri inmates
The new face of selling toilet paper isn’t a cartoon bear, cherubic baby or a totally unwatchable Zack Braff-voiced puppy. It’s Missouri’s murderers and rapists. The prisoners in two Iowa clinks are wiping their bottoms with one-ply rolls created by inmates at Crossroads Correctional Facility in Cameron. And if officials like how the paper performs, they might make Iowa’s incarcerated…
Chefs predict the Top 20 culinary trends for 2011
Chef Colby Garrelts So what do you think that a survey of over a thousand American chefs might reveal about dining out in 2011? Here’s a clue: nothing surprising. Wednesday’s article in Nation’s Restaurant News reported that the National Restaurant Association had polled 1,527 chefs — all members of the American Culinary Association — about “what they expected to…
God, R-Heaven, selects new Missouri Senate leader
A few days after the November election, the Republicans in the Missouri Senate came together to pick a leader for the upcoming session. The senators and senators-to-be took a vote, which ended in a tie. With the lawmakers split, 13-13, the heavens opened and God said: “I’ll take it from here.” Or that’s how Jim Lembke (R-St. Louis County) likes…
The Jameson juice box: The end or the apex of civilization?
%{}% We’ve all known grown men who could use a sippy cup. Thus, the Internet was aflutter with the possibility of a Jameson whiskey “juice box,” which appeared on the season finale of Sons of Anarchy, a show on FX. The prop, which Brand Channel suspects is an art department thank-you to one of the show’s major sponsors, is raising…
If you can dodge a wrench (and you can get to Lawrence), you can be a pro dodgeball player
If you think you have what it takes to be a professional dodgeball player, get your ass to Central Junior High in Lawrence, Kansas, on Saturday. Paul Santos from Lawrence’s Bleeding Kansas Dodgeball League wrote us to say that scouts from the National Dodgeball League will be in town from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday to scout talent for an…
Clayton Dunlap pleads guilty to causing the PCP-fueled crash that killed 12-year-old Damian Slayton
Clayton Remoue Dunlap did the right thing today when he admitted his guilt in causing the March 27 crash that killed 12-year-old Damian Slayton. Dunlap was high on PCP when he caused the multi-car crash at Gregory and 71 Highway. On Friday, he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, driving with a revoked license, driving under the influence and other charges,…
Decision tree: is alcohol-infused whipped cream right for me?
You already know that Wayward looks out for our fellow booze-hounds. Peter Rugg answers questions about the newest controversial alcoholic novelty, alcoholic whipped cream, over at The Plog. With the recent controversy over alcohol-infused whip cream, you might be asking yourself whether or not to buy this wonder product of the modern age. But are you the the kind of…
Decision tree: Is alcohol-infused whipped cream right for me?
%{}% With the recent controversy over alcohol-infused whipped cream, you might be asking yourself whether or not to buy this wonder product of the modern age. But are you the the kind of person who’ll really get the most out of the boozy desert topping? This succinct decision tree will guide the way. Categories: News Tags: alcohol-infused whipped cream, decision…
Suburban Kansas City suddenly can’t water a pot plant without the sheriff showing up
More and more weed-growers in Johnson County are having their home-based bud operations foiled by industrious sheriff’s deputies, the Star tells us this morning. Tony’s Kansas City, A LOCAL BLOGGER!!!!!!, posits that the recession is driving broke suburbanites to grow and sell pot to keep their families afloat — which would be a very cool storyline if it only were…
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