It’s time to put the myth to rest that we all drive hamburger-shaped cars and eat a Tomahawk Chop for lunch every day in Kansas City. We’re good at cooking meat. We might be the best. But that hasn’t stopped a burgeoning vegetarian community from springing up here and a host of understanding chefs who are willing to knock out…
In their continuing quest to get rid of all of the fun and dangerous stuff, the state of Kansas wants to ban bath salts that you snort so you can feel like you’re high on cocaine. Yep. This is your Tuesday. Good morning, world. Lots of cops want to ban the compound, which is marketed as something you bathe your…
That’s right, the former host of Reading Rainbow, the star of Sister Act and the man behind Top Gun’s theme song are indeed scheduled to make appearances in Kansas City soon. And at least as far as the first two are concerned, if you’re willing to spend the money, you could enjoy a meal in their vicinity. First on our…
In an attempt to properly honor Super Bowl Sunday, I made my maiden voyage to the Plaza’s patriotic new sub shop, Firehouse Subs, which is decorated with fire boots and other firefighting memorabilia. Solid turkey sub, giant fountain Coke: nothing better on a Sunday afternoon … … except for what I saw after ordering my sandwich. Categories: Dining, Food &…
The Decemberists, with Mountain Man Monday, February 7, 2011 Uptown Theater Better than: Any show they’ve done without “The Mariner’s Revenge Song” The Uptown hummed with hairpin harmonies last night when the Decemberists treated a packed house to a hefty two-hour set. It was an evening designed for the loyal Decemberists fan: lush and layered sound, funny crowd banter, impromptu…
Remember, in January, when freshman state Rep. Donna Lichtenegger’s Facebook page spat out this oddly blunt message: “I love lobbyist! (sic) All the free food and stuff you get. This job is awesome!”? Despite Lichtenegger’s swift standard Web-screwup claim of “I was hacked!,” it seemed like nothing more than a rookie political gaffe with a weak defense that we could…
Luc Carl, the manager of a Manhattan rock bar and Lady Gaga beau, will be paid to write a diet book based on the “whiskey and 5 a.m. cheeseburgers lifestyle.” The New York Post reports that the book will be centered around the weight-loss and life advice on his blog, The Drunk Diet. Part rock-and-roll memoir, part diet tome and…
A woman shopping with her daughter at a grocery store in Albuquerque, New Mexico, last month was approached by an employee offering a sample of Greek yogurt. As KRQE reports, something was very wrong with that sample. She spit out the yogurt after tasting it, telling the police that it was “gross” and “tasted like semen.” A source with the…
%{}% By now, you’d think someone trying to rob a hospital pharmacy would realize that there are security cameras focused there. And if you were going to try to break into the area, maybe you’d come up with a better disguise than a baseball cap. Unfortunately, not everyone can be a criminal mastermind. Some guy carrying around a ladder tried…
This past weekend, blues-icians from all over the world gathered on Beale Street in Memphis for the International Blues Competition to see who had the best sauce. Of course, it came from Kansas City. Categories: Music Tags: Beale Street, grand marquis, International Blues Competition, Kansas City Blues Society, Mary Bridget Davies Group, memphis, Topeka Blues Society
Once upon a time, a great concert was your favorite band stepping out on the stage — no huss, no fuss — and killing it with new material and old favorites. That was expected, and that was enough. But with media consumption enveloping much of a band’s artistic output, live shows have had to become special events that can’t be…
That’s right, the former host of Reading Rainbow, the star of Sister Act and the man behind Top Gun’s theme song are indeed scheduled to make appearances in Kansas City soon. And at least as far as the first two are concerned, if you’re willing to spend the money, you could enjoy a meal in their vicinity. First on our…
It’s true what they say about the little things making all the difference. Take Dennis Rader, or BTK as he’s more widely known. While an active serial killer, Rader killed 10 people. When people try to buy bits and pieces of Rader’s life — and they often do — they’re accused of festishizing human misery, and their collections are derided…
Big games mean big bets, and a city’s finest food is often wagered as a sign of confidence that the hometown team will be victorious. Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl will have to shovel one Steeler fan’s walkway while clad in Steelers’ attire after losing his wager with Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett owes Wisconsin Gov. Scott…
James Marks thought Carl Phipps owed him money. So Marks, 24, fatally shot Phipps, 30, in the head and wounded another man at Independence and Ewing in the early hours of March 25, 2010. On Monday, a Jackson County judge sentenced Marks to 20 years in prison, The Kansas City Star reported. Marks reportedly had reached a plea deal with…
By Ian Nyquist The awkwardness of adolescence is a mine for comedy gold. But MTV’s new scripted drama, Skins, can’t make up its mind whether it’s an acne-cream soap opera or a comedy. It ends up as neither and has to resort to grasping for as much edginess as it can get away with — in the form of drug…
A husband and wife have been charged with killing a former law-enforcement officer and burying his body in a shallow grave in Wichita. Michael Williams, 37, and Deborah Weiss, 48, are facing first-degree murder charges for allegedly killing Sean “Chris” Putnam during a late-December argument, the Wichita Eagle reported. Witnesses told police that the argument was over drugs and money,…
Kid Congo Powers’ legacy in the grungy underground of American music is plain: He has played guitar with some of the most scorching punk acts of the past 30 years. When he was still known as Brian Tristan, Powers founded the pioneering punk-blues band the Gun Club in 1980 with Jeffrey Lee Pierce. But he was roped into the Cramps’…
In past years, the theatrical release of the Oscar-nominated live-action and animated shorts has provided a fun peek into intriguing bite-sized cinema from across the globe. For the 2011 edition, the series is at last making room for the five nominated documentary shorts as well. Unfortunately, this year’s nonfiction crop largely underlines the limitations of movies with big subjects but…
Pushing up the mercury with a feverish series of provocative cries, blues-textured moans and high-octane howls, Grace Potter and her roots-rocking Nocturnals get positively overheated — even though it’s the middle of winter — on “Hot Summer Night,” from the Vermont quintet’s self-titled 2010 breakthrough album. Expect a similarly steamy performance when the group pulls into the Beaumont. Potter’s soulful,…
