Archives: March 2011
Kansas’ Arizona-style immigration bill really, really dead thanks to Virgil Peck’s racist comments?
Virgil Peck is good for something after all. The bigoted Kansas lawmaker’s “joke” about using gunmen in helicopters to shoot illegal immigrants like feral hogs is getting some credit for helping kill the Arizona-style immigration bill in the Kansas House. The news out of Topeka yesterday was that the bill was stuck in a House Judiciary Committee and has been…
The ghost that cooked marinara sauce last night
Not every Fat City reader cares about — or even remotely believes in — ghosts, even though there are a number of restaurants in Kansas City that have been long rumored to be haunted. That list includes the Savoy Grill, Pierpont’s, Succotash, and the Majestic Restaurant. The poltergeists that operate in these venues have been known to smoke cigarettes (Succotash)…
Exit poll: Lessons learned from Tuesday’s election
Let us pause to reflect on the results of Tuesday’s citywide election results. Lesson Four: Kansas City has no respect for its elders. Kay Barnes’ bottomless pantsuit collection and Richard Berkley’s vaguely familiar persona weren’t enough to drag Mike Burke to victory. Seems that endorsements by former mayors don’t carry the same political muscle that they once did — at…
New national tipping trend: Buy the kitchen some beer
I was a little surprised — and I’m not sure why — to see this line on the dinner menu at the 715 restaurant in Lawrence, right under the list of vegetables: “Buy the kitchen a six-pack $12.” I asked our server if it was a joke, and he reassured me that it wasn’t, that many other customers had added…
98.9 the Rock’s Rockfest 2011 lineup is announced
Rockfest is back strong this year. We’ve got the 2011 lineup for the one-day festival, which goes down on Saturday, May 14, at Liberty Memorial. Here’s the lineup: Categories: Music Tags: Rockfest 2011
Masturbator on the loose at the University of Missouri
A serial masturbator is terrorizing Columbia. University of Missouri-Columbia police are on the lookout for the whacker after a man was twice caught stroking it on campus in recent days. According to police, the suspect was seen rubbing one out on the east side of Stankowski Field around 2:44 a.m. on March 22. The suspect was described as a “black…
Ted Habiger, Part Two: chicken liver love, fish guilt and pig on the brain
At Room 39, it’s not just about bringing the farm to the table; it’s also about teaching those seated around the table about all the things they can eat on the farm. Chef and co-owner Ted Habiger looks to push the boundaries of diners’ palates, whenever possible. “Our chicken livers came on the menu when I asked Campo Lindo if…
Kansas City Royals worth $351 million, also one of baseball’s ‘biggest’ welfare recipients
Don’t weep for David Glass. While the former Wal-Mart baron’s shitty baseball team is worth just a measly $351 million (No. 26 on Forbes’ list of Baseball’s Most Valuable Teams), Glass is still clearing an operating profit of $10 million. Of course, the most valuable baseball team is the New York Yankees at $1.7 billion. Not even the Boston Red…
Vince Gill brings classy country to JCCC’s Yardley Hall tonight
Vince Gill has one of the sweetest tenors in all of popular music, captured hauntingly on his 1992 country hit, “I Still Believe in You.” The song is a cry of regret turned into a caress, and that delicacy is one strong tie that binds him to ballad partners and spiritual siblings Ricky Skaggs and Patty Loveless. Another tie is…
Koch Industries takes time out from evil, donates $1 million to Japan disaster relief effort
OK, the Koch brothers aren’t completely evil. Yesterday, Koch Industries announced that it would be donating $1 million to disaster relief in Japan, dividing the money between the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army, according to the Wichita Eagle. The $500,000 in Koch bucks is a huge donation, given that the Salvation Army’s national donations for Japan totaled $4…
It’s time we claimed some food world records, Kansas City
We can eat with the best of them. Now, we just need to prove it. Butchers in Penne, Italy, recently rolled out (literally) the world’s largest sausage. The Metro reports that the sausage was over 1,300 pounds and 597.8 meters (about 1,961 feet) long. The Guinness Book of World Records certified the sausage, which bested the previous record holder from…
Joplin’s Me Like Bees delivers a rare kind of energy at the Riot Room
Me Like Bees Wednesday, March 23 The Riot Room Better than: Any opener since Me Like Bees played RecordBar or, before that, since Tony Ladesich and Kasey Rausch played those gorgeous Stones duets at Crosstown Station. It may have been 9 p.m. on a Wednesday at the Riot Room, and only a third of the crowd had shown, but Me…
Mike Anderson officially gone from Missouri
Mike Anderson is officially the new head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks. This has to sting after the coach had gone so far as to say he’d like to be at the University of Missouri for a long time and retire from coaching there. But Anderson’s loyalty was always in question after flirting with Oregon and Georgia. Anderson hasn’t spoken…
The five reasons that Carl’s Jr. turkey burgers will be a temporary menu item
If you can’t beat them, co-brand them. Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s rolled out a new line of under-500-calorie turkey burgers this week designed through a partnership with Men’s Health. The perennial (unintentional) star of the magazine’s Eat This, Not That, is looking to offer a healthier option for men. The problem is that in comes with the same packaging and…
Springfield’s Ha Ha Tonka will appear on Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations
Ha Ha Tonka, out of Springfield, Missouri, will be appearing on Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations on March 28. (This is the same Travel Channel guru who said Oklahoma Joe’s was one of the top 13 places one should eat before dying.) We caught up with Ha Ha Tonka’s drummer, Lennon Bone, about the episode: We filmed the thing just after…
Arts All-Stars
For the talent behind tonight’s dance-installation mashup WE!, it would be just another day at the office … if the cubicles were staffed by a Superfriends-strength lineup of local cultural name brands. Directed by choreographer Jane Gotch and jazz musician Mark Southerland, the show unites singer Shay Estes, fashion designer Hadley Johnson, artist Ke-Sook Lee, composer Paul Rudy and several…
Food Matters
Picture the best sample day ever. Now you have an idea of what to expect at the 13th annual Eat Local & Organic farmers’ exhibition. The expo, organized by the Kansas City Food Circle, brings together dozens of area farmers to showcase their meat, eggs and veggies. Arrive early and blow your budget on Green Dirt Farm’s lamb and sheep’s-milk…
Bag People
Anyone who has ever arrived home with crushed eggs or smooshed bread can tell you: Grocery sacking is a lost art. As in many endangered disciplines, though, it still has noble practitioners with blinding skill. The best of them go full double-bag for the annual National Grocers Association’s Best Bagger Contest — an event captured by documentary filmmakers Alex D….
Like a Virgin
Even if her a cappella were as pure as the driven Detroit snow, Madonna’s tone would never match that of Trio Mediæval, the Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble from Oslo, Norway. Tonight, the Friends of Chamber Music presents the group’s “Fragments: A Worcester Ladymass, a Mass to the Virgin Mary” at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (416 West 12th Street, 816-842-0416…
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