Archives: April 2011

Tom Watson pisses all over the Masters

When you gotta go, you gotta go. Even at the Masters. Kansas City’s Tom Watson whipped it out during a practice round and peed in the bushes, as captured above by TMZ. For just about anyone else, that’d probably get you kicked out of Augusta. But that’s Tom Watson taking a leak — a two-time Masters champion — so it’s…

Auctioning off a dinner reservation is the future of dining?

In the future, restaurant dining rooms might never be full. However, if you want to get a seat, you may have to talk to your friendly neighborhood reservation scalper. Next has created a wild auctioning frenzy in Chicago, as diners scramble to get seats in the new restaurant from Alinea’s Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas. The restaurant’s reservations and sales…

Incoming: Skrillex at the Beaumont, July 13

Prepare to get dub-stepped on and big-beated if you plan on seeing Skrillex when he blows into Kansas City, Missouri, this summer. The snake-bit musician will perform at the Beaumont on July 13. Doors open at 8 p.m. Porter Robinson and Zedd will support. Categories: Music Tags: Porter Robinson, skrillex, Zedd

Middle of the Map Fest

The Middle of the Map Fest brought rock to Westport on Saturday, April 9, and Sunday, April 10. Photos by Brooke Vandever.

David Glass won’t say he’s sorry for being a crappy owner

%{}% So here’s one thing to take from Sam Mellinger’s 2,500-word piece on the Kansas City Royals on Sunday: David Glass won’t say he’s sorry for being one of the worst owners in professional sports. He’s not the worst of the worst now, a distinction that Mellinger makes. Since 2006, the year he convinced Dayton Moore to take the general…

Canvas gets heavy at the Banzai Awards on Friday night

Canvas closed the 21st Annual Banzai Awards show with all the weight and energy necessary to finish off a crowd that had seen some of the strongest heavy bands in Kansas City. We’re talking 9 Volt Junkie, Drek, promising “Young Turks” Cimino, hard-rock veteran Johnny Rocker and even the king of rock and roll himself — in the form of…

Tommy Adams, now former southeast Missouri sheriff, accused of distributing meth

Classy police operation they’re running in Carter County. Not only was the sheriff charged with distributing meth — a drug that has ruined more than the teeth of rural Missourians — but also his deputy is charged with burglary and receiving stolen property. Now-former Carter County Sheriff Tommy Adams was arrested last weekend. The 31-year-old was reportedly the target of…

Overland Park Farmers Market opens this weekend

You don’t have to feel that scurvy is a possibility anymore. Remember what it’s like to have a fridge full of fruits and vegetables by heading over to the opening of the downtown Overland Park Farmers Market. The first day of the market — west of Marty between 79th and 80th streets — is Saturday. On June 1, vendors will…

Fox 4 weatherman Don Harman is awfully proud of his awful short shorts

I’m afraid I saw a moose knuckle. Fox 4 weatherman Don Harman busted out his short shorts for this morning’s weather report. Harman often does cheesy humor, but it’s hard to knock him for this morning’s performance because he was promoting Dodge for a Cause (which benefits the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation). Harman even busted into a rendition of the…