Archives: June 2011
Kansas looking for 5,000 Ned Flanders types to mentor ex-cons
One of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s Big Ideas is to pair prison inmates with mentors who can help them make the transition from the cell block to society. Brownback spoke Monday in Wichita at a conference sponsored by Prison Fellowship, a group that promotes ministry in prisons and support for ex-offenders. A social conservative, Brownback has surprised no one by…
Matt and Kim, with the Thermals, tonight at the Beaumont Club
Adorable and enviable Brooklyn duo Matt and Kim stop by the Beaumont tonight. They’re rigged out with just a keyboard and drums, but they make a sweet, healthy racket, and they bring a very pure sense of enthusiasm to their performances that isn’t necessarily consistent with a lot of the other acts coming out of Brooklyn. Categories: Music Tags: Matt…
Motley Crue still has it after 30 years (review)
I hate to brag, but sitting in fifth-row seats for last night’s Motley Crue/Poison/New York Dolls bill was pretty awesome. I could see everything — C.C. DeVille’s blond highlights, Mick Mars’ 2-inch-thick shoe soles, the spit flying from Nikki Sixx’s mouth, the bedazzled details on Bret Michaels’ jeans and Vince Neil’s junk, right in my face. Categories: Music Tags:…
Oh, Jesus. Jason Whitlock called Nick Wright twice this week?
Jason Whitlock, the bridge-burning sports columnist who left The Kansas City Star last year, broke off a call to 610 Sports host Nick Wright on Monday. “Literally, I’m so bored,” Whitlock said at the outset of the conversation, a bad omen. Whitlock and Wright are talented guys. They’re also careerists. So the discussion, which resumed on Wright’s show on Tuesday,…
Kris Kobach is a star! Kris Kobach is a villain!
Insult comic Ann Coulter put Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach on her team of “stunning Republican talent” during an interview with ABC News. Coulter really wants New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to run for president. But she’s excited by a GOP “farm team” that includes the immigration-fixated Kobach. But do you know who doesn’t think Kobach is so swell?…
Preview a rough cut video from season 2 of ICWXP
Local heavy-metal movie-mockery program Incognito Cinema Warriors XP is smack in the middle of filming its second season. In addition to the myriad photos posted to its Facebook page, the show recently posted a rough cut from the first episode, where Rikk and the bots venture away from the lobby set and into the bowels of the Cine-A-Sorrow Theater for…
Ms. Nene’s Takes the Cake Bakery opens in Westport
Westport has its own cupcake shop. As reported in The Kansas City Star yesterday, Ms. Nene’s Takes the Cake Bakery opened last week at 3900 B Pennsylvania. Baker Renee Kloeblen, “Ms. Nene,” has found success with her offbeat flavors and clever use of social media. She runs CoffeeCakeKC with Brian Jurgens of E.F. Hobbs Specialty Coffee. The duo had one…
The Rub Bar-B-Que is now open in Olathe
It takes ambition to launch a new barbecue restaurant in town, but the Rub Bar-B-Que (10512 S. Ridgeview Road, in Olathe) is betting that a background in competition barbecue and a new approach to serving ‘cue will help it stand out from the pack. In addition to sandwiches and platters, the Rub — which opened on Sunday — has a…
Do you aspire to be ‘mayor’ of your favorite bar or restaurant?
The days of just being a regular somewhere may be over. Today, many of us expect to be recognized for our commitment to chicken fingers and pints. Foursquare, which counts Kansas Citian Ryan Gerding (he’s ‘mayor’ of 10 places) among its 10 million members, helps people be recognized. You digitally ‘check in’ when you arrive at a bar, restaurant or…
Sam Brownback makes Kansas politics sound like Hagler vs. Hearns
%{}% Sam Brownback visited Leawood on Tuesday and addressed a group of Republicans. The Kansas governor called for party unity, saying Johnson County is “the epicenter where the Democrats always point to split the Republican Party.” Brownback sounded like a boxing commentator as he talked about the upcoming election cycle. The Democrats, Brownback said, would be looking to draw blood…
Unrealized sports resort pitched to KCK in ’07 owes $500,000
Four years ago, a group of men approached the Unified Government of Wyandotte County with an ambitious proposal. They wanted to transform a flood plain into a $980 million “sports and entertainment destination resort.” The project, Sport World Live, sounded like a mash-up of the Epcot theme park at Walt Disney World and the mother of all youth sports complexes….
Out of Time & Space Astrology
Cancer/Cancer Rising* (Jun 21-July 21): Happy Birthday, Moon Child, and many more! Your birthday begins summer in the Northern Hemisphere where love, apple pie and family vacations rule. These days of economic heartache have us coining the word ‘staycation’. When you take time off from your daily grind, but stay in town, it called a staycation. Your feelings have reached…
Following sex-abuse cases, diocese plans to comfort people using 4,000-year-old dead language
%{}% The KC diocese is still looking for ways to stop public-relations fallout from the recent child sex-abuse allegations, but so far they’re done a poor job of it. Does Bishop Finn know how laughable, how calculating it looks to promise to hire independent investigators when he didn’t turn people over to the police for independent investigation at the first…
Story in Prairie Village
With a cool interior and hot new menu, Story is rewriting the standards in Prairie Village. Photos by Angela Bond.
Bon Iver headed to the Uptown Theater
Big week for Justin Vernon (aka Bon Iver). His latest, Bon Iver, Bon Iver, was yesterday awarded what I’m pretty sure is the highest Pitchfork rating of the year. Deservedly so — it’s a gorgeous record. And it looks like he’s headed to the Uptown on Friday, September 9, with Kathleen Edwards. That’s a don’t-miss show. Tickets are on sale…
Motorboater, ‘Lessons’ (video)
Perhaps you read our profile of Motorboater dude Dan Eaton in this week’s print edition? No? Don’t like to read things? Well, then, maybe you’d prefer to just sit and watch the video for “Lessons,” a song off Motorboater’s latest, Sport. Categories: Music Tags: motorboater
Some good comes from the Hangover 2 for one Missouri tattoo artist, no one else
The Hollywood Reporter says Warner Bros. has settled Missouri tattoo artist S. Victor Whitmill’s lawsuit over the ink appearing on Ed Helm’s face in the sequel. Whitmill claimed that he was the victim of copyright infringement because he had originally created the tattoo design for boxer Mike Tyson, who appears in both films. Both Warner Bros. and Whitmill are keeping…
Man with “large amount” of crack shot in the back of his head
Remember kids, crack is whack. The Kansas City Police Department is reporting that an unidentified man carrying a “large amount of crack cocaine” was shot in the back of the head during an argument Monday night. He reportedly is expected to survive. Lucky dude — about the gunshot wound at least. The presence of the crack cocaine probably means that…
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