We told you back in March that Kansas City honky-tonk troubadours Adam Lee & the Dead Horse Sound Co. had their song, “Drinking, Cheating, Loving and Leaving” featured in Kevin Smith’s new movie, Red State. The opening number to their recent album, When The Spirits Move Me, it’s featured fairly prominently in the newly-released trailer for the action-thriller, as well….
Forgotten in all the heat-advisory warnings we’ve seen this July is one very important at-risk group. If you live with someone prone to domestic violence, and you still haven’t been able to get away from the asshole, now is definitely the time to go. Staff at the Rose Brooks Center are reporting a big increase in calls to their domestic-violence…
It’s usually an Old Style for the staff of Pizzabella at the end of the shift, but they made an exception when I brought over two bottles that Boulevard had given me: the Kansas City brewer’s White IPA Collaboration No. 2 and Deschutes’ version known as Conflux No. 2. “Old Style is refreshing. It’s cold and it’s wet and it…
Mitch Maier is a member of the Kansas City Royals who spends more time in the dugout than he does on the field. He’s not very good, and manager Ned Yost doesn’t use like to his bench much, anyway. But last night the 29-year-old reserve outfielder was a trending topic on Twitter. Why? He came in to pitch in the…
Next time you think about sitting at a picnic table, minding your business, enjoying the view of a lake while getting a little work done, you might want to check to make sure that the lake is public property. Or else you might end up in jail. KMBC has the strange story of Jennifer Payne, who visited Weatherby Lake (north…
Karl Rove’s heavy-hitting PAC, Crossroads GPS, announced Tuesday that it was dropping $240,000 to air its latest ad attacking Sen. Claire McCaskill. This is the group’s second anti-McCaskill commercial. I’m starting to think they really, really don’t like her. This piece, entitled “Change,” isn’t exactly breaking new ground in political ads. One woman complains about food being expensive, a cranky…
Wine can ruin a perfectly good tab or elevate an otherwise very pedestrian meal. Wine saves more bad dates, bad comedians and bad chefs than anything else. Wine Spectator recently awarded 15 Kansas City-area restaurants for having excellent wine lists. Osteria Il Centro, JJ’s and Starker’s were among the 833 restaurants recognized in the August issue. But that still doesn’t…
The Internet has made it easier for people to find sex partners. But for some men hoping to form an immediate and temporary coupling, public parks remain a go-to destination. Kansas City police arrested 13 men on suspicion of indecent exposure and other sex-related misdemeanors in undercover stings at Minor Park and Blue River Park in south Kansas City, according…
Despite the possibility of a reschedule the day after Cinderella’s show was canceled, Crossroads KC announced yesterday: “Unfortunately, Cinderella will not be rescheduled. You can get refunds at point of purchase. Sorry for the inconvenience.” If you’re wondering where you’ll get your hair metal fix, fear not: Whitesnake plays the Midland on Tuesday, August 9. Categories: Music Tags: cancellations, Cinderella
You say tomato, I say Lidia’s (101 W. 22nd St.). The Freight House restaurant’s tomato dinner is tonight and tomorrow. The annual multi-course meal is meant to highlight heirloom tomatoes, which are currently in season. “It’s been a slow season to warm up, so we’re really just starting to get the best of them now,” says Dan Swinney, Lidia’s executive…
Dedicated to the late Amy Winehouse, September 14, 1983-July 23, 2011. Read Pisces first. Leo/Leo Rising* (July 22-Aug 22): Stop! The love you save may be your own. Or so the old Motown song goes. Your love nature is basically monogamous, even if talk like you are player. Loving and attractive Venus sits prettily in your own sign until August…
Six weeks before Woodstock, parts of Georgia ran out of ice. The Atlanta International Pop Festival took place over the Fourth of July weekend in 1969. Janis Joplin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Joe Cocker, Canned Heat and an up-and-coming English band called Led Zeppelin were among the performers at the Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, Georgia. With temperatures in the 90s…
CAA Sports is one of the biggest agencies in the business, with a talent roster that includes the world’s top-ranked tennis player, Novak Djokovic, as well as past champions like Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf. Now, that roll call includes an 18-year-old kid named Jack Sock who has spent the last seven years training with a coach in Overland Park….
Pvt. George McCarthy likely had stories worth listening to. He passed away about 70 years ago at the age of 102. In his century of life, he saw the world change drastically and survived fighting in the Civil War. Somehow, when he did go, there was no one there to claim him, and his ashes waited on a shelf in…
%{}% Rick Perry, the governor of Texas and a potential presidential candidate, is going to pray and fast for America on August 6. He’s not kidding around, either. He has booked a football stadium in Houston for the event. Perry invited the nation’s governors to join him at what’s being called “the Response.” But to date, only one has accepted…
Unforked is dishing up a new spin on tacos, burgers and tortas in Overland Park. Photos by Angela C. Bond.
“All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities,” Frank Herbert once wrote. “It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.” Herbert wasn’t thinking about the power the Clay County auditor wields when he wrote his Dune series. But the weasel who currently occupies the position is making the science-fiction writer’s point just…
Sporting Kansas City had a great game on Saturday, topping Toronto FC 4-2, with Kei Kamara and Omar Bravo each notching a pair of goals. It was a nice breakout effort that landed the club in fourth place in the Eastern Conference. But what could make the victory even sweeter is that Kamara and goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen are up for…
Huddle up, sports fans: You’ve got a few new options for wings and beers while watching the game in Overland Park. A pair of sports bars have opened in the past few months with taco specials and televisions galore. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink Tags: drivers cafe, sports cave bar & grill
I have no reason not to believe multimillionaire Rex Sinquefield had donned his finest silken kimono and was shopping for breeding giraffes yesterday in Central Africa when he was startled to hear that his wisdom had been challenged by some heretofore unknown lawyers in Kansas City, their faces ruddy with soot and their clothing the tattered rags of the upper-middle-class…
