NBC Playboy bunnies sing on the TV show, but Kansas City’s Playboy Club brought in big nightclub acts, including Marilyn Maye. The success of the AMC period drama Mad Men certainly inspired the NBC network to hop around for its own series based in the same time period — the early 1960s — that had the same nostalgic components: drinking,…
Michelle Preston is accused of sexing three students. Speaking of inappropriate teacher-student relationships: Johnson County prosecutors charged former Shawnee Mission West teacher Michelle Preston with three counts of engaging in unlawful sexual relations, KCTV5 reported. Preston, 27, is accused of engaging in consensual sex with three students between September 1 and December 31, the TV station reported. She’s slated to…
Facebook is still the devil. The Missouri General Assembly wants teachers and students to stay Facebook friends. Sort of. According to Crime Scene KC, lawmakers voted to repeal the law that outlawed Show-Me State teachers and students from communicating privately via social-media sites, like Facebook. However, Gov. Jay Nixon has the power to put the kibosh on the repeal, which…
Is this the honey badger? Chiefs fans, I need your help. I was listening to a radio broadcast of the Chiefs-Chargers game yesterday on my way back to Kansas City, and something “The Voice of the Chiefs” Mitch Holthus said struck me. I could have sworn Holthus called linebacker Jovan Belcher “the honey badger.” Did this happen? Is this Belcher’s…
Senna, the film about world champion race car driver John Senna, opened on Friday, September 16 at the Tivoli. The film’s opening was celebrated by the Kansas City chapter of the Ferrari Club of America, who brought the kind of wheels that would make the rest of us feel like cheering. Photos by Bethany Day.
Zareen If you see this in the wild, alert the proper authorities. It started as a joke — the sausage puffs or pigs in a blanket individually wrapped in plastic bags at room temperature by a mostly clean microwave in the hotel lobby. But jokes have a way of being repeated, even when not funny, and eventually morphing into dares….
CES Cru performed at the Riot Room on Saturday, along with Mac Lethal. I heard Tech N9ne was in the house, just chillin’. Ubiquitous, one of the dudes in CES Cru, released a video on his own last week. The song is called “Roadwork,” and he goes pretty hard on it. Tech’s in it, and so is the Kauffman Center….
art by Mark Lombard, color by Rob Nix When we saw that punkabilly roughnecks Them Damned Young Livers had completed recording on their third album, Live at Jody’s Ramblin’ Rose Rodeo Roadhouse, we knew we had to get a listen. The LP is the band’s first release on their new label, Little Class Records, and features guest appearances from the…
chngyaohong Do you fear the table for one? In the past two years, I’ve had more meals alone than in my previous 30 on this Earth. As a result, I’ve learned how to be comfortable at a table by myself. I’ve had great meals in the company of a good book, wiped sauce off my laptop more than I care…
Get ready for this guy, Johnson County. Jack in the Box will begin serving jumbo breakfast platters (scrambled eggs, hash brown sticks, mini pancakes and bacon or sausage) and a whole host of other options to Johnson County residents in about 30 minutes. NBC Action News reports that Jack in the Box will be opening today at 9 a.m. at…
No more yell leaders in the Big 12. Texas A&M’s move to the SEC became official Sunday. After months and months of talk and legal threats, the Aggies will officially join the conference in July 2012. ESPN reports that neither the Aggies nor the SEC has asked the remaining nine members of the Big 12 to waive their legal rights…
Jose Jenkins was killed near a car wash. UPDATE: Police say the victim is 37-year-old Jose Jenkins of KCMO. Original Story: A Sunday-night homicide has taken the city’s death toll to 84 for 2011. Around 8 p.m., a man was shot to death at a car wash near 42nd and Prospect. The unnamed man was dead when officers arrived. No…
Scott Spychalski In news that sucks, the October 15 NBA preseason game between the Miami Heat and Houston Rockets has been canceled due to the lack of a labor deal. Today, the NBA postponed training camp, which was supposed to open October 3, as well as all preseason games from October 9 to 15. This is getting grim for people…
Bitch about the new Facebook setup all you want. However, were it not for Facebook, I wouldn’t have found out about Morris Day and the Time playing a free show this weekend at the Power and Light District. The long-running Prince-mentored act best known for “Jungle Love” and “Jerk Out” will be plying their party funk on the KC Live…
Ambrosia Were you planning on attending tonight’s sadly named All-Star Rock Tour, featuring members of Orleans, Ambrosia, and Eddie and the Cruisers? I am sorry to report that it has been canceled. Categories: Music
Big Diesel MySpace page Jeffrey Ford’s spit linked him to three rapes. Jeffrey Ford, a 41-year-old cage fighter, was pumping gas in Aurora, Colorado, recently when he let fly a wad of spit. After he pulled away, police collected Ford’s loogie, and compared his DNA with the nationwide Combined DNA Index System and learned that his DNA was connected to…
Amy LaVere has worked through some heavy stuff over the last few years, to say the least. She broke up with her boyfriend of six years (who was also her drummer), and her musical mentor and producer, Jim Dickinson, suddenly died. LaVere has powered through her pain, anger and anguish, though. She’s back with a fine album, Stranger Me, produced…
Bishop Robert Finn is facing another lawsuit. The Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Bishop Robert Finn and the Rev. Shawn Ratigan are facing yet another lawsuit alleging a cover-up of the alleged discovery of child pornography on Ratigan’s computer (Ratigan is facing state and federal child-porn charges). The details of how the diocese handled the discovery are disgusting, if…
Dining With Denise You can’t un-eat a meal. The choices we make at the end of the night are often good indicators of our exact level of intoxication. Consider the story of Jeremy W. Combs, who allegedly returned to a Lee’s Summit Taco Bell last weekend with a shotgun in order to register a complaint about the lack of hot…
Brenda Pace Jack Stack says goodbye to Martin City. You always remember your first, but eventually life makes most of us move on to the next. That’s the case for Fiorella’s Jack Stack Barbecue, which is moving its corporate headquarters from Martin City to 95 Metcalf Square in Overland Park in November. The local barbecue institution, which operates four locations…
