Posterous Lady Gaga gave some love to Wonder Bread in her Telephone video. I don’t think I’ve had a slice of white bread outside of a barbecue joint in several years. And so each bite of a spongy slice is a bit like going back to whole milk — the sweetness is more pronounced, and the bread sometimes feels as…
KCMO’s homicide count has reached 15 for 2012. Kansas City, Missouri’s latest homicide investigation took place Monday night at the Travelers Inn (6006 East 31st Street). A man was found severely injured in a hallway round 8:15 p.m. and was later pronounced dead at the scene. A woman and a man were taken into custody at the scene. Police have…
The new Replacements documentary, Color Me Obsessed, has been stirring up quite a bit of buzz lately, not just because of the high quality of the film and what it brings to the table in terms of revelations about the legendary Minneapolis quartet, but because it features none of the band’s music. None of the Replacements’ members appear in the…
Graphixbyxiii The Chiefs are hoping to hold onto Bowe for at least one more year. It went to the wire, but the Kansas City Chiefs have decided that they can’t let Dwayne Bowe hit free agency. ESPN reports that the Chiefs have placed the franchise tag on Bowe — the news coming shortly before the NFL’s 3 p.m. deadline for…
Ashford Stamper Marshall Roth will be marking his territory in a new town: Wichita. Marshall Roth, who recently opened the Hollywood Casino’s upscale Final Cut Steakhouse as that restaurant’s executive chef, is taking a new gamble. The former hot-dog mogul (he owned and operated the Dog Nuvo hot doggery in the Crossroads until last autumn) has given notice to the…
Fuzzy’s Taco Shop opened in late January. Fort Worth, Texas, and Kansas City, Missouri, no longer have to argue just about barbecue. Now we can get together and talk about who’s got the better taco shop. Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, a Fort Worth import, has opened at 10157 Wornall. The Baja-style tacos are the focus with grilled and tempura-fried fish and…
Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston Ernest Hemingway knew how to tip. Service is one of those aspects of running a restaurant that seems simple. The guests are seated with menus. The order is taken. The order is entered into the point-of-sale system (which varies from software to chicken scratch on a…
Does the idea of being excoriated and humiliated by Simon Cowell on national television seem like an appealing price to pay for your 15 minutes of fame? You’re in luck, then — auditions for the second season of the Fox talent show The X-Factor are at Sprint Center (correction: Kemper Arena) Wednesday, March 14. You’ll need to register in advance…
Angela C. Bond The Good Foot Spring has most definitely sprung, and the concert season is upon us. We made a few announcements earlier in the week, and here are a slew of other shows: The Uptown Theater had some of the most notable midweek announcements. On Friday, April 20, Cake performs. (7 p.m. doors, $35., all ages). The next…
Omaha emo-rockers Cursive stopped by RecordBar Friday night. Photos by Allie Mason.
The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive In the raging national shit storm over contraception, one major medical story has been lost in the shuffle. KU Medical Center has had a breakthrough in its noble effort to create a male birth-control pill, which would prevent men from producing mature sperm cells. While most…
Angela C. Bond Huddled masses of heels, miniskirts, snapbacks and fitteds piled up inside the Sprint Center. There were mobs of girls dressed in matching homemade shirts emblazoned with “I Heart Drake,” or something like that. It was a hip-hop show moonlighting as a pop show. This is what happens when an artist like Drake comes to town. Categories: Music…
ionmyhealth Missourians are not resting easy these days. Feel like you’ve been having trouble sleeping lately? If you live in Missouri, you’re not alone. Live Science writes that a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania showed we’re taking our problems to the pillow with us. The study involved 33 states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia,…
You never know exactly what’s on the shelves from the test kitchen. A lot of the salsas and sauces in the Pain Is Good lineup from Original Juan include the batch number. It’s not a marketing gimmick; it’s the result of recipes being put through the paces in the test kitchen at 111 Southwest Boulevard. The one putting the recipes…
You’ll eat up the cake at this show. Cake challenges look incredible on television. They’re even more amazing in person. That’s the idea behind celebrity baker Mike Elder’s charity CakeFest Saturday and Sunday at the Kansas City Convention Center. A dozen cake artists, each of whom has appeared in a televised competition, battle it out. Events include cake demonstrations, a…
Fans are beginning to recognize Lauren Larson as the lead guitarist and singer of Ume, rather than the band’s merch girl. Once concertgoers get over the fact that Larson has ovaries rather than testicles, they tend to quickly notice that she wields a fierce guitar. Her three-piece Austin band is heavy and has progressed into heavier territory (to Larson’s delight)…
