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What a difference a day makes… It was like Wednesday night was the kiddie table, and last night it was the adults, playing for real. Marianne Williamson had it right. It’s not about specifics, policies, it’s about playing Donald Trump‘s … Continue reading →

Politics is show business for ugly people… But this year, the politicians are playing the game better than the entertainers. You’ve got to be able to say no. That’s one thing a musician no longer is capable of. If you’re … Continue reading →

John Hickenlooper‘s following the Jimmy Carter playbook… And Carter may (not) be the best ex-President – as opposed to one in office – but one thing’s for sure, he won. We underestimate winning. It’s a long road to the top … Continue reading →

They say good news travels fast but bad news faster… Such is the case with former Johnson County Sun main man-turned Kansas City Star scribe Steve Rose. To wit, Rose’s largely forgettable column in last Saturday’s Star morphed into no less … Continue reading →

Generational change happens while you’re busy arguing about disruption… Happened in the music business. For over a decade, we heard about piracy.  After the advent of Spotify, we heard about streaming payouts. Meanwhile the bitchers got older, the users younger … Continue reading →

The above headline is what you would call a leading question… Right up there with, “When did you stop beating your wife?” Then again, if you’ve been to a Chiefs game – with the possible exception of in the top … Continue reading →

So what have we learned? Bohemian Rhapsody was the worst-reviewed Golden Globe winner in 33 years. Not that I needed Rotten Tomatoes to tell me this. I’ve been tracking it all along. (And yet…) Excoriated in the press, I’ve yet … Continue reading →

Remember this one? Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. That’s what’s wrong with today’s Kansas City Star. Make no mistake, they still face the same obstacles other newspapers are struggling with like disappearing print profits and readership. They can rack … Continue reading →

For the five years I’ve been writing for KC Confidential I’ve been subjected to an incredible amount of personal abuse… Abuse from a troll by the name of first Harley and then Boom Boom. I was in good company though. Because … Continue reading →

Let me be perfectly clear… From the get go Democrats have done Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh dirty. No two ways about it, regardless of whether the claims against him are true or not. Lost in this unseemly process has … Continue reading →

Everybody knows the prep school kids are the worst offenders… You think we live in an homogeneous society, all starting from the same line, with the same information, with melting pot backgrounds and various pluses and minuses that balance out … Continue reading →

As many of you know, there are two things I like to remind readers of…. That I voted for Obama twice and I’m really not much of a sports fan these days. So go ahead, call me a fair weather … Continue reading →

He pointed… That’s one of the first things you learn in media training, not to. You remember Bill Clinton with his arm outstretched, thumb tucked into his fist – they called him “Slick Willie.” One thing’s for sure, Beto O’Rourke is … Continue reading →

No one in America likes to sacrifice… Their idea of risk is creating a new business. Just as long as they stay out of the mainstream, never move back on the game board, present a bland face so as not … Continue reading →

Are we done mourning yet? I’d like to think we are – I am (or so I think) – but Wild Bill Nigro is not. Yesterday for example, he had to endure watching the Chiefs loss all by his lonesome. Nigro’s … Continue reading →

Record companies used to have a formula, they’d cross tracks over from one format to another, ultimately ending up on Top 40 radio… That doesn’t happen anymore. Prior to the Beatles the music business was a backwater. Of course we … Continue reading →

“Your story’s going to be about me pretty much retiring from comedy,” says longtime Stanford & Sons main man Craig Glazer. “I’m closing Stanford’s downtown.” Make that past tense. “The last day was this past weekend,” Glazer says. “We’re closed … Continue reading →

OK, so I lied… Remember how I told you recently I was going to really start writing more? And then I did. However, as the sun sets on my time here in Lawrence and my return to the wilds of Kansas … Continue reading →