Happy Cinco de Mayo! This is just one more day that I pour Jose Cuervo on my Fruity Pebbles.
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The northland streetcar option will cost over $100 million to run the line nearly 2 miles. For that kind of money, the city could buy us a Kool Nights limo ride.
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The Royals’ month of April was almost exactly how I would have scripted it, if someone came along and asked me to script how this season would start. (And yes, I understand that, much like the hypothetical situation of someone putting a gun to your head and demanding that you choose a single breakfast cereal for the rest of your life, it seems bizarre and unlikely that someone would have asked me to write a movie about the first month of the Royals’ 2014 season.) But had it happened, I would have gotten it mostly pretty close.
I would have thought that finishing the month 14-12 and in second place of the AL Central would have been about right; this is, after all, a team that I’ve continually said is only slightly above average.
I would have also predicted that the offense would struggle and the bullpen wouldn’t be as good as it was last year. Check, and check. (The less said about White Sox rookie phenom Jose Abreu finishing April with more homeruns than the entire Royals squad, the better, and this bullpen—with the exception of the closer—is shakier than an epileptic at a Pink Floyd laser-light show.)
But I’m happy to report, however, that I’ve been wrong, too. Continue reading
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Why wait for Halloween to do something really weird but legal?
Original art by Mark Valentine
This Sunday check out Mark Valentine‘s annual Chihuahua Parade and help catapult the event into the Guinness Book of Records as the “World’s Largest Costumed Dog Parade.”
It all goes down at the Barney Allis Plaza, 12th and Central in Kansas City, MO.
Dogs and their handlers will parade around the downtown park without ever touching paw to the street, Jack FM will broadcast a live remote and over 30 vendors will be on hand.
Humans get in free, but a $5 per dog entry fee will go to Great Plains SPCA which operates two of no-kill shelters in the area.
Valentine’s inspiration for the parade?
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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 is a ton of action, emotions and fun even though it’s about 20 minutes too long…
Two hours of the web-slinging would’ve been plenty—for me at least. (I saw the ending approaching at least three times only for the movie to keep going, and going and going)
But hey, this Spidey marks the official kick-off to Hollywood’s summer movie season and should do the industry proud.
I’m expecting an $80 million+ weekend at the domestic box office.
This second chapter of Marvel’s reboot brings back Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker in a storyline of the legacy with heavy emphasis on his family secrets.
The story covers Spidey being abandoned by his parents as a boy and finding out how he became the person he is today. A quest regarding his parents’ disappearance leads him to OSCORP and on a collision course with his father’s former partner, Doctor Curt Conners and his alter ego.
So are we talking less action here? Continue reading
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It’s my personal favorite main line grocery chain. It’s not Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods, but as far as an everyday grocery store goes, Hy-Vee is for me.
I was at Hy-Vee’s new palace of a store in Olathe on day two of its operation.
And among other things, it houses a gorgeous, contemporary Asian restaurant, a deli, and every cuisine known to man – all ready to carry out – a bar even!
Hey, what’s not to like about a bar in the grocery store?
It gives us guys something to do while hanging with the wife at the store. And what a great business development tool – you sit down at the bar, throw back a few and buy three times as much as you ever intended.
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New Record of the Week: Colfax by The Delines.
This Portland group was formed recently by novelist/songwriter Willy Vlautin, of the legendary alt-country band, Richmond Fontaine. It features road-weary lead vocals from Amy Boone (Damnations), and band members Sean Oldham (Richmond Fontaine), Jenny Conlee (Decemberists), Tucker Jackson and Freddy Trujillo.
Vlautin wrote all the tunes specifically for Boone, in a style that they’re calling retro-country-soul. It’s a mournful album that tells stories about the down-and-out, the never-were, and other kinds of assorted, broken characters.
And, oh yeah, you can listen for free right here. I recommend I Won’t Slip Up. Do it, you’ll feel better. Continue reading
Clippers’ owner Donald Sterling may be one of the most miserable human beings out there, but he’s still protected by the same laws and rights that all of us are…
Which include freedom of speech, private conversation and his own opinion.
This guy is probably on Cloud 9 because he’s center stage in the media glare and with his high-priced LA attorneys will likely win his case against the NBA. Remember NBA by-laws, which are a bit thin in this case, do not supersede the U.S. Constitution let alone the rights granted to all Americans.
First of all, his taped-conversation was private and inadmissible in a court of law.
Secondly, they may decide to play the tape anyway because in many ways it defends Sterling. Continue reading
Small world…
A year ago while vacationing in Southern California, I did pretty much the same thing Pitch top gun Steve Vockrodt just did in Denver; I checked out a couple of IKEA stores to try and get a handle on why its coming to Merriam seemed like such a big deal to so many locals.
Kansas City Star business columnist Joyce Smith even raved about its meatballs, as if pilgrimages might be made to the do-it-yourself Swedish furniture retailer’s bargain-priced cafeteria solely to partake of the fifteen meatball $7.99 special. So you know, I tried ’em and, eh, no big deal. It didn’t help that shortly thereafter IKEA’s meatballs were slammed with a horse meat scandal.
I digress.
Here’s the deal though, as Vockrodt found out, you diss IKEA here at your own risk. Continue reading
Against my better judgment…
I present you with a “column” submitted by everybody’s favorite punching bag (and edited by moi). Enjoy. May I suggest you take it with a grain of salt (or a boulder)?
My new column on KC Confidential….
SCHOOL THE FOOLS
What do KU basketball and the KC jeweler story have in common?
This is getting quite interesting. My tipsters have given me info that nothing really was
taken, but was “lost” including a very expensive watch. The supposed subject
was getting 250k as a buyout and was sleeping at 73rd Street. And that Hearne’s story is probably blown out of proportion.
I visited with key individuals and they felt this story was blown out of proportion and that nobody needed to dress up like a shrub outside the postoffice. And that Paul Wilson didn’t need to play Miami Vice and hide under his dashboard to avoid being seen…. everything is under control.
Unfortunately not all people born with silver spoons trun out as good as
Hearne and Southman (hover that is). Some have problems and hopefully this will blow over!!!!
More to come, but my sources are “in the deal” and Hearne and Paul can go to the late night diner and find some really good diamond deals. Continue reading
Westport is worried, really worried…
And bracing for the worst. Because while for the past several years it’s the Country Club Plaza that’s been garnering headlines about urban youth hanging out and making its more affluent, mostly white patrons uncomfortable and uneasy, the issue has started to spread back into Westport.
As evidenced by the ominous signs in the windows of Westport’s Gusto Bar & Lounge advising patrons that firearms and weapons are not allowed. Along with a dress code tailor made to ward off hip-hop types with “exposed underwear,” “wave caps,” “jewelry which poses safety risks,” “tank tops,” “baggy clothing,” “jumpsuits” and the like.
There’s more.
Gusto appears so worried about the crowd it might attract that there’s even a clause in bold letters at the bottom of the sign advising, “You May Not Modify Your Wardrobe At Time Of Entry To Meet The Dress Code.”
Which would seem to imply that once the club determines that you may be a gangbanger they don’t want you loopholing your way in by merely slipping into sheep’s clothing.
Shades of the colorful dress code at infamous Westport dance club America’s Pub. Continue reading
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If you like your Broadway show tunes shaken and skewered, belly up to the Quality Hill Playhouse for a very clever, very funny little show with a mouthful of title called The Musical of Musicals.. The Musical…
Yeah, it’s a spoof. Kent Barnhart first produced this charmer eight or so years ago. Now he and a talented company have dusted off the pipes, plugged in the cattle prod and unleashed a whole lot of laughter down on 11th Street between Broadway and Central.
This Musical’s conceit is a simple one– you take the old boy meets girl, girl misses rent, landlord demands girl marry him storyline (I know, you’ve seen it a hundred times) and dress it up with the music of five of Broadway’s greatest songwriting teams. Each skit lasts about 20 minutes– you get five shows for the price of one! Continue reading
I’ll admit it…
What’s in a word?
Plenty when it comes to terms like “flash mob.” Especially in regard to the recent nighttime gatherings of urban youth on the Country Club Plaza.
Take Saturday night when between 100 and 125 or so “black kids” wandered the Plaza and surrounding area – two were arrested – one for fighting, another for possession of a gun.
“Violent Teen Flash Mob” was how Tony’s Kansas City foolishly described the action.
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Sporting Kansas City couldn’t find the goal even if they had a map of the penalty area with a big X on it Saturday night at Gillette Stadium.
Heading into the final few seconds the game was knotted 0-0. But for the second time this season, KC gave up a game winner in second half stoppage time. Except this time, the home New England Revolution scored twice in the final minute and a half after KC had much better chances for the bulk of the game. Continue reading
Pardon the interruption but…
KCC reader and occasional contributor Chuck Lowe is worried. And not just about the usual suspects, you know, the fate of Malaysian Air Flight 370, Chelsea Clinton‘s baby and the Chiefs draft picks.
Nope, Ground Chuck is concerned about the girth of a certain former Kansas City Star sports columnist. Perhaps you know him, he goes by the name Jason Whitlock.
No kidding.
“Seriously, Whitlock is dead in two years if he doesn’t drop a buck fifty,” Lowe laments. “He’s fatter than the Federal Deficit. Honestly, I saw him in person not too long before he went to LA and I think he has put on at least 100 pounds. Dead in two years. This picture is from today on ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption. That’s my flash on my camera blowing up right over his heart. Poor guy really needs help.” Continue reading
Shortly after Easter—when Christ was risen from a grave-cave with a giant boulder in front of it?—the true Holy Day for football fans occurred: Commissioner Roger Goodell descended from Mount Lombardi and shone unto his Zubaz’d believers the 2014 NFL football schedule.
And it was with measured awe, great consideration and studious review that these Busch-bellied prophets then made their own proclamations concerning THEIR particular squadron.
What I mean is, mostly they called in to local sports talk radio and gave their predictions.
And so spoke these gridiron gurus and seers of the unseen.
And while I don’t profess to have a crystal ball, I DID date a stripper named Crystal once, so there’s no doubt in my mind that my predictions are 100% accurate. (And possibly, covered in glitter and Lavender-Mocha Morning Body Mist.) Continue reading
Those Russians are bastards aren’t they?
Even after Glasnost and Perestroika I never trusted them. They still have nukes pointed at us. Would anyone trust someone that had guns aimed at them?
I still like the song Gorky Park but it’s BS. I like Sting’s “Russians,” which is right on except that the theme was really for unilateral disarmament by the United States because we’re the good guys and more civilized, therefore we should initiate things like that.
That of course would have been suicide. Continue reading
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