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Hearne: Winstead’s Lays the Pipe to Blanc Burger in Groupon Showdown
Think of it as a battle of old versus new, distinguished tradition pitted against cutting edge innovation…
And in a photo finish ending, legendary Kansas City hamburger haven Winstead’s kicked Blanc Burger + Bottles you-know-what in the game of Groupon. Yes, Groupon – that paragon of Internet marketing virtue that’s sweeping the nation one email deal a day at a time.
Here’s how it went down… Continue reading
Hearne: Bogus Star Headline Sparks Internet Rumor Feeding Frenzy
Another day, another tangled web – Continue reading
Starbeams: Fingerless Piano Groove, Wolf Creek’s Crack Pipe & Bowe Drops Another One
A man without arms won “China’s Got Talent,” playing piano with his feet. Continue reading
Hearne: King Kong vs. Godzilla, Winstead’s Takes on Blanc on Groupon
Forget Thursday’s Sunflower Showdown and what’s left of the so-called Border War…
A bragging rights Continue reading
Hearne: Go Ask Alex, Alice Cooper Flashback w/ Art Brisbane Back
Alright, already…
Another calendar year, another visit to the concert bank by ’70s showman Alice Cooper. Along with the attendant local reviews extolling the darkness of his stage antics and the enduring qualities of his music catalogue.
But how about something new to go with Cooper’s old?
Actually, make that something really, really old. Something buried in the sands of time , written about Cooper when he most mattered, by a former colleague of mine at the Pitch, Alexandra Trozzolo. Something from Ye Olde Continue reading
Hearne on the Street: Dialing the Apples Out of Applefest
Missing in action at the recent Applefest in Weston…
Would you believe, the actual apples?
True story.
This year’s annual Applefest in nearby Weston, Missouri was well attended. Right up there with the town’s jam packed Irish Fest this past weekend. The family fun included art, crafts, music, children’s games, a parade and more.
How about the apples?
“Don’t ask, don’t tell,” quipped one Westoner. “The apple trees that used to line the town have mostly been cut down. There are a few trees here and there, but nothing like it used to be years ago.” Continue reading
Hearne: Kansas vs. Kansas State, Clash of the Cretins
When it comes to getting called out by the homies for being gawd awful, it doesn’t get much better than this…
A few lowlights from Lawrence Journal World sports editor Tom Keegan’s sendup for this week’s 107th war between the in-states: Continue reading
Hearne: Dear Fellow K-State Grads, Fuck Off, I’ve Gone Jayhawk!
Think catharsis meets brain washing…
Try this bizarre confession on for size from the KU student newspaper’s Web site and see if you buy it: “Proud to be a Converted Jayhawk,” reads the headline. The author, a dude who goes by ksugrad4KU.
“Being a KSU grad, I want to confess that I converted to being a Jayhawk fan a few years ago. I have always admired and looked up to KU as the superior school overall even when I used to be anti KU (I feel bad about that now),” it begins. “If we were to have kids, which we can’t due to health reasons, I would do anything possible to convince them to be Jayhawks.”
So far, so syrupy, right? You ain’t heard nuthin’ yet. Continue reading
Hearne on the Street: Lawrence’s Annual Zombie Walk Brings Out Boo-Birds
From First Friday to Worst Thursday…
The Jayhawks may be down for the count – the football team in tatters and K-State favored to take it all in Big 12 men’s basketball. But none of that mattered to participant’s in last nights annual Zombie Walk in Lawrence.
Not to be confused with our unscheduled zombie walks in and around the Power & Light District.
The four-year old Zombie Walk, a fundraiser for the humane society, drew around 400 undead-appearing locals. About the same number that might be expected to show up for some of the Jayhawk’s late season, cold weather football fiascos if things don’t improve. Continue reading
Hearne: Just Preach, Baby! KU Football Coach Still on Hazardous Honeymoon
So far, so bad Continue reading
Hearne: Leavenworth’s Finest Fights Custody Battle, Goes on Prowl
Leavenworth rocker/expatriate Melissa Etheridge is back in the headlines of late…
The girl the Kansas penal colony knows as Missy landed a one-two PR punch recently in both People and the National Enquirer.
Months after splitting with longtime gal pal Tammy Lynn Michaels, Etheridge tells People that she’s ready to roll again…romantically.
“You gotta be fearless about these things,” Etheridge says. “There is no fear when you choose love. The more you choose love, the more love is in your life. It gets easier and easier.”
Not so fast – the more the Continue reading
Star Search: Don’t Kill Messenger Mellinger Just Yet
About KC Star sports scribe Sam Mellinger’s new blog, “Don’t Kill the Mellinger”…
Mellinger’s impressive debut as columnist continues to impress but his highly promoted blog is off to a sleepy start.
And that’s being charitable. Continue reading
Glazer: The Myth That NASCAR is Good for KC
The much ballyhooed phenomenon known as NASCAR is highly overrated …
Especially as far as Legends/Village West in KCK is concerned. Other then filling up the hotels, to say it doesn’t do much for local biz would be a gross understatment.
In fact I’ll let you in on a secret: It sucks butt for all the restaurants,shops and stores in Legends.
Number one, most Kansas Citians think the area is packed and parking is gone. Not true it’s wide open because there’s nobody out here. KC thinks, “Oh my God, the traffic to get there and back will be off the chain!” Continue reading
Star Search: Sam the Man, Grocery Wars & KC Icon Ignored
Remember these little ditties? Been a while…
It’s not that I’ve given up on reading Kansas City’s newspaper of record, but how many times do I need to take the Kansas City Star to the woodshed to make largely the same points?
That said, I’ve been saving up.
Allow me to make it official; to the extent that I have it in my powers to do so: Continue reading
Comment of the Week: The Wild, Wild Westport
This just in this morning from Stanford & Sons owner Craig Glazer: “Most of us that were in Westport in the 80’s and early 90’s have Glazer-ish stories of girls, binge drinking, coke, fights, pro-athlete rampages and a helluva-lot of … Continue reading
Hearne: WaterFire Goes Cold Turkey, May Double Up to Catch Up
More details on the unraveling of this year’s WaterFire, burning pylons on the Plaza misadventure...
The nightmarish mixing of two of the four classic essential elements Continue reading
Hearne: All That Jazz; AMC MainStreet Ups Ante on New Marquee Lounge
Out with the old, in with the smoking hot new…
After scarcely a year of operation, the powers that be in the Power & Light District have re-themed and fine-tuned the elegant space just off the entry of the AMC Mainstreet movie complex at 14th and Main in downtown Kansas City.
“They’ve given it its own identity now,” says spokesman Will Gregory of the redo. “You used to feel like you were part of the lobby of the movie theater, which it was. Now it’s getting its own entrance, its own awning and discounted valet parking. Parking’s been one of the biggest issues down there. Before it was the Marquee Bar & Grill, now it’s the Marquee Lounge.”
There’s more… Continue reading
Hearne: Another Take on Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin Canceling on the Cowtown. Again
Let’s take another look at Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin’s last minute no-show…
First up is the tres charitable media coverage of her unexpected cancellation for Sunday’s Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts fundraiser.
“(Chaka)Khan was the 11th-hour replacement for Aretha Franklin, who couldn Continue reading
Hearne: Caddyshack 3, Jason Whitlock’s Unfinished Opus
“I smell varmint poontang. And the only good varmint poontang is dead varmint poontang, I think…”
That line and others from Bill Murray’s character Carl Spackler in the 1980 movie Caddyshack inspired Joe Moretina to open a cozy little pub called the Continue reading
Hearne: How Ridiculous Was This Year’s Washed Out WaterFire?
There’s a fine line between once bitten, twice shy and try, try again…
And sources say the well-intentioned promoters behind the Kansas City edition of Waterfire on the Plaza have been walking it hard this past week. The New Age spin off of the annual Providence, Rhode Island event took a seriously, fatal bullet last weekend. That after organizers made a last minute decision to go forward with the outdoor burning pylons on Brush Creek in the midst of one of the worst rain, hail and lightning storms of the year. With an October 2nd rain date in the bank, WaterFire blew it by ignoring the obvious weather Continue reading
