| | | The 2010 Larry Johnson Awards:
a tribute to idiocy BY JOE TONE  Another year has passed, and Kansas City is still standing. In fact, as 2010 stumbles to a close, normalcy abounds in this land of smoked meat and inconveniently placed borders. The Chiefs are still positioned to break the hearts of countless men in Elvis Grbac jerseys. The streets have more dead bodies than a Golden Girls reunion. And while 47 people are running for mayor, few are worth putting on pants to go vote for. But just because Kansas City ends the year as it began it — flat, broke and without a team for the Sprint Center — doesn't mean plenty of ambitious citizens haven't tried their best to make things even worse. So without further ado, we present the 2010 Larry Joh... more >>
| | | | | | | | Mary Bridget Davies' band is headed to Memphis for the International Blues Challenge BY BERRY ANDERSON  Janis Lyn Joplin entered "The 27 Club" — the storied list of musicians who died at age 27 — on October 4, 1970. Thirty-four years later, a year shy of her 27th birthday, Cleveland songstress Mary Bridget Davies continued Joplin's legacy of soulful, awe-inspiring performances with Joplin's original band: Big Brother and the Holding Company. "Mary Bridget has a lot of power," says Sam ... more >> | | | | | | | | Next Door Pizza earns its slice of the local market BY CHARLES FERRUZZA  Patrick Cuezze used to be a lawyer. Now he sells pizza. He couldn't be happier. "You never hear any jokes about pizza makers, do you?" he says. "I liked being in the courtroom, but that part was overshadowed by everything else connected with the practice of law." Last February, Cuezze and his wife, Joy, opened a storefront pizzeria in Lee's Summit. Five months later, Next Door Pizza had been su... more >> | | | | | | | | Wayward Blog Do you eat, breathe and sleep music? Are you a confident, witty writer? Are you well-acquainted with Kansas City's local music scene? Well, bully for you! You should apply to be an intern for ... Fat City Y esterday on National Public Radio's Morning Edition, reporter Ben Markus aired a story on how an infestation of the coffee borer is causing havoc in the Kona coffee fields in Hawaii and that K... Plog Why the hell does Missouri hate breasts so much? First they banned any nudity in strip clubs, and now we're refusing to teach kids who admit to even liking boobs. How do you feel about nipples?... | | | | |
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