Author Archives: Hearne Christopher Jr.

Where to begin… The Kansas City concert scene has so many loose ends at this point, it’s all but impossible to stitch them together. In short, things are a mess, on top of which there are plenty of nasty, behind … Continue reading →

The beat goes on… A curious attempt by the Kansas City Star to try and raise $200,000 by beseeching readers to contribute moneys so they can afford to pay their writers, is up and running.   In one week’s time, … Continue reading →

One of Kansas City’s last remaining corporate titans is fighting for its life… The venerable AMC Theatres – founded by local movie visionary Stan Durwood – is going toe-to-toe with Universal Studios, one of Hollywood’s most distinguished moviemakers. “The movie … Continue reading →

Tax dodge, anyone? Seems like anything goes at the Kansas City Star these days. And as the saying goes, a drowning man will clutch at a straw. Or as the Cambridge Dictionary defines it, ‘someone who is in a very … Continue reading →

Anybody out there who doesn’t have the coronavirus blues? And frankly, I’m not sure which is worse; worrying if you get it that it may be last hurrah time; watching the mainstream media and Kansas City Star turn everything into a politicized … Continue reading →

The $64 billion question… “Do you have the Virus?,” asks longtime reader Roger Shelton. “You had a few good articles, but then you just stopped.” Answer: True, but no. That said, laying low and catching up on personal stuff has … Continue reading →

The $64 million question: Is Universal Studios decision to make first-run movies available on pay-per-view the beginning of the end for mainstream movieplexes like of KC’s AMC Theaters? “I agree, it could be a game changer of the way they release … Continue reading →

You got it, you give it up, you still got it… To the realms of heaven, hell and purgatory, add Facebook. Because anymore, the fine line between life and death keeps getting finer, as larger than life local personalities such … Continue reading →

It’s kinda like it was with newspapers… It was the beginning of the end for the Kansas City Star, Newsweek, Automobile Magazine, the Village Voice and, yes, The Pitch. When Al Gore‘s big, bad Internet roared to life in the … Continue reading →

Just last week Westport boss hawg Bill Nigro predicted a decent St. Paddy’s day… Sure, KC’s infamous parade had been canceled, still Nigro thought it was a reasonable to expect a crowd of, say, 25 percent of the usual starting … Continue reading →

Act of goodwill or a blatant attempt to capitalize on a national tragedy? You make the call: The Kansas City Star has begun opening it’s “online paywall” for stories pertaining to the coronavirus outbreak. It appeared to start with the … Continue reading →