Category Archives: Hearne_Christopher

Play it again, Bob… Seems some of you have been pointing your thumbs up to the occasional weigh ins by entertainment lawyer / blogger Bob Lefsetz. It’s definitely a little inside baseball on much of his writings and as Matt Donnelly pointed … Continue reading →

Look around, there’s not a lot of optimism where the U.S. Men’s National Team is concerned for this year’s World Cup… The games kick off tomorrow with host country Brazil taking on Croatia and the U.S. team going against Ghana Monday in a field being referred … Continue reading →

Jason Whitlock is the sportswriter Kansas Citians loved to hate… Until his propensity for burning bridges and getting fired lead to a nasty split with the Kansas City Star four years back. The falling out left a twisted trail of acrimony and ugly accusations, similar … Continue reading →

What’s in a word? Plenty when it comes to sorting out the nuances of alternative and/or investigative journalism. Because in order to excel at either of the above two, one needs to bring to the table what amounts to – … Continue reading →

Oldies acts can be disappointing, seriously disappointing… Trust me on this, I’ve seen my share. The worst maybe was a Guess Who show at the Uptown years ago with only the lowly bass player remaining from the original cast. For the record, it wasn’t my show … Continue reading →

One thing seems pretty obvious… That Cinetopia did not plow however many millions into its ritzy new movieplex, the Overland Park 18 with the intention of getting to show only half of new blockbuster movies like Transformers and 22 Jump Street. Equally obvious at … Continue reading →

Once upon a time the American Royal was a pretty big deal here in Kansas City… It truly mattered. The American Royal Parade downtown – the one that was cancelled last fall that would have been its 88th – was a kiddie and parent … Continue reading →

Think kinder, gentler Sodom and Gomorrah… Rockfest 2014, nothing wildly outrageous, just your everyday mash up of 50,000-plus at Penn Valley Park by Liberty Memorial engaging in fine art of sex, drugs and rock n roll – to the 10th power. Or as Arthur … Continue reading →

Can we talk? A smattering of prickly-but-thoughtful takes on the error of our ways, courtesy 0f entertainment lawyer turned scribe Bob Lefsetz: ALBUMSColdplay sells an anemic 384,000 copies and in a few weeks it’ll be over, like it never came out, even those … Continue reading →

Happens to the best of ’em… The latest on Stanford & Sons honcho Craig Glazer: He’s head over heels. “Well, about six months ago my manager at Stanford’s David – he’s a player, early 30s – told me that there … Continue reading →

It may seem like such a small detail… Yet in the wide world of discouraging the kind of urban youth problems the Country Club Plaza is now embroiled in, every chess moves counts. And in the case of Westport – which … Continue reading →

Will one more Final Four, possibly a National Championship be Bill Self’s swan song? Obviously, that remains to be seen, but according to Lawrence Journal World sports editor and columnist Tom Keegan the table is set for Self’s KU basketball … Continue reading →

Talk about an anachronism… Former KMBC TV kiddie show host Torey Southwick is alive and kicking…still. At the ripe, young age of 84 – I figured Southwick just about had to be about 10 years older – the Detroit native who hit it … Continue reading →

Just spin, baby… After another month of radio ratings so low that KCPT’s new Triple A format radio baby KTBG (The Bridge) isn’t even showing up in the Nielsen numbers, some folks are scratching their heads – others are making excuses. … Continue reading →

The timing couldn’t be more perfect… Think King Kong versus Godzilla – AMC Town Center 20 versus Cinetopia Overland Park 18  -Kansas City’s 800 pound gorilla versus the upscale, upstart from Beaverton, Oregon. For two weeks now Cinetopia has been ushering forth in the … Continue reading →

It hasn’t been pretty… Not since in 2011 when News Radio KMBZ broadened its horizons from broadcasting exclusively at 980 AM to simulcasting on 98.1 FM, the longtime home of former adult contemporary station KUDL. “It’s obvious that putting KMBZ on … Continue reading →

Round and round and round they go and… The April 2014 radio rankings are in the books with country station KFKF still atop the heap – although slipping – and a surprise leap by classic rocker KCFX, the continued decline of News … Continue reading →

Allow me to share with you, grouchy music and entertainment pundit / attorney Bob Lefsetz curious array of takes on What’s Happening and What’s Not.  Check it:   WINNERLuke Bryan, who creates a whole paradigm, releasing an EP every spring break, reaping … Continue reading →