Category Archives: Hearne_Christopher

Talk about burying the lead… More evidence that the Kansas City Star reads KC Confidential comes in the form of a top of the page sports section story about Mizzou footballer Michael Sam’s significant other in today’s newspaper in an item … Continue reading →

There’s such a thing as decorum… And in the case of Michael Sam, the Mizzou footballer who planted a wet one on his boyfriend after being drafted near the bottom of the NFL barrel, it ought to have been observed. “It doesn’t … Continue reading →

Small world… Amidst the hullaballoo about openly gay, Missouri Tiger defensive end Michael Sam’s draft day smooch with Mizzou swim star Vito Cammisano of Kansas City, one small detail went missing; that Cammisano is the grandkid of notorious KC mobster Willie “The Rat” Cammisano. He’s also … Continue reading →

Been a while since we last heard from movie guy extraordinaire Wade Williams…. For years the prolific writer-producer-director-exhibitor shared his views in both news stories and the letters section of the Kansas City Star. No mas. “You know, I quit taking the Star … Continue reading →

Pardon the interruption but the Scribe is pissed, really pissed… The Kansas City Chiefs are born losers and totally suck. So says, Stanford & Sons main man Craig Glazer, a longtime follower of the game and amateur sports handicapper. Take … Continue reading →

You gotta love PR people… You know, the folks who pride themselves on putting one over on the general public and mild-mannered journalists almost as worried about not offending anyone in a position of “power” as they are of getting laid off. … Continue reading →

Face it, television weather anchors are an odd lot… Think about it. Can anybody remember one who wasn’t? I mean, a successful, popular one. Yeah, there’s KCTV‘s Gary Amble who on the surface appears to be a regular guy. Until you remember he’s looney toon Michelle Bachmann‘s … Continue reading →

Why wait for Halloween to do something really weird but legal? 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 … 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 … 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, … Continue reading →

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” … 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 … Continue reading →

It may not look like it, but I’m seriously rooting for The Bridge… The adult, album, alternative radio station whose call letters are KTBG 90.9 FM improved its signal and moved here late last year after operating for years out of nearby … Continue reading →

Move over Donald Trump… The divide between what prominent locals are more than willing to share with one another and – on second thought – what they are willing to attach their names to. Case in point a conversation I … Continue reading →

Here we go again, boys and grrrls… Hot off the presses, the latest radio ratings for the merry month of March. And again country is king with a nearly 18 percent share of  listeners. Yep, the days of urban station … Continue reading →

From one extreme the other… It’s no secret that for years Ward Parkway Shopping Center has had an on-again, off again problem with urban teens hanging around its movie theaters. Much like Cinemark’s Palace on the Plaza today and Crown Center and Cinemark … Continue reading →

Let’s give credit where credit is due… Nobody gets in business to fail or go broke – including now-former Kanrocksas promoter Bill Brandmeyer. Brandmeyer went down hard last summer after failing ticket sales forced him to cancel what would have … Continue reading →

Talk about the Top 40… With Vampire Weekend, O.A.R., Pat Metheny, 311,  Ziggy Marley, The Rainmakers, Robert Randolph and 33 more acts – and still counting – this summer at Crossroads KC promises to be the biggest and brightest yet at the 8 … Continue reading →

Once upon a time there were only private clubs… So when you wanted to go out to a nice restaurant in Kansas City – with rare exception – it wasn’t in the state of Kansas. Kansas City, Missouri was where the action was … Continue reading →

Hard as it may be for many of us to admit, in Kansas City today country music is king… I almost can’t believe I even wrote the above words. Look, I grew up here in Kansas City and worked for many … Continue reading →