Category Archives: Hearne_Christopher

Not everyone at 18th and Grand wants to wait around until it’s their turn to take a bullet… To the ranks of volunteer newspaper exiters, Joe Posnanski, Dan Margolies & Bill Dalton, add the name Lee Hill Kavanaugh. The touchy-feely, trombone-playing writer … Continue reading →

Once upon a time, it was the Stone Age… Nobody knew nothing about newspapers in driveways…or driveways even. No one drove Fiats. And what passed for social media back then was probably something akin to some caveman dude clubbing a … Continue reading →

From first to worst – and then back – in 20 easy years… That basically charts the popularity of Ted Owens, the 84 year-old former KU basketball head coach who returned to Lawrence yesterday for a book signing at the Kansas Union Ballroom … Continue reading →

“Charlie Weis; Wait until season’s end to judge,” reads the headline on KU Sports.com… While that’s likely how things will play out, football scribe Craig Glazer has a different take: “Ha! I heard that,” Glazer says. “Well, if his goal … Continue reading →

The similarities between the Mizzou football team and the Chiefs is actually sickening… Up to a point that is, but “Missouri has got more of an overall game,” says everybody’s favorite pigskin purveyor Craig Glazer. “Compared to the Chiefs they’re more talented … Continue reading →

Living on borrowed time… That’s the uncomfortable feeling comedy club main man and football prognosticator Craig Glazer gets every time the Kansas City Chiefs live to tell the story after another squeaker. “Well, they’re 9-0,” Glazer says. “It’s hard to … Continue reading →

Now hear this… At long last, it’s been awhile in the making, but now it’s official; after more than a decade, comedy is returning to midtown Kansas City on November 21st when Stanford’s on Broadway hits the Uptown. “Despite all … Continue reading →

They say the bigger you are, the harder you fall… There are however exceptions to such broad generalities, and until this past Tuesday, Mission Hills multi-millionaire B.B. Andersen would appear to be the poster child for such exceptions. Short of … Continue reading →

There are so few  famous rock bands to truly make it outside of KC… You know, Brewer & Shipley, The Rainmakers and of course, Puddle of Mudd. And no, I haven’t forgotten about David Cook, but at this point, Cook is … Continue reading →

Channel 9 anchor Larry Moore taps out…on Facebook! You got it, when the 68 year-old television news anchor decided to call it quits, he laid it all down on social media, specifically his Facebook page for – not just KMBC … Continue reading →

Everybody’s looking a story to tell, me included… But on the front page of Wednesday’s Kansas City Star, the newspaper leaps to an unsupported conclusion that locals are “feeling better” about Boulevard Brewing being sold to a Belgian company. Why? Simply … Continue reading →

A belated happy birthday to the Velvet Dog… The Midtown watering hole turned 19 this past week. Unfortunately it – and sister club the Empire Room – closed mysteriously nearing a month ago. With no explanation other than a pair … Continue reading →

Anybody who thinks KU hasn’t moved on to basketball already has to be a sports agnostic… Take Tuesday’s Lawrence Journal World, festooned with not one, but two giant front page pics of coveted KU freshman Andrew Wiggins. Talk about giddy, the entire town … Continue reading →

He may be more than just a little cranky… He may be a full-time know-it-all, but there’s gold in them thar barbs that music industry curmudgeon Bob Lefsetz dishes out. Check out his latest rants on all things hip: CROWDFUNDING Peaked. You … Continue reading →

Living on borrowed time… That’s probably the best way to describe this year’s undefeated Kansas City Chiefs football team, says everybody’s favorite Scribe, Craig Glazer. “You know, there’s a lot of similarities between Missouri and the Chiefs, except for a … Continue reading →

It’s not polite to say, “I told you so,” but… “Unfortunately, it looks like my original prediction about Missouri is more accurate,” says Stanford’s main man / football scribe Craig Glazer. “I think Missouri’s got a win or two left … Continue reading →

All that hand wringing over startup difficulties with the ObamCare website…. It’s beyond obvious what game Republicans are playing, but the media? Hey, short of any government shutdowns, school shootings or high profile sex scandals, they’ll milk whatever they can … Continue reading →

A funny thing happened Sunday as I waited to turn left onto 119th Street from Antioch… A motorcade of maybe 100 bikers – proceeding west two by two and widely spaced – rambled slowly through the intersection as one of … Continue reading →

Sooner or later, it happens to just about everybody, right? You find yourself working alongside – or worse yet – under the thumb of a co-worker who, for lack of a better term, is kind of a jerk – not … Continue reading →