Category Archives: Hearne_Christopher

It’s back to the desert southwest, this time to Santa Fe, New Mexico… One hour north of the Breaking Badlands of Albuquerque, it’s amazing how many refugees of Kansas City (even Lawrence and Topeka) one can run into in this … Continue reading →

Been awhile… Seems like forever since KC Confidential last put out a casting call. So like, we’re due, right? I won’t bore you with the particulars, other than to say, if you have an interest and a hankering to write … Continue reading →

It wasn’t pretty, but it prepped me for a move to the Kansas City suburb known as Lawrence. Wanting to make the most of my exile I contemplated going undercover at the Westboro Baptist Church. You know, that bastion of … Continue reading →

The days when how things sounded mattered appear numbered… What’s left of what once was once the “audio industry” is quaking in its boots and living on borrowed time. That in the wake of retailer Best Buy‘s latest financials. The … Continue reading →

Honesty’s the best policy, right? So it is that shortly after KC Confidential broke the news about yearling features head honcho Laurie Mansfield being SoCal bound, Star editors decided to level with the newsroom. “They rushed out an announcement after … Continue reading →

Let’s get real for a minute… Understandably, theater critic Robert Trussell has been doing a bit of handwringing over the impending demise of the 26 year-old American Heartland Theatre in Crown Center. After all, losing a high profile, 400-plus capacity … Continue reading →

Last one out, turn out the… Once upon a time, something called “stability” existed within the ranks of the newsroom at the Kansas City Star. No mas. These days it’s every man, woman and child for him or herself, as … Continue reading →

Turnabout is fair play… After months of insisting otherwise, the powers that be at the music fest known as Kanrocksas have done an about face and  made single day tickets available to the two day fest on June 28th and … Continue reading →

Don’t look now but comedy could be returning to Midtown… Stanford’s is looking at opening a second comedy club in the Uptown Theater‘s Conspiracy Room. “I’ve always thought that it was a cool room and I still do,” says Stanford’s … Continue reading →

Maybe it’s me, but this seems a little lame… The Kansas City Star goes out of its way every Sunday to tell readers which famous or infamous people died that week. Anybody can play, from Amy Winehouse to Methuselah, and … Continue reading →

This just in from the Kansas City Royals… Former Royals broadcaster Fred White has passed away, reportedly from melanoma. “They are keeping everything very private,” says a source familiar with White’s situation. Kansas Association of Broadcasters president Ken Cornish issued … Continue reading →

It’s been a long, hard slog for beloved Royals broadcaster Fred White… According to sources, esophageal cancer is to blame for the surprise announcement by White that his days with the team are over. White, who is not expected to … Continue reading →

Stop the madness… Not since prohibition has the consumption of alcohol in this country drawn this much fire. That after word that the National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that all 50 states lower the legal limit for driver’s blood … Continue reading →

Frankly, I’m not appalled… Everybody hates the Internal Revenue Service and everyone who files a tax return lives with the fear of being audited or penalized for a mistake or tax transgression. Even taxpayers with no reason to be fearful. … Continue reading →

Let there be plaudits… Media criticism is a hard way to go. Not because it’s difficult finding fault – real or imagined – that’s the easy part. Anybody can play that game. No, the trouble is, everyone hates you once … Continue reading →

There’s a difference between well written and well reasoned… Good writers love to play with words and concepts, that’s a given.They didn’t get into the journalism racket for the fat paychecks. Not 40 years ago at the height of Watergate, … Continue reading →

Things may be better down south but they’re far from perfect… “While I said that mixed races seem to be more comfortable down here, there are some things that are worse,” says Joe Miller, a Kansas City and Pitch refugee … Continue reading →

Turnabout is fair play… And seeing as how we’re from “up north,” we all know about racism “down south.” At least we thought we did. Enter these observations by former Pitch heavweight Joe Miller. Miller is currently an English professor … Continue reading →

A moment of silence please for the party zone known as the Beaumont Club… Although it closed late last year, the entertainment elves in Westport have been working quietly to revive the failed former country, dance and concert venue. As … Continue reading →