Category Archives: Paul Wilson
Paul Wilson: Mr. Wilson Contemplates True Meaning of Life
Cue the mysterious music… Having been trapped last week inside the luxurious confines of Olathe Medical Center – from early Monday until 10:00pm Saturday – I had plenty of time to contemplate all manner of topics in the white noise of my … Continue reading
Paul Wilson: Finding Meaning & Purpose in the Face of Ignorance & Hate
This past Sunday Kansas City and the nation saw another needless outpouring of hate… When Frazier Glenn Cross – a white supremacist from Aurora, MO – shot and killed three people, one at Village Shalom, a Jewish run nursing home, and two … Continue reading
Paul Wilson: A Moment of Silence Please for Death of the Beloved VW Bus
Think of it as a blow to hippies everywhere… It’s with great sadness that I must tell you that the Volkswagen Kombi a.k.a. the VW Bus is alas no more. After producing more than 1.5 million units between September 1957 to September … Continue reading
Paul Wilson: The Quest for Meaning in Your Career Afterlife
I’m gonna to deliver the punch line, the money quote, right up front… Why? Because in an effort to save time for Harley so he can get right to his negative spin and not have to read the whole story, … Continue reading
Paul Wilson: Martin Luther King, the Adultery of a Man and His Message
Talk about paradoxes… On April 4, 1968 civil rights leader Martin Luther King was assassinated at the age of 39 on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, as his horrified mistress remained inside his room. Since that day the … Continue reading
Paul Wilson: Breaking Up Apparently NOT So Hard to Do With Pay TV
This week marked a watershed moment in the world of pay TV providers… For the first time in history they have suffered a loss of 105,000 customers. U.S. cable providers make up 94% of the market, and while they have lost … Continue reading
Paul Wilson: Westboro Baptist’s Fred Phelps About to Assume Room Temperature
Time wounds all heels… Fred Phelps, the 84-year old “preacher” of Topeka’s Westboro Baptist “church” – if I may use those two terms – is about to meet his maker. Phelps hate filled little cult was established in 1955 and became a household name … Continue reading
Paul D. Wilson: The Weak in Review
The Lindsay Lohan Laid List The train wreck we love to hate; the girl who should have been a Kardashian, Lindsay Lohan is back in the news with a list of dudes she’s slept with. Somehow the list came into … Continue reading
Paul Wilson: Sprint / T-Mobile Merger Bloviating; Nicely Played, Son
Talk about blowing smoke signals… SoftBank main man Masayoshi Son – the company that now owns Sprint – spoke to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce yesterday in what most assuredly was meant to garner propaganda headlines aimed at the FCC. Not that … Continue reading
Paul Wilson: Diane Birch at the Bottleneck – This Saturday
I first discovered Diane Birch in Episode 24 of Live from Daryl’s House… If you’re not a fan of the show and love live music, it’s a great mix. Daryl Hall, of Hall and Oates fame, invites new and old artists … Continue reading
Paul Wilson: Sandra Bullock – What Was Jesse James Thinking?
I admit it, I have a thing for Sandra Bullock… It’s not that I think she’s the most attractive woman on earth. I mean, she’s okay. But I have friends who know her from the Austin music scene and I … Continue reading
Paul Wilson: Top Cop AG Holder Takes Cop Out
The No. 1 man in law enforcement says it’s OK to not enforce laws banning same-sex marriage if the laws discriminate in a way forbidden by the Constitution… Speaking to the National Association of Attorneys General, Attorney General Eric Holder said … Continue reading
Paul Wilson: Randy Miller – Gone in 60 Seconds?
I know what FYI writer Tim Engle wrote about deejay Randy Miller in the Star… About the two guys who own a couple small time radio stations in and around Warrensburg who were willing to let Randy do whatever he … Continue reading
Paul Wilson: You Heard it Here First – Sprint is Coming Off Life Support
Yep, you heard it here first on KC Confidential… I went against the current, swam upstream and correctly predicted the Sprint-Softbank merger before anyone. Dish had been the heavy media favorite. For several days, if you Googled the proposed merger, … Continue reading
Paul Wilson: ‘Women’s Day” Magazine Pegs Hypocrisy Meter with Clinton Award
Picture your well-coiffed Scribe perched in Parterre Box 6 at the Kauffman… Just as our former President – Male Whore in Chief, Bill Clinton – was taking the podium at the Women’s Day Red Dress awards at the Lincoln Center in New … Continue reading
Paul Wilson: ‘Bring It On” @ The Kauffman – The Review
What a way to go… Just about the last thing I’d do on a typical Tuesday evening is sit through two hours of Broadway musical cheerleading routines. Then again, it was a date night with my high school daughter and … Continue reading
Paul Wilson: Weak in Review – Putin’s Folly, Zimmerman Stand’s His Ground, Insane Clown & Bill Murray Waxes Patriotic
It’s been a slo week… Snow’s kept the Darwinians inside, but for your consideration, I offer the following from the all the news that’s not. 2014 #SochiProblems If you want some great reading, add #SochiProblems to your Twitter feed; apparently Russia … Continue reading
Paul Wilson: ‘Bring It On – The Musical’ Dancey Flesh Flash Kauffman Bound
High School cheerleaders, anyone? Starting Tuesday, resident KC Confidential contributor dude and the Theater League main man Mark Edelman is presenting Bring It On: The Musical at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. And believe it or not, your well-coiffed … Continue reading
Paul Wilson: White Fluffy Death is Coming from the SKY!!! Buy Bread! Buy Milk!
Grandma VaLue stockpiled aluminum tins… If it came from the store in aluminum tins, it was washed, saved and packed away. She had a pantry dedicated to every type, size and style you could imagine. Whenever I asked her why she … Continue reading
Paul Wilson: The Many Ways Sasha Menu Courey Got Let Down by Mizzou – The Final Chapter
The Sasha Menu Courey saga was a story worth telling… And my intent was to boil hundreds of pages of information and documents I’d gathered over weeks and present them with the facts, in a chronological order. Let me preface my … Continue reading