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“Rolling Stone, Once A Counterculture Bible, Will Be Put Up for Sale” “And sooner or later Everybody’s kingdom must end The King Must Die” Elton John That’s where I found out about Elton, in Rolling Stone, But Elton soldiers on … Continue reading →

  Yes, I was wrong on my call of the Kansas City Chiefs last night… And I must apologize to Chiefs QB Alex Smith for comparing him to Alex Gordon. In my opinion, Smith played his best game as a pro ever. He … Continue reading →

Seattle walked all over our Chiefs last night… In what should have been our best pre-season effort by the first team, no less. Unfortunately it was far from it. QB Alex Smith has proven once again that he does not … Continue reading →

How to best describe ATOMIC BLONDE? How about, “Hot Badass Cold War Spy Thriller!” The movie opens with newsreel footage of President Reagan in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin proclaiming to the world: “Mr. Gorbachev tear down … Continue reading →

About Saturday night’s wee hours shoot ‘em up in Westport… Naturally local TV news and the Kansas City Star were quick to pounce on the story, dramatize it then milk it for all it’s worth. In the case of the … Continue reading →

Don’t let your lying eyes fool ya…  Seems like everywhere you turn in Johnson County and other snooty, upscale urban enclaves, that strip malls and trendy retailers are sprouting up willy nilly. They can’t build ’em fast enough. The flip … Continue reading →

The Chiefs sent backup QB Chase Daniels to the Eagles.. So now we have no real veteran back up quarterback if Alex Smith goes down. Yes, we have our No. 1 draft pick Patrick Mahomes, who has of course no experience … Continue reading →

The last time the Chiefs picked a quarterback in the first round was Todd Blackledge in 1983… Blackledge was picked at No 7 and was a total flop. A couple years before that they chose quarterback Steve Fuller in 1979 … Continue reading →

So much for KU being invincible… The Kansas Jayhawks were a total no show last night in the Elite Eight against a good Oregon team. Pretty much nobody came to play for KU. Frank Mason was solid but couldn’t save … Continue reading →

I have a confession… It may not come as much 0f a surprise to some, but here goes: I like it when KU loses a basketball game – the bigger the better. Here’s why. Because living in Lawrence, Kansas the past … Continue reading →

A few years back Tom Izzo’s Michigan State beat Bill Self‘s  Jayhawks in the Sweet Sixteen… Yesterday Self got his revenge. KU defeated Michigan State 90-70. However the score doesn’t show how close this game was until the final minutes.  Kansas had … Continue reading →

Whaddaya think? Kansas City’s former alternative newsweekly of record, The Pitch faces a highly uncertain future come April 1st. That’s when the once-venerable entertainment and news pub plans to go from newsprint to coated stock (magazine quality) paper and monthly publication. Kinda … Continue reading →

Say what you will about kids movies, this is Hollywood magic at its best… Could BEAUTY AND THE BEAST be the best Disney (live) family fantasy film ever made? Some people already think so—and you can include me. The $64 … Continue reading →

I’ll make this quick… A couple observations on the cult-like thinking and behavior of KU basketball fans from behind the Iron Curtain in Lawrence, Kansas. To spell it out, with rare exception they’re in denial. To be a KU basketball … Continue reading →

Give it up for Sam Mellinger and the Kansas City Star… Don’t rub your eyes, you heard me. Because at long last somebody in the newspaper’s sports department reached down into their trousers, located something resembling an attitude and – voila – … Continue reading →

We live in a time of war… The Culture War –  called by many the “Cold Civil War” – is  a shooting war.  It really became a shooting war after President Obama feted Black Lives Matter representatives at the White … Continue reading →