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People tend of mellow oftentimes as they grow older… Take former KC Star bad boy (and rival columnist) Jason Whitlock. Ah, but the artist who-called-himself Big Sexy has bounced around plenty since leaving the newspaper a year or two after I did … Continue reading →

Former KU basketball coach Roy Williams said it first and arguably best… After suffering an uninspired home game crowd, Williams said, “The place should never be described as a wine-and-cheese crowd, and that’s what it sounded like out there tonight. If … Continue reading →

  “I come to bury Pastor Bob, not to praise him.” “The evil that men do live after them.”    (With apologies to William Shakespeare) I generally subscribe to the maxim “de mortuis nil nisi bonum” – concerning the dead, … Continue reading →

On the night of February 27, 1933, the Reichstag in Berlin, where the German parliament met, was set ablaze… Four weeks earlier Adolph Hitler’s Nationalist Socialist (Nazi) Party had formed a minority government at the request of President Paul Von … Continue reading →

After a year of awfulness, is it really any surprise that the beat still goes on…at least in California… For starters, consider this. I’m so far removed at this point, having returned too my former high school and college stomping … Continue reading →

Don’t wanna bore you, but my January garage fire soap opera is nearing an end… Meaning, I’ll soon have more time to help you guys limp through this ultra lame time in which what passes for straight-down-the-line “news” is virtually … Continue reading →

If it’s fair to cancel people for what they said years ago… Why not have a little reality/accountability for our new racially in tune pals at KC’s newspaper of record? Take the recent passing of fiery former KC City Councilperson … Continue reading →

Greetings from the Wild, Wild West… Long time, no see. Ah but after a tiny garage fire that resulted in two months of living at a local resort waiting for things like the power and water heater  in my house … Continue reading →

One of the biggest complaints I’ve had for years was for referring to KC as a Cowtown… Dates back to when I was growing up and locals lamented people on the coasts and in larger (presumably hipper) cities thinking of … Continue reading →

It’s a strange kettle of fish… On one hand KC newspaper of record loves the Kansas City Chiefs now that they’re on top of the world. Reminding us that the expression, “everybody loves a winner” is alive and well, even among … Continue reading →

Never thought much about the day I’d long for deceased comedy king Craig Glazer… Well, guess what?  That day has arrived. Just saw a news break about “Saved by the Bell” star Dustin Diamond blowing taps. Brought back by a … Continue reading →

Hey, nobody wants to lose there job, right? Especially the highly paid honchos at the Prairie Village /  Mission Hill police. And they’ve got to watch their backs working for a bunch of left leaning, spoiled millionaires. And if you’ve … Continue reading →

gonna miss ya hc. Been fun making you the brunt of my jokes! Smartman…gone Greg…gone/trump gone/ Glaze…gone now hc….gone Be in beautiful paradise valley so come see me if in phoenix With all the fun we had how can you … Continue reading →

In the ’60s, the faders were pushed up, everything to the max and we could hear all of it…  We started off with mono, ended up with 16 tracks. And by time the decade ended there was so much going … Continue reading →

It was to have been the sci-fi action-epic of the spring—and then the summer… But like so many other 2020 tentpole titles “TENET” was pushed back on Warner Brothers’ release schedule to coincide with the ever fluid state of the … Continue reading →

Nothing really new here… The Pitch has been mooching money from readers for years. However, the former alt weekly – now a monthly freebie under new owners – is upping the ante. Like never before. It’s one thing to sit … Continue reading →

Toronto, Berlin and Cannes… All home to some of the world’s most popular and competitive film festivals. Now the BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL takes its annual event to the next level. Beginning with its 71st edition in 2021 the Berlin … Continue reading →