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It starts with porn… In the 1960s and 1970s porn was controlled by a small cabal of producers and distributors. With the advent of the videocassette in the late ’70s and early ’80s profits went through the roof as a … Continue reading →

No way it was planned this way. Who could have predicted a formulaic action flick like UNHINGED would be the post pandemic gateway back into movie theaters? But because of major release shifts due to the coronavirus—it is this week! UNHINGED … Continue reading →

This is what Kansas Citians used to love (or hate) about Jason Whitlock… Aside from pimping local sports fans in the pages of the Kansas City Star, Whitlock regularly delivered the pro white guy goods to the newspaper’s mostly non-black readership. … Continue reading →

Long time, no sports talk from former WHB powerhouse Kevin Kietzman… Ah, but come September Kietzman will rise like a sports phoenix via a midday daily podcast covering not just sports but politics and life itself. In the meantime, inquiring … Continue reading →

Seems like only yesterday when you could hop on a cheap thrill Iceland Air flight and head for Europe… Remember? On top oof which you could take an extended layoff and party in Iceland penalty free. Those were the days. … Continue reading →

He speaks fluent German and has been a movie critic here since the earth cooled… I’m talking about Jack Poessiger, of course, the author of Jack Goes Confidential and New Jack City here on KCC. So has Man Jack unleashed … Continue reading →

“The Chiefs will remain the Chiefs. Stop arguing that point. It’s a straw man.”                                       Sam Mellinger Kansas City Star The above … Continue reading →

Jackson County Legislators are leaving the decision whether to remove the statues of Andrew Jackson to Jackson County voters… Their decision was 6-2 in favor of putting it up for a vote – with both black county legislators against putting … Continue reading →

…Which came first, Trump or the internet? Once again, music was the canary in the coal mine for digital disruption. Music has been disrupted, we’re at the end of the line of technology, we’ve got an on-demand system where you … Continue reading →

To be or not to be… That is the question in regard to this year’s 2020 Renaissance Festival in Bonner Springs. With everyone from the Kansas City Chiefs on down wrestling with if and how their seasons might go down in light … Continue reading →

Was a time former KCTV firebrand Dave Helling was in a league of his own… Head and shoulders above most local television news anchors and their stereotypically vanilla ways. Borderline cutting edge even. Enough so that Helling was invited tom … Continue reading →

One of Prairie Village‘s hippest entertainment options appears to have blown taps… Rumor has it that the best-kept-secret movie and dining complex known as Standees – named after former AMC Theatres head honcho Stan Durwood – is no more. “I’ve heard are … Continue reading →

Sometimes a guy’s gotta do what a guy’s gotta do… In my case, the death of life as we knew it in Kansas City – combined with the daily drip of coronavirus news, the death of sports, entertainment and other … Continue reading →