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Grady McKenzie accused of pulling a Lindsay Lohan at the antique mall

Nadia Pflaum — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:00:00 -0500

Update: Got a call from Grady McKenzie. Read the update after the jump.…

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Kevin Smith tries, fails to convert Megan Phelps-Roper

Justin Kendall — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:30:31 -0600

I cut out of yesterday's World AIDS Day celebrity @ tweeting smackdown -- Michael Ian Black and Rainn Wilson vs. Megan Phelps-Roper (Shirley Phelps-Roper's daughter, Fred Phelps' granddaughter) -- way too early.

I missed director Kevin Smith's attempted conversion (a la Twitter) of Phelps-Roper.…
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Check out who's tweeting about Megan Phelps-Roper

Justin Kendall — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:00:02 -0600

Megan Phelps-Roper of Topeka's infamous gay hating Westboro Baptist Church has caught the eye of a couple of famous funnymen on Twitter.

Check out these tweets from The Office star Rainn Wilson ...

and Michael Ian Black ...

Michael, this too shall pass.…
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Blogger Ramsey dances badly all over KC for a good cause

Justin Kendall — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:30:45 -0600

Kansas City blogger Ramsey Mohsen, that's him in the ugly sweater dancing, put together this video to help promote the annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Party, with the proceeds going to Operation Breakthrough, which helps children living in poverty.

The party is December 11 at Tower Tavern, so you can show off your own dancing skills while kicking it to Dolewhite.…
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Public Service Announcement: Trouble in Toyland

Casey Lyons — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0600

Who will think of the children?"quoth Maude Flanders. Around this time of year, it's the no-fun folks at the Missouri Public Interest Research Group, who on Tuesday called a press conference to warn holiday shoppers about dangerous toys.…
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Cool video of the day: Scribe in time-lapse action

Justin Kendall — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:25:10 -0600

Kansas City graffiti artist Scribe demonstrated his work outside of Creative Coldsnow last weekend with the camera rolling. Here's the time-lapse movie by Phil Koenig.…
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Stealing Time: Midtown Miscreant finds a lost paradise

Justin Kendall — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:30:53 -0500

No one plays tour guide to the seedier sides of the city better than Midtown Miscreant. His blight tours were great, but his latest three-part series might just top them.…
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Former Kansan reporter now blogging

Justin Kendall — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:30:32 -0500

Former Kansas City Kansan reporter Sam Hartle has started a blog: Strange Conversation. Looks like he'll focus on the future of media; the first post is about newspapers using social media to drive traffic to their Web sites but erecting pay walls in which readers would have to pay to view the content.

Hartle did a really good job covering the Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities for the Kansan.…
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Robot Chicken remembers its Riverside roller disco

Justin Kendall — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:30:09 -0500

Robot Chicken's creators roller skated through Riverside last week -- hawking their latest Star Wars spoof DVD. Seth Green and company even met Riverside Mayor Kathleen Rose and commandeered a firetruck.…
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Fox 4: Midtown Miscreant turns 'Uncle' Ed in to South Carolina sheriff's office

Justin Kendall — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:30:08 -0500

Local blogger/watchdog Midtown Miscreant's "Uncle" Ed watch made Fox 4 last night. The Miscreant, also known as Mark Smith, has been keeping an eye on former children's show host and sex offender Ed Muscare's YouTube site.…
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'Uncle' Ed Muscare is back on YouTube ... but Midtown Miscreant didn't miss him

Justin Kendall — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:23:57 -0500

"Uncle" Ed Muscare isn't getting any sympathy from Midtown Miscreant.

In his latest post, double M rips the former children's show host and registered sex offender, who has returned to YouTube after at least a month-long hiatus.…
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Midtown Miscreant can't quit you

Justin Kendall — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:31:23 -0500

One of my favorite local bloggers, Midtown Miscreant, is back. The Miscreant writes that he was a little hasty when he decided to stop blogging last month.…
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Watch Arrowhead construction unfold

Justin Kendall — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:10:03 -0500

Arrowhead Pride snapped some cool-looking, washed out '70s-style photos of the construction at Arrowhead Stadium, which you should check out. Then take another look at this Webcam watching the stadium renovations (drag your cursor over the stadium to get a close up view) and video.…
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Midtown Miscreant calls it quits ... for now

Justin Kendall — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:37:03 -0500

One of Kansas City's best and crankiest bloggers, Midtown Miscreant Mark Smith, is calling it quits. Here's a snip from his farewell address:
I started doing this thing because I had some shit to say, I had some

stories to tell.…
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KC blogger tweets child birth

Justin Kendall — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:51:45 -0500

KC blogger Sponge Worthy is documenting the delivery of her baby on Twitter. It's pretty awesome stuff, like this screen grab (thanks, Erin in the Real World):

Here's the last Tweet that I saw:
epidural finally administered - dr just broke my water - I'm at 6 cm - gonna have this baby today!…
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'Uncle' Ed gets freaky on YouTube

Justin Kendall — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:11:48 -0500

Here's a helluva find by Independence's newest and best blogger Midtown Miscreant: former children's show host "Uncle" Ed Muscare's bizarre YouTube page. Videos like this:

There are many more videos of "Uncle" Ed on YouTube, and he's looking a little lonely.…
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Fun with Chiefs' legal woes

Justin Kendall — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:11:26 -0500

This is really sweet. The San Diego Union-Tribune put together a searchable database of crimes by NFL players since 2000.…
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Midtown Miscreant leaves midtown ...

Justin Kendall — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:13:23 -0500

Midtown Miscreant (Mark Smith) is leaving midtown ... "for good."…
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The snowpocalypse is coming

Justin Kendall — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:30:28 -0500

If you believe Gary Amble, you'll need one of these to get to Planet Comicon tomorrow.

This was actually shot in Goodland, Kansas.…
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Midtown Miscreant talks hard times with regular Joes

Justin Kendall — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:55:59 -0500

Midtown Miscreant just wanted to tell people's hard luck stories. The Miscreant, KC blogger Mark Smith's screen name, ended up hearing about a man's fight to keep custody of his two kids -- and wound up with trying to parse the truth from the bullshit.…
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Kansas City Camera: A cool new photog blog

Justin Kendall — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:35:49 -0500

New blogger Kansas City Camera snapped this really cool photo while exploring an abandoned grain silo on Southwest Boulevard behind Strasser Hardware.

Reminded me of this message at 16th and Main that I walk past on my way to work.…
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Bottom Line: KC Star closing bureaus? PLUS: The first DAILY BRIEFS COLLECTIBLE MINIATURE

Justin Kendall — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:14:40 -0600

We all know that The Kansas City Star will be going through a fourth round of layoffs soon (I've heard early March), but we don't know who or what they'll be cutting. Until maybe yesterday.…
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May hangs up her machete

Justin Kendall — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:45:54 -0600

Another local blogger called it quits today. Farewell May's Machete.…
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Ms. Pac-Man lives in a cave in Independence

Justin Kendall — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:39:12 -0600

Bill Houlehan stores millions of Atari games in a limestone cave in Independence. And he's selling them for $5 a pop.

I read a story about Bill Houlehan, who bought up Atari's inventory in the '90s in The Escapist yesterday.…
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NPR reruns KC gangland piece

Justin Kendall — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:30:58 -0600

I'd never heard NPR's "Kansas City's wholesome image belies mob past" piece, but yesterday "Day to Day" reran the September 2007 show. It's a quick, six-minute tour of KC's seedy mob past.…
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