Gilbert and Sullivan would be having a field day right now with pirates in the news so much. So it got me thinking. What did pirates eat? Not the pirates of today which have access to full kitchens and refrigeration units, but the pirates of yore. The ones with the peg legs and the parrots. The answer isn't pretty -- but it's not as bad as you might think.
Flickr: Andjam79Kansas City brings the testosterone. That is, if you believe a new study commissioned by the snack Combos and executed by research company Bert Sperling (of the semi-famous Best Places to Live list).They determined Nashville to be the number one manliest city followed by Charlotte, Oklahoma City, Cincinnati, Denver, St. Louis, Columbus and then us. Take that, Indianapolis and Toledo -- numbers 9 and 10. New York was dead last at 50, and Los Angeles was close at 49.My excitement a
"Can you stand it?" Morrissey asks his fans.
Oh, they most certainly bloody can.
Scott Spychalski
Moz was slightly more talkative and frisky than he was at his last show in KC, in 2007. Though the show ran mostly seamlessly from one big, chugging misery ode to the next, the 50-year-old self-loathing charmer did parley a bit with the not-small but not-sold-out crowd at the Midland.
The above question came after the ninth song, "Seasick, Yet Still Docked." Before that, after turning out the S
On November 24, no-introduction-needer Tom Waits is releasing his first live album since 1988's Big Time. According to his website:
Glitter and Doom is a two disc collection of tracks from Waits' recent Glitter and Doom tour of the US and Europe. The first disc recreates an evening's performance with 17 tracks are selected from 10 cities. The second disc is a bonus compendium called TOM TALES, which features the comic bromides, strange musings, and unusual facts that Tom traditionally shares w
An off night at Grinder's leads one blogger to wish for the good old days of friendly service and an inspiring beer list. [Food, K.C., and Other Things]A taste of Boulevard's newest Smokestack series entry -- Harvest Dance Wheat Wine Style Ale -- suggests that a 9 percent beer can be light. [By The Pint]If you've ever had a bottle of wine but no opener, apparently you can use your shoe to uncork it. [Boing Boing]A lesson in irony: A man in Oxford, Ohio, was arrested on suspicion of driving drun
