Midtown MiscreantMidtown Miscreant (Mark Smith) is leaving midtown ... "for good." The Miscreant is moving about 15 minutes away, staying in the metro area. Midtown has changed a lot, and it's not the same for the guy. But he files a great post about what midtown used to be like when he was a kid. Main Street jumped and crackled at night, it was a living breathing entity. From the Club Royale, where fake cowboys and cowgirls gathered, north to 31st Street where the drag queens hung out at the Je
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. I feel like I've said everything worth saying, and I've
run out of stories. So I'm done, at least in this format. I plan to
continue writing, maybe try my hand at a book, maybe even post it on
line. I may blog again, but it wont be anytime soon, and it will be on
a new p
"Uncle" Ed MuscareLocal 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. Muscare had been posting odd videos on the site -- scratching his back with a toilet brush and letting a dog suckle on his stomach, singing "Pretty Woman" and more -- and the videos were attracting the attention of a lot of kids. That didn't sit well with
