Subject: Springfield

• What's New, Pussycat?

  October 16, 2006

• Sudden Death

  March 28, 2006

• Someone Still Loves You, Jesus

  April 13, 2007

• Show-Me More Coal

  February 26, 2008

• Coal Plant Postponed

  March 3, 2008

• Ha Ha Palooza

  April 6, 2008

• Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin on Carson Daly Last Night

  May 16, 2008

• Daily Briefs: Apocalyptic scenarios, PLUS: the douchenozzle of Connecticut

  June 11, 2008

• Daily Briefs: The State of American Journalism

  June 16, 2008

• A Reporter's Notebook: How to Handle P&L

  July 23, 2008

• Ssion in Vice Magazine: sex, drugs and gay rockers

  Photo courtesy myspace.com/ssionWhat happens when Ssion goes on tour? All the old rock 'n' roll cliches, except gayer! The band is keeping a tour blog for Vice Magazine, including lots of candid photos and frontman Cody Critcheloe's naughty commentary.  You can tell it's going to be a wild ride from the very first post: "I'm really thankful that two core members in Ssion are still in high school. Those kids can get their hands on the best drugs. We all took a bunch of Adderall and proceeded

  January 7, 2009

• King of Tamale

  July 5, 2001

• Tourist Trap

  August 1, 2002

• Bill Dees / Marlin Wallace & The Corillions

  August 1, 2002

• Ass cracks and funny books

  After Pitch art director Zachary Trover's experience at B-Bop Comics last week, Justin Kendall and I went to Saturday's comic convention at the Doubletree Hotel in Overland Park. We hoped this would provide us with an opportunity to write about the more intelligent side of the comic world. We were wrong.

  February 2, 2009

• Senate hopefuls get raspberries on human rights

  Roy BluntGay right advocates are not impressed with some of the candidates vying to represent middle America in the Senate. Change.org writer Michael A. Jones notes that Roy Blunt and Jerry Moran scored zeroes on the Human Rights Campaign's scorecard. Blunt represents the Springfield area in the U.S. House. He is reportedly asking fellow Republicans to support to his bid to take the place of the retiring Kit Bond.Moran has served western Kansas in the House since 1997. He wants the seat Sam Brow

  February 4, 2009

• Best Local Package Tour

  October 9, 2003

• Like Butter

  January 15, 2004

• Best Hot Boutique

  October 7, 2004

• Neil Young

  December 9, 2004

• Cashew chicken Springfield-style

  Flickr: RoboppyI lived in southwest Missouri for several months but never acquired a taste for Springfield cashew chicken. I was definitely in the minority. Around Springfield, every restaurant has its own spin on the dish, and locals gobble it up like mad. Yesterday The New York Times featured the regional delicacy and was much too kind in describing it as "deep-fried chicken chunks in a brown slurry of soy sauce, oyster sauce and stock, scattered with green onions and halved cashews." In reali

  March 11, 2009

• China Feats

  August 3, 2006

• Be Mine, Valentine

  November 9, 2006

• For Ha Ha Tonka, universal health care, meth addiction and rock and roll ain’t laughing matters

  September 18, 2008

• Cindy Woolf

  August 7, 2008

• Operation: Operation

  Criminals with a liking for cereal and Muppets just may have inspired titles for police actions.

  July 31, 2008

• Batters on Deck

  April 10, 2008

• Holsey Turner, aka Hozey-T, is Kansas City's newest unknown rapper on the rise

  April 17, 2008

• Department of Close Shaves

  Shauntay, is that you?

  March 22, 2007

• It Doesn't Suck!

  Breathe easy, Simpsons fans. The movie is eeeexellent.

  July 26, 2007

• Bodisartha

  Tuesday, March 7, at Mike's Tavern (8 p.m. matinee)

  March 2, 2006

• Don't Feed the Preacher

  October 12, 2006

• Not So Bright

  June 15, 2006

• TV Dinner

  November 3, 2005

• DJ Ataxic

  Tuesday, March 22, at Jilly's.

  March 17, 2005

• Phil It Up

  This Philly-based company led a real dance revolution.

  March 3, 2005

• Party Platform Shoes

  D.C. gets the gallbladder, and we get the gall.

  November 11, 2004

• Yosemite Samurai

  At this former Steak & Ale, Samurai warriors chop up steak and chicken, not rivals.

  August 7, 2003

• Anything but Joey

  Saturday, September 21, at the Hurricane.

  September 19, 2002

• Senior Project

  Steven Eubank isn't too young to give directions for life and death.

  January 3, 2002

• End Run

  Kansas City’s marathoners get jabbed in the Rib.

  October 25, 2001

• 'Tis the season for summer blues festivals.

  It's that time of year again... Now in its 13th year, the Gladstone Blues Festival at Oak Grove Park (N. Troost and N.E. 76th) attracts around 15,000 fans who come to check out local and national acts. On this year's bill... Rosie Ledet and her zydeco accordion from Louisiana Friday, June 5th, 6 p.m.: King King B.J. Allen and Blue Voodoo Chris Duarte Saturday, June 6th, 2 p.m.: Guitar Shorty Mark Montgomery & Max Berry J.P. Soars & the Red Hots Moreland & Arbuckle Rosie Ledet & The Zydeco Play

  May 7, 2009

• Matt Blunt doesn't brake for scooters

  KY3Monday was a really, really bad day for former Missouri Gov. Matt "Baby" Blunt thanks to a pesky Springfield scooter driver getting in the way of his Ford Explorer. For winning the SUV vs. scooter fight clash, Blunt received a ticket for failing to yield and a court summons. Running over scooter drivers is even frowned upon for former governors. The scooter driver got an ambulance ride to the hospital but his mother told KY3 (who's all over this story) that her son's going to be OK. Oh, and g

  June 9, 2009

• What's the most racist city in Missouri?

  Recently, a controversy down in Springfield provoked some strong language. As the mayor and city council struggled with cutting the city budget, one service they thought could be eliminated was city's Human Rights Commission, which investigates discrimination complaints. Earlier this month, the council cut the commission's funding from $68,000 to a measly $1,000. During that meeting, the Human Rights Commission's executive director, Kathy Clancy, begging the council to save her agency, said tha

  June 17, 2009

• 50 Bands From 50 States

  Whoah. I don't know how we slept on this, but the Boston Phoenix presented the best new band from each state as part of their Fourth of July celebrations, or "Independents' Day," as some music sites have been calling it. So, 50 bands from 50 states means that they declared the best bands from Kansas and Missouri. Who'd they pick? Well, it must be noted that these are the best new bands, meaning that some of your more established favorites were out of the running. And, considering the Phoenix is

  July 14, 2009

• Thank you, Brad Pitt, for making Missouri sound cool

  Springfield has considered a Brad Pitt museum​In Brad Pitt's interview with Parade Magazine, he's quoted as saying, "In Missouri, where I come from, we don't talk about what we do--we just do it. If we talk about it, it's seen as bragging."In actual context, he was talking about how he had to quit smoking weed, but there's gotta be a compliment in there somewhere.

  August 7, 2009

• Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, the ACBs and Joe Firstman at the Brick

  Corey W. Calabrese​ Pop Free Radio scored a big success last night by booking Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Joe Firstman and the ACBs at the Brick. More than 100 people turned out, which is quite impressive for a weeknight. Also impressive: I didn't know a one of them. It gladdened me to see so many strangers willing to plunk down $10 for some live and mostly local music. I hope they have all now caught the concert bug and will continue to show support at rock bars all over town. Wh

  August 14, 2009

• Flier of the Week: Outbreak at Club Neon

  Hey, I know this isn't exactly "local." When it comes to Springfield, we're probably moving into the realm of "regional" at that point. ​But the Jeff Bilberry-designed flier is just badass, right? Very Japanese horror, while at the same time conjuring up images of H1N1 and hiding in your basement. The green adds some nastiness to it, as well. The newsprint background of the guy with the syringe gives the whole thing an underlying sense of authority. This is a full-bore punk show. Outbrea

  October 20, 2009

• Video: London Transit at Czar Bar Video Flier

  The concept of a video flier intrigues us here at Wayward Blog. The possibilities inherent in the form offer a lot more than just words and a carefully chosen picture on a photocopied 8.5x11 sheet of paper. This video flier for local electro-poppers London Transit's show with Springfield's Black Box Revue and We Are Like The Spider at Cazr Bar this Saturday, October 24 shows all sorts of electronic things, and has a bit of the group's music playing as it shows. Simple, but effective. It's not t

  October 22, 2009

• News flash: Gay marriage is a conservative cause!

  ​In one way, it was surprising to see what might appear to be a blasphemous argument coming from the Missouri Record, a journal of politics and policy put out by the conservative Missourians for Responsible Government.But there it was, yesterday, a post headlined "Economics of Gay Marriage."In the post, Stephen Eisele, a Springfield political consultant and Obama delegate to last year's Democratic National Convention, notes that despite some recent electoral reversals for gay marriage, the gen

  November 13, 2009