Subject: Walt Bodine

• The Panhandling Debate Hits The Airwaves

  July 17, 2007

• Contemplating 99.7 KY: The Hippo Rolls Over for "Quality Rock"

  February 1, 2008

• Breakfast Buffet: Thursday, 8/28

  August 28, 2008

• Best Local Radio Show

  January 27, 2000

• Divine drive-ins

  May 25, 2000

• Steak Out

  December 7, 2000

• Supper Hub

  June 28, 2001

• Best Jack of All Trades

  October 18, 2001

• Best Fried Chicken

  October 18, 2001

• Fry, Baby

  November 8, 2001

• The Beat Goes On

  June 20, 2002

• Color Blinds

  January 30, 2003

• Taco restaurant loves Ernest Borgnine

  A story in today's New York Times explains why Tortilla Flats, a Mexican restaurant in the West Village neighborhood, celebrates its 17th annual Ernest Borgnine Night next week. The festivities include an Ernest Borgnine Look-Alike Contest open to both men and women. Since there couldn't be a better time for local restaurants to lure customers into their dining rooms with festive promotions, why doesn't some clever restaurateur host a night devoted to one of the many celebrities who ha

  February 14, 2009

• Amber Alert

  November 11, 2004

• Bean Counters

  December 2, 2004

• Shackin' Up

  April 14, 2005

• Room Service

  July 27, 2006

• KCUR airs audio documentary of Walt Bodine, classic audio archives now online

  Walt BodineOctogenarian radio icon Walt Bodine's historical broadcasts are now online. Bodine donated a handful of historical tapes to the Marr Sound Archives, including Bodine's coverage of the 1951 Kansas City flood, the 1957 Ruskin Heights tornado and the 1968 riots. The tapes also feature interviews with Robert F. Kennedy. Real Audio isn't working for me -- just like TV Barn, who I got to give a hat tip to -- so I can't listen to the shows. But I'll be listening to today's edition of the the

  April 14, 2009

• Daily Briefs: Your new dress code

  The new Power & Light District dress code began yesterday, and all patrons will now be be required to wear those little black shorts Henry Rollins used to wear when he fronted Black Flag. Button-down dress shirts must be TUCKED IN to little black Henry Rollins shorts. The only permissible hats are the race-neutral Darth Vader helmets which truly bring us together as one people, you guys, regardless of ethnicity, gender or unexplainable lack of fondness for famous records everyone says are

  April 14, 2009

• Win or Lose, A Fiery Show

  June 19, 2008

• A eulogy for the one-of-a-kind Shifra Stein

  June 5, 2008

• Sacred Cows and Other Legends

  The food critic pauses to consider some myths about Kansas City hamburgers.

  November 29, 2007

• Singing About Working

  November 1, 2007

• Mac Like Crack

  When one joint stops serving macaroni and cheese, some folks nearly go into withdrawal.

  November 8, 2007

• History Bites

  A downtown revival? Here's what didn't make it the last time around.

  July 26, 2007

• Sweeney's Sticks Get Some Company

  March 29, 2007

• Joy Sticks

  March 1, 2007

• KC Sex: The Quiz

  Are you more of a Liberty Memorial or a Hairy Truman?

  February 8, 2007

• Expedition to Chili

  December 28, 2006

• On Eggshells

  July 6, 2006

• Southern Comfort

  March 2, 2006

• Troost or Dare

  The once-tough street shows its sensitive side.

  May 12, 2005

• Best Radio Personality

  Walt Bodine

  October 7, 2004

• Country Crock

  We're not sure the Corner Café understands its own irony.

  March 4, 2004

• Everything's OhKay!

  Tech N9ne is the smoking gun in Mayor Barnes' most recent campaign.

  March 20, 2003

• The Skinny on Fats

  Kansas City foodies have fond memories of Fats Goldberg.

  February 13, 2003

• No Regular Joe's

  Joe Gilbert’s spirit lives on in Overland Park.

  March 7, 2002

• Dining Inn

  Hotel guests wonder where their next meal is coming from.

  August 16, 2001

• Bosnian Survivor

  Jennie’s finds a safe home in Kansas City, Kansas.

  August 2, 2001

• Best Place to Impress Out-of-Town Guests

  Golden Ox

  October 19, 2000

• Daily Briefs: Longer and less frequent than the name implies

  The news anchors have all been talking in very scary voices lately. They all sound like Jigsaw, and you're handcuffed to a sink in a grimy concrete bathroom and if you want to survive, you're going to have to do something horrible, like naked-hug Larry King or some damn thing. As an antidote to the swine flu scare, all I can offer you is the serenity that comes from not talking about it. After the jump, a news roundup of items that bear no relation to stories about flu, or to each other. Click

  April 29, 2009

• One of the Ethics Professors is -- shockingly -- not boring at all!

  Clancy Martin is a professor of philosophy at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. He's also one-half of the Ethics Professors, a regular feature on Walt Bodine's morning radio show. And according to an interesting piece in this week's Newsweek, the prof just published a novel stuffed with true-crime called How to Sell, the meat of which is somewhat autobiographical.

  May 8, 2009

• Hot Dawg! Charles on Walt Bodine Show this morning

  Tune in at 10 a.m. to the Walt Bodine show on KCUR 89.3 to catch the food critics, including Fat City's Charles Ferruzza, who will be holding court with Walt and answering your questions.The topic of today's show is hot dogs and sausages, so be preparing your questions. Make sure they're good -- I've heard some hot dog questions that are the wurst! Sorry, couldn't resist. I just relish puns.(Image via Flickr: Chad Davis)

  May 15, 2009

• Kansas City's top ten cinnamon rolls

  Jaime Warren It's almost criminal not to love cinnamon rolls, especially great cinnamon rolls. There are certain qualifications that set the perfect rolls apart from the plastic-wrapped supermarket variety: not too dry; moist, but not gummy; lightly brushed with a sugary glaze -- too much icing can turn a breakfast roll into a cupcake. KCUR-FM's Walt Bodine loves cinnamon rolls (he particularly misses the ones at the long-defunct Putsch's Cafeteria) and every so often devotes an entir

  June 25, 2009

• Tomorrow: Pitch Music Experts Completely Take Over All Local Airwaves

  Well, maybe not all. Maybe just those emanating from local stations KKFI 90.1 and KCUR 89.3 during certain hours of the morning, but, hey, we're still excited. ​First, set your alarm for 7 a.m. sharp and tune it to 90.1 KKFI community radio (make sure you flip the switch on your clock so that the radio comes on instead of the buzzer, though) and turn the volume all the way up: Pitch clubs editor and music gemologist Berry Anderson will pay a visit to host Bill O'Connor's Your Morning Buzz

  August 5, 2009

• Eddie Adel takes a gamble with R.A. Long’s Sawmill – and builds something unique

  August 20, 2009

• Happy 89th birthday to Walt Bodine

  Walt Bodine​Today is Octogenarian radio icon Walt Bodine's 89th birthday. We didn't get Walt anything, but we'd like to wish him a good one anyway.Bodine is broadcasting live on KCUR 89.3 from 10-11 a.m., talking today about "coming of age" tales in literature. Feel free to call in (816-235-2888) and wish him well.Earlier this year, Bodine donated a handful of historical tapes to the Marr Sound Archives, including Bodine's coverage of the 1951 Kansas City flood, the 1957 Ruskin Heights tornado

  August 27, 2009

• The latest Pitch and 21 things we learned this week

  ​U.S. soldiers are committing suicide in record numbers, and the Army is struggling to fix the problem. This week's Pitch feature story, "Exit Strategy," looks at one solider who almost became a statistic. Also, Martin covers MoDOT's shoddy maintenance of inner-city bridges. Ferruzza reviews Café Trio. And Buckle Bunny talks tour managing. 1. Lynn Jenkins' "hope" for change is white. 2. Living next to a Rockhurst frat sucks. 3. Riverfront Heritage Trail is pretty cool. 4. 26 homicides in KCK.

  August 28, 2009

• That was then, this is now

  The Victor Hugo Inn -- where cocktail drinkers were "Les Miserables"​I have yet to meet someone in Kansas City -- including veteran newscaster and restaurant fan Walt Bodine! -- who can remember dining at the Victor Hugo Inn, which once stood, in a long-razed stone mansion, at the northwest corner of 85th and Wornall Road. I think I know why Walt missed the restaurant: it was famous for its fried chicken. And chicken -- in any way, shape or form -- is the one di

  September 11, 2009

• Battle of the Dishes: Macaroni and Cheese

  Mac-and-cheese: The real McCoy's​Macaroni and cheese falls into so many categories: soul food, comfort food, kids' food, stoner savory, classic side dish, buffet staple, super-inexpensive meal (the cheap boxed version with the neon-orange powdered "cheese") and easy-to-digest fare for senior citizens. It's also a good dish for what ails you: When you're not feeling well -- fighting the symptoms of cold, flu, hangover -- a soothing dish of soft noodles and creamy cheese sauce has curat

  October 2, 2009