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The week flew by extremely fast, and with days parsed out according to preschool and children's eating and sleeping patterns, soon my time in Kansas City was at an end. Of course, no trip to Kansas City would be complete without delving full throttle into copious amounts of vinegar laden saucy BBQ and doing something incredibly stupid with Corey. |
 | KC BBQ AND BEEF
Over the past few visits, Gates has quietly climbed the ladder of BBQ heaven and has been knocking at Arthur Bryant's door hoping to find a spot at the apex of almighty BBQ. But my most recent trip to Arthur Bryant's knocked away any illusion any BBQ place will ever be able to snatch away its title.
Meanwhile, back at Gates, I found a new kindred spirit in BBQ gouging. It seems the four year old can not only handle her brisket, but she's got a bottomless stomach that kept up with my torrid pace bite for bite.
Of course, eating turkey on Thanksgiving threw off the correct way to experience KC - so to make up for that, I bought a jar of Beefamato that I fully intended to take back to Texas as a prize of Midwestern pride in corn fed beef.
Little did I know it would barely make it out of the grocery bag... |
BEEFMATO AND PBR
Corey quickly sidetracked my ambitions with a trip to the liquor store to pick up some beer and a few tall boys. When we got home, my love affair with Boulevard beer was derailed by mixing up the Beefmato into the PBR tall boys. With an ample amount of pepper added to the mix as a finishing garnish, the drinks were ready to go. Gen sat back with a look of giddy disgust. Corey dove in first, and I started to shiver at the watery red prospects in front of me.
Surprisingly, the drink wasn't all that awful, it tasted like a really watery beer that could've been salvaged if the Beefmato wasn't watered down so much. |
YOUTUBE: THE NEW CURRENCY
Leslie Hall vs. Patton Oswalt
In these modern times, it seems everyone has those nights where they do nothing but skip from one youtube video to another. My friend Chris thinks I must spend days and nights drinking and scouring everyone's favorite video website for some undiscovered nugget. Back in Kansas City, with nothing better to do, Gen and I engaged in a heartless game of oneupmanship to see who could deliver the most entertaining videos. When it started down the
path of just cruelly choosing videos from bands the other hated, we called it a truce and headed our own ways. |
DOWNTOWN LOFTS
Fresh off the publication of my comic book about the gentrification of East Austin, my mind was finely tuned to the changes and growth patterns of Kansas City. I've watched the changes from afar with regular visits and seen downtown KC change rapidly (and mostly for the better, after a rough stretch of heartless demolition). With the trendy idea of real life loft living, most of the empty warehouses downtown have now been converted to yuppie hipster loftspaces. I can't really
complain about these though, as the only folks displaced were a few squatting bums and downtown could really use a boost. But with no good public transportation or even a local market downtown, the city planners in KC could still use some suggestions on some of the basic necessities people need to live and survive. |
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THE LATEST
STORIES...
+ IRON MAN AND MY IGNORANCE
my trouble with Hollywood continues
+ A TRIP TO KANSAS CITY
Thanksgiving with friends and the cold
+ SNEAK PREVIEW
at Tales of the Really White Vigilante #2
COMING SOON:
+ HOME BEFORE DARK
A depressing trip through the mind of artists
+ NORTH(EAST)ERN EXPOSURE
My two month sabbatical in the North
+ THINGS TO DO IN DENVER
The splendor of Colorado
ALREADY THERE:
+ TALES OF THE
REALLY WHITE VIGILANTE
the tale of one young man's attempts
to stop the gentrification of East Austin
a 62 page comic book.
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ONGOING AND UPCOMING SHOWS
2008
MAY 10-11
Alter Ego Show
Gallery DV8 2300 East 16th, Austin, Texas
nearly thirty Austin artists explore their other sides
JUNE - JULY
Tales of the Really White Vigilante, Volume 2
our intrepid hero battles hipsters, SXSW and battles his own demons
NOVEMBER
Solo Painting Show
my first complete solo
show since April, 2006 with all new works
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