November 6, 2007

From TheKCGuy

The Garth Brooks-athon has begun in Kansas City. Not only have all local media consipred to provide wall to wall coverage of the entire affair, but I believe that the federal government or possibly NASA has been enlisted to cause daylight savings time to end just in bring sundown just before the concert at the Sprint Center each night this week and provide mood lighting. Then, the Writers' Guild apparently joined in to keep Brooks off of The Tonight Show on Monday night so that he could be here earlier and more refreshed. Everything has been lined up to make a Garth-tastic time downtown this week.

That's OK. I hope that all of this activity gives the crews down there a little practice in figuring out how to perform crowd and traffic control before the Power and Light District opens up and brings down even more people.

News

• I heard on the radio that Larry Johnson won't play in the Chiefs game this Sunday against the Broncos.

Events

• Garth Brooks at the Sprint Center
• If you're in Jackson County, Missouri, you should go vote on whether those schools should be part of the Independence school district or not. Also, there's a question about taxes and city improvements in Kansas City, MO. Here's the Kansas City sample ballot.
• Avenue Q at the Music Hall tonight, and the rest of the week. If you're into puppets, be sure to check out this off-Broadway musical.
• Film connoisseur David Thomson discusses Hollywood's View of Middle America: How Dark Can 'The Dark Fields of the Republic' Be If I Live There? at 6:30 tonight at the downtown library. Call ahead for reservations.