Daily Distraction

Rob and some of his friends from the Sedalia record store he hangs out at headed into Jeff City and Columbia to check out some record stores there.

This time between Christmas and New Year's is one of those weeks where many of us can slow down a little and catch our breath. Christmas is behind us. New Year's Eve is still in front of us. As is the promise of a better year. Or at least a fun celebration Friday night. Yet, one of my two least favorite stretches of the year is almost here.

By the time actress Karolyn Grimes wound up in Missouri, her acting career, had come to an end.

Rob Creighton and Mike Pettis speak to filmmaker Jeff Lujin about his documentary "The Story of the Ozark Music Festival".

There are very few things that elicit an absolute negative response from me. But having any kind of record microchipped under my skin is an absolute no.

We checked out Magic of Lights at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.

This year our Christmas tree has developed a mind of its own and it's given me all kinds of problems. I think it might be possessed.

Kansas City's Samantha Fish is a singer-songwriter and guitarist you may or may not know. And she just wowed me in a performance at the Blue Note in Columbia.

As I walked to the bar to order my Coors Light tallboy, I thought for a second, what a boring ass choice.

The 15th best hotel in the world according to Condé Nast Traveler is in Kansas City.