Kansas City Playlist: Big Slick & Good Deeds From Affable B-list

Amid the current epoch of AI slop and algorithmic social media garbage . . . Every so-called "content creator" is forced to admit that not everything is going to be a masterpiece.  

In fact . . . 

Nowadays the mediocre might be better than most if it's produced "authentically" as the "cult of the amateur"  probably isn't killing our society but, in fact, defining it.  

C'mon, man . . . Not everything can be Shakespeare given that even some of his catalog is hot garbage.

Accordingly . . . And with a lot of humility because we understand that basement bloggers don't even register on any sort of celeb radar . . .

This weekend Kansas City's B-list and all their buddies gathered for a traditional party in support of an EXCELLENT cause . . . Check the postscript news roundup . . .

Rob Riggle raves on success of Big Slick charity weekend, continued growth

KCTV5 anchor Sharon Chen had the opportunity to sit down with one of the men who started it all, actor and comedian Rob Riggle.

Watch bloopers as celebrities swing & miss at Big Slick's annual KC softball game

Several Hollywood stars participated in the Children's Mercy charity weekend event.

Royals lose 7-5 in front of Big Slick crowd

They went 2-10 with runners in scoring position. 10 runners left on base. Same story, different night.

WATCH: Big Slick stars, friends visit children at Children's Mercy Hospital

The crew, including Johnny Knoxville and Jason Kelce as well as the Big Slick group, showed up, surprising nurses and patients alike.

Big Slick celebrities visit patients at Children's Mercy Hospital

Paul Rudd, Jason Sudeikis, Rob Riggle, Eric Stonestreet, Heidi Gardner and David Koechner hosted Big Slick weekend to fundraise for Children's Mercy.

And so . . . 

Tonight's quickie www.TonysKansasCity.com playlist examines the rough, fleeting & ethereal nature of low-end celebrity in a town where most people can't name their state rep or in-district council member . . .

As always, we start with 90s nostalgia . . . 1999 was the moment with high-speed college campus Internet replaced college-radio. Here's the backstory for one of the first "viral" videos featuring a slew of B-list celebs . . . Singer-songwriter Bree Sharp turned a fan obsession with David Duchovny into a record deal with her witty ode to Fox's fox. "The song is about David, but it's also about the way fantasy and reality blur," Sharp says.

Some more insight into a tune that a clever video from Spike Jonze killed . . . Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo’s friends made fun of his Asian girlfriend; he was upset and responded by writing “Buddy Holly.” It was a defining song of the ’90s, and MTV stitched the music video into American culture through endless rotation.

Just to TRY and stay a bit more current . . . BOTH is track that's only about a year old and combines two things that Midwesterners hate: Hip-hop & Euro-trash . . . And maybe that's why TKC smiles every time the algorithm sends us this mumble rap electronica classic from Tiësto & BIA with 21 Savage . . .

Another 90s staple . . . Back in the last decade of the "19th century" (as Gen-Z dirt-bags call it) . . . Everyone thought this song was about the fleeting nature of fame. Instead, it turns out Counting Crows lead singer & songwriter Adam Duritz claims it was just about a night out with a friend watching his dad play flamenco guitar.

Sorry, we include "Kansas City Star" by Roger Miller quite a bit in our playlists because it just seems to apply to almost EVERY bit of publicity in our little cowtown that often takes itself just a bit too seriously.

As always, thanks for reading this week and have a safe & fun Saturday night . . .