THE TKC SATURDAY NIGHT PLAYLIST!!! CELEBRATE THE 77TH ANNUAL TKC KANSAS CITY HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY!!!

Inspired by Internet Pinup Sensation (pumpkin smuggler?) Ana Rica . . . I'm ready to party this Halloween. To wit, I won't spend too much time on the annual costume party but I think it's important to keep the tradition.

TO WIT . . . CHECK OUT THE GUESTS OF HONOR AT TKC'S KANSAS CITY HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY!!!



For the last time, Mayor Funky will wear his Saruman costume. An appearance as an evil wizard of a fictional yet doomed kingdom suits him well. I guess that would make Gloria Squitiro Gollum but she's gonna have to wear shoes if she wants in to my party.

Of course all Kansas City newsies are invited . . .



They will be led by Russ Ptacek but I just can't tell if he's going as James Bond or Anderson Cooper. It's a mystery.

I've decided on a costume for our current Kansas City, Missouri School Board President . . .



Airick L. West just might be dressed as the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz given his hesitancy to address real problems in the district like the safety of students and teachers. And don't even get me started on continually crappy academic test scores or tired rhetoric.

Since we're in football season . . .



I don't really like inviting the Chiefs to parties given that they'll always be losers to me and have a rep for tearing up anything nice . . . Still, if the Chiefs show up dressed as cheerleaders they can party with TKC on Halloween. Cheerleading costumes would be appropriate given that the Chiefs are much more effective at creating hype than playing in the clutch.

Speaking of political propaganda . . .



While I wish members of Tea Party were as hot as Sophie Reade. Sadly, they're mostly comprised of angry old white people wearing American Colonial costumes with tennis shoes. Still, they're entertaining given that their movement is based on silly populism that isn't at all prepared for the reality of governance.

To balance out the Tea Party hate . . .



I'm inviting Kansas City's undocumented to the TKC costume party. They get in free but they'll have to help clean up, as always. Normally, I have these guys dress up as aliens from outer space but I think we'll keep the Dia De Los Muertos theme going. All of the local undocumented will dress up as skeletons since it's obvious that so many people in Kansas City want them dead. Nevertheless, they work cheap and this annual bash cost money.

And since TKC is always down with the high dollar crowd . . .



All of the d-bags from The P&L District won't have to put much thought into their costumes given that they could double for the cast of The Jersey Shore dressed in their usual Gordman's attire.

To round things out . ..



Every other politico in this town is invited to the TKC party and they can simply dress as "The Usual Suspects" since that's the empty phrase thrown around by politicos running on image and not ideas as of late. Of course there are some elected officials in this town doing some good work for their constituents but so many more are simply recycling the same tired rhetoric that promises reform but only delivers more of the same with an extra serving of hypocrisy.

Finally . . .

As always, I'll be dressed as Alfonso Bedoya playing Golden Hat in The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre. He's the dude who most people know as the bandit who "don't need to show you no stinkin' badges" but he was actually a prolific actor in the Mexican and American Film Industry. Bedoya's work was so nuanced that it actually surpassed stereotype and became archetype worthy of note for all Latinos toiling in media to this day.

Check the soundtrack/playlist for TKC's Halloween bash . . .

As always, thank you for reading this week and have a safe and fun Halloween!!!