Letters from the week of August 30

Night & Day: "Word Turds," August 23

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Pendergast Says Sorry

We want to respond to the article about a tour Pendergast was booked on. We now know that the tour is in support of a very misogynistic new book. We'd like to apologize to our fans for giving the impression that we would support those kinds of attitudes toward women. We don't. Pendergast will not be playing the three shows we had booked at Liberty Hall, the Beaumont Club and Shilo's in Columbia.

We are very sorry to anyone who bought tickets to any of these shows expecting to see us play. We apologize to the promoters for putting them in a bind. Canceling shows is not the Pendergast way. If you did buy tickets and feel slighted please drop by myspace.com/pendergastkc or e-mail pendergastkc@kc.rr.com. We will make it right.

Tony Ladesich, Mike Rooney, Mike Meyers, Rich Burgess, Pendergast, Kansas City, Missouri

Night & Day, July 19

It's All in the Wrist
I just wanted to say thank you, Kansas City. The attendance at Glenefit was amazing. You sure know how to make a guy feel loved.

I had no idea how I was going to afford my carpal tunnel surgery and time off work. Turns out my family, friends and even total strangers weren't going to let me go through this alone — quite the opposite. I don't have the vocabulary to describe how it made me feel to see everyone filing in to Davey's Uptown that night. I'm still trying to wrap my head around it all.

So, to everyone who planned, promoted, hung fliers in the hot sun, printed shirts and posters, e-mailed, posted, MySpace bulletined, chatted about, called their friends, texted, baked, bartended, ran sound, played their asses off, ate, drank, made merry and swept up after it all: Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You have truly made a difference in my life that goes way beyond mere money to pay bills. You've given me a home — a home I love. If you see me around, please say hello so I can thank you in person.

Glen Hockemeier, drummer, the Gaslights

Kansas City, Missouri