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Ambush at Channel 5: One TV type gets a dose of her own hidden-camera-style investigation and finds it "uncool"
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Sex Edition
Our second-annual issue dedicated to all things sex.
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How Not to Be a Rap Star
Flying high on Ecstasy, Grey Goose and his own hype, Paul Mussan blew through 100 G's in six months.
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A college drop-out abandons a lucrative tech career for a life of inner-city poverty – and hopes to save an urban school district from oblivion
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Kansas City’s Corona Cantina #1 still has some problems to work out, but we’ll raise a few bottles to the concept
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Ambush at Channel 5: One TV type gets a dose of her own hidden-camera-style investigation and finds it "uncool" (22)
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Kansas City’s Corona Cantina #1 still has some problems to work out, but we’ll raise a few bottles to the concept (15)
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Booty Crawl (10)
We find our nemesis and a lot of booze during a Waldo bar hop.
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No one feels sorry for Councilman Terry Riley as much as Terry Riley (7)
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China Syndrome (7)
For a real immigration debate, just look at what happened when the Chinese invaded Mexico.
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Buckle Bunny Confidential: The Young Woman's Guide to Getting Down With Rocker Boys
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Tom Russell discusses his art, his music and why he doesn't sing about politics
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Eyes of the Betrayer
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Oh, Omé: This local cage fighter turned R&B singer thinks he knows how to treat a lady.
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Pickin' on Syd
Lawrence's the Gnomes channel the spirit of Syd Barrett
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Who Knew? Boring High School Confidential Show was Filmed Here
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Daily Briefs: Taxidermy, Big 12, the Beatles
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Gals, These Guys Know What’s Best
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Concert Review: Holy Fuck
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Monday Music Junkie: Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Cajun Dance Party, Elbow and More
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Michael Bublé Musicans Tonight at River Market Brewery
02:22PM 03/07/08
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“I Saw the Light” by State Bird, from Mostly Ghostly
When planning your next vacation, take a good, hard look at Dover, Ohio. Maybe it doesn't have Hawaii's white-sand beaches or Colorado's snowy mountains, but there must be something special about this town for it to produce a group as talented and diverse in its influences as State Bird. The band's latest album, Mostly Ghostly (released on Kansas City label the Record Machine), is a scrap ripped from the bathrobe of quirk-rock, complete with warbly vocals, well-placed horn fills and enough hand-clapping to make Clap Your Hands Say Yeah phone its trademark attorneys. But what makes State Bird unique are the lively snippets of instrumentation and vocals that weave in and out of every track, transporting the listener to a '60s love-in, a Southern tent revival or a backwoods carnival — in some cases, all in the same song. It's a lot to take in all at once, but spending some time peeling back the layers is half the fun. In fact, skip Dover — you'll be way too busy listening to this album to travel anyway.
