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The People vs. Erotic City
Behind the glory holes, orgy rooms and sex booths is a board of directors that includes a felon, a preteen and others who think things aren't that bad.
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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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KC's Iron Chef
He wants to be a restaurant mogul, but first Rob Dalzell has to prevent another opening-day disaster.
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PB&J Restaurants Inc. comes to the rescue of Union Station’s historic Harvey House Diner
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Leawood's Room 39 might not be as charming as midtown's — but that doesn't matter once the food arrives
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Sure, global warming has skeptics. But how many teach science at Mizzou? (11)
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How Not to Be a Rap Star (10)
Flying high on Ecstasy, Grey Goose and his own hype, Paul Mussan blew through 100 G's in six months.
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No one feels sorry for Councilman Terry Riley as much as Terry Riley (8)
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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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Go Make Your Own Damn Bed! (6)
Yeah, sure, illegals are just like those hard-working people who break into your house.
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Tom Russell discusses his art, his music and why he doesn't sing about politics
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Riot On, Man
The Riot Room rocks us like the Hurricane used to.
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Pharrell Williams is happy to be just one of the band again
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You'll be sorry you missed these KC acts headed to South by Southwest
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Pickin' on Syd
Lawrence's the Gnomes channel the spirit of Syd Barrett
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Daily Briefs: Suck Phill Kline’s Balls, Blunt Gets High, Larry Moore’s Hoe
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Daily Briefs: Let's Spell Together, My Fox Rocks, How to Save Newspapers, Darla Jaye Needs This
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Joe's Blunders
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Concert Review: Mike Doughty
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R.E.M.: Accelerate, Reviewed
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M.I.A. Coming to Lawrence
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What we are writing about
- Antioch Park
- Beaumont Club
- Bottleneck
- Brick
- Citadel Plaza
- Community Development...
- Davey's Uptown
- Department of Burnt Ends
- Eastern Promises
- Jackpot Music Hall
- Jackpot Saloon
- Kevin Devine
- Mark Funkhouser
- NV
- photography
- Pizza Bella
- PlayStation
- Power and Light District
- Record Bar
- Replay Lounge
- Republic Tigers
- The Brick
- The Granada
- The Kingdom
- Unicorn Theatre
- University of...
- VooDoo Lounge
- Westport
- Wii
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Recent Articles By Andrew Miller
National Features
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Miami New Times
Perez Hilton: Exposed!
Can a "crazy, flamboyant dork" from Miami find happiness as a Hollywood mudslinger?
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Nashville Scene
Chip Off the Old Rock
Songwriter Justin Townes Earle has struggled with addiction--just like his proud papa.
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Phoenix New Times
"Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy"
Have they become the magic words when a state wants to terminate parental rights?
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SF Weekly
Out of the Woodwork
Union carpenters describe a little slice of Jim Crow smack dab in the middle of America's most PC city.
By Lauren Smiley
“Autumn Drive” by Tripp Algiers, from Old City Crows (BeatOven):
Tripp Algiers drummer Drew Burasco operates the locals-only label (BeatOven) that his own band calls home. Burasco has compared BeatOven to a fledgling SubPop, and Tripp Algiers also follows an early-to-mid-'90s business model, conjuring flashbacks to Pavement's nonchalant harmonies and Stone Temple Pilots' "Big Empty" guitars. The quartet dabbles with jazz and blues on "Irish Pub Song," demonstrating that these genres aren't especially compatible with reedy-voiced indie-rock singers. The production occasionally feels thin, with submerged bass lines and obscured vocals, and the instrumental cohesion sometimes feels slightly askew. The fact that these nine tracks end gracefully signals a devotion to composition — tossed-together songs often finish with fades or unsure repetition — but the execution doesn't yet match the ambition. Tripp Algiers creates a few sharp instrumental passages — the cutting guitar salvos and squiggly solos of "Corporate's Ladder," the "Empty Glasses" plinked to yield xylophone tones — but often, Old City Crows sounds clumsy, like the work of a group that's either willfully sloppy (in true Pavement fashion) or still in the early stages of development.
it's all intentional.
check out our newest project... we are releasing a song each month with limited EPs each season.
all on myspace.com/trippalgiers
Comment by ben — March 27, 2008 @ 01:47PM
Thanks Andrew!!
Our second album is underway already... check out the newest tunes at myspace.com/trippalgiers
and don't miss our show with the Gnarley Zombies Friday April 4th at The Studio
Comment by Drew — March 27, 2008 @ 01:48PM
We prefer to be thought of as free not sloppy.... except when we eat.. or drink... or Blinzlers car...... or my room.....
Comment by Drew — March 27, 2008 @ 01:51PM