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The People vs. Erotic City
It took the gang rape of a 14-year-old before authorities shuttered the orgy room.
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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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Sure, global warming has skeptics. But how many teach science at Mizzou? (15)
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The People vs. Erotic City (13)
It took the gang rape of a 14-year-old before authorities shuttered the orgy room.
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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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Smoke Scream (9)
Sure, people feel strongly about the smoking ban. But that doesn't mean we can't discuss it rationally.
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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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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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Big Head Todd and the Monsters can't give their new one away for free
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Depression
Remembering the greatness of No Depression.
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The Ballad of Joseph Edmund Zdeb
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KC's Iron Chef Scales Back -- Somewhat
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Cleaver Waffles on his Love for Clinton (Not an April Fool's Joke)
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Mac Lethal Ticket Giveaway Contest
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Now's Your Chance: Remix Radiohead
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New Les Izmore Video: Lapse
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Out of the Woodwork
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By Lauren Smiley
A minute or so into Blackbird Revue, Jacob Prestidge coos about a hummingbird while gently fingerpicking his acoustic guitar, suggesting he's another sensitive singer-songwriter with a precious voice and a nature fetish. But "Hummingbird" turns out to be an inventively spun yarn about a suicide survivor, with cheery ba-ba-ba vocals greeting his awakening from a two-year coma. Kansas City's Prestidge recalls hyper-literate lyricists such as Okkervil River's Will Sheff and the Decemberists' Colin Meloy, particularly in his use of loosely linked narratives (trains, blackbirds and sickles recur) and old English (open thy lattice to me). Also like Sheff and Meloy, Prestidge conducts a sizable folk-rock orchestra. He uses his string section to dramatic effect during "The Death of Stephen Foster," a powerfully sung, poignant track with a morbidly graceful coda that sounds like a Sicilian funeral. Prestidge doesn't yet trust his subtle touches: A line in which a woman discovers her lover's fate by guiding her delicate fingers o'er the Braille would qualify as a clever revealing of the protagonist's blindness if the song weren't titled "She Walks Blindly." But he's an articulate poet with an ear for symphonic melodies, a genuine talent ready to take wing.
