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21. Burnt Ends

    Smoking in Kansas City Myths & Facts

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Hey, kids, have you heard that The Man is trying to take away your right to smoke in bars and restaurants? Click on this photo below for a printable version of this flier that...

22. Ask a Mexican®

    Mitt and Mexicans

    Did you know that the Book of Mormon requires amnesty for illegals?

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Dear Mexican: I feel that the more Mexicans who come to this country, the better. I am a Mormon, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In our Book of...

23. Letters

    Let's Review

    Readers take issue with our year-end lists and cheer the re-appearance of an old favorite band.

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Editor’s note: We’ve been asked about the availability of the shirts in our Offensive Gift Guide (Burnt Ends, December 20). No joke, you can buy your own shirts...

24. Interview

    Easy Living

    Ghosty shows relaxed maturity on its new album, Answers.

    By Jason Harper

    Published: January 10, 2008

    “Dumbo Wins Again” by Ghosty Make something of yourself — or hit the snooze button. That was the directive in the title of Ghosty's first album. Released in...

25. Buckle Bunny

    Rock Creature

    It's easy to see why Paul Malinowski strikes awe in scenesters.

    By Crystal K. Wiebe

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Unlike most rock bands, Kansas City's Big Sky Blue Earth doesn't center its live show on the singer. In fact, with all the fog and laser-light action on the stage, it can be...

26. Bonus Tracks

    Hey, Teacher!

    Kansas City's rock school for kids puts another Wall in the Brick.

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Class is in session at the Paul Green School of Rock Music in the Northland, and music director David Rice is prepping his pupils for their upcoming performance of Pink Floyd's...

27. Bonus Tracks

    Old Dog, New Tricks

    A rap veteran at 20, Bow Wow dispenses advice to the next generation.

    By Ben Westhoff

    Published: January 10, 2008

    A pint-sized novelty who made preteen girls swoon with his 2000 debut, Beware of Dog, Bow Wow has somehow evolved into an elder statesman in the hip-pop genre. Now 20, he has...

28. Bonus Tracks

    The Download

    Cold War Kids

    By Andy Vihstadt

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Our sympathies go out to the handful of you who paid big bucks to score a copy of the Cold War Kids' ultrarare Mulberry St. EP on eBay; your investment just depreciated a bit....

29. CD Reviews

    Miles Bonny

    Steveland
    (Innate Sounds)

    By Andy Vihstadt

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Back in 2002, Madlib (under the guise of Yesterdays New Quintet) released a tribute to Stevie Wonder. Simply titled Stevie, the collection of jazzy instrumentals wasn't...

30. CD Reviews

    Dutch Newman

    The Food For Thought Mixtape
    (T.E.A.M. Productions/Xanadu Records)
    

    By Chris Milbourn

    Published: January 10, 2008

    All teasing aside, Dutch Newman may be the hungriest MC in Kansas City right now. Whether he's wrecking open mics with unpitying abandon on The Show-Me Mix Show (KKFI 90.1) or...

31. Critic's Choice

    Mario Matteoli

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Mario Matteoli, “Sun Keeps Beatin’ Down” When the Weary Boys rolled through Lawrence a year ago, the band made quite an impression with its crowd-pleasing...

32. Critic's Choice

    Meryll

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Meryll, “In Left Field” One of life's great pleasures is falling in love with a band that none of your friends have heard of. Austin, Texas' Meryll is a prime...

33. Critic's Choice

    Marcia Ball

    By Roy Kasten

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Geography partly explains the power and appeal of blues belter and boogie-woogie piano banger Marcia Ball — but only partly. Raised on the Texas border in the small...

34. Spin Cycle

    The Pitch Ultra Music DJ Contest

    By Jason Harper

    Published: January 10, 2008

    This March, the Ultra Music Festival, part of Miami's Winter Music Conference, celebrates 10 years of being one insanely huge two-day dance party. And this year, The Pitch...

35. Cafe

    Viva Vinino

    One of the Power & Light District's early openers survives a rough first opening to compete with the best surburban chains.

    By Charles Ferruzza

    Published: January 10, 2008

    My friend Kelly, who lives in Johnson County, says most of his fellow suburban Kansans don't drive downtown for dinner because the parking situation is too confusing. The...

36. Fat Mouth

    Table Manners

    Attention servers: Take a tip from an old, wise waiter.

    By Charles Ferruzza

    Published: January 10, 2008

    When an old friend from another city came to visit, my friend Jamie took him to lunch at one of his favorite restaurants — a cozy bistro on 39th Street. "I was very...

37. Night & Day

    Toxic Topics

    By Nadia Pflaum

    Published: January 10, 2008

    The Kansas City Plant, where non-nuclear components for nuclear bombs are made, is scaling back production and moving all the assembly from Bannister and Troost to a site near...

38. Night & Day

    Picket Fences

    By Lorna Perry

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Every country dweller out there knows that gossip is as much a part of rural living as rocking chairs on the porch. It's all too easy for neighbors to stick their noses in one...

39. Art Capsules

    Art Exhibitions

    Published: January 10, 2008

    American Soil In the elegant and subtle new Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, architect Kyu Sung Woo has designed a light-filled space whose primary duty is to showcase art,...

40. What Else Is New?

    Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week: 

    Published: January 10, 2008

    The All New Super Friends Hour: Season One, Volume One (Turner) American Carny: True Tales From the Circus Sideshow (Koch Vision) Cary Grant: 4-Disc Collector's Set...