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21. Night & Day

    Good Coffee Music

    By Andrew Miller

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Some coffeehouse regulars chug their beverages as soon as they see a musical act arrive, opting to scald their tongues rather than endure another strident protest tune or...

22. Night & Day

    Uptown Legacy

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: January 24, 2008

    When Larry Sells bought the Uptown Theater (3700 Broadway, 816-753-7643) in 1994, the historically designated venue had an appraised value of negative $2 million. Attempts to...

23. Night & Day

    Nice-Guy Eddie

    By Megan Metzger

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Eight years have passed since KC's Eddie Griffin roomed with Theo Huxtable in an apartment above Westport barfly-trap Kelly's. The apartment exists only in TV Land, and...

24. Night & Day

    Meet the Mayor

    By David Martin

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser is under siege. He has lost the City Council. Bloggers nip at his heels. The Kansas City Star editorial board has turned against him. Yep, the...

25. Night & Day

    Fabricated Fisticuffs

    By Caleb Goellner

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Rivalries between competitors usually end one of two ways: teamwork or conflict. In the case of two locally grown puppet troupes, it means a war of wits in which fists are...

26. Night & Day

    A Life in Ceramics

    By Santiago Ramos

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Earlier this month, the Kansas City arts community celebrated the life of Lester Goldman, a longtime professor and artist at the Kansas City Art Institute. Tonight, another...

27. Night & Day

    Wacky Fun With Shanks

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Christmas at the Kansas governor's mansion features a time-honored tradition: a rousing round of Don't Drop the Soap. Designed by 23-year-old John Sebelius (son of Kathleen),...

28. Night & Day

    American Voices

    By Kenton Schuster

    Published: January 24, 2008

    From a permanent recording booth in New York's Grand Central Station and a mobile studio in a converted Airstream trailer, radio documentarian Dave Isay's StoryCorps project...

29. Night & Day

    Paper Dragons

    By Berry Anderson

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Gung hay fat choy, kids! The Year of the Pig (year 4706 on the Chinese calendar) is quickly coming to a close. In a pre-Chinese New Year celebration, the West Wyandotte Library...

30. Web Exclusive

    A Eulogy for Bloomsday

    An enclave of Kansas City culture – and barflies – reaches a Joycean ending.

    By Jason Harper

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Bloomsday Books is only 14 years old, but it has become an enclave of Kansas City culture. And in a few weeks, it will be gone. It will live on in name only through online...

31. Burnt Ends

    KCK-Style Pride

    An accordion maker pitches KCK's toughness.

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Accordion-playing railroad worker Sam Shublom is the first to say he marches to the beat of a different drummer — and he has the bumper stickers to back him...

32. Burnt Ends

    Vote for Nostalgia

    Published: January 24, 2008

    We at the Department of Burnt Ends have recommended quite a few witty T-shirts of our own design lately. But we also like to point out when other people have good ideas for...

33. Letters

    Unhappy Endings

    Readers speak out on the demise of a drug dealer — and our last lines about him.

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Feature: "Blood for Blow," January 10 The Facts of Life — and Death I think Justin Kendall's article about the murder of Anthony Rios and Olivia Raya was...

34. Ask a Mexican®

    A Whole Lotta Love

    It's not all about tubas and accordions. Mexicans rock out, too.

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Dear Mexican: At a weekly Doors-tribute-band gig, I notice the majority of the crowd is Mexican. I swear, sometimes it seems like the crowd missed the exit to the Lupillo...

35. Interview

    That Feel

    Sharon Jones and her Dap-Kings bring old soul to new audiences.

    By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

    Published: January 24, 2008

    “100 Days, 100 Nights” by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings Sharon Jones may be the most authentic soul-music performer to emerge in decades, but before that, she was...

36. Buckle Bunny

    Erick's Wrecks

    Local musician Erick Sharda gets knocked down and he gets up again.

    By Crystal K. Wiebe

    Published: January 24, 2008

    “The Car That Almost Killed Me” by Erick Sharda For a few hours last August, Erick Sharda disappeared. The ginger-haired dandy had missed work — and, more...

37. Bonus Tracks

    Hot Tuners

    The Noise FM rocks out but keeps the head-kicking to a minimum.

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: January 24, 2008

    “Circles” by the Noise FM Like most wide-eyed young rock bands, the Noise FM isn't above a good gimmick. In high school in Fort Scott, Kansas, Alex Ward, Austin...

38. Bonus Tracks

    Freddy Vs. Dokken

    When you're the Dream Master, you don't need a backstage pass.

    By Robert Bishop

    Published: January 24, 2008

    As the final notes of Don Dokken's acoustic set echo through the hall, he thanks the crowd and departs the stage. There's no doubt — Dokken's still got it, and he sees...

39. Bonus Tracks

    The Download

    Dirtbombs

    By Andy Vihstadt

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Barnum & Bailey lay claim to the greatest show on Earth, but anyone who's ever seen the Dirtbombs in action knows otherwise. The Motor City outfit unveils its latest batch of...

40. CD Reviews

    State Bird

    Mostly Ghostly
    (The Record Machine)

    By Aaron Ladage

    Published: January 24, 2008

    “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...