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41. Critic's Choice

    Magfuckingnificent

    By Berry Anderson

    Published: February 14, 2008

    Post-holiday despondency hits its zenith Saturday at the Brick when Magfuckingnificent comes together to play a whopping 30 Cure covers. Made up of six high-profile KC...

42. Critic's Choice

    Bang Camaro

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: February 14, 2008

    Remember how those old Skid Row records always sounded like 20 Sebastian Bachs were sharing the mic? Bang Camaro ate that shit up — so much so that the Boston band hired...

43. Critic's Choice

    Health

    By Ray Cummings

    Published: February 14, 2008

    On its self-titled 2007 debut, Los Angeles band Health presented a bracing symphony in chromatic static, sandblasting through whatever genres it felt like desecrating whenever...

44. Critic's Choice

    Limbeck

    By Greg Franklin

    Published: February 14, 2008

    Years from now, when all of the oil in the world dries up and we're relying on huge, genetically engineered carrier pigeons to get us from point A to point B, a smile will...

45. Spin Cycle

    DJ Just at glow

    By Chris Milbourn

    Published: February 14, 2008

    The Westport-midtown connection has been DJ Just's domain for more than a decade, and it's easy to see why. Just was there when clubgoers would wild out for hip-hop in the...

46. CD Reviews

    It's Over

    That Girl
    (Iron Paw Records)

    By Jason Harper

    Published: February 14, 2008

    “To Be In Love” by It’s Over, from That Girl The suits, the pop songs about girls, the Merseybeat guitars, the quirky lyrics — it's obvious what It's...

47. CD Reviews

    Bent Left

    Premeditated Insanity
    (self-released)

    By Flannery Cashill

    Published: February 14, 2008

    “The Higher You Hold Your Pinky” by Bent Left from The Premeditated Insanity EP Like many of their pop-punk predecessors — think Fifteen, Green Day or even...

48. Cafe

    At the Club

    The Peppercorn Duck Club is the perfect place to start a romantic night.

    By Charles Ferruzza

    Published: February 14, 2008

    I used to know a guy in Kansas City who had quite a reputation as a roué and a ladies' man. I'm not naming names, but he was handsome, charismatic — and so vain...

49. Fat Mouth

    There's Hot Slider Action at the Raphael

    By Charles Ferruzza

    Published: February 14, 2008

    Dining at a hotel restaurant such as the Peppercorn Duck Club (see review) might feel different from eating at a stand-alone restaurant. But being attached to a hotel doesn't...

50. Film

    The Gang's in Town

    In Bruges, Martin McDonagh's sightseeing hit-men flick, isn't much of a trip.

    By ELLA TAYLOR

    Published: February 14, 2008

    N o celebrity hairdresser should ever be allowed near Colin Farrell's eyebrows with a tweezer. Black, fluffy and gloriously unilateral, they still aren't the prettiest things...

51. Film

    This Year's Oscar-Nominated Shorts Could Be More Animated

    By James C. Taylor

    Published: February 14, 2008

    With feature films directed by the 2005 and 2006 Oscar winners for Best Live Action Short — Martin McDonagh (In Bruges) and Ari Sandel (Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy...

52. Stage

    At the Barn Players, Tim Cormack and a Stage Full of Black-Clad Women Rate a Complex Nine.

    By Alan Scherstuhl

    Published: February 14, 2008

    At first, before the music swelled up, a fountain started trickling and 20-odd women in elegant black paraded onto the set, I had doubts. Could this shebang really come off?...

53. Stage Capsules

    theater

    Published: February 14, 2008

    Frankie and Johnnie in the Claire De Lune Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, the most welcome addition to the local stage since the debut of the Kansas City Actors Theatre, was...

54. Art Capsules

    art exhibitions

    Published: February 14, 2008

    Abstract No. 2 Tomoko Takahashi's work embraces chaos, order and paradox. Her large-scale installations typically focus on the things that pile up around us: bikes, toys,...

55. What Else Is New?

    Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

    Published: February 14, 2008

    The Amateurs (First Look) The Beatrix Potter Collection (BBC Warner) Becoming Jane (Miramax) Blade: The Series — The Complete Series (New Line) Blue State...

56. Game On

    Geek Chic

    No More Heroes is hip, bloody, and indispensable.

    By Gary Hodges

    Published: February 14, 2008

    When it comes to giving a game a vibe, "awesome" is an easy mark to hit. Explosions, hot chicks, macho one-liners, and salivating mutants are all awesome. And it's just about...

57. DVDish

    Chafing Dishes

    By Robert Wilonsky, Jim Ridley and Jordan Harper

    Published: February 14, 2008

    No Reservations (Warner Bros.) From its cheap, mid-'90s-looking package to its woefully scant extras (one pre-chewed Food Network behind-the-scenes, blech) to its...