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21. Night & Day

    Brain Party

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: March 20, 2008

    Hey, kids! Ya'll listen close. Forty years from now, when you're suing the local casinos and learning what "alimony" means, ya ain't gonna look back fondly on those spring...

22. Night & Day

    Acknowledgment

    By Kenton Schuster

    Published: March 20, 2008

    The hourlong documentary I Exist pre­sents a candid look at the feelings and struggles experienced by many people who balance the realities of being both homosexual and of...

23. Night & Day

    The Birds

    By Penny LaRocque

    Published: March 20, 2008

    In 1890, Shakespeare aficionado Eugene Schieffelin set loose 60 to 100 pairs of European starlings in New York City's Central Park in an attempt to bring all of the birds ever...

24. Night & Day

    Spirit of Apollo

    By Chris Packham

    Published: March 20, 2008

    The winner of tonight's KC Crown Showdown will have to withstand the scrutiny of a panel of judges, as well as the audience itself. Taking a cue from the Apollo Theater, the...

25. Night & Day

    Tip the Talent

    By Andrew Miller

    Published: March 20, 2008

    A member of the Dresden Dolls' extended family, Jason Webley shares that duo's musical preferences (cabaret punk, showtune-style ballads, sea chanteys) and its penchant for...

26. Night & Day

    Hear Her Roar

    By John Kreicbergs

    Published: March 20, 2008

    Jazz vocalist, pianist and bandleader Karrin Allyson flew her Kansas City coop about seven years ago for a more cosmopolitan roost in New York City, but her visits to the area...

27. Night & Day

    Deals in the District

    By Crystal K. Wiebe

    Published: March 20, 2008

    Today is Thirsty Thursday. At least that's what they call it at McFadden's Sports Saloon (1330 Grand, 816-471-1330), where Bud Light and Absolut vodka go for cheap. So do...

28. Night & Day

    Ugly Subject

    By Lisa Horn

    Published: March 20, 2008

    Tonight at 7, Victoria Holt delves into a subject that most people don't like to think about: genocide. Holt, a senior associate at the Henry L. Stimson Center in Washington,...

29. Night & Day

    This Queen Rules

    By Charles Ferruzza

    Published: March 20, 2008

    Queen Bey was barely out of her teens when she packed her bags, tucked her infant daughter under her arm and headed to Los Angeles. But Bey, now 70, had already started her...

30. Night & Day

    School of Language at the Record Bar

    Published: March 20, 2008

    David Brewis, one-third of the acclaimed British indie-pop trio Field Music, has a beast of his own. Working as School of Language, Brewis' debut solo outing, Sea from Shore,...

31. Martin

    Sure, global warming has skeptics. But how many teach science at Mizzou?

    By David Martin

    Published: March 20, 2008

    A few months ago, the University of Missouri-Columbia proudly announced that one of its professors would share the Nobel Peace Prize. The professor, Tony Lupo, is an associate...

32. Burnt Ends

    Risky Road Trip

    The city's worried about metal plates, but it's those skinny lanes that leave us in need of a drink.

    Published: March 20, 2008

    All this talk about metal plates has gotten the Department of Burnt Ends riled up about another street-related pet peeve: narrow traffic lanes. Thanks to our fat cars, skinny...

33. Burnt Ends

    ONE MOMENT OF YOUR TIME, PLEASE!!

    Published: March 20, 2008

    Steve Johnson fought valiantly at my side during the toughest battles of the Spanish-American War. He lost his jaw during the charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill. He...

34. Letters

    Letters from the week of March 20

    Published: March 20, 2008

    Just Because A Dressing Down I'm not against the Power and Light District's dress code, but it seems unfair for a project that leaves the Kansas City taxpayer with such a...

35. Ask a Mexican®

    Love You, Mano

    After immigrating to Mexico, a dude gets confused about what to call his buddies.

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: March 20, 2008

    Dear Mexican: Since moving to Aztlán from Boston, I've spent so much time with my next-door neighbor from Mexico City that I've taken to using the word manito as a term...

36. Interview

    Holy Junkies

    Michael Timmins of the Cowboy Junkies reflects on the band’s landmark Trinity Session and its 20th anniversary tour and DVD.

    By Roy Kasten

    Published: March 20, 2008

    Most touchstone albums draw on some zeitgeist. Others create their own. Recorded in November 1987 and released 20 years ago, Cowboy Junkies' second album, The Trinity Session,...

37. Wayward Son

    Texas Tigers and Other Tales of South by Southwest

    The Wayward Son finds his way back from Austin.

    By Jason Harper

    Published: March 20, 2008

    “Ave Maria” by The Life and Times, from The Magician: South by Southwest is, for me, an overlaying of the unfamiliar over the familiar. I lived in Austin, Texas,...

38. Bonus Tracks

    Canada's Black Mountain is more than just a bunch of stoners

    By Ryan Wasoba

    Published: March 20, 2008

    “Druganaut” by Black Mountain: Tags such as prog or stoner aside, Black Mountain is, above all else, a rock band. The Vancouver band's list of influences (Zeppelin,...

39. Bonus Tracks

    Say Anything frontman Max Bemis speaks before he thinks

    By Cole Haddon

    Published: March 20, 2008

    Max Bemis, leader of the New York band Say Anything, was diagnosed three years ago with bipolar disorder. Given his history of manic episodes, Bemis says the diagnosis made...

40. Bonus Tracks

    The Download

    The Breeders

    By Andy Vihstadt

    Published: March 20, 2008

    After a six-year hiatus, the sisters Deal return with Mountain Battles on April 8. The Breeders' fourth LP looks to take the band's surf-and-turf brand of rock into...