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21. Night & Day

    Scary Theory

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Developer Larry Sells likes to say that when he assumed the burden of a decrepit Uptown Theater (3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665), he wasn't simply trying to make a buck. His...

22. Night & Day

    Made Up

    By Nadia Pflaum

    Published: April 3, 2008

    My hypochondriac mother warned me before I went off to college that sharing makeup is unsanitary. Luckily, the guys (and gals) starring in the University of Kansas' annual...

23. Night & Day

    What a Lady

    By DANA SELF

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Poor New Orleans: Will we ever think of it again without first thinking of Katrina? Who knows — but Heather Weathers may or may not help. The New Orleans performance...

24. Night & Day

    Yankees, Go Home

    By Chris Rasmussen

    Published: April 3, 2008

    It is very possible that Sinbad will have a greater effect on the presidential race than the Royals will have on the American League pennant race. Unlike Sen. Hillary Clinton,...

25. Night & Day

    Playtime

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Synergy is the name of the game for the Donkey Show, a local variety program that's been tossing Kansas City's salad for four years. It fuses the disciplines of music and...

26. Night & Day

    fiesta for the fifth

    By Jen Chen

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Tired of celebrating Cinco de Mayo by passing out in a pool of Corona- and margarita-filled vomit? Well, this weekend, the Guadalupe Centers Inc. (1015 Avenida Cesar E. Chavez)...

27. Web Exclusive

    One hot contender, Sarah Steelman takes help from the much-maligned Jeff Roe in her run for governor

    By Kathleen McLaughlin

    Published: April 3, 2008

    For a politician looking to connect with the camouflage set, this would seem an ideal photo opportunity: fishermen standing shoulder-to-shoulder along the banks of an Ozark...

28. Martin

    Did Sen. Chris Koster plant a fake Missouri AG candidate?

    By David Martin

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Editor's note: This story was first published March 27 as a Web exclusive. It's an election year. But Molly Korth Williams hasn't taken the time to plant a sign in the front...

29. Burnt Ends

    Downtown Kansas City says goodbye to Totally Nude

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Like any good business, Temptations, the "gentlemen's club" on Grand downtown, wants to capitalize on all that money being spent on tickets to concerts at the Sprint Center and...

30. Letters

    Letters for the week of April 3

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Burnt Ends, March 20 One Moment Of Your Time! I hope you can convince Skip Sleyster to continue to run his "Advertisement" in your paper. When he publishes for The Star,...

31. Ask a Mexican®

    Fooled Ustedes!

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Dear Readers: Belated April Fool's! So many of you fell for my phony farewell column last week (don't any of you know that the feast day of St. Melito falls on April 1?) that...

32. Interview

    John Brewer and Brandon Draper get down to Organic Proof

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: April 3, 2008

    “Stepping Stone” by Organic Proof, from Live Vol. 1 (self-released): Like thousands of other impressionable young hippies, John Brewer came down with a severe...

33. Wayward Son

    A night out at the Mutual Musicians Foundation and Jardine's reminds us what this town's all about

    By Jason Harper

    Published: April 3, 2008

    The young cat is blowing his tenor horn, barking out the low notes, then rising and twisting the fleshy machinery of his palate to squeal the climactic, mile-above-the-staff...

34. Bonus Tracks

    Claw and FSTZ introduce dubstep to Kansas City

    By Esther Park

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Click here to download the mix "Surgical Strike" by FSTZ. Describing dubstep might get you into trouble. As musical pundits try their best to coin phrases to explain the dub...

35. CD Reviews

    Jacob Prestidge

    Blackbird Revue
    (Shepherd's Tent)

    By Andrew Miller

    Published: April 3, 2008

    A minute or so into Blackbird Revue, Jacob Prestidge coos about a hummingbird while gently fingerpicking his acoustic guitar, suggesting he's another sensitive...

36. CD Reviews

    The Big Iron

    Thanks for the Therapy
    (Self-released)

    By Lorna Perry

    Published: April 3, 2008

    “Thanks for the Therapy” by the Big Iron, from Thanks for the Therapy (self-released): Imagine four seasoned rockers throwing down a roaring batch of old-school,...

37. Bonus Tracks

    The Download

    The Walkmen cover Leonard Cohen

    By Andy Vihstadt

    Published: April 3, 2008

    After his recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Canadian folk legend Leonard Cohen announced his first tour dates in 15 years. Despite early rumors, nothing has...

38. Critic's Choice

    Mushroomhead

    By Andrew Miller

    Published: April 3, 2008

    The longest-running rivalry in modern metal pits Mushroomhead against Slipknot, a conflict that continues its inexorable march toward some sort of Wrestle­mania resolution....

39. Critic's Choice

    Joey Belladonna

    By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

    Published: April 3, 2008

    "Joey! Fucked! Up!" It's too bad the guys in Anthrax can't say that with good humor, the way they used to when they would ask crowds to yell it back at them as part of their...

40. Critic's Choice

    Mark Pickerel

    By Andrew Miller

    Published: April 3, 2008

    “Graffiti Girl” by Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands, from Snake in the Radio (Bloodshot Records): In an early incarnation of Screaming Trees, Mark Pickerel sang...