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21. Night & Day

    Funny name, Serious Jamming

    By Caleb Goellner

    Published: June 12, 2008

    Renminbi's name is a lot like its music — it takes more than a glance to properly read it, but it's worth the effort. Though the literal translation of Renminbi —...

22. Night & Day

    Tallgrass Prairie Walk, Olathe, KS

    Published: June 12, 2008

    Kill Creek has as many as 200 plant species on a 20-acre remnant that has never been plowed. See how many you can identify. $5 donation requested. Mike Miller (913) 362-2600 ...

23. Night & Day

    Mane Event

    By Julie Seabaugh

    Published: June 12, 2008

    Samson was KO’ed when his locks were shorn, but scissors seem to have had the opposite effect on the singularly named Godfrey. Sure, he’d already scored the eternally...

24. Night & Day

    MEAT AND BEATS

    By Flannery Cashill

    Published: June 12, 2008

    Many cities have barbecue festivals, but few do it right. How could Portland, known to Reagan as “Little Beirut” and home to a 24-hour vegan donut stand, attempt...

25. Martin

    Dear Fans: I suck. Sincerely, David Glass

    By David Martin

    Published: June 12, 2008

    Dear Fans: This letter to you is long overdue. I've been in charge of the Royals for almost 15 years. There hasn't been a lot to cheer about in that time. A once-proud...

26. Janovy

    Filmmaker Terence O’Malley documents Kansas City’s gangster past

    By C.J. Janovy

    Published: June 12, 2008

    When Terence O'Malley's documentary Shots Back in Time: The Union Station Massacre debuts at Union Station next week, it'll put an end to some of the denial that haunts this...

27. Burnt Ends

    Since we're all staying close to home this summer, let's drink local

    Published: June 12, 2008

    With all this talk of eating locally and vacationing close to home, the Department of Burnt Ends is starting to think about drinking locally, too. And by that, we mean quaffing...

28. Letters

    Letters

    Published: June 12, 2008

    Martin, May 29 On Track David Martin's column proposing a Jackson County-only light-rail system looks like it could be the start of a serious discussion of mass transit...

29. Ask a Mexican®

    Now that it’s summer, The Mexican once again explains why his countrymen swim in their clothes

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: June 12, 2008

    Dear Readers: Obviously, not enough of you have bought my paperback, because the first issue here is addressed on page 192! The second question, on the other hand, is...

30. Interview

    Bandit Teeth bites back after a seven-year absence

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: June 12, 2008

    “Porn it Up” by Bandit Teeth, from Demos (self-released): Brad Shanks has been home for a month. His warm bed and his record collection have been his closest friends...

31. Wayward Son

    Ain’t no Sunshine without the Retro Red-Eye Express

    By Jason Harper

    Published: June 12, 2008

    “Collaborate” by Five Star Crush, from Sleepless Nights (self-released): It's storming outside the bar. but inside, there's sunshine. Sunshine Patten, that is,...

32. Bonus Tracks

    The Download

    Wale

    By Andy Vihstadt

    Published: June 12, 2008

    D.C. rapper Wale (pronounced wah-lay) has been drumming up a lot of support with his free online releases. He recently issued the Seinfeld-inspired Mixtape About Nothing on his...

33. CD Reviews

    Seeking Surreal

    By Andrew Miller

    Published: June 12, 2008

    Seeking Surreal occasionally sounds like a quieter, hookier incarnation of Tool, kind of like A Perfect Circle, which boasts the advantage of actually employing Tool's singer....

34. CD Reviews

    Mates of State

    By Ben Westhoff

    Published: June 12, 2008

    Husband-and-wife team Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner make gorgeous pop songs as easily and casually as the rest of us shower in the morning. Much has changed for them since...

35. Critic's Choice

    Sigur Rós

    By Jason Harper

    Published: June 12, 2008

    “Gobbledigook” by Sigur Ros, from Með Suð I Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust (Beggars Xl Recording): The most puzzling thing about Sigur Rós is not the...

36. Critic's Choice

    Peter Murphy

    By Chris Parker

    Published: June 12, 2008

    “A Strange Kind of Love” by Peter Murphy, from Wild Birds 1985-1995 (Beggars Banquet Records): Most know Peter Murphy as the frontman of Bauhaus — one of the...

37. Critic's Choice

    Jägermeister Music Tour

    By Andrew Miller

    Published: June 12, 2008

    “To the Threshold” by Hatebreed, from Supremacy (Roadrunner Records): Since launching in 2002, the biannual Jägermeister Music Tour has favored extremely heavy...

38. Critic's Choice

    The Rich Boys

    By Jason Harper

    Published: June 12, 2008

    “Toxic Wind” by the Rich Boys, from $ (self-released): These ain't the same Rich Boys who drank and howled us under the table all last year and left us with a debut...

39. Critic's Choice

    Chimaira

    By Danny Alexander

    Published: June 12, 2008

    Chimaira is the kind of heavy band made for fans of Slayer's sheer intensity and Pantera's breadth of attack. Since the group's first album in 2000 (the same year it opened for...

40. Cafe

    Kansas City's legendary chicken shack lives on in a new location

    By Charles Ferruzza

    Published: June 12, 2008

    I collect old postcards of Kansas City restaurants. Over the years, I've found full-color cards depicting some of this city's most iconic fried-chicken places — all long...