Pitch

It Takes Balls

These guys stayed at the steel plant until the bitter end. Now they're going back to the grind.

• by Kendrick Blackwood
• Tags: Feature, Feature Story, Kansas City, Donnie Box, Marty Meulendyke, Norman Thomas

The Hard Rock Life

The Red Balloon's karaoke jockeys prevail against all odds.

• by Ben Paynter
• Tags: State Lines, State Lines, Joe Thompson, KJ Mikey Mancuso, Roxy McGuire, Olly Oliver

That's the Breaks

Far be it from the outgoing City Council to set a policy.

• by Casey Logan
• Tags: State Lines, State Lines, Andi Udris, Vicki Noteis, Ed Ford, Crown Center

Beauty Is As Beauty Does

Here's a friendly reminder to drink and look at art responsibly.

• by CJ Janovy
• Tags: Kansas City Strip, Columns, Kansas City, Overland Park

Vagrant Foul

Bridges burn as the Anniversary parts ways with its former label.

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Interview, Interviews, Rich Egan, The Get Up Kids, Josh Berwanger, Dashboard Confessional

X Man

A hungry MC makes a Dash for hip-hop.

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Interview, Interviews, Keith Loneker, Lawrence, Eminem, Tech N9ne

Profit of Rage

For Profit, hip-hop is no laughing matter.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Around Hear, Columns, Iceland, Blue Springs, Independence Center Mall, Kansas City

My, My, Mai Tai

Our waiter at the Kona Grill nearly creates an international incident.

• by Jen Chen
• Tags: Night Ranger, Columns, Kona Grill Inc., Joey Lawrence, Lauren Chapin, Rod Stewart

Bulldog B-Boy Battle

Friday, April 11, and Sunday, April 13, at Abe & Jake's Landing.

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Lawrence

Guster

Saturday, April 12, at Liberty Hall.

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Boston, Dave Matthews, Counting Crows, Tufts University

Brandston

Saturday, April 12, at El Torreon.

• by Michael Tedder
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Mac Lethal

Saturday, April 12, at the Hurricane.

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Lawrence, Windex Cleaning Products

Q and not U

Wednesday, April 16, at the Bottleneck.

• by Greg Franklin
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Cyndi Lauper, Washington, DC, Lawrence

Deuce Project

Friday, April 11, at the Beaumont Club.

• by Robert Bishop
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Josh McMillan, Noah Pearce

Cave In

Thursday, April 10, at the Bottleneck.

• by Michael Tedder
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, 1403

Koko Taylor

Friday, April 11, at the Grand Emporium.

• by John Kreicbergs
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Koko Taylor, Memphis, Buddy Guy, Chicago

Cursive

Monday, April 14, at El Torreon.

• by Michael Tedder
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Tim Kasher, Danny Elfman, Greta Cohn

(International) Noise Conspiracy

Bigger Cages, Longer Chains (Epitaph/Burning Heart)

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Noam Chomsky, New Morning Corporation, Karl Marx, KRS-One

Fred Hersch Trio

Live at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto)

• by John Kreicbergs
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Fred Hersch, Max Gordon, Thelonious Monk, Drew Gress

Najite Olokun Prophecy

Africa Before Invasion (Plug Research/Sofa Disk)

• by Dave Segal
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Fela Kuti, Billy Higgins, Horace Tapscott, Los Angeles

Brian Baggett Band

The Web (Self-released)

• by John Kreicbergs
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Brian Baggett, Bill McKemy, Styx (Band), The Who (Band)

Turin Brakes

Ether Song (Astralwerks)

• by Dave Segal
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Olly Knights, United Kingdom, Simon & Garfunkel, Jeff Buckley

Preston Girard

Simple Life (Self-released)

• by John Kreicbergs
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Preston Girard, Chicago, Lawrence (New York)

Mangia! Mangia!

You can't shop, but you can load up on food at Cinzetti's Italian Market Restaurant.

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Cafe, Disneyland Resort, Las Vegas, Dolce Lard Ass, Dolce Vitaone, Cinzetti's Italian Market Restaurant

Rumi Nations

Now that he's back from Beirut, Marwan Chebaro finds yet another home on 39th Street.

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Fat Mouth, Columns, Jelaluddin Rumi, Marwan Chebaro, Bassam Helwani, Tammy Grady

Girls With Balls

Gurinder Chadha scores with a sporty crowd pleaser.

• by Gregory Weinkauf
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Gurinder Chadha, United Kingdom, Victoria Beckham, Jess Bhamra

Photo Realism

Seven photographers capture the moments of our lives.

• by Theresa Bembnister
• Tags: Art, Art, Brian Jerkins, Sarah Martin, David Hilliard, Society for Contemporary Photography

The Trying Nun

For some, Late Night Catechism may feel like penance.

• by Steve Walker
• Tags: Stage, Stage, Judy-Anne Goldman, Kimberly Richards, Kansas City, Maripat Donovan

Made With Love

Rosanne Cash is the friend who will say, or sing, what you can't.

• by Robert Wilonsky
• Tags: Stuff, Columns, Rosanne Cash, Iraq, 50 Cent, Avril Lavigne

Tummy Love

Belly dancing class is the perfect place to let it jiggle.

• by Joanna Miller
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Anya Lahara, Britney Spears, Swiffer Cleaning Products

This Weeks Day-by-Day Picks

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Richard Wiseman, Rod Stewart, Kansas City Museum, John F. Kennedy

Hot for Almodovar

For Almodovar, sexy means a lot more than sex.

• by Liz Smith
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Pedro Almodovar, Michael Fabrizio, Kemper Museum, Jean Paul Gaultier

Panty Waste

Letters from the week of April 10, 2003

• Tags: Letters, Letters to the Editor, Kansas City, Kansas, Missouri, Allie Johnson