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Home Wrecker

Brent Barber lives in a million-dollar mansion in Loch Lloyd, while people who invested in his real estate deals are trapped in financial hell.

• by Allie Johnson
• Tags: Feature, Feature Story, Brent Barber, Wanda Barber, Bob Moore, Conrad Miller

Children Left Behind

Once again, adults try to end Kansas City's desegregation case.

• by Joe Miller
• Tags: State Lines, State Lines, AL Central Division, American League (Baseball), Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball

Birds of a Feather

The male women of Late Night Theater might be taking their act to a national stage.

• by Steve Walker
• Tags: Kansas City Strip, Columns, Mark Edelman, Ron Megee, Kansas City, Theater League

Velvet Viking

Norway’s Sondre Lerche brings his precocious pop straight outta the fjords.

• by John Nova Lomax
• Tags: Interview, Interviews, Sondre Lerche, Bergen, Norway, Brazil

Kansas Rock City

Face it -- you're a resident of Metalville, MO.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Around Hear, Columns, Kansas City, Puddle Of Mudd, Chevelle (Band), Madrid

Pendergast

Saturday, May 24, at Davey's Uptown.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Columns, Tony Ladesich, Brush Creek, Chris Meck

Rat Packs

The drinking pauses for reflection on inappropriate behavior -- and a contest to honor it.

• by Jen Chen
• Tags: Night Ranger, Columns, Fred Ott, Night Ranger, Burton Halpert, Baldy McBalds

Billions

Saturday, May 24, at New Earth, 3953 Walnut.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Columns

Jucifer

Saturday, May 24, at the Bottleneck.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Columns, Amber Valentine, The White Stripes, Backstreet Boys, The Rolling Stones

Helicopter Helicopter

Tuesday, May 27, at the Bottleneck.

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Boston, Chris Zerby, Julie Chadwick

21 Reasons

Early show at 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 28, at the Hurricane.

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Dave Matthews, Parkville, Scott Brown, Counting Crows

Rick Springfield

Saturday, May 24, at Ameristar Casino.

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

DJ Dayhota

Saturday, May 24, at XO.

• by Dave Segal
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Chicago, The Bronx, Derrick Carter, Shannon Ialongo

Nada Surf

Friday, May 23, at the Bottleneck.

• by Scott Wilson
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Nada Surf, Lawrence, Sondre Lerche, Coldplay

Captured! By Robots

Monday, May 26, at the Brick.

• by Michael Tedder
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Captured! By Robots, GWAR

NOFX

The War on Errorism (Fat Wreck)

• by Jason Bracelin
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, NOFX, Fat Mike, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky

Boomstick

Maximum Tunageness (Self-released)

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Nigel, Spinal Tap

Germbox

Fraction of Exaggeration (Caulfield)

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Matt Bramlette, Kansas City, Scott Hobart, Hobart

Hexstatic

Listen and Learn (Ninja Tune)

• by Dave Segal
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, DJ Shadow, Man Parrish, Robin Brunson, Shirley Bassey

Adult

Anxiety Always (Ersatz Audio)

• by Dave Segal
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Detroit, Adam Lee Miller, Geezer Butler, Buzzcocks

Blue Man Group

The Complex (Lava/Atlantic)

• by Dave Segal
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Blue Man Group, Bush (Band), Las Vegas, USA TODAY

Turn of the Skew

A Grandview cantina moves north of the border.

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Cafe, Grandview Chelly, Ladies' Home Journal, Ruben Campos, Florida, Chelly's Café

A Jumping Frog

At Le Fou Frog, everyone's singing for their dinner.

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Fat Mouth, Columns, Barbara Rafael, Paris, Mano Rafael, Nathan Granner, Le Fou Frog

Playing God

Carrey's Almighty is too preachy to be a miracle.

• by Bill Gallo
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Jim Carrey, Unhappy Bruce, Morgan Freeman, Bruce Nolan

Till Death -- That's It

The In-Laws is bigger and broader than the original, but not better.

• by Robert Wilonsky
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Michael Douglas, Alan Arkin, Peter Falk, Hollywood

A Minus

Quality Hill's musical needs to lift and separate.

• by Steve Walker
• Tags: Stage, Stage, Stephanie Nelson, Cathy Barnett, Debra Bluford, Teri Adams

Roots and Hoots

The American Heartland's bite matches its bark.

• by Steve Walker
• Tags: Stage, Stage, Vicki Oleson, James Wright, Jim Korinke, George Furth

River Run

When Brian Nold doesn't know how to do something -- like sailing from Missouri to Florida -- he does it anyway.

• by Gina Kaufmann
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Brian Nold, Key West, Warrensburg, Pepsi-Cola

This Weeks Day-By-Day Picks

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, YMCA, Kansas City, Lawrence, Oceans of Fun

Back Pedaling

A weekend trip to Jamesport makes bicycle enthusiasts very, very hungry for Amish food.

• by Joanna Miller
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Jamesport, Kansas City, Heather Jordan, Missouri

Western European

A German lassos cowboy art.

• by Theresa Bembnister, Sarah Smarsh and Scott Wilson
• Tags: Urban Experience, Columns, Waltraud von Schwarzbek, Russell Crotty, Overland Park, Sarah Smarsh

Aim to Please

A firing range offers gun rentals and Ladies Day.

• by Christopher Sebela and Sarah Smarsh
• Tags: Sports/Outdoors, Columns, Olathe, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, Christopher Sebela, Overland Park

The Wild West

Go on a safari, sans lions.

• by Gina Kaufmann, Casey Logan and Sarah Smarsh
• Tags: Kid Stuff, Columns, Marc Chagall, Sarah Smarsh, Kansas City, Gina Kaufmann

Saucy

Fedora's serves up a mean tango.

• by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Gina Kaufmann and Sarah Smarsh
• Tags: See/Be Seen, Columns, Angela McDaniel, Gina Kaufmann, Sarah Smarsh, Viktor & Rolf Apparel

Anniversary Singer

Luqman Hamza keeps jazzing it up.

• by Gina Kaufmann and Sarah Smarsh
• Tags: Performance, Columns, Luqman Hamza, Kansas City, Kansas, American Jazz Museum

Word Power

Letters from the week of May 22, 2003

• Tags: Letters, Letters to the Editor, Joe Miller, Kansas City, Geoff Harkness, John Westermann