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If they'd never met Joel Kocher, Bryan Heitman and Gabe Murphy still might have lost millions. But maybe it wouldn't have hurt so bad.

• by Joe Miller
• Tags: Feature, Feature Story, AL Central Division, American League (Baseball), Bryan Heitman, Gabe Murphy

Dick Joke

Not everything's up to date for Kansas City Democrats.

• by CJ Janovy
• Tags: Janovy, Columns, Richard Gephardt, George W. Bush, Katheryn Shields, John Kerry

That's "Mr. Junky" to You

Lawrence's notorious dead resident gets respect.

• by Patrick Quinn
• Tags: State Lines, State Lines, William S. Burroughs, James Grauerholz, Julie Mulvihill, Montgomery Ward & Company

Big House, Big TV

Inmates at the Wyandotte County Jail are livin' large.

• by Deb Hipp
• Tags: Kansas City Strip, Columns, Walter Dobbs, Leroy Green, Randall Henderson, Plexiglas

New Life

Allen Epley decides it's time for a change.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Interview, Interviews, Allen Epley, Mike Myers, John Meredith, Kansas City

'Cock Rock

After 26 years, these pioneering punks haven't lost their Buzz.

• by Robert Bishop
• Tags: Interview, Interviews, Steve Diggle, Howard Devoto, Buzzcocks, Pete Shelley

Muy Excelente

La Bodega keeps us in Vacation Mode.

• by Jen Chen
• Tags: Night Ranger, Columns, Todd Sandnes, Habla Ingles, Chicago, Karen Scholle

High Fidelity

A collecting couple hosts a Hillbilly Hop.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Around Hear, Columns, Wendy Vit, Scott O'Kelley, Kansas City, Styx (Band)

Wailers

Tuesday, June 17, at the Grand Emporium.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Columns, Bob Marley, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Aston "Family Man" Barrett, Pete Wentz

Ghoultown

Wednesday, June 18, at the Brick.

• by Robert Bishop
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Jake Middlefinger, Xray Charles

Riverboat Gamblers

Sunday, June 15, at the Brick.

• by Andrew Marcus
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Denton, Lottie Mae, San Diego

Pearl Jam

Thursday, June 12, at Verizon Amphitheater.

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam, Seattle

George Jones

Friday, June 13, at Ameristar Casino.

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, North Carolina

DJ Konsept

Wednesday, June 18, at the Bottleneck.

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Edwin Morales, France, New York City, The Stone Roses

Wild Women of Kansas City

Thursday, June 12, at the Blue Room.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Columns, Kansas City, Mary Moore, Millie Edwards, Myra Taylor

Dismemberment Plan

Monday, June 16, at the Granada.

• by Michael Tedder
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Faith No More, Dismemberment Plan, System of a Down, Mike Patton

Marcia Ball

Friday, June 13, at the Grand Emporium.

• by John Kreicbergs
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Marcia Ball, Austin (Texas), Texas, B.B. King

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

Monday, June 16, at the Uptown Theater.

• by John Kreicbergs
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Bela Fleck, Jeff Coffin, Sam Bush, Victor Wooten

Third Eye Blind

Tuesday, June 17, at the Uptown Theater.

• by Robert Bishop
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Third Eye Blind, Stephan Jenkins, Matchbox Twenty, Smash Mouth

Dropkick Murphys

Blackout (Hellcat)

• by Andrew Marcus
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Dropkick Murphys, The Blackout (Band), Woody Guthrie, The Pogues

Mac Lethal

The Love Potion Collection (Beyond Space) / 9 Situations (self released) with Nezbeat

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Joe Good, Kid Called Computer

Marilyn Manson

The Golden Age of the Grotesque (Interscope)

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Marilyn Manson, Michael Moore, Overland Park, Twiggy Ramirez

Radiohead

Hail to the Thief (Capitol)

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Radiohead, Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood

Zeigenbock Kopf

Nocturnal Submissions (Tigerbeat6)

• by Dave Segal
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, John Dwyer, Tigerbeat6, Cher, Uli Bunschlapen

Neil Michael Hagerty

The Howling Hex (Drag City)

• by Dave Segal
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Neil Hagerty, John Cipollina, Royal Trux, Steve Reichian

Broadway Revival

The food is still "killer" at the Grille on Broadway.

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Cafe, Cafe, McDonald's Corporation, Michael Poppa, Kansas City, Burger King Corporation

The Un-Funky Chicken

Club Cabaret’s owners try hawking chicken.

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Fat Mouth, Columns, John Sidotiand John Brooke, David Miller, Opal Goring, DST Systems Inc.

Terror Firmer

In The Dancer Upstairs, Bardem is the quiet amid the violence.

• by Robert Wilonsky
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Abimael Guzman, Shining Path Guerilla Movement, Nicholas Shakespeare, Javier Bardem

Hollywood Babble-On

Ron Shelton tries to mock the L.A. cop buddy movie, but the joke's mostly on him.

• by Luke Y. Thompson
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Ron Shelton, Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Hollywood

Speakin' Spell

Who would have thought -- a compelling film about spelling!

• by Luke Y. Thompson
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company, ESPN Inc., San Clemente, Alex Cameron

Mama's Families

Nonny de la Pena and Amy Sommer ask tough questions about mothers.

• by Steve Walker
• Tags: Film Clip, Columns, Amy Sommer, Eminem, Waco, Alabama

To She or Not to She

The Shakespeare Festival's Sidonie Garrett take Garrett takes charge.

• by Steve Walker
• Tags: Stage, Stage, Sidonie Garrett, Dean Kelley, Kansas City, William Shakespeare

Greek Out

Distributors still don't honeymoon with small romantic comedies.

• by Robert Wilonsky
• Tags: Stuff, Columns, Vanessa Middleton, Tony Shalhoub, Lynne Adams, Entertainment Weeklydeemed Brooke

Terminal Beauty

The Tivoli Film Forum scratches the surface of a newly restored Ikiru.

• by Gina Kaufmann
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Akira Kurosawa, Tivoli, Japan

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, George Michael, Overland Park, Bob Reeder

Mighty Wind

Let's go surf a kite.

• by Sarah Smarsh
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Sean Beaver, Bloomington, Delta Air Lines Inc., Kansas City

TV Buffs

The network ax can't stop Buffy mania.

• by Kym Griswold, Gina Kaufmann and Sarah Smarsh
• Tags: Urban Experience, Columns, Gina Kaufmann, Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus, Barnes & Noble Inc.

Beer and Brawn

Athletes at Scottish games might be sober.

• by Gina Kaufmann and Sarah Smarsh
• Tags: Sports/Outdoors, Columns, Sarah Smarsh, Newcastle Brown Ale, Newcastle, Scotland

Anime Wars

Mononoke kicks butt in this galaxy.

• by Gina Kaufmann and Sarah Smarsh
• Tags: Kid Stuff, Columns, Andrew O'Hehir, George Lucas, Salon Media Group Inc., Gina Kaufmann

Going Batty

Bat Boy swoops back in.

• by Geoff Harkness, Gina Kaufmann, Liz Smith and Steve Walker
• Tags: See/Be Seen, Columns, Teresita Fernandez, MURS (Rapper), Brooklyn, Weekly World News Magazine

Seeing Double

With NakedMan, the pleasure is ours.

• by Sarah Smarsh and Steve Walker
• Tags: Performance, Columns, Pearl Jam, Chicago, Kansas City, Joseph Nadeau

Up Chuck

Letters from the week of June 12, 2003

• Tags: Letters, Letters to the Editor, Chuck Tackett, Casey Logan, Kansas City, Miami