Pitch

L-U-V Hangover

Why is it so hard to be single in KC? Under cover of darkness the Night Ranger seeks answers.

• by Jen Chen
• Tags: Feature, Feature Story, Forbes Media LLC, Davide Dukcevich, Kansas City, Westport

Leg Men

If you like to stick frogs with a homemade pitchfork, you might be a redneck.

• by Ben Paynter
• Tags: State Lines, State Lines, Justin Breshears, Matt Garlett, Luke Kates, Blue Springs

Authority Question

Kansas City's anarchists discover there truly is no government like no government.

• by Allie Johnson
• Tags: Kansas City Strip, Columns, Nate Hoffmann, Kansas City, Jeremy Wilson, Howard Zinn

Key Masters

For this Hawaiian folk trio, a little aloha goes a long way.

• by John Kreicbergs
• Tags: Interview, Interviews, Martin Pahinui, Hawaiians George Kuo, Aaron Mahi, Alfred Apaka

Fite Back

Fitehouse tries to get the music industry to use Common Sense.

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Interview, Interviews, Baltimore, Joshua Cohen, Clear Channel Communications Inc., Martin O'Malley

North Side Story

Witch Northland bar draws a magical crowd?

• by Jen Chen
• Tags: Night Ranger, Columns, AL Central Division, American League (Baseball), Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball

Underground to Uptown

Kansas City's dance scene represents to the fullest.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Around Hear, Columns, Howard Jones, Paul Oakenfold, Sandra Collins, Cradle of Filth

Anthrax

Wednesday, August 6, at the Bottleneck.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Columns, Anthrax (Musical Group), Charlie Benante, Frank Bello, John Bush

Sense Field

Friday, August 1, at the Bottleneck.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Columns, Chris Evenson, Eddie Money, Jonny Lang, Burger King Corporation

Johnny Hamil Benefit

Thursday, July 31, at Davey's Uptown.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Columns, Geezer Butler, Johnny Hamil, Malachy Papers

Black Frames

Wednesday, August 6, at Davey's Uptown.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Columns, Mike Dillon (Executive), Kansas City, Seattle, Malachy Papers

Doris Henson

Thursday, July 31, at the Brick.

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

Porter Wagoner

Sunday, August 3, at the Sac and Fox Casino, 1322 U.S. Highway 75 in Powhattan, Kansas.

• by David Cantwell
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Grand Ole Opry House

Year of the Rabbit

Thursday, July 31, at the Hurricane.

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Ken Andrews, Los Angeles, Butch Vig, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Commitments

Saturday, August 2, at Grand Emporium.

• by John Kreicbergs
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Jimmy Rabbitte, Dublin, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett

Helloween

Rabbit Don't Come Easy (Nuclear Blast)

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Helloween, Mikkey Dee, Motorhead

Yo Gotti

Life (TVT)

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Yo Gotti, Memphis, Notorious B.I.G.

John Hiatt and the Goners

Beneath This Gruff Exterior (New West)

• by Mike Warren
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, John Hiatt, Sonny Landreth

Murder City Devils

R.I.P. (Sub Pop)

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Seattle, Glenn Danzig, Jim Morrison, Spencer Moody

Electric Company / Medicine

It's Hard to Be a Baby (Tigerbeat6) / The Mechanical Forces of Love (Wall of Sound/Astralwerks)

• by Dave Segal
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Brad Laner, Los Angeles, Timbaland, Brian Wilson

C-Fouric Acid

Acid Hitz (Self-released)

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Kansas City, Dawson's Creek

Meat and Eat

Spicy pork and sizzling Twinkies get all gooey at Captain Ribman's Meat Market.

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Cafe, Cafe, Hostess Twinkies, Oreo Cookies, John Sprenglemeyer, Rich Davis

Twisting the Rumor Mill

A series of rumors proves not to be based in reality.

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Fat Mouth, Columns, Steve Cole, Craig Preisner, Fairmont, Alameda Plaza Hotel

Bad Asses

Jen and Ben get Gigli with it, and -- lucky us! -- we get to watch.

• by Luke Y. Thompson
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bartha, Christopher Walken

Fit for a King

One night at a beauty salon, a life gets cut short.

• by Steve Walker
• Tags: Stage, Stage, Jacqee Gafford, Melinda McCrary, William Shakespeare, Lady Bird Johnson

You, Spy

Why can't Americans make TV shows as good as Brit import MI-5?

• by Robert Wilonsky
• Tags: Stuff, Columns, A&E Television Networks, David Wolstencroft, United Kingdom, Los Angeles

Freedom Films

Were the impressionist painters keeping it real?

• by Liz Smith
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Emile Zola, Alfred de Musset, Christian Lacroix, George Sand

This Weeks Day-By-Day Picks

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Jazz Night McCoy, Kansas City, Overland Park, National House Rabbit Society

Super Chickens

Strut that butt over to Davey's Uptown for a Chickenhoof reunion.

• by Gina Kaufmann
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Johnny Hamil, Mark Southerland, Scott Easterday, Solomon Hofer

Draw the Curtain

We're on a photobooth hunt.

• by Gina Kaufmann, Christopher Sebela and Sarah Smarsh
• Tags: Urban Experience, Columns, Sarah Smarsh, Union Station, Arc de Triomphe, Babbette Hines

How 'Bout Them Dodgers?

Get hit with balls in the park.

• by Gina Kaufmann and Sarah Smarsh
• Tags: Sports/Outdoors, Columns, Sarah Smarsh, Brush Creek, Gina Kaufmann, Kansas City Dodgeball Association

Zapped

Laser Storm is revenge of the twerps.

• by Gina Kaufmann
• Tags: Kid Stuff, Columns, Gina Kaufmann, Olathe, Laser Storm Family Center, Cruella De Vil

Road Rage

Unfazed by danger, bikers burn rubber in the city.

• by Gina Kaufmann, Christopher Sebela and Sarah Smarsh
• Tags: See/Be Seen, Columns, Alex Whitney, Gina Kaufmann, Chad Nichols, Kansas City

Back to Jazz

We knew him when.

• by Gina Kaufmann and Steve Walker
• Tags: Performance, Columns, Harry Connick Jr., Kansas City, Mark Manning, Gina Kaufmann

Bill of Rights

Letters from the week of July 31, 2003

• Tags: Letters, Letters to the Editor, Kansas City, George Martin, Missouri, Bill James