Pitch

A Tough Time for Angels

Meeting at Denny’s was hell — but at least the spirits showed.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Feature, Feature Story, Charlotte, Denny's Corporation, Marion, Fern Moreland

Dropping the Ball

Lease documents show that Jackson County could lose the Chiefs and Royals in 2007.

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

Church and Skate

Gardner flips for the number one B-boy.

• by Nadia Pflaum
• Tags: State Lines, State Lines, Nate Tanner, Jesse Fellers, Donny McElhiney, GX International

Moon Pie

Sam Brownback wants to make sure certain fliers don’t get a piece.

• by Tony Ortega
• Tags: Kansas City Strip, Columns, Sam Brownback, Kansas, U.S. Senate, Neil Armstrong

The Final Countdown

We saved the best of the last just for you.

• by Andrew Miller, Nathan Dinsdale and Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Interview, Interviews, Dick Clark, Waco, Wayne Hancock, Taco Bell Corp.

Going Back to Cali

Tech N9ne is number one with a gun in KC as he leaves to seek his fortunes in L.A..

• by Nathan Dinsdale
• Tags: Prairie Dogg, Columns, Tech N9ne, Grant Rice, Columbia, California

Be/Non

Friday, December 26, at the Bottleneck.

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Brodie Rush, Lawrence, Crispin Glover, The Flaming Lips

Senior Class

Class dismissed.

• by Jen Chen
• Tags: Night Ranger, Columns, Blue Springs, Coca-Cola Classic

Kelley Hunt

Tuesday, December 30, at Liberty Hall.

• by Nathan Dinsdale
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Emporia, Kelley Hunt, Lawrence, North America

The Paper Chase

Monday, December 29, at the Replay Lounge.

• by Nathan Dinsdale
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Jacques Brel, Roger Waters, Texas

Anthony Gomes

Friday, December 26, and Saturday, December 27, at the Grand Emporium.

• by Ali Ryan
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Anthony Gomes, Branson, Canada

The Warren Brothers

Wednesday, December 31, at the Beaumont Club.

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Brett Warren, Alan Jackson (Musician), Faith Hill, George Strait

Chris Duarte Group

Wednesday, December 31, at the Grand Emporium.

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Chris Duarte, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Austin (Texas), Fender Stratocaster

The Strokes

Room on Fire (RCA)

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, The Strokes, Fat Joe

Jay-Z

The Black Album (Def Jam)

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Jay-Z, Eminem, Rick Rubin, Shawn Carter

Ken Nordine

Wink (Asphodel)

• by Dave Segal
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Robert Shure

Shelby Lynne

Identity Crisis (Capitol)

• by David Cantwell
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Shelby Lynne, Bob Dylan, Eudora Welty, Hank Williams

Avant

Private Room (Geffen)

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, 2209

The Elevator Division

Whatever Makes You Happy (Department Records)

• by Nathan Dinsdale
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Radiohead, The Cure (Band)

French Dressing

Tatsu's has remained fashionable for more than twenty ears.

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Cafe, Prairie Village, Kansas, Mission Hills, Audrey Tautou, Tatsu's Somerset Plaza

Happy Nu Year

We visit Leavenworth in search of meals past.

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Fat Mouth, Columns, Kansas City, Ebenezer Scrooge, Corbett Fowler, Shawnee

A Mountainous Achievement

Cold Mountain sets the new standard for Civil War drama onscreen.

• by Bill Gallo
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Charles Frazier, Anthony Minghella, W.P. Inman, Nicole Kidman

House of Pain

It's Kingsley versus Connelly in a heart-wrenching real-estate battle.

• by Bill Gallo
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Jennifer Connelly, Ben Kingsley, Oprah Winfrey, Kathy Nicolo

Heavy, Man

The heart wants what the brain has to fight for in 21 Grams.

• by Robert Wilonsky
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Forget It

You saw Paycheck last year, remember?

• by Robert Wilonsky
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Ben Affleck, John Woo, Steven Spielberg, Philip K. Dick

Been There, Got the T-Shirt

Roger Shimomura weighs in on Abercrombie & Fitch.

• by Theresa Bembnister
• Tags: Art, Art, Roger Shimomura, Lawrence, Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Norman Gee

Sam He Am

A second-generation talent proves it's in the blood.

• by Steve Walker
• Tags: Stage, Stage, Mineola, Lisa Cordes, Sam Cordes, Theatre for Young America

Slurp

Does something smell fishy this New Year's Eve?

• by Gina Kaufmann
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Whole Foods Market Inc., Kumamoto Prefecture

This Weeks Day-By-Day Picks

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Ashley Miller, Ron Megee, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City

Let It Blow

We know one place where the weather is always predictable.

• by Michael Vennard
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, David Grenier, Snow Creek, Kansas City, Mike Thompson

New Year's Reinventions

Start the new year on the sly.

• by Jen Chen, Kelly Sue DeConnick and Christopher Sebela
• Tags: Urban Experience, Columns, Kansas City, Hotel Phillips, Jen Chen, Chris Sebela

Home Invasion

The house is a home until it's overrun by Santa.

• by Gina Kaufmann, Nadia Pflaum and Christopher Sebela
• Tags: Sports/Outdoors, Columns, Falmouth, Prairie Village, Nadia Pflaum, Chris Sebela

Bugging Out

It's curtains for Terminix's Bugs!

• by Christopher Sebela and Michael Vennard
• Tags: Kid Stuff, Columns, Union Station, Michael Vennard, Judi Dench, Chris Sebela

That Overrules!

Danger Bob is the band that can't get sued.

• by Robert Bishop, Charles Ferruzza and Gina Kaufmann
• Tags: See/Be Seen, Columns, Andy Morton, Missy Koonce, Brodie Rush, Gina Kaufmann

Safe Bet

Parlay brings the New Year.

• by Gina Kaufmann and Michael Vennard
• Tags: Performance, Columns, Kansas City, Wichita, Ernie Locke, Lawrence

Idiot Boxed

Letters from the week of December 25, 2003

• Tags: Letters, Letters to the Editor, Bill Douglas, Tony Ortega, Missouri, American Civil Liberties Union