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Dude Where's the Party

Local Democrats cross political lines to support their favorite pork producer — Senator Kit Bond.

• by Joe Miller
• Tags: Feature, Feature Story, Kansas City, Kit Bond, St. Louis, George W. Bush

Thrown for a Bell Curve

New employee evaluations and more layoffs mean it still sucks to work for Sprint.

• by Casey Logan
• Tags: State Lines, State Lines, Jim Tulley, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Dennis Egan, Jennifer Bosshardt

Game of Inches

Enjoy your pro teams now, bistate losers.

• by Tony Ortega
• Tags: Kansas City Strip, Columns, AFC West Division, AL Central Division, American Football Conference, American League (Baseball)

Back Behind the Wheel

Getaway Driver shifts gears on the road to prominence.

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Interview, Interviews, Lawrence, Stephen Wolfe, Howard Zinn, Nate Harold

Haiku!

Gesundheit. Now wipe away the snot and enjoy our musical poetry.

• by Katy St. Clair and Melissa Fite
• Tags: Interview, Interviews, Kid Rock, Liz Phair, Sean Combs, Nick Lachey

Good Riddance

Season to Risk kick-started 2004 by putting a boot in the ass of 2003.

• by Nathan Dinsdale
• Tags: Prairie Dogg, Columns, Stella Link, Steve Tulipana, Cass Elliot, Dodge City

The Sporting Life

What would sports be without those silly, drunken revelers?

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

Modey Lemon

Wednesday, January 14, at the Replay Lounge.

• by Nathan Dinsdale
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Pittsburgh, Jack White, Detroit, Paul Quattrone

Roche

Friday, January 9, at Jilly's

• by Nathan Dinsdale
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Copenhagen, Pittsburgh, San Francisco

Anything But Joey

Saturday, January 10, at the Hurricane.

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

Proto-Kaw

Friday, January 9, at the Beaumont Club.

• by Nathan Dinsdale
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Kansas (Musical Group), Proto-Kaw, Dover, Kerry Livgren

The Gamble Brothers Band

Saturday, January 10, at the Grand Emporium.

• by Ali Ryan
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Jim Beam Brands Co., Al Gamble, Blake Rhea, Johnny Walker

Brad Paisley

Saturday, January 10, at the Ameristar Hotel and Casino.

• by Ali Ryan
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Brad Paisley

Nick Moss and the Flip Tops

Friday, January 9, at the Grand Emporium.

• by Ali Ryan
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Chicago, Nick Moss, Sears Tower, Oprah Winfrey

The Esoteric

Friday, January 9, at the Bottleneck.

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, 2563

Death Cab for Cutie

Transatlanticism (Barsuk)

• by Seth Sherwood
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Ben Gibbard, Hall & Oates, Billy Corgan, Chris Walla

Hot Fruit

Demo (Independent)

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Kansas City, Sleater-Kinney

Slayer / Motörhead

Soundtrack to the Apocalypse Stone (American) / Deaf Forever! (Sanctuary)

• by Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Tom Araya, Slayer (Band), Dave Lombardo, John Dette

J-Live

Always Has Been/Always Will Be (Fatbeats)

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, J-Live, Scott La Rock

Alien Ant Farm

TruANT (Dreamworks)

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Alien Ant Farm, Dryden Mitchell, Brendan O'Brien, Pearl Jam

Lost in Translation

At Sung Son Vietnamese Bistro, the flavors should be as bold as the décor.

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Cafe, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Craig Claiborne, Nicole Routhier, Sung Son

Monkey Business

The Year of the Monkey may be good for Richard Ng, but the rest of us could be left hanging.

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Fat Mouth, Columns, Restaurateur Richard Ng, Bo Ling, Lori Reid, Sichuan Province, Bo Lings

Lies My Father

A dad tells Big Fish tales to a son who can't believe his ears.

• by Robert Wilonsky
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Tim Burton, Denys Arcand, Edward Bloom, Daniel Wallace

Liberty for None

Mandy Moore is likable; wish we could say the same about her movie.

• by Robert Wilonsky
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Mandy Moore, U.S. Secret Service, Alan Cumming, Hugh Grant

Ladies' Night

Speed-dating theories can be applied to just making friends, too.

• by Jen Chen
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Elizabeth Floyd, Bridget Jones

This Weeks Day-By-Day Picks

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, New Orleans, Lawrence, Kansas City, Chris Jahncke

Holy Rollers

When it comes to bowling, we prefer life in the slow lane.

• by Gina Kaufmann
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, 2516

Readers Unite

Meet up to get down.

• by Gina Kaufmann and Michael Vennard
• Tags: Urban Experience, Columns, Ron Hornbaker, Local BookCrosser Celeste Lindell, Frank Sinatra, Gina Kaufmann

Hard Ball

Playing tennis in the cold is no picnic.

• by Gina Kaufmann and Michael Vennard
• Tags: Sports/Outdoors, Columns, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Sesame Street, Gina Kaufmann, Michael Vennard

Early Start

A writing contest just for kids.

• by Michael Vennard and Gina Kaufmann
• Tags: Kid Stuff, Columns, Michael Vennard, Pulitzer Prize Committee, Bob Kolar, Brad Sneed

Film Scraps

Use whatever you can.

• by Nadia Pflaum and Steve Walker
• Tags: See/Be Seen, Columns, Andrew Jarecki, Nadia Pflaum, Linda Hall, Steve Walker

Brutal Swarm

The Locust brings the noise.

• by Michael Vennard and Steve Walker
• Tags: Performance, Columns, E.L. Doctorow, San Diego, Captain Beefheart, Butthole Surfers

Rights and Wrongs

Letters from the week of January 8, 2003

• Tags: Letters, Letters to the Editor, AL Central Division, American League (Baseball), Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball