Pitch

Headbanger's Mall

Dan Leap, rock-and-roll city councilman, fights for Merriam's dull downtown shopping strip his way.

• by David Martin
• Tags: Feature, Feature Story, Dan Leap, Kathi Leap, Billie Denton, Jim Wymer

What's in a Name?

For the Chiefs and the Royals, not having to pay for refurbishing their fields.

• by David Martin
• Tags: State Lines, State Lines, AL Central Division, American League (Baseball), Kansas City Royals, Katheryn Shields

Jail Baited

Channel 5 only snared pedophiles in its Internet perv sting, right?

• by Tony Ortega
• Tags: Kansas City Strip, Columns, Steve Chamraz, James McLaughlin, Julie Posey, Miriam Rittmaster

Protestant Principles

The Church doesn't care about success -- or having sex with Britney.

• by Annie Zaleski
• Tags: Interview, Interviews, Marty Willson-Piper, Britney Spears, A Flock of Seagulls, Las Vegas

Hangin' Rough

A former New Kid clings to fading celebrity.

• by Nathan Dinsdale
• Tags: Prairie Dogg, Columns, Jordan Knight, New Kids on the Block, The National Enquirer, Michael Jackson

Zig Zag

The Prairie Dogg chews the fat and smokes some herb with Ziggy Marley.

• by Nathan Dinsdale
• Tags: Dig It, Columns, Jamaica, Ziggy Marley, George W. Bush, Norah Jones

Green Day

We got the beat at Molloy's.

• by Jen Chen
• Tags: Night Ranger, Columns, Ciaran Molloy, Night Ranger, VH1 Television Network, Kansas City

Rod Stewart

Thursday, March 11, at Kemper Arena.

• by Ali Ryan
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Rod Stewart

The Von Bondies

Monday, March 15, at the Jackpot Saloon.

• by Annie Zaleski
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Jason Stollsteimer, Jack White, The Von Bondies, Mike Tyson

Moire and Element

Friday, March 12, at the Spitfire.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Columns, 2563

Jewel

Monday, March 15, at the Topeka Performing Arts Center.

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Michelle Branch, Shakira

Lucinda Williams

Saturday, March 13, at the Beaumont Club.

• by John Kreicbergs
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Lucinda Williams, Warren Zevon, Grammy Awards

Eyedea and Abilities

Monday, March 15, at the Blue Note in Columbia.

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Minneapolis, Oliver Hart, Atmosphere (Musical Group), Slug (Rapper)

Cave In

Monday, March 15, at the Bottleneck.

• by Annie Zaleski
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Boston, Radiohead, Prozac

Dream Theater

Monday, March 15, at the Uptown Theater.

• by Mike Warren
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Dream Theater, Queensryche, MTV Networks Company, Tool (Musical Group)

Phantom Planet

Wednesday, March 17, at The Granada.

• by Robert Bishop
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Phantom Planet, Jason Schwartzman, Seth Cohen, California

Incubus

A Crow Left of the Murder ... (Sony)

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Pearl Jam, Brandon Boyd, Brendan O'Brien, Sofia Coppola

Air

Talkie Walkie (Astralwerks)

• by Seth Sherwood
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Sofia Coppola, Kyoto, Atari Inc.

The Microphones

Live in Japan (K)

• by Ray Cummings
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Phil Elvrum, eBay Inc.

The Casual Dots

The Casual Dots (Kill Rock Stars)

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Etta James, Sleater-Kinney

The Holmes Brothers

Simple Truths (Alligator)

• by David Cantwell
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Sherman Holmes, Popsy Dixon, Bruce Channel, Clyde McPhatter

Mylab

Mylab (Terminus)

• by Dave Segal
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Bill Frisell, Bobby Previte, Eyvind Kang, John Zorn

Solid Oak

This time around, the Oak Room's food makes up for its décor.

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Cafe, Cafe, Brian Lewis, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. LLC, Hyatt Corporation, Phillips Hotel

Chophouse Gets Tender

Lunch at the Phillips Hotel's Chophouse leaves us financially exhausted.

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Fat Mouth, Columns, Charlotte, Hotel Albanybefore, Louis Curtiss, Loin Roomand

Damn It, Mamet!

The master of macho dialogue seems to have lost his touch.

• by Luke Y. Thompson
• Tags: Film, Film Review, David Mamet, Val Kilmer, Robert Scott, Gene Hackman

Great Heights

The docudrama Touching the Void delivers white-knuckle suspense.

• by Bill Gallo
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Simon Yates, Joe Simpson, Kevin Macdonald, Brendan Mackey

All Together Now

The Artspace opens its files.

• by Theresa Bembnister
• Tags: Art, Art, Kansas City, Allan Winkler, Kansas City Art Institute, Oz McGuire

Next to Nothin'

A dumbed-down recital pretending to be theater gives us the blues.

• by Steve Walker
• Tags: Stage, Stage, Kim Massie, Drew Perkins, Tamra Hayden, Africa

For Posterity

The American Jazz Museum goes to the movies.

• by Christopher Sebela
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, D.W. Griffith, American Jazz Museum, Adobe Photoshop, Smithsonian Institution

This Weeks Day-By-Day Picks

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, Pennsylvania, Westport, Ireland

Harris Is Burning

Sam Harris brings an eponymous performance to the Folly Theater.

• by Steve Walker
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Sam Harris, American Idol, Star Search (TV Show), Rosie O'Donnell

Contact

The Arts Incubator commits acts of photo resistance.

• by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Gina Kaufmann, Christopher Sebela and Steve Walker
• Tags: Urban Experience, Columns, Kansas City, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, David Bowie, Christopher Sebela

Jolly Green Run

Lap me, I'm Irish.

• by Gina Kaufmann, Christopher Sebela and Michael Vennard
• Tags: Sports/Outdoors, Columns, Westport, Wes Wade, Gina Kaufmann, Christopher Sebela

Wise Dog

The Louisiana Purchase goes to the dog.

• by Sarah Steele and Michael Vennard
• Tags: Kid Stuff, Columns, Meriwether Lewis, Michael Vennard, Howdy Doody, National Frontier Trails Museum

Trick Photography

Look twice at The Disembodied Spirit

• by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Gina Kaufmann and Michael Vennard
• Tags: See/Be Seen, Columns, Michael Vennard, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Jason Beers, Gina Kaufmann

Like a Rainbow

A one-man show pisses people off with flying colors.

• by Casey Logan and Michael Vennard
• Tags: Performance, Columns, Darren Keen, Atlanta, Tom Jones, Lubbock

Booze Breath 101

For St. Patrick's Day revelers who must go back to work, there's always garlic.

• Tags: Saint Patrick's Day, Patty's Day Party, Pennsylvania, Eddie Delahunt, William Morgan

Stomach Upsets

Letters from the week of March 11, 2004

• Tags: Letters, Letters to the Editor, Timothy Sifers, Allie Johnson, Tim Sifers, Shawnee Mission Medical Center