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A Bad Trip

Rebecca Beach didn’t kill the drug dealer from Topeka. But she’s in prison for life because Kansas’ felony murder law says she did.

• by Allie Johnson
• Tags: Feature, Feature Story, Jose Arevalo, Jesse Jimenez, Margaret Thomas, Kansas City

Dial M for the Mob

A phone company chief operates dangerously close to a crime ring.

• by David Martin
• Tags: State Lines, State Lines, Kenneth Matzdorff, George Lewis, Norman Chanes, Richard Martino

Unholy Roller

The Lenexa Christian Center's youth pastor sounds pretty unchristian to us.

• by Tony Ortega
• Tags: Kansas City Strip, Columns, Mary Purkey, Lenexa Christian Center, Kansas City Star, Vern Barnet

Vital Organ

Sam Beckett uses music to make the K special for suffering Royals fans.

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Interview, Interviews, Sam Beckett, AL Central Division, American League (Baseball), Kansas City Royals

Let There Be Darkness

Metalheads are torn over the Brit rock sensation. And their problem is?

• by Jason Bracelin
• Tags: Interview, Interviews, Justin Hawkins, Dave Draiman, Nigel Tufnel, Freddie Mercury

Voter Rapathy

Local hip-hoppers try to rap the vote, with mixed results.

• by Nathan Dinsdale
• Tags: Prairie Dogg, Columns, Mahatma Gandhi, Joe Good, Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa

Brew Ha Ha

Night Ranger goes north and encounters a motley brew.

• by Jen Chen
• Tags: Night Ranger, Columns, Kansas City, Parkville (Brooklyn), Gilmore Girls, Huckleberry Finn

Ginger Spice

The Prairie Dogg finds the dirt on Ron Jeremy, SARS and the Fonz with Ginger of the Wildhearts.

• by Nathan Dinsdale
• Tags: Dig It, Columns, United Kingdom, Kansas City, Ray Davies, Staind

Hella

Sunday, June 13, at the Jackpot Saloon.

• by Nathan Dinsdale
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Sacramento, The Home Depot Inc.

Bear vs. Shark

Monday, June 14, at El Torreon.

• by Nathan Dinsdale
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Ann Arbor, Lake Michigan, New England States, Armor For Sleep

Kansas City MeatFest

Saturday, June 12, at the Brick.

• by Nathan Dinsdale
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Kansas City, Wichita

Aretha Franklin

Thursday, June 10, at the Crossroads Amphitheatre in Marshall, Missouri.

• by David Cantwell
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Franklin, Aretha Franklinhas, Aretha Franklin, Budapest

Glass Candy & shattered theatre

Friday, June 11, at the Replay Lounge.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Columns, 2227

Rush

Sunday, June 13, at Verizon Amphitheater.

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Alex Lifeson, Rush (Musical Group), Tupac Shakur, Florida

Tortoise

Saturday, June 12, at The Granada.

• by Ray Cummings
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Chicago, Sergio Leone, Chrysler LLC, Slint (Musical Group)

The Bellamy Brothers

Saturday, June 12, at the Mission Cattle Drive.

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, David Bellamy, Germany, Switzerland

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

Monday, June 14, at Liberty Hall.

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Columns, Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, James T. Kirk, The Beverly Hillbillies

Chaos Theory v 2.0

Saturday, June 12, at the Uptown.

• by Nathan Dinsdale
• Tags: Spin Cycle, Columns, Jeff Goldblum, Joey Beltram, Los Angeles, Toronto

Karrin Allyson

Wild for You (Concord)

• by John Kreicbergs
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Karrin Allyson, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon, Kansas City

Approach

Ultra Proteus (Coup d'Etat)

• by Geoff Harkness
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Lawrence (New York), Ehren Starks, Eric Johnson, J-Live

Temple of Solitude

Temple of Solitude (Independent)

• by Ray Cummings
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Jason Biggerstaff, Clark Kent, Alice in Chains, Staind

Bockman's Euphio

Gorjus: Fighting Bockman's Euphio Twelve and Twenty (Totoba)

• by John Kreicbergs
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Phish, Columbia

Lost in the Zoo

3 (Independent)

• by Ray Cummings
• Tags: Hear & Now, Hear & Now, Green Day, Weezer, Wheatus

Cha Cha Vivace

The River Market's newest hot spot lives up to its name.

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Cafe, Cafe, Kansas City, Joe Dimario, Nancy Sinatra, John Cuezze

Lights Out

Perhaps a few more hotel dining rooms should be put to bed.

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Fat Mouth, Columns, Kansas City, Hyatt Corporation, Adam's Mark Hotels & Resorts, St. Louis

A Good Buzz

Jim Jarmusch serves the perfect blend: Coffee and Cigarettes.

• by Robert Wilonsky
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Jim Jarmusch, Roberto Benigni, Cate Blanchett, Tom Waits

Fitting the Bill

Murray makes Garfield more than a bad cat movie.

• by Luke Y. Thompson
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Bill Murray, Jim Davis, RZA (Rapper), Brad Garrett

Mmm, Tasty

Dana Schutz's mean girls, breeders and self-eaters invade Johnson County.

• by Theresa Bembnister
• Tags: Art, Art, Dana Schutz, Johnson County Community College, New York City, Bruce Hartman

Wonder Woman

One man's obsession with a classic film becomes a manic romp.

• by Steve Walker
• Tags: Stage, Stage, Don Richard, Bernie Taupin, Joan Crawford, Kansas City

Art Capsule Reviews

Our critics recommend these shows.

• by Theresa Bembnister and Gina Kaufmann
• Tags: Art Capsules, Amy Cutler, Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, Baltimore

Stage Capsule Reviews

Our critic weighs in on local theater.

• by Steve Walker
• Tags: Stage Listings, Culture Listings, Curious George, Union Station, Theatre for Young America, Richard Sheridan

Yes! Oh Yes!

• by CJ Janovy
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Tom Shawver, James Joyce, Leopold Bloom, Molly Bloom

Night & Day Events

Week of June 10, 2004

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, International Boxing Association, Overland Park, Westport, Monty Python

Class Reunion

Thomas Frank tries to free the Free State's mind.

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Thomas Frank, John Brown, John Stuart Curry, Mission Hills

Surf's Up

You're in friendly waters at Telephonebooth.

• by Annie Fischer and Michael Vennard
• Tags: Urban Experience, Columns, James Trotter, Annie Fischer, Kansas City, Tim Brown

Get Jiggy

Break out the kilts.

• by Annie Fischer, Christopher Sebela and Michael Vennard
• Tags: Sports/Outdoors, Columns, Steve Scott, Kansas City, Michael Vennard, Ed Templeton

Little Italy

Eighteenth Street turns into a catwalk.

• Tags: See/Be Seen, Columns, Van Ausdal, Lawrence, Massachusetts, New York City

James Dean

Was he really a Little Bastard?

• by Michael Vennard and Steve Walker
• Tags: Performance, Columns, James Dean, Michael Vennard, Gary Valentine, James Franco

Train Wreck

Letters from the week of June 10, 2004.

• Tags: Letters, Letters to the Editor, Jason Bowers, Michael Bowers, Minneapolis, Union Station