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Party Pooper

It wasn't just cranky neighbors who brought down Westport's biggest dance club. Its owner was the real buzz killer.

• by Ben Paynter
• Tags: Feature, Editorial Feature, Jeff Holloway, Rome, Sleiman Abdullah, Stuart Salomon

Nowhere to Hide

Recent slayings threaten progress in the Paseo Corridor.

• by Bryan Noonan
• Tags: State Lines, News Story, Christopher Jackson, Antonio Hall, Charlie Parker, Monica Hayes

Take Note

These old-timers still have the beat — even if the rest of us don't.

• by CJ Janovy
• Tags: Janovy, Columns, Kansas City, Mike Stoller, Jerry Leiber, Ollie Gates

Meet the Kills

This couple keeps it mean.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Interview, Feature, Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart, The Kills (Band), London

Play On

A weekend full of jazz jams gives hope to the city's historic boast.

• by Jason Harper
• Tags: Wayward Son, Column, Kansas City, Bobby Bryant, Anita Dixon, Los Angeles

Head of State

Sufjan Stevens is thinkin' of Lincoln.

• by Annie Fischer
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, Sufjan Stevens, Decatur, Michigan, John Wayne Gacy

Dicking Around

NV's wet-underwear contest left us hanging.

• by Jen Chen
• Tags: Night Ranger, Columns, Tad'r Chip, Playgirl Inc., Jeff Foxworthy, Bud Light

Critical Fatwa

Universal Records

• by The Ayatollah of Rock
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, William Hung, Radiohead, Universal Music Group, Coldplay

Reid 'Em and Weep

Terry Reid may have built the Zeppelin, but he never got to ride on it.

• by John LaBriola
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, Led Zeppelin, Terry Reid, Jimmy Page, Mickie Most

Sons and Daughters

Tuesday, September 20, at The Granada.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Preview, Belle and Sebastian, Adele Bethel, Glasgow, Johnny Cash

Coldplay

Wednesday, September 21, at Verizon.

• by Megan Metzger
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Preview, Coldplay, Chris Martin, U.S. Democratic Party, Iraq

From Autumn to Ashes

Wednesday, September 21, at The Granada.

• by Aaron Ladage
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Preview, Francis Mark, From Autumn To Ashes, Benjamin Perri, Vagrant Records

Apocalyptica

Tuesday, September 20, at the Beaumont Club.

• by Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Preview, Apocalyptica

The Allman Brothers Band

Tuesday, September 20, and Wednesday, September 21, at the Uptown Theater.

• by John Kreicbergs
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Preview, Allman Brothers, Derek Trucks, Gregg Allman, Oteil Burbridge

Willie Nelson

Thursday, September 15, at the Midland Theatre.

• by Jason Toon
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Preview, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Bloodshot Records

I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House

Saturday, September 17, at Davey's Uptown and Sunday, September 18, at Fred P. Ott's on the Plaza.

• by Rich Sharp
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Preview, Mike Damron, Westboro Baptist Church, Fred Phelps, Benny Hinn

D:Fuse

Saturday, September 17, at Kabal.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Preview, Austin (Texas), Danny Wood, Dustin Fuslier, New Kids on the Block

Kanye West

Late Registration (Roc-a-Fella)

• by Jason Harper
• Tags: Hear & Now, Review, Kanye West, NBC Universal Inc., Hurricane Katrina, George W. Bush

David Allan Coe

Penitentiary Blues(Shout! Factory/Hacktone)

• by John Nova Lomax
• Tags: Hear & Now, Review, David Allan Coe, Snoop Dogg

Grand Illusion

Feeling gluttonous? The Cheesecake Factory should be on your Top Ten list.

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Dining Review, Overland Park, The Cheesecake Factory Inc., White Castle System Inc., Cecil B. DeMille, The Cheesecake Factory, The Cheesecake Factory

Say Cheesecake

Tracking down cheesecake by the cube, sliver and slab.

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Fat Mouth, Columns, The Cheesecake Factory Inc., Kathy Huddleston, Julius Caesar, Ray Stevenson

Good Shot

Lord of War unloads one of the year's best cinema moments.

• by Robert Wilonsky
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Andrew Niccol, Nicolas Cage, David O. Russell, Jack Valentine

Death Warmed Over

Romance is alive ... and dead in Just Like Heaven.

• by Luke Y. Thompson
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Mark Waters, Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, San Francisco

Life During Wartime

Two shows have varying degrees of success with a mess.

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Stage, Stage, Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, Doug Wright, Robert Brand, Tina Connolly

Go Down

There's a cool gallery in the basement of 1924 Main.

• by Gina Kaufmann
• Tags: Art, Columns, Kansas City, Brenda Nelson, Dixie Bell, Karen Schory

Art Capsule Reviews

Our critics recommend these shows.

• by Rebecca Braverman, Annie Fischer and Gina Kaufmann
• Tags: Art Capsules, Culture Listings, Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen, Olsen Twins, Luke Firle

Stage Capsule Reviews

Reviews and previews of upcoming shows.

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Stage Capsules, Listings, Killer JoePlaywrightTracy Letts, Neil Simon, Manhattan, Lillian Hellman

New releases available this week

• by Robert Wilonsky
• Tags: DVDish, Reviews, Home Box Office Inc., Francis Ford Coppola, Smallville, Ali G

Pitch's top 20 picks from the week of September 15

• Tags: What Else Is New?, Reviews, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Jimi Hendrix, Woodstock

Pretty Persuasion

A day of music for a cause? Preach it.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Night & Day, Calendar Story, Skye Howard, Sarah Beasley, Andy Graham, Doris Henson

Night & Day Events

Week of September 15, 2005

• Tags: Night & Day, Calendar Story, Lawrence, Stacey Tolbert, Bobby Gibbons, Lee McBee

Hit the Field

The Big Creek Festival is big on backwoods atmosphere.

• by David Hudnall
• Tags: Night & Day, Calendar Story, Manchester, Scott Burnett, Missouri, Woodstock

B Is for B-Boy

The hip-hop doesn't stop here.

• by Rebecca Braverman, Annie Fischer and Colin Torre
• Tags: Urban Experience, Columns, China, Neil Stuber, Colin Torre, Q-Tips Cotton Swabs

Leaf Blowout

We give this sale a green thumb's up.

• Tags: Sports/Outdoors, Columns, Jori Sackin, Kansas City Wizards, Major League Soccer, Rebecca Braverman

Image-Conscious

KC welcomes these 21st-century digital boys (and girls).

• by Andrew Miller, Rebecca Braverman and Tim Henningsen
• Tags: See/Be Seen, Columns, Petah Coyne, San Diego, Naomi Watts, AMC Entertainment Inc.

FingerPickin' Good

This music man couldn't be stopped.

• by Annie Fischer and Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Performance, Columns, Leo Kottke, Alan Scherstuhl, Lawrence (New York), Annie Fischer

Fueled Up

Letters from the week of September 15, 2005

• Tags: Letters, Letters, Chevrolet Suburban, Kansas City, Missouri, Los Angeles