Pitch

The Big Sell

Meet Mike Smith, who's now going to convince you to hand over half a billion dollars for your stadiums.

• by David Martin
• Tags: Feature, Editorial Feature, AFC West Division, AL Central Division, American Football Conference, American League (Baseball)

The Heat

The KC Strip is the sirloin of Kansas City media, a critical cut of surmisin' steak that each week weighs in on the issues of the day, dictating its column to Pitch writers.

• by Kendrick Blackwood
• Tags: Kansas City Strip, Columns, Bob Parks, Barbecue Society, Andrew Gore, Carolyn Wells

Pasta Master

We drag the river for stuff you didn't know you were missing.

• Tags: Backwash, Columns, Henderson, Bill Asher, Highwoods Properties Inc., Google Inc.

Bright Future

Blackpool Lights are shining.

• by Aaron Ladage
• Tags: Interview, Feature, Jim Suptic, Billy Brimblecom, Brian Everard, Blackpool

The Vinyl Word

Kansas City needs its record stores to survive.

• by Jason Harper
• Tags: Wayward Son, Column, Anne Winter, Kansas City, Marvin Gaye, Led Zeppelin

Close Shaves

Billy Joe Shaver hitched a melon truck to fame and misfortune.

• by Adam Bregman
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, Nashville, Elvis Presley, Brenda Tindell, Texas

Re:Verse Dissemination

On a trip to the Plaza stalwart, we discover Slovaks and oglers and cougars.

• by Jen Chen
• Tags: Night Ranger, Columns, RAs Laura, Night Ranger, Demi Moore, Jennifer 8. Lee, Re:Verse - CLOSED

Critical Fatwa

• by The Ayatollah of Rock
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, Darby Crash, Jim Morrison, Shane West, INXS

Cut the Crap

There's no rest for a band bent on experimentation.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, Jordan Geiger, Lawrence, Phil Spector, Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Oh, God!

UnderOath doesn't swear.

• by Cole Haddon
• Tags: Dig It, Column, Tim McTague, Florida

DeVotchKa

Thursday, October 13, at the Madrid Theatre.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Preview, DeVotchKa, Boulder (Colorado), Nick Urata, Dresden Dolls

Stellastarr

Saturday, October 15, at the Hurricane.

• by Rich Sharp
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Preview, Stellastarr *, New York City, Shawn Christensen, Morningwood

The Slow Signal Fade

Sunday, October 16, at the Brick.

• by Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Preview, Los Angeles, The Cure (Band)

Decibully

Friday, October 14, at El Torreon.

• by Jason Harper
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Preview, Kansas City, Milwaukee

Wayne Shorter

Saturday, October 15, at the Gem Theater.

• by John Kreicbergs
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Preview, Wayne Shorter, Art Blakey, Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis

Broken Social Scene

Broken Social Scene (Arts & Crafts)

• by Sam Machkovech
• Tags: Hear & Now, Review, Broken Social Scene, Neil Young, Toronto, Pitchfork Media Inc.

Mark Eitzel

Candy Ass (Cooking Vinyl)

• by Andrew Marcus
• Tags: Hear & Now, Review, Mark Eitzel, Pet Rat St. Michael, Hall & Oates

The Paradise Vending

All That Ever Wasn't (Emergency Umbrella)

• by Jason Harper
• Tags: Here & Now, Review, Chris Canipe, Columbia (Missouri), Lawrence (New York), Son Volt

A Refueling

After five years, a trip back to the Power Plant keeps us going.

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Cafe, Dining Review, Carol Ann, Parkville (Brooklyn), Jason Lofton, Park University

West Meets East

West One serves lots of food from the Far East.

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Fat Mouth, Columns, Taiwan, China, Jell-O Desserts

Home

Elizabethtown is a mess — not that its director should care.

• by Robert Wilonsky
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Elizabethtown, Cameron Crowe, Orlando Bloom, Toronto

Keira Get Your Gun

Domino chronicles the life of a model turned bounty hunter.

• by Luke Y. Thompson
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Tony Scott, Domino Harvey, Richard Kelly, Keira Knightley

Man Power

The Rep and the Coterie riff on grown-ups.

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Stage, Stage, George Bernard Shaw, Jack Tanner, Kevin Willmott, Birmingham

Yellow Brick Road Trip

For Oztoberfest, there's no place like Wamego.

• by Gina Kaufmann
• Tags: SeeSaw, Columns, Jim Ginavan, Kansas, Oz Museum, L. Frank Baum

Judge by the Cover

• by Gina Kaufmann
• Tags: Art, Columns, Tom Shawver, Crestwood, Art Spiegelman, Aurel Stein, Bloomsday Books

Art Capsule Reviews

Our critics recommend these shows.

• by Rebecca Braverman, Annie Fischer and Gina Kaufmann
• Tags: Art Capsules, Culture Listings, Luke Firle, Baltimore, Larry Schwarm, Missouri

Stage Capsule Reviews

Reviews and previews of upcoming shows.

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Stage Capsules, Listings, Union Station, Crown Center, Donna Thomason, Jim Korinke

A Prophecy Unfulfilled

Indigo Prophecy offers creepy fun but fails to live up to cinema-sized hype

• Tags: Game On, Reviews, Lucas Kane, Entertainment Software Rating Board, Microsoft Xbox, Sony PlayStation2

New releases available this week

• Tags: DVDish, Reviews, Home Entertainment Corporation plc, Jerry Harvey, Robert Wilonsky, Ridley Scott

Our top DVD picks for the week of October 11.

• Tags: What Else Is New?, Reviews, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Alicia Keys, Audioslave, Cuba

Washington Small

Here's a White House no one can get into.

• by Christopher Sebela
• Tags: Night & Day, Calendar Story, The White House, Washington, DC, Jan Zweifel

Night & Day Events

Week of October 13, 2005

• Tags: Night & Day, Calendar Story, Nikki Lee, Vince Bilardo, John Berendt, Flavor Flav

Pallas Brothers

The Historical Society resurrects KC's most famous festival.

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Night & Day, Calendar Story, Kansas City, Lindsey Gaston, Jackson County Historical Society, St. Louis

Screen Saviors

FilmFest Kansas City offers cinematic bliss.

• by Rebecca Braverman, Annie Fischer, Tim Henningsen and Kate Smith
• Tags: Urban Experience, Columns, Kansas City, Austin, Film Society of Greater Kansas City, Robert Downey Jr.

¡Toro, Olé!

Bullfight tonight — hold the blood.

• by Rebecca Braverman, Annie Fischer, Libby Page and Colin Torre
• Tags: Sports/Outdoors, Columns, Will Shields, Kevin Knight, Alberto Espinoza, Feria Charra

Mime, All Mime

Rules are made to be broken.

• by Rebecca Braverman, Annie Fischer and Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Performance, Columns, Beth Byrd, Dean Hatton, Rebecca Braverman, Woody Allen

Sweet Dreams

They're not made of this.

• by Ray T. Barker
• Tags: See/Be Seen, Columns, Eric Grimes, George A. Romero, Ray Barker, Anne Pearce

Baby Drama

Letters from the week of October 13, 2005

• Tags: Letters, Letters, Larry Johnson (Football), AFC West Division, American Football Conference, Kansas City Chiefs