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How Not to Be a Rap Star

Flying high on Ecstasy, Grey Goose and his own hype, Paul Mussan blew through 100 G's in six months.

• by Nadia Pflaum
• Tags: Feature, Editorial Feature, Paul Mussan, Terry McGill, Kansas City, Nelly (Rapper)

Wrong-Way Irv

Irvine O. Hockaday Jr. sure has a knack for watching companies lose some serious coin.

• Tags: Burnt Ends, Columns, Irvine Hockaday, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Mission Hills, Crown Media Holdings Inc.

Pharrell Williams is happy to be just one of the band again

• by Dan LeRoy
• Tags: Interview, Feature, Pharrell Williams, N.E.R.D. (Band), Chad Hugo, The Neptunes

Gary McKnight and his band, True North, make country feel good

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Buckle Bunny, Column, True North Corporation, Gary McKnight, Lawrence, Nashville

You'll be sorry you missed these KC acts headed to South by Southwest

• by Jason Harper
• Tags: Interview, Feature, Austin (Texas), Tech N9ne, Kansas City, South by Southwest Festival

Cretin 66 reunites for one more Demolition Safari

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, Chico Thunder, Robbie Hadley, Rob Tyner, Kansas City

Big Head Todd and the Monsters can't give their new one away for free

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, Davida Miller, Derek Noll, Boulder (Colorado), Warrensburg

The Download

• by Andy Vihstadt
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, The Charlatans UK, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Gogol Bordello

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Gogol Bordello, Eugene Hutz, Flogging Molly, The Pogues

Control Freeks

• by Chris Milbourn
• Tags: Spin Cycle, Preview, Freek Xan Lucero, Kansas City

Holy Fuck

• by Megan Metzger
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Holy F * ck, A Place to Bury Strangers, Apple MacBook, New York

Brutal Knights

• by Flannery Cashill
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Brutal Knights, Jello Biafra, Toronto, Vehicle Party, Black Flag (Musical Group)

Cloud Cult

• by Ben Westhoff
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Minnesota

Bowerbirds

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Bowerbirds, Andrew Bird, Bonnie Prince Billy, South by Southwest Festival

PB&J Restaurants Inc. comes to the rescue of Union Station’s historic Harvey House Diner

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Dining Review, Bill Crooks, Kansas City, Westport, Union Station, Harvey House Diner - CLOSED

Californos Dreamin'

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Fat Mouth, Columns, Terry Burns, Westport, Kenny Burden, Metropolis, Californos

Body of War

• by Carolyn Szczepanski
• Tags: Film Feature, Film Feature, Tomas Young, Body of War, Iraq, Afghanistan, Veterans Administration, Tivoli, Phil Donahue, Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd.

Steven Eubank and Justin Van Pelt rock in Hedwig and the Angry Inch

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Stage, Stage, Justin Van Pelt, Steven Eubank, David Bowie, Kansas City

Pick Up Stephen Shore's Photo Trail at the Kemper

• by Dana Self
• Tags: Art, Columns, Stephen Shore, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Sugar Bowl (Game), Chevron Corporation

Theater

• Tags: Stage Capsules, Listings, Alan Scherstuhl, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Noel Coward, Van Ausdal

Oscar-Starved

• by Robert Wilonsky and Jordan Harper
• Tags: DVDish, Reviews, Bill Bixby, Robert Wilonsky, Sean Penn, Christopher McCandless

Thinning Crowds

It's always dead at The Club.

• by Chris Ward
• Tags: Game On, Reviews, AK-47 Assault Rifle, John Woo

Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

• Tags: What Else Is New?, Reviews, Sony Corporation, Classic Media Inc., Film Movement, Billy Wilder

Harry and Tonto (1974)

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Art Carney, Dan George, Paul Mazursky, New York

Animalian

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Terry Winters, Creighton Michael, Richard Axsom, Belger Arts Center

Spiral Spirituality

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day

Looking for Clues

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Scott Curtis, Eric Ward, Linda Hall, Arkansas

Reel Respect

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Lawrence (New York), Haskell Indian Nations University, Jon Ray

"What Do You Want to Hear?" Storytelling

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, 2404

Bowling Free on the Wii

• by Caleb Goellner
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, Olathe, Midwestern Unconventional Sports Association, Nintendo Wii

Femme Films

• by Caleb Goellner
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Lawrence (New York), Luna Bar, Breast Cancer Fund, Massachusetts

Pilobolus Dance Theatre

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Pilobolus Dance Theatre, University of Kansas

Classical Achievement

• by Penny LaRocque
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Enrique Batiz, Joaquin Rodrigo, School of Rock, Alfonso Moreno

Buck On

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Luke Snyder, Professional Bull Riders, Sprint Center

First Fridays in the Crossroads Arts District

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, 2639

Photographic Acclaim

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Contemporary Art, Annie Leibovitz, Britney Spears, Charlie Chaplin

There's a War Going On?

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, John Knowles, Nadine Gilsenan, Crown Center

Monday Spaghetti Feast

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, River Market Brewing Company

Litter Pickers

• by Nadia Pflaum
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen, Olsen Twins, Missouri River

Bobcat Attack

• by Megan Metzger
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Bobcat Goldthwait, Bono (Musician), Nostradamus, Stanford University

Coming Out

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, Bruce Roach, Donna Thomason, Douglas Carter Beane

Intimate Knowledge

• by Carolyn Szczepanski
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Big Brother (TV Show), Europe, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Genetics and Public Policy Center

Professor Fuller Wails

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Miriam Sullivan, American Jazz Museum, Beyonce Knowles, Spelman College

Caustic Cover Girls

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Wanda Ewing, Omaha, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Here's a bit more on why a journalist might be curious about Councilman Terry Riley

• by David Martin
• Tags: Martin, Columns, Terry Riley, St. Louis, Washington, DC, National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials

Letters from the week of March 6, 2008

• Tags: Letters, Letters To The Editor, Kansas City, Missouri, Kurt Van Keppel, Rachael Hoffman

Por Favor, Godfather

There's an important reason for all of those padrinos and madrinas — and it's not just sheet cakes and cases of Bud.

• by Gustavo Arellano
• Tags: Ask a Mexican®, Columns, Pitch.com, Miles Standish, Columbus (Georgia), Lou Dobbs