Pitch

When Westport gets wild, security guards ban the unruly, but critics say the blackballing goes too far

• by Nadia Pflaum
• Tags: Feature, Editorial Feature, Ryan Shank, Jon Engelman, Westport, Caleb Calandro

The Pitch honors local musicians at the 2010 Music Showcase Awards

• by Elke Mermis
• Tags: Music Showcase, Feature, Kansas City, David Wayne Reed, Hermon Mehari, Howard Iceberg

Dave Lombardo drums up Slayer memories

• by Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, Dave Lombardo, Slayer (Band), Testament (Band), Megadeth

Stik Figa and D/Will

Alive & Well
(Strange Music)

• by Kyle Koch
• Tags: The Beatbox, Columns, Notorious B.I.G., Kansas City, Hellogoodbye

Budos Band

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Show Preview, The Budos Band, San Andreas Fault, Wall Street, Brooklyn (New York City), RecordBar

Something Corporate

• by Elke Mermis
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Show Preview, Andrew McMahon, Something Corporate, Kansas City, Jack's Mannequin, Uptown Theater

Fruit Bats

• by Elke Mermis
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Show Preview, Eric Johnson, The Shins, Ugly Casanova, Vetiver, Jackpot Music Hall

Cotton Jones

• by Brad Krohe
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Show Preview, Cotton Jones, Michael Nau, Whitney McGraw, Europe, Jackpot Music Hall

Mardi Gras-loving Fat Fish Blue could use a little more mojo

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Dining Review, Louisiana, Cleveland, Sprint Center, Pete Fountain, Fat Fish Blue

The Switch

• by Karina Longworth
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Drunk Kassie, Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jennifer Aniston

Eyes Wide Open

• by Vadim Rizov
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Zohar Strauss, Haim Tabakman, Jerusalem

Hubble 3D

• by Aaron Hillis
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Toni Myers, NASA, IMAX Corporation, Leonardo DiCaprio

Lottery Ticket

• by Dan Kois
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Bow Wow, Ice Cube (Rapper), Kevin Carson, Charlie Murphy

Middle Men

• by Robert Wilonsky
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Luke Wilson, James Caan, Middle Men (Movie), Bottle Rocket

Nanny McPhee Returns

• by Nick Schager
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Nanny McPhee, Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Susanna White

Vampires Suck

• by Nick Pinkerton
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Aaron Seltzer, Jason Friedberg, Date Movie, Meet the Spartans

Wild Grass

• by J. Hoberman
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Alain Resnais, Sabine Azema, Wild Grass (Movie), Andre Dussollier

multiple personalities

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Stephanie Roberts, Wyandotte, Heidi Van, Kansas City

Busking

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Lawrence (New York), Glenno Grande, Mama Lou Strongwoman, Matt Mitchell

Wild West Showdown Lowrider Show and Hop Contest

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day

Big Dummy

• by Matt Mitchell
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Jeff Dunham, Jose Jalapeno, Matt Mitchell, Sprint Center

Patriotic Acts

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, England, Europe, Western Europe, George Harter

Bar Spotlight: Press

• by Berry Anderson
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kirsten Paludan, Kansas City Star

Down by the River

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Parkville (Brooklyn)

Politically Incorrect

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Neil LaBute, Shawnna Journagan, Molly Denninghoff

Fiddle Ya Pink

• by Chance Dibben
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Jeffery Broussard, Lawrence Barn Dance Association, Lawrence (New York), Vermont

Family Drama

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Ellen Page, H&R Block Inc., Daniel MacIvor, Kansas City

Short Stock

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Lawrence (New York), Mickey Rourke, Danny Volin, Lawrence Arts Center

Sun Screen

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Los Angeles, Ty Jones, Alan Scherstuhl

Put This in Your Pipe

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, California, Crystal Wiebe

Lawn Songs

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Margo May, Overland Park

World Sampler

• by Danny Volin
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Fourteenth Amendment, Danny Volin

Sewing machine manufacturers plan world domination

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Studies in Crap, Columns, Asia, East Asia, Japan, Bill Kaiser Company

Letters from the week
of August 19

• Tags: Letters, Letters To The Editor, Kansas City, Missouri, Shawnee, David Martin

The Mexican does some housecleaning

• by Gustavo Arellano
• Tags: Ask a Mexican®, Columns, South America, William Lobdell, Israel, Middle East