KCMO has more pressing needs. Councilman Jim Glover is right -- fix the basic infrastructure before asking taxpayers to take on another unneeded burden.
Dave Schulz
Overland Park
I feel that his family should be giving him a lot more support. When his parents were questioned, they should have stepped forward, protected their son and not avoided the press. He may be an adult in age, but he is still a child who needs someone to believe in him and help him through these tough times.
I hope everything works out for you, Matthew. I am praying for your release and your appeal. I hope if there are any parents out there who have gay or lesbian children, they are following the hell this young man is going through.
And please don't push your children away -- they are your flesh and blood, no matter what. They need you, and you need them. Don't make them go through life like Matthew, alone and missing his family. Be there for them. Always.
Name Withheld Upon Request
I would also like to say that years ago, George Brett would not even give a young boy an autograph at the stadium. He was too whatever you want to call it. I can't say what I think of him, but I'm sorry -- I don't think he had respect for the people who helped him get where he was, especially the young boys who adored him.
I really liked the article, and I read your paper all the time. I also liked the article about the gentleman who was in prison -- that was very detailed and very good (Nadia Pflaum's "A Boy's Life," January 22).
Kay Mayhall
Kansas City, Kansas
Regarding "Hats Off" (January 15), I seriously wanted to lay the smack on that D-bag who messed with the balloon guy. It's generally understood in the Guy Code that messing with dudes who make animal-shaped balloons for fun is about as acceptable as beating up on a Yorkie. Of course, the aforementioned scum who mess with balloon dudes are probably hung like Yorkies as well, thus explaining their social malfeasance.
Scott Spillman
Kansas City, Missouri
Gosh, I never knew that the terms "laying your woman/man/transgendered individual down by the fire," "fuck you like an animal," "music to pimp by," "hot buttered odes to feats between the sheets" and "background music for wet and steamy endeavors" were descriptive of jazz music. But then, I've only been listening to this music for thirty years or so, and I guess your reviewer knows much more than I do. He certainly has the insight to claim that Ms. Hagenbach could make "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" sound "hot and bothered." I never would have thought of that.
I wish I could write about jazz like you guys. But no, I would have to discuss Angela's incredible gift of phrasing, her infusion of delight and heart into every lyric, the care that obviously has been taken in song selection, production and arrangements, as well as the superlative musicians who accompany her.
But, try as I might, I just can't find a way to work the words "fuck" and "pimp" into my evaluation of this CD. Poor, unwashed me. I will try harder to learn real jazz criticism from your paper.
John Dawson
Kansas City, Missouri
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