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Once his book tour ended, Miller put in time as a volunteer on Mark Funkhouser’s campaign for mayor. Funkhouser won the election in 2007 and named Miller his director of communications. Miller was both a participant in and a mortified observer of one the strangest periods in Kansas City political history. Funkhouser allowed his needy and attention-craving wife, Gloria Squitiro, to serve as his de facto chief of staff, a decision that Miller described as “disastrous” in a piece he wrote for Salon after leaving the mayor’s office in 2008.

Miller began taking graduate-level classes at the University of Kansas while working for the mayor. He now has a master of fine arts degree and is pursuing a new career in teaching. He accepted a job as an assistant professor of English at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia. We caught up with him as he prepared for classes, which begin next week. The phone interview has been condensed and edited.

The Pitch: So what kind of mayor would Mark Funkhouser have been if he had had a different spouse?

Joe Miller: Probably like all the other ones before — bumble his way through the first two and a half years, but then get the hang of it. I’ll tell you a story. After I got out, I met with [political adviser] Steve Glorioso, and he said he was against Funkhouser from the get-go because he’s so uncooperative. I don’t know if you remember, but Kay Barnes sent out a bunch of hand-signed letters to all the aristocracy of Kansas City, saying pretty bluntly that this job is about finding agreements and finding compromises and forging partnerships, and this mayoral candidate can’t do that. We … thought it was complete bunk.

But after I got in, I realized that even without her [Squitiro], he’s really impassive.

When he appointed a new parks board, he took a crack at the previous ones, saying they had fostered a “culture of elitism and community divisiveness.” Did you write that?

Yeah, I wrote that one. [Laughs.] I loved that.

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Is it possible you were right, but it maybe wasn’t the most artful piece of information to put out there?

Yeah, I think you’re right. But that was the mindset I was in at the time. That’s what we were going to be. We were going to be these radical, shake-’em-up people. That happened after a month in office where not really much happened. That was really the first time we really made news. So I was really excited about that whole thing.

Speaking of the parks board, I thought Funkhouser’s refusal to distance himself from Frances Semler, the Minuteman sympathizer, was really damaging. It was as if he said, “I’m going to take a big chunk of my political capital and spend it on a meaningless parks board appointment.”

I was definitely arguing that at the time. The mayor’s office is a rhetorical device. It’s a very loud one, but it’s very blunt. You can’t communicate with a lot of nuance. It gets broken down into this sort of black-and-white, good-and-evil, very simplistic, dualistic storytelling. When you appoint someone like this, who brings that rhetorical baggage, it sends a message.

But on the other hand, all the polling data among the mass electorate, it was a really popular move. A lot of white Kansas Citians recoiled at the thought that this little organization [La Raza political club] would try to dictate who the mayor can and can’t appoint. But on a more practical level, the masses aren’t who necessarily run Kansas City. So the PC aristocracy, led by the Star, saw it for what I was saying. Rhetorically, you’ve got to toe the line and say we don’t accept any intolerance.

What’s sad about Funkhouser is that he was such a bad politician, now his policy ideas are pitch.com

being discredited. The fact that Funkhouser thought a convention hotel was folly seems to have elevated it in people’s eyes.

There were a lot of things where he was completely, spot-on right, and the convention center is one of the biggest and most expensive.

I mean, that’s just the way Kansas City is. It’s not just Kansas City. It’s the way cities are. They think, or at least the people who are elected in them — they think, We’ve got to make a big mark and we can make it look like we’re making progress, when in fact they’re just buying into a real sucker bet. You might as well just take $100 or $200 million and give it to Stowers [Institute

for Medical Research] or give it to Cerner. That’s what makes economies go, when you get sort of a cluster of a certain industry. The Civic Council knows that. They’ve been trying to push this health [sciences] initiative and rightly so. If the city is going to do subsidies for industry, don’t do it for one you’re going to lose. Do it for one that’s going to bring in thousands of six-figure jobs.

You wrote some going-away pieces for KC Confidential. In one, you said The Kansas City Star is “a defender and lap dog of white supremacy.” That seems a little harsh.

Well, I think it’s true of all newspapers. But I think I clarified the [notion of ] supremacy.

I said it isn’t what we traditionally think of as white supremacy — white power and all that sort of stuff. It’s the literal meaning of the word supremacy, you know, like supreme — whites are on top. They push the status quo. It’s the bullhorn for the white leadership, for white aristocracy. It’s a white point of view. I could go through all kinds of examples. To me, the classic one was, they went apoplectic when a bunch of black politicians took over the redistricting process for the school district and split up the southwest corridor. They were like, Oh, my God, you just split up whiteness — Kansas City whiteness. You can’t do that.

Finally, what’s a Kansas City story that you regret not getting a chance to write?

I’d always heard there were some oral-history recordings of the jazz age at UMKC, in the archives. I always thought that would be a good story, to try to re-create some of that vibe.

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GOV. BROWNBACK ATTENDS JESUS-SPECIFIC PRAYER RALLY Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s “vacation” led him to Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s prayer rally in Houston on Saturday. Brownback read from the New Testament and fasted — or at least he’s not seen polishing off a stadium hot dog in a video taken at the rally, which was called “the Response.”

“It’s an honor to be with you,” Brownback told the crowd at Reliant Stadium. “And thank you for praying for your country. I served at the national level for many years and now as the governor of Kansas, and we need your prayers. Your nation needs your prayers.”

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The International House of Prayer, an endtimes-obsessed ministry based in Kansas City, was heavily involved in the Houston event. IHOP director Mike Bickle prayed at the Response. He spoke of “redefining love” by calling every other religion false.

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Dog Days The Independence Animal Shelter tries to shake attacks from ex-workers while waiting for a new building.

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he stray pit-bull puppy was in rough shape. Red mange — parasitic mites that burrow into hair follicles — had begun eating its way up the dog’s legs and across its face.

The exposed raw skin was barncolored, and it would have been clear to anyone paying attention that this was one sick puppy. But no one from the Independence Animal Shelter, where the dog was taken on April 11, examined it. Instead, shelter records show, the animal sat in a kennel for two days before workers at the shelter began a course of treatment.

Former employees and volunteers say the case of the mangy puppy wasn’t an isolated event. They claim that it typifies mismanagement at the Independence Animal Shelter, and they list other gruesome sights. (A kitten’s eyeball burst with backed-up pus, goes one horror story.)

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violations of state code. The report, by Tracy Houston of the Animal Health Division, lists problems ranging from rusted-through cage doors to major policy failures.

The Independence Health Department, which oversees the shelter, and Aimee Wells, who manages the facility, concede that mistakes have been made. But they also contend that they’ve been targeted by disgruntled former employees and volunteers for reasons that go beyond a mere passion for vulnerable animals.

Based on shelter reports that The Pitch reviewed from the past three years, the shelter processes an average of slightly fewer than 5,000 animals each year. However disturbing a story about mange may be as an anecdote, that afflicted puppy — as well as other animals that ex-workers say have suffered there — represents a minuscule portion of an animal population that the state acknowledges is mostly safe in Independence. The facts, Wells and the city argue, are on the shelter’s side. continued on page 8

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he Independence Animal Shelter — the city’s destination for strays, abandoned pets and wild animals, and those that are found on residents’ property or are hit by cars — is not a happy place. Just ask Larry Jones, the director of the Independence Health Department, which oversees shelter operations.

“It’s an old building,” he says. On a sweltering recent afternoon, he sums up what everyone associated with the place agrees is true: “It just is depressing. It’s dark.”

Former employees and volunteers say the shelter isn’t just sad but also dangerous. They charge that Jones and Wells have let animals suffer and die unnecessarily. To back up their claims, they have circulated photos and called media outlets with accounts of dogs and cats being forced to spend hot days in soiled cages, and animals suffering from untreated infections.

Several former and current volunteers and employees spoke to The Pitch about the shelter, but few would do so on the record. And the shelter’s most vocal critic, interviewed extensively for this story, withdrew her name when told that Wells and Jones, in interviews with The Pitch, refuted her accusations.

Martha (a pseudonym) worked at the shelter for two and a half years before leaving this past spring. She says she quit because she didn’t like what she’d witnessed there. She’s seeking unemployment benefits, but she says that’s not why she blew the whistle. She says she came forward because she wanted to change the state’s approach to animal welfare.

In June, she appeared on camera, under her

real name, in a story broadcast on WDAF Fox 4. In the station’s two-and-a-half-minute news piece, other former workers also complained on camera about the shelter. Fox 4 reporter Monica Evans noted in the segment that she’d found the shelter to be clean, despite claims to the contrary.

But if Missouri’s health policies have hurt animals in shelters like the one in Independence, as critics contend, they haven’t benefited Jones or Wells, either.

“Do I think it could be improved?” Jones says. “Heck, yes.” Wells agrees. In long individual interviews, they go over shelter data and answer questions raised by former shelter workers. Presented with photos that volunteers took, showing small dog cages damp with urine, soiled with feces and lined with rippedup newspapers, Wells says such conditions are “typical of any shelter.” The cages are cleaned in the morning and evening, she says — a schedule that allows plenty of time for a dog to make a mess of its space.

“You got a little cage; they play with the paper, they play with the bedding,” she says.

“You have to remember, not everybody poops at the same time.”

About an hour after making this point, she gives a tour of the shelter and points out a small dog lounging in its cage’s shredded paper. The morning cleaning was about three hours ago, she says.

Wells has a harder time answering other allegations, and the most graphic descriptions

seem difficult to hear, even for her. One episode recounted by multiple former employees and volunteers dates to 2007, three years after Wells took over the shelter. People working there at the time recalled that when a block of cat cages was pulled away from the wall, several decomposed cat carcasses were discovered trapped between the wall and the cages.

Jones and Wells don’t deny that it happened.

They say, however, that Wells’ leadership allowed the remains to be found at all. It was Wells, they say, who ordered that the cages be replaced.

“She asked for new cages … because she was afraid that cats could get behind those old cages,” Jones says. “And obviously they could.”

“It was [shocking and upsetting] for me, too,” Wells adds. She blames those deaths on procedures that she says didn’t call for daily checks

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on animals, procedures that were in place before her arrival. Starting in 2006, Wells says, the inventory system became computerized, so that missing animals could be detected.

Because of her streamlined approach to documenting animal intake, and based on the level of decomposition, she’s confident that none of those cats died on her watch. “Most of those that were found were just bones, so they’d been there a time,” she says. “But I am not a forensic scientist.”

Then there’s the story of the raccoon. Former employees of the shelter told The Pitch that the animal was brought to the shelter to be euthanized but met a far worse fate: suffocation in a plastic bin while waiting for the needle. Wells admits that it happened but says it was the result of miscommunication between the shelter employee who admitted continued on page 10

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Top and bottom: Typical lodgings at the current shelter.

the raccoon and a custodian, who put a heavy object atop the bin. The employee was disciplined, Wells says. She calls what happened an isolated incident.

In a five-page letter to Jones dated April 22, 2008, the shelter’s former volunteer coordinator, Susan Bass, who quit her position in December 2010, complained about Wells’ personality and management skills.

“Aimee seems to need validation, and spends a lot of city hours building monuments to herself in my opinion,” she wrote. According to Bass’ letter, unsanitary conditions for animals persisted at the shelter, and employees altered dogs’ birth records in order to get the animals out for adoption before they were 8 weeks old, the the earliest age for adoption under the federal Animal Welfare Act. Perhaps the letter’s most damning charge: “Freezer is allowed to become 3 foot deep in dead animals on a continuing basis.” According to Bass, “Aimee seemed reluctant to task men to load the crematory or take initiative to keep it low when she is in charge of kennel area. Dead deer left outside in wheel barrel for days decomposing when crematory is empty.”

Bass, who is testifying on Martha’s behalf in an upcoming unemployment hearing, also claimed in the letter, “Aimee often gives hugs to or touches employees in an inappropriate manner.”

Wells denies those accusations. She says the complaint about deceased animals waiting to

be incinerated might stem from a misunderstanding of how carcasses are disposed of. The incinerator is used for road kill, shelter animals, and pets euthanized by approximately 10 veterinarians, she says, and it burns for five to six hours each Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Sometimes, she says, high turnover at the shelter or veterinary practices results in an increased number of bodies, causing the freezer to fill up.

Jones, sounding exasperated at the complaints that the shelter has drawn, says of the critics’ claims, “It’s like saying we have an epidemic of measles because we have one case.”

He goes on: “I think the law of averages says we’re going to have something go wrong every once in while. But I don’t think it’s an inhumane building. I don’t think that our people are treating animals inhumanely. I don’t think there’s anybody down there right now that would do that intentionally, by any means.”

If the shelter were a no-kill facility, Jones says, he and Wells might be catching less flack.

“Many shelters have been able to go to no-kill shelters. And if they’ve gone to no-kill, they’re not facing this because they don’t have to make decisions about whether an animal is going to die or not. If they haven’t [enacted a no-euthanasia policy], they’re facing this. And most of us are seeing that we’re facing more of it because it’s part of a movement to make sure we become no-kill.”

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he Missouri Department of Agriculture’s June inspection report cites a number of violations.

“In the room referred to as Homeward Bound (previously referred to as Dog Room A), there is a large hole in the wall that is approximately 4 inches in diameter near the floor. This type of gaping hole prevents proper cleaning and sanitizing. It can trap dirt, waste, and debris, making it a breeding ground for bacteria and pathogens,” the department’s Tracy Houston writes in the inspection document.

Another sanitation concern: “In the kitchen, due to the leaning kitchen cabinet, the sink also leans. This causes water to pool next to the sink’s fixtures. I observed a small pool of standing water and cat feces next to the faucet.”

Houston notes the failure to treat the mangestricken pit bull. “A 5-month-old Pit Bull puppy (ID # 12861337) was taken into this facility’s care on 4/11/2011. Photos show that large areas of this puppy’s body had no hair and exposed raw skin.

These bare and raw areas covered most of his legs and feet, his face and muzzle, and his neck.

There were also raw and bare wound-like areas on his back. Licensee did not provide this puppy with veterinary care until 4/13/2011.”

The report continues: “This facility’s policy and practices for evaluating sick and/or suffering animals in their care must be reevaluated and changed immediately. Severe cases of illness and suffering must be attended to by a veterinarian in a far more timely manner that reflects the severity of the illness or injury.”

Wells agrees that the pit bull was mishandled.

But, she says, given the shelter’s volume, one known case of a dog going without care for two days is bad but not terrible. Jones and Wells both say they’re frustrated by the latter half of that citation. They claim that Houston didn’t examine the shelter’s policies for assessing animals’ medical needs.

“The inspector, when I asked them if they wanted to see our current policies and procedures, did not want to see them,” Wells says.

“So she’s recommending a rewrite of policies and procedures that she never saw. She said she did not need to see them.”

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While acknowledging a few missteps, Jones regards Wells as a reformer.

“There was a time before Aimee came where you walked into that shelter and the odor would almost knock you down,” he says. He points to programs that Wells has instituted, including microchipping each animal that comes through the shelter, as proof that she has turned the facility around, not driven it into disrepair.

And despite Houston’s most recent inspection report, the Missouri Department of Agriculture notes that it would be wasteful to compel the city to make costly repairs. The shelter is scheduled to move into a new building next spring. The facility will have modern amenities that the existing shelter lacks, including central air conditioning.

The department’s June inspection report concludes: “Addressing these issues will serve to ensure that this facility moves into it’s [sic] new building with improved policies and procedures in place that ensure the health, safety, and proper husbandry of the animals in the facility’s care.”

It’s hard not to read that as a signal to Wells and her staff: Hold the current place together with duct tape and chewing gum if you have to, and fix policy before moving into the new shelter.

Jones sounds confident about the shelter’s future and the satisfaction of those who work in it.

“I think we’re doing a darn good job,” he says. “I think by this time next year, it will be even better.”

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Eva Perón, onetime first lady of Argentina and “spiritual leader of the nation,” was one of those public figures whose charisma continued to resonate from beyond the grave. It even radiated into the thoracic muscular organ of Andrew Lloyd Webber, who wrote a musical based on her life, titled FIND with the diminutive MANY MORE by which Perón is still best-known, Evita.

While most musicals basically plays with LISTINGS are songs that punctuONLINE AT ate emotional peaks, PITCH.COM nearly everything in Evita is sung by the cast, as in opera. But Tim Rice’s lyrics are in English, of course. The Musical Theater Heritage production, starring Katie Karel, Tim Scott and Christopher Sanders, opens with a 7 p.m. performance at the Off Center Theatre at Crown Center (2450 Grand). For tickets, call 816-842-9999.

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Kick up your heels! That’s not only the theme of this year’s Johnson County Fair — running today and tomorrow beginning at 7 a.m. at the Johnson County Fairgrounds (135 East Washington, in Gardner) — but the best advice possible for patrons who want to live it up, country-style. Tonight’s festivities include a pie contest at 6 p.m., a goat-milking demonstration at 6:30 p.m. and a chainsawart auction at 8 p.m. The fun continues Saturday with a 10:30 a.m. parade and the 7 p.m.

Demolition Derby. The carnival, featuring rides and deep-fried fair food, opens at 6 p.m. tonight and at 4 p.m. Saturday. The Johnson County Fair turns 150 years old this year and remains one of the few cultural reminders that this bustling suburb was once primarily farmland. See jocokansasfair.com.

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Watching a fan go through football withdrawal isn’t pretty. Beer loses its taste. Chicken wings have no spice. And trying to run a play with the family dog is just plain pointless. All of that ends at 7 p.m., when the Kansas City Chiefs take the field against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Arrowhead Stadium (1 Arrowhead Drive). If you’re looking to celebrate the return of football with fellow addicts, there are plenty of options outside your living room. Find a crowd at the Power & Light District for pregame beers. Maybe grab a Saucy Chick ($9), a twohanded barbecue chicken sandwich smothered in pepper-jack cheese, grilled onions and bacon, from McFadden’s Sports Saloon (1330 Grand, 816-471-1330). If you want a good view, the Sports Cave Bar & Grill (11440 West 135th Street, Overland Park, 913-814-0140) has more than 30 televisions and $3.25 Boulevard pints.

And if it’s lighter fried fare you want, the fried dill pickles at Harpo’s in Westport (4109 Pennsylvania, 816-753-3434) will probably be gone before the first timeout. The lockout is over, kids. We made it.

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Katie Karel is Evita. (See Thursday.)

Can playing in a Kansas City basketball tournament help people in foreign countries get clean drinking water? Maybe! Every dollar invested in clean-water technology yields a return of $3 to $34, according to the World Health Organization. So the H200PS Foundation (pronounced hoops) is putting on a 3-on-3 hoops tournament at the Rockhurst University gym (53rd Street and Troost) to support the cause. The entrance fee ($80 per team of three or four players) goes to the Resource Foundation (resourcefnd. org), which funnels the funds to AguaClara, a Cornell University-based research and development program, and Agua Para el Pueblo, a Honduras-based nongovernmental organization that works to give communities clean water. Team registration begins at 8:15 a.m., and tournament play starts at 9. Each team is guaranteed three games, and each player gets a T-shirt. Register at h2oopsfoundation.com/ 3-on-3-kc-tourney.html.

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Kansas City’s chapter of the Italian-American service organization UNICO (unity, neighborliness, integrity, charity, opportunity) was chartered in 1949, and its motto remains “service above self.” One of its fundraisers is the Microbrew Festival, a summertime beertasting extravaganza at Zona Rosa (8640 North Dixson Avenue). “The money raised helps fund our scholarship program, which awards over $50,000 each year,” says Michael Mange, the chapter’s president. “With the brewfest being our second-largest fundraiser, behind Festa Italiana, it is a very important event, which allows us to give away the number of scholarships we do.” Help fund a college education by chugging some beer from 3 to 9 p.m. Twenty-three brewers — including Broadway Brewery, O’Fallon, Boulevard and Granite City — pour 4-ounce draws of their handcrafted goodness. Tickets cost $20 in advance or $25 at the gate; each comes with a sampling glass. continued on page 14

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The depressed, 150-square-block area bordered by 39th Street, Troost Avenue, 51st Street and Prospect Avenue is known as a “green impact zone.” Local artists, community organizers and environmentalists prefer to call it Emerald City, though, and volunteers are setting out to make it look as good as that sounds. Sustainable Creative Kansas City United, led by realtor Francine Knight, aims to green up the neighborhood by helping residents plant gardens and weatherize their homes. Through its Blight to Bright Neighborhood Reclamation, Sustainable Creative also seeks to light up the area with “10,000 Fireflies”: 10,000 solar jars for porches, yards and vacant lots. “It is going to look so cool, especially from above,” Knight says. “The other thing it does is teach all ages about solar power in a very basic way.”

Because making 10,000 of anything requires a lot of time and supplies, volunteers are invited to help by donating jars, solar components or their time. Just show up at 1316 East 42nd Street any Sunday at 3 p.m. between now and September 25. For more information, search Sustainable Creative Kansas City United on Facebook.

— CRYSTAL K. WIEBE

People who crave caffeine but also adore alcohol have two reasons to visit Take Five Coffee + Bar (5336 West 151st Street, Leawood, 913-948-5550). The barista-bartenders at this friendly, suburban place are polite and patient — we’ve seen one of them coach a patron through a decision that took more than five minutes — and the atmosphere is bright and cheery by day and calm and cool at night. You’ll be sipping coffee or drinking wine among young-artist types, huddled couples and young moms talking shop. Offerings include bottled beer, wine, martinis, coffee drinks and coffee-inspired cocktails. We like the A-Train, with espresso vodka (made on-site by infusing Tito’s Handmade Vodka and the bar’s own Espresso Paladino beans), Kahlua and coffee. There’s live music Friday through Sunday, with sets typically starting around 7 p.m. For more information, see takefivecoffeebar.com.

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It has been out of commission for the past 54 years, but the Waldo Tower Historic Society (WTHS) wants to bring it back to its former glory by completing landscaped walkways, solar panels, and a new wrought-iron fence to replace barbed wire. Supporters can help by attending Tower Power Happy Hour at the Well (7421 Broadway, 816-361-1700), held every third Wednesday of the month in conjunction with Waldo Wednesdays. “Tourists are drawn to the historic value, architecture and method of construction of the Waldo Water Tower, which was ahead of its time, and is on the National Register of Historic Places,” says Kurtis Martinez, president of the WTHS. From 3 to 6 p.m., hear from the society’s board members, purchase Waldo Water Tower art and buy a featured drink; part of the proceeds go toward the effort.

Drink up, Waldo, because this project is going to cost around $900,000.

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café Kind of Bluestem COLBY AND MEGAN GARRELTS BOÎTE-IFY TREZO VINO AND MAKE IT A DESTINATION. Trezo Vino 11570 Ash, Leawood, 913-327-8466. Hours: 11 a.m.–9 p.m. Sunday–Thursday, 11 a.m.– midnight Friday and Saturday. Price: $$–$$$

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friend of mine, an actress in New York, performed in a long-running Broadway hit. Every couple of years, she says, the creator of the show added or subtracted a few songs, replaced a couple of the veteran performers with new BY faces, and picked up the pace CHARLES of the musical numbers. “It’s like a blood transfusion,” she F E R R U Z Z A says. “When a show starts to get a little tired, it needs some Vino: the Prince Edward Island mussels — blackiron-rich blood to perk things up.”

There are several anemic restaurants in Kan- shelled beauties drenched in the same intoxicatsas City that could use a little Broadway-style re- ing broth of white wine, garlic and shallots.)

It took a few months, but Colby and Mejuvenation. (The Savoy Grill has been resting on its laurels for so long that those poor laurels have gan Garrelts have completely redesigned the practically disintegrated.) Leawood’s three-year- Trezo Vino menu. A couple of dishes from the old Trezo Vino was hardly suffering from rigor previous incarnation — former executive chef mortis, but it definitely needed some enlivening. Daniel White is now working at Urban Table — So the restaurant’s owner, Mark Walker, took a have been held over, though the ahi tuna tacos big step in May: He handed over management are now only on the lounge menu, and Colby of the restaurant to Colby and Megan Garrelts, Garrelts has seriously revised the recipe for the owners of the critically praised Bluestem res- lobster macaroni and cheese.

“The menu is still evolving,” he explains. taurant in Westport.

“I’ve known Mark Walker for a long time,” “There are some dishes that are still in the workColby Garrelts says, “and had gone to him to in-progress stage. We’ve taken all the ingredients discuss investing in a new restaurant concept up a notch. We use local heirloom tomatoes now that Megan and I had developed. He told us and Berkshire pork. The restaurant never really that he liked what we did at Bluestem, and had its own culinary identity. It’s still an Italianinfluenced wine bar, but the he wanted help in making food really reflects the food changes at Trezo Vino. So inI like to eat, in the style that I Trezo Vino stead of opening a new restauHeirloom beet salad .......$9 like to eat it.” rant, we took over an existing Fresh summer That’s not a boast but an property.” minestrone....................$6 affirmation. Garrelts does Garrelts says he found Potato gnocchi ............ $16 have a distinctive style — it great satisfaction in the chalLobster happens to be the way I like lenge. “I started in this busimac-n-cheese............. $22 to eat, too. ness as a chef, but I love being Wild caught salmon ..... $18 Mostly. I’ll admit I was una restaurateur. I have my staff Crispy Amish hen piccata ................ $18 derwhelmed by the grilledin place here. John Brogran Chocolate sponge cake chicken pizza the day I was my sous chef at Bluestem, with semifreddo ............$8 sampled it. The chicken had and he’s chef de cuisine at stayed on the grill a shade too Trezo Vino. And my manager, long, and the so-called spicy Jeremy Lamb, is out here as a peanut sauce needed a bit more heat. On my consultant.”

Trezo Vino is not Bluestem South, though. second visit, the lightly baked flatbread crust of The price point is different (Garrelts actually another pizza was topped with crème fraîche, lowered prices after taking over), and so is the chilled smoked salmon, capers and red onion. It more casual style of the restaurant. The quality offered a refreshing respite on a blistering night.

The salads are works of art. An heirloom of the cuisine, however, is comparable. (Among the few Bluestem favorites to cross over to Trezo beet salad was beautifully composed of two

different kinds of beets — one a deep garnet, the other nearly amethyst — resting like jewels on a pile of greens and sprinkled with bits of fluffy chevre, candied walnuts and a brisk sherryshallot vinaigrette.

A less traditional salad is a chorus line of balsamic-marinated melon cubes — honeydew and cantaloupe — each sheathed with a veil of La Quercia coppa and a sprig of peppery arugula and drizzled with a citrus caramel. And there was nothing traditional, or even recognizable, about the “fresh summer minestrone” served one night, a jade-green concoction poured from a teapot over little toasted fregola sarda pasta balls. The buttery vegetable puree was made from asparagus, peas, parsley and onion, and was soothingly delicious, but I grew up eating minestrone (“big soup”) as a main course, and this artistic creation wasn’t nearly hearty enough.

The salads go well with the bruschetta — we indulged in the four variations (three slices of each) for $14. There’s the familiar mozzarella-and-tomato version, another topped with creamy chevre and peperonata peppers, and two innovations by Garrelts: a memorable spread of chicken livers and caramelized onion, and delicate tuna conserva (wonderful with the crusty Farm to Market bread).

In heat as brutal as that visited on Kansas City in recent weeks, pasta dishes sound more alluring than heavier meat entrées. Simplest is a tasty bowl of spaghetti tossed with olive oil and capers and heaped with crushed heirloom tomatoes from the Kurlbaum farm in Kansas City, Kansas. The potato gnocchi here, despite being smothered in a supple brown-butter sauce with baby spinach and fresh peas, are lighter than air.

Colby’s rethought lobster macaroni and cheese is ridiculously decadent, though, prepared with a rich béchamel and a fine, sharp aged cheddar.

Above, from left: Berkshire pork osso buco and smoked ricotta ravioli.

The entrée courses are not to be ignored in any weather. A hunk of vividly pink wild salmon comes expertly grilled and perched on a mess of fat, starchy cannellini beans, smoky bacon and chicory-flavored escarole. Midwestern fried chicken goes upscale with Garrelts’ plump Amish-hen breasts, pan-fried and succulent, served piccata-style in a silky, lemony sauce. The fish special one night I dined here was a plate of fat, sweet scallops, pan-seared in butter with fresh asparagus.

Megan Garrelts’ dessert list isn’t elaborate, but it’s full of rewards, including a light, summery lemon-ricotta cheesecake and a glossy, coffee-flavored panna cotta. But her star attraction, without question, is a cold, delectable arrangement of chocolate sponge cake layered with semifreddo — a traditional Italian delicacy of partly frozen chocolate cream. Utter perfection.

Colby Garrelts, who grew up in Johnson County, says running an urban boîte like Bluestem is only slightly different from operating a suburban dining room. Kansas City customers, he says, were drawn right away to the sophistication and attention to detail at Bluestem. In contrast, he says, “You have to win customers in Johnson County over. There are not many chef-driven restaurants like this one out here — at least, not south of 95th Street.”

But Colby and Megan Garrelts put on a good, convincing show, and word will spread.

Once people hear about this new, improved Trezo Vino, it’ll be a long-running hit.

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Dan Swinney’s Grown-Up Kitchen

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he hole in the ceiling looked big enough to accommodate a Buick, and the surrounding lots were empty, save for overgrown grass. But when chef Dan Swinney stepped inside the Freight House building 15 years ago, he saw the potential. He was right.

Lidia’s (101 West 22nd Street) would become the anchor of a thriving restaurant district.

BY “This was going to be J O N AT H A N more than just a restaurant.

I thought it would be an imBENDER portant event in the culinary history of Kansas City, and I wanted to be a part of it,” Swinney says.

After a recent lunch service, Swinney sits at the bar with a pint glass of Diet Coke in front of him and points to the very spot in the pristine ceiling that was once an unintentional skylight before the building was refurbished.

It’s his 13th year at Lidia’s, and he’s a long way from the dishes he made as a 13-year-old growing up in Kansas City.

“I learned to cook out of necessity,” Swinney says. “I first learned how to heat things up out of a can, and then cooking started to get a lot more interesting to me.”

His earliest idol was Julia Child, who brought exotic techniques and ingredients to his television screen. And it wasn’t long before he found that his cooking skills afforded him a great opportunity to impress girls.

But the music business came calling first.

After graduating from high school, he began working with bands and at a local recording studio. “It was a great way to spend my 20s,” Swinney says. “But at some point, I realized I didn’t want to starve.”

You can’t starve in a stocked kitchen, so Swinney snagged an apprenticeship at the Hyatt Regency. He learned about Laotian, Vietnamese and French cuisine from expatriates working the line. His experience with banquets led to his becoming the executive sous chef at the now-closed Woodlands racetrack in Kansas City, Kansas. In the days when both the greyhounds and the horses were running, he managed 130 employees and a 2,000-seat dining room. After that, Swinney headed up the kitchen at the Classic Cup, Zola, and Harry’s Bar and Tables.

“I felt like I used all those life experiences to be successful at this job,” he says. “It’s a mix of the large scale and the need for attention to detail.”

It was close to 15 years ago when he learned that Lidia Bastianich was considering a restaurant in Kansas City. He’d been pitch.com

following her career closely because of his love for the simplicity of Italian food and her straightforward cooking style. So he volunteered his time in the hopes that he might earn a spot in the kitchen.

“You have to put yourself in front of somebody,” Swinney says.

He was hired to help with the opening, beginning a long process of learning how Bastianich thinks.

“The words I used to dread the most were ‘Dan, Lidia wants to see you at her table,’ ” Swinney says. “But over the course of a decade, we’ve developed the cuisine here together and have dishes with a following that can’t go anywhere.”

Now he’s looking to give the same opportunities to the young and hungry chefs in his kitchen.

“I hope to be able to teach chefs something early on in their careers, the same way I had a few chefs who were pretty serious mentors to me,” Swinney says. “I like to describe this as a grown-up kitchen.”

After a shift spent filling cannelloni and grilling octopus, Swinney answered our questions.

The Pitch: What’s your favorite ingredient?

Swinney: Pork. [Laughs.] I like pork fat.

We make our own porcetta and pancetta. We use a lot of heritage breeds of pork. It’s just such a staple. The pig is tantamount to Italian culture. I don’t eat so much of it, but I love to work with it. We do a lot of braised pork shoulder, sausages and meatballs. We do a lot of braising here. It’s a signature for us because we use so many of the lesser cuts of meat. It was born out of necessity. In Italy, it was about cooking what you could afford.

What’s your best recent food find?

I found this bottle of blood-orange vinegar. It was really bright and made a nice citrus vinaigrette. We use the same ratio for all of our dressing — some sort of acid is 40 percent, and olive oil is 60 percent. The blood-orange vinegar was really unusual. The key to Italian cooking is choosing the right ingredients. If you get that part right, you’re in good shape.

What’s your favorite local ingredient?

My favorite local ingredient is the peaches that come out in the summer. I can’t wait until they get here, then I eat them all day long. They’re not here for very long, and the strawberry season is even shorter.

What’s one food you hate?

Fast food. I have five kids. None of them have ever been to a fast-food restaurant. We just made the decision early on that we were going to try and raise them well. I have two daughters who are vegetarians. To me, the American diet is a big puzzle.

What’s one food you love?

Thai food. The flavors are so different than Western cuisine, and it’s nice and refreshing.

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It depends on who I’m with, but I’ll err on the spicy side if it’s just for me.

What’s your guilty pleasure?

LC’s Bar-B-Q. I don’t go there very often, but if there’s a chef in town to visit, I’ll try to make it over there. We’ll get a little bit of everything — burnt ends, beans, fries and red cream soda. Everybody usually loves it.

What’s always in your kitchen?

Olive oil, parmigiano reggiano, canned tomatoes, pasta and herbs.

When you go out, where do you like to eat?

If it’s just my wife and I, we like to go to Le Fou Frog, and the charcuterie plate is something I’ll always get. If it’s a family thing, we go to the Thai Place. I get the crazy salad.

The one thing I like about it is that it’s not always on the menu, but they always make it when I order it. I think it’s fun to see if they’re ever going to say no.

What’s one book that every chef should read?

There’s a book that I like to pass on to young people in my kitchen: Letters to a Young Chef

by Daniel Boulud. If you’re an aspiring chef, I think it has everything you need. There’s a lot that I didn’t realize until I was 20 years into my career. A lot of it is his story, coming from a farm outside Lyon to such a storied career and becoming one of the best-known chefs in New York City. It’s a lot of the lessons he learned along the way: Don’t waste your time in a bad kitchen; try to work with the best chefs you can find, learning everything you can, and then move on in a year or two; and even the selection of ingredients. I think for somebody that wants to find their way to success in the business, this is a good place to start.

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Beating the Heat HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PITCH MUSIC SHOWCASE 2011.

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ate last Wednesday afternoon, the UMB time-and-temperature sign that’s posted above I-35 downtown read 111 degrees. The next day, temperatures were down around the middle 90s. The insane heat wave of 2011 had briefly, mercifully, relented, just in time for the 2011 Pitch Music Showcase. Between 7 p.m. and 2-something — things started getting hazy around midnight — four Pitch writers bounced around six Westport venues, catching something like 30 local acts. Here’s what we saw: • At RecordBar, the good old boys in Them Damned Young Livers spit in each other’s eyes, spilled beer, sang think like thank, and disassembled their instruments, all while buzzsawing through a tight set that featured elements of punk, metal, bluegrass and rockabilly. Drummer Bob Lyons’ snare came loose, and he just hoisted it like a giant dinner bell and continued drumming.

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might also have been one about huffing tractor gas. At one point, guitarist Alex Law said, “This is the least amount of girls with beers that we’ve seen in a while.”

• One of the guys in metal act Hammerlord choke-slammed another guy in the band.

Then they got up and hugged.

• A handful of recognizable-if-you-hangout-in-midtown homeless men, drawn in by the rootsy funk sounds of the Columns, wandered over to the Sponsor Lot. They danced throughout the set, yelling at the band and making a bit of a ruckus — the charms of a street festival.

• Onstage inside the Riot Room, the dudes in garage-rock act Bleach Bloodz — all of them in sunglasses — accepted shots of Jägermeister, which may or may not have been purchased by Howard Iceberg.

• Dutch Newman performed with a band he calls the Lonely Hearts Club on the outdoor Riot Room stage. The band played a jam session for about 10 minutes before Newman even showed up. Then he gave shout-outs to just about everybody but the guy who cleans the toilets at the Riot Room before he actually started rapping.

Newman was wearing a Bleach Bloodz shirt. pitch.com

• The Grisly Hand played a fast-paced set of old-school country at the Sponsor Lot, closing with a cover of nearly forgotten Radiohead song “Been Thinking About You.” • Rapper thePhantom* performed with his new band, the Phantastics. The Riot Room outdoor stage couldn’t accommodate everybody, so the DJ and the keyboardist had to set up down on the concrete with the audience.

He draped a big white “thePhantom*” sign behind the stage, over a Pitch advertisement.

• In the Riot Room men’s room, a guy craned his head over the toilet partition and asked an apparent stranger if he’d heard of his band, which wasn’t playing the Showcase.

Apparently, they sound like Minus the Bear.

“If you like Minus the Bear, you’d like us,” he told the stranger, who nodded and exited quickly without washing his hands.

• Five-piece Root and Stem turned some heads with its set of sturdy, energetic Americana. The shirtless, tattooed lead guitar player sported a 2-inch, Amish-style ginger beard and was wearing cutoff jean shorts held up by suspenders. It was like he had ventured into the big city to deliver some butter, fallen off pitch.com

Clockwise from top left: Making Movies, Sheppa of Nomathmatics, Thee Water MoccaSins, Bleach Bloodz and Cowboy Indian Bear.

the back of the truck in midtown and never made it home. Dude was rocking Avia shoes.

• Thee Water MoccaSins set its smoke machine to 11 and turned the Riot Room into a translucent fog den. A woman in the middle of the crowd noodle-danced to the band’s atmospheric rock jams with her eyes closed.

• Dutch Humphrey led his band, Cherokee Rock Rifle, through a set of blasting cock rock. He was wearing thick-framed glasses, a fedora and cutoff sleeves, and he looked like a gutter-punk Elvis Costello. He banged a tambourine at his chest like a wild animal.

At the end of one of the songs, he half-sung, half-said: “Even the devil knows the virgin’s cunt.” Then: “We have some stickers for sale.”

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he parking lot is full on a hot, sticky Saturday afternoon outside B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ, at 85th Street and Troost. Inside, middleaged folks with tattoos drink buckets of PBR bottles. FamiBY lies sit at long tables. Greasy B E R RY napkins pile up in serving baskets. Onstage, a couple of A N D E R S O N shaggy-haired high school boys unplug their guitars and head back to their seats, where their parents offer smiles and encouragement. The third set It’s all about the jam for Mama Ray. of the blues jam is winding down.

Last year, then Mayor Mark Funkhouser “If you think you can, come on down,” roars keyboard player Allen Monroe. “We say gave Mama Ray the keys to the city and isit every week.” Diane “Mama” Ray, 67 years sued a proclamation acknowledging her jam old, steps out in front of Monroe and the rest as the longest-running one in the history of of her band, and in a sweet, husky voice, says, Kansas City.

“It would not surprise me if it were the “These young guys! I tell you what.” Then up comes another young, aspiring blues musician longest-running jam session anywhere,” says who has signed up to play with Mama Ray Jay EuDaly, a guitar instructor who has been playing with Mama Ray’s band for 20 years. “I and her band.

“We enjoy having the young kids play,” am honored to have been a part of it all these Mama Ray says later at her home in Indepen- years. Honored when it’s amazing, and hondence. “That’s really the whole deal. They are ored when it sucks. It all comes with the territory. And the openness of the the musicians of tomorrow.” jam provides a venue for me Mama Ray grew up a to bring in some of my stumilitary kid. Her mother enMama Ray’s 25th Anniversary Jam dents and let them get their couraged her to take singing Saturday, August 13, feet wet with real players in a and music lessons, and she at B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ. performance situation.” appeared on a stage for the Over the years, the jam first time at the age of 13, in a has gained an esteemed folUSO show at the Eagle Club in Wiesbaden, Germany. Five years later, she lowing. Such locals as Annetta “Cotton Candy” came to Kansas City. She befriended Betty Washington and Oscar “Lucky” Wesley (bassAble, a performer at the Horseshoe Lounge on ist for the Scamps) played at one time with Troost, and was soon swept into the scene here. Mama Ray. “This is a Kansas City event,” This Saturday, Mama Ray, by now a kind Mama Ray says. “I don’t even want to travel. of local, elder stateswoman, celebrates the I’ve been asked to, but we can’t really take a 25th anniversary of her “jazz-meets-blues” weekend off and not do the jam. I would never jam at B.B.’s. Relocated three years ago from not do the jam. It’s just a given.”

She flips through some old pictures. One of Harling’s, the jam — every Saturday from 2 to 5:30 p.m. — is more family-friendly than her favorites is from 1992. In it, she’s clapping it was at the midtown bar on Main Street. and smiling, kneeling beside a harmonicaMama Ray claims that people who come in playing, 8-year-old Brody Buster. “He’s from all over the world are still getting used 6-foot-4 now,” she says. “He has always been very nice to me because I was one of the first to the venue change.

“I’ve had people from Australia, Germany people to let him sit in. I don’t discriminate and England come and tell me they didn’t between ages at the jam.” know about the new place,” she says. “I even had a bagpiper from Scotland say he couldn’t E-mail berry.anderson@pitch.com find the place.” or call 816-218-6775 C O U R T E SY O F D I A N E R AY

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1. The 2011 Pitch Music Awards The 2011 Pitch Music Showcase has come and gone, but there’s more Pitch-sanctioned fun to be had on Sunday, at the annual Pitch Music Awards. MC of this year’s ceremony is Eric “Mean” Melin, fresh off competing as Kansas City’s representative at the U.S. Air Guitar Championships. He’ll presumably treat us to some imaginary lick-shredding, and he’ll be joined onstage throughout the evening by the likes of the ACBs, Stik Figa and the Latenight Callers, who’ll all be performing. Winners will be named, people will cheer and boo, and everybody will be getting drunk as hell, on a Sunday. What’s not to like?

Sunday, August 14, at the Uptown Theater (3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665)

2. Farm Aid 2011 Just a week after Kanrocksas invaded the city limits, Kansas City, Kansas, again plays host to a national music festival. Farm Aid — founded by Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young in 1985 to help debt-buried farmers — selected the shiny new Livestrong Sporting Park as the site of this year’s annual concert. The festival traditionally skews toward country, folk and Americana acts, and this year is no different: In addition to the bigname founders, you can catch sets by Dave Matthews, Jamey Johnson, Ray Price, and

Billie Joe Shaver. It also appears as though somebody accidentally invited Jason Mraz.

Saturday, August 13, at Livestrong Sporting Park (1 Sporting Way, in Kansas City, Kansas, 913-912-7600)

3. Katy Perry, with Janelle Monae Katy Perry scrapped her Christian singing career to move to Los Angeles, where she quickly discovered that the combination of taboo lyrics and spectacular breasts remains a lucrative business. Perry’s explosion these past couple of years strikes me as both good and bad for the pop landscape. On the one hand, she has hired smart songwriters: “Teenage Dream” is as good as any song aired on Mix 93.3 so far this millennium. But even by pop standards, her lyrics are cheap and dumb — when a song called “Ur So Gay” is a smash hit, it’s hard not to wonder where our society is heading. Opener (and KCK native) Janelle Monae is a fireball of a performer who makes ambitious, futuristic funk music, and her inclusion on the bill here is a testament to Perry’s keen eye for spectacle.

Wednesday, August 17, at Sprint Center (1407 Grand, 816-949-7000)

4. Cowboy Indian Bear, with Hospital Ships Lonely Twin, the latest album from Lawrence’s Hospital Ships, has received more national press than any other local indie release in

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recent memory. And for good reason: The band’s smart, orchestral pop is nicked with a reckless edge, with charming results. If there’s another current Lawrence indie-rock act likely to get similar traction outside the Midwest, it’s probably Cowboy Indian Bear, a precise quartet that matches icy grooves with hazy guitar atmospherics. It’s especially nice that the show is downtown; usually you have to drive 45 minutes on K-10 to see this kind of lineup.

Thursday, August 11, at the Brick (1727 McGee, 816-421-1634)

5. Bob Wayne & the Outlaw Carnies, with Whiskey Breath and Adam Lee & the Dead Horse Sound Company All due respect to the genre’s greats, like Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard, but a true country outlaw in 2011 probably shouldn’t much resemble those guys in look or sound.

They already did their thing; it’s up to the next generation to push the envelope and offend the establishment. Bob Wayne is working somewhere along these lines. His latest, Outlaw Carnie, was released by Century Media, a death-metal label. Though there are plenty of fiddles and banjos in his sound, there’s also a dark undercurrent to his songs, leaving little doubt that he’s been through some heavy shit.

Monday, August 15, at Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club (3402 Main, 816-753-1909)

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THIS WEEK THURSDAY, AUG. 1 1 Hospital Ships, Cowboy Indian Bear: The Brick, 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634.

100 Monkeys, Kissing Club, Not a Planet: 6:30 p.m. The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560.

FRIDAY, AUG. 1 2 Five for Fighting: 8 p.m., $5. Crown Center Square, 2450 Grand.

Brian McKnight: 8 p.m. Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665.

That Handsome Devil, the Safeword: 7:30 p.m. Crosstown Station, 1522 McGee, 816-471-1522.

Theory of a Deadman, Black Stone Cherry, Adelitas Way, Emphatic: The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900.

SATURDAY, AUG. 1 3 EOTO, Vibesquad, Mouth, EZ Brothers: 7 p.m. Crossroads KC at Grinders, 417 E. 18th St., 816-472-5454.

The Ettes, Heavy Cream, Hans Condor: Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676.

Farm Aid 2011: Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, and more: 12 p.m.

Livestrong Sporting Park, 1 Sporting Way, Kansas City, Kan. Kottonmouth Kings, D Loc, the Dirtball, Johnny Richter, Kingspade, DJ Bobby B: 7 p.m. The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560.

Nashville Pussy, Dwarves, Smash the State: 8 p.m., $17, $20. The Riot Room, 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179.

SUNDAY, AUG. 1 4 The 2011 Pitch Music Awards: 7 p.m., $8. Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665.

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Bob Wayne and the Outlaw Carnies, Adam Lee and the Dead Horse Sound Company: 8 p.m., free.

Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, 3402 Main, 816-753-1909.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 17 Katy Perry, Janelle Monae: 7:30 p.m., $25-$46.

Sprint Center, 1407 Grand, 816-283-7300.

Yonder Mountain String Band: Crossroads KC at Grinders, 417 E. 18th St., 816-472-5454.

UPCOMING Avenged Sevenfold, Three Days Grace, Seether, Bullet for My Valentine, Escape the Fate, Sevendust, Black Tide, Art of Dying, the Black Cloud Collective: Sat., Sept. 24, 2 p.m. Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone, 633 N. 130th St., Bonner Springs, 913-721-3400.

The Black and White Years, the Caves: Sat., Sept.

3, 10 p.m. Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676.

Blink-182, My Chemical Romance: Fri., Sept. 9.

Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone, 633 N. 130th St., Bonner Springs, 913-721-3400.

Anthony Bourdain: Sat., Oct. 22. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900.

Craig Campbell: Thu., Aug. 18, 7 p.m. KC Live! Stage at the Power & Light District, 14th St. and Grand.

Celtic Thunder: Tue., Oct. 18. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900.

Roger Daltrey performs the Who’s Tommy: Fri., Oct. 14.

The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900.

Electric Six, Kitten, Drop a Grand: Sun., Sept. 25, 7 p.m. RecordBar, 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207.

Explosions in the Sky, Wye Oak: Thu., Oct. 13. Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665.

Foo Fighters, Rise Against, Mariachi el Bronx: Fri., Sept. 16. Sprint Center, 1407 Grand, 816-283-7300.

Fruit Bats, Vetiver: Tue., Sept. 20, 9 p.m. Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-832-1085.

Selena Gomez: Thu., Sept. 1, 7 p.m., $20-$85. Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Rd., 816-363-7827.

Janet Jackson: Mon., Aug. 22, 9 p.m. Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Rd., 816-363-7827.

Journey, Foreigner, Night Ranger: Wed., Sept. 28. Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Rd., 816-363-7827.

Tim Kasher, Aficionado: Fri., Sept. 9. Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-832-1085.

Ke$ha, LMFAO, Spank Rock: Fri., Sept. 2, 7:30 p.m., $35, $49.50. Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Rd., 816-363-7827.

Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds: Sun., Sept. 4.

Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676.

Alison Krauss and Union Station, Jerry Douglas: Thu., Sept. 15. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900.

Cyndi Lauper: the Halloween She Bop: Mon., Oct. 31. The Midland, 1228 MANY MORE Main, 816-283-9900.

Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Keri Hilson, Far East Movement, Lloyd: Tue., Aug. 23.

Sprint Center, 1407 Grand, 816-283-7300.

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Kathleen Madigan: Fri., Sept. 16. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900.

Pat Metheny: Thu., Sept. 29, 8 p.m., $24, $98.

Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1972.

Mister Heavenly: Sat., Aug. 27. The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-5483.

Shaquille O’Neal Presents: All Star Comedy Jam: Fri., Nov. 18. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900.

Opeth, Katatonia: Thu., Oct. 6. The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560.

Pierced Arrows, Don’t, the Spook Lights: Sun., Oct. 16, 9 p.m. Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-832-1085.

Polar Bear Club, Fireworks, Balance & Composure, Such Gold: Sat., Oct. 1, 10 p.m. Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-832-1085.

A Prairie Home Companion: Wed., Aug. 31, 7:30 p.m. Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Rd., 816-363-7827.

Gleny Rae Virus and Her Tamworth Playboys: Wed., Oct. 12. Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676.

Return to Forever IV with Zappa Plays Zappa featuring Dweezil: Fri., Aug. 26. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900.

St. Vincent: Fri., Oct. 7. Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1972.

Steely Dan: Thu., Aug. 25, 7:30 p.m. Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Rd., 816-363-7827.

Straight No Chaser: Sun., Oct. 23, 2 & 7 p.m. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900.

Jackson Taylor and the Sinners, County Road 5, Outlaw Jim and the Whiskey Benders: Fri., Sept.

23, 7 p.m. The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560.

True Widow, Mansion, Actors & Actresses: Fri., Aug. 19. Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-832-1085.

TV on the Radio, !!! (Chk Chk Chk): Sat., Aug. 27.

Crossroads KC at Grinders, 417 E. 18th St., 816-472-5454.

Keith Urban: Fri., Aug. 19. Sprint Center, 1407 Grand, 816-283-7300.

Buddy Valastro — The Cake Boss: Mon., Nov. 7. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900.

Gillian Welch: Sun., Sept. 4. Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1972.

Wild Flag: Wed., Oct. 5, 9 p.m. RecordBar, 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207.

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nightlife T H U R S DAY 1 1 ROCK/POP/INDIE Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club: 3402 Main, 816-7531909. Kristie Stremel, 8 p.m.

Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7491387. Sobriquet, Dear Misses, the Blue Tick Hounds.

RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Otis Heat, Moonshine Romance, 9 p.m.

Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785749-7676. Brain Donor, 10 p.m.

The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Funkee Noosa, Mute the Idol, Mad Libby, 9 p.m.

BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427.

John Paul’s Flying Circus.

The Granada: 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785842-1390. The Brody Buster Band, 9:30 p.m.

Jardine’s: 4536 Main, 816-561-6480. Rick Gibson: Blues for Brain, 8 p.m.

Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Grand Marquis.

Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.

Mike Zito.

Mike Kelly’s Westsider: 1515 Westport Rd., 816-9319417. Landon Liest, Bag of Blues.

The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-2215299. Ron Fleeman and Dan Bliss, 7 p.m.

Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816220-1222. Josh Garrett.

DJ Gusto Lounge: 3810 Broadway, 816-974-8786. Say-10 (DJ Billy Smith) at Topshelf; DJ Ben Grimes at Gusto.

Raoul’s Velvet Room: 7222 W. 119th St., Overland Park, 913-469-0466. DJ Kirby.

JAZZ The Eighth Street Taproom: 801 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-6918. Snuff Jazz, Mike Dillon.

ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS KC Live! Stage at the Power & Light District: 14th St. and Grand. Frankie Ballard, 7 p.m.

DRUNKEN DISTRACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES Double Nickel Bar: 189 S. Rogers, Ste. 1614, Olathe, 913-390-0363. Texas Hold ’em, 7 p.m.

Fathead & Braindeads Saloon: 514 Main, Grandview, 816-761-6060. Karaoke, 7 p.m.

Fuel: 7300 W. 119th St., Overland Park, 913-451-0444.

Bike Night with MC Ashley.

Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.

Knuckle Vanilli Night, lip-synching and air guitar in the Retro Lounge.

RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Trivia Clash, 7 p.m., $5.

EASY LISTENING Jerry’s Bait Shop: 13412 Santa Fe Trail Dr., Lenexa, 913-894-9676. Jason Kayne, 9 p.m.

ELECTRO Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-832-1085. Blasian! Electro Dance Party, 10 p.m.

OPEN MIC/JAM SESSIONS Aftershock Bar & Grill: 5240 Merriam Dr., Merriam, 913-384-5646. Bike Night Open Jam. Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-221-2244. Vi Tran and Katie Gilchrist’s Weekly Jam, 10 p.m.

Freddy T’s: 2111 E. Crossroads Ln., Olathe, 913-7803900. Open mic.

Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816525-1871. Jerry’s Jam Night, 9 p.m.

F R I DAY 1 2 ROCK/POP/INDIE Aftershock Bar & Grill: 5240 Merriam Dr., Merriam, 913-384-5646. L.A. Guns, Quietly Violent, Unwritten Rulz, For the Broken, 7 p.m.

The Beaumont Club: 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-5612560. Magfuckingnificent, 7 p.m.

The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. Sleepy Kitty, King Arthur, O Giant Man. The Brooksider: 6330 Brookside Plz., 816-363-4070.

The Zeros.

Clarette Club: 5400 Martway, Mission, 913-384-0986.

Valentine and the Knights.

Club 906: 906 W. Liberty Dr., Liberty. Strikeback.

Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-221-2244. Grandfather, Maps for Travelers, Auternus, In the Grove, 9 p.m.

Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785832-1085. L5, Bellafonte, Sunshine Dreamers, 10 p.m.

Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7491387. The Wind Up Birds.

Jerry’s Bait Shop: 13412 Santa Fe Trail Dr., Lenexa, 913-894-9676. Joel McNulty.

KC Live! Stage at the Power & Light District: 14th St. and Grand. Rattle and Hum. Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.

Charlie and the Stingrays, 9 p.m.

Lucky Brewgrille: 5401 Johnson Dr., Mission, 913-4038571. Joy and Cindy.

Raglan Road Irish Pub and Restaurant: 170 E. 14th St., 816-994-9700. Flannigan’s Right Hook, 8 p.m.

Replay Lounge: 946 MANY MORE Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676. Irkutsk, the Dactyls, G. Green.

The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179.

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BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427.

Kansas City Blues Band.

Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Billy Ebeling and the Late for Dinner Band.

Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816525-1871. The Outtakes.

The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-2215299. Lonnie Ray Blues Band, 9 p.m.

RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Hog Hunt, Claude Hay, Gas Pump Talent, the Mad Kings, 9 p.m.

The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. 3 Son Green, Shedding Watts on the patio, 8 p.m.

Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816220-1222. Levee Town, Wes Jeans.

DJ The Eighth Street Taproom: 801 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-6918. Funky Rewind.

Mosaic Lounge: 1331 Walnut, 816-679-0076. Mosaic Fridays, hosted by Joe Perez featuring DJ Spinstyles and DJ Mike Scott.

Raoul’s Velvet Room: 7222 W. 119th St., Overland Park, 913-469-0466. DJ Ashton Martin.

Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785749-7676. DJ Cyrus D on the patio, 10 p.m.

Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-4923900. DJ Naylor.

ACOUSTIC The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-5483. Madi Diaz, Keegan Dewitt.

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The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-2215299. Lonnie McFadden, 4:30 p.m.

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Millie Edwards Trio.

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WORLD Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club: 3402 Main, 816-7531909. Alaturka, Malachy Papers, 9 p.m., $10.

VooDoo Lounge: Harrah’s Casino, 1 Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, 816-472-7777. Flirt Friday: Son Venezuela, DJ David Sala, DJ Bravo, 9 p.m.

ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.

Billy Joe Shaver, 8 p.m., $18.50 advance, $25 door.

Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785749-7676. James Dean Rose Jr. and friends, Jazz Cigarettes, Suzi Barnes, Ashes to Immortality, 6 p.m.

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Bullfrog’s: 320 S.W. Blue Pkwy., Lee’s Summit, 816347-9393. Croakie.

Fathead & Braindeads Saloon: 514 Main, Grandview, 816-761-6060. Ladies’ night, DJ.

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Mike Kelly’s Westsider: 1515 Westport Rd., 816-9319417. Eddie Delahunt, 6 p.m.; 3 Orange Whips, 10 p.m.

77 South: 5041 W. 135th St., Overland Park, 913-7427727. Drew6.

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Lee McBee & the Confessors, $4.

Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Rich Berry.

The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-2215299. Second Sunday Funday: Gina and Chloe McFadden, 3 p.m.

The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-5483. That Handsome Devil.

The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. Federation of Horsepower, Irkutsk, Gospel Hands.

The Brooksider: 6330 Brookside Plz., 816-363-4070.

The Zeros.

Club 906: 906 W. Liberty Dr., Liberty. Mary Goes Round.

Jerry’s Bait Shop: 13412 Santa Fe Trail Dr., Lenexa, 913-8949676. Pimps and Ho’s Party featuring the Naughty Band.

Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816525-1871. Ancient Chinese Secret.

Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.

Making Movies, 9 p.m.

Lucky Brewgrille: 5401 Johnson Dr., Mission, 913-4038571. Brendon MacNaughton.

Raglan Road Irish Pub and Restaurant: 170 E. 14th St., 816-994-9700. Brother Bagman, 9 p.m.

RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Girls Rock III: Jillian Riscoe, 49 Stones, Girls Rock III, the Prolific, 9 p.m.

B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427.

Kansas City Blues Band.

The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. The Louisiana Street Band.

Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-221-2244. Early Dinner Show with Soul Vibe, 7 p.m.

Fat Fish Blue: 7260 N.W. 87th St., 816-759-3474. Billy Ebeling, 8 p.m.

The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-221-5299.

Monique Danielle, 4:30 p.m.; the Brody Buster Band, 9 p.m.

Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816220-1222. The Belairs.

DJ Crosstown Station: 1522 McGee, 816-471-1522. Errrbody’s House: DJs Trevor Shaw, Alan Alda, Mike Dileo, Turkish Dan, Todd Howard, MCYD, Heather Skye, Ben Mills, 9 p.m.

The Eighth Street Taproom: 801 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-6918. DJ Candlepants.

Raoul’s Velvet Room: 7222 W. 119th St., Overland Park, 913-469-0466. DJ C-Mac. 77 South: 5041 W. 135th St., Overland Park, 913-7427727. DJ Andrew Northern.

The Union of Westport: 421 Westport Rd. Body2Body, 10 p.m.

JAZZ Café Augusta: 12122 W. 87th St. Pkwy., Lenexa, 913859-9556. Passport.

Jardine’s: 4536 Main, 816-561-6480. OJT + Bukeka Shoals, 6 & 8 p.m.; Pablo Sanhueza Latin Jazz Quintet, 10:30 p.m.

Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Midtown Quartet.

Take Five Coffee + Bar: 5336 W. 151st St., Overland Park, 913-948-5550. Arny Young, 8 p.m.

ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS R Bar & Restaurant: 1617 Genessee, 816-471-1777.

Truckstop Honeymoon.

RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Drunkard’s Dream, 6 p.m.

DRUNKEN DISTR ACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES The Beaumont Club: 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-5612560. Two Wheel Mania: Bike rally, wet T-shirt contest, burlesque, DJs, and more, noon.

Clarette Club: 5400 Martway, Mission, 913-384-0986.

Karaoke, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. The Low Dive: a Day-Drinking Experience hosted by Shaun Duval, $10, 2-5 p.m.

OPEN MIC/JAM SESSIONS Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.

Open Jam with Billy Ebeling and Duane Goldston, 1 p.m.

Marriott Hotel: 200 W. 12th St., 816-421-6800. 12th Street Jump, public radio’s weekly jazz, blues and comedy jam returns with a brand-new name and home, broadcast live on KCUR 89.3, 11:30 p.m.-1 a.m., free.

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DJ Hamburger Mary’s: 101 Southwest Blvd., 816-8421919. Recycled music with Brett Dietrich, 3:30 p.m.

Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7497676. KVKL DJs Shaher and the Goat on the patio.

JAZZ Jardine’s: 4536 Main, 816-561-6480. Alaturka, 8 p.m.

DRUNKEN DISTR ACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-5483. Smackdown trivia and karaoke, $6.

Bulldog: 1715 Main, 816-421-4799. Game night.

Fathead & Braindeads Saloon: 514 Main, Grandview, 816-761-6060. Cheap Bastard Night.

The Fox and Hound: 10428 Metcalf, Overland Park, 913649-1700. Show Me the Money Poker, 7 & 10 p.m.

Fred P. Ott’s: 4770 J.C. Nichols Pkwy., 816-753-2878.

Karaoke, 10 p.m.

Fuel: 7300 W. 119th St., Overland Park, 913-451-0444.

SIN. KC’s Neighborhood Bar: 10201 W. 47th St., Merriam, 913-262-7211. Open-mic night.

Power & Light Grill: 417 E. 13th St., 816-283-3434.

Beats, Burgers & Birds, 8 p.m.

JR’s Place: 20238 W. 151st St., Olathe, 913-254-1307.

Karaoke with the Mad Man DJ Mike, 9:30 p.m.

Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-4923900. Free pool.

EASY LISTENING The Landing: 1189 W. Kansas St., Liberty. Scooter Sundays featuring the Bob Harvey Band on the patio.

OPEN MIC/JAM SESSIONS Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7491387. Speakeasy Sunday, 10 p.m., $3.

Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.

Open jam with Levee Town, 2 p.m., free.

VARIET Y Californos: 4124 Pennsylvania, 816-531-7878. Sunday Solace, 2 p.m.

Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816220-1222. Paul Shields Night of Hilarity.

M O N DAY 1 5 ROCK/POP/INDIE RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. The Loneliest Monk, Janet the Planet, 8 p.m.

The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Maps for Travelers, Everyday/Everynight, Suns, Woodsman, 9 p.m.

Tomfooleries: 612 W. 47th St., 816-753-0555. The Goods.

DJ Gusto Lounge: 3810 Broadway, 816-974-8786. DJ Robert Moore at Gusto, 10 p.m., free.

JAZZ Intentions: 7316 W. 80th St., Overland Park, 913-6526510. Live jazz, 5 p.m.

Jardine’s: 4536 Main, 816-561-6480. Valency.

The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-2215299. Millie Edwards, Mike Pagan, 7 p.m.

DRUNKEN DISTR ACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. Karaoke with Nanci Pants.

Fred P. Ott’s: 4770 J.C. Nichols Pkwy., 816-753-2878.

Karaoke, 10 p.m.

Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7491387. Karaoke Idol with Tanya McNaughty.

KC’s Neighborhood Bar: 10201 W. 47th St., Merriam, 913-262-7211. Free pool.

Missie B’s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. MANic Monday, 10 p.m., free.

RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Sonic Spectrum Music Trivia, 7 p.m., $5.

The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. New Belgium 2011 Bike Giveaway, 8-9 p.m.

OPEN MIC/JAM SESSIONS The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-5483. Open mic.

The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. Rural Grit, 6 p.m.

The Granada: 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785842-1390. Mudstomp Monday, 9 p.m.

OPERA Californos: 4124 Pennsylvania, 816-531-7878. Opera Supper, 6-9 p.m.

PUNK Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816525-1871. Green Light Go, As We Are.

T U E S DAY 1 6 ROCK/POP/INDIE Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-832-1085. Transient, Knifewound, Methhorse, 9 p.m.

Jerry’s Bait Shop: 13412 Santa Fe Trail Dr., Lenexa, 913-894-9676. Travelers Guild.

Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816525-1871. Drew6.

RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Three Dollar Band, Zenda Marie, Tyler Gregory, 9 p.m.

Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785749-7676. The Men, JabberJosh, 10 p.m.

BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427.

Trampled Under Foot.

DJ Coda: 1744 Broadway, 816-569-1747. DJ Whatshisname, service industry night, 10 p.m.

Raoul’s Velvet Room: 7222 W. 119th St., Overland Park, 913-469-0466. DJ Jazzy Jess.

JAZZ Jardine’s: 4536 Main, 816-561-6480. Barclay Martin Ensemble, two shows.

Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Rick Bacus & Monique Danielle.

DRUNKEN DISTRACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES Bullfrog’s: 320 S.W. Blue Pkwy., Lee’s Summit, 816347-9393. Extreme bingo.

Fathead & Braindeads Saloon: 514 Main, Grandview, 816-761-6060. Pool tournaments.

Fuel: 7300 W. 119th St., Overland Park, 913-451-0444.

Music bingo with DJ Danny Collins.

Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-832-1085. Karaoke.

The Roxy: 7230 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-236-6211. Karaoke, 9 p.m.

The Union of Westport: 421 Westport Rd. Tuesday Pool League, $10.

OPEN MIC/JAM SESSIONS The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-2215299. Open Jam with Everette DeVan, 7 p.m.

Stanford’s Comedy Club: 1867 Village West Pkwy., Kansas City, Kan., 913-400-7500. Open-mic night.

RAP Crosstown Station: 1522 McGee, 816-471-1522. The Great Escape Tour: Qwazaar, Majr Rayne, He.llsent, Infidelix, 9 p.m.

VARIET Y Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816-525-1871. A Fight for Fame.

R Bar & Restaurant: 1617 Genessee, 816-471-1777.

Tiki Tuesdays featuring DJ Fat Sal, 7 p.m., free.

W E D N E S DAY 17 ROCK/POP/INDIE Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816525-1871. 90 Minutes, 9 p.m.

RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Bob Walkenhorst, 7 p.m.

BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427.

Shinetop Jr. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Billy Ebeling.

Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.

Gospel Lounge with Carl Butler, 7:30 p.m.; Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, 7:30 p.m.

The Levee: 16 W. 43rd St., 816-561-2821. Lonnie Ray Blues Band, 9:30 p.m.

The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-2215299. Brian Ruskin Quartet, 7 p.m.

Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816220-1222. Kyle Elliott.

ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Taj Weekes and Adowa, 9 p.m.

The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Fortunate Youth, Josh Heinrichs, 8 p.m.

DJ Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-221-2244. Off the Wall Wednesdays with James Christos, 10 p.m., no cover.

Raoul’s Velvet Room: 7222 W. 119th St., Overland Park, 913-469-0466. DJ B.o.B. Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-4923900. DJ Pure.

JAZZ Chaz on the Plaza: 325 Ward Pkwy., 816-756-3800.

Max Groove Trio, 6 p.m.

Jardine’s: 4536 Main, 816-561-6480. Steve Rigazzi Group, 8 p.m.

DRUNKEN DISTR ACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES Aftershock Bar & Grill: 5240 Merriam Dr., Merriam, 913-384-5646. Poker Night.

The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-5483. Whiskey Wednesday.

Clarette Club: 5400 Martway, Mission, 913-384-0986.

Karaoke, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Danny’s Bar and Grill: 13350 College Blvd., Lenexa, 913345-9717. Trivia and karaoke with DJ Smooth, 8 p.m.

Harleys & Horses: 7210 N.E. 43rd St., 816-452-2660.

Karaoke With Debby Z. Intentions: 7316 W. 80th St., Overland Park, 913-6526510. Wine and Women Wednesday.

KC’s Neighborhood Bar: 10201 W. 47th St., Merriam, 913-262-7211. Darts, 7 p.m.

Raglan Road Irish Pub and MANY MORE Restaurant: 170 E. 14th St., 816-994-9700. Pub Quiz Trivia, 8 p.m.

Tonahill’s South: 10817 E. Truman Rd., Independence, 816-252-2560. Ladies’ ONLINE AT Night with DJ Thorny, 6 p.m.PITCH.COM 1:30 a.m.

The Union of Westport: 421 Westport Rd. Midtown Trivia Showdown, 8 p.m.

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OPEN MIC/JAM SESSIONS Double Nickel Bar: 189 S. Rogers, Ste. 1614, Olathe, 913-390-0363. Open-mic night.

Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7491387. Acoustic open mic with Tyler Gregory, $2.

Jerry’s Bait Shop: 13412 Santa Fe Trail Dr., Lenexa, 913-894-9676. Jam Night, 9 p.m.

The Roxy: 7230 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-2366211. Jam session with Levee Town, 8 p.m.

Tonahill’s 3 of a Kind: 11703 E. 23rd St., Independence, 816-833-5021. Open Jam hosted by Crossthread, 7:30-11 p.m.

VARIET Y Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-221-2244. Slimm Spins Cheap Thrills, 6 p.m.

Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club: 3402 Main, 816-7531909. Amy Farrand’s Weirdo Wednesday Social Club, 7 p.m., no cover.

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Dear HNH: Most people don’t start dating until their late S AVA G E teens, so you haven’t wasted 23 years — maybe five or six years. But you were also getting an education, seeing a movie now and then, etc., right?

To overcome your paralyzing fear of rejection, you may need the help of a therapist and a pharmacist. But rejection is a part of romance.

Getting a “yes” from someone we ask out, ask to peg us, ask to marry us, etc., wouldn’t be meaningful if we got a “yes” from everyone.

As for your bisexuality …

Do you want to get a little experience, check your same-sex fantasies against samesex realities and make your first moves on people who are less likely to reject you? Then hit on some horny, hard-up gay or bi dudes.

Also head to bisexual websites and online forums for insight, advice and support. (A good place to start is binetusa.org.)

And bisexual guys don’t have to settle for straight girls who don’t understand or gay dudes who can’t deal. There’s no law against bisexuals dating other bisexuals. (But if a bisexual dumped you, you couldn’t blame your ex’s biphobia.) And your big reveal — “I’m bisexual” — should you find yourself dating a straight girl? It could be worse …

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Dear Dan: In a couple of weeks, I’ll be disclosing the full scope of my sexuality to my girlfriend.

I’m a 32-year-old male. We’ve been dating for two years. This is the happiest I’ve been in a relationship. I want to marry her. She knows that I have a pantyhose fetish, and she wears nylons for me whenever I ask. She doesn’t know that I also love to wear pantyhose, and that when I do, I have intense homoerotic fantasies. She doesn’t know that I also have a foot fetish and a cocksucking fetish, both associated with the pantyhose fetish.

I intend to tell her everything. How do I start?

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Avoid the phrase “cock fetishist.” You may be less into sucking cock and more into what sucking cock symbolizes during those pantyhose-charged moments, completing your transformation from straight/straight-identified guy to cross-dressed, cock-hungry slut.

If you say “cock fetish,” your girlfriend is likely to hear “closeted cock-hungry fag.” Better to tell her that when you wear pantyhose, you get into role-play scenarios in which you assume the feminine role. She may not be ready to see you with a man, but she could be up for seeing you on your knees, in pantyhose, sucking on the dildo she strapped on for your talismanic pleasure.

Dear Dan: I recently told my girlfriend of seven months that I have a foot fetish. I’d been trying to tell her by dropping subtle hints, but she didn’t pick up on them.

Since I told her, she’s been asking me hypothetical questions like, “Would you put your thumb up my butt?” I quickly say, “Of course.”

She comes back with, “Would you poop on me?”

I’m a bit slower to answer that question, but I say, “Yes, if that’s something you wanted, I would do it.” Then she laughs and tells me, “Raise your standards.” I’m confused. Is she secretly into these things and afraid to tell me?

She’s brought it up more than once.

A part of me is hoping that there’s something kinky she’s after. It would free me up to go to town on her feet.

Honestly Into Nasty Things Dear HINT: Kink cards on the table at seven months. Well done. As for these conversations …

Your girlfriend is worried that you’ve got kinks you haven’t told her about yet, or she believes that having a kink means a person has no sexual limits or boundaries. The comment “Raise your standards” is a good indication that she’s not into shit. She’s latching onto worst-kink scenarios and seeing if you’d “go there.”

Agreeing to shit on the girlfriend won’t inspire her to let you go to town on her feet. Tell her that she should be thankful she’s dating an honest foot fetishist and not a dishonest necrophiliac — your kinks could be worse — and let her know that you’re ready, willing and able to explore her kinks, if she has any, but then list a few of the things you won’t do. (Shit on her, for one.) And when she’s ready to share her kinks with you, tell her that she knows where to find you: on the floor, going to town on her feet.

Confidential to everybody: Think a guy in pantyhose can’t be hot? See the insanely hot guys at xdress.com. Then answer this question: Are these guys so hot, they’d be hot in anything, or do panties make these hot guys even hotter?

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