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hit job. He suggested that John Ross, a former Democratic congressional candidate, was pulling the levers of the scandal. Kinder called Ross a “contributing writer and editor for the Riverfront Times.” In fact, Ross has never worked at, or written for, the publication. The paper says Ross was not the source of the photograph that got the story rolling. Kinder has called Chapman’s story “bizarre,” but that hasn’t stopped his fellow Republicans from believing it. Echoing Humphreys, Tim Garrison, a Missouri GOP activist in Springfield, blasted Kinder in an e-mail, stating that his story about stopping at Verlin’s because he needed to pee did “not pass the laugh test.” Garrison wants to see a different Republican challenge Gov. Jay Nixon next year. “I am sorry, but the price of cavorting with Penthouse Pets in your 40s is that you don’t get to be governor of a Bible Belt state in your 50s,” Garrison said in his e-mail, which was reported by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “The Republican Party claims to be the party of personal responsibility. It’s time to put action to those words, and ask Mr. Kinder to step aside.” Kinder, meanwhile, is standing pat in his conviction that he should be Missouri’s next governor. But if enough moneymen in his party lose faith, he may be the one going without pants. — DAVID MARTIN Read in your underwear at pitch.com/plog
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n August 4, a Thursday, the Liquor Control Board of Review held a hearing that lasted nine hours. The parade of witnesses tested the stamina of the court reporter. Late in the afternoon, she used lulls in the testimony to stretch and to shake the tension out of her arms and hands. The daylong hearing was dedicated to the liquor license of Xpressions, a nightclub on the north end of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Xpressions is the third establishment to operate at 220 Admiral Boulevard. The previous iterations — clubs named NV and NRG — were notorious for shootings, fights and other assorted mayhem. The owner of the building, a man named Del Hedgepath, ran NV and NRG. Under pressure from the city’s Regulated Industries Division, he sold the ground-floor bar to a young couple with more enthusiasm than experience. When the business opened as Xpressions in late December, the calls for squad cars and ambulances resumed. “This club is one that we go to pretty much all the time,” a Kansas City police sergeant testified at the August 4 hearing. Eric and Natasha Union, the couple who bought the club from Hedgepath, were notified in March that Xpressions had flunked its probationary period. The notice arrived shortly after a 19-year-old man was shot and killed in a parking lot several blocks from the club. A city official would later describe the homicide as having been “initiated” at Xpressions. Carol Coe, a former councilwoman advising the Unions, acknowledges that NV and NRG were scourges. “The police have been tortured by that Del Hedgepath,” she tells The Pitch. The Unions say they are being unfairly made to answer for the destructive and unlawful activity that took place when the business was in Hedgepath’s name. At the hearing, they described the measures that they had taken to monitor and shape the behavior inside, and in the immediate vicinity of, Xpressions. The club, for instance, began admitting only those 25 and older on Saturday nights. Eric Union
said he doesn’t play “hood stuff ” when he takes a turn in the DJ booth. But no amount of slow jams will appease those who own property and rent apartments near Admiral and McGee. Weary from their battles with Hedgepath, the neighbors did not welcome the arrival of another establishment with a vowel-deprived name. In their minds, the location continues to be synonymous with noise, vomit and the occasional spray of gunfire. “I would never advise anyone to live where I live,” a young father of two, who lives near the club, said at the liquor board hearing. In a way, it was fitting that the hearing turned into a nine-hour, no-break-for-lunch grind. The city’s effort to regulate the flow of alcohol at 220 Admiral has been full of complications. Elected officials have gotten involved. A lawsuit was filed. An R. Kelly appearance in Kansas City has even figured into the narrative. Velvet ropes were set up outside the club last weekend. But the party may finally be coming to an end.
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n 1997, The Kansas City Star featured Del Hedgepath in a story about “ordinary” millionaires. The story described how Hedgepath mowed his own yard and paid $9 for haircuts, in spite of his $1 million net worth. Hedgepath, a self-taught businessman, whose formal education topped out with some coursework at Johnson County Community College, began buying real estate when he was in his early 20s. His first purchase, according to the Star article, was a house in McLouth, Kansas, his hometown. Now 47, Hedgepath bought the three-story brick building at 220 Admiral in 2003. He converted the upper two floors into apartments. (The Buick Lofts, as they’re known, pay homage to the building’s past life as a car dealership.) He transformed the first floor into a club that he called NV. NV had a lot going for it: central location, a large floor plan, a patio deck and a well-capitalized owner. In 2008, The Pitch sponsored a DJ contest at the club. Eventually, though, NV became associated with violence and other misbehavior.
In May 2009, the city suspended NV’s liquor license for 60 days. The suspension was handed down a few weeks after an incident outside the club that left four people with gunshot wounds. On a different night, a female bartender whacked a bottle of Grey Goose against a patron’s head. Gary Majors, the manager of Regulated Industries, once told The Pitch that police officers used to see the club’s bouncers get involved in melees that the bouncers would deny happened when police asked about them. Hedgepath used the suspension as an opportunity to rebrand the business. The club reopened in October as NRG. A couple of new consonants did not alleviate the problems. In December 2009, a woman told police that two NRG employees had taken her to an apartment and raped her after a cocaine-dusted afterparty at the club. Last year, the owner of a record label accused Hedgepath of slapping him in the face and then ducking behind a bouncer. A few weeks after that incident, a man who left NRG at 2:30 a.m. was shot in the buttocks. The club demanded a lot of police attention. Patrol cars responded to more than 100 disturbances in the first nine months of 2010. In addition to shootings and fights in the street, the cruising along Admiral Boulevard caused traffic headaches and left nearby residents cursing the invention of the subwoofer. Hedgepath’s days as a middle-aged clubland prince were numbered. His attorney suggested selling the club in lieu of a liquor-license revocation. The plan was for Hedgepath to run the club until he found a buyer. But after a weekend last September, during which the streets around Xpressions were misty with pepper spray, the city encouraged Hedgepath to shut it down.
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They incorporated Unique Entertainment, the business that bought the bar from Hedgepath, last August. Tables for the key participants had been arranged on the stage of the Robert J. Mohart Multipurpose Center. As Mary Jane Judy, vice chairwoman of the liquor board, laid out some ground rules, Hedgepath entered the auditorium and took a seat toward the back of the room. Beth Murano, an assistant city attorney, presented the case for revoking the liquor license. Her first witness was Majors, a former police major who moved over to Regulated Industries in 2007. Majors said he met with the Unions last November to talk about their foray into barkeeping. The meeting took place in his office in the Century Towers building. Majors, who testified that he had concerns about the Unions’ inexperience, said he gave the couple tips on crowd control. He said he told the Unions that the nightspot’s history of violence could not continue. New Year’s weekend did not cure Majors of his ambivalence. The Unions had arranged for off-duty deputies from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office to provide security in the immediate area around the nightclub. But the deputies felt undermanned when a fight broke out at Admiral and Grand on January 1. Shots were fired in a nearby parking lot. When the gun smoke cleared, officials in the Sheriff’s Office
decided that deputies would no longer work special duty at Xpressions. A private security company, KC Patrol and Protection, replaced the off-duty deputies. This arrangement lasted three months. Scott Dennis, a KC Patrol officer, testified at the hearing that fights were common inside the club on Friday and Saturday nights. Dennis said an Xpressions bouncer named Josh liked to take unruly patrons by the throat when he escorted them out of the building. The bouncer’s manner was so agressive, Dennis said, that he and his co-workers worried that a roughly treated patron might retaliate and they would get caught in the crossfire. Dennis said he tried to advise Josh: “If nothing else, go home and watch the movie Road House.” The club, meanwhile, continued to require police intervention. Xpressions produced 25 disturbance calls in the first six months of this year, according to Deborah Randol, a Kansas City police sergeant who testified at the hearing. Randol said Xpressions has occupied her and her officers’ time like no other establishment in her patrol area. On February 12, Randol arrested a woman who became belligerent at the club. The following night, an intoxicated man who had left the club started fighting with police after being told not to loiter in the middle of the street. On March 20, a boyfriend-girlfriend situation, which had originated at the club, ended in bloodshed. Police say Kendrick Anderson, 21, got in his car and followed two men men he saw talking to his significant other outside Xpressions at closing time. An occupant in
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Anderson’s car shot at Stephen Lee Anthony Jackson’s car when the vehicles reached Eighth Street and Charlotte. Jackson died at the scene. His passenger was taken to the hospital with critical injuries. Prosecutors charged Anderson with second-degree murder. After the drive-by, Majors, who had met with the Unions again in late January, this time to talk about the club’s rocky relaunch, was ready to pull the plug. He notified the Unions that they had violated the terms of their probation. For Majors, probation was a relatively new tool. In 2009, the City Council passed an ordinance that placed all new liquor licensees under a six-month probationary period. The ordinance stipulates that bars failing to prevent or suppress disorder (or committing other violations of the liquor code) must get the consent of their neighbors to continue serving drinks. Once notified of the probation violation, the Unions hired a public-relations professional, Carrie Stapleton. But no communications specialist could salvage the venue’s relationship with its neighbors. One neighboring property owner was so determined to see Xpressions close that he called the club’s liquor distributors and gave them a hard time.
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eighborhood consent was a lost cause. So the Unions explored other options. In early May, their attorney, Gregory Vleisides, filed a lawsuit against Majors in an effort to keep Xpressions operating without city
Gary Majors (left) says Xpressions is a nuisance to its downtown neighborhood. interference. The suit alleged that the Unions, who are black, were victims of racial discrimination. The suit noted that Hedgepath, who is white, had drawn fines and suspensions. The Unions, meanwhile, faced the regulatory equivalent of the death penalty. In its answer to the suit, the city denied that the Unions were targets of discrimination. The point became moot when a judge ruled that Xpressions’ license was not in imminent danger, and the suit was dismissed. The courthouse was but one path. With the revocation hearing looming, the Unions also tested a political solution. On May 27, Councilman Jermaine Reed wrote a letter informing Majors that he had taken an interest in the case. In the letter, Reed described his positive feelings about the Unions and the club. “I was impressed with the entertainment venue and the efforts the business owners have made to create a safe and upscale environment for adults,” he wrote. Reed indicated that he thought the Unions were being treated harshly. He asked Majors for more information and offered his “help to clear up any issues that could hinder the future success of the business.” In an interview with The Pitch, Reed said his letter was a “fact-finding” effort. “I’m not, like, fighting to save Xpressions,” he said, adding that he hoped the Unions continued on page 12
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as any business.” Missouri state Sen. Shalonn “Kiki” Curls also took an interest in the Unions’ plight. At a liquorboard hearing, Curls said she met the Unions at a fundraiser for Mayor Sly James. Later, she attended a meeting that the Unions had with police officials. She said she found the couple to be “genuine.” At the August 4 hearing, Curls stated her support for entrepreneurial activity. The club’s opponents who put the hearing on their calendars did not care to listen to Curls talk about commerce, however. When she sat down to testify, she was jeered for speaking about a business that’s not located in her Senate district (nor is it in Reed’s council district). Curls said she was at the club on June 18, the night that R. Kelly performed at the Sprint Center. The Unions had arranged for the singer to appear at Xpressions after the concert, an event they publicized on KPRS 103.3. Kelly did not appear at the club, however. At the liquor-board hearing, Xpressions manager Orlando Singleton said he learned that Kansas City police officers had visited the singer’s dressing room to warn him against making the appearance, citing the potential danger. Kelly took the officers’ advice and stayed away from the club. The police, meanwhile, were braced for trouble in the area around 220
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coming down there, they were an embarrassment. You wouldn’t want them to be in a club with you.” Admiral. At the hearing, Eric Union showed video that he took of police officers mobilized on a bluff near the club. There was a shooting in downtown that night, but not in the vicinity of Xpressions. A 16-year-old girl showed up at a hospital with a gunshot wound to her neck. (Her injury was not life-threatening.) The girl was struck while in a car in a parking garage at 12th Street and Walnut. A graphic in the video that Union shared noted the location of the shooting. “Police on cliff doing nothing while lady get shot at Power and Light,” it read.
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Eric and Natasha Union (top), the owners of Xpressions, and Del Hedgepath, their landlord, listen to testimony at the liquorboard hearing. Vleisides argued that the Unions had made enough effort to operate a safe and law-abiding club. Under Vleisides’ questioning, Randol said the couple had been cooperative. To her knowledge, no felony arrests had been made inside Xpressions. Hedgepath left the auditorium during Randol’s testimony. (He did not respond to a follow-up e-mail or a phone message left at one of his businesses.) Later in the day, Natasha Union addressed the rumor that Hedgepath is more than a landlord and continues to operate the club in some capacity. (Majors had raised the possibility during one of his early meetings with the Unions.) She denied that Hedgepath had any interest in the club, stating that she and her husband were financially committed to the business. “We pretty much put our life savings into it,” she said. During his testimony, Eric Union described the costs of running a popular downtown nightclub. He said he had spent $47,000 on outside security. A more docile crowd, of course, would not cost as much to control. The Unions, Singleton and other staff members talked at length about their efforts to refine their clientele, such as the pitch.com
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25-and-older policy on Saturdays. But under the city attorney’s questioning, they acknowledged that most of the measures had been taken after the Unions were notified of the club’s probation violation. During the public-comment period, a handful of the club’s unhappy neighbors rose to speak. Marvin Pool, a retired contractor who converted a building on Admiral into lofts, complained that activity at the club did not allow him to charge market-rate rents. “I’m 79 years old, and this is my retirement,” he said, raising his voice. Camille Brown, who rents an apartment near the club, said she was ready to move. “They did too little too late,” she said, speaking of the Unions. In an interview with The Pitch, Brown said the area around Xpressions gets “buck wild” on the weekends. Brown is frustrated with Xpressions. At the same time, she recognizes that entertainment options are limited for young black people in Kansas City. “Our kids,” she said, “don’t have anywhere to party.”
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The city says Xpressions has failed to control its crowds. Friday night, a group of four women tugged at the sides of their skirts as they walked in towering heels from a parked car to the club. It was 11 p.m., and there was no line to get inside. The uncertainty appears to be taking a toll. The women left the scarcely populated club after 30 minutes. The Xpressions website promotes a Labor Day event but none further in the future. A day after the hearing, The Pitch asked Majors if he thought he made a mistake by giving Hedgepath the opportunity to sell the venue last year. The inspector let out a long sigh before answering. “I honestly hoped the problem with the club was more management on Hedgepath’s part than just the fact that it’s a very large club,” he said. “I thought that possibly with different management, it could be successful. I did have my doubts, and I certainly expressed those doubts with the Unions when I first met with them.” The sale, Majors said, gave him leverage that he didn’t have with Hedgepath, who was not subject to the probationary period and its rules. “I just didn’t have the tools in place to effectively deal with club NV or NRG at that point in time,” he said. Hedgepath, meanwhile, remains a far-fromordinary millionaire. The fact that alcohol has continued to be served at 220 Admiral Boulevard for as long as it has is a testament to his resourcefulness. E-mail david.martin@pitch.com or call 816-218-6708
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Ah, the celebrity “autobiography,” that place we all go for sage wisdom, from those who truly know what life is all about (case in point: Justin Bieber’s First Step 2 Forever). These books are nothing if not full of pearls, and the performers behind Eat Their Words look to mine some juicy ones at the Indie on Main (13th Street and Main, 816-283-9900). Local FIND comedians and actors MANY MORE Stephanie Roberts, Gail Bronfman Bunch, Tom Kessler, Mark Manning, Bakely, Andrew LISTINGS Pete Chambers and Philip ONLINE AT Hooser read selections PITCH.COM from the fine works of notable scribes, including the Bieb, Tommy Lee, Miley Cyrus, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Tiger Woods, Ivana Trump and Ron Jeremy, among others. In addition to being a bit of good schadenfreude, it also benefits National Public Radio affiliate KCUR 89.3. The free show begins at 8 p.m., but arrive early because seating is limited. Call 816-337-7180 for information. — APRIL FLEMING
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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (4525 Oak, 816-751-1278) sprawls across property once owned by William Rockhill Nelson, who really liked to spread out. Did Nelson grow old and eccentric, exploring his enormous home’s interior astride a favorite stallion? The world will never know the answer to that question. We do know that the square footage of the museum’s galleries and public spaces constitutes either a daunting physical challenge or a tribute to human imagination, depending on how you look at it. Not everyone is able to explore the entirety of the museum on foot, so the Carter Community Trust has funded two electric carts to shuttle visitors along two routes through the galleries. The museum commissioned Kansas City artist Peregrine Honig to transform the shuttlecarts into rolling works of art. Her “Gilded Cage” and “Sweet Chariot” incorporate visual echoes of carnival rides, Mardi Gras and the vintage coaches of European aristocracy. Y’know, Peregrine stuff. Rides are free. See nelson-atkins.org. — CHRIS PACKHAM
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For decades, women have indulged a little fashion kink: the shoe fetish. Now, soleobsessed Kansas Citians can whip out those succulent ruby-red Louboutins for Martinis, Women and Shoes, benefiting the Heartland Women’s Leadership Council’s 20/20 campaign, a fundraiser for local domesticviolence shelter Safehome. The night at the Marquee Lounge (1400 Main, 816-474-4545)
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Ride around the Nelson-Atkins in style. (See Thursday.) is dedicated to two art forms: the martini and the stiletto. “Everyone has that bold, bodacious pair of shoes,” says CiCi Rojas, HWLC co-chairwoman. “Of course, martinis add to the revelry.” For $25, women (and men) can score hors d’oeuvres, signature cocktails and entrance to a sexy shoe contest (winners walk away with gift certificates to Halls and Shoe Loft). Also planned is a silent auction with themed packages that include champagne, jewelry, sports tickets and more. “Shoes to
You know those really depressing TV commercials with the sad, abused animals? Well, the Humane Society of Greater Kansas City has a real tearjerker on its website, but one that involves happy endings for the animals rescued by the 99-year-old no-kill organization. The HSGKC’s Ray of Hope Program saves thousands of animals each year, keeping KC’s animal-control euthanasia rate below 5 percent. Show them some love tonight at Art Unleashed, a benefit at Hale Arena (1701 American Royal Court, 816-221-9800), where more than 400 pieces of original pet-themed artwork are up for auction, including sculpture, pottery, and paintings in a variety of mediums. Tickets cost $25 and include complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. The event begins at 7 p.m. See hsgkc.org for more information or call 913-596-1000, ext. 115. — APRIL FLEMING
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life forms on the planet and also the cutest and most awesome. By contrast, store-brand dog food polls quite poorly among a demographic cohort of dogs. An overwhelming 99 percent of dogs indicate that they would rather eat your burrito than a bowl of Purina One. It’s probably best to avoid feeding Buddy a sackful of Manny’s takeout, but Rick Woodford, known as the Dog Food Dude, advocates cooking up your own dog food at home. The author of the forthcoming cookbook Feed Your Best Friend Better, Woodford suggests that animals enjoy improved health and longevity when they’re fed home-cooked foods that include fresh vegetables and meat. From 10 a.m. to noon., Woodford teaches a class called Making Healthy Dog Food with the Dog Food Dude at the Whole Foods Cooking Studio (7401 West 91st Street, Overland Park, 913-652-9633). Attendees learn how to cook five recipes and receive samples to take home. The class costs $20. For more information or to make a reservation, see acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=222044. — CHRIS PACKHAM [BENEFIT]
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Since the beginning of July, the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center (2012 Baltimore, 816-474-1919) has been home to Project Reclamation, a two-part art installation featuring works created with debris from the Joplin tornado. The undertaking culminates with Twist & Shout, an auction and party to benefit the Joplin art community. “My hometown KC is the most generous arts community in the country, and I knew they would help us rebuild as they could, with their own time, space and creativity,” says Josie Mai, associate professor of art at Missouri Southern University and volunteer at the George A. Spiva Center for the Arts in Joplin. Works from more than 90 artists will be on the block. Admission is $5 (or the donation of a new art supply). Festivities run from 6 to 9 p.m. For more information, see kcartists4joplin.com. — BERRY ANDERSON
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Lincoln, Nebraska, has Kathryn Bolkovac. Olathe has Lt. Col. Ted Lockwood. The peacekeeper and Army reservist, respectively, went above and beyond to rescue women from sex trafficking. (Rachel Weisz plays Bolkovac in The Whistleblower, a new movie inspired by Bolkovac’s efforts in postwar Bosnia.) Lockwood helped free 14 Ugandan women from modern-day slavery in Iraq. Lockwood tells the tale at 7 p.m. at Colonial Church (7039 Mission, in Prairie Village, 913-362-7735). Donations to the Ugandan women’s legal fund will be accepted. — CRYSTAL K. WIEBE
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Men who would rather om their way to mental well-being, rather than grunt through pecstraining workouts, should attend the freedom yoga class at KC Fitness Link (510 North Sixth Street, in Kansas City, Kansas, 816-256-4443). Darryl Olive, director of programs, started the class because he was tired of being the only man taking yoga. “I wanted to offer the experience of not being the only guy to other guys,” he says. His program focuses on flexibility and working the hamstrings, back and hips to strengthen the body. Sign up online or just show up, and take a mat and water bottle. (You can buy or rent a mat there, too.) The class goes from 8:30 to continued on page 18
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In a New York Times tribute published after Nobel Prize winner Harold Pinter’s death, Mel Gussow and Ben Brantley reminded readers of the adjective “Pinteresque,” a “byword for strong and unspecified menace.” The ultimate comedy of menace, Pinter’s The Birthday FIND MANY MORE Party reminds us that terror lurks everywhere, sheathed in a layer of grins and LISTINGS thin unpredictability. See it ONLINE AT when the Kansas City PITCH.COM Actors Theatre presents the play on Union Station’s H&R Block City Stage (30 West Pershing Road, 816-460-2020). Part of the theater’s Pinter Project, The Birthday Party is in rotating repertory with The Lover, The Collection and Night, a collection of three of his one-act plays. The two shows are performed on alternating nights through September 11. The Birthday Party begins tonight at 7:30 p.m., and tickets cost $34 for adults; call 816-235-6222. For complete show schedules and actor bios, see kcactors.org. — BERRY ANDERSON
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From left: Brian Paulette, TJ Chasteen and Mark Robbins in Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party. (See Tuesday.) college radio station KJHK 90.7’s sex- and romantic-advice program Kansas in Heat for five years. The show tapes on Wednesday afternoons and evenings, depending on guest availability, so you might see a live performance by the Noise FM or an interview with community exercise guru Don “Red Dog” Gardner. This week’s taping is from 2:45 to 3:30 p.m. at Free State Studios (644 New Hampshire, in Lawrence, 785-832-6376). To book a seat in the audience, send an e-mail to nsls@freestatestudios.com. — NICK SPACEK [FILM]
SAY ’ELLO TO MY LI’L FR’EN’
Al Pacino has always been an intensely passionate actor — Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon. But one doesn’t have to consult the Internet Movie Database to confidently date his propensity for over-the-top, self-parodying, scenery-chewing gluttony — Scent of a Woman, Heat — to 1983’s Scarface. Directed by Brian De Palma from a screenplay by Oliver Stone, Scarface is the swinging-dick movie that sounded the death knell for the kind of nuance and moderation their generation of filmmakers typified. It also redefined the gangster genre, whose last great standardbearer, the Godfather saga, also starred Pacino. For one night only, relive this turning point in American cinema — the coke! the violence! the f-bombs! the overacting! the ’80s! — when Fathom Events brings Scarface to area theaters at 7:30 p.m. So lizzen up, you cocka-roaches: See a complete listing and order tickets at fathomevents.com/classics/event/ scarface.aspx. — BRENT SHEPHERD Night + Day listings are offered as a free service to Pitch readers and are subject to space restrictions. Submissions should be addressed to Night + Day Editor Berry Anderson by e-mail (calendar@pitch.com), fax (816-756-0502) or mail (The Pitch, 1701 Main, Kansas City, MO 64108). Please include zip code with address. Continuing items must be resubmitted monthly. No submissions are taken by telephone. Items must be received two weeks prior to each issue date. Search our complete listings guide online.
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Above, ample servings of rotisserie chicken (with two sides) and blueberry cobbler à la mode are reasonable. At left, cookies beckon.
tasted. The menu offers a few salads, and the dressings include a delicious herbal vinaigrette. (Like the other dressings, though, it comes served in a little plastic cup — a touch that’s more clinical than cozy and earns another presentation demerit.) The four variations on lasagna include vegetarian and gluten-free versions, and there also are several macaroniand-cheese options. Now, I had a Depression-era grandmother, too, famous for her chicken and homemade noodles and layer cakes, and I can assure you that lasagna was not in her repertoire. She also wouldn’t have prepared macaroni and cheese with anything as exotic as radiatore. But the chunky, rippled noodles at Anna’s Oven are a good choice for the thick, creamy cheese sauce — cheddar, provolone and American — spread over them. The chicken and noodles are house-made, in a heavenly broth (though the noodles I tried were too feathery), and the meatloaf dinner is solid and old-fashioned. This is uncomplicated comfort food, served in big portions. So if the microwave that’s humming away in the kitchen somewhat dispels pitch.com pitch.com
the myth of a gingham-clad Anna toiling benevolently to make a hot-food oasis in the Dust Bowl, well, that meatloaf really is pretty good. The roasted fresh vegetables served with meals are excellent, and the mashed potatoes — Yukon Gold spuds whipped up with milk and butter — are better than anything my grandmother ever made. The restaurant makes two versions of rotisserie chicken, the better of which is the fragrant, mahogany-brown 10-Spice bird, moist and succulent and deftly seasoned. The blend, manager Jamie says, is secret, but I detect the aroma of ground ginger and, perhaps, a little savory. It’s one of the best dishes on the menu. The featured dessert always seems to be a crumbly cobbler made with blueberries and pineapple — an interesting combination of sweet and tart but a shade gummy. Better is the chocolate sheet cake with the sugary cocoa glaze, which evokes a simple church-supper dessert. It’s delectable with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream. Anna’s Oven is less a traditional restaurant than an inspired idea: “Let’s open a dining room that serves hearty, inexpensive meals and raises money for charity!” And at these prices, you could almost call it Mother Teresa’s Oven. It’s the only restaurant on 39th Street where picking up a fork really is an act of charity, which makes its eccentricities a little easier to forgive. Have a suggestion for a restaurant The Pitch should review? E-mail charles.ferruzza@pitch.com MUOGNUTSHT X2X–X IT A 5 - 3 1X, , 2200101 X t T hH e Ep P it c Ch H 231
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ryan Merker stared at the huge map, with the primary-colored pushpins marking noteworthy restaurants in parts of the country that he wanted to visit, as Jerry Vincent talked about his culinary arts program at Johnson County Community College. “I remember him saying, ‘If you graduate from my program, I can get you into any of these,’ ” Merker says. All Merker had to do was learn how to cook. After an odyssey that put many more pins in that map, he’s the chef and owner of Nica’s 320 (320 Southwest Boulevard), which has been open for two weeks. The wood-fired oven of the former Shiraz restaurant (which closed BY in 2008) has been replaced J O N AT H A N with a new kitchen. A bar with metal siding, evoking BENDER the former Nica’s Café space in Overland Park, runs the length of the dining room. The elevator has been converted to a wine cellar, and the patio has been rebuilt. Merker gestures to the banquets, which his 4-year-old son recently discovered are perfect for running across, and begins to talk about his own childhood in Overland Park. His world was anchored by the two kitchen constants of his grandmothers. Grandma Micelli prepared pots of sauce on the stove and made cannoli from scratch. Grandma Beamer baked pineapple-banana bread, an extra loaf just for him. “The men would watch football, and I was always in the kitchen, fascinated,” Merker says. “The men would go cut down Christmas trees, and I would bring my recipes for Christmas cookies.” It wasn’t until he was in Vincent’s office, though, that he began to think about a career in the kitchen. Vincent arranged a summer apprenticeship for Merker at Fedora, and he was off, entranced by the scene at the restaurant on the Plaza. His next position was on the line at Grand Street Café, making specialty items. After just six months there, he was recruited to be the sous chef at the Stadium Club at Kauffman Stadium. Guest chefs would be brought in, and one, in particular, made a huge impression on Merker. “Chef Juanita Dilbert stands 6 feet 4 inches. She’s a real character. I had a real connection with her and Cajun food,” Merker says. She invited him to cook at the Seaport Café in New Orleans. He accepted and, less than a month later, was working at a restaurant on Bourbon Street in the heart of the French Quarter, learning to make red beans and rice and shrimp étouffée. But he was
also 22 years old and living in a town where the party was never far from his front door. “I never bought a drink, and I never came home with money,” Merker says of his time in New Orleans. Merker returned to Kansas City after a year. A few cooks he knew from Fedora were working at the newly opened Rock Bottom Brewery. He took a job as a sous chef, working for three months before transferring to a new location in Seattle in order to be part of “the grunge revolution.” The first person he met was the woman who would become his wife. Monica was looking to apply for a job. Merker just didn’t want to be late for work. The timing was wrong, and neither pursued a relationship. But after he transferred to a Rock Bottom in Portland, Oregon, they reconnected. He moved back to Seattle, taking a job at the Leschi Lake Café on Lake Washington. The seafood chop house was his first brush with Microsoft founder Bill Gates, a regular diner. When Bryan and Monica tired of the rain, they packed up everything that would fit in the smallest U-Haul and moved to La Jolla, California. When Merker’s mother became ill, the duo moved back to Kansas City, where he signed on as the pastry chef at the newly opened Pierpont’s. He had a list of 40 wedding cakes waiting for him and a lot of catching up to do. After 18 months, the Merkers were back on the West Coast and living in Santa Monica. He took a job with Morton’s as the West Coast “cleaner,” traveling around the country, ultimately helping seven struggling restaurants. “I’d get a ticket e-mailed to me, and I’d pitch.com
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be off to Atlanta the next day,” Merker says. When he and Monica married in 2004, Merker wanted to cut down on travel, so he took a job at the Morton’s in Burbank, California. While looking for a new creative outlet, he discovered another passion: glass blowing. He made a radical decision and quit his corporate job to move to San Francisco and be an artist. During the day he sold glass sculptures, and at night he worked as a maitre d’ at Vignette in Union Square. FIND “I was really into MUCH MORE plate presentation and colors,” he says. “You layer flavors CONTENT with food, and I disONLINE AT covered I like to layer PITCH.COM colors in glass.” When their son was born, Merker again sought the stability of the kitchen. While at the Voodoo Music Festival in New Orleans, he settled on the concept of Nica’s Café with his business partner, Phil Dunn. Merker fell in love with the former Shiraz space, but it wasn’t available at the time. His investors steered him toward Overland Park. Nica’s Café opened at 14319 Metcalf in January 2010. It had an eclectic mix of smoothies, bubble tea and coffee drinks, and an expansive menu of pizzas, pastas and crepes. The restaurant closed in December of last year in the middle of negotiations over the Shiraz space, which had become available in the interim. “We had no desire to leave. It’s just this space gave us the chance to do something
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All Kinds AMY FARRAND’S CONFEDERACY OF WEIRDOS.
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ou probably wouldn’t know it unless you were a bar regular or an especially nosy individual, but Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club has a poolroom. Just past the end of the bar, to the left, is a door that’s always shut, and inside is a rectangular-shaped room with a pool table and some old chairs, stools and tables. It’s like an abandoned Elks lodge in there. On Wednesday afternoons, Amy Farrand hauls the chairs and tables over to the stage area for Weirdo Wednesday Supper Club, the weekly vaBY riety show that she’s been hosting at Davey’s since April D AV I D 2010. She drapes cloths over H U D N A L L the tables and black nylon slips over the backs of the chairs, and rigs curtains up on the stage. When the crowd arrives at 7 p.m., the votives on the tables and the dim stage lights set a relatively elegant mood, at least for Davey’s. Farrand has close-cropped brown hair, which she parts on the right and grows long on the front left side. She has to brush it over her ear every couple of minutes. She has a very direct manner, verging on gruff. On a recent Wednesday, Farrand was setting up and talking about the genesis of her show. “I’ve been playing in bands in this town since I was 15 years old,” she said, flapping open a tablecloth. “I’ve been fortunate to know a lot of the most talented people in town. I have access to those people. I know a lot of performers. I know singers, tarot card readers, dancers. And I was given a night and told, ‘Do whatever you want with it.’ So I thought, Why not do a variety show? Get a bunch of weird people in the same place.” Davey’s owner, Michelle Markowitz, poked her head in, a little flustered. There was a problem with the walk-in downstairs. “Can you cover me a few minutes, Amy?” she asked. Farrand kind of grunted. “OK,” she said, and walked back behind the bar. There were only two patrons inside. One of them, a bearded, tattooed guy in his mid-20s, asked Farrand for an ashtray. She glanced behind her at the liquor bottles for about a second, and then told him to go smoke his cigarette outside. Earlier that day, Farrand had appeared on Mark Manning’s KKFI 90.1 radio show, Wednesday MidDay Medley, to discuss American Catastrophe, one of the many local music projects with which she is involved. I asked
her how she liked going on the air and men- regularly come through and perform. The tioned that I was looking forward to the band’s variety and informality of the show has the show on Friday. She frowned and looked at me slight whiff of an open mic, but Farrand alsideways. “It’s on Saturday,” she said. “Did you ways books in advance. “You leave your ass not listen to the show?” I told her that I was hanging in the wind with an open mic,” she told me. “I’ve worked ’em. They’re hellish.” at work during the broadcast. Last week’s show opened with a performance “You know, you can stream it over the Internet,” she said. I started to explain that I by a 67-year-old man who goes by the stage find the radio distracting when I’m trying to name Diamond Dan. “This guy is pure balls,” write, but she cut me off and continued talk- Farrand said, by way of introduction. About 20 people were assembled at ing about that week’s show. tables near the stage, some of As host, Farrand adopts a Amy Farrand’s Weirdo them munching on the whitegrumpy, sarcastic demeanor, Wednesday Supper Club wine-poached chicken prebut she also seems pretty 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays, pared by the Supper Club’s happy to be there. She’s at Davey’s Uptown regular caterer, Heather clearly proud of the ragtag Ramblers Club. Hands. In the back, past the group that attends Weirdo restrooms, a masseuse stood Wednesday. “I like that this show doesn’t attract a hip- in relative darkness beside a massage chair, ster crowd,” she continued. “It’s just this great ready to rub down any interested parties. Diamond Dan, a “boylesque” performer, mix of interesting characters who all come out, have beers, watch silly stuff. I don’t have took the stage wearing spurs, pants with thick any rules about what happens here. There are vertical stripes, a brown vest, a cowboy hat and laws, of course. Put a sock on it. Please don’t a fake gun. He held a pathetically tiny stick pee on the stage. But otherwise, I don’t like to horse between his legs and shuffled across the stage as though he were riding it. “Long Tall stifle anybody or censor anybody.” There’s always a music act at Weirdo Texan” played over the PA, and he danced ginWednesday, but jugglers, tap dancers, pup- gerly, as senior citizens tend to do. He struggled peteers, comedians and burlesque dancers a bit as he removed his suspenders, but he pitch.com
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eventually pried them off. In time, Diamond Dan was wearing just shiny, silver boxer briefs, white socks and the cowboy hat. He paused and stood proudly at center stage, his hands on his hips. For the big finish, he stripped off the boxer briefs to reveal a red thong. He thrusted about a little bit, and then the sound guy goofed and cut the song a couple of seconds early. A smattering of laughs and applause. There’d been a cancellation, so Farrand played a few solo acoustic sets of blues-inflected tunes. An impressively powerful guitar player, she hammered at the strings without sacrificing precision, and her fingers moved nimbly along the fretboard like an accountant doing 10-key. Once, she berated one of the regulars for a full 30 seconds for requesting “Freebird.” “I seriously can’t fucking believe people are still fucking shouting that out,” she said. Later, Farrand asked a question of Bill Sundahl (whose band, the Columns, played a set of jazzy blues-rock songs), then told him to get his own show if he wanted to talk anymore. Cheri Woods, who, like Farrand, is a Rural Grit regular, got up and performed some half spoken-word, continued on page 28 M O N T H X X–X X , 2 0 0 X
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half a-cappella songs. Her stories meandered melodically and then returned to refrains, and it was sometimes hard to determine where the banter stopped and the performance started. But it was frequently quite lovely. Diamond Dan re-emerged wearing a pinstriped suit. This would be a more formal striptease. A classy “broad” sat at a table on the stage, and he pantomimed the lyrics to Leonard Cohen’s “I’m Your Man,” to woo her. This time, he went from boxers to a purple fishnet sheath, through which a black thong was visible. When the fishnet came off, we were treated to an especially ample amount of skin along the sides of Diamond Dan’s crotch. It was the type of skin you don’t expect to see at a burlesque show, or even at most strip clubs. It was legal but, man, just barely. The music stopped, and he reached down and gathered up his pile of clothes, his bare ass partly facing the crowd. Farrand walked up and grabbed the mic. “Diamond Dan,” she said, and there wasn’t much else to do but nod and clap and be glad to have seen something so deeply weird on a weeknight.
DARK AGES Can America Survive? (Sorry State Records)
After a squeal of feedback, a thrumming bass line kicks in, and the debut LP from KC punks Dark Ages is off and running. The band’s sound and aesthetic hearken back to the heyday of SST, and the cover art calls to mind New Day Rising by Hüsker Dü — a band that, like Dark Ages, manages to avoid punk-rock tonal cliches. With the arpeggiated notes that begin “Yellow Eyes,” the rhythmic shifts during “More Agression” and the way singer Jordan Carr’s vocals convey outrage on “Merchants of Cool,” a primary goal of Can America Survive seems to be making punk rock a little uncomfortable again. The songs are big enough for fist-pumping and sing-alongs, but listeners expecting the usual us-against-the-system punk banality will be presented with a sense of impending doom, for which they might not be ready. Nowhere is that more clear than on the album’s closer, a cover of Choke’s “Easier to Die” that’s almost relentlessly downbeat. — NICK SPACEK
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Named for the house where the album was recorded and where Karma Vision hosts monthly local-music showcases, Pizza Power finds the Lawrence psychedelic-folk outfit integrating the looseness of its first two EPs and achieving a sort of laid-back control. Frontman Bobby Sauder is no longer with his other band, Mammoth Life, and the album reflects that — the wonky synthesizers, easy-listening saxophone riffs and whimsical chant-along harmonies carry the sort of statement that a first LP should. Karma Vision owes a considerable debt to groups like Fleet Foxes and Animal Collective, but the tracks “Price Meltdown” and “Cone Doo Womp” hit on something that achieves a more unified synthesis of the group’s weirder sonic elements, a cohesion that was lacking up until this point. Pizza Power is the work of a band that’s on the cusp of finding a sound wholly its own but that’s content to get there at its own leisurely pace. — IAN HRABE 2
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1. Steely Dan Last year, Kansas City welcomed one half of Steely Dan, when Donald Fagen stopped in with Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald as part of the Monsters of Yacht Tour, as it was called (by me). Thursday, we get the real deal: Fagen, his partner in crime Walter Becker, and probably about eight of the most technically accomplished touring musicians on the planet, burning through hit after immaculately produced hit on a late-summer Starlight stage. Sometimes when I’m in a bad mood, I think about how I’m going to this show, and then I feel better. Thursday, August 25, at Starlight Theatre (4600 Starlight Road in Swope Park, 816-363-7827)
2. The Low Anthem The Low Anthem sounds quite a bit like Fleet Foxes, but I wouldn’t call the Rhode Island quartet a trendhopper. They’ve been plowing those gentle, pastoral Americana fields since right around the time Sun Giant surfaced. The band is quite comfortable cozying up to a nostalgic past, though. Its latest, Smart Flesh, was recorded in an abandoned pasta factory, and the group has been known to cover Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen live. No complaints here. Monday, August 29, at RecordBar (1020 Westport Road, 816-753-5207)
3. TV on the Radio, with !!! The guys in TV on the Radio sit calmly and unchallenged atop the Brooklyn music scene, a hub for some of the most talented (and cutthroat) bands in the country. How’d they get there? By absorbing many of the borough’s past and present trends — shoegaze, art-punk, dance-rock, neo-soul — and then masterfully fleshing them out into a singular, visionary sound. !!! (pronounced chk chk chk) indulges in one of those trends — dance-rock — but does a more charming, sexier version of it than its legions of peers. Saturday, August 27, at Crossroads KC at Grinders (417 East 18th Street, 785-749-3434)
4. Fourth of July and the ACBs, with Full Bloods An idea for your Saturday: Watch two strong national acts at Grinders (TV on the Radio and !!!), then walk three blocks and see two of the more likable bands in the area. Lawrence’s Fourth of July plays ramshackle folk rock in the style of Silver Jews and Pavement. The ACBs’ sound has evolved from power pop to a more tender, precise pop rock in the past few years, but the group is no less dynamic live. Both acts tend to draw a party, and the Brick will be happy to accommodate. Saturday, August 27, at the Brick (1727 McGee, 816-421-1634)
5. Season to Risk, with Cherokee Rock Rifle, In the Grove and the Jorge Arana Trio These days, we know Steve Tulipana as the owner of RecordBar and the frontman of Thee Water MoccaSins and Roman Numerals. But Tulipana earned his cred in the ’90s fronting Season to Risk, a post-punk, hardcore act that was signed to Columbia Records for a couple of albums. The band has played a handful of reunion shows the past few years. Expect some very muscular, loud, roaring rock. Friday, August 26, at the Riot Room (4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179)
6. Sonic Spectrum Tribute to Tom Waits My initial thought about a Tom Waits tribute was that his music is so distinct, anybody trying to do it justice would fail miserably. Waits’ persona provides a counterweight to some of his songs that otherwise aren’t so great, and there’s no shortage of people out there living their lives as bad Tom Waits impressions. But then I thought about Rod Stewart’s cover of “Downtown Train,” which is actually kind of good outside the context of it being a Waits song. Then I heard American Catastrophe was playing, and I thought, Well, maybe this will work after all. With Hipshot Killer, Adam Stafford, Steve Tulipana, Mark Lowrey, Shay Estes and Jeff Harshbarger. Sunday, August 28, at RecordBar (1020 Westport Road, 816-753-5207)
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THIS WEEK THURSDAY, AUG. 25 The Cool Kids, Ebony Tusks, Greg Enemy, Atilla, Gee Watts: 8:30 p.m., $20 door. The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390. Jerrod Niemann: 7 p.m. KC Live! Stage at the Power & Light District, 14th St. and Grand. The Quebe Sisters Band: 8 p.m., $8 advance. Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Steely Dan: 7:30 p.m., $35–$250. Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Rd., 816-363-7827.
FRIDAY, AUG. 26 Pato Banton and the Now Generation, Jah Lion: 8 p.m., $10, $15. Crosstown Station, 1522 McGee, 816-4711522. Big Gigantic: 8:30 p.m., $16 door. The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390. Return to Forever IV with Zappa Plays Zappa featuring Dweezil: The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. Season to Risk, Cherokee Rock Rifle, In the Grove, Jorge Arana Trio: 8 p.m., $8, $10. The Riot Room, 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Survivor: 8:30 p.m. KC Live! Stage at the Power & Light District, 14th St. and Grand.
SATURDAY, AUG. 27 Def Leppard, Heart: 7:30 p.m. Sprint Center, 1407 Grand, 816-283-7300. DJ Fashen, Spinstyles, Mike Scott: Mosaic Lounge, 1331 Walnut, 816-679-0076. Mister Heavenly: The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-5483. Josh Sloane and Coaltown: 10 p.m., $10. Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, 3402 Main, 816-753-1909. Eric Tessmer Band: 6 p.m., $7. Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. TV on the Radio, !!! (Chk Chk Chk): 7 p.m., $28– $76.50. Crossroads KC at Grinders, 417 E. 18th St., 816-472-5454. Yallapalooza: Eric Church, Dirt Drifters, Hunter Hayes, and more: 4 p.m. Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone, 633 N. 130th St., Bonner Springs, 913-721-3400.
MONDAY, AUG. 29 Rosie Burgess: 8:30 p.m. Czar, 1531 Grand, 816-2212244. Deke Dickerson, Ricky Dean Sinatra: Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. The Low Anthem, Balmorhea: 8:30 p.m., $12. RecordBar, 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31 A Prairie Home Companion: 7:30 p.m. Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Rd., 816-363-7827. Rhino Bucket, Sabbath Disciples, the Magnificent Bang Bangs: 7 p.m., $8, $10. The Riot Room, 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179.
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. The Black Angels, Dead Meadow, Spindrift: Sat., Oct. 15. The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-5483. Blink-182, My Chemical Romance: Fri., Sept. 9. Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone, 633 N. 130th St., Bonner Springs, 913-721-3400.
Blue October: Fri., Sept. 30, 7 p.m. Crossroads KC at Grinders, 417 E. 18th St., 816-472-5454. Bon Iver, Kathleen Edwards: Fri., Sept. 9, 7 p.m. Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665. CANT: Fri., Oct. 14. The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-5483. 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. The Dodos, the Luyas: Sun., Sept. 25. The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-5483. 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. The Fab Four: Fri., Oct. 7, 8 p.m. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. 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. Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, 3402 Main, 816-753-1909. Selena Gomez: Thu., Sept. 1, 7 p.m., $20–$85. Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Rd., 816-363-7827. Journey, Foreigner: Wed., Sept. 28. Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Rd., 816-363-7827. Tim Kasher, Aficionado: Fri., Sept. 9. Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-832-1085. Ke$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. Little Big Town: Sat., Oct. 8. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. 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, MANY MORE Lawrence, 785-749-1972. Mutemath: Sun., Oct. 2. The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-5483. Opeth, Katatonia: Thu., ONLINE AT Oct. 6. The Beaumont Club, PITCH.COM 4050 Pennsylvania, 816561-2560. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Thu., Oct. 13. The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-5483. Pierced Arrows, Don’t, the Spook Lights: Sun., Oct. 16, 9 p.m. Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, 3402 Main, 816-753-1909. Polar Bear Club, Fireworks, Balance & Composure, Such Gold: Sat., Oct. 1, 10 p.m. Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, 3402 Main, 816-753-1909. The Pretty Reckless, Beautiful Bodies, the Atlantic: Thu., Oct. 20. The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560. Gleny Rae Virus and Her Tamworth Playboys: Wed., Oct. 12. Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676. Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald: Fri., Oct. 7, 8 p.m. Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Rd., 816-363-7827. St. Vincent: Fri., Oct. 7. Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1972. Straight No Chaser: Sun., Oct. 23, 2 & 7 p.m. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. STS9: Sat., Oct. 1. Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1972. Labretta Suede and the Motel 6, the Spook Lights, Them Damned Young Livers: Fri., Sept. 16, 10 p.m. Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676. 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. Tedeschi Trucks Band, Trampled Under Foot, Scrapomatic: Thu., Sept. 1, 7 p.m. Crossroads KC at Grinders, 417 E. 18th St., 816-472-5454. Trentemoller: Wed., Oct. 19. Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1972. 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 2 5 ROCK/POP/INDIE Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club: 3402 Main, 816-7531909. Deadbeat Darlings. The Eighth Street Taproom: 801 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-6918. Ghosty, the ACBs, Tons Tons. The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. The Latenight Callers, the Poor Nobodys, Olassa.
B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. John Paul’s Flying Circus.
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Gusto Lounge: 3810 Broadway, 816-974-8786. DJ Ben Grimes at Gusto. The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Origin with Mike DiLeo, Nate Chapman, Trevor Shaw on the patio. The Union of Westport: 421 Westport Rd. DJ Clockwerk, 10 p.m.
Club 906: 906 W. Liberty Dr., Liberty. Hazzard County and Garry Lincoln. Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club: 3402 Main, 816-7531909. Joe Sundell, Adam Lee and the Dead Horse Sound Company, Damn Arkansan.
HIP-HOP RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Dallas, Opt Rhyme, Steddy P, 9 p.m.
JAZZ Jardine’s: 4536 Main, 816-561-6480. Millie Edwards and Michael Pagan Trio.
DRUNKEN DISTR ACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES Bulldog: 1715 Main, 816-421-4799. Brodioke, 9 p.m. Buzzard Beach: 4110 Pennsylvania, 816-753-4455. Trivia, Ladies’ Night, 8 p.m. Double Nickel Bar: 189 S. Rogers, Ste. 1614, Olathe, 913-390-0363. Texas Hold ’em, 7 p.m. Fuel: 7300 W. 119th St., Overland Park, 913-451-0444. Bike Night with MC Ashley. Jake’s Place Bar and Grill: 12001 Johnson Dr., Shawnee, 913-962-5253. Trivia. Missie B’s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. Karaoke on the main floor, 10 p.m. R Bar & Restaurant: 1617 Genessee, 816-471-1777. MANY MORE Garden to Glass, booze infused with local ingredients. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Trivia Clash, 7 p.m., $5. Sharks: 10320 Shawnee ONLINE AT Mission Pkwy., Merriam, PITCH.COM 913-268-4006. Foosball tournament, 8 p.m.
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EASY LISTENING Jerry’s Bait Shop: 13412 Santa Fe Trail Dr., Lenexa, 913894-9676. Interactive Acoustic with Jayson Kayne, 9 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. Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816525-1871. Jerry’s Jam Night, 9 p.m.
Jardine’s: 4536 Main, 816-561-6480. Megan Birdsall, 6 & 8 p.m.; Mark Lowrey with Drums, 10:30 p.m. R Bar & Restaurant: 1617 Genessee, 816-471-1777. The Stan Kessler Trio, 8 p.m. Take Five Coffee + Bar: 5336 W. 151st St., Overland Park, 913-948-5550. Know Idea Trio.
A LT E R N AT I V E Jerry’s Bait Shop: 13412 Santa Fe Trail Dr., Lenexa, 913-894-9676. Nine Finger Nun.
AMERICANA Mike Kelly’s Westsider: 1515 Westport Rd., 816-9319417. Burnt Ends. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Easterday, Betse Ellis, 6 p.m.
DRUNKEN DISTR ACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. Trivia Riot, 7 p.m. Missie B’s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. The Early Girlie Show, 8 p.m., free; Ab Fab Fridays on the main floor, 10 p.m. Sharks: 10320 Shawnee Mission Pkwy., Merriam, 913268-4006. Dart tournament, 8 p.m. Tengo Sed Cantina: 1323 Walnut, 816-686-7842. Tequila Tasting Happy Hour.
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Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7491387. The Mishaps with DJ S. Ranx. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785749-7676. Shearing Pinx.
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DJ Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-221-2244. Get Deep: DJ LC, Shaun Duval, Adam Yedlin, Mike DiLeo, Jeffrey Bass, 10 p.m. The Eighth Street Taproom: 801 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-6918. Afrobeat with Kim Legal. Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-4923900. DJ Naylor.
Californos: 4124 Pennsylvania, 816-531-7878. New Riddim, the Mishaps, DJ Rico, DJ Johnny2tone, 8 p.m., $7. Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7491387. Yuca Roots. Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816525-1871. The Dub Kings. VooDoo Lounge: Harrah’s Casino, 1 Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, 816-472-7777. Select Five, the Passtimes.
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The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. The B’Dinas, Thom Hoskins. Clarette Club: 5400 Martway, Mission, 913-384-0986. The Treblemakers. Crosstown Station: 1522 McGee, 816-471-1522. Quiet Corral, Sara Swenson and the Pearl Snaps, Oriole Post, 9 p.m. Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-832-1085. The Gleaners, the Scriveners, Sissy Spaceship. Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Four Fried Chickens and a Coke, 9:30 p.m. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Everywhere: Fleetwood Mac Tribute featuring members of Ghosty, Olympic Size and more, 9 p.m., $10.
The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. Full Bloods, the ACBs, the Fourth of July. The Granada: 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785842-1390. Sellout, 9 p.m. Jerry’s Bait Shop: 13412 Santa Fe Trail Dr., Lenexa, 913-894-9676. BarFly Radio. Mike Kelly’s Westsider: 1515 Westport Rd., 816-9319417. Diamond Eyed Jack.
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RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Riptide, 6 p.m.; the Record Machine presents Continents, Motorboater, Deadringers, Saint Seneca, 9 p.m. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785749-7676. Up the Academy, Magic City, 10 p.m.
BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. Ernest James Zydeco. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Lonesome Hank and the Heartaches. Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7491387. The Band That Saved the World. The Levee: 16 W. 43rd St., 816-561-2821. Camp Harlow, 5 p.m. Tonahill’s South: 10817 E. Truman Rd., Independence, 816-252-2560. Roadhouse Band, 8 p.m.
ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. The Nace Brothers CD release, Dan Bliss, 9 p.m.
DJ The Eighth Street Taproom: 801 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-6918. Godzilla’s Farewell Bump n Hustle. Raoul’s Velvet Room: 7222 W. 119th St., Overland Park, 913-469-0466. DJ C-Mac. The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Pat Nice on the patio, 10 p.m. Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-4923900. DJ Brad Sager. 77 South: 5041 W. 135th St., Overland Park, 913-7427727. DJ Andrew Northern.
JAZZ Crosstown Station: 1522 McGee, 816-471-1522. Soul’s Poem guest starring Lee Langston, Sosha O’Shaye, DJ the Beast, 9 p.m. Jardine’s: 4536 Main, 816-561-6480. Ida McBeth, 7 & 8:30 p.m. Take Five Coffee + Bar: 5336 W. 151st St., Overland Park, 913-948-5550. Steve Gray Band with Shannon Lipps.
A LT E R N AT I V E The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Spencer Ward, Secondhand King, Ben Rassum, 7-9 p.m.
DRUNKEN DISTR ACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES Double Nickel Bar: 189 S. Rogers, Ste. 1614, Olathe, 913-390-0363. Karaoke, 9 p.m. The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. The Low Dive: a Day-Drinking Experience hosted by Shaun Duval, $10 all you can drink Miller Lite, 2-5 p.m. Westport Flea Market: 817 Westport Rd., 816-9311986. Live karaoke with Separated at Birth.
EASY LISTENING Johnny’s Tavern: 8262 Mission, Prairie Village, 913901-0322. Jason Kayne, 10 p.m.
OPEN MIC/JAM SESSIONS Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-4831456. Open jam with Billy Ebeling and Duane Goldston, 1 p.m.
METAL The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Night Creation, Stonehaven, Mitnal, Othis, 9 p.m.
REGGAE Californos: 4124 Pennsylvania, 816-531-7878. KC Reggae Uprising Festival: 77 Jefferson, Liv Stat, the Seed, the Passtimes, Arm the Poor, Jah Kings, AZONE, DJ Jabberock, DJ S. Ranx, DJ Richmo, DJ Stiga, $20 weekend pass, $15 day of show.
VARIET Y The Beaumont Club: 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-5612560. KC Jazz Rugby presents: Bags Tournament Benefit, 1 p.m. Club 906: 906 W. Liberty Dr., Liberty. Bike and Car Show Charity: Alpha Bloom and Rocker Lips, 4 p.m. Crosstown Station: 1522 McGee, 816-471-1522. Battle for Freaker’s Ball: Kadanyne, Monsters of Tokyo, Invictus, Ten Thousand One, 8:30 p.m. Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-832-1085. The King Dong Variety Hour.
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S U N DAY 2 8 BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. Lee McBee and the Confessors. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Rich Berry. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Sonic Spectrum Tribute Series: Tom Waits featuring Mark Lowrey, Shay Estes, Steve Tulipana, Jeff Harshbarger, Hipshot Killer, American Catastrophe, Adam Stafford, 6 p.m.
ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785749-7676. The Brent Berry Band, Smile High Club, 6 p.m.
JAZZ Jardine’s: 4536 Main, 816-561-6480. Marilyn Maye, 5 & 7:30 p.m., $35.
DRUNKEN DISTR ACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-5483. Smackdown Trivia and Karaoke. Clarette Club: 5400 Martway, Mission, 913-384-0986. Texas Hold ’em, 7 & 10 p.m. John’s Big Deck: 928 Wyandotte, 816-572-9595. Rooftop karaoke. JR’s Place: 20238 W. 151st St., Olathe, 913-254-1307. Karaoke with the Mad Man DJ Mike, 9:30 p.m. Power & Light Grill: 417 E. 13th St., 816-283-3434. Beats, Burgers & Birds, 8 p.m. Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-4923900. Free pool. Sharks: 10320 Shawnee Mission Pkwy., Merriam, 913268-4006. Dart tournament, 3 p.m.; free pool all day with purchase. Westport Flea Market: 817 Westport Rd., 816-9311986. Texas Hold ’em, 3 & 6 p.m.
OPEN MIC/JAM SESSIONS Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7491387. Speakeasy, 10 p.m., $3. Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Open Jam with Levee Town, 2 p.m., free. R.G.’s Lounge: 9100 E. 35th St., Independence, 816-358-5777. Jam Night hosted by Dennis Nickell, Scotty Yates, Rick Eidson, and Jan Lamb, 5 p.m. Take Five Coffee + Bar: 5336 W. 151st St., Overland Park, 913-948-5550. Jazz Jam with Nick Rowland and Sansabelt.
VARIET Y Californos: 4124 Pennsylvania, 816-531-7878. Sunday Solace, 2 p.m. The Eighth Street Taproom: 801 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-6918. Taproom Reading Series #3.
M O N DAY 2 9 DJ Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club: 3402 Main, 816-7531909. Liquid Lounge, 10 p.m., free. Gusto Lounge: 3810 Broadway, 816-974-8786. DJ Robert Moore, 10 p.m., free. The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Turntable Accident with DJs Steve Tulipana and Turkish Dan on the patio.
JAZZ Jardine’s: 4536 Main, 816-561-6480. Marilyn Maye, 7:30 p.m., $35. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Jazzbo. The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-2215299. Millie Edwards, 7 p.m.
DRUNKEN DISTR ACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES Bulldog: 1715 Main, 816-421-4799. Trivia, 8 p.m. Clarette Club: 5400 Martway, Mission, 913-384-0986. Texas Hold ’em, 7 & 10 p.m. Double Nickel Bar: 189 S. Rogers, Ste. 1614, Olathe, 913-390-0363. Texas Hold ’em, 7 p.m. Hamburger Mary’s: 101 Southwest Blvd., 816-8421919. Mary-oke with Chad Slater, 8 p.m. Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7491387. Karaoke Idol with Tanya McNaughty. JR’s Place: 20238 W. 151st St., Olathe, 913-254-1307. Texas Hold ’em, 7:30 p.m. KC’s Neighborhood Bar: 10201 W. 47th St., Merriam, 913-262-7211. Free pool; Texas Hold ’em, 7 & 10 p.m. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Sonic Spectrum Music Trivia, 7 p.m., $5.
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BLUES/FUNK/SOUL The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. The Vibe-Raiders, Pop Pistol, Sweater.
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.
T U E S DAY 3 0 ROCK/POP/INDIE 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. Rock Paper Scissors, 6 p.m., free. The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Documentary, Hurts to Laugh, Sneaky Creeps, Under the Black Sails.
BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. Trampled Under Foot. Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club: 3402 Main, 816-7531909. Mile High Club.
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JAZZ Jardine’s: 4536 Main, 816-561-6480. Marilyn Maye, Sun., 7:30 p.m., $35. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Max Groove. Oak Room: 401 Ward Pkwy., 816-303-2945. Laura Chalk CD release, 7 p.m., free.
DRUNKEN DISTR ACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. Bingo with Alicia Solo. Bullseye Bar: 1169 Rice Rd., Lee’s Summit, 816-5254641. Free pool, 8 p.m. 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. John’s Big Deck: 928 Wyandotte, 816-572-9595. Rooftop karaoke. JR’s Place: 20238 W. 151st St., Olathe, 913-254-1307. Buttwiser’s Bash with DJ Double D, 10 p.m., free. Mike Kelly’s Westsider: 1515 Westport Rd., 816-9319417. Critter’s Tye Dye Tuesday. Missie B’s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. Gayme Night upstairs, in-house tournament, Wii and NTN Trivia, 7:30-10 p.m.; karaoke on the main floor, 10 p.m. The Roxy: 7230 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-2366211. Karaoke. Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-4923900. Karaoke, Bike Night, 9 p.m. Sharks: 10320 Shawnee Mission Pkwy., Merriam, 913268-4006. Pingpong tournament, 8 p.m. Tower Tavern: 401 E. 31st St., 816-931-9300. Trivia, 8 p.m.
EASY LISTENING Bulldog: 1715 Main, 816-421-4799. Chris Tady, 7 p.m.
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.
VARIET Y The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-5483. Horror Remix. R Bar & Restaurant: 1617 Genessee, 816-471-1777. Classic Cocktail Night featuring DJ Fat Sal, 8 p.m., free.
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W E D N E S DAY 31 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. Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Gospel Lounge with Carl Butler, 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. Solo Blues Guitar with Rick Bacus. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Second Hand King, Kids and Chemicals, Zeros Harps, 9 p.m.
DJ 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 Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Dan Bliss and Rod Fleeman.
AMERICANA Mike Kelly’s Westsider: 1515 Westport Rd., 816-9319417. Alexis Barclay & Associates.
ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Outlaw Jim and the Whiskey Benders.
DRUNKEN DISTR ACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES Aftershock Bar & Grill: 5240 Merriam Dr., Merriam, 913-384-5646. Poker night. Danny’s Bar and Grill: 13350 College Blvd., Lenexa, 913-345-9717. Trivia and karaoke with DJ Smooth, 8 p.m. Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-832-1085. Joke Night. KC’s Neighborhood Bar: 10201 W. 47th St., Merriam, 913262-7211. Texas Hold ’em, 7 & 10 p.m.; darts, 7 p.m. Missie B’s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. Dirty Dorothy on the main floor, 10 p.m. Raglan Road Irish Pub and Restaurant: 170 E. 14th St., 816-994-9700. Pub Quiz Trivia, 8 p.m. R Bar & Restaurant: 1617 Genessee, 816-471-1777. Bottled Beer Night. The Roxy: 7230 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-2366211. Karaoke. Sharks: 10320 Shawnee Mission Pkwy., Merriam, 913268-4006. Dart tournament, 8 p.m. Tonahill’s South: 10817 E. Truman Rd., Independence, 816-252-2560. Ladies’ Night with DJ Thorny, 6 p.m.1:30 a.m. Westport Flea Market: 817 Westport Rd., 816-9311986. Trivia, 8 p.m.
EASY LISTENING Fuel: 7300 W. 119th St., Overland Park, 913-451-0444. Colby & Mole.
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, 785749-1387. Acoustic Open Mic with Tyler Gregory, all players, bands and singers welcome. Jerry’s Bait Shop: 13412 Santa Fe Trail Dr., Lenexa, 913-894-9676. Jam Night, 9 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 Crosstown Station: 1522 McGee, 816-471-1522. Laughter is the Best Medicine: a benefit for Mareta Sharp with James Johann, Seventhday, 6:30 p.m. 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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savage love Dear Dan: I’m unemployed in Oregon and trying to think up simple ways to make rent. My wife and I would like your opinion on the legality of selling my teenage son’s sweaty gym clothes online. It sounds rather skeezy, I realize. If we had a nonsexual website with pictures that weren’t necessarily of my son, would that be buffer enough? Would this be seen as me whoring out the boy? He’s up for it — as long as he gets his cut — but could I go to jail for this? He’s 14. Pimpin’ Out Real Teen’s Leftover, Acrid, Nasty Duds
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Dear PORTLAND: Dangling money in front of your son that he could make catering to the desires of online pervs might inspire him to go into business for himself. So keep an eye on his Internet usage, BY OK? As for the legal issues … “Selling a physical property DAN — sweat — might be an issue,” S AVA G E said Chris O’Connor, a public defender in Portland, Oregon. “Also, he could be [charged with] fraud and misrepresentation for selling clothing he says is his 14-year-old son’s but isn’t.” There are other potential problems. Some items would travel via U.S. mail, UPS or FedEx through different jurisdictions. While there may not be a statute in Oregon that you could be prosecuted under, other states or Vatican City “may have specific laws, too,” O’Connor says, that you could be violating. Also, underpants huffers wanna know whose underpants they’re huffing. That means you’ll have to include pictures and biographical info on your website, and involving a minor — even a fake/buffer one — in what many see as gateway sex work will add arrest, prosecution, incarceration, crushing legal bills, and a lifetime on a sexoffender registry to your current troubles. If the authorities can’t point to a particular law, they’ll find something to charge you with. Find another way to make rent. Dear Dan: Six months ago, my 17-year-old son told me that he was seeing [insert male name]. What troubles me: My son and his boyfriend are “furries” and open about it. The boyfriend is 18 and sweet, but he’s the more dominant one. I’m worried that my son may not know how to say no to him. Also, I found a dog collar in the kitchen with an engraved tag with my son’s name on it. And today I noticed a bruise on his throat the size of a collar buckle. How do I ensure, without freaking him out, that he’s exploring safely? Why This Fetish? Dear WTF: Freak him out. Your son is being open with you about his sexuality, so you should be open about your concerns. You won’t be able to talk him out of his kinks (if they’re his kinks
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