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Even with Google Fiber, it's not going to be easy to bridge KC's digital divide.
by Ben Palosaari
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Google attempts to bridge the digital divide
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ansas City, Kansas’ Rosedale Ridge public-housing apartment complex is one of the battlegrounds in the metro’s digital divide. Seven beige buildings, some with windows boarded over, sit atop a steep hill on Mill Street, which is lined with crumbling sets of concrete stairs. Dead ends bound the community. A hundred feet or so down one of those roads is a nearly Appalachian scene, with chickens waddling around a yard of an old house near where a rusted tractor sits. This shabby, neglected and out-of-sight complex, where a baby was wounded by a bullet during a double homicide in March, could miss out on Google’s ultrafast Fiber network, according to Michael Liimatta, president of LO G MOLREINPE AT Connecting for Good. “If they brought 100-timesON M / P L O G faster Internet, they’d P IT C H .C O also make the digital divide 100 times bigger,” says Liimatta, whose nonprofit seeks to close the gap between the city’s digital haves and have-nots. Liimatta acknowledges that 1-gigabitper-second Internet speed is great for tech-savvy Kansas Citians who already have Internet access. But he argues that the lowest-income residents in places like Rosedale Ridge are not potential Fiber customers. Some, he adds, have never been logged on to the Internet. Google is offering three tiers of its Fiber service, including 1-gigabit-per-second Internet with cable TV for $120 a month, gigabit Internet alone for $70 a month, and free standard 5-megabit service for seven years after a $300 installation fee. Liimatta says the residents in incomerestricted Rosedale Ridge are too poor to afford Google’s free Internet service, even if the $300 installation fee is broken up into 12 payments of $25. Liimatta says paying the $300 for each of Rosedale Ridge’s 250 units would cost $75,000. That’s untenable for his group. “That’s quite the leap, don’t you think?” he says. “Seventy-five grand for one property.” So he and his Connecting for Good partners came up with an alternative idea: Install a few Fiber connections at Rosedale Ridge, then create a Wi-Fi hot spot that would give access to everybody in the complex. “We figured, well heck, if we’re in public housing, and people are dirt poor, why can’t we buy one [Fiber connection] and create a hot spot?” Liimatta says. The nonprofit would pay for the installation and cover the monthly bills, and hundreds of low-income Kansas Citians would have access to the Web. So far, the search behemoth has been cool to the idea. “We appreciate the enthusiasm Connecting for Good has shown, and we’ve had many great conversations with them,” Google Fiber spokeswoman Jenna Wandres said in a state-
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ment. “But unfortunately, their plan to split one Google Fiber connection to many people is against our terms of service.” No one following Google Fiber’s rise in Kansas City — the fi rst metro in the nation to get the service — could say the company hasn’t been generous. Google has vowed to wire public buildings, schools, libraries and hospitals for free in areas defined as “fiberhoods” that reach a certain threshold of residents registering for service. But Google won’t budge on Liimatta’s plan. Despite Google’s unwillingness to bend on the issue, Liimatta says he’s determined
face, Google. We went with Time Warner.’ ” Critics have complained about the way Google required customers to sign up: with a credit card and on a website. They say those demands asked too much of citizens without Internet access or plastic. Additionally, as the preregistration deadline approached, local TV news and The Kansas City Star reported that Troost Avenue was Google Fiber’s dividing line, and that East Side fiberhoods’ preregistration numbers lagged. But many working with nonprofits say Google has been helpful in signing up poor residents.
“If they brought 100-times-faster Internet, they’d also make the digital divide 100 times bigger.” to keep chasing the rainbow bunny. He says he isn’t considering going to a Google competitor, like Time Warner or AT&T, and handing it a sterling PR moment during a year in which Google Fiber has been frontpage news on a weekly basis. “The thing about it is, we want to work with Google,” Liimatta says. “All of us at Connecting for Good say this is a wonderful thing. We don’t want to say, ‘Here, in your
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Leigh Blumenthal, a community organizer with Blue Hills Community Services, says reports of Google being hands-off in poor neighborhoods are wrong. “They [Google] had a learning curve when they came to Kansas City,” she says. “They didn’t understand the population.” But the company soon figured out how to help the East Side ensure that schools in the neighborhoods received Fiber, she says. pitch.com
Connecting for Good’s Liimatta and Google Fiber don't agree on how to close the digital divide. “The Google team couldn’t have been more supportive or invested in that neighborhood and working with residents to make that happen,” Blumenthal says. “Anytime we said, ‘Let’s have this registration event at the [Blue Hills] Neighborhood Association,’ they were there. They would just send people and make sure they were there to support it. That’s what it seemed like was going on in all the surrounding neighborhoods.” Blumenthal says there was a sense of pride when all the fiberhoods in Blue Hills reached preregistration goals. “They were really excited, really proud,” she says. “You know there was all this criticism going on in The Kansas City Star about [how] east of Troost isn’t going to be invested in something like this. And I think people took that on as a challenge. It kind of got things going.” The Blue Hills North fiberhood is slated to receive Fiber in fall 2013. Calvin Jones, program manager for the Front Porch Alliance in the Ivanhoe Neighborhood bordering Blue Hills, echoes Blumenthal. “Not only did they help us out, but [they] sent a team of, I believe, five or six out to our facility,” Jones says. Google’s employees helped residents set up e-mail accounts and sign up for Fiber’s free seven-year DSL service. The Front Porch Alliance paid the $10 sign-up fee for 55 residents. The only flaw that Jones sees in Google’s strategy is that the search giant didn’t M O N T H X X–X X , 2 0 0 X
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actively market the free version to lowincome areas. “I would say where Google dropped the ball on Google Fiber in this neighborhood is, they didn’t market it right,” he says. “They marketed it for their ultrafast Internet speed and things like that, when a good majority of people in this neighborhood don’t even have computers in their homes.” As for Liimatta’s hot-spot plan for Rosedale Ridge, Google spokeswoman Wandres says it’s not a viable way of connecting poor residents to the Internet. “Access is certainly one of our major goals,” Wandres tells The Pitch. “But another goal is to move the Web forward. And we think that having that gigabit fiber to the home is the way to do that right now.” She explains that a key goal of bringing Google Fiber to the area is constructing a physical infrastructure that would set up Internet access for future generations. In that way, digital literacy starts at home. Wandres says 25 percent of Kansas Citians don’t have Internet access at home — and the residents who didn’t want to sign up typically said they didn’t want the service. “Most conversations weren’t about cost,” Wandres says. “They were about, ‘I don’t have the Internet now. I don’t think I need it going forward.’ ” Wandres says a Wi-Fi hot spot is a temporary fi x, while hardwiring each residence ensures future access. “Once you have the fiber drop into your home, that fiber drop can provide a range of speeds,” she says. “That fiber connection will ‘future-proof’ your home.” Google isn’t opposed to finding a working arrangement with Connecting for Good. “We’d love to work with them in a different way that’s not against our terms of service,” Wandres says. Liimatta sounds unfazed by opposition to his plan and hopes to reach a future compromise. “I like the [Google] people I’ve worked with,” he says. “Google is a megacorporation. It’s hard to take anything they do personally.”
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A T L ANSING ,
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THEIR HOUR UPON THE STAGE .
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n an early rehearsal, Scott Cox was trying to remember which parts he’d cast. His gaze alternated between his script of Macbeth and an assembly of inmates who had signed on to play roles. “Do I have a Second Murderer?” asked Cox, who is in his first year as the director of the Lansing Correctional Facility’s Shakespeare in Prison program. “Who’s my Second Murderer?” After a pause, someone spoke up. “I think we’re all murderers in here.” Everyone laughed. When directing an assortment of robbers, drug dealers and killers in a Shakespeare production, there are little reminders that you’re on the inside. This doesn’t faze Cox. As a kid, with his stepmother, he visited his father in prison. “My dad was kind of a con man,” Cox says. He delivers this deadpan, like a line from a monologue in a one-man show. “He went to
prison for 12 years — I guess that’s an important thing to know. It was on conspiracy to commit murder charges, and a lot of them were trumped-up. The murder was not committed. There was an attempt. My dad always said, ‘I’m not guilty for what they put me in prison for, but they probably should have put me in jail for something because I got away with a lot.’” Cox’s early familiarity with prisons, however, isn't what made him want to teach Shakespeare to convicts. He wanted to be an actor. “I was going to go to New York and become a big actor man, and then I watched those towers go, and my ambitions changed,” Cox says of 9/11. “I wanted a quieter life with a family and a home, somewhere far away from anyplace where somebody might consider bombing.” He laughs a little. “It was a fear-based decision.” So Cox settled in Kansas City with his wife and began working toward a doctorate in theater at the University of Kansas. This year, he became the head of Benedictine College’s
theater department. His dissertation is on theater performances in oppressed populations, and this led him to rent Shakespeare Behind Bars, a 2005 documentary about a production staged at a Kentucky prison. “They’re talking about The Tempest, which is about redemption, and I’m weeping,” Cox says, “Really, really weeping. It was shortly after they performed the prologue from The Tempest. The most important part is —” Here, Cox recites from memory: As you from crimes have pardoned me, let your indulgence set me free. “And there was this pedophile, and he made the most profound statement in the whole documentary, which was that those who need redemption the most, deserve it the least,” Cox continues. “And I thought, Well, that’s really true, and then I cried more. And I thought, I have to do that.” Meanwhile, a group of inmates in Lansing prison’s African Awareness Organization was
taking a survey for Arts in Prison, a nonprofit organization that sends volunteers inside Kansas correctional institutions to teach subjects such as photography, poetry and painting. (Full disclosure: I serve on Arts in Prison’s board of directors.) The survey asked inmates what other classes they would like. The inmates responded: We want to do Shakespeare. Cox approached Arts in Prison’s executive director, Leigh Lynch, and things came together quickly. In two months, Cox passed the requisite background checks, and fliers advertising his Shakespeare in Prison program were posted around the medium-security unit of the prison. In September 2011, Cox met his actors for the first time. The cast rehearses in the prison auditorium, otherwise used for concerts and religious events. Getting there requires a walk across the yard, beyond a collection of barbells and weight benches, past fenced-in grass where men run dogs with the continued on page 10
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Is fall’n into the sear, the yellow leaf, And that which should accompany old age, As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have; but in their stead, Curses. “I’ve felt, in my situation, like, ‘Why is this happening to me?’ ” Betts explains. “ ‘Is it meant for my life to be cursed? Is it meant for me to not have a family and be free?’ So I can really relate to that.” He pauses, nodding. “I can really relate to that one, right there.” After rehearsals began, Betts encouraged his friend Vaughn to join the cast. Vaughn, 45, first met Betts 15 years ago in county jail while both were awaiting trial. Vaughn is built like a linebacker — 5 feet 10 inches, 273 pounds — but he speaks with quiet, polite reserve. “He [Betts] was like, ‘Hey, man, I know you. I know you can do it. Come on in here.’ ” So Vaughn went to a rehearsal, and Cox asked him to take the part of Lady MacDuff, a small role that, once introduced, is promptly killed off by Macbeth’s assassins in Act 4. “I was like, ‘Aww, I gotta be a woman, right out of the gate?’” Vaughn says, grinning. “But it’s no problem. I don’t have hangups about that.” In November 1997, Vaughn walked into the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department and announced that he’d killed his grandmother. He is now serving a hard 40, meaning a 40-year sentence without parole, a punishment reserved for “heinous, atrocious and cruel” crimes. “A lot of these guys never got to experience
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life,” Vaughn says. “I graduated college. I was in the military and traveled around.” Men like Betts, who were locked up young, missed those opportunities. “It’s good that these guys can get a taste of culture and education,” Vaughn says. “Broaden their minds.” Of Betts, Vaughn says, “I know him. I know what kind of background he comes from. He’s really furthered himself in here.” Cox started with 30 men in the program, but only 12 were left by opening night. Turns out, the medium-security inmates have busy schedules. Many of the men at Lansing work shifts at one of the 15 industries that function as joint ventures between private corporations and the Kansas Department of Corrections. Inmates who work for Impact Design, for example, churn out Royals T-shirts that are given away to fans at Kauffman Stadium each season. Cox had to move rehearsals from Wednesdays to Sundays because, by his estimate, 75 percent of his cast works at the print shop. As people dropped out, Vaughn became something of a small-part collector, picking up the roles of Prince Donalbain, the Porter and Seyton and understudying for those who had to miss a week. “I think Banquo is the only part I haven’t played,” Vaughn says. “You get confused, understudying for everyone.” Vaughn quickly picked up the stage directions and became sort of a stage manager, coaching the rest of the cast members on their cues and reminding them of their blocking. He also choreographed the fight scenes. Cox chose Macbeth, murderous plot and
Hodges (left and at right above) reluctantly joined the cast but became Prince Malcolm. all, for reasons that were both practical and philosophical. For one thing, it’s Shakespeare’s shortest play. It has one of his most accessible plots. And a few key lines really lend themselves to this population, Cox says. The “Tomorrow” speech is “probably the most profound moment in the show for any of the prisoners,” he says. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day ’Til the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. The most troublesome role to cast was Lady Macbeth. The men wanted Cox to bring a woman in to play the part. He explained that in Shakespeare’s day, the part would have been played by a man. Still, Cox wasn’t getting many takers. “One guy stepped up, and he got transferred [to another institution],” Cox says. “Another guy stepped up and got released. Another guy stepped up and lost his nerve. So after going through four Lady Macbeths, back in April, I just said, ‘Fuck it. I’m going to play Lady Macbeth.’” Cox found that the actors’ performances improved once he joined them onstage. Perhaps they dropped some of their own fears after watching Cox, in Act 1, Scene 5, clutching a pair of invisible breasts and bellowing, Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here.
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What’s the Kansas City–Alvin Ailey connection? Just that KC is the official second home of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Ailey first brought his moderndance company to the city in 1968 and began nurturing relationships with community organizations and leaders, financial partners and arts groups. In 1984, Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey became a reality. The company’s new artistic director, Troy Powell, introduces three new commissioned dances, each premiering this weekend at the Folly Theater (300 West 12th Street, 816-474-4444). Tonight’s 7:30 show includes the never-before-seen performances of “Rusty” and “Virtues.” Tickets cost between $25 and $65; buy them and find more information at kcfaa.org. continued on page 14
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Spray Booth Gallery (130 West 18th Street, 219-313-1353) opens a six-person photography exhibition called Overlook that’s wide on style but tight on technique. There are the punchy, candid portraits of Barrett Emke, in which color-coordinated backgrounds yield details and contrasts (George Brett smiling E R O M up from a pile of baseballs behind a heavily painted young hipster T A INE ONL .COM dude in a velvet smoking H C PIT jacket). There also are the quiet moments of surprise that Kevin Sisemore finds in nature (a tree that looks like it’s dancing). And there’s more: timeless black-and-white images from Philip Heying and works by Michael Boles, Joe Johnson and Misha Kligman. The election is a month away, and politics is in the air at City Ice Arts Center (2029 Campbell, 816-820-4105). Mike Nickells’ The Protest Room combines recordings, signs and photographs from real events in KC over the past year. Regret not joining or visiting Occupy KC? Now you can pretend you did. Also begging to inspire conversation is We Might Be Wrong: Exploring Our Know-It-All Culture, for which “Minister of Information,” the artist behind Warrior Ant Press, has gathered a host of collaborators at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center (2012 Baltimore, 816-474-1919). Among their objects of in-
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quiry: Jesus, the Occupy movement, realityshow stars, presidential candidates and climate change. Also here are three exhibitions by women who all have a way with line and color: Jori Louise Cheville (Reflect and Release), Jennifer Pierson (Synchronicity Is Easy) and Jennifer Jarnot (Inside the Lines). At the Blue Gallery (118 Southwest Boulevard, 816-527-0823), Everlasting takes its title from a play on the boxing brand name. For his first exhibition here, D. Ross
See “Target,” by Michael Boles, at Spray Booth Gallery. (aka Scribe) presents new paintings that examine the contradictory promises of eternal life. Also at Blue and promising to be a heavyweight: Landscapes From the Spirit, Bernal Koehrsen’s latest series of paintings. His works typically hold your attention for hours or even years. — TRACY ABLEN
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Kansas City Central Library (14 West 10th Street, 816-701-3400). It’s not an art party. It’s a Czech party. More specifically, a celebration of Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who later became the leader of the Czech Republic. At 6 p.m., celebrate his legacy with traditional food and drink and a reading of his one-act comedy Audience by Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre. Admission is free. RSVPs are requested. Kultured Chameleon (1739 Oak, 816-974-8278). The Kultured Chameleon throws down every First Friday. Tonight, it
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hosts Miss Conception’s CD-release party for her Ostentation. From 6 p.m. to 2 a.m., catch sets by Mercury Mad and Leonightus and his street dancers, belly dancing, tarot readings, nail art, clothing and leather sales, and the general flow of creativity and positivity that often comes from Miss Conception and her Vibe Tribe. Admission is free. Missouri Bank parking lot (125 Southwest Boulevard, 816-881-8280). The competitors in the Missouri Bank’s Rock Paper Scissors Throwdown Tournament have already been decided. Come cheer on your favorite Crossroads bartender, artist or entrepreneur. The 32 clashes start at 5:30. Look for live music and free Roasterie coffee and Boulevard beer.
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The 15th-anniversary celebration of the Charlotte Street Foundation is in full swing as the local independent arts organization honors this year’s Generative Performing Artists: composer and musician Patrick Alonzo Conway and theater creator and performer Heidi Van. Together, they have created an original 30- to 40-minute window play for the occasion — Voyeur: An Urban Rhapsody. “The music reacts to the movement, and the movement reacts to the music,” says Charlotte Street marketing director Jen Vogrin. The performance begins at 9 p.m. at the Fishtank (1715 Wyandotte, 816-809-7110). Tickets for the one-night-only event cost $20 and include a seat with an unobstructed view. See brownpapertickets.com.
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For one day, 2012’s leading hyphenate — the indie-cuddly comic-writer-actor-director Mike Birbiglia — achieves media ubiquity in our medium-size market. His well-reviewed movie, Sleepwalk With Me, is still playing around town, and his one-man “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend” show is at the Midland (1228 Main, 816-283-9921). It’s a day we’ve
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Which type of pillows are best for fighting? Down or foam? Synthetic or buckwheatfilled? An overstuffed throw or an orthopedic? Choose wisely for tonight’s Punk Rock E R O M Pillow Fight at the News Room (3740 Broadway, 816-561-1099). Your pilT A INE ONL .COM low is both your ticket H C PIT for free admittance and your weapon during the show, which features American Dischord, Smash the State, the Rackatees, Itching Regret, and 5 Star Disaster. Bedbug-free pillows are strongly recommended. The free 21-andolder show begins at 8 p.m.
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Apples, Arts & Antiques Festival in Historic Downtown Lexington. Travel about 35 miles east of Independence off U.S. Highway 24 to find the Lafayette County Courthouse (1000 Main), which is the center of this quaint festival with antique, craft and food vendors, live music and kids activities. Events run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. For more information, see historiclexington.com and click on “events.” Weston Applefest in Downtown Weston. This is the 24th year for this fall festival that takes place on Main Street. The event kicks off with a parade today at 10 a.m. Experience candle and soap making, wood carving, leather tanning, basket weaving and other oft-forgotten prairie art forms. Sunday activities take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, see westonmo.com or call 816-640-2909. Missouri Town 1855 Festival of Arts, Crafts and Music (8010 East Park Road, Lee’s Summit, 816-503-4800). Today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., take a hay ride or a horse-drawn-buggy ride, listen
to 1850s music and drink hot spiced cider, at this 37th annual fall event. Admission costs $10 per car. For more information, call 816-503-4860 or e-mail missouritown@ jacksongov.org.
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Summit Art’s signature event, the Longview Art and World Music Festival, started Friday (3–9 p.m.), but today is about the Talent — as in America’s Got Talent semifinalists Maurice and Shanice Hayes. The father-daughter singing duo perform at 3 p.m. The nonprofit’s three-day festival features juried fine art by more than 90 local and regional artists with local music on nonamplified stages. The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Longview retail district (Southwest Third Street and View High Drive) in Lee’s Summit. Admission is free. See longviewartmusicfest.com for more information. — NADIA IMAFIDON
M O N D AY | 10 . 8 | AXE FOR HELP
We’ve already been to the Kansas City Renaissance Festival (633 North 130th Street, Bonner Springs, 913-721-2110) this season, and the most exciting, thrilling, gasp-inducing experience we had was witnessing the Axe Throw. In between dodging the flying weapons, we caught up with ax master Jim Wallace to find out more about this pastime, possibly rooted in late 15th-century folklore. (Look for him at the Ren Fest today from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m.; for more information, see kcrenfest.com.) The Pitch: How sharp are the axes that people throw? Wallace: We do weekly maintenance on the axes to ensure they are in tiptop shape and they aren’t that sharp but sharp enough. Besides strength, what physical traits does it take to make a good ax thrower? Aim, precision and determination make for a good ax thrower. Have you ever been injured? No major injuries, but there are the occasional scuffs and scrapes. How much does it cost to participate in the throw? You can try your hand at weapons throwing for only $2.
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No one likes a doctor’s office waiting room. Artists Marguerite Perret, Bruce Scherting, Robin Lasser and James Stone simulate the experience without the what’s-wrong-withme dread in their exhibition, the Drop-In Pop-Up Waiting Room Project, at KU’s Spencer Museum of Art (1301 Mississippi, Lawrence, 785-864-4710). “We are exploring our health-care system, embracing the collective viewpoint and visualizing or sonifying that data as a bridge to involve people,” Lasser says. See for yourself. Drop-In Pop-Up features a “talking table” in a downstairs waiting room with sound bites from health-care professionals. At an interactive kiosk upstairs, responses from a survey that visitors receive upon entry are shared. Admission is free. See spencerart.ku.edu. — NADIA IMAFIDON
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If author and essayist Sarah Vowell’s books weren’t so smartly written, they would be perfect tomes for high school history students. Alas, some of her music references might throw off the kids. Vowell, who rose to fame with her sharp, comical This American Life contributions, now writes historical nonfiction that explains huge topics with wit and humor grounded in the zeitgeist. Her 2002 essay collection, The Partly Cloudy Patriot, takes a sober look at America’s past and future with Vowell’s wondering how she (and the rest of us, really) can love this troubled country so much. Her most recent book, 2011’s Unfamiliar Fishes, explores the annexation of Hawaii. Reading Vowell’s books is like having your much smarter, much funnier friend drive you around her hometown while telling you about the curious parts of its past. Except all of America is Vowell’s hometown. See her at 7:30 p.m. when she speaks at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union (1301 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, 785-864-4798) as part of the Hall Center for the Humanities Lecture Series. Admission is free. For more information, see hallcenter.ku.edu. — BEN PALOSAARI E-mail submissions to Filter editor Berry Anderson at calendar@pitch.com. Search our complete listings guide online at pitch.com.
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he old Metcalf South Shopping Center seems like a ghost town most of the time. But every October, the Overland Park mall becomes a destination for hard-core movie lovers. Since 2001, the annual Kansas International Film Festival (formerly known as “Halfway to Hollywood”) has made its annual lineups a smartly curated feast, with silent movies (played to live music), newly minted prints of Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, works by avant-garde legends Stan Brakhage and Barbara Hammer and Guy Maddin, and even a tribute to stop-motion-animation pioneer Ray Harryhausen. This year, KIFF (which runs from Friday, October 5, through the following Thursday) features festival-touring buzz generators such as The Sessions, with John Hawkes and Helen Hunt; and Smashed, with Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul and Octavia Spencer. (A festival pass runs $60; a la carte tickets vary by film and time.) KIFF provided The Pitch an early glimpse of some of the dozens of titles lined up for the week, summed up below in two selfexplanatory categories of recommendation.
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The Invisible War. Kirby Dick, who gave us This Film Is Not Yet Rated and Outrage, examines the gross underreporting of rape in the armed forces. He earned an Oscar nomination for his muckraking Twist of Faith, but The Invisible War is probably his most restrained effort. He simply lets the women and the men who have been raped tell their stories, in unflinching and often heartbreaking detail. The result is an activist film in the best sense of the word, a powerful work whose arguments are clear and well-organized. The Red Machine. Sometimes a low budget is the best thing for a fi lm. This claustrophobic, Depression-era thriller follows a
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naval intelligence officer (Lee Perkins) and a safecracker (Donal Thoms-Cappello) trying to steal a new Japanese coding machine — without actually taking it. Writer-directors Stephanie Argy and Alec Boehm deliver surprising twists, and the working relationship between these two seemingly incompatible spies is fascinating. Peace Out. Yes, it’s a look at energy consumption and production, but this isn’t as dry as that description suggests. For one thing, the Peace River Valley, in Alberta, is a huge stretch of land that is a photographer’s dream, and every inch presented here is gorgeous. It’s also the home of some previously untapped energy reserves that developers are eager to access. The potential problem is that the natural gas and shale oil mostly are difficult to get, and the potential damage caused by extracting them might outweigh the worth of the fuel. Peace Out asks some challenging questions about energy consumption; even simple Google searches, it reminds us, have a carbon footprint. The Eyes of Thailand. Last year, KIFF presented A Perfect Soldier, which chronicled the effects that land mines still have on Southeast Asia. The Eyes of Thailand documents another previously hidden casualty of those weapons: the country’s already threatened elephant population. The government of Myanmar is the only one that still actively plants mines, which that nation’s insurgents also use. For a number of the elephants that cross the border from Thailand (where they’re revered), injury or death is all but certain. The Eyes of Thailand follows Soraida Salwala as she attempts to treat two wounded elephants in a hospital she has founded. In doing so, she experiments with prosthetic legs that enable the animals to have more normal lives, and she tries to undo decades of damage. Ashley Judd narrates.
Clockwise, from above: The Invisible War, The Eyes of Thailand and The Ghastly Love of Johnny X The Ghastly Love of Johnny X. What if all the great, tacky drive-in genres of the late 1950s and early 1960s were combined into a single movie? The Ghastly Love of Johnny X, fi lmed in gorgeous black and white, serves up juvenile delinquency and science fiction and tells its story as a rock musical. If this delightfully odd little entry doesn’t make sense, you can ask co-writer director Paul Bunnell. He and executive producer Mark Willoughby are scheduled to be at the Monday, October 8, screening (at 7:35 p.m.). Unfit: Ward vs. Ward. The 1995 custody case recalled in this documentary should have been a no-brainer. The father wanted custody of his daughter but had routinely missed his childsupport payments. Records showed him to be violent, racist and unable to meet her needs. And he had been convicted of murdering his previous wife during a similar custody battle. The judge decided in his favor, though, because he wanted the child to grow up in a “lesbianfree environment.” This no-frills documentary is guaranteed to make your blood boil. A.K.A. Doc Pomus. Brooklyn-born Jew Doc Pomus (born Jerome Felder) was a blues singer and a prolific tunesmith. Polio took the use of Pomus’ legs, but that didn’t stop him from writing or co-writing more than 1,000 songs, including such classics as the Drifters’ “Save the Last Dance for Me” and Elvis Presley’s “Little Sister.” This film includes a wealth of home-movie footage; candid recollections from Pomus’ relatives; and Lou Reed, who reads from Pomus’ journals.
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Momo: The Sam Giancana Story. Chicago crime lord Sam Giancana could make poli-
ticians quake in their boots even as they sought his favor. The film features firsthand testimony from his daughters, but it’s a little hard to determine how much here is accurate. (A quick search of snopes.com reminds you that Fidel Castro was never a serious prospect for the Washington Senators and thus wouldn’t have played baseball instead of leading the revolution.) Giancana may not have been a nice guy, but even he deserves a better researched film than this flawed (but occasionally interesting) one. Smuggled. This immigration drama is sensitive and well-acted. It’s also annoyingly predictable. A boy and his mother try to cross the border in a hidden compartment on a passenger bus. The compartment looks more like a well-lighted, cheap set than it does a dangerously cramped secret space, a distraction that for some may prove too great. Close Quarters . This Chicago-set ensemble comedy is set continued on page 21
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nderneath a plane,” Danny O’Neill says, “I feel closer to God.” The Roasterie owner is gazing through a wall of windows, looking up at the underbelly of a 1943 Douglas DC-3. O’Neill last month installed the refurbished aircraft (minus its heavy engines) at the top of the company’s West Side coffee plant. A line of 72 blue string lights trails the plane like a runway. “It’s the spirit of inspired adventure,” he says. “Maybe I was a DC-10 pilot in another life.” In this life — the past two decades of it, anyway — O’Neill has been a businessman, the hands-on leader of a homegrown success story. Painted on the plane’s tail is 5931, O’Neill’s Brookside house number. He and his family still live at 5931, the home where, in 1993, O’Neill started the Roasterie. (The airplane imagery has been a constant from the start, reflecting his lifelong passion for aviation.) His latest venture is the almost fi nished café space where he’s standing now, inside Roasterie HQ at 1204 West 27th Street. (In a few days, H&R Block is booked here for a corporate gathering.) Steel and dark wood have been trucked in daily to remake this six-year-old space. O’Neill rests one hand on a coffee-bean-shaped counter and, with the other, mimics a plane taking off as he
gestures toward the spot where a 767 engine cowling, dragged from the Mojave Desert, is going to gird a manager’s desk. Dressed all in black, he moves toward the adjacent event space. Roasting and packaging equipment and bags of green coffee sit behind a sleek wall of floor-to-ceiling windows. “We wanted to be literally transparent and really open up this space,” he says. A plane sculpture, fashioned by the artist Stretch from the awning of the Roasterie’s former Cherry Street location, hangs on the wall over the coffee roasters. The new cupping room is next to the event space, t uc ke d b e h i nd g a r a ge doors. A bank of shelves the color of milky coffee holds cabinets where beans can be kept away from the light and air that would change their aroma or taste. It’s by the loading docks that O’Neill talks about his public pursuit of the former Folgers manufacturing plant, at 701 Broadway. He met with the plant’s managers in the summer of 2010, a few months after J.M. Smucker announced that the plant would be closed and production shifted to a roasting operation in New Orleans. “Boy, did I love it,” O’Neill says of the downtown building, which covers two city blocks. An initial walk-through excited him, but
“If you could get it down and get an engine in it, that plane could fly again.”
he began to have doubts about making an At left, O’Neill on his 27th Street runway. offer to buy the space. Above, coffee buyer Paul Massard works “The second time we looked at it, I won- the plant’s “green mile.” dered how come we didn’t see the concrete He pauses the history lesson often to acpillars every 12 feet,” O’Neill says. “Then I knowledge the people who walk past. O’Neill realized: The fi rst time, we were up on the calls such conversational reroutes “flights of roof and we were seeing the same thing thought.” He teases the UPS driver about left that Lewis and Clark saw, the confluence turns, compliments an employee on how the of Missouri and Kansas.” The spell broken, O’Neill walked away. equipment is running. He hails and praises Anton Kotar, who designed the Roasterie’s new (The Folgers plant stopped production in event space and is in the process of opening March of this year and is in the early stages his own restaurant on Main Street. Kotar slips of being transformed into a mixed-income residential development by the Alexander away, down toward what everyone here refers to as “the Green Mile,” where shelves of bagged Co.) Still, he didn’t leave empty-handed. coffee await roasting. He purchased a packaging One of the Roasterie’s machine, and he picked up two warehouses is dedisome Folgers metal bin hopFree, hourlong tours of the Roasterie start at 10 a.m. cated not to coffee but to pers, which are being fitted Monday through Saturday. items that O’Neill has acwith wood tabletops and arCoffee buyer Paul Massard cumulated over nearly two ranged throughout the new leads the Saturday tour. decades. “I’m a horrible event space. “We’ll keep the Reservations: 816-931-4000. pack rat,” he says. “They say original tops in case anyone you’ve got to free up space wants to reuse them,” he to clear up mental space. I’m says. “It’s the same thing going to dial it back.” with the plane. If you could get it down and He happens upon a piece of the building’s get an engine in it, that plane could fly again.” original sprinkler system, removed during Each fitting and piece of furniture here seems to come with a story, showcasing this renovation. It’s a J-shaped pipe attached to a metal valve that probably weighs a ton O’Neill’s startling recall. He gestures to a battered yellow forklift parked next to pal- — an oversized version of the kind of part left over from a home bathroom makeover. lets of Voodoo and Super Tuscan coffee. “We got this from Boulevard in 1996,” “I’ll paint it bright red and place it out on the patio,” O’Neill says. “And then they’ll he says. “We traded them for some coffee. I thought that would last them awhile, but they say, ‘You know what? That pig farmer knows what he is doing.’ ” were back six months later for more coffee.” continued on page 24
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continued from page 23 The man who grew up on an Iowa pig farm descends a short flight of stairs into the former storeroom, which has been converted into what the employee at the front desk calls the boss’s “man cave.” Altimeters and airplane gauges — design touches for the café and event space — are laid out on a table, near a red-and-orange-striped couch of no recent vintage. A bottle of Dizzy Three, a recent coffee-flavored-spirits collaboration with Good Spirits Distilling (the Olathe distillery
O’Neill, in the old cupping room. coffee with that company’s whiskey later this month. O’Neill opens a side door and leads a reporter to this tour’s end — where it started, under the plane. He tells one more story. A couple of weeks ago, O’Neill crammed his employees into the basement of his Brookside home, where he started the Roasterie for $17,000. He gave a speech about the eight months that he spent lugging 154-pound
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bags of coffee down the stairs to be roasted. The company, he pointed out, has outgrown its quarters three times so far. The speech no doubt stirred his crew. But he says it was someone else there that day who really seemed to understand what’s happening at 1204 West 27th Street: O’Neill’s 6-year-old son, Terry. “Dad, are we ever going to move again?” the boy asked as O’Neill drove him to school last week. “Well, if we outgrow the factory.” Terry thought for a minute and then asked his real question. “But we’re going to take the plane, right?”
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duced and arranged, and actually released here in Kansas City a couple months prior. Hot 103 was playing it on the radio. But then Joe wanted it. So in the music industry, that’s what you’d call a “placement,” right? Yeah, a placement basically just means the artist picked your song and decided to record it. Did you write these Bieber songs with Bieber in mind? No. I write a lot of songs. When I produced “Just Like Them,” it was more something I was doing because I felt like doing it. It was almost kind of anti-music-industry in a way — pretty far from anything on the radio or anything an artist of his stature would want. But my friend Bernard Harvey, who is also from Kansas City and is a great producer, plays bass for Justin on tour. And he said, “Why don’t you let me take this song to Justin?” And then they brought me in. So did you hang in the studio with Bieber? What was your interaction like? At the time, Bernard and I had formed a production team together called Harv Squad, although I’ve moved on from that and gone my own way since. But, yeah, About to pop: Saunders they flew us out to L.A., and we’d sit in the studio with Justin and play him stuff we’d At some point you wrote a song for [R&B worked on, and he’d say he either liked it or singer] Joe. Was that the first break? Actually, my intro to the industry was a he didn’t. And when he did like the stuff, we’d start collaborating on how the songs song for Tasha Scott, a song called “Gone,” would work together. He’s a pretty amazwhich appeared on the soundtrack to [VH1 reality series] Brandy & Ray J: A Family Busi- ing person. Do you feel like you’re hot shit after that? ness. I just produced the music for the song. [Laughs.] No, man, not at all. I just feel How did that come about? Over the years, I’ve just met a lot of people blessed, thankful I got this chance. Thankful to God that I have a in the music industry. And chance to do what I wanted with that, I was invited by to do all my life. a musician friend to this “Most kids who are What kind s of doors meeting in L.A., and it 13, 14 years old, does a co-writing credit for was Ray J and Brandy and Bieber open up? a bunch of people involved they’re listening to I’m currently working with the show. And they whatever’s on the on a project for [The Voice were talking about this song that somebody else radio, whatever the Season 2 runner-up] Juliet Simms. There’s a possibilhad turned in. Everybody trend is. I was still ity I’ll be going into the stuliked the song but hated dio with Jennifer Hudson the music. And Brandy’s listening to my next year. And I’ve also father turned to me and father’s records.” got a song out to Jennifer asked if I could remake Lopez that she is thinkthe music a nd ma ke it ing about cutting. I’m still better, more commercial, more now. The way it was, it sounded a little kind of trying to get my feet wet with all this. Also, I signed an international publishing dated. So I said, “Sure,” and I worked on it deal with Reach Music. that night and turned it in the next day, and How will that impact your career? that was that. I was on the project. It’s a publishing company — they take How’d you get hooked up with Joe? My friend’s father had a friend who was your music, try to sell it to people, movies, Joe’s bodyguard or something. And I heard television. And they try to place your music Joe needed a touring keyboardist. I knew I with other artists. I assume you’ll be moving to L.A. soon? couldn’t do that, but I also felt like the music I’ll be going back and forth between KC I was writing and creating was something and L.A. KC is still home at the end of the day. he might want to hear. So I was able to send him some songs, and he liked them. And he picked “Tonight,” which I had written, proE-mail david.hudnall@pitch.com
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SAM BILLEN Places (Self-released) very December for the past five years, longtime Lawrencian Sam Billen has released a Christmas-themed album or compilation of some kind. Christmas is a natural fit for Billen: Like the holiday, his songs evoke a fuzzy nostalgia for youth. Billen’s latest, non-yuletide release, Places, thrives on this wistfulness. Billen has a tender voice and, like Sufjan Stevens or Justin Vernon, he couches his ideas inside celestial pop songs — a highly compatible aesthetic for his lyrical themes. I took apart my puzzles on the days that I was sick/And I’d start to put them back again/ Nibbled on saltine/Pulling at my pillow at the seams, he sings gently, on “Saltine.” “I wanted to capture glimpses of my childhood, magical things I saw, things that you wonder about as a child,” Billen says. Billen has been working on Places on and off for about two years. But some of these songs have been around for far longer. The oldest, “It Is Not a Lie,” Billen wrote 11 years ago, after his mother died of breast cancer. “My grandparents lived in these trailer homes, and we’d go visit them,” Billen says of “Hands,” a standout track. “It’d be us and our aunts and uncles and cousins. The adults would play poker for pennies and nickels. The kids would be in the next room playing Nintendo. “Then when I grew up, I would talk to those aunts and uncles and say how magical those times were, and they’d be like, ‘Are you kidding me? There was so much drama and tension.’ So that’s why I repeat at the end of that song, There was so much we didn’t know. Because at the time, my brother and I were like, ‘This is so cool. We’ll go down to Oklahoma, hang out with our cousins. This is awesome!’ We just had no idea about the real-life stuff going on. It doesn’t seep in until you get way older.”
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They are risen. “Oh,” he says, then pauses. “I don’t know. As far as spirituality goes, I don’t really know anything about that. Other than, I think there is this spiritual thing in life. We can’t put our finger on that thing that always leaves us questioning. For me, that’s spirit. I don’t really have any religious views or anything like that. I’m just trying to find peace in myself. Finding peace in ourselves sums everything up for me.” That may sound like an evasive response from the drummer of a band that once included an entire chapter of the Bible in the liner notes of one of its albums (Faith, Hope, Love, itself a scriptural reference, to say nothing of the band name’s reference to Christ). But in a way, it’s consistent with King’s X’s longstanding refusal to pinpoint its original Christian-based values. The band’s lyrics, which all three members write individually, largely concern themselves with open-ended contemplation as opposed to specific issues relating to dogma. As such, they lend themselves to multiple interpretations. And the fact that Pinnick gradually renounced his individual faith and even, in 1998, came out of the closet, doesn’t dramatically alter the complexion of his early lyrics. (Though Pinnick contends that there are several songs he no longer relates to.) “There was a time,” Gaskill offers, “when Christianity was a part of my journey. There was also a time where drugs were part of it. There have been different things along the way, and all of it has had its place in my life. But as we grow older and learn things and see the world for a few years, we just start to realize things. I think if we’re honest with ourselves, we can all know that there’s not a set rule on how you’re supposed to feel. So if we can find that peace in ourselves, what more is there to do? Whatever is already is. It doesn’t matter what I think about anything, really.”
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T H U R S D AY, O C T O B E R 4 The White Panda: The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390.
F R I D AY, O C T O B E R 5 The Dan Band: VooDoo Lounge, Harrah’s Casino, 1 Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, 816-472-7777. David Hasselhoff on Acid, Janet the Planet, Wrong Kata Trio: Czar, 1531 Grand, 816-421-0300. Owl City: 7 p.m. The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560. Dale Watson: 8:30 p.m. Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.
S AT U R D AY, O C T O B E R 6 Mike Birbiglia’s My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend: The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. Citizen Cope: Crossroads KC at Grinders, 417 E. 18th St., 816-472-5454. Kansas, Kings, That 1 Guy: Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665.
S U N D AY, O C T O B E R 7 The Browning, and more: The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560. Mark Chesnutt: 8 p.m. Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.
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Sons of Great Dane, with Dead Girls and Radkey
It seems that every few weeks, the Brick hosts some irresistibly stacked, local rock bill. Headlining this one is Sons of Great Dane, which recently released an excellent EP of twangy indie rock, You Can’t Lose It All, All at Once, via Sharp County Records. The classic-rock fetishists in the Dead Girls, fresh off a Daytrotter session, will middle the show, following up Radkey’s dark punk-rock jams. Saturday, October 6, at the Brick (1727 McGee, 816-421-1634)
Thievery Corporation
It’s a fine line between smart and snoozefest, and especially so when it comes to downtempo music. Thievery Corporation usually gets the ratios right, though. The D.C.-based DJproduction team of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton threads international ideas — Afrobeat, reggae, tropicalia — into its silky-smooth grooves. The duo’s lyrics — veering toward the political, at times radically so — also guard against excessive lounging. Afrolicious, a Bay Area–based collective featuring former Kansas City DJ Señor Oz, opens the evening with a DJ set. Wednesday, October 10, at the Midland (1228 Main, 816-283-9921)
Crocodiles
About three years ago, I clicked Play on a Crocodiles song on some blog, found it boring, and mentally filed the band under “shoegaze bullshit” in my brain rolodex. But the San Diego group — then a duo, now a five-piece — released an album earlier this year, Endless Flowers, on which I, for whatever reason, took a chance. I was charmed by it right off the bat. It’s still noisy, fuzzy guitar rock. But it’s hookier, bubblier, more anthemic — like My Bloody Valentine on a sugar high. Sunday, October 7, at the Riot Room (4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179)
The Corin Tucker Band
It’s pretty awesome how vital and relevant the Sleater-Kinney women have remained following the dissolution of their iconic riot grrrl band. Janet Weiss and Carrie Brownstein have busied themselves with Wild Flag, Portlandia, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, among other projects. Singer-guitarist Corin Tucker has cut a lower profile, releasing solo albums, the second of which, Kill My Blues, is just out. If you liked Tucker’s blazing howl on S-K records, you’ll find plenty here worth your while. Friday, October 5, at RecordBar (1020 Westport Road, 816-753-5207)
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I caught Canadian John O’Regan, who goes by the stage name Diamond Rings, at RecordBar a couple of years ago on some random weeknight. His blond hair was cut at an extreme angle. He was wearing lots of makeup, and his T-shirt read, “Diamond Rings.” He got onstage and writhed around to his one-man synth music like he was Lady Gaga at the Staples Center. At first, it was embarrassing to watch. Gradually, I came to respect his conviction and dedication. By the time it was over, I had decided that the whole thing had been pretty amazing. Diamond Rings is back in the area again this week touring on its second release, Free Dimensional. The single, “I’m Just Me,” a slickly produced bit of dark wave with a Top 40 disco beat, suggests that O’Regan isn’t far from becoming what he was pretending to be back in 2010. Dramatic indie pop, courtesy of Toronto’s Stars, provides the main course. Tuesday, October 9, at the Bottleneck (737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-5483)
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Go if you must. I’m not judging anybody. Friday, October 5, at Crossroads KC at Grinders (417 East 18th Street, 816-472-5454)
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T U E S D AY, O C T O B E R 9 First Aid Kit, Dylan LeBlanc: The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390. Say Anything, Murder By Death, the Sidekicks, Tallhart: The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560.
W E D N E S D AY, O C T O B E R 10 After the Burial, and more: The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560. Cheap Time, Bob Log III, Molly Gene: 9 p.m. Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, 3402 Main, 816-753-1909. Labretta Suede and the Motel 6, the Quivers, Surf Assassins: 9 p.m. RecordBar, 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, Stevie Stone, CES Cru: The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390.
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T H U R S D AY 4 ROCK/POP/INDIE Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-8321085. Fox Street Allstarts. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676. Sneaky Creeps, Mr. & the Mrs., 10 p.m. The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Bear Hive, Molly Picture Club.
BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. Scotty Boy Daniel. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Grand Marquis. Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816-2201222. Justin Andrew Murray.
ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1387. Meatpop, Antioquia, Funk Trek, Clint Martinez.
DJ The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-8415483. Goomba Rave, with Team Bear Club. Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-492-3900. DJ Brad Sager.
JAZZ The Majestic Restaurant: 931 Broadway, 816-221-1888. Bram Wijnands. Star Bar at Pachamama’s: 800 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-0990. Floyd the Barber with Tommy Johnson, 8:30 p.m.
WORLD The Levee: 16 W. 43rd St., 816-561-2821. Live Reggae with AZ-ONE.
COMEDY Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater: 7260 N.W. 87th St., 816-759-5233. Tom Wilson, 7:30 p.m. Stanford’s Comedy Club: 1867 Village West Pkwy., Kansas City, Kan., 913-400-7500. Iliza Shlesinger, 8 p.m.
BAR GAMES/DRUNKEN DISTRACTIONS Bulldog: 1715 Main, 816-421-4799. Brodioke, 9 p.m. Buzzard Beach: 4110 Pennsylvania, 816-753-4455. Trivia, Ladies’ Night, 7 p.m. Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-421-0300. Hot Caution Thursdays, 10 p.m. Double Nickel Bar: 189 S. Rogers, Ste. 1614, Olathe, 913-3900363. Texas Hold ’em. Hamburger Mary’s: 101 Southwest Blvd., 816-842-1919. Charity Bingo with Valerie Versace, 8 p.m., $1 per game. Hurricane Allie’s Bar and Grill: 5541 Merriam Dr., Shawnee, 913-217-7665. Karaoke, 8:30 p.m. Mac’s Place: 580 S. Fourth St., Edwardsville. Karaoke. Missie B’s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. Karaoke on the main floor, 10 p.m. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Trivia Clash, 7 p.m. The Red Balloon: 10325 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-9622330. Karaoke, 8 p.m., free. Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-492-3900. Ladies’ Night. Sherlock’s Underground Coffeehouse & Pub: 858 State Route 291, Liberty, 816-429-5262. Karaoke, ladies’ night specials. The Uptown Arts Bar: 3611 Broadway. Uptown Heat, 10:30 p.m. Westport Flea Market: 817 Westport Rd., 816-931-1986. Trivia, 9 p.m.
ELECTRO RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Sucka Free Producer Showcase with Leonard Dstroy, Barbaric Merits, Dan Matic, DRPLUS2, 9 p.m.
ELECTRONICA The Granada: 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390. The White Panda.
OPEN MIC/JAM SESSIONS Double T’s Roadhouse: 1421 Merriam Ln., Kansas City, Kan., 913-432-5555. Blues Jam hosted by RocknRick’s Boogie Leggin’ Blues Band, 7 p.m.
The Indie on Main: 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. Open mic, Low Dough Beer Night, 8 p.m. Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816-525-1871. Jerry’s Jam Night, 9 p.m.
REGGAE Afrobeat: 9922 Holmes, 816-943-6333. Reggae Rockers, 10 p.m.
SINGER-SONGWRITER Coda: 1744 Broadway, 816-569-1747. First Thursdays with William Saunders. Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. JD McPherson, 8 p.m.
VA R I E T Y The All-Star Rock Bar: 7210 N.E. 43rd St., 816-452-2660. Family Night with Jason Dean the Magician, 9 p.m.
F R I D AY 5 ROCK/POP/INDIE The All-Star Rock Bar: 7210 N.E. 43rd St., 816-452-2660. Stairway to Zeppelin, Atomic Voodoo. The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-8415483. Cloud Dog. Clarette Club: 5400 Martway, Mission, 913-384-0986. Raildog. MORE Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-421-0300. David Hasselhoff on Acid, Janet the Planet, Wrong Kata Trio. S G IN Davey’s Uptown Ramblers LIST E AT N I Club: 3402 Main, 816-753-1909. ONL M Ben Grimm, Slow Ya Roll, Root and PITCH.CO Stem, the Fluorescent. Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816-525-1871. The Transients. The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. The Pornhuskers, Rats Eyes, Rex Hobart and the Misery Boys, Drop a Grand.
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DJ The Gusto Lounge: 504 Westport Rd., 816-974-8786. First Friday with Barbaric Merits, FSTZ, 10 p.m. Hotel: 1300 Grand, 816-226-3232. Rockwell Fridays with Salvatore Palazzolo featuring the Jukebox Heroes (DJ Mike Scott and Spinstyles). MiniBar: 3810 Broadway. DJ Superwolf. Mosaic Lounge: 1331 Walnut, 816-679-0076. Mosaic Friday hosted by Luke Rich, with DJ Allen Michael. The Quaff: 1010 Broadway, 816-471-1918. DJ E. Strikerz Entertainment Center: 18900 E. Valley View Pkwy., Independence, 816-313-5166. DJ night. Z Strike: 1370 Grand, 816-471-2316. Fabowlous Fridays with DJ Nuveau, 9 p.m.
HIP-HOP Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-8321085. CJ Thy Glorious. Kultured Chameleon: 1739 Oak, 816-974-8278. Miss Conception CD-release party.
JAZZ The Blue Room: 1616 E. 18th St., 816-474-8463. Trumpet Summit. Gran-Daddy’s Barbeque: 1447 W. 23rd St., Lawrence, 785830-8665. Glen Simpson. Hotel Phillips: 106 W. 12th St., 816-221-7000. Candace Evans Duo. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Dan Bliss Duo. The Majestic Restaurant: 931 Broadway, 816-221-1888. Bram Wijnands, 7 p.m. Take Five Coffee + Bar: 5336 W. 151st St., Overland Park, 913948-5550. Megan Birdsall. Thai Place: 9359 W. 87th St., Overland Park, 913-649-5420. Jerry Hahn.
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BAR GAMES/DRUNKEN DISTRACTIONS The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. First Friday. Hurricane Allieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar and Grill: 5541 Merriam Dr., Shawnee, 913-217-7665. Karaoke, 8:30 p.m. J. Murphyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Irish Pub and Grille: 22730 Midland Dr., Shawnee, 913-825-3880. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Makerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mark Bourbon House & Lounge: 1333 Walnut, 816442-8115. La Femme First Fridays. Missie Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. Ab Fab Fridays on the main floor, 10 p.m. MoJoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar & Grill: 1513 S.W. Hwy. 7, Blue Springs. Free pool, happy hour, 4-6 p.m. The Red Balloon: 10325 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-9622330. Karaoke, 8 p.m., free. Retro Downtown Drinks & Dance: 1518 McGee, 816-4214201. Trivia Riot, 7 p.m. Smokehouse Bar-B-Que: 6304 N. Oak, Gladstone, 816-4544500. Happy hour, 4-6 p.m. The Uptown Arts Bar: 3611 Broadway. First Friday Story Slam.
ELECTRO The Granada: 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390. Freq Nasty, Xaver, 11 p.m.
M E TA L / P U N K Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676. Pre-Hammerween Party with Hammerlord, Hellevate, 10 p.m.
R O C K A B I L LY Coda: 1744 Broadway, 816-569-1747. First Fridays with the Billy Bats.
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JAZZ The Blue Room: 1616 E. 18th St., 816-474-8463. Lisa Henry, Charles Williams. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Heather Thorton Band. The Majestic Restaurant: 931 Broadway, 816-221-1888. Bram Wijnands, 7 p.m. Take Five Coffee + Bar: 5336 W. 151st St., Overland Park, 913948-5550. Roger Wilder Trio.
COMEDY Missie Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. Dirty Dorothy on the main floor, 10 p.m. Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Comedy Club: 1867 Village West Pkwy., Kansas City, Kan., 913-400-7500. Iliza Shlesinger, 7:45 & 9:45 p.m.
BAR GAMES/DRUNKEN DISTRACTIONS Avalon Ultra Lounge: 5505 N.E. Antioch, 816-452-CLUB. Upscale Saturdays with DJ Smiley, no cover for ladies until 10:30 p.m., $2 drink specials, 9 p.m., $10. 403 Club: 403 N. Fifth St., 913-499-8392. Pinball tournament, cash prize for winner, 4:30 p.m., $5 entry fee. Hamburger Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s: 101 Southwest Blvd., 816-842-1919. Charity Bingo, 5 p.m.; Mary-oke with Chad Slater, 9 p.m. Hotel: 1300 Grand, 816-226-3232. Hotel Saturdays. Hurricane Allieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar and Grill: 5541 Merriam Dr., Shawnee, 913-217-7665. Karaoke, 8:30 p.m. MoJoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar & Grill: 1513 S.W. Hwy. 7, Blue Springs. Free pool, happy hour, 1-4 p.m. The Red Balloon: 10325 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-9622330. Karaoke, 8 p.m., free. Smokehouse Bar-B-Que: 6304 N. Oak, Gladstone, 816-4544500. Happy hour, 4-6 p.m. Snow & Co.: 1815 Wyandotte, 816-214-8921. The Rumble 2012 Viewing Party: Stewart vs. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Reilly, 8 p.m. Wallabyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grill and Pub: 9562 Lackman, Lenexa, 913-5419255. Karaoke, 9 p.m.
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The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Sidewise, Knot Afrayed, Collapse, Solus.
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The All-Star Rock Bar: 7210 N.E. 43rd St., 816-452-2660. Local Stranger. The Beaumont Club: 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560. Lound and Local. The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-8415483. Antioquia, Meatpop. The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. Sons of Great Dane, the Dead Girls, Radkey. Club 906: 906 W. Liberty Dr., Liberty. St. Dallas & the Sinners. Coda: 1744 Broadway, 816-569-1747. Cape Lions, 10 p.m. Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-421-0300. Megajoo, Scammers, 6 p.m.; the Bottom Dollars, Pomegranates, Missouri Homegrown, Attic Wolves, 8 p.m. Jakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Place Bar and Grill: 12001 Johnson Dr., Shawnee, 913962-5253. Caprice Classic; Live music. Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1387. The Crumpletons, 7 p.m.; Dirty Dillons presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crazy Diamond,â&#x20AC;? 10 p.m. Jerryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Summit, 816-525-1871. Nervous Rex. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Kristie Stremel, 6 p.m.; Is Paris Burning, 9 p.m. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676. Soft Reeds, the Harrisonics, 10 p.m.
BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. Mama Ray Jazz Meets Blues Jam, 2 p.m. The MOJO Productions Stage: 7611 E. 65th St. Weedstock with Blues Notions, Millie Edwards, Passport, Mistura Fina, Black Tie Billie, 6-10:30 p.m. Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816-2201222. The Bluz Benderz, Lance Lopez.
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Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676. Kristie Stremel, Tiny Horse, 6 p.m.
The Union of Westport: 421 Westport Rd. MVMNT with Brent Tactic.
Coda: 1744 Broadway, 816-569-1747. Fine Kettle Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Fish, 7 p.m. Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-8321085. Two Gallants, Drakkar Sauna. Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Midnight River Choir, 8:30 p.m.; the Nace Brothers, 8:30 p.m.
DJ The Eighth Street Taproom: 801 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-6918. Saturday Soulclap with Josh Powers. Hotel: 1300 Grand, 816-226-3232. Return of Sex Panther DJs. MiniBar: 3810 Broadway. DJ Jochen (Hog-In). The Quaff: 1010 Broadway, 816-471-1918. DJ Chris. Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-492-3900. DJ Brad Sager.
Californos: 4124 Pennsylvania, 816-531-7878. Sound Clash.
VA R I E T Y The Uptown Arts Bar: 3611 Broadway. KC Cabaret.
S U N D AY 7 ROCK/POP/INDIE Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-8321085. Legends of the Fall Tour with Mastamind, and more. Jerryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Summit, 816-525-1871. The Invisible World. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676. Vicky and the Vengents, 10 p.m.
BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. Lee McBee and the Confessors. The Brickyard Tavern: 1001 S. Weaver, Olathe, 913-780-0266. Crosseyed Cat open blues jam, 3-7 p.m. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Rich Berry. KC Live Stage at the Power & Light District: 13th St. and Grand. The Delfonics.
DJ The Gusto Lounge: 504 Westport Rd., 816-974-8786. Retox Sundays, 8 p.m. Hamburger Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s: 101 Southwest Blvd., 816-842-1919. Bad Music Sundays with Brett Dietrich, 3:30 p.m.
ACOUSTIC Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816-2201222. Acoustic Showcase.
JAZZ The Majestic Restaurant: 931 Broadway, 816-221-1888. Mark Lowrey Jazz Trio open jam session, 5 p.m. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. The Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Liberation Big Band, 7 p.m. Take Five Coffee + Bar: 5336 W. 151st St., Overland Park, 913948-5550. Hal Melia with Bram Wijnands and Philip Wakefield.
AMERICANA Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676. The Horsebite Tears, 6 p.m.
CLASSICAL Chaz on the Plaza: 325 Ward Pkwy., 816-802-2152. Les Mengel Duo, 5-9 p.m.
COMEDY Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater: 7260 N.W. 87th St., 816-759-5233. Nephew Tommy, 8 p.m., 10 p.m. Missie B’s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. Dirty Dorothy on the main floor, 10 p.m.
BAR GAMES/DRUNKEN DISTRACTIONS The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-8415483. Smackdown Trivia and Karaoke. Bulldog: 1715 Main, 816-421-4799. Game night, beer pong, TV trivia, shot dice. Clarette Club: 5400 Martway, Mission, 913-384-0986. Texas Hold ’em, 7 & 10 p.m. Frank James Saloon: 10919 N.W. Hwy. 45, Parkville, 816-5050800. Karaoke, 6-10 p.m. Hurricane Allie’s Bar and Grill: 5541 Merriam Dr., Shawnee, 913-217-7665. Double Deuce Poker League, 4 p.m.; karaoke, 8:30 p.m. Missie B’s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. Show Stopper Karaoke, 12:30 a.m. The Red Balloon: 10325 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-9622330. Karaoke, 8 p.m., free. Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-492-3900. Free pool. Smokehouse Bar-B-Que: 6304 N. Oak, Gladstone, 816-4544500. Happy hour, 4-6 p.m. Wallaby’s Grill and Pub: 9562 Lackman, Lenexa, 913-5419255. Texas Hold ’em, 6 & 9 p.m. Westport Flea Market: 817 Westport Rd., 816-931-1986. Texas Hold ’em, 3 & 6 p.m.
OPEN MIC/JAM SESSIONS Bleachers Bar & Grill: 210 S.W. Greenwich Dr., Lee’s Summit, 816623-3410. Open Blues and Funk Jam with Syncopation, 6 p.m. Groove Station: 9916 Holmes, 816-942-1000. KC Blues Jam with Crosseyed Cat, 2-6 p.m. The Hideout: 6948 N. Oak Tfwy., 816-468-0550. Open blues jam, 7 p.m. Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1387. Sunday Salvation with Booty Bass, 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.
REGGAE Californos: 4124 Pennsylvania, 816-531-7878. Reggae Fest.
M O N D AY 8 ROCK/POP/INDIE
Hamburger Mary’s: 101 Southwest Blvd., 816-842-1919. Mary-oke with Chad Slater, 8 p.m. Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1387. Karaoke Idol with Tanya McNaughty. MoJo’s Bar & Grill: 1513 S.W. Hwy. 7, Blue Springs. Pool and dart leagues; free pool, happy hour, 4-6 p.m. Nara: 1617 Main, 816-221-6272. Brodioke, 9 p.m. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Sonic Spectrum Music Trivia, 7 p.m., $5. The Red Balloon: 10325 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-9622330. Karaoke, 8 p.m., free. Sharks: 10320 Shawnee Mission Pkwy., Merriam, 913-2684006. Pool tournament, 7:30 p.m. Smokehouse Bar-B-Que: 6304 N. Oak, Gladstone, 816-4544500. Happy hour, 4-6 p.m. The Uptown Arts Bar: 3611 Broadway. Late Night with Lucky Deluxe, 10 p.m.; Snazzy Cheap-Ass Drinks, all night. Westport Flea Market: 817 Westport Rd., 816-931-1986. KC Mutual UFO Network, 6:30 p.m., free, low-cost donation; Texas Hold ’em, 8 p.m.
Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Jazzbo. The Phoenix: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-221-5299. Millie Edwards and Michael Pagan, 7 p.m.
COMEDY Missie B’s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. MANic Monday on the main floor, 10 p.m., free.
BAR GAMES/DRUNKEN DISTRACTIONS The All-Star Rock Bar: 7210 N.E. 43rd St., 816-452-2660. Monday Mancave: sports, drink and food specials. The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. Rural Grit Happy Hour, 6 p.m.; Karaoke with Kelly Bleachmaxx, 10:30 p.m., free. Clarette Club: 5400 Martway, Mission, 913-384-0986. Texas Hold ’em, 7 & 10 p.m. Green Room Burgers & Beer: 4010 Pennsylvania, Ste. D, 816216-7682. Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz, 8 p.m. The Gusto Lounge: 504 Westport Rd., 816-974-8786. Service Industry Night.
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.
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The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-8415483. Stars, Diamond Rings, California Wives. Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-8321085. Gangi. Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816-525-1871. Screaming For Silence. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676. Labretta Suede and the Motel 6, Sex Tapes, 10 p.m. The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Themes, Various Blonde, Humans KC.
BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. Hudspeth and Shinetop. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Mark Montgomery. Slow Ride Roadhouse: 1350 N. Third St., Lawrence, 785-7492727. Lonnie Ray Blues Band.
DJ Coda: 1744 Broadway, 816-569-1747. DJ Whatshisname, service industry night, 9 p.m.
ACOUSTIC Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Acoustic Aussies Tour with Chris Pickering and Lachlan Bryan, 7:30 p.m.
JAZZ Finnigan’s Hall: 503 E. 18th Ave., North Kansas City, 816-2213466. Abel Ramirez Big Band, 6 p.m. The Majestic Restaurant: 931 Broadway, 816-221-1888. Hermon Mehari Trio. The Phoenix: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-221-5299. Open Jam with Everette DeVan, 7 p.m.
Coda: 1744 Broadway, 816-569-1747. Coda Pursuit Team Trivia with Teague Hayes, 7 p.m. Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-8321085. It’s Karaoke Time! MiniBar: 3810 Broadway. Sonic Spectrum Trivia: the Bizarre, Pop Culture and Travel, 7 p.m. MoJo’s Bar & Grill: 1513 S.W. Hwy. 7, Blue Springs. Pool and dart leagues; free pool, happy hour, 4-6 p.m. The Red Balloon: 10325 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-9622330. Karaoke, 8 p.m., free. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676. Replay Horror Picture Show on the patio. The Roxy: 7230 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-236-6211. Karaoke. Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-492-3900. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Sherlock’s Underground Coffeehouse & Pub: 858 State Route 291, Liberty, 816-429-5262. Round Robin Card Tournaments. Smokehouse Bar-B-Que: 6304 N. Oak, Gladstone, 816-4544500. Happy hour, 4-6 p.m. Tower Tavern: 401 E. 31st St., 816-931-9300. Trivia, 8 p.m. The Uptown Arts Bar: 3611 Broadway. Tango night. Westport Flea Market: 817 Westport Rd., 816-931-1986. Chess Club, 7 p.m.
JAZZ
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Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816-525-1871. Outlaw Concert Series.
BLUES/FUNK/SOUL
Barnyard Beer: 925 Iowa, Lawrence, 785-393-9696. Mudstomp Mondays. Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-8321085. Bloody Ol’ Mule, A.J. Gaither.
The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-8415483. Bulletproof Tiger, Ben Martsolf and the Six Shooters, Hector Anchondo. The Midland: 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. Thievery Corporation, Afrolicious DJ set, Pleasuremaker, Señor Oz. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Bob Walkenhorst, 7 p.m.; Labretta Suede and the Motel 6, the Quivers, Surf Assassins, 9 p.m. The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. The Features, 8 p.m.; Young London, midnight.
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The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-5483. Taking Back Mondays.
The Hideout: 6948 N. Oak Tfwy., 816-468-0550. Blue Monday Trio.
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OPEN MIC/JAM SESSIONS Bleachers Bar & Grill: 210 S.W. Greenwich Dr., Lee’s Summit, 816-623-3410. Open Mic Acoustic Jam. Quasimodo: 12056 W. 135th St., Overland Park, 913-239-9666. Dave Hays Band Open Jam. Stanford’s Comedy Club: 1867 Village West Pkwy., Kansas City, Kan., 913-400-7500. Open Mic Night.
SINGER-SONGWRITER The All-Star Rock Bar: 7210 N.E. 43rd St., 816-452-2660. Scott Ford Songwriter Showcase, 7 p.m.
DJ Coda: 1744 Broadway, 816-569-1747. Sonic Spectrum with DJ Robert Moore, 10 p.m. Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-492-3900. DJ Pure. The Union of Westport: 421 Westport Rd. Random Play Wednesday.
JAZZ Chaz on the Plaza: 325 Ward Pkwy., 816-802-2152. Max Groove Trio, 6 p.m.
AMERICANA Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-421-0300. Root and Stem, Grayshot, Sage N Sour. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Mike Runyon & Gary Proctor.
COMEDY Californos: 4124 Pennsylvania, 816-531-7878. Girlie Show. Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater: 7260 N.W. 87th St., 816-759-5233. The Kick Comedy, 7:30 p.m. Missie B’s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. Dirty Dorothy on the main floor, 10 p.m. Stanford’s Comedy Club: 1867 Village West Pkwy., Kansas City, Kan., 913-400-7500. Mo Mandel.
BAR GAMES/DRUNKEN DISTRACTIONS The All-Star Rock Bar: 7210 N.E. 43rd St., 816-452-2660. Karaoke. Beer Kitchen: 435 Westport Rd., 816-389-4180. Brodioke. Bulldog: 1715 Main, 816-421-4799. Liquid Lounge drink specials. Danny’s Bar and Grill: 13350 College Blvd., Lenexa, 913-3459717. Trivia and karaoke with DJ Smooth, 8 p.m. 403 Club: 403 N. Fifth St., 913-499-8392. Pinball tournament, Cash prize for winner, 8:30 p.m., $5 entry fee. J. Murphy’s Irish Pub and Grille: 22730 Midland Dr., Shawnee, 913-825-3880. Karaoke, 9 p.m. MoJo’s Bar & Grill: 1513 S.W. Hwy. 7, Blue Springs. Pool and dart leagues; free pool, happy hour, 4-6 p.m. The Red Balloon: 10325 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-9622330. Karaoke, 8 p.m., free. The Roxy: 7230 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-236-6211. Karaoke. Sherlock’s Underground Coffeehouse & Pub: 858 State Route 291, Liberty, 816-429-5262. Open jam blues, bike night specials.
OPEN MIC/JAM SESSIONS Bleachers Bar & Grill: 210 S.W. Greenwich Dr., Lee’s Summit, 816-623-3410. Open Blues and Funk Jam with Syncopation, 7 p.m. Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1387. Acoustic Open Mic with host Tyler Gregory. Tonahill’s 3 of a Kind: 11703 E. 23rd St., Independence, 816833-5021. Blues, country and classic rock hosted by Rick Eidson and friends.
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REGGAE The Uptown Arts Bar: 3611 Broadway. Born in Babylon.
R O C K A B I L LY Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Three Bad Jacks, Miss Major and Her Minor Mood Swings, 7:30 p.m.
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ast week, I appeared at a “Savage Love Live” event at Radford University in Radford, Virginia. Questions are submitted on index cards at SLL events, allowing questioners to remain anonymous and forcing them to be succinct. The crowd at Radford was large and inquisitive. The students submitted more questions than I could possibly hope to answer in two hours — and Radford students also managed to stump me. Twice. I promised the crowd that I would get answers for the two stumpers and answer as many of their other questions as I could in this week’s column. And here we go … When I sneeze, I ejaculate. Is this normal? Yes, totally. Nothing to worry about. This happens to all guys. That’s why they make men’s underwear out of cotton, dude. Why do all the beautiful girls only go for guys who are assholes? Why do all the guys only go for the beautiful girls who only go for assholes? P.S. You might want to skip the next question. I really like this guy and I know he likes me, but he is so unapproachable! He always seems to be pissed off about something. How can I get his attention without practically throwing myself at him? Someone who knows you’re interested in him and who’s genuinely interested in you but affects an unapproachable, pissed-off demeanor is a game-playing douchebag, and game-playing douchebags are lousy boyfriend material. Surely there are some attractive guys on your campus — guys you like, guys who like you — who aren’t grumpy, game-playing assholes. You know, nice guys. Maybe you could date one of them? Is it normal for girls to orgasm from dry humping alone? Many girls learn to masturbate by grinding their crotches/clits against something (a pillow, typically), and dry humping is a pretty effective way to re-create that particular sensation because it provides her with the intense, direct clitoral stimulation she needs to get off. Can you get AIDS or an STI from a dead body? Just wondering. This is one of the two questions that stumped me. I promised to get an answer, and here it is: “As long as this isn’t a thinly veiled necrophilia question, the answer is no,” says Caitlin Doughty, a mortician, founder of the Order of the Good Death, and the star of the popular, hilarious and informative “Ask a Mortician” YouTube video series. “When the AIDS epidemic fi rst hit in the 1980s, there were terrible stories about funeral homes that would charge more for bodies with HIV/ AIDS or flat out tell the family the body was a threat and needed to be cremated immediately. Thankfully, that’s now considered wildly unethical and incorrect. Unless you’re an embalmer or coroner and dealing closely with all manner of fresh corpse fluids, there should be almost zero risk to you.” 36
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Is it OK to want to be single for 15 more years? More and more people are delaying marriage or remaining single — you might want to read Hanna Rosin’s The End of Men and Eric Klinenberg’s Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone — so yeah, it’s OK. It’s generally OK to make your own choices and live your own life. Should I not have sex with my best friend’s baby daddy, even though he was my boyfriend before he was hers, and we were about to get back together before I found out my best friend was pregnant? Yes, you should not. Why can some girls only orgasm on top? Because the angle of penetration provides them with the direct, intense clitoral stimulation they need to get off. Do you have any advice for non-openly gay people at a school where gays are almost nonexistent? Recognize that you’re part of the problem. The non-openly gay people at your school — you and the other closeted gays — create a negative nonexistence feedback loop. You don’t come out because no one is out, and no one comes out because you’re not out. My advice: If you’re in a position to come out, come out. If you’re not in a position to come out, make plans to get to a place where you can come out. And in the meantime, refrain from whining about a problem that your choices and/or limitations contribute to creating. Can you come out your butt? Um, sure, but only if someone else came in it fi rst — and no one should be coming in your butt without a condom on his dick. How do you tell someone that they are bad at sex? You don’t. You tell someone that there are particular ways you like to be touched, kissed, fucked, bound, whatever, and you encourage someone to touch, kiss, fuck,
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