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How much does the city spend each year to operate the fountains?
Was Missouri really once called “the Puke State”?
Is Kansas City’s City Hall the tallest in the United States?
What’s with all the sovereign-named sports teams?
Why are some bars open until 1:30 a.m., while others close at 3 a.m.?
Why does former Mayor Richard Berkley still dye his hair black?
Who is the metro’s richest resident?
Taking on the persistent questions about KC, one nagging curiosity at a time.
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Where do you drink? JR’s, Hurricane Allie’s,
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What’s your favorite charity? American
What local tradition do you take part in every year? The dodgin’ o’ the checkpoints on St.
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Favorite place to spend your paycheck: Do we
Where do you like to take out-of-town guests?
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Favorite person or thing to follow on Twitter: I Person or thing you find really irritating at this moment: MoDOT deciding to work on every road at the same time.
What subscription — print, digital, etc. — do you value most? My favorite podcasts: Film Riot and Weird Things.
Power & Light. Support your local businesses, KC. Every strong economy is built on small local businesses.
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“Kansas City needs …” A light-rail system. If
and few people. Especially in the fall.
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“People might be surprised to know that I …”
Cry at the end of Homeward Bound. Every. Time. When Shadow comes limping over that hill, I lose it.
“On my day off, I like to …” Attempt to watch
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“In five years, I’ll be …” Vincent Price. Are you
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Finish this sentence: “Other than the Kauffman Center, Kansas City got it right when …”
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What local phenomenon do you think is overrated? Power & Light. Damn you, Kay Barnes. Manifesto, Blue Koi, or to see some burlesque like KC Cabaret or New Century Follies.
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Favorite day trip: Anyplace with lots of woods Interesting brush with the law? I once got
pulled over after a monthly screening of Rocky Horror. This was in the beginning when I played Dr. Frank-N-Furter occasionally. I was tired and waiting to change till I got home. So there I was at Broadway and Southwest Trafficway in a red corset, heels and fishnets. I’m really not sure who was more uncomfortable. Ever seen a cop who was terrified to make eye contact?
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ew Boulevard Brewing Co. CEO Mike Magoulas met John McDonald, the brewery’s founder, in the late 1980s when McDonald was looking for investors. Magoulas, 59, says he thought McDonald would will his craft beer to success even before the first keg rolled off the line. “He was this guy with a riveted vision of this craft brewery that he wanted to build, and he was going to build a brewery,” says Magoulas, who was hired last week. “At the time, I got to G O tell you, he had such a viL P E MORINE AT sion, you just said, ‘Yeah, ONL M / P L O G he’s going to do it.’ ” P IT C H .C O Magoulas’ prediction came to fruition. Since Boulevard opened in 1989, the com- pany has gone from a small craft brewer to the 17th-largest brewery in the nation, surging into more markets in the last several years. “I’ve watched this brewer y grow,” Magoulas says. “And how does it get any better than coming in and trying to help him try to write the next chapter of history?” McDonald, who will remain brewery president, says Boulevard hopes to draw on Magoulas’ past work as a regional vice president for the beer distributor MillerCoors and a vice president for wine giant E. & J. Gallo Winery. “His experience is not in the craft-brewing industry, but we know that,” McDonald says. “That’s our business, so we plan on teaching him that. And he’s going to help us with our strategies going forward.” Forty percent of the brewery’s business comes from the Kansas City area, but the brews are now sold in 23 states and Washington, D.C. So what’s Boulevard’s next move? “That’s the million-dollar question,” Magoulas says. “Right now, I’m just trying
Magoulas (left) and McDonald drink to Boulevard’s next chapter. to get my arms around what I have, and my focus isn’t much more than about 100 miles from this brewery.” That’s not to say he doesn’t know the risk of standing still in the ever-expanding $8.7 billion craft-beer market. The craft-brewing industry grew by 13 percent in 2011, and it now makes up almost 6 percent of the total beer market, according to industry group the Brewers Association. “Twenty years ago … craft was new,” Magoulas says. “Now the consumer is more educated. The arena for craft is congested with so many new beers in the market, and a lot of good beer. From our standpoint, we have to help that consumer on that journey through exploration, experimentation, innovation, and expand the craft business.” McDonald emphasizes that the addition of a CEO doesn’t mean his role will diminish. “I’m not planning on spending less time at the brewery,” McDonald says. “I’m planning on spending more time at the brewery.” McDonald tells The Pitch that there’s more news out of the brewery: Chocolate Ale is likely to return in 2014. The seasonal beer that leads Kansas City’s beer fans on a scavenger hunt each year had some problems with flavor in 2012, leading the brewery to offer refunds on certain batches. During a speaking engagement in June, McDonald prematurely spilled the news that the beer wouldn’t be produced in 2013. “We’re talking about it,” McDonald tells The Pitch. “I’ve already gotten in all kinds of trouble by announcing that we weren’t going to make it next year. I think we’re definitely going to try to make it in 2014.”
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hey nag at you. The little things you notice in your neighborhood. The details around the city that don’t add up. The bothersome questions to which you once knew — or believed you knew — the answers. Well, we know they bother us. We’ve driven by a misspelled street sign and wondered: How? We’ve slurped down that last-call Jäeger bomb at 1:30 a.m. and wondered, “Why must we shuffle
down the street to a 3 a.m. bar?” And nearly every Kansas Citian, hearing about another homicide, has wondered just where our epicenter of violent crime really is. The Pitch’s Answering Machine is here to help. We’ve pestered officials, scoured historical records, and earned a few strange looks while undertaking the quest to address some of these lingering questions. We’ve looked at budget line items, studied architecture, and picked at the
seamy side of local history. We went and looked for the metro’s richest resident, chatted with the guiding voice inside our Garmin GPS unit, and tried to figure out whether there’s a stadium jail cell that can hold us after a game-day riot. We couldn’t answer every question we had about Kansas City, but we got a decent start. You’ll find new messages from the Answering Machine in issues to come. Meanwhile, here’s some of what continued on page 8 we’ve learned so far. pitch.com EM 1 3 - 1X9,, 22 0 00 1 2X pitch.comS E PMT O N TBHE RX X–X
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Is Kansas City’s City Hall the tallest in the United States?
This impressive-sounding claim to architectural fame is commonly tossed off to visitors, but it isn’t true. The 29-story beaux-arts building, erected at a cost of $5 million, was the tallest in Missouri upon its 1937 completion. And it remains the most visible symbol of "Boss" Tom Pendergast’s political machine — his concrete company had the contract for its construction. But it wasn’t even the tallest U.S. city hall back then. Philadelphia’s stood 548 feet tall (including its tower) when it was finished in 1908. And even if you disregard that tower, Los Angeles completed its 453-foot city hall in 1938, keeping KC’s claim to skyscraping short-lived. Our 443-foot building is still the third-tallest in Kansas City, though, so that’s something.
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This 1884 “Nicknames of the States” map made us wonder …
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Sadly, yes. Missouri has had plenty of nicknames since it became a state, in 1821. It has been the Bullion State, the Lead State and the Cave State. But for a stretch before Missourians settled on calling their home the Show-Me State (at the end of the 19th century), one of the nicknames was rather awful: the Puke State. The roots of this gross historical footnote aren’t clear. According to the 1938 book State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers and Other Symbols, the phrase was coined during an 1827 meeting of Missourians in the Galena lead mines in Illinois. The book speculates that somebody at the gathering observed that the patch of land where they were standing looked like Missouri had puked on it, and the name stuck. Less apocryphal etymology: The word puke is probably just a bastardized reference to Pike County, on the state’s Illinois border.
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What was “Western Auto” before it was just a sign atop a condo building?
Even lifelong Kansas Citians sometimes forget that the giant illuminated sign adorning 2107 Grand was a trophy for a major retailer’s corporate headquarters. The Western Auto chain began in 1908 as a mail-order parts company. As cars skyrocketed in popularity, the business grew, becoming a brick-and-mortar mainstay nationwide. By the 1950s, the store had achieved Sears-like success, and it sold a similarly wide range of merchandise. After decades of success, Western Auto returned to its car-centered roots in the 1980s and 1990s, but business by then was lagging. In the early 2000s, the company merged with Advance Auto Parts, which began converting Western Auto stores. There are still a few holdouts in small towns in the South and in Puerto Rico, but here the name lives on as a skyline beacon to better times — and a handy nostalgic selling point for the building’s not-cheap condos.
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The “stadium jail” — a drunk tank for sports rowdies — is a commonly held truth among tailgaters. And Jim Rowland, executive director of the Jackson County Sports Complex Authority, says Arrowhead does indeed have holding cells for misbehaving tomahawk choppers (as most major American stadiums do). “I believe there are two, three or four,” he says. They’re not hidden away deep within the stadium’s recesses, though. “It’s certainly not in the bowels,” he adds,
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What’s the story with the Spaceship House at 1102 Valentine Road?
First, let’s get the name right: It’s the Yanda house. But, yeah, it’s a monument to another era’s idea of futurism, the DeLorean of Kansas City home architecture. It was attention-grabbing and completely different from its contemporaries, this house, designed by architect Albert Yanda, built in 1966 and known for its distinctive dome. Shrouded by dozens of trees and sunken away from the street, the house is easy to miss from a passing car. Observed from the rear, the home appears almost to float, its huge, pyramid-shaped features pointing to the ground and seemingly ready to launch skyward at any moment. (Old photos show that a satellite dish once perched on the roof, only adding to its Millennium Falcon allure.) The 1,700-square-foot structure occupies an awkward strand of land surrounded by much grander homes and stands in the shadow of one of KC’s most famous former residences: the Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio, a state historic site. The two-bedroom, two-bath spaceship may be historic, but the last time it changed hands, it was quite a steal. Jackson County realestate records show that it was sold in 2009 for $89,900. noting that they’re just part of the team’s security office. Rowland says Kauffman Stadium has “procedures” for dealing with unruly fans, but it lacks a dedicated pokey. Although soccer has long been associated with hooliganism, Sporting Kansas City’s Livestrong Sporting Park, which opened in 2011, has no detention area for disruptive supporters. Team communications manager Kurt Austin says: “In the rare event that someone needs to be taken into custody, KCK police transport them as necessary.”
Who was Annie Chambers, where was her infamous brothel, and what stands there today?
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Annie Chambers opened her house of ill repute north of downtown in 1872. As Kansas City grew, becoming a rail hub full of cattlemen and laboring dudes, so did the demand for prostitution. Chambers, who moved to Kansas City three years earlier, filled the market with a two-story, 25-room brothel at Third Street and Wyandotte. There was no organized police force, and the city’s population was 50,000; 40 bordellos operated at that time, according to research materials in the Missouri Valley Special Collections. Driving Chambers’ success as a madam was the opulence of her house. This wasn’t a shady sex shack. The rooms had fine decorations and chandeliers, expensive furniture and erotic art. The business thrived, despite being mere blocks from City Hall and what would eventually become police headquarters. Eventually, social pressure squeezed the sex trade out of Kansas City. Chambers, whose birth name was the much more harlot-sounding Leanna Loveall, died in 1935, at age 92. Today, an office building occupies the southwest corner of Third and Wyandotte where the gilded cathouse once stood. Among its tenants: stadium architecture firm Populous.
Street signs with typos? Really?
Kansas City spokesman Dennis Gagne says staff cuts and human error mean that we’re seeing more glitches than before on signage. (The city doesn’t keep figures on bad signs, but we’re sure there are more of them.) “There’s one person working in a sign shop,” he explains. “We’ve trimmed to the point where there’s not a second set of eyes on them. When you see one, it’s huge to you. Every day you drive by it, it registers.” True! But Gagne says help may be on the way. “Call 3-1-1 [to report incorrect signs],” he says. “It’s my understanding that money was shifted to this.”
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The reason for our blueblood team names is due not to nobility but to steer. The Royals are named for the American Royal rodeo and stock show. The city’s erstwhile NBA squad, the Kings, originally was called the Rochester Royals, and then the Cincinnati Royals, before moving to town, and that was the result of a naming contest. The team rechristened itself the Kings in order to avoid confusion with the baseball club.
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The Royals? The Kings? What’s with all the sovereign-named sports teams?
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How much does the city spend each year to operate its fountains?
It’s no secret that Kansas City loves its fountains. The city flag even pays homage to water blasting through the air. The city manages 48 of an estimated 200 fountains, ranging from huge, ornate jobs to discreet, out-of-the-way gurglers. According to the Parks and Recreation Department, the city budgets $167,000 a year to maintain them.
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Why are some bars open until 1:30 a.m., while others close at 3? We asked Gagne about this, too, and he says the standard closing time for bars has been, and remains, 1:30 a.m. He reminds us, though, that state officials 20 years ago feared that the relatively early lights-out was keeping conventions away from Missouri. So, with that in mind, Kansas City relaxed its laws to allow bars that might reasonably expect convention business to stay open till 3. Those late-serving bars had to be within 1.5 miles of a hotel with at least 40 guest rooms and had to report annual sales of $100,000. Gagne says those basic guidelines remain in place.
What’s the latest on the goofy liquor laws in Kansas City, Kansas?
The state has a history of draconian blue laws. According to one old story, when airlines began slinging in-flight drinks, they wouldn’t serve while in Kansas airspace. But if you’re a fan of guzzling booze or you make your living selling it, the current Kansas Legislature is working for you. Earlier this year, the state legalized happy hours (following more than 25 years of only moderately pleasant hours). A bill that passed last session also allows microbreweries and microdistilleries to give out product samples. At the retail level, the rules are still pretty strict: Liquor stores must close before 11 p.m. (8 p.m. Sunday), and grocery stores and convenience stores can sell only 3.2 beer. There was some movement to update those laws in the last legislative session, though, and the issue is almost certain to come up again when the new session starts in January. continued on page 10
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Does the female voice on my old Garmin GPS belong to a local woman?
The woman’s voice on all Garmin units prior to 2009 was local actress Cathy Barnett, seen onstage this year in Sweeney Todd and Hairspray. “I was the voice in the Garmin GPS machines back when they were only in Hertz rental cars,” she says. “And then when the general public could buy them, I was still the voice of Jill for a long time.” (Jill — the dulcet, disembodied female voice offering directional assistance — is today played by a Boston voice-over professional named Jill Jacobsen.) Barnett remains the longtime voice of Hallmark’s crusty “Maxine” character, and she still lists the Garmin gig among her credits in theater programs. “Maybe I shouldn’t,” she says. “People see that and come backstage and they don’t give a shit about the show. They just want me to say, ‘Turn left. Turn right on Cherry Street.’”
How much does the KCPD spend on fuel? Who is the metro’s richest resident?
The highest-ranking local person, according to the Forbes list of the 400 richest people in the United States, is Garmin co-founder Min Kao. His estimated worth of $2.3 billion is good enough for No. 188. The 63-year-old lives in Leawood and still serves as chairman and CEO of the company that he and Gary Burrell started in 1989. Kao lives on a countryclub golf course in a $3.3 million, 6,580-square-foot home. Burrell, who retired before his partner, is worth an estimated $1.4 billion (No. 330) and lives in Spring Hill, Kansas.
The cops don’t just have their own gas stations (a setup most cities use for reasons of efficiency and accountability) — they have their own lower gas prices. While funded by the city, the police department has its own bidding process. The KCPD’s 2012–13 budget lists $3.51 million for fuel, based on a projected use of 1.17 million gallons of gasoline — a bit less than what the rest of us pay at the pump.
OK, where is there the least violent crime? Do the mounted police keep a regular schedule?
Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department spokesman Darin Snapp says no: “The Mounted Patrol Unit does not have a set schedule, and regularly ‘flexes’ their schedule to accommodate community events, patrols, special events, youth programs, and training,” he writes in an e-mail. “We not only handle crowd control, but we provide various youth riding programs through Parks and Recreation and Police Athletic League, attend various community and special events (Rockfest, All Star events, Big 12 Tournament, several concerts at the Sprint Center, American Royal BBQ, and parades, etc.).” And that’s not all. Snapp adds: “We also conduct patrols in the entertainment districts and in higher-crime neighborhoods, to include the ‘hot spots.’ We write citations, handle calls for service, and make arrests. Only our unit does this from the back of a horse. We currently have nine officers and 10 horses in our unit. The Mounted Patrol Unit is located in Swope Park at Camp Lake of the Woods at 7331 Oakwood Drive.”
What 1 square mile in the city logs violent crime more often than any other? We asked Snapp about more than mounts, and he didn’t shovel any horse manure. “The 1-mile grid with the most violent crime in 2011 was roughly bounded by Roberts Street and 17th Street, Olive to Norton, an area under East Patrol. It had a count of 198 violent crimes: four murders, 78 aggravated assaults, 91 robberies, 15 forcible rapes and 10 arsons.”
As bad as crime is in some neighborhoods, statistics show several areas that reported no violent crime last year. The KCPD maps the city into 1-squaremile grid pieces, and among those last year, Snapp says, there were 67 with no violent crime in 2011. Ten of those were south of the river, and 57 north of it.
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Laura McGrew, designer at Tomboy (1817 McGee, 816-472-6200), predicts that this fall’s hot item will be her roomy, oversized coats. “People want to spend more on that one coat piece,” she says. McGrew shows off her fall line of cocktail dresses and coats in a fashion show and open house at the design studio from 7 to 9 p.m., a party with drinks, appetizers, networking and fashion schmoozing. Tickets cost $15 and can be used toward a $15 discount on a purchase of $50 or more. Buy them at Tomboy or at tomboydesign.net (see “events”). — NADIA IMAFIDON
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What’s the difference between this weekend’s Con X and the other local conventions
WHERE YOU AT? Mapping: Is it a representation? a function? The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art (4420 Warwick, 816-753-5784) calls it art. The Map as Art features more than 30 works by seven artists from around the globe who try to determine borders and make sense of life. See it now through April 21, 2013. For more information, see kemperart.org.
Nathan Carter: “B R Double O K to the Y N Street Treasures Take the A to the 1 to the 4-5 on up to Burnside Ave if you dare. The Fordham Heights Brownsville D also goes there.” popping up on the reg? “We cater to the sci-fi, horror and pop-culture genres,” owner and promoter Michelle Dillman says. Held at the Ramada Conference Center (1601 North Universal Avenue, 816-245-5500), Con X promises a Paranormal Activity cast panel, photo ops with the Back to the Future DeLorean, a cocktail party and celebrity dinner, furniture and toy vendors, demonstrations with the Society of Creative Anachronism, and a midnight premiere of The Taking of Savannah. Something for everyone, wouldn’t you say? For tickets and a full schedule, see conxkc.com.
S AT U R D AY | 9 . 15 | DRINK IN TANDEM
The rules are simple: Get a group of up to four people, grab your bicycles, meet at the old Osco Drugstore (Westport Road and Main Street), register for the Pub N’ Pedal 6, get a list of must-visit continued on page 14
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ansas City Actors Theatre closes its Summer of Mystery with The Real Inspector Hound, playwright Tom Stoppard’s amusing sendup of the mystery genre. Among other things, the play spoofs Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap (the Summer of Mystery’s other bookend) and, most sharply, theater critics. Is it farce? absurdism? parody? satire? It’s all of the above — and highly entertaining. It plays through Friday, September 14, at City Stage Theater in Union Station (30 West Pershing Road). See kcactors.org or call 816-235-6222.
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Smithville Lake Federal Lands Cleanup Day: Check in at the Jerry Litton Visitor Center (16311 DD Highway North, at the south end of the dam, 816-532-0174) to help pick up litter, from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., around the lake’s shoreline. Wear appropriately sturdy outdoor clothing and shoes and bring drinking water. Lunch is provided; call 816-389-3947 to preregister.
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continued from page 13 destinations, take a photo with an object at each spot, and check off the list until you end up at Buzzard Beach (4110 Pennsylvania, 816-753-4455). Don’t forget bike locks, helmets, money and a sense of urgency. Registration is free and opens at 5 p.m. The race begins at 6. For more information, search Facebook for Pub N’ Pedal 6 or e-mail kcsprints@gmail.com.
LO-FI FUN
Not every Saturday requires Vegas bombs, party pics or see-and-be-seen trips to metro nightlife destinations. The following events are for seekers of low-key entertainment and for anyone who has grown tired of the social rigmarole. Shawnee Town Arts and Crafts Fair: See nearly 100 different jewelry, woodworking, cooking, weaving and other artisan booths at the Shawnee Town Museum (11501 West 57th Street, 913-248-2360) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission costs $1. See shawneetown.org for more information. Mission Arts & Eats Festival: The city of Mission’s ninth-annual family-entertainment and food event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today (it started Friday, from 4 to 10 p.m.) in front of the Sylvester Powell Jr. Community Center (6200 Martway, 913-722-8206). Look for arts and crafts vendors and a performance by Midnight Station.
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Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company begins its 21st season by honoring the Picasso of modern dance, Martha Graham. Under the direction of artistic director Mary Pat Henry, the cast performs Graham’s “Diversion of Angels,” as well as works by Henry, Leni Wylliams and others, at 6 p.m. tonight (and at 8 p.m. September 15) at UMKC’s White Recital Hall (4949 Cherry). Tickets cost $15–$24 and and can be purchased at wylliams-henry.org or by calling 816-235-6222. The Pitch talked with Henry about the state of dance in KC. The Pitch: What made you come to Kansas City? How does the dance scene in KC compare with the many other places you have danced? Henry: I was working in New York, teaching for two ballet companies, and working as a guest artist and teacher. I loved my work, but I had a young daughter, and I felt I did not have time with her. I always knew I wanted to teach in a college because I like training a dancer from all the diverse aspects of dance. I saw an
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T U E S D AY | 9 . 18 | Pedro Rivera “Rostro emblemático Emblematic Face”
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M O N D AY | 9 . 17 | POOL PARTY
Different-themed bars, all under one roof, downtown? Hell yeah! Different-themed bars, all under one roof, out south where the drinks and cab rides are cheaper? Bring it! One Block South (7300 West 119th Street, Overland Park, 913-451-0444) continues its expansion with the newly opened Red 8, a sleek pool hall that’s nestled between Fuel and Kanza Hall. Look for billiards-by-the-hour ($15 Friday and Saturday, $10 Sunday-Thursday), pizza by the slice, an extensive wine and classic-cocktail list, and an atmosphere that’s three parts
early-’00s Raoul’s Velvet Room (the OP location), two parts late-’90s Raoul’s Velvet Room (the Lawrence location) and one part JoCo sexy pool place. Open from 11:11 a.m. to 2 a.m. See oneblocksouthkc.com.
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W E D N E S D AY | 9 . 19 | STRANGE COLLECTIONS
Before museums, there were cabinets. Bones, bugs, teeth and other oddities are on display at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (4525 Oak, 816-751-1278) for Cabinet of Curiosities: Photography & Specimens, through February 10, 2013. See it today in the Bloch Building from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. See nelson-atkins.org.
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ad in Dance Magazine for the Conservatory of Music and Dance at UMKC, and it intrigued me. When I came here, I knew it was a place I could help create dancers and artists. KC had a vibrant arts community, and I had spent most of my time in New York and London prior to coming, so that was important to me. It is a wonderful city for artists, and it has continued to mushroom and grow since I have been here. One of your own choreographed pieces is in the show. How did you come up with the story behind “Whispering Bench”? I heard Yo-Yo Ma playing traditional Appalachian music, and it just came to me. I saw a small town where people gather and talk each day, and I remembered the children’s game Telephone. I thought I would do a playful take on gossiping and the humorous things that can happen along the way. How does it feel to be celebrating the 21st anniversary of Wylliams/Henry? Celebrating our 21st anniversary is remarkable. I never take it for granted, and I am always honored that these artists work with me and present beautiful, exciting dance in Kansas City. — NADIA IMAFIDON
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very other summer, the H&R Block Artspace assembles the Kansas City Flatfile, an invitational exhibition of twodimensional work stored in two metal chests of drawers in the main gallery. A rotating cast of artists and curators selects individual works from the artists’ portfolios to display on the walls, but the best way to experience the Flatfile is to put on white cotton gloves (the gallery has them for you) and page through the drawers at your own pace. It’s like an art version of a Choose Your Own Adventure novel. Here are five cul-desacs worth wandering into on your own Flatfile artventure.
Artist: Sandra Van Tuyl Education: B.A., Carthage College, 1980 Website: sandravantuyl.com What’s in her portfolio: Van Tuyl writes that
her work is about “dialogue (or lack thereof) in society.” She paints slender, ropelike lines that interweave and knot together, forming nets in some places, dead ends elsewhere. You don’t have to buy her dialogue metaphor to appreciate her brushwork and palette, though. Tiny strokes of brilliant, kaleidoscopic color blend to create umber-toned ropes. (Pictured above: “Bound/Unbound” [detail], 2012)
Artist: Andy Maugh Education: BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, 2002 Website: andymaugh.com What’s in his portfolio: In 1970, artist Tom Marioni titled
one of his works “The Act of Drinking Beer With Friends Is the Highest Form of Art.” To make the piece, Marioni drank beer with friends and left the bottles on the floor of the Oakland Art Museum. Maugh’s “National Beer Authorization Form” continues the esteemed genre of beerdrinking art with tiny blue slips of paper that allow users to document their ownership of beer. Now that brewing has come into its own as a craft, isn’t beer appreciation an art form? (Pictured above: “National Beer Authorization Form,” 2006)
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Artist: Scott L. Dickson Education: MFA, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2009;
BFA, painting and art history, University of Kansas, 2007 Website: stateofscott.com What’s in his portfolio: Dickson’s drawings and collages ruminate on the major personalities and moments in the history of pro wrestling. The pieces are delicate, with thin and wispy lines, shading and scribbles on plain paper, but they depict some of the most macho men ever to have pushed themselves into Spandex. With handwritten notes recording the outcomes of matches and other facts, Dickson’s contribution here seems at first like simple fan art, but ultimately his work explores masculinity in unexpected ways. (Pictured above: “Juice Hogan” [detail], 2008)
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Artist: Amanda Gehin Education: BFA, Kansas City
Art Institute, 2006 Website: amandagehin.com What’s in her portfolio: Ask any artist what question he or she hears most from nonartists, and it’s most likely to be “How long did it take you to do that?” Gehin’s breathtakingly complex gouache drawings might beg that question even from other artists. Her patterns of dots, lines and tie-dyeeffect washes are so mesmerizing that looking at them blurs time. The minutes fade quietly away. Her architecture (spiral-shaped castles on hills) and animals (ducks and cats) seem to illustrate familiar, yet not quite recognizable, fairy tales or fables. (Pictured at left: “Doomcatscape,” 2010) 16
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Artist: Harper Hair Education: BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, 2010 Website: harperhair.wordpress.com What’s in his portfolio: If Pixar hasn’t finished animating
Monsters University (the sequel to 2001’s Monsters Inc., due out next year), it may still have time to hire Hair as a creative consultant. The artist’s portfolio is full of paintings of creepy-cute creatures to inspire simultaneous awwws and ughs. Hair’s sometimes muddy palette and broad, swirling brush strokes lend these images a gestural, unplanned feel. (Pictured above: “Zany Times,” 2011)
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OUT THIS WEEK ARBITRAGE he meme of the 99 percent versus the 1 percent may wind up outlasting the Occupy movement that gave birth to it. Yet when it comes to dramatizing the fi nancial crisis, American filmmakers continue to find Wall Street sleaze more fascinating than honest poverty. Like J.C. Chandor’s Margin Call, Arbitrage luxuriates in the architecture of high-end Manhattan even as it assails the culture of corruption that flourishes there. The movie kicks off on the eve of its protagonist’s 60th birthday. Robert Miller (Richard Gere) is a billionaire on top of the world, but he’s about to be pushed toward a downfall on a few fronts. He’s concealing a great deal from his wife, Ellen (Susan Sarandon), and their daughter, Brooke (Brit Marling), who’s also the chief investment officer of his hedgefund company. There’s his affair with French art dealer Julie (Laetitia Casta), for one thing, and there’s his role in Julie’s death. Driving with Julie after a gallery opening, Robert dozes off at the wheel and causes an accident that injures him and kills her. He escapes the scene with help from his friend Jimmy (Nate Parker), who takes him home. But the suspicions of NYPD Det. Bryer (Tim Roth, struggling to do a New York accent) have been raised. Bryer seems to be using his job to wage class warfare, even if it means bending the law. It’s a contrivance designed to make him an avenging angel, but he comes across as just another scumbag. Oddly, that means that the fi lm hedges its bets in Robert’s favor. He may be responsible for a woman’s death, but he’s no deliberate killer. Nor is he a scheming criminal. Unlike Bernie Madoff, Robert didn’t set out to rip off anyone. His financial undoing — the other element pushing him toward ruin — stems not from calculated fraud but from a risky investment in a Russian copper mine. But Robert’s impulse for concealment shows up here, too. He has attempted to hide the investment’s big losses, making him completely unsympathetic. Yet Arbitrage doesn’t allow him enough charisma to make him a satisfying anti-hero. The other characters in Arbitrage aren’t much more likable than Robert. Apart from Brooke — disillusioned by her father’s fraud as she puts on a public face of love and approval — Jimmy is the most appealing person here. Robert knows that Jimmy will drop everything and pick him up at 2 a.m., with no explanation. The long-term consequences of Jimmy’s obedience are supposed to lend moral gravity to the story, but Robert’s belief that throwing money at Jimmy, and also hiring a lawyer to defend him, is unrealistically simple-minded. Arbitrage suffers from the two-dimensional storytelling of an unmemorable TV show, but at least it doesn’t look like one. Wisely, director Nicholas Jarecki chose to shoot his movie on 35 mm film, and the cinematography is attractive. Less wisely, his first scene shows
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love the word brasserie. It sounds brassy, upbeat, cheery — particularly when it’s spoken by an actual native of France, like chef Emmanuel Langlade. A co-owner of Brookside’s Aixois Bistro, he reminded me recently that brasserie translates as brewery. Unlike a bistro (another word I like), a restaurant calling itself a brasserie traditionally serves beer. And there’s beer at Emmanuel and Megan Langlade’s three-month-old Aixois Brasserie. “We have Bud Light, Stella Artois, Kronenberg 1664, Boulevard Wheat, and Tank Seven on tap, and eight bottled beers,” Emmanuel Langlade says. That’s more beer, he points out, than can be had at the Brookside Bistro. I’ll admit that I’m one of the people who wondered whether the Langlades had drunk too much of their own beer when they decided to E R O M open an outpost downtown. Their new space is a former pizza joint inT A INE ONL .COM side the Commerce Bank H C PIT arcade, at 10th Street and Walnut, a spot that hasn’t been the most viable for restaurants. The last time a horde of hungry patrons prowled this stretch of Walnut, there was a Myron Green Cafeteria in the 1100 block — and Richard Nixon hadn’t yet been elected president. But someone has to be the pioneer. People called restaurateur Steve Cole crazy for opening an elegant restaurant at 1815 West 39th Street, back in the 1980s. The conventional wisdom was that people who ate on the Plaza would not go to 39th Street. Well, Café Allegro became the anchor of an area we now call “Restaurant Row,” a thriving dining district, and Cole was successful there for many years. The Langlades have heard plenty of similar arguments from naysayers. Downtown Kansas City, particularly north of the Power & Light District, is a long way from Brookside, not just in miles but in style. “I’d be afraid to get out of my car there,” a friend complained to me. “There are junkies in the park at 12th and Walnut. I saw someone fall down there when I was driving by.” Maybe my friend saw a businessman trip over a pigeon. I’ve eaten at Aixois Brasserie four times now — day and night — and I’ve never even seen anyone in that pocket-sized park (which is two blocks away from the restaurant). The first time I tripped into the sunny, L-shaped dining room, I was alone for lunch. The service was great, the mood congenial and the food delicious. Dennis Collins, a veteran server from the original Aixois, is one of the managers here. He told me that he was eager to move downtown. “There’s a great energy here now,” he said. “Our lunch business is great.” Breakfast business, however, was not. The Brasserie threw its all into a petit dejeuner as lovely as anything you’d find on the Avenue Montaigne in Paris. There was a bub-
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The Brasserie’s dinner menu isn’t dramatically different from the Brookside version. All of Emmanuel Langlade’s signature dishes are here: the tender and lemony chicken paillard; bly, cheese-topped croque monsieur (still on steak frites, a succulent, modestly priced, grilled hanger steak that’s sliced and sided the lunch menu), as well as quiches, omelets and brioche French toast. But after two months with wonderful crisp fries, and a choice of silky béarnaise or plucky peppercorn sauce (I greedof petit business, Emmanuel Langlade sent ily asked for both of them); and the comforting mornings to the guillotine. There’s no opting out of dinner, though, and oven-roasted chicken, poulet rôti. The only new addition to the menu that I’ve noticed is a that troubles me because evening business at walnut-crusted roasted salmon, soubise salmon the downtown Aixois hasn’t taken hold yet. rôti, if one likes salmon. I do not like salmon, Of course, many people still don’t know that though, and even if I did, I’d Aixois has raised the tricolor still vote for Langlade’s ruby in this once-forlorn neighborAixois Brasserie trout. He gives that fish the hood. To those people, and Terrine du jour ......................$8 most simple treatment, pan to the holdouts and skeptics, Chicken paillard ..................$17 searing it with a discreet alI’ll say this: I’m a longtime Steak frites ..........................$21 mond sauce, and the result is fan of the Brookside restauFilet mignon ....................... $28 consistently delicious. rant, but I honestly prefer the Escargot Bourgogne ...........$8 One night a friend and downtown space for dinner. Chocolate pot de crème...... $5 I impulsively ordered the The room is sleeker, more terrine du jour, imagining intimate and less chaotic, and at least one of the evening servers, Sean a dainty plate with a dollop of liver pâté and its various traditional accompaniments. And McGuire, is that rare breed of waiter who is for $8, what else would you get? But you can both theatrical and unobtrusive. At the end of never discount Emmanuel Langlade’s showone meal I ate here, I didn’t know if I should tip manship. He’s quiet to the point of shyness him or give him a standing ovation. outside the kitchen, but a dish like this does Langlade is a little concerned himself about the dinner business. “It’s been very challeng- plenty of talking. The terrine was delivered on a long wooden plank, arranged like a Miró ing,” he says. “Evenings are up and down. One painting, taking as its focal point the timnight we’ll do better than Brookside, and the bale of pink, rustic pâté: on this occasion, next night will be very slow.” pork belly and chicken liver seasoned with It helps when there’s an event at the Sprint rosemary, juniper and thyme. That was surCenter or the Kauffman Center for the Performrounded by slices of house-made cucumber ing Arts. But the Langlades have built a solid, steady clientele in Brookside, and now they pickles, pale-pink pickled onions, a chorus line of almost microscopic cornichons, and need the same thing to happen on Walnut. There must be enough loft dwellers and busi- paper-thin slices of toasted bread. It was an eloquent starter and more filling than its nesspeople and hotel guests to fill the place — if price suggested. Throw in a bowl of chopped there’s time enough for awareness to spread.
Assiette de charcuterie, or charcuterie plate (above), and the croque madame (monsieur, with an egg).
mushrooms and sautéed escargot in a buttery garlic sauce — more garlic, please — and another basket of the freshly baked bread, and you could stop right there. I didn’t, of course, because I was ravenous for steak. Downtown Kansas City has lost, over the years, the Hereford House, Benton’s and the weirdly retro venue formerly known as the Walt Bodine Steakhouse, so I’m always grateful to find another spot — in this case, a Gallic beer hall — serving up a decent slab of beef. (The steak frites is also the best deal on the menu, though the filet mignon is good enough to set aside cost.) Other than the four meatless salads, those with vegetarian leanings have few options. There’s quiche, but the meat-free versions tend to sell out at lunch. But Langlade says he’s revising the current dinner menu to add at least one vegetarian-friendly entrée. “I’ve already added a grilled vegetable sandwich with goat cheese to the lunch menu,” he told me last week. The familiar Brookside Aixois desserts, including crème brûlée and ice-cream-filled profiteroles, are here, and Langlade has added something new: a luscious chocolate pot de crème, crowned with real whipped cream. I think this custard would be better appreciated — by me, anyway — if it were served in a traditional ramekin and not a small water glass. I’m all for creative presentation, but not if trying to eat the dish tests my sanity. This being a brasserie, though, you could always order a cold beer and a scoop of vanilla ice cream as a finale. And no one at Aixois would tell you that’s a bad idea.
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power washer sits next to a pink tricycle in what was once the dining room of the Lakeside Tavern, in Mission Farms. This occasional play space for two children is in the midst of a serious renovation. Just after 9 a.m. this September Monday, chef Colby Garrelts lifts the hood of an Old Hickory smoker — a loaner from Oklahoma Joe’s Jeff Stehney — and looks around a kitchen still two months from being used. “You just have to make good food,” he says. “It’s not rocket science.” His wife, Megan Garrelts — pastry chef and, with Colby, co-owner of the restaurant Bluestem — points to the white wall that separates this room from the dining space where their kids have amused themselves. The wall is coming down, making way for an open kitchen with a chef’s table. The couple and their partner, Kim Cooley, want the kitchen to be a focal point here at Rye, the restaurant they plan to open in mid-November. The new venture caps a busy 12 months for the Garreltses. Bluestem: The Cookbook (the couple’s first) arrived last November; an extended kitchen-management gig with Park Place’s Trezo Vino ended when that venue closed in March; and 2012 was the fifth year that Colby Garrelts was a finalist in the Best Chef: Midwest category at the James Beard Awards. Fat City caught up with the two to find out the latest with Rye. Fat City: Bluestem opened eight years ago. How is your approach with Rye going to be different? Colby Garrelts: It’s how we’re building it. We did Bluestem all by ourselves. This time, we’ve got architects and designers to help. We’re trying to give the Midwest some identity. Over the years, I’ve realized, across the country, nobody really understands what we do here. Everybody knows we do barbecue, but that’s it. What’s the fulcrum of that identity? CG: Obviously the food. There’s such an enormous food culture here. When we opened Bluestem, I felt like we almost had our thumb on it. We were trying to figure out the culture of barbecue and steaks and build on that. Megan Garrelts: After years of doing Bluestem and fine dining — and I still love that aspect [of cooking] — I think we realized what we wanted while writing our cookbook. We were afraid that people would see our food and say, What is this food from the Midwest? But that’s when we had an epiphany as chefs and realized that we love being from the Midwest. This was about our food and the region and building a restaurant that could give them the respect they deserve. How does the identity influence the menu? CG: It’s more a style than anything. I want to take barbecue and compose dishes around it. When was the last time you had smoked pork or pork shoulder and you ate it with any-
Colby and Megan Garrelts thing besides a bun and a side of french fries? I grew up eating fried chicken. Our fried chicken is ridiculous. It will be sous-vide and then fried and come in these really cool wooden bowls we’re having custom-made for us. Are you using buttermilk for the fried chicken? CG: [Laughs.] I grew up doing buttermilk, but we’ll brine it. I’ve found much better ways of doing fried chicken. Our objective is to make the best of everything, whether that’s chicken or Megan baking pies. We may do an apple pie, but it might be apple and tarragon. Eater included Rye in a list of anticipated fall openings, and chef Graham Elliot has repeatedly tweeted his excitement. Does securing national attention for the KC food scene drive you at all? CG: Early in our careers, we wanted to compete with people in the city and try and stay in the national spotlight. Now I feel like that’s just a big waste of time. No one is ever going to pay attention to us until we start being ourselves. Can you be more specific about what all of that means for the menu? CG: We’ll use more freshwater fish, catfish and trout. We’re going to have a huge meat program. On Sundays, we’ll bring back prime rib night. We’ll dry-age our own steaks, cure our own hams and make our own sausages. We have a huge German culture here just waiting. It’s a more northern version of Southern food, without the seafood. There will be a lot less oysters and shellfish and a lot more sausage. I love the pork, baby. MG: We’ll do our own breads, like Parker House rolls and cast-iron cornbread. Brunch is going to be really big for us, Saturday and Sundays. We’ll have smoked-Missouri-pecan cinnamon rolls, and I’m working on some recipes right now with black walnuts. We’ve been trying to remember what Grandma made and looking through cookbooks to get inspired. CG: I’ve done fine dining. I’ve laser-shot blueberries. I’ve vaporized marshmallows. Now we really want to reinvent and celebrate the Midwest.
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(Range Life Records) The phrase Coke Weed X sounds like something a drug dealer mutters to passers-by outside a Bassnectar show. So it makes a certain amount of sense that this self-titled debut — from brothers Brian and Brendan Costello, who also play drums and guitar, respectively, in Lawrence folk-rock act Fourth of July — is heavy on electronic tones and probably would sound marvelous on any of those substances. But Coke Weed X isn’t a pulsing, build-and-release electronic record. It’s more like something Warp Records would put out: ambient and faded, with lowimpact crests and slides. The unifying quality here is the smart combination of blissed-out post-rock guitar lines, nodding grooves and tasteful samples. (Retro soul is cut into tracks like “Sand Pit” and “Bearcat,” and “Gold Linked Chain” echoes like a 1950s amusement park.) The shorthand would be “Boards of Canada meets Six Parts Seven,” though I prefer to think of it as soundtrack music to a stoned summer amble down, say, Mass Street.
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(Golden Sound Records) What do you get when you toss yelping punklite vocals on top of sparse, surf-rock instrumentation? Something that oddly resembles a more electric Violent Femmes, it turns out — at least in the case of Party Line, the second EP from local trio the Empty Spaces. The record (recorded live in the band’s rehearsal space and accordingly loose and ramshackle) opens with a “Wipeout”-style instrumental jangler. From there, singer Mat Shoare’s voice insinuates itself into the center of the mix. That’s good because the songs themselves, which tend to be constructed from well-worn chord progressions, aren’t generally compelling enough to keep you engaged. Shoare is, though. He favors first-person narratives that reveal his punchdrunk desires: “to be a successful bank teller”; “to date a girl with a beehive hairdo”; “to be part of that crowd, the crowd that people talk about”; and “to fuck the fat girl from the B-52s.” In my eyes, that last line justifies the existence of this entire album, and there are a couple of others on par with it, suggesting that Shoare is onto something as a frontman.
DECO AUTO Past Mistakes and Hauntings (Self-released) As a child of the 1990s, it’s surreal to witness the alternative-rock aesthetics of that decade being recast in the context of revivalism. I’m not certain that Past Mistakes and Hauntings, the debut EP from Deco Auto, qualifies as a throwback, but I haven’t heard a local album all year that conjures up the Clinton years quite so thoroughly. The trio stakes out space between Superchunk’s rough-around-the-edges power pop and the more mainstream, MTV Buzz Bin
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sounds of Superdrag. (I have not as yet detected a Supertramp influence.) Vocalist Steven Garcia has a borderline emo cry, an appropriate counterpart to the crunchy hooks that he scratches out on his guitar. On “I Shouldn’t Know,” he cedes the mic to bassist Tracy Flowers; her voice is buried on the verses but emerges for the sweet chorus like Whip-Smart-era Liz Phair. As with the other three songs on Past Mistakes, you get the feeling that maybe it’s a cover, something you’ve heard before. But you haven’t — high praise for revivalists.
HEARTS OF DARKNESS Shelf Life (Shipshape Music) Hearts of Darkness is KC’s most adored live act. Here are some reasons. People dance at the band’s shows. Girls turn up for the shows. The group plays long, sweaty sets. The female singers are cute and charismatic. It’s fun to watch the band’s many members (“3,000 lbs, altogether,” its Facebook page notes) huddled together, trying not to elbow one another. And the soul and swing of the music feels like a meaningful, modern link to KC’s jazz heritage. Those are difficult ideas to convey on an album. So how does a band like HOD replicate what makes it so special in a room filled with bodies? Is that even possible? Not really, no, but Shelf Life, its second fulllength, is nevertheless a success. I’ve heard better recordings and tighter albums locally this year but nothing as freewheeling and joyful. Or as diverse — HOD’s stew of New Orleans funk, 1970s R&B, big-band jazz, hip-hop and
Afrobeat is as ambitious as it is addictive. You will wake up in the morning with these horns stabbing at your frontal lobe. Some patterns emerge. Vocally, the reins are passed between the women (Erica Townsend, Rachel Christia and Brandy Gordon) and rapper Les Izmore, whose intermittent barking and hometown repping are the only clear indications that Shelf Life is a modern record. The glue is the rhythm section, which builds the bridges allowing HOD to dash between the frenzied Afrobeat swing of “Six Feet” and P-Funk guitar solos, as on “Standing on the Corner.” The brass, all doubled up and stacked — there’s at least two of everything in Hearts of Darkness — announces itself in imposing, ramshackle bursts. On “Numeration,” the album’s finest track, the horns lurch in formally, in unison, then draw back. A sax solo punctuates the song’s middle, then Izmore starts in on a number-themed rap (Five applications filled out on the sixth/Seventh day come and I still ain’t paid rent). It’s fun stuff, and you don’t quite realize how deeply your subconscious is craving the return of the horns. Then they arrive, and you wonder how you ever lived without them. Shelf Life’s flaws — shaky-flat vocal harmonies on the otherwise superb title track, some unnecessary Izmore bars, a couple of duds among the nine songs — are minor, though I wonder what this album might have sounded like with a big budget or a slick producer. All in due time, perhaps. Anyway, this is supposed to be a party, right?
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don’t know if people have any preconceived thoughts that this is going to be a quiet show,” says Melvins drummer Dale Crover. “But it’s certainly not going to be.” He’s talking about his band’s new lineup, which is on its way to all 50 states under the name Melvins Lite. This Melvins alter ego features Trevor Dunn on acoustic bass. Even unplugged, Dunn has a history of taking the Melvins E MOR into heavy terrain. The Mr. Bungle alum filled in on electric bass in T A E IN ONL .COM 2005, played with frontPITCH man Buzz Osborne in the rabidly experimental Mike Patton vehicle Fantomas, and did time in the Fantomas/Melvins Big Band collaboration. “It’s called ‘Melvins Lite,’ ” Crover says, “but it’s not really that light. It’s an acoustic bass, but it’s got more low end than a normal rock-and-roll bass. It’s boomin’. I think people will be surprised at how big that thing sounds.” Dunn opens Freak Puke, the new Melvins Lite album, with an ominous drone that showcases his abilities to create outlandish textures on the stand-up. Crover soon accompanies him on brushes, and it takes a good 10 minutes or so before the Melvins’ trademark tar-pit groove rears its ugly head. “There’s no regular bass on the new record at all,” Crover explains. “It’s all acoustic, and it’s all miked. There’s nothing going through an amp.” The idea struck when Osborne attended a performance by Dunn and Wilco guitarist Nels Cline (who, before joining that band, had built his reputation as a versatile player with an affinity for noise). “They were doing weird, avant-garde jazz stuff,” Crover says. “It was nothing like tradi-
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tional stand-up bass at all. He was making a lot of noise with it.” Dunn makes plenty of his own noise onstage with Melvins Lite. And, as usual, fans can expect a career-spanning set list that’s unique to this particular group of shows. “When we’re thinking of stuff that we’re going to play for a tour,” Crover says, “we work really hard on what we think will work and we try to make a nice, rounded show. We always play the same set for every show on a given tour. It just works out better that way. We view the whole thing as one big performance piece, from start to finish. It’s kind of like a play. A lot of bands change up their set list, and they say it’s because they get bored, but I never felt that way.” After name-checking tunes from albums such as Honky and The Bootlicker, Crover adds: “We thought of a few songs that would be good for stand-up bass. The Bootlicker’s kind of a quieter record. But, then again, we’re not really afraid of any of the loud rock stuff. We always try to cover old and new stuff.” The other members of the Melvins proper — bassist Jared Warren and second drummer Coady Willis — aren’t waiting at home. They’re set to share the Lawrence date with Melvins Lite, billed as Big Business. It’s one of only six shows where the two tours overlap, but Crover and Willis say plans are in the works to bring the two lineups together in the near future. (Melvins Lite also touches on material that the Melvins recorded with Warren and Willis.) And brace yourself for more confusion. Several other incarnations or spinoffs of the Melvins are gearing up for activity. Mainstays Crover and Osborne recently recorded a song with former bassist Kevin Rutmanis and iconic former Dead Kennedys leader Jello Biafra, marking a renewal of the two albums that the duo recorded with Biafra a few years ago. This
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Traveling "Lite": just one of the many moods of the Melvins month Crover and Osborne also release a vinyl EP — under the name Melvins 1983 — that includes Crover’s predecessor, original drummer Mike Dillard. (There are Melvins 1983 shows in the works.) Got all that? There’s more: Crover says more of the 50 or so songs that Melvins Lite recorded with Dunn, over two months last winter, are slated to see daylight soon. “I’m guessing that our next record will be a combination of some Jared and Coady stuff, some Trevor stuff, and then some other newer stuff that we’ve done,” he says. “We’ll see.” But what will they call it? Melvins UltraHeavy Lite? The Melvins/Big Business Big Band (featuring Trevor Dunn)? “I imagine we’ll just call it ‘Melvins,’ ” Crover says with a chuckle. Whatever he and his bandmates call themselves from one tour to the next, they’re having the last laugh. Instrumental in the genesis of what would somewhat fallaciously come to be known as “grunge,” the Melvins have outlasted and, in many ways, outdone all of the Seattle bands that claimed them as an influence. The band’s recorded output dwarfs the number of albums of Mudhoney, Nirvana, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains combined. The longevity is about more than that kind of volume or the other kind. Osborne and Crover trafficked in single-minded abrasion early on, but the Melvins’ sonic risk-taking and experimentation have long since sent the Melvins past even their most ambitious former peers. Pushing up against its 30th year, the band might be entitled to take stock of its legacy — if it wasn’t so busy.
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T H U R S D AY, S E P T E M B E R 13 Big Business, Across the Earth, the Slowdown: 8 p.m. The Riot Room, 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Powerman 5000, Swill, Syn City Cowboys, Razorwire Halo: 7 p.m. The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560. Devin Townsend, Katatonia: The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390.
F R I D AY, S E P T E M B E R 1 4 Seether: Sold out. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. These United States, Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside, the Plant: 9 p.m. RecordBar, 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207.
S AT U R D AY, S E P T E M B E R 15 Banshee, and more: Aftershock Bar & Grill, 5240 Merriam Dr., Merriam, 913-384-5646. Anthony Gomes, Victor Wainwright & the WildRoots, Debbie Davies: 8:30 p.m. Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Missy Higgins, Katie Herzig, Butterfly Boucher: The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560. Hoodie Allen: The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390. Anthony Kearns: 7:30 p.m. Bell Cultural Events Center, 2030 E. College Way, Olathe, 913-782-3750. Corb Lund: Living Room session, 8 p.m. Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Railroad Earth: Crossroads KC at Grinders, 417 E. 18th St., 816-472-5454.
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Buzz Under the Stars
If you told me a year ago that a guy who does what amounts to a Sting impression would be slaying the Billboard charts in 2012, I’d have told you to go take a walk in Fields of Gold. Or, no, I would have lost my faith in you. But here we are, and there’s Gotye, with his lush, flowing, Australian hair and his ubiquitous, trend-defying hit, “Somebody That I Used to Know.” Whether Gotye (real name: Wally De Backer) has any more plucky, soft-bounce hits in his dilly bag remains to be seen, but right now he’s a hot enough commodity to headline this 96.5 the Buzz festival, which is rounded out by Chairlift (hooky electronic pop) and Zammuto (a new project from the Books’ Nick Zammuto). Friday, September 14, Crossroads KC at Grinders, 417 E. 18th St., 816-472-5454
Swans, with Xiu Xiu
It will take you two full hours to experience The Seer, Swans’ latest album and the second since frontman Michael Gira rebooted the group in 2010 after a 13-year hiatus. The Seer is about as colossal as rock music gets, although to my ears it sounds just as much like a symphony — albeit the heaviest, darkest, noisiest, most physical symphony ever conceived. (The group is notorious for brutal volumes at its live shows,
so bring the earplugs.) The more electronically inclined opener Xiu Xiu shares with Swans a menacing darkness and a penchant for confrontation. Sample lyric: I am going to cut open your forehead with a roofing shingle. Wednesday, September 19, at the Beaumont Club (4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560)
Odd Future
Is it socially irresponsible to recommend that people attend an Odd Future show? I kind of think maybe. But it’s complicated. The L.A. collective of shithead juvenile delinquents rap about raping people and say “faggot” every other word. But many members of the crew are astonishingly good at rapping, and their performances have an explosive quality (see Tyler, the Creator and Hodgy Beats doing “Sandwitches” on Jimmy Fallon) that you simply don’t find in other hip-hop acts going right now. Millennials — what are we supposed to do with them? Wednesday, September 19, at the Granada (1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390)
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club
Auto Club, and it warms my soul. And a Ramblers Club seems like a fine match for an Auto Club, yes? Slim Cessna and the musical mechanics in his Denver band tinker around with punk, rockabilly and gothic country — not to mention God, guns, girls and guitars — and cruise out into the night on a high-energy, deeply weird style of Americana. With Matt Woods, and Adam Lee & the Dead Horse Sound Company. Thursday, September 13, at Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club (3402 Main, 816-753-1909)
Wild Nothing, with DIIV
We’re in the midst of a golden age for guitarpop mood music. Bands like Real Estate, the War on Drugs, and Deerhunter keep cranking out gorgeous, pillowy, reverb-soaked albums. And some excellent new groups are coming up through the ranks, making variations of those hazy-sunset soundtracks. Among the cream of this new crop are Wild Nothing (which sounds like a dreamier Smiths) and DIIV, a Brooklyn act keen on finding steady grooves from which to launch its soaring, shimmering guitar solos. Thursday, September 13, at the Jackpot Music Hall (943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-832-1085)
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Kreator, Accept, Swallow the Sun, Hellevate: The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560. Mutemath: The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390.
M O N D AY, S E P T E M B E R 17 Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls, Larry and His Flask, Jenny Owen Youngs: The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390.
W E D N E S D AY, S E P T E M B E R 19 Bryan Adams: Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665. David Lindley, Kirby Kelley: 8:30 p.m. Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.
FUTURECAST SEPTEMBER THURSDAY 20 Gigamesh, Brent Tactic, Bill Pile, JT Quick, DJ C-Mac, KCDC, DJ Jochen: The Gusto Lounge WEDNESDAY 26 Masters of Illusion: The Midland FRIDAY 28 Ben Folds Five: Starlight Theatre
OCTOBER MONDAY 1 Florence + the Machine, the Maccabees: Starlight Theatre FRIDAY 5 Owl City: 7 p.m. The Beaumont Club TUESDAY 9 Stars: The Bottleneck, Lawrence FRIDAY 12 Ott., the All Seeing I, Clandestine: 9 p.m. The Granada, Lawrence SATURDAY 13 Norah Jones: The Midland WEDNESDAY 17 Die Antwoord: Liberty Hall, Lawrence SATURDAY 27 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Sprint Center
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T H U R S D AY 13 ROCK/POP/INDIE The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. Everyday/Everynight, Spirit Is the Spirit, See-Through Dresses, Simple Lines. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676. Actors & Actresses, Maps for Travelers, 10 p.m.
BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. John Paul’s Flying Circus. Californos: 4124 Pennsylvania, 816-531-7878. BCR. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Grand Marquis. Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Cassie Taylor and the Soul Calvary, Living Room session, 8:30 p.m. Mike Kelly’s Westsider: 1515 Westport Rd., 816-931-9417. Bobby Carson and the Kingpins. Quasimodo: 12056 W. 135th St., Overland Park, 913-239-9666. Crosseyed Cat. Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816-2201222. Levee Town. VooDoo Lounge: Harrah’s Casino, 1 Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, 816-472-7777. Johnny Winter.
DJ The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-8415483. Goomba Rave, with Team Bear Club. Club Monaco: 334 E. 31st St., 816-753-5990. Lava Beat Dance Ride with DJC Da Beast, Tha Therapizt.
JAZZ The Blue Room: 1616 E. 18th St., 816-474-8463. Chris Hazelton. The Majestic Restaurant: 931 Broadway, 816-221-1888. Bram Wijnands Duo. 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. Doug Benson, 10:15 p.m. Stanford’s Comedy Club: 1867 Village West Pkwy., Kansas City, Kan., 913-400-7500. Jim Florentine, 8 p.m.
ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Kanza Hall: 7300 W. 119th St., Overland Park, 913-451-0444. John Joiner Band.
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. Club Rain: 8015 Troost, 816-361-2900. Ciroc Star Thursdays, Ladies’ Night, $7 Ciroc drink specials, free Ciroc samples 9-10:30 p.m., hosted by Big Rich and Her Majesty, 9 p.m., free. E R Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-421-0300. Hot MO Caution Thursdays, 10 p.m., free. Double Nickel Bar: 189 S. Rogers, Ste. 1614, Olathe, 913-390-0363. S G IN Texas Hold ’em. LIST E AT N I RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., ONL M 816-753-5207. Trivia Clash, 7 p.m. PITCH.CO Sherlock’s Underground Coffeehouse & Pub: 858 State Route 291, Liberty, 816-429-5262. Karaoke, ladies’ night specials. Smokehouse Bar-B-Que: 6304 N. Oak, Gladstone, 816-4544500. Happy hour, 4-6 p.m. The Uptown Arts Bar: 3611 Broadway. Uptown Heat, 10:30 p.m. Westport Flea Market: 817 Westport Rd., 816-931-1986. Trivia.
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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.
Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816-525-1871. Jerry’s Jam Night, 9 p.m.
SINGER-SONGWRITER Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Jason Eady, 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. The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. KC Songwriter Forum, 7-9 p.m., free.
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DJ Aura: 3832 Main. DJ Scotty Boy. The Eighth Street Taproom: 801 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-6918. DJ G Train. MiniBar: 3810 Broadway. The Record Machine Party. The Quaff: 1010 Broadway, 816-471-1918. DJ E. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676. Mind Expansion and Bodily Reaction on the patio, 10 p.m. VooDoo Lounge: Harrah’s Casino, 1 Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, 816-472-7777. Flirt Friday.
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ROCK/POP/INDIE Bar West: 7174 Renner Rd., Shawnee, 913-248-9378. Travelers Guild. The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. Federation of Horsepower. The Brooksider: 6330 Brookside Plz., 816-363-4070. Rock Cove. Clarette Club: 5400 Martway, Mission, 913-384-0986. The Rehabaneros. Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club: 3402 Main, 816-753-1909. The Quivers, Urges From Elsewhere, Deco Auto. Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-8321085. Cherokee Rock Rifle, the Empty Spaces, the Whicker and Pine. Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816-525-1871. The Outtakes. KC Live Stage at the Power & Light District: 13th St. and Grand. The Zeros. Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Del Castillo, Maria the Mexican, 8:30 p.m. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676. The Sluts, the Devil, 10 p.m. Sylvester Powell Jr. Community Center: 6200 Martway, Mission. Charlie & the Stingrays, 7 p.m.
BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. The Jill Sharpe Band.
Dynamite Saloon: 721 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-8562739. Brian Ruskin.
JAZZ The Blue Room: 1616 E. 18th St., 816-474-8463. Bobby Broom and the Deep Blue Organ Trio, and Gray Matter. The Kill Devil Club: 31 E. 14th St., 816-877-8312. The Dave Stephens Band, 5 p.m. The Raphael Hotel: 325 Ward Pkwy., 816-756-3800. Strings on the Green with Kokopelli Players. RJ’s Bob-Be-Que Shack: 5835 Lamar, Mission, 913-2627300. Heather Thornton and Bree Plaster. Take Five Coffee + Bar: 5336 W. 151st St., Overland Park, 913948-5550. The Shay Estes Trio.
AMERICANA Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Billy Ebeling & the Late for Dinner Band. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676. L.A. Fahey, E-100, 6 p.m.
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J. Murphy’s Irish Pub and Grille: 22730 Midland Dr., Shawnee, 913-825-3880. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Missie B’s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. Ab Fab Fridays on the main floor, 10 p.m. Retro Downtown Drinks & Dance: 1518 McGee, 816-4214201. Trivia Riot, 7 p.m.
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M E TA L / P U N K The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Valhalla, Alsatia, Ancient Creation, Vanlade.
The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-8415483. The Band That Saved the World, Making Movies. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Lonnie Ray Blues Band. The Phoenix: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-221-5299. Shinetop and the Boogie Band, 9 p.m. Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816-2201222. Bob Harvey Band.
DJ The News Room: 3740 Broadway, 816-561-1099. Turn Up with Sam Blam, and more. The Quaff: 1010 Broadway, 816-471-1918. DJ Chris. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676. The Warm Up with Wolfgod, 6 p.m.; DJ Cruz, 10 p.m.
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The Blue Room: 1616 E. 18th St., 816-474-8463. Carn, Carvin and Keys Organ Trio. The Raphael Hotel: 325 Ward Pkwy., 816-756-3800. Strings on the Green with New South Quartet, 5-8 p.m. Riverwood Winery: 22200 Hwy. 45 N., Rushville, 816-5799797. The Jeff Lux Duo, 1 p.m. Take Five Coffee + Bar: 5336 W. 151st St., Overland Park, 913948-5550. The Mike Herrera Quintet.
S AT U R D AY 15 ROCK/POP/INDIE Cricket Wireless Amphitheater: 633 N. 130th St., Bonner Springs, 913-721-3400. Monsters of Mock. The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. Be/Non, Molly Picture Club, Knife Crime, 10 p.m. Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-8321085. Everyday/Everynight, Spirit Is the Spirit, Oils. The Levee: 16 W. 43rd St., 816-561-2821. Camp Harlow, 5 p.m.; The Patrick Lentz Band, 10 p.m. Mike Kelly’s Westsider: 1515 Westport Rd., 816-931-9417. SlowBurn. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Paper Route, Soft Reeds, 10 p.m. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676. Nervous Curtains, Radar Defender, 10 p.m. The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Know Your Enemy, BluntRap, Dutch Newman. RJ’s Bob-Be-Que Shack: 5835 Lamar, Mission, 913-2627300. ToeJam.
BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. Mama Ray Jazz Meets Blues Jam, 2 p.m.; D.C. Bellamy, 9 p.m.
ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club: 3402 Main, 816-753-1909. Howard Iceberg and the Titanics, Miss Tess & the Talkbacks, Victor & Penny.
COMEDY Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater: 7260 N.W. 87th St., 816-759-5233. Joe Torry, 7 & 10 p.m. Stanford’s Comedy Club: 1867 Village West Pkwy., Kansas City, Kan., 913-400-7500. Jim Florentine, 7:45 & 9:45 p.m.
BAR GAMES/DRUNKEN DISTRACTIONS Mosaic Lounge: 1331 Walnut, 816-679-0076. DJ JT Quick. Smokehouse Bar-B-Que: 6304 N. Oak, Gladstone, 816-4544500. Happy hour, 4-6 p.m.
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S U N D AY 16 ROCK/POP/INDIE Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-8321085. Pallbearer, Royal Thunder, Samothrace. The Roxy: 7230 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-236-6211. Pullman Standard.
BLUES/FUNK/SOUL Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816-2201222. Miss Tess & the Talkbacks.
DJ The Gusto Lounge: 504 Westport Rd., 816-974-8786. Retox Sundays, 8 p.m. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676. Sunday Funday with DJ G Train on the patio, 10 p.m.
JAZZ Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Dan Bliss. The Majestic Restaurant: 931 Broadway, 816-221-1888. Rich Hill, 11 a.m.; Mark Lowrey Jazz Trio open jam session, 5 p.m. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Jeff Harshbarger presents an Alternative Jazz Series, 7 p.m.
COMEDY Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater: 7260 N.W. 87th St., 816-759-5233. Joe Torry, 7 p.m. Missie B’s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. Dirty Dorothy. Stanford’s Comedy Club: 1867 Village West Pkwy., Kansas City, Kan., 913-400-7500. Jim Florentine, 7 p.m.
BAR GAMES/DRUNKEN DISTRACTIONS The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-8415483. Smackdown Trivia and Karaoke. 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.
Fuel: 7300 W. 119th St., Overland Park, 913-451-0444. SIN. Hotel: 1300 Grand, 816-226-3232. Hotel California Service Industry Night with DJ Ashton Martin, 9 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. Jake’s Place Bar and Grill: 12001 Johnson Dr., Shawnee, 913962-5253. Free pool, 3 p.m. JR’s Place: 20238 W. 151st St., Olathe, 913-254-1307. Karaoke with Mad Mike, 9:30 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 Rd., 816-942-1000. 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.
M O N D AY 17 BLUES/FUNK/SOUL The Hideout: 6948 N. Oak Tfwy., 816-468-0550. Blue Monday Trio.
ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Barnyard Beer: 925 Iowa, Lawrence, 785-393-9696. Mudstomp Mondays. The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-8415483. Dead Winter Carpenters, Good Gravy.
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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 Nanci Pants. Clarette Club: 5400 Martway, Mission, 913-384-0986. Texas Hold ’em, 7 & 10 p.m. Cronin’s Bar and Grill: 12227 W. 87th St. Pkwy., Lenexa, 913-322-1000. S.I.N., half-price appetizers, shot and beer specials, 7 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. Hamburger Mary’s: 101 Southwest Blvd., 816-842-1919. Maryoke with Chad Slater, 8 p.m. Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1387. Karaoke Idol with Tanya McNaughty. JR’s Place: 20238 W. 151st St., Olathe, 913-254-1307. Texas Hold ’em, 7:30 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. 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. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676. Sam’s Club Karaoke, 10 p.m. 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. Snazzy Cheap-Ass Drinks, all night. Westport Flea Market: 817 Westport Rd., 816-931-1986. Texas Hold ’em, 8 p.m.
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T U E S D AY 18 ROCK/POP/INDIE The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-8415483. Cherub, Mansions on the Moon, On and On. Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-421-0300. Ron Pope, Meghan Tonjes.
BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. Trampled Under Foot. The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Pure, Shauna Knapp, Reyn.
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JAZZ Finnigan’s Hall: 503 E. 18th Ave., North Kansas City, 816-2213466. Abel Ramirez Big Band, 6 p.m. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Rick Bacus and Monique Danielle. 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.
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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. DiCarlo’s Mustard Seed Mexican-Americana Restaurant & Bar: 15015 E. U.S. Hwy. 40, 816-373-4240. Blues, country and classic rock hosted by Rick Eidson and friends. 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.
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W E D N E S D AY 19 ROCK/POP/INDIE Quasimodo: 12056 W. 135th St., Overland Park, 913-239-9666. Rock Paper Scissors. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Bob Walkenhorst, 7 p.m. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676. Heavy Medical, Bubonic Bear, This Is My Condition. The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. The Dollyrots, Prima Donna, Uzis.
BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. Shinetop Jr. The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-8415483. Soap, Heatbox, the Dirty Rhythm Band. Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-421-0300. Elemental Breakdown, the Magic Beans, Salad Bar Jam. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Billy Ebeling. Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Gospel Lounge with Carl Butler, 7:30 p.m. The Levee: 16 W. 43rd St., 816-561-2821. The Lonnie Ray Blues Band. Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816-2201222. Ryan McGarvey.
ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816-525-1871. Outlaw Concert Series.
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COMEDY 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. Judy Tenuta.
BAR GAMES/DRUNKEN DISTRACTIONS The All-Star Rock Bar: 7210 N.E. 43rd St., 816-452-2660. Ladies’ Night and Dance Party with Debby Z. 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. 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. The Indie on Main: 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. J. Murphy’s Irish Pub and Grille: 22730 Midland Dr., Shawnee, 913-825-3880. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Jake’s Place Bar and Grill: 12001 Johnson Dr., Shawnee, 913962-5253. Karaoke. Johnny’s Tavern: 6765 W. 119th St., Leawood, 913-451-4542. Texas MORE Hold ’em. JR’s Place: 20238 W. 151st St., Olathe, 913-254-1307. Karaoke with S G the Queen, 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. IN T IS T L A MoJo’s Bar & Grill: 1513 S.W. INE L N O Hwy. 7, Blue Springs. Pool and dart M PITCH.CO leagues; free pool, happy hour, 4-6 p.m. Nara: 1617 Main, 816-221-6272. Ladies’ Night. Outabounds Sports Bar & Grill: 3601 Broadway, 816-2148732. Karaoke with DJ Chad, 9 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. Smokehouse Bar-B-Que: 6304 N. Oak, Gladstone, 816-4544500. Happy hour, 4-6 p.m. Strikerz Entertainment Center: 18900 E. Valley View Pkwy., Independence, 816-313-5166. Ladies’ Night, DJ, ladies bowl for free in the Spare Room Party Room, 9 p.m. The Union of Westport: 421 Westport Rd. Pop Culture Trivia. Westport Flea Market: 817 Westport Rd., 816-931-1986. Trivia, 8 p.m. Wilde’s Chateau 24: 2412 Iowa, Lawrence, 785-856-1514. Pride Night, 8 p.m.
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STEPPING OUT Dear Dan: I want to buy my 14-year-old niece
a dildo, some lube and an age-appropriate book about sex. (Can you recommend one?) I have her mother’s permission, but I wanted to double-check on whether there are legal issues I should be concerned about. (I live in Oregon.) I would include a thoughtful letter on love, sex and life with the promise that I will never bring the “gift” up, but that I will always be happy to talk if she wants to. Any other advice on how to handle it appropriately would be appreciated.
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P.S. I’m motivated due to my own teenage experience of not wanting a penis to be the first thing of substance put in my vagina.
Dear WTT: “Your niece is lucky to have a
mom and an aunt who are invested in her sexual well-being,” says Jennifer Pritchett, owner of Smitten Kitten, a sex-toy shop in Minneapolis and a frequent Savage Love guest expert. “She’s also lucky to live in a time when sexual-health information geared toward young adults is readily available.” Pritchett recommends that you get your niece a copy of Heather Corinna’s book S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-to-Know Progressive Sexuality Guide to Get You Through High School and College and that you make sure your niece knows about scarleteen.com, a comprehensive and sex-positive independent sex-ed website. “But do not write an awkward letter,” Pritchett says. “All you’re going to do is communicate your own insecurities about the ‘gift.’ And be careful not to inadvertently project your own sexual choices onto her experience.” Pritchett suggests that instead of selecting a sex toy for your niece, you take your niece to a sex-toy shop so she can make her own selection. “Take her to an education-based shop like She Bop (sheboptheshop.com) in Portland where trained sex educators can help her figure out what she might like to try.” If your niece would like to go sex-toy shopping with you — and that’s a big if — you’ll need to call She Bop in advance and make an after-hours appointment. There’s also the option of going on their website and shopping together, or you could send your niece to any number of female-sexpositive websites, and she can pick the toys she wants you to buy — no letter, no embarrassing small talk.
Dear Dan: I have a fetish for sweaty, smelly,
stinky female feet, but I don’t know how to approach strange women and ask them to fulfill my wishes. It sucks that the only way to maybe get what I want is to hire an escort or go to one of those foot parties that are always held in huge cities hundreds of miles away from where I live. How can I realize my dreams in the small hick town where I live?
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Dear DFF: Sorry, but you’re just gonna have
to move to a big city (or travel to one) to realize your dreams. And if your dreams revolve around servicing the feet of more than one loving, indulgent woman, then you’re gonna have to pay to make your dreams come true. Approaching strange women in hick towns or big cities and asking them to indulge your fetish isn’t going to get you anywhere other than a sex-offender registry.
Dear Dan: I recently found out that my husband once responded to an online ad from some guy seeking to give blow jobs to other men. He actually went to the guy’s apartment but chickened out after meeting him. This was 10 years ago, long before we dated, and during a long (five-year) dry spell for him. I don’t know whether I’m turned on or creeped out by this, but I’m definitely having a reaction. Can you help me make heads or tails of all this? Should I be worried he’ll end up getting rest-stop blow jobs one day?
All Mixed Up Dear AMU: Desperate men do desperate
things, and just as my teenage/closeted desperation drove me into the arms, beds and mouths of some nice young women, similarly desperate straight guys have been known to accept blow jobs from gay or bi dudes. It’s possible, of course, that your husband will wind up getting rest-stop blow jobs one day — anything is possible — but that one time he almost got a blow job from another dude doesn’t make rest-stop blow jobs any more or less likely. (I’m assuming your husband is telling the truth about not going through with it.) Your being turned on by the thought of the husband getting a blow job from another man doesn’t make those rest-stop blow jobs any likelier either, so go ahead and let yourself be turned on by the idea.
Dear Dan: After 20 years of boring vanilla-
ness with my ex-husband, I’m tickled pink to be with a GGG guy who’s into some fun stuff and encourages me to explore. The problem: One of his kinks is a smoking fetish, and I don’t smoke cigarettes. Inhaling is a big part of the excitement for him, but I cough if I inhale, which ruins the mood.
Cigarette Inhaling GGGirl Dear CIGGG: There are limits to being GGG,
self-harm being one of them. Give him permission to explore this particular fetish with someone stupid enough to smoke. If he pouts, remind him who inhales his dick.
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