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The People vs. Erotic City
It took the gang rape of a 14-year-old before authorities shuttered the orgy room.
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The People vs. Erotic City
Behind the glory holes, orgy rooms and sex booths is a board of directors that includes a felon, a preteen and others who think things aren't that bad.
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Fox 4's Shawn Edwards isn't just a blurb whore
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Downtown Kansas City says goodbye to Totally Nude
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Sure, global warming has skeptics. But how many teach science at Mizzou?
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Fox 4's Shawn Edwards isn't just a blurb whore (27)
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Sure, global warming has skeptics. But how many teach science at Mizzou? (16)
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The People vs. Erotic City (14)
It took the gang rape of a 14-year-old before authorities shuttered the orgy room.
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Smoke Scream (10)
Sure, people feel strongly about the smoking ban. But that doesn't mean we can't discuss it rationally.
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Missouri State Rep. Jeff Grisamore uses the death of his infant daughter to ask for campaign cash (7)
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With its fabulous new clubs, Omaha is a model for the KC scene
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Claw and FSTZ introduce dubstep to Kansas City
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A night out at the Mutual Musicians Foundation and Jardine's reminds us what this town's all about
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John Brewer and Brandon Draper get down to Organic Proof
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The Wilders take the floor with a murderous new sound and album
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Daily Briefs: God, Guns and Manipulative Headlinery
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T-Bones Newest Promotion: Michael Vick Night
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Birdsall Sings Again
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Adam Duritz Is Not the Only Counting Crow!
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Band to Fear: Hundred Years War
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Line Up, Tough Guys
Here's an idea: Let felons become bail bondsmen.
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“Happy That Way” by the Wilders, from Someone’s Got to Pay (Free Dirt Records):
Subject(s): The Wilders
For a red-hot decade, Kansas City's the Wilders have been walking the line between pleasing the folk-festival contingent and the teamsters who warm the bar stools at local honky-tonks. Having already put their own righteous spin on traditional numbers, the next logical step for the quartet was to develop its own songbook. Someone's Got to Pay is the result of that paradigm shift: a collection of honky-tonk, bluegrass, Cajun and fiddle originals that broaden the group's vast repertoire (save one fiddle number). The breadth of ground covered on the 20-song LP would be jarring if it weren't so immaculately sewn together; a four-part series of solo piano numbers and a five-part murder ballad are spread across the disc. The best songs — "Sorry I Let You Down" and "Goodbye (I've Seen It All)" — are the ones that break the farthest from the Wilders' old formula. Bob Dylan started out as a cover act, too, you know.
