Email Author Diana Benanti

2011 Stories by Diana Benanti

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  Battle Brain Beverage: Nawgan vs. Brain Toniq

  published Dec 29, 2011

  Gut Check will do anything to get smarter. From eating the recommended amount of fish to keeping our gray matter's precious fatty tissue lubricated to challenging our brainsicles with crossword puzzle... More >>

• XV, Ana Sia Lead This Week's Show Announcements

  published Dec 28, 2011

  The Throne is to Otis Redding as Kansas chief XV is to Dion and the Belmonts--no one is mad about the reminder to revisit. Vizzy brings his backpack rap to Cicero's on February 2. New Orleans brassy ... More >>

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  New Year's Eve: Ten Best Things Under $35

  published Dec 23, 2011

  The best part of New Year's Eve is getting ready for it. The worst part is usually right around 11:57 p.m., when it dawns that you just blew a couple hundred dollars to end up chugging pink Andre curb... More >>

• Phaseone Comes Home for Christmas With Warnings of the Basquiat Haircut Trend

  published Dec 22, 2011

  All RFT Music wants for Christmas is little Phaseone, and since we buy our weed from Santa Claus in the off-season, he hooked it up. St. Louis ex-pat Andrew Jernigan is leaving Brooklyn behind for the... More >>

• St. Louis Hills Holiday Light Display Keeps Growing and Glowing

  published Dec 22, 2011

  Misplaced your Christmas cheerr Hop in the car and head to St. Louis Hills after sundown, because the denizens of the south city neighborhood have plenty to go around. View a slideshow of St. Louis ... More >>

• Youth Lagoon, Ben Kweller Lead This Week's Show Announcements

  published Dec 21, 2011

  If you didn't catch Youth Lagoon at Cicero's back in September, you're getting another shot at the Firebird April 3. Music critics have been collectively moist over 22 year old Trevor Powers' debut, t... More >>

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  New Year's Eve in St. Louis: Ten Best Things to Do Under $10

  published Dec 19, 2011

  The best part of New Year's Eve is getting ready for it. The worst part is usually right around 11:57pm, when it dawns that you just blew a couple hundred dollars to end up chugging pink Andre curbsid... More >>

• M83, Jason and the Scorchers Lead This Week's Show Announcements

  published Dec 15, 2011

  By now you've all collectively shat over the M83 announcement: the Pageant, May 2. Touring behind his damn nice Midnight City album, Anthony Gonzales's eponymous single recently nabbed the coveted No.... More >>

• St. Louis' rising prominence on the national dance scene

  published December 15, 2011

  Turn on the radio in any car, candy store or sex-toy emporium, and you'll inevitably hear a song produced by David Guetta, Diplo or Calvin... More >>

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  Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band at the Scottrade Center, 12/9/11: Review, Photos, Setlist

  published Dec 11, 2011

  Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Scottrade Center December 9, 2011 There's something to be said for reinventions and longevity, but as Bob Seger proved on Friday, getting it right the first time is... More >>

• Band to Watch: Bailiff, Opening for JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound Tomorrow

  published Dec 09, 2011

  If you weren't already heading to Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue, 314-773-3363) tomorrow night for JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, you oughta be. The soul-steeped Chicago band brings along another Win... More >>

• Other Lives, Chris Botti Lead This Week's Show Announcements

  published Dec 08, 2011

  Oklahoma's Other Lives is a fantastic band, which is probably why Radiohead plucked them out of the Great Plains and gave them supporting dates on its 2012 takeover tour. Lush, pastoral, and you're g... More >>

• Star Trek Make-up Artist Jeff Lewis Talks Aliens and George Clooney's Wonderful Skin

  published Dec 02, 2011

  Star Trek make-up artist Jeff Lewis is at the St. Louis Science Center tonight for First Fridays, a monthly series for Trekkies to geek out with their half-betazoid loving kin. The six-time Emmy nomin... More >>

• Ryan Adams, Steve Aoki Lead This Week's Show Announcements

  published Nov 30, 2011

  Cicero's bagged San Francisco's pretty excellent Moon Duo (Ripley Johnson, also of Wooden Shjips, and Sanae Yamada) on December 18. It's a big week for dance music: AVICII, dubstep prodigy Mimosa, and... More >>

• Bug Chaser

  published December 1, 2011

  The innocuous name Bug Chaser connotes sun-dappled summer pastimes, until you learn that bug chasing is also a thrill-seeking sex game similar to... More >>

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  The Ten Best Things to do in St. Louis This Weekend: November 25 to 27

  published Nov 25, 2011

  Happy Capitalism Celebration day! This weekend is as packed as your small intestine. First things first: shopping. Friday This year, ditch the evil big box stores in favor of supporting local art an... More >>

• A Missive from the Master

  published November 10, 2011

  Upon seeing Film Socialisme, you will belong to one of three camps -- those who walk out after seventeen minutes in disgust, those... More >>

• Guy Clark, Craig Finn Lead This Week's Show Announcements

  published Nov 23, 2011

  The so-called fifth Highwayman and living legend Guy Clark brings his 70-year-old self and his outlaw country woes to the Old Rock House February 29, the day the common solar calendar considers leap d... More >>

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  Skanksgiving: Where to Get Your Skank On Tonight!

  published Nov 23, 2011

  At last, our third favorite holiday is upon us: Skanksgiving. It doesn't have the earthy cachet of 4/20, nor the heartwarming appeal of the Day You Finally Get Your Tax Refund Day, but Skanksgiving is... More >>

• There Can Be Only One Honeybadger in St. Louis! A Vote to the Death [Update: We Have a Winner!]

  published Nov 22, 2011

  Update, 11/22/11: Like trying to drink out of a glass lying down, honey badgers are tricky little shits. They might eat your pet cobra or take a leak in your grandma's mouth because that's just how th... More >>

• Spankalicious Moves to Cincinnati, but His Roots Remain in St. Louis

  published Nov 18, 2011

  Local bounce beatsmith Spankalicious recently made the move to Cincinnati, and tomorrow night he plays one of his last 2011 dates in St. Louis at 2720 Cherokee (2720 Cherokee Street, 314-664-9900) wit... More >>

• Henry Rollins, Old 97s Lead This Week's Show Announcements

  published Nov 16, 2011

  From the looks of it, we're in for another killer spring as far as concerts are concerned. The Old 97's bring that highly accessible Texas twang to the Pageant is a bright spot on January 21. Henry Ro... More >>

• B.o.B. Prefers Spaceships to Blunts and Talks Tyler, the Creator. But...

  published Nov 10, 2011

  As promised: We waited around the Loft last night for Bobby Ray, better known to the Top 40 audience as rapper and earworm manufacturer B.o.B. He's known for the atrociously catchy "Airplanes," ("Can ... More >>

• Want to Meet B.o.B.r Head to the Loft Tonight

  published Nov 09, 2011

  The one-man money machine known as B.o.B. is in St. Louis tonight for a slew of promotional appearances: He's hitting the Z107.7 studios, meet n' greeting at the City Museum with 20 lucky guests, and... More >>

• Sharon Van Etten, Radiohead Lead This Week's Show Announcements

  published Nov 09, 2011

  You probably haven't heard about this, because it's a pretty big secret and no one is really talking about it, but Thom Yorke and His Merry Men are coming to the Scottrade Center in 2012. Today, the L... More >>