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2012 Stories by Diana Benanti

• Queer As Film

  published April 19, 2012

  Sure, T.S. Eliot thought it the cruelest month, but April in St. Louis is downright gay -- the fifth annual QFest St. Louis brings 21 films... More >>

• Half the Sky, All the Hope

  published March 29, 2012

  Meet Mahabuba, left for dead at the edge of her Ethiopian village after an injury sustained during childbirth made her incontinent. She crawled 30... More >>

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  Zola Jesus

  published February 23, 2012

  There will always be a ready market for earthlings blessed with supernal pipes — Adele is pudding-proof — but the... More >>

• Zola Jesus Talks About David Lynch, Slaughtering a Brian Eno Cover and Why She Believes in Suffering

  published Feb 20, 2012

  Zola Jesus is in a playground at midnight, and she's mucking in the darkest places, searching out tiny pains and feeding them blood and chocolate until they're large and capable of decimating cities. ... More >>

• EMA, Mayer Hawthorne Lead This Week's Show Announcements

  published Feb 15, 2012

  Erika M. Anderson brings her haunted bedtime stories and knife-twisting tableaus as EMA to the Luminary on March 20, and Deerhunter guitarist Lockett Pundt will do a turn with his solo project, Lotus ... More >>

• Rick Ross

  published February 16, 2012

  There was a time long, long ago when the rap game claimed an honor system that rewarded bullet wounds and hard time with obscene green (and... More >>

• Madonna, the Spits Lead This Week's Show Annoucements

  published Feb 09, 2012

  Madonna is taking time out of her taxing virgin-blood-drinking schedule long enough to fit in a lil' world tour. She'll bring all the hits and her terrifying biceps to the Scottrade Center on November... More >>

• Shabazz Palaces, Idle Warship Lead This Week's Show Announcements

  published Feb 01, 2012

  Shabazz Palaces is genius. 2011's Black Up made instant waves as the left-field "hip-hop" release of the year; the spare, esoteric beats percolate under Ishmael Butler's outre flows, and the fine folk... More >>

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  Steve Aoki Talks Hipsters, Hardcore and the Moment Electro Went Punk

  published Jan 30, 2012

  Mention Steve Aoki in a crowded room and watch the reactions; some will cross themselves in reverence, most will nod their recognition at the name, and the rest will know him only as "a DJ." But Steve... More >>

• Tony Perolio Fit A Lifetime of Accomplishment into His 30 Years

  published Jan 27, 2012

  Anthony Perolio was a Marine, a gifted drummer, an engineer, an athlete, a leukemia survivor, a loving husband and the father of two joyous poodles. His on-paper accomplishments, though varied and man... More >>

• Mac Miller and Van Halen Lead This Week's Show Announcements

  published Jan 25, 2012

  Nothing raises the hackles of the music-hating snark machines over at Pitchfork like a lil rap album that defies the odds by sticking to formula. Mac Miller's Blue Slide Park was slapped with a 1.0 ra... More >>

• Barry Manilow, Vinny From Jersey Shore Lead This Week's Show Announcements

  published Jan 18, 2012

  Inexplicably known to some as the sexiest man alive, Barry Manilow heads to the Fox Theatre March 1. Dream beat duo Teengirl Fantasy and Chicago's Kids These Days are the fist announcements out of the... More >>

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  AWOLNATION

  published January 19, 2012

  Ah, the all-too-familiar indie existential crisis: What to do when you hear something on the radio and enjoy it? Do you fess up and ask the... More >>

• White Rabbits, Black Keys Lead This Week's Show Announcements

  published Jan 11, 2012

  Ricky Smiley and his infectious chuckle tickle our eardrums daily during his long-running morning show syndicated on Hot 104.1. The ATL funnyman brings his comic stylings to Chaifetz in February. Chai... More >>

• Gucci Mane, Bloody Knives Lead This Week's Show Announcements

  published Jan 04, 2012

  Gucci Mane might just be the good citizen we always thought him to be--he was released from Fulton County jail three months early for good behavior and is making good on his two-large child support pa... More >>

• Avicii

  published January 5, 2012

  Some people become legends because they're young and working and some because their tender age belies a wicked talent. Avicii falls in the second... More >>