Email Author Kristie McClanahan

2007 Stories by Kristie McClanahan

• Gary Numan Approves

  published June 13, 2007

  Our first car was a one-of-a-kind gray 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera. We don’t mean to brag, but it was museum-worthy, a wonder of both... More >>

• Garden State

  published June 6, 2007

  Every trip to the Missouri Botanical Garden (4344 Shaw Boulevard; 314-577-9400 or www.mobot.org) yields a new... More >>

• Blue, Fish

  published May 2, 2007

  Wilco's latest album, Sky Blue Sky (due out May 15), so far appears to be polarizing fans and critics alike; people either love or loathe... More >>

• Irish Bridge Bomb

  published April 25, 2007

  Brian moved to St. Louis from San Diego less than a year ago. He's acclimated well; he owns Cardinals and Mizzou shirts, can correctly identify... More >>

• Dream a Little Dream

  published April 18, 2007

  Being jolted awake from dreaming is rarely enjoyable. It often happens either a panic-stricken second before you face-plant into the pavement... More >>

• Put a Lid on It

  published March 28, 2007

  In a time when kids have to use car seats until they're nearly fourteen and whole cities have outlawed trans fats, it's astonishing that laws... More >>

• Top o’ the Morning!

  published March 14, 2007

  It's not hard to find fans and music critics to pile heaps of praise on the Hold Steady and, to a lesser degree, the Thermals. The Hold Steady's... More >>

• We All Fall Down, Indeed

  published February 7, 2007

  Playground games are metaphors for childhood itself: Watch children at play, and you'll find it's not always sugar and sunshine. Slides scorch... More >>

• Groovethang

  published January 17, 2007

  It takes nerves of well, steel, to have your band perform Steely Dan outside of a Steely Dan show. But prior to last summer's Michael... More >>

• We (He)Art This City

  published January 17, 2007

  In pinpointing the differences between a good city and a great one, a person might consider a metropolitan area's historical significance,... More >>

• Longhorn: More Than Just a Steakhouse

  published January 10, 2007

  The concept of time is constantly in flux. While some days seem to stretch on for-ev-er, some nights pass so quickly that we can't remember... More >>