Email Author Nicholas Phillips

Awards

• 2012 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published January 20, 2011

  "Left for Dead"

• 2011 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published June 9, 2010

  "Tears of a Town"

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2011 Stories by Nicholas Phillips

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  FEATURED STORY

  Newspaper Distribution Plan Draws Fight from Sauce, Other Indie Publications

  published Sep 09, 2011

  The publishers of such local indie publications as Sauce, Alive and Vital Voice have long relied on something of a free-for-all distribution system: They plop their papers near the entrances of restau... More >>

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  Brent Roam: From Slasher Films to Sunday Morning Salvation at the Tivoli

  published Sep 07, 2011

  On Sunday, September 18, for the first time ever, the Tivoli Theatre in the Loop will begin renting out its space to a religious congregation: the U-City Family Church. Other cinemas across the c... More >>

• A Wine Bar Manager's Lament: Against the Free-Sample System

  published Sep 02, 2011

  Get a nose of this tart little rant! The author, we've confirmed, is the general manager of a wine bar in St. Louis. He sent this missive to a few friends, and it quickly made its way to our inbox.We'... More >>

• Single Best Voltron Reference Ever: Laurence Maroney Lectures New Englanders

  published Sep 02, 2011

  Once upon a time, before St. Louis native Laurence Maroney was arrested for (and acquitted of) marijuana possession, he played running back for the New England Patriots. In November, 2009, he com... More >>

• Top 5 Works of Erotic Voltron Fan Art

  published Sep 01, 2011

  It takes a special person to imagine a cartoon character naked. It takes a very special person to draw it. Here, we present the very best art from zealous fans of the St. Louis-born Voltron: Defender ... More >>

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  Hilarious Video of Speeder Trying to Bust Cop for Drinking & Driving

  published Aug 31, 2011

  For 31-year-old Lucas Lamb of Greenfield, Illinois, the wild evening of August 14 was filled with a speeding ticket, a twist of fate, and the sweet taste of revenge! (Or so he thought.)At 6:30 pm, Lam... More >>

• Five Incredible Voltron References

  published Aug 31, 2011

  Too late, haters: Voltron, a St. Louis creation, has irreversibly seeped into pop culture (so much so, RFT just published a feature on it). We've mined the interwebs, and now present to you the very b... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Voltron prepares to recapture the universe from a small office in St. Louis

  published September 1, 2011

  "Voltron" as a concept is utterly insane. Created in the '80s, the story unfolds in a future of both space travel and mullets. The... More >>

• Child Porn Video With Clown Might Possibly Be the Worst Thing We've Ever Heard Of

  published Aug 29, 2011

  (WARNING: the description below of a popular child porn video is nauseating.)Last week, the Belleville Police department arrested numbers 25 and 26 of the worst child pornography traffickers/downloade... More >>

• Cabelas Can Now Advertise Anti-Human-Odor Hunting Clothes However They Want

  published Aug 25, 2011

  A recent decision by our federal appeals court is about to radically change the way you shop for hunting clothes that make you smell like less of a person. As all hunters know durn well, wild game can... More >>

• Tig Notaro Has a Special Relationship with Taylor Dayne; Does Not with State Fairs

  published Aug 23, 2011

  Tig Notaro is patient. She prefers to float subtle acerbities into a crowd and just let them marinate. Her new CD, Good One, is the first comedy album ever to be released by indie record label Secretl... More >>

• Tea Party favorite Ed Martin has some explaining to do

  published August 25, 2011

  For an attorney and congressional hopeful, Ed Martin sure has a funky memory. The Tea Party favorite can't seem to get his story straight... More >>

• Spurned Girl Attacks Carr

  published Aug 17, 2011

  Every so often, we scour the local Missed Connections section of Craigslist, in search of the best posts. Here are some that caught our eye recently.Check your stove for a boiling bunny.r Wish I could... More >>

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  Ed Martin Denies Disparaging Former Elections Worker; We've Got the Tape

  published Aug 16, 2011

  For an attorney and Congressional hopeful, Ed Martin sure has a funky memory. The Tea Party favorite can't seem to get his story straight when it comes to Jeanne Bergfeld, whom he fired from the St. L... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Top 5 Highlights of Mangia Mobile's Official Response to Mangia Italiano

  published Aug 09, 2011

  Law students seeking models of sober legal rhetoric might skip over the memorandum recently filed by Al Watkins, attorney for the food truck Mangia Mobile. The pleading represents his official respons... More >>

• O'Malley's, Indigo Joe's and Upper Deck Accused of Stealing Pay-Per-View MMA Fights

  published Aug 08, 2011

  So far this year, at least three different St. Louis watering holes have been sued in federal court for allegedly showing pay-per-view MMA fights they never purchased. The three bars are O'Malley's Ir... More >>

• Henrietta Arnold, SLMPD Lieutenant: Victim or Villainr

  published Aug 05, 2011

  It must really suck to be Lt. Henrietta Arnold of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police. Either she got royally screwed by the department, or she's quite possibly the worst police officer ever. Nobody dis... More >>

• Loop Parking Lot Meters Get Yarnbombed

  published Aug 05, 2011

  This is a Daily RFT exclusive. The parking meters in the parking lot of the Tivioli have been "yarnbombed" again (see previous incident here). This time the suspect wrapped fuzzy monster feet around t... More >>

• Hey Missouri Snitches: Hacktivists Say They Know Your Name

  published Aug 04, 2011

  Just weeks after targeting St. Louis-based Monsanto, hacktivists affiliated with the online troublemaker group, Anonymous, are boasting of a new feat. This time, they claim to have stolen tons of data... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Local Standup Josh Arnold on Singing Alone in the Car, Baseballs and Being "Half-Fat"

  published Aug 02, 2011

  Fenton-born standup Josh Arnold is a big, good-natured, chuckling bear of a comic who never misses a chance to broadcast his own foibles. And we mean that literally: On Wednesday, the 33-year-old funn... More >>

• Nikki Glaser, Standup from St. Louis: "I'm Sure Some Crowds Think, 'What a Dumb Slut.'"

  published Jul 29, 2011

  Right after Kirkwood native Nikki Glaser won "Best Standup Comedian - Female" in the RFT last autumn, she moved off to New York -- possibly because a lifelong dream had finally been achieved. But she'... More >>

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  Mangia Italiano Dismisses "Media Circus" Tactics of Mangia Mobile

  published Jul 28, 2011

  To Albert S. Watkins, the attorney representing local food truck Mangia Mobile, the only thing more delicious than his client's toasted ravioli is a media circus (with him as ringmaster, of course). A... More >>

• Here's To You, Mr. Robinson: KMOX finds Jackie Robinson's 1960 interview with Jack Buck

  published July 28, 2011

  On July 7, 2011, when rain halted the Cardinals' assault on the Diamondbacks in the sixth inning, local sportscasters found themselves with an... More >>

• Lover's Lament, Creep's Fantasy, Woman's Lust

  published Jul 26, 2011

  Every so often, we scour the local Missed Connections section of Craigslist, in search of the best posts. Here are some that caught our eye recently.The NoterPLEASE girls, don't inundate this guy if y... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Basta! Mangia Italiano Slaps Mangia Mobile With Lawsuit [Updated]

  published Jul 25, 2011

  After months of legal wrangling, Mangia Italiano (3145 South Grand Blvd; 314-664-8585), the 28-year-old Italian restaurant on South Grand, is now suing the unaffiliated food truck, Mangia Mo... More >>