Email Author Randall Roberts

Awards

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Bon Iver at Hollywood Forever Cemetery"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 12, 2009

  "Katy Perry Unpeeled"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 23, 2011

  "The Day the Music Died"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 25, 2009

  "On the Road to Burma"

• 2008 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published April 25, 2007

  "Chinatown Confidential"

• 2006 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published June 1, 2005

  "It Was Just Like Beverly Hills"

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2007 Stories by Randall Roberts

• Rebuilt to Suit

  published June 20, 2007

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• I Want My MP3

  published June 13, 2007

  If you haven't noticed, all hell is breaking loose right now in online digital music sales. On the main stage: Last month Amazon announced its... More >>

• Horse's Kick

  published June 6, 2007

  We're riding in the back of a black stretch Prius, an energy-efficient extendo-hybrid that gets an astounding thirteen miles per gallon. Nothin'... More >>

• Lemp Lager

  published May 30, 2007

  For St. Louisans, the name Lemp conjures many things, and only one of them is beer-related. There are the caves, of course, which run beneath the... More >>

• Hendrick's Martini

  published May 23, 2007

  And then, like magic, we were headed to the Bass Pro Shop to buy a twenty-gauge shotgun. It all happened so innocently. This past weekend... More >>

• St. Louis dark lager

  published May 16, 2007

  Something important happened last weekend at the Missouri History Museum, and it was called free beer. So impressive was this occasion that it was... More >>

• Download Mozart

  published May 9, 2007

  A few months ago, with little fanfare, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra entered the 21st century. It was a small yet important step: a... More >>

• The Jumbo Poodle (or maybe the Yappy Dog)

  published May 9, 2007

  Can Ginger Lead You to Love?" wonders the semi-ridiculous copy on the little red booklet that hangs from the neck of the Yazi bottle. They mean... More >>

• Coffee with milk

  published May 2, 2007

  Two doughnuts sit side-by-side on the desk, one with chocolate icing, the other with vanilla icing and cinnamon crumbles. Behind the doughnuts, in... More >>

• Chinatown Confidential

  published April 25, 2007

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• 2005 The Four Graces Pinot Noir

  published April 18, 2007

  It's close to 8 p.m. and our panties are in a bunch. The shoulders are tight, the jaws clenched. Deep breath. Deep breath. Try to remember: We are... More >>

• Bohemia Beer

  published April 11, 2007

  Two plywood banditos lean against a wall outside of Nachomama's in beautiful downtown Rock Hill. Their skin is as dry as week-old tortilla chips,... More >>

• Cantillon Classic Gueuze

  published April 4, 2007

  Last month we were on the phone with George Randall talking booze, and there was a tinge of relief in his voice. He'd invested nearly $100,000... More >>

• Back to the Bolozone

  published March 28, 2007

  Unlike the buildings that surround it, the house at 3309 Illinois Avenue has a large, overgrown front yard and a chain-link fence circling last... More >>

• Widmer Brothers Hefeweizen

  published March 28, 2007

  Why didn't Courtney Brunsfeld throw rock? Didn't she realize that throwing paper is a sign of weakness? After so many ties against her rival, and... More >>

• Framboise Manhattan

  published March 21, 2007

  Franco, 1535 South Eighth Street, 314-436-2500. More >>

• El Magnifico Margarita

  published March 14, 2007

  Imagine that Drink of the Week is standing on a table at El Burrito Loco, holding a very large margarita in our right hand. A flock of handsome,... More >>

• B-Sides gets our oontz-oontz-oontz on with Canadian DJs MSTRKRFT.

  published March 7, 2007

  Jesse Keeler, who made eardrums bleed as the bassist of Toronto synth-noise terrorists Death From Above 1979, is happier now as part of the blurty... More >>

• I.B.C. Root Beer

  published March 7, 2007

  The scene at Carl's Drive-In on a weekday afternoon seems timeless, like maybe we're all acting out a Norman Rockwell painting. It's the little... More >>

• Black Lightning coffee

  published February 28, 2007

  This time last year, we were done with coffee. After a long love affair with the brown angel, we figured we'd had our share. In our years... More >>

• Nothing But the Truth

  published February 28, 2007

  The fourth annual True/False Film Festival takes place Thursday through Sunday, March 1 through 4, in Columbia. Following are previews of some... More >>

• Roger Lassarat 2003 Pouilly-Fuissé

  published February 21, 2007

  It's the big night at Tony's, game seven in the World Series of Relationships: Valentine's Day at the city's swankest restaurant. For the men... More >>

• Deanna to Ray: Shut Up!

  published February 14, 2007

  During their raucous divorce trial last winter, American Equity Mortgage cofounders Ray Vinson and Deanna Daughhetee spent much time and energy... More >>

• Portrait Concert Series: Steve Reich and George Crumb

  published February 14, 2007

  If last week's jaw-droppingly great John Cage and Morton Feldman program is any indication, this week's installment of the Portrait Concert Series... More >>

• Segafredo Zanetti Espresso

  published February 14, 2007

  A shining, steam-pressure espresso machine sits behind the bar of Café 4 U, a clean, well-lighted place in downtown Clayton. The machine is... More >>