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Feature
By Nicholas Phillips
Scott Clark heard screams as evening fell on May 24, 2007. He had just returned from work and climbed out of his car. The air was cool up on the wooded ridge in House Springs,...
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From The Blogs
By Aaron Schafer and Chad Garrison
Sammy Sosa's Whiteout
Sammy Sosa wants everyone out there to know that, no matter what you may have heard, and despite seemingly incontrovertible photographic evidence to the...
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Blowback
A to Z, NOVEMBER 8, 2009
COHEN MAGIC
Some enchanted evening: Yes, it was a pilgrimage and a long-awaited one ["Show Review + Setlist: Leonard Cohen at the Fabulous Fox,...
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Amazing Facts & Beyond
By Dan Zettwoch
See Leon larger and in all his gory gopher goodness
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Ask a Mexican
By Gustavo Arellano
Dear Mexican: Why oh why do most Mexican women cut their long, black hair after reaching the pivotal age of 40? Not only do they cut it, but they then proceed to cut it short...
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This Week's Cover
RFT photo illustration.
Photography by Jennifer Silverberg.
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Music
By Roy Kasten
Elvis Perkins is driving into Hurricane Ida outside Tallahassee, Florida. Across the scratchy cell phone transmission he sounds calm, open and assured, but far from fearless....
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B-Sides
By Matt Wardlaw
For those who lost track of Bruce Hornsby after his string of '80s hits — admit it, you know all the words to "The Way It Is" and "Mandolin Rain" — you might be...
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B-Sides
By Christian Schaeffer
Although the annual St. Louis International Film Festival highlights the work of filmmakers from all around the world, the showcase also spotlights a fair amount of homegrown...
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Critics' Picks
9 p.m. Thursday, November 19. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.
By Christian Schaeffer
Even if Harper Simon had never picked up a pen or a guitar, he would be an important footnote in the annals of rock & roll. As Paul Simon's son, a young Harper served as the...
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Critics' Picks
9 p.m. Friday, November 20. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.
By Shae Moseley
On last year's Honky Tonks and Cheap Motels, Whitey Morgan's bellowing baritone drawl sounds straight out of some sleepy Southern locale, circa the glory days of outlaw-country...
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Critics' Picks
9 p.m. Friday, November 20. The Billiken Club, in the Busch Student Center on the campus of Saint Louis University, 20 North Grand Boulevard.
By Ryan Wasoba
Japandroids' 2009 summer jam, "Young Hearts Spark Fire," is aptly named: As guitarist Brian King and drummer David Prowse shout, "We used to dream/Now we worry about dying,"...
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Critics' Picks
8 p.m. Friday, November 20. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.
By Annie Zaleski
[beep] zomg! LMFAO is in stl sat. [beep] lol what? [beep] LMFAO. frm la. r u in? [beep] who? [beep] electro duo, 2 dudez. vocoder. techno crunk. 'la la la' n 'im in miami...
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Critics' Picks
9 p.m. Saturday, November 21. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.
By Roy Kasten
Like few bands from the early '90s rock scene in St. Louis, the Boorays sounds timeless — or as timeless as its obvious R.E.M. and dB's influence permit. You could say...
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Critics' Picks
8 p.m. Saturday, November 21. Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center, on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1 University Boulevard.
By Roy Kasten
George Jones is known as the Rolls-Royce of country singers, but his origins are anything but luxurious. Born in a log cabin to a poor family in "the Big Thicket" region of...
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Critics' Picks
8 p.m. Tuesday, November 24. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue. 21 plus: $15 in advance, $20 day of show.
By Dean C. Minderman
At this point in his career, it would be easy for keyboardist Ian McLagan to coast on his résumé. He's a founding member of the Small Faces and the Faces, was a...
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Critics' Picks
8 p.m. Thursday, November 19. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.
By Christian Schaeffer
In these heady Web 2.0 days — or have we already moved on to 3.0? — it's not unusual for a blog to become a brand name almost overnight. It's also not surprising...
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Critics' Picks
8:30 p.m. Saturday, November 21. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.
By Todd McKenzie
Indie-pop classicists Headlights have graced the stage in St. Louis so often in recent years, you'd be forgiven for mistaking the Champaign, Illinois, band for homegrown...
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Homespun
Velvet Suit (self-released)
By Christian Schaeffer
After a relatively quiet year, indie-rock everymen the Hibernauts have returned to build on the goodwill generated by their 2007 debut EP, the zippy and melodic Period Fable....
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Cafe
By Ian Froeb
When the guy behind the counter at Phuc Loi asks if you're sure you want pork blood in your bun bo Hue — and if, like me, you're a non-Vietnamese dude who has just spent...
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