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Music
Road Warrior: St. Louis native Joseph Carenza graduates from punk-club denizen to road manager for Leonard Cohen
By Annie Zaleski
Published: November 4, 2009
When Leonard Cohen skips onto the stage at the Fox Theatre this weekend, wearing his trademark fedora and smartly tailored suit, prepare for an awe-inspiring night. The...
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B-Sides
Double Talk: The Watson Twins get comfortable stepping into the spotlight
By Roy Kasten
Published: November 4, 2009
The first thing to say about Chandra and Leigh Watson is that they're identical twins. But they're also best friends and musical collaborators who've performed and recorded...
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B-Sides
Question the Answers: Yoni Wolf of Why? answers B-Sides' questions
By Ryan Wasoba
Published: November 4, 2009
Yoni Wolf's career has taken him many places — from his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio, to the Bay Area, his current locale (which is where he and his anticon. labelmates...
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Critics' Picks
Many Arms
8 p.m. Thursday, November 5. The Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue.
By Ryan Wasoba
Published: November 4, 2009
Many Arms is an instrumental band from Philadelphia. It's a triumvirate of valiant warriors crusading, not against each other or a predisposed enemy, but against the physical...
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Critics' Picks
Neko Case
8 p.m. Thursday, November 5. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.
By Christian Schaeffer
Published: November 4, 2009
To call Neko Case a force of nature is hardly a cliché; the singer-songwriter knows a few things about where the wild things are. The lyrics of her sometimes...
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Critics' Picks
Son Volt
8 p.m. Friday, November 6. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.
By Roy Kasten
Published: November 4, 2009
Jay Farrar grew up in a world of music, surrounded by a talented family who played and sang and taught him well. His first gigs came as a teen, and by his 21st birthday, he was...
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Critics' Picks
David Cook/The Script/Green River Ordinance
8 p.m. Tuesday, November 10. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.
By Annie Zaleski
Published: November 4, 2009
Although you don't have to win American Idol to have a viable singing career — heck, for some contestants, losing the show has been a reputation boost — the...
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Critics' Picks
Ska Is Dead 4 Tour
7 p.m. Sunday, November 8. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.
By Ryan Wasoba
Published: November 4, 2009
The Ska Is Dead 4 Tour may seem morbidly self-aware. After all, ska's third wave crashed at the turn of the millennium when Reel Big Fish went rock, Less Than Jake fired its...
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Critics' Picks
Black Crowes
8 p.m. Wednesday, November 11. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.
By Shae Moseley
Published: November 4, 2009
The Black Crowes' star has always shined brightest in concert. In fact, the Robinson brothers survived slumping album sales and record-label woes in the late '90s by continuing...
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Homespun
Homespun: HUMDRUM
Individual Man
(self-released)By Christian Schaeffer
Published: November 4, 2009
If you were to break a certain folksy dictum and judge HUMDRUM's CD by its cover, you'd be right to assume that space is the place for this local quartet. The artwork for...
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Cafe
(City)Garden Spot: Downtown's new cultural gem gets a restaurant to match
By Ian Froeb
Published: November 4, 2009
Back from a long weekend in Chicago, where the streets outside our River North hotel teemed with tourists and traffic, the hum of Michigan Avenue like an electrical current...
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Gut Check
Gut Check: Kaldi's cops coffee kudos
By Ian Froeb
Published: November 4, 2009
Catching up on news from the past few weeks: In its November issue (look for actress January "Betty Draper" Jones on the cover), GQ magazine names St. Louis' own Kaldi's Coffee...
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Film
Got Your Goat: We don't mean to sound paranoid, but: Did aliens abduct George Clooney's sense of humor?
By J. Hoberman
Published: November 4, 2009
Historical cataclysm produces conspiratorial thinking: Germany's loss in World War I, the JFK assassination and 9/11 are all naturally understood as the stuff of unimaginable...
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Film
This is It? King of Pop goes out with a whimper
By Zach Baron
Published: November 4, 2009
Less documentary than closely and manipulatively edited homage to the new-agey "genius" of frequent Michael Jackson collaborator and High School Musical auteur Kenny Ortega,...
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Film
Coco Puff: Chanel hagiography is so last season
By Melissa Anderson
Published: November 4, 2009
Anne Fontaine's Coco Before Chanel gives us Belle Époque Coco, opening in 1893 with a grim scene of the ten-year-old waif and her sister unceremoniously dumped at an...
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Stage
Ho-Hum's the Word: Secret Order will tax your brain but not your heart
By Dennis Brown
Published: November 4, 2009
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis begins this year's Studio series with Secret Order, an old-fashioned morality play aimed at a 21st-century audience. This fast-paced...
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Art
Featured Review: Mi-Kyoung Lee: Bound Lines
By Jessica Baran
Published: November 4, 2009
Featured Review: Mi-Kyoung Lee: Bound Lines Cotton string, human hair and other basic materials are meticulously knotted into complex and delicate forms in this solo exhibition...
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Stage
St. Louis Stage Capsules
Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene
By Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold
Published: November 4, 2009
Fiddler on the Roof Director Deanna Jent has crafted a warm and cozy production of the perennial favorite, with the little village of Anatevka — represented by two...
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Art
St. Louis Art Capsules
Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene
By Jessica Baran
Published: November 4, 2009
Newly Reviewed Mi-Kyoung Lee: Bound Lines Reviewed in this issue. Michael Byron: Cosmic Tears Nebulous and atmospheric, Washington University professor Michael Byron's series...
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Feature
No Justice: We've bailed out the banks. When do we go after the crooks behind our financial collapse?
By James Lieber
Published: October 28, 2009
When Barack Obama donned the crusader's mantle during the 2008 presidential campaign, his Web-savvy campaign team created KeatingEconomics.com and pushed it on millions of...
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