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At a mid-March happy hour, Chris Hoel looks unusually anxious for a sommelier with a Friday night off. Sitting at Erato Wine Bar, his laptop whirring as he sips from a pint of...
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If you belong to the category of pop idealists and rock & roll romantics who believe that the tightly knit, collective sum of the band will not only endure but prevail, think...
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You've been lying awake since three in the morning; the cat's goosing your headache with plaintive, pet-me meows; there's nothing in the refrigerator; and you haven't dumped...
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This week's generically titled studio suspense thriller, Fracture, has the good sense to begin where last week's generically titled studio suspense thriller, Perfect Stranger,...
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The Delmar Restaurant & Lounge (6235 Delmar Boulevard) has long been a favorite haunt of ours. It's the ideal lounge: The main room looks like something out of a '40s noir...
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Mary Engelbreit seems like the type of person who can create sugar and goodness with her mere touch, so we're pretty sure that everything around her is made of cherries and...
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Like the Book of Love, no one is quite sure who wrote the Great American Songbook. Cole Porter? Sammy Kahn? Duke Ellington? While its authorship and contents may be contended,...
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Stuck babysitting the nieces and nephews on your crucial Saturday night? Well, unless you’re a robot, you’re screwed, because kids require shiny objects, rapid...
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Being jolted awake from dreaming is rarely enjoyable. It often happens either a panic-stricken second before you face-plant into the pavement after a 37-story fall or when you...
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Football has never been Mr. Night’s sport of choice -- he’s a lifelong fan of Singlestick, just like Teddy Roosevelt, and he has the goose eggs to prove it. But...
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In addition to all of the planet-friendly activities happening on the Muny grounds in Forest Park on the actual Earth Day (Sunday, April 22; visit www.stlouisearthday.org for...
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Unlike the terrorizing robots seen in that Old Glory Insurance commercial, most metal ones are charming and make for nice traveling companions. Just ask Jeffrey Sass. He...
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People draw inspiration from many a splendored thing: the dew on a rose petal, the last moments of a sunset, the perfume in the air just after a rainstorm, the fairy tales of...
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Chanticleer, the all-male chorus with amazing range, is named for the singing rooster in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales -- and it's not every day that the barnyard...
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The 2007 baseball season is barely two weeks old, yet already it feels like the year’s almost over. How best to savor the sweet nectar of the Cardinals’ World Series...
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House of Desires, the Washington University Performing Arts Department's spring production, opens with a silent bang: As a small band plays live on the side of the stage, cast...
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By Jim Ridley, Robert Wilonsky and Jordan Harper
Published:
April 18, 2007
Not Just the Best
of the Larry Sanders Show
(Sony)
The greatest boxed set ever -- not so much for the made-up irritainment as for the real thing, which this collection...
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Amid mounting complaints about the nonprofit agency that governs high school sports, state lawmakers have called for an investigation of the Columbia-based Missouri State High...
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The 2007 edition of the Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival, an event that focuses heavily on and celebrates music education, is taking place this week (Wednesday through...
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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 alive and life is wonderful....
