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21. News Real

    Many St. Louis theater companies are homeless

    By Aimee Levitt

    Published: April 16, 2008

    In the good old days, if Hollywood musicals are to be believed, all an aspiring impresario needed to stage a successful show was an abandoned barn and a dream. Of course, St....

22. Unreal

    Unreal plays Marco Polo with mischievous teens, communes with Elvis and gets hot and bothered by uniformed Israelis

    Published: April 16, 2008

    Unreal recently had the opportunity to get jiggy with Elvis Presley's former chief of security, the one and only Sonny West. After sixteen years with the King, dude's got...

23. Letters

    Was it Colonel Mustard or Professor Plum who killed MLK?

    Published: April 16, 2008

    FEATURE, APRIL 3, 2008 Colonel Mustard or Professor Plum? 'Cause it sure wasn't Raoul: I would suggest that readers look at the House Select Committee on Assassinations...

24. Amazing Facts & Beyond

    Kung-Fu Bible

    Leon uncovers a version of the Bible that really kicks ass

    By Kevin Huizenga

    Published: April 16, 2008

    Leon uncovers a version of the Bible that really kicks ass. Click here for an enlarged view.

25. Ask a Mexican

    Dial Uno for English

    Published: April 16, 2008

    Dear Mexican: I work at a Seattle-based company, and our Customer Service Department uses a phone tree system that asks all callers to press 1 for English, 2 for Spanish and a...

26. This Week's Cover

    The Cover of the April 17 Print Edition

    Published: April 16, 2008

    Cover photo by Jennifer Silverberg

27. Music

    Native-American healing and a Trans-Siberian Orchestra guitarist rejuvenate metal thrashers Testament

    By D.X. Ferris

    Published: April 16, 2008

    Filled with spirits, prophecies and demons, Testament's music and story are better than most, although the mundane details of the band's twenty-plus year history are common....

28. B-Sides

    Blue Mountain explores the Southern-rock roads less traveled while the Mars Volta tries to shed its bad voodoo on the way to releasing The Bedlam in Goliath.

    By Roy Kasten and Shae Moseley

    Published: April 16, 2008

    The Mars Volta has always found a way to overcome difficult circumstances — such as the tragic deaths of bandmates and close friends — mainly by converting its hard...

29. Critics' Picks

    The Cops

    9 p.m. Saturday, April 19. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street

    By Shae Moseley

    Published: April 16, 2008

    The Cops' sophomore effort Free Electricity accomplishes an interesting feat: It manages to deliver a brutal package of abrasive, dirty rock & roll — think the energy of...

30. Critics' Picks

    Coliseum

    7 p.m. Sunday, April 20. 2 Cents Plain, 1114 Olive Street

    By Andrew Miller

    Published: April 16, 2008

    Mellowness might be anathema to Louisville's Coliseum, judging by its reckless velocity and nihilistic harangues. "My lungs are filled with fumes...There's no air in this...

31. Critics' Picks

    Rogue Wave

    8 p.m. Sunday, April 20. The Gargoyle, on the campus of Washington University, 1 Brookings Drive

    By Ryan Wasoba

    Published: April 16, 2008

    Geographically, Rogue Wave resides in Oakland, but musically, the band comes from the same sunny indie-pop hills as the Shins and Built to Spill, where glasses are half full...

32. Critics' Picks

    Anders Parker

    9 p.m. Monday, April 21. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street

    By Roy Kasten

    Published: April 16, 2008

    To look at the band Anders Parker assembled for his most recent album, 2006's Anders Parker on Baryon Records, is to misunderstand him entirely. Though surrounded by...

33. Critics' Picks

    Enon

    9 p.m. Wednesday, April 23. Billiken Club, in the Busch Student Center on the campus of Saint Louis University, 20 North Grand Boulevard

    By Ryan Wasoba

    Published: April 16, 2008

    For ten years, Enon has been stirring a cauldron of electro-clash sonics, sassy vocals and garage-rock spunk. With last year's Touch and Go release, Grass Geysers...Carbon...

34. Critics' Picks

    Santana

    7 p.m. Wednesday, April 23. Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Avenue

    By Dean C. Minderman

    Published: April 16, 2008

    Carlos Santana has a lot on his plate these days: He's launching a chain of Mexican restaurants, appearing in Macy's commercials to hype the line of women's shoes he's designed...

35. Critics' Picks

    The Matches/All Time Low/Sonny

    7 p.m. Wednesday, April 23. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois

    By Julie Seabaugh

    Published: April 16, 2008

    For two albums now the Matches have been toiling as under-the-radar mad scientists, suturing together various components of rock, punk, indie and cabaret to create a...

36. Critics' Picks

    Sworn Enemy

    7 p.m. Tuesday, April 22. 2 Cents Plain, 1114 Olive Street

    By Andrew Miller

    Published: April 16, 2008

    During Sworn Enemy's 2002 track "I.D.S.", singer Sal Lococo vows to remain tethered to hardcore tradition: "We won't stray from our ways/Stay true till the day we die."...

37. Rotations

    Nine Inch Nails

    Ghosts I-IV
    (The Null Corporation)

    By D.X. Ferris

    Published: April 16, 2008

    Nine Inch Nails main man Trent Reznor makes the most of his recent hard-won freedom on the two-disc, all-instrumental Ghosts I-IV. It's the kind of record Interscope probably...

38. Rotations

    Jack Peñate

    Matinée
    (XL)

    By Michael Gallucci

    Published: April 16, 2008

    London singer-songwriter Jack Peñate may remind you of Billy Bragg. It's not just the thickly accented delivery (which falls somewhere between overwhelming glee and...

39. Cafe

    Heat Rises: Pappy's Smokehouse elevates humble barbecue to ethereal heights

    By Ian Froeb

    Published: April 16, 2008

    Not even a minute after I first walked into Pappy's Smokehouse, the fantastic new midtown barbecue joint, I thought I was busted. I might as well have worn a T-shirt with...

40. Gut Check

    Days of Wine and Pizza

    By Ian Froeb

    Published: April 16, 2008

    A few days after Food & Wine magazine named Gerard Craft of Niche one of its Best New Chefs for 2008, my colleague Kristen Hinman broke the news of another St. Louis connection...