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Ask a Mexican
By Gustavo Arellano
Dear Mexican: I am a Chicano in Connecticut. I moved from Arizona to the East Coast for my dream job. I have to admit that I'm still homesick. Connecticut is a completely...
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This Week's Cover
Cover illustration by
Tom Huck,
www.evilprints.com.
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Feature
You can vote for your favorite bands and artists through midnight Sunday, June 7, either online, by filling out the ballot in this week's RFT or at the various RFT Music...
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Music
By Dan LeRoy
He's touring behind what might be the most politically charged album of a politically charged career. But this afternoon, after answering the obligatory questions about the...
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B-Sides
By Jason Toon
Unlike his more dour peers, Eugene Chadbourne is an avant-garde icon for the rest of us. In more than 30 years of performing, the multi-instrumentalist, improviser, writer and...
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Critics' Picks
8:30 p.m. Thursday June 4. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.
By Jonah Bayer
Joe Lally may not be a household name, but when it comes to post-hardcore legends, it's difficult to top the contribution Lally has made to the genre as the bassist for Fugazi....
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Critics' Picks
10 p.m. Friday, June 5. Deluxe, 2733 Sutton Boulevard, Maplewood.
By Jaime Lees
Local rockers the Phonocaptors were once a beloved Midwestern treasure, a band revered for dynamic live shows and for songs built on vibrant, fuzzy guitars. The trio created...
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Critics' Picks
9 p.m. Saturday, June 6. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.
By Roy Kasten
At this year's SXSW, the young Philly quartet Hoots and Hellmouth ripped the doors off an alley-side pub and sent the hipster detritus of Sixth Street in Austin running for...
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Critics' Picks
7 p.m. Tuesday, June 9. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.
By Jason Toon
The Chinese Democracy of the punk scene, Dillinger Four's 2008 album, Civil War, emerged after six years of delays, complete with an Internet leak mini-controversy that the...
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Critics' Picks
9 p.m. Tuesday, June 9. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.
By Shae Moseley
The phrase viva voce is loosely translated from Latin as "word of mouth." It's an apt name for a band whose popularity, musicianship and songwriting has steadily grown as it's...
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Critics' Picks
8 p.m. Wednesday, June 10. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.
By Ryan Wasoba
Anything you can do, White Rabbits can do better. The band's stunning debut, Fort Nightly, earned comparisons to (and helped it tour with) the Walkmen. But Nightly's flat-out...
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Critics' Picks
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 10. Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.
By Julie Seabaugh
Perform in a band for nearly 40 years and a few occurrences are unavoidable. You will experience both thrilling highs (Grammys, Academy Award noms, platinum sales to the nth...
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Critics' Picks
8 p.m. Wednesday, June 10. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.
By Christian Schaeffer
When Alejandro Escovedo titled his 1998 live disc More Miles Than Money, it was a sly wink to the hard-living job of a road warrior. But what the Austin troubadour lacks in...
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Cafe
By Ian Froeb
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant announced its arrival in St. Louis in February by installing a giant inflatable crab atop the parking garage at West County Center in...
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Gut Check
By Ian Froeb
Midtown barbecue joint Pappy's Smokehouse owner Mike Emerson has been invited to participate in this year's Big Apple Barbecue Block Party in New York City. The festival will...
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Film
By Scott Foundas
The face of Mike Tyson stares out from the screen like a sentry — intent, sober, watchful. The camera sits close, the framing is tight, and as we lock eyes with the...
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Stage
By Lew Prince
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis' production of Richard Strauss' Salome is the most mind-blowing piece of theater I've seen in all my years of reviewing opera for RFT. But then, it...
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Art
By Jessica Baran
Currents 103: Claudia Schmacke Time is rendered physical in this site-specific installation, Time Reel. Schmacke, a Berlin-based artist who was this year's Henry L. and Natalie...
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Stage
By Dennis Brown
Many a musical has played St. Louis during the last five years, but few theater memories remain as vivid as the 2004 Rep Studio staging of The Last 5 Years, Jason Robert...
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Art
Jessica Baran encapsulates the St Louis arts scene
By Jessica Baran
Newly Reviewed
Currents 103: Claudia Schmacke Reviewed in this issue.
Saudade Cracked eggshells, cleared of yolk, pile into the crevices of chunks of salvaged Sheetrock,...
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