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You Get What You Play For: Superstar session drummer and Dadaist marketing genius Josh Freese sells himself, his famous friends, and all-you-can-eat shrimp at Sizzler, to promote his new album
By Vickie Chang
Published: June 24, 2009
As the sun sets over the courthouse parking lot in Long Beach, one of the best and busiest session drummers in the industry is standing motionless, a pair of shearing scissors...
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Bits and Pieces
By Paul Friswold
Published: June 24, 2009
Sam Moyer & Lesley Vance & Stan VanDerBeek, the new exhibition in the Front Room of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (3750 Washington Boulevard; 314-535-4660 or...
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Whole Lotta Film
By Paul Friswold
Published: June 24, 2009
It's bloated, it's trippy, it has a strange unsolved robbery in the middle, and parts of it were actually shot on a soundstage in England and not at Madison Square Garden as...
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We'll Bite
By Alison Sieloff
Published: June 24, 2009
Summer is the season for amusement parks (and screaming your head off while flipping upside down), baseball games (duh-nuh-nuh-na-nuh-na, "Charge!") and outdoor concerts (man,...
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Large-Bore Percussion
By Paul Friswold
Published: June 24, 2009
Everyone is familiar with Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. Yes, the one with the cannons. Sixteen cannon shots are written into the score, and they're to be fired in a two-minute...
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Fancy Me, Fancy You
By Ms. Day
Published: June 24, 2009
Ms. Day might be fancy, but she's fancy in an old fashioned sort of way, and she feels so alone sometimes. She looks around and all she sees are decidedly unfancy, modern...
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Go Green
By Alison Sieloff
Published: June 24, 2009
Indoor galleries are generally filled with a sense of quiet contemplation and an austerity that the unpredictable outdoors can never replicate. At an indoor art opening, the...
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30 Years On
By Nicole Beckert
Published: June 24, 2009
The St. Louis Pridefest celebrates 30 years of community, peace and happiness — and a whole lot of GLBTA love — this Saturday and Sunday (June 27 and 28) in and...
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Candid Camera
By Paul Friswold
Published: June 24, 2009
Tom Bianchi was not a professional artist when he began making photographs with a Polaroid XS 70 in 1976 — he was a young lawyer living a closeted life in New York and...
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They'e All Wet
By Alison Sieloff
Published: June 24, 2009
Adding a water feature to your yard takes a lot of work — and, no, a Slip 'N Slide does not count as a water feature. We're talking about something like a gorgeously...
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Bottom's Up
By Paul Friswold
Published: June 24, 2009
In the old days, St. Louisans would spend the night in Forest Park when the summer heat became unbearable. That escape is forbidden now, but you can still enjoy a pleasant...
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Last Orders
By Paul Friswold
Published: June 24, 2009
General MacArthur said old soldiers never die, they just fade away. But where exactly do they reside while doing so? In Gérald Sibleyras' play La vent des Peupliers,...
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Who Is Anyone?
By Paul Friswold
Published: June 24, 2009
If the goal of portraiture is to capture the essence of the subject, Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno pursue this ideal with ruthless zeal in their documentary film, Zidane:...
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A Chariot for Your Pumpkin
By Alison Sieloff
Published: June 24, 2009
With all of the deep cleaning, the barked orders and the nasty personalities, Cinderella's story rings true with lots of ladies — some families are worse than others, of...
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Viva Joy
By Brooke Foster
Published: June 24, 2009
There are few things in life that provide sheer, unadulterated, giggle-provoking joy. How fortunate, then, that Summerfest in Olivette (at Stacy Park, 9750 Old Bonhomme Road)...
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ACTING!
By Mark Fischer
Published: June 24, 2009
Nicknamed "The Great Profile," John Barrymore was one of the most acclaimed actors of his generation. His combination of good looks, natural charisma and stage-trained speaking...
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From The Blogs
Clayton's "Heartbreak Hotel," a dirty mouth and criminal foot doctors all make headlines
By Chad Garrison
Published: June 24, 2009
Joe Buck Washes Daughters' Mouths with Soap At Daily RFT we occasionally poke fun (and misspell the name of) Post-Dispatch columnist Dan Caesar. It's not that we dislike...
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Blowback
Hanging Chad: RFT readers sound off on our man Garrison's provocative headline on the Forest Park murder
Published: June 24, 2009
DAILY RFT, JUNE 17, 2009 GIVING BAD HEAD Show some decency: It's unfortunate that RFT has chosen to make a headline joke about a man being beaten to death ["Don't You Hate It...
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Amazing Facts & Beyond
Amazing Facts & Beyond: Jerry Garcia, Gary A Jarsey and zines
By Kevin Huizenga
Published: June 24, 2009
Go the Amazing Facts and Beyond blog to further follow the exploits of our trivial hero.
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This Week's Cover
The Cover of the June 25 Print Edition
Published: June 24, 2009
Cover photo of Josh Freese by Susan Sabo
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