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21. Ask a Mexican

    What the Beck: Guero can operate a leafblower?

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: June 24, 2009

    Dear Mexican: You once asked why Mexican bands don't hit it big in the good old US of A. I think the simple answer is that there are no Mexican Mouseketeers. You don't get to...

22. Music

    Brothers in Arms: Now settled back in St. Louis, the Brothers Lazaroff mines its own distinctive American artifacts

    By Roy Kasten

    Published: June 24, 2009

    It's lunchtime, and Hodak's in south St. Louis is jumping. Jeff and Dave, the Brothers Lazaroff, are having fried chicken, cod, beets and iced tea, and their interviewer is...

23. B-Sides

    Do the Evolution: Soul prodigy John Legend brings Indie.Arie and a wealth of inspiration to the Fabulous Fox

    By Kristy Wendt

    Published: June 24, 2009

    Soul prodigy John Legend played the piano at age 4, started the University of Pennsylvania at 16, and, at age 30, took home his sixth Grammy and made this year's list of Time's...

24. Critics' Picks

    The Avett Brothers

    8 p.m. Thursday, June 25. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

    By Christian Schaeffer

    Published: June 24, 2009

    The Avett Brothers aren't exactly a hard sell: Seth and Scott, two handsome, bearded brothers from North Carolina, play sweetly ragged folk songs that are both tender and...

25. Critics' Picks

    Indyground Funk Jam

    10 p.m. Friday, June 26, The Foxhole in the Atomic Cowboy, 4140 Manchester Avenue.

    By Calvin Cox

    Published: June 24, 2009

    Raise your hand if you're familiar with the rap scene in Columbia, Missouri. No? Well, if Indyground Entertainment has its way, you'll soon know its smart alternatives to...

26. Critics' Picks

    The Features

    9 p.m. Friday, June 26. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

    By Shae Moseley

    Published: June 24, 2009

    The Features' perpetual status as the "next big thing " has most likely become a point of sarcastic comic relief for its members by now. The Nashville band released its first...

27. Critics' Picks

    Julie Doiron

    8 p.m. Friday, June 26. The Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue.

    By Todd McKenzie

    Published: June 24, 2009

    Julie Doiron, the former bassist and vocalist of Canadian indie group Eric's Trip, has been releasing a steady stream of austere and intimate lo-fi recordings for the better...

28. Critics' Picks

    So Many Dynamos

    8 p.m. Saturday, June 27. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

    By Annie Zaleski

    Published: June 24, 2009

    We locals can be forgiven for feeling mighty proud of So Many Dynamos right about now. After all, we've seen the post-everything quartet grow from a spazzy-behind-the-ears band...

29. Critics' Picks

    Plushgun/Nightmare of You

    8:30 p.m. Sunday, June 28. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

    By Annie Zaleski

    Published: June 24, 2009

    Had Plushgun existed 25 years ago, one suspects John Hughes would have found every excuse to put the band's sensitive-artist synthpop in his films. The Brooklyn trio's new LP,...

30. Critics' Picks

    Judas Priest/Whitesnake

    7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 1. The Family Arena, 2002 Arena Parkway, St. Charles.

    By Shae Moseley

    Published: June 24, 2009

    Judas Priest and Whitesnake playing a place called the Family Arena is good for a chuckle, but otherwise the bill sounds like a perfect match, right? Well, when one considers...

31. Homespun

    Homespun: B & E

    Chords to Live By
    (self-released)

    By Christian Schaeffer

    Published: June 24, 2009

    Chords to Live By is a clever title for B&E's first full-length, but it's a bit misleading: There's only one type of chord this quintet knows, and it's the power chord. The...

32. Cafe

    Feet First: Midland Wok brings the essence of pork to Overland

    By Ian Froeb

    Published: June 24, 2009

    At the Vietnamese restaurant Midland Wok, the #26 soup — banh canh gio heo — is described in English as "big clear noodles and pork." This leaves out some crucial...

33. Gut Check

    Gut Check: Ian taps into the tasty world of St. Louis-area food bloggers

    By Ian Froeb

    Published: June 24, 2009

    As regular readers know, this is the print version of Riverfront Times' food blog, Gut Check. One of Gut Check's regular features is a digest of what's being written at some of...

34. Film

    Dying in Vain: My Sister's Keeper is honest about illness, false about everything else

    By Nick Pinkerton

    Published: June 24, 2009

    Eleven-year-old Anna Fitzgerald's parents didn't just plan for her — they customized her in utero, with the specific end of providing spare parts and infusions for her...

35. Stage

    Hottest Show in Town: At 32, Annie is cooler than ever

    By Dennis Brown

    Published: June 24, 2009

    Let's not waste time rehashing the plot. Chances are good that if you're reading these words, you're already familiar with Annie, the 1977 Broadway smash hit inspired by...

36. Art

    Featured Review: Time Well Spent

    By Jessica Baran

    Published: June 24, 2009

    Time Well Spent As curator Tom Reed states in his exhibition preface, the focus of this show is on the time spent creating the artwork on view rather than the work itself. In...

37. Stage

    St. Louis Stage Capsules

    Dennis Brown, Lew Prince and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

    By Dennis Brown, Paul Friswold and Lew Prince

    Published: June 24, 2009

    Newly Reviewed Annie Reviewed in this issue. The Ghosts of Versailles Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais wrote three plays about lovable con man and fixer, Figaro. Rossini...

38. Art

    St. Louis Art Capsules

    Jessica Baran encapsulates the St Louis arts scene

    By Jessica Baran

    Published: June 24, 2009

    Newly Reviewed Built: Kranzberg Exhibition Series Six St. Louis-based artists — Mike Behle, Stan Chisholm, Sarah Frost, Craig Norton, Cameron Fuller and Sarah Paulsen...