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21. This Week's Cover

    The Cover of the October 22 Print Edition

    Published: October 21, 2009

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22. Music

    Somewhere Out There: Exene Cervenka's new solo record, Somewhere Gone, has strong roots in Missouri

    By Annie Zaleski

    Published: October 21, 2009

    Exene Cervenka is a tireless artist, in every sense of the word. She publishes books of her poetry and has exhibited her collages and journals in art galleries. But the...

23. B-Sides

    Tommy Ramone explores bluegrass and honky-tonk with Uncle Monk, while we catch up with all things Ludo

    By Jason Toon and Annie Zaleski

    Published: October 21, 2009

    Bluegrass Bop A Ramone playing bluegrass and old-time string-band music? If it sounds like a joke, stop laughing. Original drummer Tommy Ramone (known to the DMV as Tommy...

24. Critics' Picks

    Tribute to Warren Zevon

    9 p.m. Friday, October 23. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

    By Christian Schaeffer

    Published: October 21, 2009

    When Warren Zevon died prematurely in 2003 at the age of 56, he left his listeners with a sheaf of funny, poignant and memorable rock & roll songs. With a combination of Randy...

25. Critics' Picks

    MUTEMATH

    8 p.m. Friday, October 23. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

    By Scott Heisel

    Published: October 21, 2009

    MUTEMATH — yup, the name's all one word and contains all capital letters and no, we have no idea why either — has been one of rock's more unlikely success stories...

26. Critics' Picks

    Relient K

    8 p.m. Saturday, October 24. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

    By Scott Heisel

    Published: October 21, 2009

    After releasing six albums over the course of eleven years, it's strange to think that Canton, Ohio's Relient K is just now hitting its stride. The quintet's latest album, this...

27. Critics' Picks

    Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

    7:30 p.m. Sunday, October 25. The Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Avenue.

    By Christian Schaeffer

    Published: October 21, 2009

    Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band have their work cut out for them. Last August's Scottrade Center concert was so sublime, so ridiculously...

28. Critics' Picks

    A Place to Bury Strangers

    8:30 p.m. Sunday, October 25. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

    By Shae Moseley

    Published: October 21, 2009

    For the past few years, A Place to Bury Strangers — New York's ambassadors of "total sonic annihilation," as the band says on its MySpace page — has...

29. Critics' Picks

    Jenny Owen Youngs

    7:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 27. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

    By Shae Moseley

    Published: October 21, 2009

    Jenny Owen Youngs' career catapulted a few years ago when her potty-mouthed waltz "Fuck Was I" landed on the soundtrack to Weeds' second season. An irresistible, indie-pop...

30. Critics' Picks

    Taking Back Sunday

    6 p.m. Tuesday, October 27. Pop's, 401 Monsanto Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

    By Scott Heisel

    Published: October 21, 2009

    For a few years in the mid-'00s, it was good to be Adam Lazzara. The Taking Back Sunday frontman was the king of the burgeoning third-wave emo scene while being embroiled in a...

31. Homespun

    Homespun: Pretty Little Empire

    Sweet Sweet Hands
    (self-released)

    By Christian Schaeffer

    Published: October 21, 2009

    Pretty Little Empire trades in sweet acoustic melancholy, a kind of slow-drip dream-folk that skirts the edges of twang and pop. Singer and guitarist Justin Johnson leads the...

32. Cafe

    ¡Uno, Dos, Tres! How many Mexican and Tex-Mex spots can Ian review in a single week?

    By Ian Froeb

    Published: October 21, 2009

    Taqueria la Monarca is the latest addition to the unlikely Murderers' Row of restaurants at the intersection of Olive Boulevard and Woodson Road. Across Woodson from the...

33. Gut Check

    Re-Enter Balaban's — and Exit Ozzie's

    By Ian Froeb

    Published: October 21, 2009

    Central West End institution Balaban's is being reborn in Chesterfield as Balaban's Wine Cellar & Tapas Bar. The new Balaban's will be located at 1772 Clarkson Road, in a...

34. Film

    One Vampire Movie That Really Sucks: Cirque du Freak tries to get in on the trend. Fails.

    By Aaron Hillis

    Published: October 21, 2009

    Like the ominous fingernail moon early on in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, the bloodsucker trend is again in a waxing phase thanks to the mass cult followings of...

35. Stage

    Piano Mancrush: Dennis falls head over heels for the Wash. U./Black Rep staging of Ragtime

    By Dennis Brown

    Published: October 21, 2009

    Stephen Schwartz knows a good musical when he sees one. Six years ago when the composer of Godspell, Pippin and Wicked performed his concert act at the Edison Theatre, I asked...

36. Art

    Featured Review: Fred Stonehouse: Den of Secrets

    By Jessica Baran

    Published: October 21, 2009

    Featured Review: Fred Stonehouse: Den of Secrets This menagerie of self-portraits — as a bat, in lucha libre masks, beset by demons or as a demon — plumbs the...

37. Stage

    St. Louis Stage Capsules

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

    By Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold

    Published: October 21, 2009

    Helver's Night Time seems to stand still in this harrowing 80-minute drama from Poland, that is receiving its U.S. premiere. Linda Kennedy and Christopher Harris both give...

38. Art

    St. Louis Art Capsules

    Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

    By Jessica Baran

    Published: October 21, 2009

    Ongoing Chance Aesthetics A seeming paradox — codifying the unpredictable — this selective but comprehensive exhibit focuses primarily on Modernist creative...