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21. This Week's Cover

    The Cover of the October 29 Print Edition

    Published: October 28, 2009

    Illustration by Chris Whetzel

22. Ask a Mexican

    Salvi Salvation: The Mexican proposes a truce between Mexicans and Salvadorians

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: October 28, 2009

    Dear Mexican: For most of my life I was oblivious to the hate that Mexicans have for Salvadorans. I became aware of it when I made the huge mistake of marrying a Salvi. Once I...

23. Music

    Cuts Like a Knife: Lita Ford hasn't lost her edge — metal or otherwise — since stepping away from the spotlight

    By Phil Freeman

    Published: October 28, 2009

    Lita Ford has been a professional musician since she was a teenager. As the tough lead guitarist with LA all-female hard rockers the Runaways, the statuesque California blonde...

24. B-Sides

    Stiff Upper Lip: Things get hairy when John Oates talks about performing at the 'Stache Bash, his Web cartoon and famous facial hair

    By Christian Schaeffer

    Published: October 28, 2009

    Go ahead. Poke fun at the bristly mustache, the schlocky "Private Eyes" video or his status as pop music's most famous second-banana. Laugh all you want, because John Oates...

25. Critics' Picks

    Our Lady Peace

    8 p.m. Friday, October 30. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

    By D.X. Ferris

    Published: October 28, 2009

    One suspects that the impressively long career of Our Lady Peace owes much to its light-rock edge. More specifically, credit much of this longevity to singer Raine Maida's...

26. Critics' Picks

    Kelly Clarkson

    8 p.m. Saturday, October 31. Family Arena, 2002 Arena Parkway, St. Charles.

    By Shae Moseley

    Published: October 28, 2009

    More than any other American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson has distanced herself from the show that launched her career — and created a credible artistic identity. Her...

27. B-Sides

    Josh Herr 1980-2009

    By Annie Zaleski

    Published: October 28, 2009

    Josh Herr, vocalist for popular local rock band 360Smile, passed away unexpectedly last week. He was 29. Herr and drummer Joey Natas formed the band in 2002. The hard-working...

28. Critics' Picks

    Teenage Bottlerocket

    7:30 p.m. Sunday, November 1. Cicero's, 6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

    By Scott Heisel

    Published: October 28, 2009

    While punk legends the Ramones are worthy of being an influence of just about every contemporary punk band, few decide to base their entire career off that New York City trio's...

29. Critics' Picks

    Matisyahu

    8 p.m. Monday, November 2. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

    By Roy Kasten

    Published: October 28, 2009

    Matthew Paul Miller, a.k.a. Matisyahu, is both a devout, Hasidic Jew and a stone-cold, stoned reggae sensation. His combined identities aren't as curious as they sound. Rasta...

30. Critics' Picks

    Brazos

    9 p.m. Monday, November 2. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

    By Roy Kasten

    Published: October 28, 2009

    Adrienne Rich may be one of the more influential figures in contemporary American poetry, but until Martin Crane of the Austin band Brazos fell under the spell of her poem "The...

31. Critics' Picks

    Paramore

    7:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 3. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

    By Annie Zaleski

    Published: October 28, 2009

    Paramore recently had to delay the start of its fall tour because singer Hayley Williams needed some voice rest. The delay was not only smart, it was necessary: The pint-size...

32. Critics' Picks

    AFI

    8 p.m. Wednesday, November 4. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

    By Scott Heisel

    Published: October 28, 2009

    Approaching two decades as a functioning band (with a few admittedly sketchy years in the beginning), AFI is effectively in punk rock for the long haul. The band ushered a...

33. Homespun

    Homespun: Strawfoot

    How We Prospered
    (self-released)

    By Christian Schaeffer

    Published: October 28, 2009

    From the start of Strawfoot's second full-length, How We Prospered, it's clear that the ramped-up bluegrass band has lightened its mood. Where its debut album, Chasing Locusts,...

34. Cafe

    Chile Reception: Ian goes for the burn with Mayuri's Indian cuisine

    By Ian Froeb

    Published: October 28, 2009

    The Andhra chicken curry at Mayuri is named for Andhra Pradesh, the state on India's southeast coast that some claim offers the nation's hottest cuisine. Having yet to travel...

35. Film

    Pain Is Not Pleasure: Lars von Trier puts his match-made-in-Hell couple, and his audience, through the ringer

    By J. Hoberman

    Published: October 28, 2009

    Lars von Trier's doggedly outrageous, fearsomely ambitious two-hander is so desperate to make you feel something — if only a terrible sensation of nothingness —...

36. Film

    Bad for the Jews: Self-hating or just everyone-hating? The Coen Brothers aim their contempt at MOTs.

    By Ella Taylor

    Published: October 28, 2009

    The Yiddish shtetl shtick that opens Joel and Ethan Coen's new movie — a Jewish peasant stumbles on an old Hasid who may or may not be a Dybbuk — is pretty clumsy,...

37. Stage

    Breast Intentions: Unbeatable! arrives with a provocative theme and a noble message. But where does it go from there?

    By Dennis Brown

    Published: October 28, 2009

    According to the publicity flyer for Unbeatable! — the new musical on view at the Playhouse at Westport Plaza through most of November — this story about the...

38. Art

    Featured Review: The Language of Objects: New Works by Jane Birdsall-Lander and Jo Stealey

    By Jessica Baran

    Published: October 28, 2009

    Featured Review: The Language of Objects: New Works by Jane Birdsall-Lander and Jo Stealey In Jane Birdsall-Lander's Bound Alphabet, salvaged wooden canes and scythe handles...

39. Stage

    St. Louis Stage Capsules

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the St. Louis theater scene

    By Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold

    Published: October 28, 2009

    Ragtime How gratifying to be exposed to an American musical that is so unrelentingly audacious. Thomas Edison, Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Houdini and Booker T. Washington are...

40. Art

    Featured Review: American Framing

    By Jessica Baran

    Published: October 28, 2009

    Featured Review: American Framing In the three photographic series that make up Jessika Miekeley's first solo exhibition in St. Louis, images appear less as landscapes,...