Subject: ABBA

• Richard Thompson at the Pageant, February 11: Last Night's Show

  February 12, 2008

• Dustin the Turkey, Ireland's Eurovision Entry

  February 24, 2008

• Show Review: Wilco at the Pageant, Friday, May 16

  May 17, 2008

• Jersey Boys more than lives up to the hype

  April 30, 2008

• Movin' On

  Korn's guitarist moves to holier pastures, words fall into oblivion and B-Sides encourages Gwen and Madonna to grow up.

  December 28, 2005

• Homespun: Auset

  March 7, 2007

• Meat Purveyors

  May 31, 2006

• Dance, Dance

  B-Sides talks wardrobe with Roxy Epoxy, gets the lowdown on Jason Ringenberg's farmer alter ego and goes down swinging with Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz

  November 9, 2005

• Our top DVD picks for the week of October 25.

  October 26, 2005

• The Hand that Feeds

  B-Sides boogies with a member of ABBA, gets dramatic with Colin Meloy and talks to the funniest NIN fan around

  October 12, 2005

• Haute Haute Heat

  Rising from the runway

  February 16, 2005

• Finding Your Religion

  Pick your personal Jesus, plus three questions for a pop princess and the poetry of heavy metal

  September 8, 2004

• The Meat Purveyors and Rough Shop

  Friday, September 3; Frederick's Music Lounge

  September 1, 2004

• Tres Femmes

  Friday, August 20; the Pub Above at Dressel's

  August 18, 2004

• Love Experts

  Saturday, January 31; Off Broadway

  January 28, 2004

• Y Tu Mamma También

  December 24, 2003

• Shania Twain

  Friday, November 28; Savvis Center

  November 26, 2003

• Glorious Glut

  Could '02' mean "Oh, too many records?"

  December 25, 2002

• Nicolai Dunger

  Soul Rush (Lakeshore)

  October 30, 2002

• Cruel and Unusual

  Elvis Costello defies expectations and returns to rock

  October 9, 2002

• Do Their Mothers Know?

  A new DVD collection of ABBA film clips raises some interesting questions about sex, kitsch and pop transcendence

  October 9, 2002

• Sweaty Teddy

  For this maestro, the weddings go on forever and the receptions never change

  August 28, 2002

• Mixed Bag

  Mamma Mia! smokes, Problem Child and Criminal Genius explode, Henry IV fizzles

  August 21, 2002

• Various Artists / Duke Ellington

  Secret Ellington (True Life Entertainment) / 1969: All-Star White House Tribute (Blue Note)

  June 19, 2002

• The Meat Purveyors with Belle Star

  May 22, 2002

• Noise Annoys

  October 4, 2000

• GENDER RELATIONS

  October 13, 1999

• The Dive Bomber: Meeting the Demon at the Cat's Meow

  Considering my history of bars with cats -- sitting on the bar with me, being called one, lewd drinks referencing them and the beckoning feline presence in parking lots -- I have no idea why I waited so long to visit the Cat's Meow. I guess it seemed too obvious.

  October 8, 2009

• El Perro del Mar

  November 12, 2009

• St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: Friday, November 13 to Sunday, November 15

  Friday, November 13 *Brendan Benson/Cory Chisel, Blueberry Hill's Duck Room *Boys Like Girls/Cobra Starship/Versa Emerge, etc., the Pageant -- SOLD OUT *So Many Dynamos/The Lake/Cold Bear Scout, Off Broadway *Person L/John Nolan (Straylight Run)/Brian Bonz, Firebird *Peter Bjorn and John/El Perro del Mar, The Gargoyle (PBJ at Vintage Vinyl, 4 p.m.) *Vampire Mooose (CD release), Fubar *Ayse (CD release), The Chapel *ABBA Mania, Harrah's Voodoo Lounge *Travis Tritt, Lumiere Place *Cindy Mangsen/S

  November 13, 2009