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Ten Metal Bands Most Beloved By Geeks

By Adam Steininger Geeks love metal even more than the computers on which they listen to it. They yearn for heavy metal that was forged by Orcs in the mountains of Mordor, smuggled halfway across the universe on Serenity and then discovered by Silver Surfer while scouting for delicious planets. The ... More >>

St. Louis Rules, Kansas City Drools: A Response to the Kansas City Star

Here at RFT, we did a double take when we stumbled on a Kansas City Star headline this week that read, "KC is rising while St. Louis keeps falling." Then we actually read the column by Yael T. Abouhalkah, who argues that "Kansas City is superior to St. Louis." Really? We can't let this one go. I ... More >>

The Book of Mormon: You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll fumigate your nutsack

The Best St. Louis Comedy Shows in January

For those in search of laughter or curious about the on-goings of the comedy scene in St. Louis, we will be making monthly recommendations of shows in (and near) the city. From sure-thing hilarious to fingers crossed, Oh God! I hope this works, Funny Events is your connection to sketch, stand-up, im ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending July 15, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books and Subterranean Books. Could it be that St. Louisans' Hunger Games lust has been sated? ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending June 24, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books, Subterranean Books and Sue's News. How un-put-down-able is Gone Girl, the new thriller ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending May 20, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books, Subterranean Books and Sue's News. Publishers must be eternally grateful for the advent ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending May 6, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books, Subterranean Books and Sue's News. The Heart and the Fist, we think, would be a great ti ... More >>

Come see St. Louis comics battle in RFT's 2012 Standup Throwdown!

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

​Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending December 11, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books, Subterranean Books and Sue's News. Despite Amazon, e-books and the crappy e ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

​Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending November 27, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books, Subterranean Books and Sue's News. It's that most wonderful time of the year ... More >>

St. Louis Stage Capsules

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

So Hue Me: Go see The Giver; it'll color your world

The Ten Best YouTube Videos of the 2010 World Cup

Image Via​A month's worth of incessantly buzzing vuvuzelas and ready-made excuses for early-morning drinking came to an unforgettable end yesterday afternoon when Spain, the pre-tournament favorites, defeated the Netherlands 1-0 on Andrés Iniesta's extra time goal.The matches might be over for th ... More >>

Lawsuit Claims St. Louis County Cops Tasered Man Eleven Times, Resulting in His Death

​Scenario: A naked man is charging at you. He has just punched his own mother and smashed her head against the wall after holding her hostage and making her bow to him in praise. He claims he's God and on a mission to find weapons of mass destruction and discover the truth about Hitler. In short, ... More >>

20 Things To Do (Stoned) in St. Louis on 4/20

Dude, it's 4/20 this week, and you know what that means! (Hee, hee.) It's time to celebrate marijuana's unofficial holiday, and here to help you plan your day is Daily RFT. Behold! Our gift to you: A list of twenty great ways to spend April 20 in St. Louis -- be you baked, half-baked or, stone-cold ... More >>

Riverfront Times Founder Ray Hartmann Elected to "Print Hall of Fame"

Ray Hartmann, circa early 1990s?​The St. Louis chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has elected Ray Hartmann, founder of the Riverfront Times, as one of seven people it will induct into the St. Louis Print Hall of Fame next month. Hartmann will join six other nominees, including Carl ... More >>

The Dive Bomber: Aunt Rosalie and the Nuge at Black Derby Saloon

Robin Wheeler​In my months of writing the Dive Bomber, I've only had one instance (I know of) in which I've actively pissed off someone: an octogenarian bar owner who made some angry calls after my otherwise-glowing review of her tavern. No, I'm not stupid enough to link to the piece in question. ... More >>

Got Fetish? With Salome, Opera Theatre has something for everyone but the squeamish.

Nazis, Angry Tax Payers Can't Wait For April Rallies in St. Louis

flickr.com/photos/anjan58St. Louis! Are you ready to rally?! It's shaping up to be springtime for Hitler -- and fiscal conservatives! -- next month in downtown St. Louis. As I mentioned earlier this month, a group of "like-minded" folks upset with the Obama administration's stimulus plan are plannin ... More >>

Busted Rhymes: The Top 10 Most Preposterous Rap Songs of 2008

By Ben Westhoff Hip-hop A-listers including Rick Ross, Akon and Plies were caught grossly exaggerating their gangster credentials this year. (Turns out they were painfully law-abiding. The horror!) But even if your favorite rapper wasn't caught in a lie, you can bet he or she put out a hilariously ... More >>

Last Night Review: Kids in the Hall at The Pageant

Unreal hunts demons, shops for crap and contemplates wild ass

The Riverfront Times' top DVD picks scheduled for release this week

There's more than one way to play with your Wii.

Week of February 22, 2007

Film Openings

Week of December 7, 2006

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown, Deanna Jent and Lew Prince suss out local theater

Vampires of Moscow

Night Watch

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown, Deanna Jent and Lew Prince suss out local theater

Reich Retch

Stages St. Louis offers a botched Cabaret

Film Openings

Week of March 30, 2006

The Mad Blogger

Byron Crawford takes no prisoners. Don't screw with him.

Fear Factor

2002 proved that TV has no shame at any hour

Fear Factor

But just think, no one hates TV more than Trent Lott

Might Makes Reich

In Das Experiment, ordinary volunteers quickly turn totalitarian

To Die For

Mick Jagger transforms Andy Garcia into The Man From Elysian Fields

Series/Festivals

Week of June 26, 2002

Internal Despair

In The Believer, a Jewish student explores his inner Nazi

Iris DeMent

Thursday, Nov. 8; Sheldon

Blood Sport

The Oscar-winning One Day in September tells the brutal story of an Olympics massacre

Slap-Happy

The Kincaid Karacter Puppets put a modern spin on the classic Punch-and-Judy tale

Brain Freeze

Too many shocks numb the senses in Vertical Limit

Eternal Blame

A marathon of accusation in Historyonics' Dark Glory

The Man of Ink

Creator of Wonder Boys and supermen, Michael Chabon is a literary hero

Letters to the Editor

Published the week of June 28-July 4, 2000

Stars of David

The Jewish Film Festival lights up St. Louis

Devoured by Hate

"Around the world, gypsies have historically been victims of rejection and abuse"

Caesarean Confection

Going on a Roman holiday at St. Louis University

Short Cuts