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Police: Imani Shakoor Steals Woman's iPhone on MetroLink, She Pulls His Hair To Stop Him

Imani Shakoor, 21, allegedly stole a woman's iPhone right from her hands while she was riding on the MetroLink. Unfortunately for him, he was not able to get away fast enough -- and the victim was not going to let her smartphone go without a fight. Police say in trying to get her phone back, she c ... More >>

How to Behave at Quiet Shows: Shut Up and Put Your Phone Away

Now, we all know concerts, quite aside from genre, come in varying degrees of loudness. There are the kind of gigs (has anyone here seen Unsane?) where, even if you shout as loudly as you can directly into your friend's ear from an inch away, they will not be able to hear a word you're saying, due t ... More >>

St. Louis Cop Locates Thief With iPhone App, Calls Stolen Phone While Talking to Him

With the help of an iPhone recovery app, St. Louis police officers were fairly certain they had the right suspect when they located Steven Payne, 61, in his Cates Avenue apartment over the weekend. But while questioning him, officer Benjamin Bayless tried a clever, simple trick just to be sure: Di ... More >>

Fake Riverfront Times Food Critic Terrorizes Local Restaurant

Public service announcement, restaurateurs of the greater St. Louis area: Rumors are coming in that a fake Riverfront Times food critic is on the loose. She's out to wine, dine, opine -- but she ain't got no byline. Here's how an e-mail from our tipster began: "i was wondering if anyone has ever as ... More >>

Photos: Rainbows In St. Louis This Morning, Commuters Snap Shots From Their Cars

Nothing brightens a depressing morning commute better than a nice big rainbow in the St. Louis skyline. And a quick glance at social media shows that many excited drivers have been snapping photos from their cars. (Public service announcement: Just like texting and driving, iPhone photography whil ... More >>

The Future Is Fine: Streaming music isn't evil, it's just different

Does Spotify Mean the End the iPod and Your Music Collection?

When I bought my first iPod--this was the first iPod, when the scroll wheel actually spun around--it was a severe blow to my nerd-cred, which I guarded pretty jealously at the time. (It was the only cred I had.) Relying on iTunes and its untouchable database to maintain my MP3 collection, instead of ... More >>

Sleigh Bells and AraabMuzik at the Pageant: The View From the Mosh Pit [PHOTOS]

Yep, that's right, there was a mosh pit at the Pageant last night during the Sleigh Bells concert. To be fair: maybe the most sedate mosh pit I've ever seen. But I'd like to think at least one person left with bruises and I know I went home covered in a diverse sweat cocktail -- including some from ... More >>

The 18 Best Fans, Musical Moments and Trends at LouFest 2012: Day Two

18. We Remembered to Check The Weather Forecast Soak us once, shame on you, Mother Nature. But soak us twice, and we better be either 1) drunk enough not to care and/or 2) having an intimate slow dance in the rain. Umbrella or not, the diagonal downpour that cut Dawes' set short and delayed Dr. Dog ... More >>

Cows Overheating in the Drought? There's an App for That

Researchers at the University of Missouri are about to release an incredibly handy little app for farmers, given the fact that the state's been declared a certified agricultural disaster area because of weeks of extreme heat. "Thermal Aid" is a new app for smartphones which can help farmers calcula ... More >>

Demond Meek's iPhone Shots of Crumbling STL Get International Attention

Another absorbing entry in the "ruin porn" genre: Professional lens-wielder Demond Meek recently went around his native St. Louis to document architectural decline. He used only his iPhone and uploaded to Instagram. On Friday, the Mail Online -- the most visited website on the entire planet -- ran a ... More >>

Yoko Ono's New iPhone App, #smilesfilm, Aims to Capture Every Smile in the World

Yoko Ono's new iPhone app, #smiles film, was released this week and with it comes an opportunity for fans to participate in Ono's latest art project. Yoko Ono famously won John Lennon's heart when he attended one of her art shows and he saw that she was presenting a positive message. Once LennOno b ... More >>

The Ten Best Shows In St. Louis This Weekend: June 1 to 3

This weekend is the big event: the 2012 RFT Music Showcase! Some eighty-ish bands will descend on Washington Avenue and fill the air with the sweet sounds of St. Louis music. A mere ten bucks buys you a wristband and gets you into all of the shows -- come check out the nominees for this years music ... More >>

Farewell WSGX 100.3 FM, Gen X Radio, We Hardly Heard Ye

Yesterday, Wednesday, May 23, St. Louis radio station WSGX 100.3 FM switched formats from '90s music mecca "GenX Radio" to "The Brew," a classic rock station. The last song for the Generation X-aimed audience was Blind Melon's "No Rain" followed by jarring transition song "I Wanna Rock" by Twisted S ... More >>

The Spirituality of Vinyl

Art and life co-habitate, informing, imitating, and enriching each other constantly. Each week in Better Living Through Music, RFT Music writer Ryan Wasoba explores this symbiotic relationship. Record Store Day has passed, that noble annual event that gets music enthusiasts out of computer chairs a ... More >>

Pomme Cafe and Wine Bar's Josh Martsolf: Featured Bartender of the Week

Welcome to Girl Walks Into a Bar, a weekly Gut Check feature that spotlights local bars and bartenders. This week, Emily Wasserman profiles Pomme Cafe and Wine Bar's Josh Martsolf. Below is a Q&A with Martsolf, followed by his recipe for the Asian Pear Martini.Amongst the bigwigs of the Clayton rest ... More >>

Syna So Pro's Incredible A Capella Smashups of St. Louis Bands

Syna So Pro has been bending St. Louis' collective mind for a while now, taking the concept of the solo act to new heights. Syrhea Conaway - the brainchild behind Syna So Pro - uses an array of foot pedals, instruments and looping technology to create a hypnotic stream of very rad experimental music ... More >>

In the Galleries &ndash Equivalents CLOSES April 7 at Good Citizen Gallery

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

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Introducing the 2012 RFT Web Awards Finalists

​The good news? The St. Louis online community is alive and well. The bad news? There's so much great content out there, it's extremely difficult to come up with a list of the best of the best. But, hey, this is the Internet. People love them some lists. We'd hate to disappoint. So, then, the ... More >>

Daiya Vegan Cheese is Animal-Friendly, but Is It Fat Phobic?

Thanks to social media, corporations and public figures can now embarrass themselves (often by sticking their stinky, figurative feet right into their metaphorical mouths) more easily and more often. While this is usually entertaining (hello, intentional nip slips!) and often illuminating (à la Al ... More >>

Observing the Twentieth Anniversary of the Riverport Riot with the Ten Best Concert Brawls

History shows that Axl Rose doesn't like cameras. The cell phone era must drive him batshit crazy. ​Overshadowed by the celebration of Independence Day, another explosive moment from American history came and went on Saturday, July 2 -- the twentieth anniversary of the infamous Riverport Riot. ... More >>

David Bailey Shakes Up the St. Louis Scene. For Real.

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Spotify's US Launch Approaches; Which Music Service Are You?

​Music fans in the United States don't have a lot to envy of their European brothers and sisters, at least unless they're big fans of Abba or the kind of sticky, glitter-covered dance-pop that usually just makes me really want to leave the youth hostel and brush my teeth. One exception: Spotif ... More >>

BuzzE: Has Local Entrepreneur Brett Rosen Created the New Facebook?

Image viaNew social networking iPhone app BuzzE shows users potential friends nearby.​In May 2010, Brett Rosen walked into a San Francisco restaurant and noticed that almost everyone sitting at the bar was fiddling with a smartphone. That's when he got the idea. If people at a bar are going to ... More >>

Jamie Oliver's Not-So-Local Scottish Sauce Controversy

Some folks in Scotland aren't thrilled with Jaime Oliver. The Scotland Herald reports that the U.K.'s ever-present reminder to eat local food might not be staying true to his word in one of his restaurants. Jamie's Italian in Glasgow is using pasta sauce factory-made 400 miles away. Chefs at Oli ... More >>

Why Steve Jobs is One of the Most Powerful People in Food

Yesterday TheDailyMeal.com revealed its 50 most powerful people in food, and the Canadian Press asked, "Steve Jobs is number five? Huh." Of course, it's because of the changes food apps for iPhones and iPads have created. They further break down the list that includes chefs, bureaucrats, tech innova ... More >>

RFT Flickr Pool Photo of the Day: Dawn Downtown St. Louis

RFT Flickr Pool contributor scoodog shot this pic of the depressed lanes of Interstate 70 earlier this month. Not bad -- especially considering it was snapped with an iPhone. Image by Scoodog via Flickr​Click to submit your photos to the RFT Flickr Pool.

Mother and child reunion in Lena Dunham's Tiny Furniture

Happy Hour in St. Louis? There's an App for That.

Show Review Photos Setlist: The Walkmen and Japandroids Sold-Out Off Broadway, Wednesday, October 20

Jason StoffThe Walkmen at Off Broadway.​St. Louis concertgoers had some deciding to do last night. A number of fine shows -- Free Energy/Foxy Shazam/Hollerado at the Old Rock House, Carolina Chocolate Drops at the Sheldon and the Walkmen/Japandroids at Off Broadway -- graced our fair city. Ju ... More >>

Corpses Aren't Lovin' It in Anti-McDonald's Ads

It's all McDonalds' fault. The Wall Street Journal reports that nonprofit group Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine will air advertisements in Washington, D.C., targeting McDonald's as a cause of heart disease. The spot features a dead man in a morgue, hamburger in hand, with the golden a ... More >>

Energizer Debuts Inductive Charger to Solve Multiple Cord Blues

It looks the world's best Scrabble word -- but St. Louis-based Energizer says its new "Qi"-enabled device is actually a way for users of cell phones, digital cameras, and MP3 players to simplify their lives.Ingenious.​As Energizer explains, the Wireless Power Consortium developed Qi standards so t ... More >>

Forest Park: There's an App for That

​Have you ever gotten lost in Forest Park trying to meet friends or find the ice rink? Have you ever thought, "Damn, I wish I had guidebook to the park on my phone!"?  Well, now you're in luck. Behold the Forest Park Iphone App. The only app that helps you navigate the park's bikeways, find i ... More >>

Beatle Bob Tells Hipster Kids to Eat Their Greens on a New, Healthy-Eating-Themed Childrens Album

www.lynnterry.comBeatle Bob mid-dance move​Of all the earth-shaking changes the age of internet and reality television has brought about, few have been as mystifying, fascinating, and at times, irritating as the 21st century nouveau celebrity -- people who are famous for being famous. Most of ... More >>

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So Where Do You Get a Vuvuzela in This Town?

Image source​The rise of the vuvuzela has been nothing short of astonishing. Last week, nobody outside South Africa had even heard of the things. This week, they have spawned outrage and jokes and even iPhone apps. Next week, they may even be banned. What a trajectory! Of course we all know t ... More >>

SXSW Days Three and Four: Big Star Tribute, Band of Horses, Marianne Dissard, Jakob Dylan, Courtyard Hounds, Boxer Rebellion, KDHX/Twangfest Day Party -- and More

To conclude: Susan Cowsill and the Watson Twins sang "September Gurls," with the remains of Big Star playing loose and beautiful all around them. It shouldn't have happened; most of what happens shouldn't. In life, as with music, we only get so much say. Alex Chilton's passing just days before Big S ... More >>

Presenting the Microwave Art of Kenny Irwin

Image sourceIrwin and some of his (non-microwaved) art.​Lucia Pamela, the musician and space traveler who is the star of this week's feature, was not the only artistically gifted member of her family. Her mother, Lucia Beck, was a concert pianist. Her daughter, Georgia Frontiere, was a nightclub s ... More >>

Foursquare Makes Its Splash in St. Louis (Finally)

Last week Foursquare finally made its debut in St. Louis. That's a little later than co-founder Dennis Crowley told us back in July, but it is within his expectation of being available here by the end of October.​Here is a little recap on what Foursquare is and what it does. Foursquare is a locati ... More >>

Apple Announcement a Big YAWNER

​So, my guess was wrong about Apple releasing the Beatles catalog on iTunes. I'm not ashamed of that. It was a long shot. But I did get some things right about the Apple announcement and I was surprised by quite a few things, too. I was right about iTunes 9. That wasn't hard to guess. I haven't ha ... More >>

RFT Picks for Twitter Follow Friday: STL Tweeps

There's no particular theme to this weeks picks, other than these are some local people who I enjoy following on Twitter.

The Noble Writ: So You Want to Be a Wine Geek?

Dave Nelson is the author of the blog Beer, Wine and Whisky. He writes about wine for Gut Check every Tuesday.Wine is a daunting subject: tens of thousands of producers, located in unique microclimates all around the world, each creating between one and dozens of wines, each of which is different t ... More >>

Mizzou to J-School Class of 2013: Be Prepared, Buy an iPhone!

flickr.com/photos/ryanmftLet nobody say the administration of University of Missouri School of Journalism is out of touch with its students. These profs understand that lectures, the scourge of college students since the Middle Ages, are so, like, boring. Especially when they're at the ungodly hour ... More >>

TSA Detains Ron Paul Campaigner at Lambert; Asks Him: "Are You From This Planet?"

Remember that controversial memo Missouri officials circulated to law enforcement this February? You know, the one that lumped followers of Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty (and other political organizations) as possible militia members? campaignforliberty.comSteve BierfeldtWell, that memo is getting ... More >>

Missouri Ranks Number 35 in Something! (That's Good News, Right? Wrong!)

Stuff sometimes conspires to make Unreal feel like a pretty dense Mensan. To combat Alzheimer's, we engage in iPhone calisthenics like Word Warp. But when we really want to stump ourself, we turn to the New York Times' Freakonomics blog. A recent installment involves an interactive map of the USA, a ... More >>

Balloonatics: Hey kid, wanna see my balloon dog?

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Auto-Chaotic

As giant robots transform all around us (!), it’s good to know Michael Bay won’t ever change