Audio and Video Devices

The Ten Best Shows in St. Louis This Weekend: April 5 to 7

Sometimes, it's good to unplug the headphones and take a break from music for a minute simply to absorb the sounds from immediate surroundings. Take the Riverfront Times office soundtrack lately, for instance. Above my head, some intense industrial power sanding or something rattles the mug of tepid ... More >>

How Has Streaming Changed the Way Albums are Made?

In this week's feature, Dan Moore talks about the way our music-listening habits have changed over the past century, all the way from live performance to instantaneous streaming of 99% of all recorded music. He asks a number of good questions. Among my favorites is this one: "Why listen to the worst ... More >>

Arrested Development

9 p.m. Saturday, October 20. 2720 Cherokee, 2720 Cherokee Street.

If You Don't Buy Katy Perry's Songs, You'll Get More Katy Perry Movies

Katy Perry: Part of Me came out last weekend, and early returns are not great. Friday-to-Sunday it made $7.1 million, edged out by the month-old Madagascar 3 and Madea's Witness Protection, which is a real movie that exists. In spite of its 3D release, no movie in the Top 10 made less money per scre ... More >>

The Ten Best Shows In St. Louis This Weekend: May 11 to 13

Local music fans in the know spent last night at KDHX's massive party at the City Museum, Midwest Mayhem -- I myself had to wash my eyeballs this morning to try and purge them of the things I saw at the skatepark burlesque show. The whole event was huge, weird, fun and extremely exhausting, but ther ... More >>

The Ten Best Things to do in St. Louis This Weekend: February 3 to 5

Courtesy of Bass Amp & Dan-OFunny-smelling punks, doubtless wishing they'd slapped a different tossed off title on their fantastic show at Off Broadway this weekend.​It may not be picnic weather, but it's still pretty damn nice for the first weekend in February. And yes, we realize the ice ca ... More >>

Punk Rock Isn't Dead: It Just Smells Funny

8 p.m. Friday, February 3. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

KDHX DJs Team Up With Local Musicians, The Pulitzer Foundation For the Arts and Multimedia Artist Ann Hamilton to Create Sound Waves

Image viaViewers can participate in the exhibit in several ways, including playing records on a turntable.​Stylus, Ann Hamilton's installation currently residing at the Pulitzer, relies heavily on you. The exhibit explores communication, both through gesture and "call." A visitor can speak i ... More >>

The Ponys

8 p.m. Friday, October 1. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

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 >>

Take it to The Shed: The Gramophone to host collaborative open mic

Click for a larger version​Since opening in 2008, The Gramophone has become one of the best places to experience a multitude of musical endeavors. It's the new home of ultra-hip dance party London Calling, and in the coming weeks will see the return of Chicago's mash-up virtuosos the Hood Inte ... More >>

Parents: Don't Let That Flat-Screen TV Flatten Your Child

...before it kills you.​I got admit, I chuckled at first when KSDK Channel 5 aired a segment Friday on the dangers of falling televisions.The station told the story of a local two-year-old injured in December when she pulled the family's traditional television down from its stand. Doctors treating ... More >>

Zing Go Those Strings

Review: Naughty by Nature and Kid Capri at the Ambassador, Friday, December 4

This was my first concert at the Ambassador. I must say, if you don't mind getting a "St. Louis Ice-breaker" (my new name for a thorough pat-down at the door), it's really not a bad venue. The floor space is generous and the sound system was adequate, with several small bars around the perimeter and ... More >>

Many Arms

8 p.m. Thursday, November 5. The Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue.

Hoots and Hellmouth

9 p.m. Saturday, June 6. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

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 >>

The Cool Kids/Black Spade

10 p.m. Friday, April 24. Black Label Gallery Lounge, 758 South Fourth Street.

Wall Ball 2009

FoodWire: Bistro Alexander Closed?

My Post-Dispatch counterpart, Joe Bonwich, broke the possible news on his Off the Menu blog yesterday: Clayton's Bistro Alexander (7927 Forsyth Boulevard) seems to have closed. I swung by this morning for a look, and while the tables remain set, artwork and a flat-screen TV have been removed from th ... More >>

'90s Hip-Hop Jam of the Week: Jay-Z featuring Ja Rule and Amil, "Can I Get A..."

That iPod "name the first line of the song" meme is going around Facebook, and one of the few tracks I guessed was this one. 

McCain's Last (And Only) Hope

Concert Review: Dan Deacon at the Billiken Club, April 12, 2008

Review Preview: Rasoi

Appleseed Cast

Thursday, February 23 at 8 p.m. at the Gargoyle (on the campus of Washington University, Forsyth and Skinker boulevards).

MC Lars

Wednesday, February 22 at 8 p.m. at the Gargoyle (on the campus of Washington University, Forsyth and Skinker boulevards)

Lemonata

Boogaloo, 7344 Manchester Road, Maplewood; 314-645-4803.

Big Head Todd and the Monsters

Wednesday, January 18; the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard)

DnB Liberation Front Tour

Sunday, January 8; the Upstairs Lounge (3131 South Grand Boulevard)

Santana

All That I Am (Arista/Sony)

Arnold Palmer Sr.

Atomic Cowboy, 4140 Manchester Avenue, 314-775-0775.

Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972)

Week of June 1, 2005

Best Place to Eat Out Alone

DB's Sports Bar

Best Kennel

Kennelwood Village

Best Drag Show

The Complex

Pool Sharks

No lifeguard on duty

Private Party

Blueberry Hill

Pageant Winners

Who showed up -- and who didn't -- to collect their RFT Music Awards

Sports Bar

Krieger's

Fog Advisory

In our humble opinion, RFT contributor Andrew Broder is headed for rock stardom

Best Gay Bar

The Complex

They Got the Beat

Miami welcomes the Winter Music Conference and, with it, a whole new culture

Various Artists

Third Lip Cabaret: Opened (Third Lip)

Squares Pegged

Profiling St. Louis' most ethical band, the Red Squares, sparks an ethical dilemma

Mixed Breed

Checking out the kibble at the Spotted Dog Cafe

THE INN CROWD

The Seven Gables Inn welcomes chef David Slay back to his hometown

MULTIPLE-
PERSONALITY
DISORDER

Something-for-everyone restaurant Colorado leaves diners cold

BUMP-BUMP IN THE NIGHT

Superstar DJ Carl Cox moves the masses with his inspired beat-matching

LIP SERVICE

The Planned Parenthood-sponsored Third Lip Cabaret returns to Cicero's

Triple Threat Tour featuring Apollo, Shortkut, Vin Rock, DJ Cue and Mr. Sinister

Friday, July 23; Karma