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Team Kerouac: Kristen Stewart and Garrett Hedlund chat about the film version of On the Road

The Real Decade of the One Hit Wonder

In the last couple of weeks St. Louis has had somewhat of an influx of '90s nostalgia acts coming through town. Sponge played Cicero's, Soul Asylum made an appearance at the Old Rock House and Reel Big Fish just played the Pageant. This got us to thinking.... The '80s are remembered musically for t ... More >>

The Weezer Cruise: A Beginners' Guide To Fitting In

​I'm half-convinced, after yesterday's news, that I'm living inside a Pitchfork blogger's fever dream: There is in fact a Weezer Cruise scheduled for next January, and it is exactly what it sounds like: Weezer will be on board, performing with a swarm of indie and indie-ish bands, and everyone ... More >>

The Five Saddest CDs You Can Buy for Under $2 at Best Buy

​Best Buy has a certain number of CDs it sells for preposterously cheap. Let's be clear: This isn't a bargain bin situation, where they clearly just upend the refuse in a cardboard dumpster and let people dive in. This is actual stock, kept on shelves, that in most cases sold (poorly, obviousl ... More >>

Battle Reuben: East Coast vs. West Coast

​Gut Check can think of countless perks of living in a so-called flyover state: no hurricanes, smaller egos and virtually no pressure when confronting the unanswerable question -- 2Pac or Biggie? Here at the crossroads of America, where our most famous rapper was best-known for a singsong cade ... More >>

L.A. Times Restaurant Critic Outed. Literally.

Veteran restaurant critic S. Irene Virbila had an encounter that won't lead to a sparkling review. Tuesday night, while dining at Red Medicine in Beverly Hills, a managing partner took her photo and kicked her out. The manager, Noah Ellis, posted the photo on the restaurant's website with the messag ... More >>

Bravo's Andy Cohen on "The Real Housewives of St. Louis"

Andy Cohen HATES you, St. Louis.​Note to all you gorgeous housewives of St. Louis, Clayton and Ladue: Andy Cohen does not want you to put you on TV. The senior vice president for original programming and development at Bravo -- and wrangler of so-called "Real" Housewives&nb ... More >>

Anti-Puppy Mill Campaign Racks Up Out-of-Town Donations

UPDATED AT 5:45 p.m. with a comment from the groupMissourians for the Protection of Dogs, the group hoping to convince Missouri voters to ban puppy mills, got a huge financial boost in the last month -- with a staggering $795,000 collected from out-of-town donors and advocacy groups in August and th ... More >>

Top Ten 90s Fashion WTFs

What in the name of Ian Ziering's mullet were we smoking?​When a wise man concluded that there's nothing new under the sun, he had to have been mulling American fashion. We've been recycling the same trends, give or take an accessory or two, for nearly 70 years. Hence the all-too-predictable 1980s ... More >>

Kings of Leon and the Pigeon Poop: An Update [Updated With Response]

Erin KinsellaKings of Leon at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, St. Louis, July 23, 2010​[Update, Monday, July 27, 9 p.m. Kings of Leon's publicist tells us that the story is "absolutely untrue."] Three days after pigeon poop shut down Kings of Leon's show at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheat ... More >>

Joe Washington of Northeast Ambulance & Fire District Sentenced for Clean Air Violations

Joe Washington​The former chief of the Northeast Ambulance & Fire Protection District was sentenced today to one year of probation for violating the Clean Air Act.Joe Washington pleaded guilty in December for violating EPA regulations when he had asbestos removed last year from the fire distri ... More >>

The Grand Mac Experiment So Far

​So, just how well is the Mark-McGwire-recast-as-hitting-coach experiment going? Two words: Not Well. Okay, maybe three words: Really Not Well. So far we've got Jack Clark ripping Big Mac and everyone else who played in the 90s pretty much indiscriminately, Jose Canseco scoring poin ... More >>

January is National Breakup Month. Time to Love 'Em and Leave 'Em

"So long, Marianne, it's time that we began To laugh and cry and laugh about it all again." --Leonard Cohen Image Via​Beware the month of January. It is the season of heartbreak. Cold and dreary, even the lovelorn grow restless. The holidays are over and it's a long hard road to the ne ... More >>

Grounded: Up in the Air director Jason Reitman has a good sense of where he's from and where he's headed

Joe Washington, Former Chief of Northeast Fire District, Pleads Guilty to EPA Offense

Joe Washington​Joe Washington was fired last month from his job as chief of the Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District, but the controversial official still remains under scrutiny. In St. Louis County a grand jury is looking into payments Washington and attorney, Elbert Walton Jr., made ... More >>

Sneak of the Dead

​Pay attention: In the event of a zombie apocalypse, the information I'm about to give you may be the difference between having your cranium cracked open like the sugar crust on a crème brûlée and parlaying a considerable stash of vodka and ammo into living the good life with a harem somewhere ... More >>

Photos: Cardiac Arrest, God Fodder, Sweet Tooth at Binge and Purge, Apop Records, 8/22/09

Yesterday on Cherokee, neighboring shops -- Binge & Purge and Apop Records -- hosted bands and barbecue, for an end-of-summer party. Pat Sajak Assassins, The Fins, Suburban Smash, Medical Tourists, Maximum Effort, God Fodder, Cardiac Arrest, Kansas City's Dark Ages and Lester Shy and The Shyphon ... More >>

Tonight's Municipal Meetings Guaranteed to be as Exciting as All-Star Game

flickr.com/photos/joshbouselDoes baseball have this effect on you? Tonight you're in luck.Couldn't care less about tonight's All-Star Game? Well, you're in luck. A couple municipalities are having meetings tonight that are sure to provide as many theatrics -- possibly more -- than you'll find at Bus ... More >>

Dawson's Creek Guy Now in Serious Political Movie, and Coming to St. Louis

The heartthrob beat isn't one I normally jump into, but when it comes to stories about former teen heartthrobs, well they have just have more allure. Oh hey, I'm James Van Der Beek. That brings us to the case of James Van Der Beek, who, as you may know, is the smirking guy to the right there. He was ... More >>

It's a Wonderful Line: What was Jimmy Stewart's favorite cinematic moment?

Tonight! So Many Dynamos Does Weezer, Target Market Slacks off as Pavement at Off Broadway

Ashley Grills Allegedly Admits Role in Megan Meier MySpace Hoax

The All Nude Bare Ass Naked Truth: It Ain't Over Till the Fat Lady Sues

Savage Love

Testing the limits of familial bonds, one nursing-home application at a time.

Skater Boyz N the Hood

Teen rebels rule in Larry Clark’s Wassup Rockers.

Tube Boobs

American Dreamz' nation of idiots lands a little close to home

Love at First Fight

This Pride & Prejudice brings fresh passion to an old love story

Keira Get Your Gun

Domino chronicles the life of a model turned bounty hunter

The Academy Is...

Tuesday, July 5; Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

Boink Till You Oink

Unreal celebrates Missouri's status as the most sexually adventurous state in the union, crunches the numbers on the NHL and symphony strikes and vicariously meets a dapper young boxer; plus, we get a long overdue haircut

Verboten!

We ban rock cliches, fatwa Eric Clapton and read up on music nerds

All You Can Eat

James L. Brooks serves up too much of a good thing in Spanglish

Call Him Al

An epic story turns human -- and fallible -- in Oliver Stone's Alexander

Side Dish

Paint your plate at two new art-museum eateries

Must Be the Money

Billionaires for Bush step out of their limos and deliver a message

Making Traks

Sham Daugherty and Alonzo Lee Jr., the Trak Starz, aim to make St. Louis the center of the hip-hop universe

Sidestep of the Machines

The Terminator's back. Again.

Speed Demonizing

Week of June 11, 2003

RFT Hires Disgraced NYT Pinocchio

Jayson Blair may be persona non grata in New York, but he'll be right at home here

That '60s Show

Oliver Beene goes against fake millionaires and phony idols

Short Buss

Two sororities battle for a coveted prize. H.O.T.S., anyone? Not quite.

Riddle Me This

Once you're inside the new Science Center exhibit, it's really hard to leave.

That's a Winner

Culinary star David Slay teams up with baseball great Ozzie Smith to produce a terrific dining experience

The Wright Stuff

Mayor Adrian Wright knows what's right for Pine Lawn. If folks don't like it, that's just tough.

Emma Goes to France

Amélie serves up a daring, moving take on Jane Austen's best-loved heroine

God's Gift

From the Mountain come joyous songs about life, death and redemption

Flower Power

David Slay's new restaurant, Zu Zu's Petals, reminds diners that it is indeed a wonderful life

The Tired Gun

Or: Why winning an Oscar sometimes means losing sight of a career

Pop Fiction

Popcorn takes on the topic of Hollywood violence in a hilarious but none-too-gentle way

DETROIT ROCK CITY

Directed by Adam Rifkin