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True Stories: Actors' Studio articulates Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

RFT Spring Arts Guide 2013: Theater

The Way We Die Now: Movie violence has never been better — or more reckless

Who Wants to Pay $500 to Eat the Last Meal Served Aboard the Titanic?

Man-made disasters and tragedies range from the historic to the Darwin Award-winning, but no single event has proven to be as romanticized or lucrative an enterprise as the deaths of those 1,514 people who went down with the R.M.S. Titanic on April 15, 1912. Though it hasn't been news in 100 years, ... More >>

Watch Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three on Jools Holland's NYE Hootenanny

Just in case you weren't watching the BBC on Saturday in the middle of the afternoon, here's hometown heroes Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three on Jools Holland's annual Hootenanny. You can see clips of the quartet playing "Drinkin' Whiskey Tonight" and the always fantastic "La La Blues," below. ... More >>

RIP Poet and Songwriter Fran Landesman, 1927-2011: "Life is a Bitch"

image viaFran Landesman in 1996.​Fran Landesman, a poet and songwriter who, along with her husband Jay and brother-in-law Fred, ran the Crystal Palace nightclub in Gaslight Square in the late 1950s, died last Saturday, July 23, in London. She was 83. Her website proclaims her "the poet laurea ... More >>

Kings of the jungle get the March of the Penguins treatment in African Cats

Dining with Children and Other Brats

Wikimedia CommonsKeep the bowl-head at home, Junior.​There was a time when all restaurants were family restaurants. Pubs were gathering place for all ages and babysitters weren't even invented. Restaurants weren't places to escape the daily grind; they were places to eat and socialize. But so ... More >>

Egg Producers Sued for Price Inflation

Egg producers are in trouble again. Not because of salmonella, but because of egg price inflation. The Kansas City Star reports that the Associated Wholesale Grocers in Kansas City, Kansas, filed suit against a "cartel" of egg producers that it alleges has conspired since 1999 to raise egg prices. E ... More >>

St. Louis Stereo, a new high-end audio store, brings out the best in music

New Release Highlights For November 22: A Special Monday Edition

(New releases come out on Monday this week. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on? Find out below.) The Alchemist and Oh No join forces as Gangrene​*Gangrene, Gutter Water Gangrene is a collaboration between the Alchemist and Oh No. Pitchfork gave Gangrene a 6.7, saying "the rapping ... More >>

Ten Animal Parts You Probably Didn't Know Were Food

Photo from bbc dig it​After watching Anthony "No Reservations" Bourdain dine on warthog anus (yes, warthog anus), it seemed potentially instructive to search the web for other implausible anatomical snacks.It was.So, to honor Mr. Bourdain's adventurous palate, here's a compilation of the top eight ... More >>

Little Farms Benefit From Massive Egg Recall

Small egg farmers benefit from massive recall. CNBC reports that an Amish farmer in Kansas can't keep up with demand with her 100 hens as consumers turn to small producers in light of August's recalls from egg factory farms. Other small farmers are growing crops they'll never consume. According to ... More >>

The Morning Brew: 4.20

The air travel catastrophe caused by Iceland's volcano can teach some important lessons about eating locally in the U.K. The Guardian detailed how the huge ash cloud is preventing Kenyan produce imports from reaching western Europe. Tons of fruits and vegetables have already been dumped because the ... More >>

Interview Outtakes: Hugh Cornwell of the Stranglers Pens His Debut Novel, Makes a DVD, Gives Away His Music for Free

In this week's paper, Jason Toon chatted with Hugh Cornwell of U.K. pub-punk legends the Stranglers. Cornwell is playing tonight at Off Broadway, with local openers Lida Una, in support of his new solo album, Hooverdam. (STL native KRISTEENYOUNG was originally listed as the opener, but is no longer ... More >>

Restaurant Roll Call for 2009

RFT editorial coordinator Courtney Schilling and I did our best to compile as thorough a list of openings and closings as possible. Inevitably, though, some places will slip through the cracks. Please drop us a line or leave a comment with additions or deletions. - IanIan FroebMcCormick & Schmic ... More >>

I'm guessing your password is 123456

Phishing scams seem to have spiked in recent weeks on email systems like Hotmail and Gmail according to the BBC. A lists of thousands of usernames and passwords from Hotmail, Gmail and other services have been surfacing here and there around the Internet. This comes after a report in August from IBM ... More >>

This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated

Ian FroebA short week, but no less busy for it. Thankfully, no closures (that I know of) this week. In fact, we had some good news, for a change: Pappy's Smokehouse will represent the 314 at the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party in New York City next month.Also this week:The Sneak went to the opera.Ste ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Friday, 5.29

The U.S. and Russia continue talks over Russia's ban on U.S. meat after the swine-flu outbreak. (Guardian)The governor-general of Canada is in trouble for eating raw seal meat. (BBC News)Pittsburgh fishmongers crack down on Detroit residents buying octopus before the Stanley Cup Finals begin.(Yahoo! ... More >>

Chris Stamey and Peter Holsapple of the dB's Play Free Show at Euclid Records, Sunday, February 1

Gee, it's like a late Christmas all up here in A to Z HQ today. First the new Morrissey album leaks and now this email floats into my inbox: "Pop/Rock Legends Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey to Give Free Concert at Euclid Records As Part of 45 RPM Charity Series." Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey, ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 12.17

President-elect Obama will name former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack to be his secretary of agriculture. Vilsack is seen as a strong proponent of biofuels. (New York Times)The new tactics food banks are employing to stay stocked during tough economic times. (AP)British beer drinkers will still be able ... More >>

¡Ask a Mexican!: Was the Jimi Hendrix experience at all rooted in Mexico?

Bar of the Week (Cougar Edition): Failoni's

The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 7.8

Three the Hard Way

No Country released on DVD

How the West was wasted: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford now on DVD

Chick Flick, Two Ways

In Keaton v. Heigl, girl power (Mad Money) trumps bridesmaid fashion (27 Dresses).

Pause & Rewind

The best DVDs of '07 made old movies feel new again.

Kitchen Nightmares: Dillons

Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

Keeping the Meter Running

Taxi Driver: Collector's Edition

Beat the Crowd

Glastonbury

A new book explores the history of the influential U.K. label Rough Trade — but does it get history right?

Plus, a sidebar detailing some of the label's essential releases.

Our top DVD picks for the week of January 11

Film Openings

Week of January 4, 2006

Pet Smarts

Meet Be Your Own Pet, the Nashville group that carries on punk's young, loud and snotty tradition.

Bond in a Bikini

Week of July 6, 2006

The Lexicon of Love

B-Sides catches up with ABC's Martin Fry, discusses this year's Clayton Jazz Fest and shows off the next grand-slammin' St. Louis scene trading card

Our top DVD picks for the week of March 28

Our top DVD picks for the week of February 28

Mute Button

Michael Keaton hears dead people living in White Noise

Dance, Dance Revolution

This was the year electronic dance music got its head -- and its ass -- out of the past.

MF Doom

MM..Food (Rhymesayers)

Just Get Out!

We evict party laggers, improve our singing voice and remember the best beer ad of all time

Soft-Shoe Soft Sell

Gere and J. Lo Dance, and there's nothing dirty about it

Best Makeover

KETC-TV (Channel 9)'s local programming

Captured and Enraptured

Romantic complexity fills and surrounds this superb Castle

Gothic Revival

The BBC brings cult favorite Gormenghast to dark life

Toy Story

The creators of Chicken Run find soul in a lump of clay

Human Traffic

Written and directed by Justin Kerrigan