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    March 21, 2012

    Big (Lap) Dance: A Guide to Adult Entertainment in St. Louis

    ​You're in town for the Midwest Regional of the NCAA Tournament. The basketball has ended for the night, and you're still looking for some "live" entertainment to keep the party going? Well, does Riverfront Times have some advice for you! (And they say service journalism is dead?) Plug a few of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    The Worst Moments from SXSW 2012

    The last few days, Village Voice Media's indefatigable music staff has been regaling you with stories of the best from SXSW 2012. In the midst of these discoveries, we've been culling another list: the worst shit. The acts that ranged from huge bore-fests to downright lame. Below, you'll find our cr ... More >>

  • Music

    February 23, 2012

    Zola Jesus

    8 p.m. Thursday, February 23. Luminary Center for the Arts, 4900 Reber Place.

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    Best St. Louis Shows of 2011: Part Three

    Show in a Van Down by the River, November 16 November 16th was chilly this year, as November 16ths in St. Louis tend to be. Rain was tentatively in the forecast, and a quick glance to the cloud-covered skies served only as confirmation of our local weather forecasters' suspicions. In an unassuming ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    The Kitchens are Alive with the Sound of Music

    Image via​After a recent lunch at a Chinese hog trough buffet where we were lulled into stupor by the gentle tones of "Rock-a-Bye-Baby" on the sound system and one too many sticks of chicken meat, we've been thinking a lot about music and food. Turns out we're not the only ones. Around the s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 20, 2011

    MAKE and Take

    Image via​After a recent lunch at a Chinese hog trough buffet where we were lulled into stupor by the gentle tones of "Rock-a-Bye-Baby" on the sound system and one too many sticks of chicken meat, we've been thinking a lot about music and food. Turns out we're not the only ones. Around the s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Jeff Smith Reveals Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Prison Sex But Were Afraid to Ask

    Of course you wanted to know about it. That's the first thing just about any adult thinks of when they hear about a man going to prison. Even before the image of the bright orange jumpsuit comes to mind. A few weeks ago, disgraced former Missouri politician Jeff Smith, now a professor at The New Sc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Spelling Bee Returns From A Tour That Included A Break-In And Several Great Bands

    Photo by Mabel Suen​Noise-rock duo Spelling Bee recently embarked on a tour that took members Joseph Hess and Mabel Suen to Washington D.C., Baltimore, Bost and more. We explored the band's approach to D.I.Y. in a feature as the tour was kicking off. Now that they've returned, we asked drumme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Church Sign Advocates Legalization of Marijuana

    Daily RFT reader Thomas Crone forwarded us the following pic snapped yesterday in Brooklyn, Illinois. Crone tells us he pulled his car over to text someone when -- like Moses confronted by the burning bush -- he couldn't help but notice this Godly message staring him in the face. flickr/akita*314​ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Humdrum Hits The Road, Blows A Tire In Brooklyn And Comes Back With Tour Advice

    Humdrum on a Subway in NYC. Courtesy of Dan Meehan​Humdrum recently returned from its second tour, and first to hit the coast. Among the band's standout stops were Cincinnati, Ohio; Ithaca, New York; and Washington, D.C. And, as with most tours, a few things did not go according to plan. For i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    They Might Be Giants is Coming to the Pageant

    wikimedia commons​Brooklyn alt-rock pioneer and boundless life enthusiast They Might Be Giants has just announced a whole bunch of fall tour dates, and we've got one of them. The band comes to the Pageant on Saturday, September 24. Tickets are $25.00 and go on sale May 20th at 5 p.m.

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    George Vecsey on "Prince of New York" Stan Musial

    ​Veteran New York Times sports columnist George Vecsey will be at O'B Clark's in Brentwood next Thursday night, May 12, for a signing party of his new book Stan Musial: An American Life. (The event is sponsored by Left Bank Books.) Yesterday he took some time out from his tour to talk to Daily ... More >>

  • Music

    April 21, 2011

    Lightning Bolt/Parts & Labor/Spelling Bee

    8 p.m. Saturday, April 23. The Luminary Center for the Arts, 4900 Reber Place.

  • Culture

    April 14, 2011

    Featured Review: Larry Fink: Attraction and Desire -- 50 Years in Photography

    8 p.m. Saturday, April 23. The Luminary Center for the Arts, 4900 Reber Place.

  • Music

    March 17, 2011

    Cult of Youth

    9 p.m. Monday, March 21. Apop Records, 2831 Cherokee Street.

  • Music

    March 10, 2011

    The city's long-running slop-pop experts celebrate turning eighteen this weekend

    9 p.m. Monday, March 21. Apop Records, 2831 Cherokee Street.

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Chefs Hate Foodies. Customers Hate Servers.

    It's a harsh world. CNN asked why chefs hate foodies. Los Angeles chef Suzanne Goin said, "To me it's never negative, it's kind of done, that term - can you just calm down and eat your food and like it and not have to be a foodie? But that's me being the jaded food professional. It's better than ... More >>

  • Music

    January 20, 2011

    The Bengsons

    8 p.m. Monday, January 24. Cranky Yellow, 2847 Cherokee Street.

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Man Killed Last Night at Peek-A-Boo Club; Latest Shooting at Brooklyn Strip Joints

    ​Police are searching for the suspect who shot and killed a patron at the Peek-A-Boo Club in Brooklyn, Illinois, around 4 a.m. this morning. According to reports, a man was kicked out of the strip club for fighting. That same man allegedly returned to the club with the gun and shot two men in the ... More >>

  • Music

    November 4, 2010

    Fang Island

    8 p.m. Wednesday, November 10. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

  • Culture

    September 8, 2010

    St. Louis Stage Capsules

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the St. Louis theater scene

  • Culture

    September 1, 2010

    Scrap Mettle: Mustard Seed digs down to the roots of Lynn Nottage's career

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the St. Louis theater scene

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    Top Ten Google Street View Photobombs (PICS)

    Search Engine Land​In honor of yesterday's epic "Dead Girl" Google Street Bomb, as reported by Gawker, we've put together a list of the top ten Google Street View Photobombs. 

  • News

    August 11, 2010

    ¡Ask a Mexican! Special Comida Edition

    Search Engine Land​In honor of yesterday's epic "Dead Girl" Google Street Bomb, as reported by Gawker, we've put together a list of the top ten Google Street View Photobombs. 

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Show Review: Warpaint and Javelin Thrill the Luminary Center for the Arts, Thursday, August 5

    Diana BenantiWarpaint last night at the Luminary Center for the Arts.​ Warpaint and Javelin Luminary Center for the Arts August 5 East Coast battled West Coast last night at the Luminary Center for the Arts, as dynamic Brooklyn sample sluts Javelin opened for Los Angeles' languid post-punk go ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Sometimes Handmade Isn't Best: Etsy's Questionable Food Crafts

    Last week Regretsy, the website that culls online mega craft show Etsy for the worst handmade goods -- "Handmade? It looks like you made it with your feet." -- featured an art photo they dubbed "Shit Sandwich." The artist, unimpressed with a sandwich she'd ordered, reconstructed her leftovers, took ... More >>

  • Music

    June 16, 2010

    Wakey!Wakey!

    8 p.m. Thursday, June 17. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    Sleigh Bells Not Playing Tonight's Yeasayer Show at the Gargoyle

    Bummer news for many in town, for sure: Sleigh Bells -- the buzzed-about scream-pop duo from Brooklyn -- has canceled its opening slot for Yeasayer tonight at the Gargoyle. According to its Twitter, it's due to a "family emergency" and the tour will pick back up on Tuesday. All is not lost, however: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Concert Review: Past Lives, Air Waves Clench Up in a Graveyard at the Firebird, Wednesday, March 24

    You can tell more about a band when it plays to a dead room than a packed one. Does it acknowledge the low turnout, say more than a few words, and interact with the smattering there? (Invariably, the audience is blank-slate get-out-of-the-housers and fan-listing faithful.) Or does a band clench up a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    First Lady of United States of America Settles Pizza Rivalry: New York is Better Than Chicago

    But what about St. Louis? Pi: Not even in the running.​Many of us know by now that President Barack Obama dug the pizza from St. Louis' own Pi so much when he ate it here during his campaign, he invited Pi's staff to the White House to prepare it there.

  • Music

    March 24, 2010

    JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound

    10 p.m. Friday, March 26. The Gramophone, 4243 Manchester Avenue.

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2010

    Undine On Top

    10 p.m. Friday, March 26. The Gramophone, 4243 Manchester Avenue.

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    A Mexico-Based Competitor to SXSW Kicks Off this Weekend

    The mammoth SXSW 2010 has competition this year from a new, independent music and arts festival south of the border in Monterrey, Mexico. Called Festival de Musica y arte para todas las Edades -- or simply MtyMx -- the three-day festival lasts Saturday, March 20 through Monday, March 22, and is bill ... More >>

  • Music

    March 3, 2010

    Pattern is Movement/Via Audio

    9 p.m. Thursday, March 4. The Billiken Club, 20 North Grand Boulevard, in the Busch Student Center on the campus of Saint Louis University.

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    Pink Handcuffs Can't Hold Brooklyn Man Arrested For Burning Rubber

    Image ViaCops love donuts but not this kind.​Just when you think crime and punishment in the metro east suburbs can't get anymore absurd (Taco Bell police chase, anyone?) a guy goes and escapes from the pink handcuffs of a female Brooklyn police officer.A 23-year-old man -- police declined to name ... More >>

  • Music

    February 24, 2010

    Sherwood/Hot Chelle Rae/Black Gold

    8 p.m. Tuesday, March 2. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Radical Sons Relocates, Records with Eli Janney

    Indie-garage band the Radical Sons -- or rather, RS members Ben Goldstein and Nick Risler -- have relocated to Brooklyn, New York. The young act plans to record a new EP, the follow-up to last year's Throwing Knives, in April with Eli Janney. (While known for his work with Wilco and Ryan Adams, Jann ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 2.9

    Health officials destroy over $1,000 worth of local fruit over business license dispute. (Chicago Tribune) ​ USDA kills never-functional livestock-tracking program. (Des Moines Register)Brooklyn high school students flock to food justice class. (New York Times)Need sandwich assistance? There' ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 3, 2010

    Top Pair: Upstream and Mustard Seed add up to a winning weekend of theater

    Health officials destroy over $1,000 worth of local fruit over business license dispute. (Chicago Tribune) ​ USDA kills never-functional livestock-tracking program. (Des Moines Register)Brooklyn high school students flock to food justice class. (New York Times)Need sandwich assistance? There' ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 27, 2010

    Race Against Ourselves

    Health officials destroy over $1,000 worth of local fruit over business license dispute. (Chicago Tribune) ​ USDA kills never-functional livestock-tracking program. (Des Moines Register)Brooklyn high school students flock to food justice class. (New York Times)Need sandwich assistance? There' ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 12, 2009

    Drum Headquarters

    Health officials destroy over $1,000 worth of local fruit over business license dispute. (Chicago Tribune) ​ USDA kills never-functional livestock-tracking program. (Des Moines Register)Brooklyn high school students flock to food justice class. (New York Times)Need sandwich assistance? There' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    FoodWire: Scotch Tasting at Moxy

    Central West End bistro Moxy (4584 Laclede Avenue; website) is hosting a tasting of single-malt scotches on Saturday, December 5. Participants will get to try Macallan 18-year, Glenfarclas 25-year, Glenmorangie 18-year, Ardbeg Nam Beist, Bowmore 18-year and Highland Park 25-year. There will be ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 18, 2008

    The Nose Knows

    But can it pick a spouse?

  • Calendar

    October 3, 2007

    Back in Brighton

    But can it pick a spouse?

  • News

    October 4, 2006
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    March 1, 2006

    Can You Dig It?

    Warriors come out and play

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