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Dead Wax Records Opens Its Doors on Cherokee Street

Last Saturday, Dead Wax Records (1959 Cherokee Street; 314-913-3692) quietly opened its doors for business, offering a few hundred square feet of neatly packed LPs for collectors and vinyl newbs alike to peruse. Shoppers and sun soakers have a new spot to stop in on Saturdays, and the small but well ... More >>

Free Comic Book Day: A Virgin's Guide to Attaining Maximum Pleasure

You're nervous. Excited. Sweaty. Impatient. You just know that everyone else has done it a million times while you're bumbling around on the Internet searching for any sliver of information that might help you to not look like an idiot. You may as well write "virgin" across your forehead. Don't wor ... More >>

Star Wars vs. Star Trek: Which Space Saga Reigns Supreme?

"It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire." So begins the famous opening crawl to Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, the 1977 film that kicked off a universe full of furry dog-beasts, deadly weapons of l ... More >>

A-Z Highlights of Wizard World St. Louis

Sometimes it takes an event like Wizard World Comic Con to prove that "nerd" doesn't necessarily mean "dork" nowadays. Tens of thousands of people swarmed the America's Center this weekend for St. Louis' first-ever Comic Con, a three-day event celebrating pop culture and science fiction. The event ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending August 26, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books and Subterranean Books. This week, we find ourselves in a State of Wonder (incidenta ... More >>

Cardinals Reportedly Come to (Insane) Terms with James Ramsey

I've said before, talking about the Cardinals' draft picks this year, that I initially hated what they did. I didn't like the players that well, I didn't like what I saw as the overly-risk-averse nature of the strategy, and I hated that they seemed bound and determined to load up on limited upside m ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending May 6, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books, Subterranean Books and Sue's News. The Heart and the Fist, we think, would be a great ti ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending April 22, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books, Subterranean Books and Sue's News. It was a week for new titles on the St. Louis bests ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: How much of a pendejo is Gustavo?

Making Paula Deen Proud: The Butter Sculpture Art of State Fairs

Wikimedia CommonsButter sculpture of of a dragon. We call her Margereene. ​The Missouri State Fair's kicks off this Thursday in Sedalia. Where there's a fair, there's one thing for certain: Butter sculptures. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Iowa State Fair's annual butter sculp ... More >>

This Year's Five Best Super Bowl Commercials

​That was, without a doubt, one of the worst Super Bowls I can ever remember. Oh, sure, the game was just fine. Instant classic material, I guess. Two great quarterbacks, historic franchises, a great comeback that almost happened, plenty of drama in the last two minutes, and a brilliant storyline ... More >>

10 Things to Do for $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, June 18-20, 2010

Darth Vader Pez Dispenser: "Impressive."​Have fun this weekend, but don't go broke. Here are our ten suggestions for weekend entertainment that will cost you $10 or less. Eighteenth-annual National PEZ Convention at the Marriott St. Louis West (Saturday) If you remember our 2007 feature story ... More >>

Photos: Star Wars in Concert Last Night at the Scottrade Center, 12/10/09

Star Wars in Concert, the symphonic tribute to the six George Lucas films, wraps up its U.S. dates Sunday in Nashville. Last night, the tour stopped in St. Louis at the Scottrade Center. Photographer Stew Smith roved the concourse looking for super fans -- and while he didn't find as many as he had ... More >>

A Polite Chat with Anthony Daniels, the Voice of Star Wars' C-3PO, who Comes to St. Louis Thursday for Star Wars In Concert

Anthony Daniels -- that's An-TON-ee -- is not the nervous, bumbling droid C-3PO he played in six Star Wars movies. In fact, although he's not quite sure where the personality for the protocol droid came from, he doesn't shy away from his biggest role, despite the fact that he was behind a mask for a ... More >>

Plot thickens: A raging feud at Pacific City Cemetery threatens to wake the dead

Ask a Cougar Nominees (Now with Photos)

French Kissed

Ian makes out (like a bandit) at Franco.

Bully for You

Unreal explores the sociology of the well-timed wedgie. Plus: Praying for pets, bargaining for Pez dispensers — and sticking up for independent business in Rock Hill.

The Force Runs Its Course

The Fucking Champs with Zombi

Monday, May 30; Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

Sith Is It

George Lucas at last delivers the Star Wars prequel we've been waiting for

The Trailer Park Travoltas

Saturday, May 14; Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City)

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Hail to the King, Baby

Cast as an aging Elvis, Bruce Campbell must do battle with the evil, undead Bubba Ho-Tep

Star Romp

Magic Smoking Monkey produces galactic gas

War on War Songs

Iraq and roll don't go together well when rockers protest

Hugh Fidelity

Grant grows from a badly drawn Boy to a man in charming fashion

Firepower

Those who follow the way of the gun have their many reasons. Just ask them.

Dust and Bones

Dickerson digs up an undead Snoop Dogg and every horror cliché he can find

Other Voices, Other Rooms

The Others goes bump in the night

Wacky Warriors

St. Louis plays host to a strange and unusual national gathering

Best Used-Toy Store

Decades of Toys

808 State

Students at St. Louis Community College-Forest Park pay homage to the Roland Corp.'s creations

MASKS: FACES OF CULTURE

St. Louis Art Museum

In the Beginning ...