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Active Child, Deer Tick and Other Show Flyers

Meditate on the metaphysical with Active Child this Thursday at the Firebird. Pat Grossi combines ethereal falsettos and swelling harmonies with billowing harp that floats over an electronic horizon. Deer Tick is four albums deep into its catalogue, and now come with David Letterman's approval. The ... More >>

Tennis

9:30 p.m. Friday, May 11. Plush, 3224 Locust Street.

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From May 7 to May 13

This week's Most Triumphant Beard of the Week award goes unequivocally to Map's and Atlases' Dave Davison, whose facial hair would be worthy of IFC's cut-throat Whisker Wars competitions -- if that show is still a thing, anyway (I sure hope so, but doubt it). Jack Passion would be proud. Maps and At ... More >>

UPDATE: Sculptor Hard at Work on Bust of Rush Limbaugh for Missouri State Capitol

Update, March 6: More information at the end of the post, including Senator Claire McCaskill's protest and an answer to commenter Mike N's question about whether this wad of bronze is funded by taxpayer money. ------- The eagle-eyed bloggers at Fired Up! Missouri posted the news earlier this after ... More >>

Stellar Week for Chefs on Late Night Television

​ Subversiveness rules on late night TV with lots of celeb chef visits. Last night Momofuku Milk Bar pastry chef Christina Tosi introduced Conan O'Brien to her most popular dessert, Cereal Milk. That's milk flavored with Lucky Charms, which leads to O'Brien having a sexual experience before h ... More >>

Glen Campbell at the Bezemes Family Theater, 9/9/11: Review and Setlist

Roy Kasten​Glen Campbell The Bezemes Family Theater at the J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts September 9, 2011 The sound sailed out across the theatre. It was the last note of the last song of the last encore for the last show in St. Louis (St. Charles to be exact). That was it for Glen Camp ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

​Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending May 15, 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. George Vecsey was kind of a jerk when Daily R ... More >>

Most Spectacular Week Ever for Talk-Show Food Spectacles

Is it sweeps week? Or did food fans just get really lucky with a trifecta of late-night talk show food-related ridiculousness? Either way... First, Jamie Oliver discusses beaver anal glands with David Letterman on Tuesday.

New Album Releases: Toro Y Moi, Six Organs of Admittance, Adele and More

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Adele's 21​*Adele, 21 NPR reviewed 21: "The songs on 21 don't offer up much specific detail of the heartache Adele says she's suffering, or even outline the ... More >>

Not Good Things: Martha Stewart Behaving Badly

Last week, after years of being teased by David Letterman about her time in prison, Martha Stewart finally lost it and nailed him in his smartass face. It's hardly the first time the domestic goddess/ex-con has behaved poorly. We present a video history of Martha has defied proper housemaven beh ... More >>

Interview: Tef Poe on War Machine, His Fantastic New Album

courtesy of Tef Poe​Tef Poe's War Machine is a nineteen-track tour de force. The Force member's musical versatility has always been his calling card, and so it's not surprise that Machine embraces diversity and defies pigeonholing. Genre-wise, it touches on warm R&B, ominous hip-hop, celebrato ... More >>

R.I.P. Captain Beefheart, 1941-2010

​(Via Pitchfork) This is a sad way to start the weekend: Rolling Stone confirmed that the legendary avant-garde musician Don Van Vliet, a.k.a. Captain Beefheart, has died. He was 69. Beefheart's 1969 LP Trout Mask Replica is considered a pillar of experimental music, one that's cited time and ... More >>

Rachael Ray Spars with Letterman, Hosts Burger Bash

On Friday night, while David Letterman took Rachael Ray to task (via Eater), she was at the "Blue Moon Burger Bash presented by Pat LaFrieda Meats, hosted by Rachael Ray", a part of New York Wine & Food Festival. The New York Observer reviews the event. While the U.S. focuses on childhood nutritio ... More >>

Joaquin Phoenix implodes to prove a point in I'm Still Here

Denis Leary Pegs Albert Pujols on the Late Show with David Letterman [Video]

Dressed head to toe in Red Sox gear, the asshole comedian Denis Leary did his best Bob Gibson impression and put a ball in El Hombre's ribcage yesterday on Letterman. Unlike The Dominator, however, it looks like Leary came close to crapping his pants when Albert pretended to take a step toward ... More >>

Vintage Video: David Letterman's Special Version of the Late Show for St. Louis

Bring on the St. Louis jokes!​A video has surfaced on YouTube of David Letterman's monologue from a 1997 episode of the Late Show featuring an exclusively St. Louis audience. In the video, posted by St. Louis TV and radio personality JC Corcoran, Letterman sings praise for the city, even busting o ... More >>

SXSW Day Two: KDHX/Twangfest Day Party, Ray Davies, John Hiatt, Morning Benders, Roky Erickson/Okkervil River -- and More

Hating on South By Southwest is too easy. Just look around: Shit-faced lawyers waxing bizness gobbledygook to shit-faced salesmen of exercise bikes, members of psych-metal bands (probably called Red Octopus or Purple Cobra) barely remaining vertical for all their unbathed rock studiousness, the endl ... More >>

Were All the Good Jokes About Darfur Already Taken?

Whew. Dodged a bullet there. I'm a bit of ratings whore.I was going to get all David Letterman on everyone and write a Top Ten list of jokes about dead boaters. Luckily, someone was dumb enough to set an example as to why that's a bad idea. Everybody, meet Mike Valenti. Mr. Valenti is a ra ... More >>

Go! St. Louis Weekend Calendar, November 14-16, 2008

Not totally satisfied with your weekend itinerary? Never fear, Go! is here! This regular feature delivers the top nine can’t-miss activities to complete your fun-seeking agenda. Looking for live music? Here's your St. Louis weekend concert calendar. Saturday Less than a month removed from elect ... More >>

Unreal strips down with Sarah Palin, flushes a pumpkin and balloons up for Halloween

McCain's Last (And Only) Hope

Regurgitating Bill Chott’s Sordid Past

Buck Wild

Unreal dresses up for Halloween, ponders getting electrocuted and entertains a bizarre fantasy about Joe Buck and Tim McCarver.

The Airing of Dirty Linen

Kick out the jammies.

A toddler and her dad road-test alt-lullabies for B-Sides, while the Downtown Trio adds jazz and pizzazz to local TV staple the Fan Show.

All-Day Suckers

Sedaris and Colbert peddle Candy not everybody wants

Heil Heil Rock & Roll

Bob Heil and his legendary audio inventions head to Cleveland and the Hall of Fame

Ask a Negro Leaguer Column

Week of January 26, 2006

Working Blue -- and Brown

Inside the dirtiest joke ever told is a nugget of unadulterated joy

Medalsome Fun

Get ready for fantastic gymnastics at the Savvis Center

Lap Dance

Emerson Indy 250 is fast & furious

Waves of Fascination

Shortwave radio: Where the lunatic fringe lives, breathes and flourishes

That '60s Show

Oliver Beene goes against fake millionaires and phony idols

Steal This Movie

Studios don't get the Upright Citizens, which isn't funny at all

End of the Road

Trio is the network where great shows go to die, and so much more

Best TV-Sports Anchor

Martin Kilcoyne, KTVI (Channel 2)

Best Populist Top-Ten Chart

Trash cans in front of Vintage Vinyl

Fake Mustache

Groucho Marx returns from the grave in Frank Ferrante's one-man show

Rescue 9/11

This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter

Which Radio Commercial Do You Turn Off the Quickest?

Week of June 27, 2001

Hope Sinks

Between optimism and despair, there's comic (and author) Richard Lewis

Up the Academy

The Oscar telecast has, for a decade, been Gil Cates' golden moment

Drag King

Actor-comic Eddie Izzard just wants to be loved

Imperfect 10s

Picking the best of a bad movie year

Blow Up the Box

TV managed to suck and blow in 2000, but still, we watched...and watched

What, Them Worry?

As Mad celebrates its 400th issue, its editors wonder how to stay funny in a world gone mad

WINGENIOUS

There's method to her madness, and Lady Luck has the prizes to prove it

WE STAND CORRECTED

St. Louis musical sage Steve Pick reveals what Elvis Costello really said about St. Louis

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