photos by Keegan HamiltonThe Saint Louis University basketball team tried hard on Saturday against La Salle, they really did. They clawed for every rebound, dove for every loose ball and hustled themselves to exhaustion on defense, erasing any lingering doubts about whether they have bought into Rick Majerus' grind-it-out, wear-em-down style of hoops.Unfortunately for them, effort only counts when the final score is in their favor. And for all their heart and desire, a simple lack of ability&nbs
Artist: Slave
Album: Slave
From: Vintage
Vinyl
Year: 1977
Label: Cotillion
Records
What it sounds like:
George Clinton and P-Funk performing during an acid trip gone bad.
Rick Majerus and Co. lost again Wednesday night, this time falling 70-68 to Duquense. It's their second consecutive defeat after the glimmer of hope against Dayton, a game that feels like it was played ages ago.
Andrew Bird concerts don't follow the normal dynamics of a rock & roll show. The singer, guitarist and violinist takes time to create layers of loops with his battery of effects pedals, and most songs take a minute or so to come into full bloom. What the audience experiences is not so much a concert as it is an act of creation, one that reveals each song's components one step at a time. SLIDESHOWTodd OwyoungAndrew Bird
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King says his buttons -- from Obama "Hope" to Obama "Dope" -- sold very well at political rallies.​Errol Hosea King was shaking his head watching TV coverage of the Tea Party Express all last week. The 16-day, cross-country rally ended Saturday in Washington, D.C., with different news outlets suggesting wildly different attendance numbers for the final day. Whether hundreds or thousands, a fired-up crowd equals easy money to a button-seller like King, who says that could have been him out ther