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Americana: Meet the 2013 RFT Music Award Nominees

The 2013 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is a week and a half away! Think of it as St. Louis music's own official holiday and consider this the season. Throughout May we at RFT Music have been working hard to make our cases for all 130 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year in ... More >>

Cycling: Missouri Ranked Poorly in Bicycle Friendly States Report, Lowest Score Ever

As cycling advocates in St. Louis push to revive the Penrose Park velodrome, a new report says that Missouri on the whole is not a great place for cyclists -- in large part because the state lacks key bike-friendly policies and funding opportunities. Missouri's score as 30th in the nation is the s ... More >>

The Ten Most Egregious Tax Loopholes in the U.S.

By 2030, Almost Two-Thirds of Missourians Will Be Really Fat People

Picture, if you will, that you are standing in between two people. Look to your right, then to your left. If you are standing in this little huddle in Missouri 20 years from today, more than likely two of the three of you will be obese. At least, that's the vision of the future a new report out fro ... More >>

The Ten Black Pop Stars Who Should Go Country

[Editor's note: Country Time is a new biweekly column for our sister music blog in Seattle, celebrating that city's favorite musical genre: mainstream country.] By Mike Seely With the nation's major-party political conventions drawing to a close recently with a rousing reelection appeal from the n ... More >>

Russ Carnahan's Weird New Talking Mailer [VIDEO]

Representative Russ Carnahan, in the increasingly heated battle against Representative Lacy Clay, has just released a talking mailer to his constituents, calling out Clay for his remarks about PayDay Loans. Right, a talking mailer. Like one of those singing birthday cards. Except this one yells, ... More >>

Fiona Apple, Tennis and Corporate Sponsorship: SXSW 2012 Days 1 and 2

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 6:25 p.m. I've been coming to SXSW for over a decade now, and pre- and post-apocalypse days off are as much essential rituals as 2 a.m. taco runs and sleep deprivation. This year, there'd be no day-before day off, as SXSW has extended the music portion of the festival/confer ... More >>

Obama's War on Weed

In a strange about-face, the president tries to hack medical marijuana off at the knees

Borders: The Fallout

image via​Borders has finally decided to put itself out of its misery and allow itself to be liquidated. By the end of September, all the remaining 299 Borders stores (including the six in the St. Louis area) will be gone, leaving 11,700 booksellers, baristas, store managers and corporate empl ... More >>

The Ten Most Facepalm-Inducing Uses of French in Pop Music: In Honor of Bastille Day

​Bastille Day is upon us, when all the world celebrates Louis XIV crossing the Delaware or something. We're not clear on the details, and on that front we join countless English-speaking pop and rock stars who took similarly haphazard forays into the Language of Love. In honor of the Frog's b ... More >>

Bad Nuts! Peanut Butter and Hazelnuts Recalled

Wikimedia Commons​ Sometimes you feel like a nut. Sometimes you don't, because you're too busy suffering the effects of salmonella or E. coli. Unilever has issued a voluntary recall on Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter Spread and Skippy Reduced Fat Super Chunk Peanut Butter Spread wit ... More >>

Salad Bars, Buffets Pose Terror Threat

Al Quaeda's next target might be salad bars and buffets. CBS News investigated the Department of Homeland Security's claims that the terror group has planned to slip the poisons ricin and cyanide into buffet fare in simultaneous attacks at multiple restaurants and hotels. The department's not issuin ... More >>

The Morning Brew: 6.18

CNN reports that 15 million pounds of Spaghetti-O's with Meatballs have been recalled. Campbell's Soup Co. issued the recall because the product might have been "under-processed". Thanks to Aimee Levitt for picking this story. Slashfood reports/warns that The Ice Cream Store in Rehoboth Beach, De ... More >>

(100) Days of Summer Movies

Did This Mother Poison her Son for Attention?

Get Intimate with Joe Biden for $10,000

Joe Biden, champion of the working class. Joe Biden, who commuted from Delaware to D.C. with the regular folks on the Amtrak. Working-class Joe, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Some say it's a mythical legend, that of the blue-collar Joe Biden and his rags-to-riches journey to the top.The senator-tu ... More >>

Bitter Beer Battle Over "Extreme" Brews?

Well, beer school didn't happen this week. Surgery on my knee was my first priority. Unfortunately, I won't be able to imbibe as long as I'm on medication. This could be a good personal challenge for me. An IBU-tiful brew? Anyway, even if I am down for the count, that doesn't mean the world o ... More >>

Local Motion: MU330

Friday, March 31 at 8 p.m. The Billiken Club at Saint Louis University (Busch Student Center, 20 North Grand Boulevard)

Behold the Forty

A paean to the big bad bottle

Go West (and North and South and East), Young Men

A local band has some big tour plans this summer

Reality Rock

The Wrens aren't living a rock & roll fantasy

Kicking+Steaming

Handwriting experts, Bosnian profanity and televised breakups: all part of Michael Hetelson's revolutionary vision for indoor soccer in St. Louis

Dead First

We rank musical deaths, embrace Failure and remember the Old School

Highway Robbery

Beware of auto-transport companies that promise safe and timely delivery of your car

Crazy Howard in the Mix

Remixes of Dean's amped-up Iowa speech were the online flava of the week

Gland of Opportunity

Dr. William J. Catalona built an unrivaled repository of blood and tissue samples. Washington University wants to keep it. Now a judge will decide: Who owns the prostates?

Let's Play Two

The Black Rep and Stages provide a Yankee doubleheader

St. Louis Needs a Better Idea

Five Ford-tough choices follow decision to close Hazelwood plant

Keepin' It Real

Cherokee Street is trying to reclaim its working-class heritage. But the power brokers have made their peace with poverty.

Daycare Nightmares

In response to growing demand, the number of daycare facilities in Missouri is increasing each year. So are the problems.

Forward Past

New art inspired by old times

THIS LAND IS THEIR LAND

A tiny Indian tribe pitches a plan for a downtown St. Louis casino, but city officials aren't betting on the idea

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