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A Conversation With A Metal Nerd: Brian Posehn is Coming to Town This Week

In addition to an extensive acting and stand-up resume, Brian Posehn has forged a unique career path for himself by taking on projects that deal with things he truly loves. From Dungeons and Dragons to Anthrax (the band, possibly the substance as well) to Comic books, he's turned nerdiness into an ... More >>

Pirates Pillage Powell Hall

Nobody Cares About the St. Louis Rams: The Song

Peter Hughes, who now plays bass with the Mountain Goats, had a band called DiskothiQ in the '90s. It was, in Hughes' words, "semi-competent indie-rock with bad singing." Together with his brother Kevin and Kevin Trapp, he released four albums. They have some truly wonderful moments but probably ser ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: Why do gabachos complain so damn much?

Warner to Bradford, Touchdown

Sleepy Kitty's Infinity City Release Party

​Sleepy Kitty's debut full length, Infinity City, had an informal release party last week at the Royale. The band is playing a show tomorrow at Pig Slop with Cowboy Indian Bear and Little Big Bangs. We are introducing a feature, Live and Local, to help introduce St. Louis bands to people who ... More >>

Real-Deal Diner: The Dee-Lux in Roxana, Illinois

Suzy RustThick brick walls insulate the Dee-Lux Dine from churning fumes of burning funk.​Heading north on Illinois Route 111 into Roxana, the road tops a floodwall and from the crest of its rise loom the twisting stacks of the Conoco Phillips refinery, gray and smoking, like our emphysematous ... More >>

Iowa Company Voluntarily Recalls Millions of Eggs

380 million eggs have been recalled for possible salmonella. CNN reports that Wright County Eggs in Iowa voluntarily recalled the possibly-tainted eggs. The company plans to pasteurize their remaining stocks of the eggs to kill the bacteria. St. Louis area Walgreens stores sell eggs from Wright Coun ... More >>

Big Funny: Founder Bill Chott and his fellow improv tricksters aim to bring back the glory days of St. Louis sketch comedy

You Get What You Play For: Superstar session drummer and Dadaist marketing genius Josh Freese sells himself, his famous friends, and all-you-can-eat shrimp at Sizzler, to promote his new album

What the Beck: Guero can operate a leafblower?

Ground-breaking News: We're No. 1 in Shovel Readiness

flickr.com/photos/sethgainesThe old Tuscumbia Bridge. She ain't what she used to be. Ain't what she used to be.In recent weeks a lot of states have gone to extraordinary lengths -- as if a free trip to Disneyland were at stake -- to make the case that they were first to break ground in tho ... More >>

The Modern World: How the Blind Eyes evolved from metalhead kids and orchestral geeks to the city's tightest rock trio

Josh Freese Brings Personalized Albums To New Heights

Hats off and kudos to Josh Freese, who has brought the art of personalized albums and name-your-price giveaways and record bells-and-whistles to new heights. The Vandals/ex-NIN drummer is releasing a full-length titled Since 1972 on March 24 (online at joshfreese.com) and in stores (April 14). Like ... More >>

Listen To What the Man Said: Paul McCartney discusses his dance-music project Fireman, the Beatles and, of course, the loves of his life

The Morning Brew: Monday, 8.11

Our Top DVD Picks

Scheduled for release this week.

Film Openings

Week of April 12, 2007

The Kids Are Not Alright

From Dakota Fanning's rape to John Cusack's daddy issues, Sundance 2007 was all about the kiddie porn.

Shoe Be Do Be

Unreal looks into the future and sees... debt and tennis shoes. Plus: a bat house for sale and a Benz full of beer.

Letters Column

Week of June 22, 2006

Get Inside!

A round-up of summer's surefire hits (and definite duds)

Last Caress

A terminal kid seeks a stroke of luck in One Last Thing...

Tonight We’re Gonna Party Like It’s 1999

A new generation of ravers takes the beat back to the warehouse

Primal Fur

Disney parades its pooches through the frigid Eight Below

Travelers' Tales

A soda called Pipi Bubble, Austria's last wandering shepherd, a boat made of 164,321 wine corks: It's all here

Going Mental

Mindhunters is truly stupid fun

Marianne Faithfull

Before the Poison (Anti-/Nave)

Japan on $10 a Day

Tea ceremonies, anime, Taiko drumming and more await at the Missouri Botanical Garden

Feels Like 80 Days

Jackie Chan takes a long trip without going anyplace new

Nice Pussy

A killer cat steals a wonderful movie

Film Openings

Week of November 26, 2003

A Slice o' Hell

Don't Tempt Me with this teasing battle for one man's soul

Hold the Relish

Neil Hamburger just might be hipper than you are, but that doesn't mean you can't take his calls; meanwhile, St. Louis courts record their cases on handy stone tablets.

Take Small Bites; Chew Thoroughly

Tastes of Tilles and Central West End

Ahoy, Oh Boy

Treasure Planet reveals an embarrassment of riches

Future Shock

Simon Wells tinkers with his great-grandpa H.G.'s Time Machine

Bakery Confidential

The Missouri Botanical Garden spills the secrets of wedding-cake creators

Under Ogre

Shrek offers an amusing, if empty, fractured fairytale

The Champ

Bill Bangert wanted a world-class domed stadium in St. Louis County, but all he got was a tiny town. Now the 77-year-old dreamer is back in Missouri with a few more nutty ideas.

Born Again?

Tammy Faye Bakker's back, but don't be afraid this time

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Directed by Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey

Wonderland

St. Louis Art Museum, through Sept. 24

Flourescent

The 2000 Valley of Flowers Festival promises something for everyone

WALT AND ROY

By Michael McKinlay (Midnight Productions)

FAUX, FAUX, FAUX

A Disney-trained designer descends on the Alton Belle Casino's new venture, the Spirit of America

SLEEPY HOLLOW

Directed by Tim Burton

EXPANDING EXPRESSIONS: CONTEMPORARY MASTER PRINTS

UM-St. Louis' Gallery 210