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The 5 Best St. Louis Bars to Watch the Man City vs. Chelsea F.C. Match at Busch Stadium

This Thursday, May 23, soccer hooligans will descend upon Busch Stadium. That's right, the world's most beautiful game will be played on a baseball diamond-turned "pitch" (that's British for "field," you noobs). The match kicks off at 7:30 p.m. and features two of the top contenders in the British P ... More >>

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DJ Sasha at Europe Nightclub 3/1/2013: Photos

Welsh progressive trance and house DJ Sasha performed at Europe Nightclub Friday night, providing the soundtrack for a lively dance party. DJ Sasha rose to prominence in the '90s alongside then-partner John Digweed. The two still collaborate, though infrequently due to each's demanding tour schedule ... More >>

The Dam to Open Next to Amsterdam Tavern

Animal lovers, rejoice! No, not actual animals. We're talking to lovers of "The Animal," the famous triple patty burger from the late, lamented Big V's Burger Joint, which closed its tiny Delmar Loop counter in 2007. Michele Coen-Racanelli, former co-owner of Big V's, is opening a new burger resta ... More >>

Kansas City-Native Gets Stalking Order Against Her Own Parents

Letting go of kids is tough for lots of parents. But one couple from the Kansas City suburb of Leawood seem to have take things way too far. So far, in fact, that a judge has agreed with their daughter that their overanxious parenting sounds like "stalking." They've been ordered to stay away from ... More >>

David France's stirring history of ACT UP

Are Child-Porn Cartoons Good for Society?

On Monday, a 36-year-old from southwestern Missouri named Christjan Bee pleaded-guilty to having some filthy porn inside his computer. His wife had discovered it, then tipped off the local police department in their hometown of Monett. According to news reports, police seized Bee's computer and ... More >>

First Look: Pastaria

"Sorta close to Italy" is the legend on the back of the the staff shirts at Pastaria (7734 Forsyth Boulevard, Clayton; 314-862-6603). Indeed, the newest addition to chef Gerard Craft's portfolio is a far cry from the Italian countryside. Modern touches such as floor-to-ceiling glass cover the entire ... More >>

Desert -- Performed

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The 10 Dumbest "Sports" of the Summer Olympics

This week thousands of international athletes will descend upon London to compete in 2012 Summer Olympic games. Some of the dozens of contests that make up the games are as old as ancient Greece; others are relative newcomers; and others are so incredibly inane that the International Olympic Committ ... More >>

Shell-Shuckin' and Brew-Boozin'

The Tragic Return of Coriolanus

No Big Deal, Just a Tank at White Castle

Here's a guy who goes by the name FPS Russia driving a tank through a White Castle drive-thru. That's the first couple minutes of the video posted after the jump. Then, he takes the tank -- a World War II-era number -- into the middle of nowhere and blows the shit out of some stuff. It's kind of the ... More >>

Acero Hosting Benefit Dinner for Italian Earthquake Relief on Saturday, June 2

Earthquakes on Sunday, May 20, and Tuesday, May 29, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy have killed at least 24. That region is close to the hearts of Jim Fiala and Adam Gnau, owner and chef, respectively, of Acero (7266 Manchester Road, Maplewood; 314-644-1790), and this Saturday, June 2, the res ... More >>

In the Galleries - Contemporary Icons: Recent Art from Bulgaria CLOSES May 5 at Webster University

Win Tickets for Portugal. the Man at the Pageant

Update: Our winner! milwaukee hurt me sound guy ruined 'got it all' help avenge the song Original post follows. Portland-by-way-of-Alaska's Portugal. the Man is playing the Pageant this Sunday, and we've got an extra pair of tickets to give away -- contest time! Inspired by Haiku Lou, St. Louis ... More >>

Portugal. the Man

8 p.m. Sunday, April 29. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

New Madrid Fault Stretches, Rolls Back Over for Another Ten Minutes Sleep

​A 4.0 earthquake within the New Madrid Seismic Zone gently shook southeast Missouri Tuesday morning at 3:58 a.m. The quake was centered about nine miles east of Sikeston, Missouri, and no damage or injuries were reported.Just ten days ago, engineers, scientists, emergency first responders and ear ... More >>

Update: Six Buttery Recipes for the Holidays

http://commons.wikimedia.org​Update: A Norwegian blogger named Tommy recently posted a vlog where he expressed disgust at Americans who've been taking the crisis lightly. We're also pretty sure he calls us fat, and he mentions something about Norwegians eating cats. Check out the video after t ... More >>

200 Years Ago Friday the Mississippi River Ran Backwards

A drawing shows a keel boat tossed by waves from the tremor. Despite the magnitude of the earthquakes, few people died because the population in the area was so sparse at the time. ​Seismologists don't know for sure the magnitude of the earthquake that rocked Missouri at around 2:15 a.m. December ... More >>

The Complete SLUM Fest Hip-Hop Awards 2012 Ballot -- Vote Now!

​The St. Louis Underground Music Festival, held this year at the Atomic Cowboy back in June, has introduced a ballot for its 2012 Slumfest Hip-Hop Awards ballot. The categories include Best Hip-Hop Artist (male and female), Best Graffiti Artist, Best B-Boy Crew, Best Album, Artist of the Year ... More >>

Indiana Rome's WTHLTGO2 Comes Out This Saturday at the Atomic Cowboy

Indiana Rome​Indiana Rome's Who The Hell Left The Gate Open 2 is a sprawling, thunderous album heavy with guest spots from Rome's Force cohorts and as good a showcase as the confident MC has had to date. The album is the subject of this week's Homespun column; you can read that below. WTHLTG ... More >>

Fugazi's Joe Lally Is Still Moving Forward

Meet P.R.E.A.C.H, St. Louis' Own Romanian-Born Rapper

Egan O'Keefe​Erik "P.R.E.A.C.H." Bothazy is a 26-year-old local rapper originally from Oradea, a city in western Romania about seven miles from the border of Hungary. P.R.E.A.C.H., along with his parents and sister, immigrated to south St. Louis in 1991. After moving to St. Louis, P.R.E.A.C.H ... More >>

Spirits of St. Louis Aquavit, Square One Brewery and Distillery

Image Via​What do the countries of Scandinavia have in common? For one thing, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland are some of the happiest places on Earth. Every time a new study comes out attempting to quantify "life satisfaction," these countries hold court in the top ten, trading off the nu ... More >>

Deadly European E. Coli Outbreak Is New Strain of Bacterium

E. coli, now even deadlier!​Well, this is alarming: Scientists say the E. coli responsible for an outbreak in Europe that has killed at least seventeen people and sickened hundreds more is a new and more virulent strain of the bacterium, reports the Guardian:Preliminary genetic sequencing suggests ... More >>

Bloody Hell: Local Film The Bloodfest Club Rolls Out Trailer

After their first film, Hooch & Daddy-O, racked up an armful of awards on the film-festival circuit, co-writers and coproducers Jim Ousley and Oscar Madrid went on to take home an RFT MasterMinds Award back in 2009. They've since moved forward with The Bloodfest Club, directed by Madrid, which they ... More >>

The Beginning of Mass-Produced Art

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Valentine's Dinner Deal at Robust Wine Bar

​The best Valentine's Day dinner deal we've found so far has to be the prix fixe tasting menu offered at Robust Wine Bar & Cafe. Three courses, each with its own three-ounce wine pairing, for $55 per person. Better still, the Webster Groves wine bar will feature this deal all through Valentin ... More >>

From party girl to Oscar winner, Sofia Coppola's journey to Somewhere

The Futurebirds/Jonny Corndawg/The Dive Poets

9 p.m. Monday, November 15. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Pizza Hut Brings the Big Italy...But What Ever Became of BIGFOOT?

​Pizza Hut's pushing its giant new pizza, the Big Italy, via a Facebook campaign to give away 1,000 of the behemoths September 6-16. The nearly 24-inch slab of pizza retails for $12. But what ever became of BIGFOOT?

Contest! Win Passes to the LouFest After-Party at the Gramophone, featuring Hey Champ

​After you've rocked all day in the sun on Saturday, cool off at night with London Calling's four-year anniversary party at the Gramophone. The night features Acid Kids (a DJ trio from Berlin) and Chicago electro-funkateers Hey Champ (Preview a song from them below.) DJ Clockwork, Nick O. and ... More >>

10 Things to Do for $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, Aug. 13-15, 2010

As the temperature tops 100, RFT has discovered some cool ways to stay, well, cool in these dog days of summer. We've got art, music, magic and more indoors, plus a skate show and bike race for you daredevils who want to brave the heat. Viva la air conditioning!

Online Tests Misdiagnose Childhood Food Allergies

Online food allergy testing for children isn't effective. The Daily Mail published a report on how British parents, impatient with doctors not recognizing their childrens' allergy symptoms, are often turning to alternative medical tests sold online. The results? Not good. Hundreds of thousands of ki ... More >>

Thrill or Swill: Zweigelt

Image viaVineyards in Austria​Austria is well-regarded by wine cognoscenti as a source of extremely fine riesling and the iconoclastic signature white, grüner veltliner. Austrians are a proud bunch, and only about 20% of the nation's vinious produce escapes their borders. Of that, a whopping 3% - ... More >>

Top 10 Values of the World Goblet 2010

​Now that Gut Check's World Goblet 2010 tourney is in the books -- France won, if you've been asleep in a cave for the past month and a half -- here's a handy shopping list of the wines we consider to be the best values we tasted, along with a link to the pertinent post and an encapsulation of ... More >>

The World Goblet 2010 - Recap and Awards

It's been more than a month since Gut Check got a wild hair up our corkscrew and decided to stage a World Cup, as it were, of value-priced wines. ​We did it because we're cheapskates, and because we drink a lot of wine, and because we blog like a one-legged man at an ass-kicking contest. Well, we ... More >>

The World Goblet: Semifinal 2 - Australia vs. France

​While scanning the World Cup groups in order to plan our daytime drinking over the next month, Gut Check noticed that most of the great wine-producing nations are represented in the tournament field, including all of those with a reputation for crafting good, value-priced wines. Because Gut C ... More >>

The World Goblet: Semifinal 1 - New Zealand vs. Spain

​While scanning the World Cup groups in order to plan our daytime drinking over the next month, Gut Check noticed that most of the great wine-producing nations are represented in the tournament field, including all of those with a reputation for crafting good, value-priced wines. Because Gut C ... More >>

The 5 Best Places to Watch the 2010 World Cup Final

The World Goblet Round 3: Greece vs. France

​While scanning the World Cup groups in order to plan our daytime drinking over the next month, Gut Check noticed that most of the great wine-producing nations are represented in the tournament field, including all of those with a reputation for crafting good, value-priced wines. Because Gut C ... More >>

The World Goblet Round 3: Italy vs. New Zealand

​While scanning the World Cup groups in order to plan our daytime drinking over the next month, Gut Check noticed that most of the great wine-producing nations are represented in the tournament field, including all of those with a reputation for crafting good, value-priced wines. Because Gut C ... More >>

The World Goblet Round 1: France vs. Italy

​While scanning the World Cup groups in order to plan our daytime drinking over the next month, Gut Check noticed that most of the great wine-producing nations are represented in the tournament field, including all of those with a reputation for crafting good, value-priced wines. Because Gut C ... More >>

World Cuppage: Switzerland 1 - Spain 0; Coffee and Cigarettes at the Amsterdam Tavern

photos by Keegan HamiltonIt's soccer 24/7 at the Amsterdam Tavern in Tower Grove​It wasn't a good sign for the Spanish contingent when Rob, the co-owner of the Amsterdam Tavern, started rattling off the final results of the previous winners of the EuroCup in the World Cup. Like some soccer Rain Ma ... More >>

World Cuppage: Netherlands 2 - Denmark 0; Going Dutch at the Scottish Arms

photos by Keegan HamiltonNetherlands fans cheer for goals...and pasties.​The clock just struck 7 a.m. and there's beer and pasties all over the place. No, it's not the end of a debauched night at a strip club in Sauget. It's Monday morning World Cup soccer at the Scottish Arms.The "pasty," in this ... More >>

Where to Watch the World Cup in St. Louis