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James Murphy

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    The Six Best Songs Over Thirty Minutes Long

    "American Pie" is eight and a half minutes, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" is seventeen. It is not uncommon for a prog track to reach twenty minutes, but it takes a certain breed to break the half-hour barrier. Below is a list of the six best songs over thirty minutes long. Feel free to interject your favorit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Death Cab For Cutie At The Pageant, 10/2/11: Review, Photos and Setlist

    Photo by Jason Stoff​Death Cab For Cutie The Pageant October 2, 2011 Ben Gibbard has left us. The melancholic Ben Gibbard we once knew is gone, for all intents and purposes. He's skinny now, having swapped drinking for running, and he's got a new, Jordan Catalano haircut. He's visibly bouncy, ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2010

    The 2010 RFT News Challenge

    Photo by Jason Stoff​Death Cab For Cutie The Pageant October 2, 2011 Ben Gibbard has left us. The melancholic Ben Gibbard we once knew is gone, for all intents and purposes. He's skinny now, having swapped drinking for running, and he's got a new, Jordan Catalano haircut. He's visibly bouncy, ... More >>

  • Film

    December 23, 2010

    Karina Longworth's Top 10 Movies of 2010

    Photo by Jason Stoff​Death Cab For Cutie The Pageant October 2, 2011 Ben Gibbard has left us. The melancholic Ben Gibbard we once knew is gone, for all intents and purposes. He's skinny now, having swapped drinking for running, and he's got a new, Jordan Catalano haircut. He's visibly bouncy, ... More >>

  • Music

    December 16, 2010

    2010: The Year In Music

    Photo by Jason Stoff​Death Cab For Cutie The Pageant October 2, 2011 Ben Gibbard has left us. The melancholic Ben Gibbard we once knew is gone, for all intents and purposes. He's skinny now, having swapped drinking for running, and he's got a new, Jordan Catalano haircut. He's visibly bouncy, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Black Sheriff Deputies Once Again Dicked Over by the Man

    troycardona.comTroy Cardona administers a little Jeff-Co street justice in the STL.​A Jefferson County judge yesterday drastically reduced the damages that two black St. Louis sheriff deputies won in a September trial alleging racial discrimination. Saying the $350,000 in punitive damages awarded ... More >>

  • Music

    October 13, 2010

    Free Energy kicks out the classic-rock jams on the new Stuck On Nothing

    troycardona.comTroy Cardona administers a little Jeff-Co street justice in the STL.​A Jefferson County judge yesterday drastically reduced the damages that two black St. Louis sheriff deputies won in a September trial alleging racial discrimination. Saying the $350,000 in punitive damages awarded ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Jacques Hughes: Why He Had to Challenge the City Over a Noose Hung in the Courthouse

    Jacques Hughes: "The sad part is this lawsuit never had to happen if the sheriff had given us 30 minutes of his time..."​Jacques Hughes was working as a sheriff's deputy in 2006 when his colleague William "Patrick" Hill alerted him to a prank in the basement of the Civil Courts building. One of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    New Release Highlights for September 21: John Legend and the Roots want you to Wake Up!

    (New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Flying Lotus' latest Pattern & Grid World​*Flying Lotus, Pattern Grid World Just months after releasing the full-length Cosmogramma, Flying Lotus returns wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Noose Trial: Attorney Recalls Four-Year Fight vs. St. Louis Sheriff's Department

    The noose as captured on the cell phone of sheriff deputy Pat Hill.​Of the dozens of cases he's brought to trial over the years alleging workplace discrimination and mistreatment, attorney Jerome Dobson says none has been as emotional and personally taxing as the one concluded Friday accusing the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Is the Noose An Inherently Racist Object?

    Image viaYou know what they say, no noose is good noose.​Two St. Louis sheriff's deputies say it is, and the outcome of their workplace discrimination lawsuit against their boss, Sheriff James Murphy, may hinge on convincing jurors that the iconic hangman's knot does indeed symbolize prejudice.Wal ... More >>

  • Music

    June 2, 2010

    Caribou

    8:30 p.m. Monday, June 7. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    St. Louis Sheriff Dept. Employees Work 30-Hour Weeks, Get Paid for 40

    James Murphy: He' s healthy (191 accrued sick days). His record-keeping? Not so much.​An audit of the St. Louis Sheriff Department found a lengthy list of accounting deficiencies, including the discovery that several workers get full-time salaries for part-time work. The audit (viewable here) by S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Second Spin: Robert Brookins, "Come To Me"

    Artist: Robert Brookins Album: Come To Me From: Vintage Vinyl Year: 1987 Label: MCA Records What it sounds like: DeBarge crossed with Bobby Brown doing a Prince imitation. Cheesy '80's R&B at its glorious worst. 

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2008

    Top Ten Dance Collections of 2008, Both Mixed and Unmixed

    Any knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive house tracks (from dr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2007

    Battle for I-70 Hipster Supremacy: LCD Soundsystem and Arcade Fire in Kansas City

    Any knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive house tracks (from dr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2007

    Lollapalooza, Day One: The Rest of the Fest

    Any knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive house tracks (from dr ... More >>

  • Film

    July 18, 2007

    It's Showtime

    From Q&As to film debuts, your guide to the St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase

  • Music

    April 11, 2007

    LCD Soundsystem

    Sound of Silver (DFA/Capitol)

  • Music

    March 16, 2005

    LCD Soundsystem

    LCD Soundsystem (DFA/Capitol)

  • Music

    November 19, 2003

    Rapt Attention

    The buzz-clouds are gathering around the Rapture

  • News

    December 9, 1998

    City Limits

    A coalition of St. Louis mayors looking to change the city's charter finds the going rough

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