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Rick Majerus' Health Problems Resurface Once Again

As you've no doubt heard by now, Rick Majerus stepped down as head coach of the Saint Louis University Billikens on Friday for health reasons. But nobody really knows what those health reasons are -- not exactly. ESPN 101 reported late Friday that Majerus is experiencing "serious heart issues," and ... More >>

Mobile Home Fire Reveals 50 One-Pot Meth Labs

Firefighters responded to a mobile home blaze Monday at Pacific Summit Estates in Franklin County, reports The Washington Missourian. Witnesses told police that they saw a man and a woman run from the home while smoke was pouring out of it, then get it into separate cars and drive off. That was susp ... More >>

Charlie Sheen's Ex Brooke Mueller to Kick Her Habit With ... Ibogaine

courtesy of the Riverfront TimesShock the Junkie: It's Brooke Mueller's turn, reports TMZ.com.​You gotta love those crackerjack reporters at TMZ.com. Not only are they soo all over the Charlie Sheen saga -- they've actually stayed on top of the equally tragic tale of the mother of his surrogate-sp ... More >>

MO Auditor Dings Cops for Missing Asset Forfeiture Reports

​Last month, in a story about the Camp Zoe case called "Shakedown," the RFT's Keegan Hamilton detailed the shocking process by which federal and state law enforcement authorities may legally seize cash, land or other valuables from a citizen -- even in cases in which the citizen has never been cha ... More >>

Comment of the Day: Publishing Job Applicant's Resume Angers Readers

A post in which we cut and pasted a resume faxed unsolicited to Riverfront Times today drew a lot of comments. Some people were outraged that we made public the man's credentials while others found outrageous curriculum vitae -- which lists "rode in a jet helicopter at a sharp angle with door open" ... More >>

The Riverfront Times' Best 31 Concerts of 2010: #31-21

Jon GitchoffAre the Drive-By Truckers on this list? ​After looking over the (very helpful) comments to my blogpost asking for the year's best concerts, I started perusing our show review archives. I got as far back as July before the archives ended -- which meant that in the past six months al ... More >>

Terry Mills, Cop Behind Dogfighting Bust, Joins ASPCA

Terry Mills, the Missouri state trooper whose undercover work led to the biggest dogfighting bust in American history, is taking his show on the road.Keegan HamiltonTerry Mills​We're not talking about a book deal or the lecture circuit, mind you. This dude is a badass! And so he's going to keep bu ... More >>

Readers think dogs are tops, illegal immigrants the pits

Photos: The Flavor of Mexican Independence Day on Cherokee Street

photos by Keegan HamiltonJuan, --the owner of the RFT's Best Taco Cart of 2009 -- dishes up carne asada.​St. Louis' Hispanic community celebrated Mexican Independence Day this past weekend (no, gringo, that didn't happen on Cinco de Mayo) with a two-day festival on Cherokee Street. In addition to ... More >>

A dog's life: Readers are moved by the plight of pit bulls

Tonight in Awesome Art: Screwed Again at the Regional Arts Commission

photos by Keegan HamiltonImagine an entire room that kind of looks like this.​We mentioned Screwed Again this morning in our Artgasm post and peeked in on the installation earlier this week with some photos and a live video stream but, just so you don't forget or misunderstand, let's say it one m ... More >>

Screwed Again: Nine Local Artists Paint and Party at the Regional Arts Commission

photo by Keegan HamiltonArtists Chris Burch, Justin Tolentino, Bryan Walsh and Kris Mosby and friends outside the RAC.​For the past eleven days, nine St. Louis artists and their friends have been holed up in the Regional Arts Commission, located just down the street from RFT world headquarters in ... More >>

This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated

Keegan Hamilton Pieces of sake (salmon) and bonito (a type of mackerel) nigiri from Nobu's.​For your cinematic and dining pleasure this week, staff writer Keegan Hamilton explored the finer points of Akira Kurosawa's film Stray Dog and enjoyed Nobu's sushi in conjunction with the screening. ... More >>

Off With Their Heads! A Soulard Bastille Day Photo Essay

Photos by Keegan HamiltonThe King and Queen (Don and Jeanne Kirby) stood trial for high treason and public drunkenness.​Exactly 220 years ago this past Wednesday, the French Revolution culminated with the decapitation of King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette. The occasion, known as Bastille ... More >>

Tuesday Tussle, Part 2: Supreme Court's Gun Ban Ruling Will Not Lead to More Bloodshed

​The Supreme Court yesterday ruled that state and local laws can not supersede the Constitution when it comes to Americans' right to keep arms.The decision throws out laws in Chicago and its suburban neighbor, Oak Park, that banned residents from keeping handguns in their homes. The ruling also o ... More >>

This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated

Keegan Hamilton​Gut Check got swept up in World Cup fever this week, just like the rest of the world. Follow Keegan Hamilton to a new bar for each match in World Cuppage, and then get caught up on Dave Nelson's quest for the 2010 World Goblet Champion. What else did we do this week? D ... More >>

World Cuppage: Mexico 1 - South Africa 1; Gringos, Mexicans and a South African Bond At Carniceria Latino Americana

photo by Keegan HamiltonMinerva Lopez is a Mexican superfan.​And so it begins.I arrived at Carniceria Latino Americana at about 8:45 a.m., a full 45 minutes before the kick-off of the opening match of the World Cup between Mexico and South Africa. Still, it took some wrangling to find an open seat ... More >>

MP3: Family Affair Tell The Story of Their Lives On New Single "Sunshine"

photo by Keegan HamiltonQB and Rep welcome you to the underground.​Twin brothers Mr. Rep and Q.B. the Classic just dropped "Sunshine," a new single from their forthcoming album, Welcome to the Underground. It goes hard like only north St. Louis -- and The Force -- can.

Photos: Gotta Be Karim and The Force Throw Down at the Gramophone

photo by Keegan HamiltonRockwell Knuckles and co. closed it down Friday night at the Gramophone​Last week on A to Z we previewed St. Louis to Atlanta transplant Gotta Be Karim's Friday night  homecoming show at the Gramophone. If you were wise enough to attend you know that it ended up being ... More >>

How to Make Meth The Shake and Bake Way

Keegan HamiltonThe components of a traditional anydrous ammonia meth lab​This week's RFT feature story takes an in-depth look at a relatively new method of manufacturing methamphetamine known as "Shake and Bake" (cue the Talladega Nights/Ricky Bobby jokes) and the impact the process is having on b ... More >>

No Banksy? No Problem. Spray Paint Still Flowed This Weekend in St. Louis.

Banksy's kick-ass movie "Exit Through the Gift Shop" opened at the Tivoli on Friday and there was much speculation among the audience as to whether the man of mystery was in town to leave his mark (and art) on St. Louis. The Englishman covertly traveled with the film to Detroit, Toronto and Boston s ... More >>

Photos: Cinco Ocho de Mayo on Cherokee Street

photo by Keegan Hamilton​How great was the Ocho de Mayo parade down Cherokee Street on Saturday?"That was pretty much the greatest thing to ever happen in America," one sombrero-toting hombre was overheard saying a few minutes after the madness stopped.While that might be mildly overstating things ... More >>

Photos Video: Tef Poe and The Force Own the Gramophone

photo by Keegan HamiltonThe Force was out in, um, force at the Gramophone on Friday​Just when it seems like the monthly (or thereabouts) hip-hop extravaganzas hosted by the Force at the Gramophone are getting stale, they go and put on a show like last Friday's. Basically the same cadre of artists ... More >>

Photos Review Setlist Video: The Black Lips Destroy The Firebird, Wednesday, April 7

photo by Keegan HamiltonThe Black Lips got bum rushed during "Bad Kids"​I'd heard some wild stories about Black Lips performances -- instances where the band pissed in their own mouths, cut themselves and bled all over the stage or hocked loogies into the air and caught them in their mouths. Basic ... More >>

Photos Video: The Elite Eight in St. Louis -- Michigan State vs. Tennessee

photo by Keegan HamiltonMagic Johnson and Korie Lucious celebrate another Michigan State Final Four​The NCAA was gracious enough to grant the RFT court-side seats on press row for the big games this weekend. We were stationed directly behind the Tennessee bench for both the Sweet Sixteen and the E ... More >>

This Picture Pretty Sums It Up for Northern Iowa

Photo by Keegan HamiltonTears were flowing Friday night in the Ed Jones Dome​There were a whole lot of Northern Iowa fans on-hand to watch the Sweet 16 last night. The announced attendance in the stadium was 26,377. At least 85 percent of them were wearing purple and gold. (Tennessee had a very ro ... More >>

Who is Ass Clown of the Week? March 12-19?

That time of the week again. Time for you to elect this week's ass clown. And the nominees...​1. Tom Dempsey: The Missouri state rep (R - St. Peters) enraged many this week when he proposed a measure that would require doctors to ask women for a list of reasons as to why they want an abortion. 2. ... More >>

To the Kid Who Punched Me in the Face in the Loop Yesterday

Image ViaYou should be at home playing video games at 8:30 on a Monday night!​You were standing in front of the Subway in the Loop yesterday around 8:45 p.m. with five or six of your teenage friends. I was dressed in athletic shorts and running shoes, carrying a gym bag and wearing headphones beca ... More >>

Pat Forde of ESPN Gives Shout-Out to Bleeding Deacon Public House

​Thanks to RFT staff writer and college-basketball-junkie Keegan Hamilton for passing this item along: In Tuesday's edition of his "Forde Minutes" column on ESPN.com, Pat Forde gives a big shout-out to the Bleeding Deacon Public House (4123 Chippewa Street; 314-772-1813). The Minutes recommends th ... More >>

FoodWire: Mangia Italiano Goes Non-Smoking on Monday, 3.1

My colleague Annie Zaleski reports that as of Monday, March 1, Mangia Italiano (3145 South Grand Boulevard; website) will be completely non-smoking, ten months before the new smoking bans goes into effect in St. Louis City and County.What impact will the smoking ban have? What are the potential loop ... More >>

Mangia Italiano Is Going Non-Smoking on March 1

Per Vintage Vinyl's Twitter: As hinted at by Mangia Italiano's executive chef a few weeks ago, the venue/restaurant will be going non-smoking as of March 1. This announcement comes on the same day that Keegan Hamilton's in-depth piece on the smoking ban and how it will (or won't) affect St. Louis es ... More >>

Arson Suspected After East St. Louis "Skinhead Nazi Strip Club" Burnt Down Last Night

​The weird saga of the City Nights club in East Boogie just got a little weirder. And a lot hotter. Because it burned down last night. That's why we say, "hotter."  Only a few months after a black man was murdered in this apparently all-white dive, the building went down in flames at 12:20 a. ... More >>

Does Brussels Sprout from New Bud Light Golden Wheat?

anheuser-busch.com​Over at Daily RFT, my colleague Keegan Hamilton has a new post about Anheuser-Busch's latest beer product, Bud Light Golden Wheat. Citing beer blogger Lew Bryson, Hamilton wonders why Anheuser-Busch won't give more specifics about what specific type of wheat beer the latest iter ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Farm Aid, Food Porn, Presidents of the United States of America at Taste of St. Louis, Big Muddy Records' Roof Top Party

Good Monday to you, St. Louis. Here's a recap of our weekend coverage:Big Muddy Records Roof Top PartyPhoto: Sarah ParadoskiSee more photos from Friday night's party.​On Friday night, local label Big Muddy Records hosted a party on the roof of the Jefferson Underground gallery. The music went on l ... More >>

Art Dimensions and Loyal Family Team Up for Venue/Studio on Cherokee Street

Over at Daily RFT, Keegan Hamilton has news about a new two-story venue/studio space set to open at 2718 Cherokee Street in October (assuming there are no problems with the liquor license or occupancy permit). Although the space doesn't have a name yet, it will be booked by the Loyal Family's J ... More >>

This week in RFT, April 15 to April 22

A repertorial smorgasbord awaits this week in RFT. Writer Kristen Hinman gets the ball rolling with a story on the Liberation Christian Church, whose hip-hop "Soul Force" sermons has made for a unique worship experience every other Sunday on the Delmar Loop. You'll also want to ta ... More >>

This Week in RFT, March 25 to April 1

We're back on the streets, so grab yourself a copy and start moving your eyeballs. We have a lot to offer this week, and you sure can't beat the price. Your reading satisfaction guaranteed, or your money back!Unreal, for one, is up to its old tricks with some off-the-wall interviews with a so-c ... More >>

Over on Stlog: Shoe Bomb Joke Lands St. Louis DJ in Jail

Over on Stlog, Keegan Hamilton reports on DJ Helias of the Frozen Food Section, who was arrested after allegedly making "a joke about having a shoe bomb" to an airline stewardess. Links to local coverage from networks and personal blogs can be found at Hamilton's post. -- Annie Zaleski&nbs ... More >>

Second Spin: Christmas In Poland

Artist: The Schola Cantorum of SS. Cyril and the Methodius Seminary, Directed by Rev. Henry A. Waraksa Album: Christmas In Poland From: Vintage Vinyl Year: Unknown. Label: Capitol Records What it sounds like: Christmas in Gitmo. 

The 2008-2009 SLU Cheerleaders...

It's a bit of a down time for the Bills.The Saint Louis University basketball team is bridging the gap between its tough, early non-conference games, and the start of A-10 play in January. In the meantime, the team has faced some perennial pansies (they pounded Savannah State 55-37 last weekend, a ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Wolf Parade at the Gargoyle, 800-Pound Gorilla at Mad Art Gallery

Interview: Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes, To Preview Friday's Pageant Show

Indie-An Summer: Two RFT staffers attend the hipster mecca that is the Pitchfork Music Festival

"Birds of a Feather" Feature: Map of St. Louis Bail Bond Agencies

St. Louis Hip-Hop Artist Rockwell Knuckles: Photos, Slideshow and Free MP3 Downloads

But Are the Hot Wings This Hot?

Xmas Shopping for a Foodie?

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