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Out Every Night: The Best Shows in St. Louis from May 20 to 26

Next weekend looks pretty awesome, though anything does when an extended weekend awaits most of us thanks to Memorial Day. Keep that extra sleep time in mind while slogging through the work week and affording yourself some time to enjoy visits from acts like Andrew W.K., Soundgarden and El Ten Eleve ... More >>

Missouri Seersucker Caucus Is Most Powerful, Bipartisan Force At The Capitol (PHOTOS)

Last month, we reported on Missouri State Senator Ryan McKenna's handwritten proposal to ban seersucker suits for anyone over the age of eight. His disdain for the fashion trend -- inspired by a growing love of seersucker at the Missouri State Capitol -- has apparently backfired. Big time. The so- ... More >>

We Hang Out With Some Crazy Marines Drinking Their Asses Off at Coachella

The following comes from Nate Jackson, of the RFT's sister paper, the OC Weekly.In full grips of the dry desert heat, the fine art of day drinking at Coachella becomes a game of survival of the fittest. Sweltering temperatures in the high 90s aren't necessarily ideal conditions to bombard your liver ... More >>

Loving Pig's Face and Learning to Leave His Roast Chicken Alone: A Q&A with Vino Nadoz's Chris DiMercurio

This is part two of Gut Check's Chef's Choice profile of Chris DiMercurio of Vino Nadoz. Read part one, a profile of DiMercurio, here. Part three, a recipe from DiMercurio, will be published on Friday. Chris DiMercurio worked alongside -- and learned from -- some of St. Louis' talented young chefs ... More >>

Lo-Fi, High Visibility: Lo-Fi Cherokee Returns Saturday to Film Sixteen Local Artists in One Day

Considering the subject matter, it's unlikely that Bill Streeter will be screaming "Quiet on the set!" this weekend. The St. Louis director, producer and cinematographer will mix music and mini-movies Saturday, April 13, for a second round of Lo-Fi Cherokee, a celebration of local talent on one of ... More >>

Taylor Swift Red Tour at the Scottrade Center 3/18/13: Review, Photos and Setlist

Taylor Swift | Ed Sheeran Scottrade Center March 18, 2013 When music editor Daniel Hill assigned me to review Taylor Swift's Red tour at Scottrade Center, I assumed I'd have to pull his Bieber shenanigans to live through it. Thousands of screeching teenagers? No Serious-Musicians-In-Capital-Letters ... More >>

Intrigue drowns out argument in political thriller The Ides of March

Minnesota Butcher Perfects Gummy Bear Brats, Eyes Kool-Aid

Wikimedia CommonsGrab a bun! These gummy bears are ready to become bratwurst.​A different kind of brats are getting stuffed full of gummy candies in Hugo, Minnesota. Instead of being shoved down the gullets of sugar-crazed kids, butcher Spencer Grundhofer of Grundhofer's Old-Fashion Meats is ... More >>

How to Turn Your Vomit Into Food Art

Screenshot via​This is Millie Brown. All signs suggest that she is thoroughly modern: We're not sure if she makes an actual living from her work, but Millie is an artist by trade. Although the title of her piece, "Nexus Vomitus," should have clued us in pretty early, we still pressed play on t ... More >>

Cooking With Aunt Claudette: St. Louis' Very Own YouTube Kitchen Sensation

While everyone's been going ape shit over My Drunk Kitchen and Vegan Black Metal Chef, there's a local video cooking star waiting to be discovered. It took a post about deep-fried Kool-Aid to bring Claudette to Gut Check's attention. She had a strong reaction to the new fair treat: .bbpBox8287780 ... More >>

Try the Basil Lime Agua Fresca at Cha Cha Chow

Robin WheelerClearing the haze. ​Don't worry about the murky green liquid. It's Cha Cha Chow's Basil Lime Agua Fresca, not something that was skimmed from a pond. Sure, it might sound a little weird, drinking an herb best known for pesto. Think of it as basil herb tea, if you must. People drin ... More >>

Fairs to Kill Patrons With Fried Kool-Aid

TV AcresGet ready for the Fryolator, Kool-Aid Man! ​Ooooooooh yeah!!! It's summer, and you know what that means: Fair vendors are hard at work, finding new and unhealthy foods to fry in an effort to kill their customer base, which consists entirely of people who eat ridiculous fried foods. ... More >>

Battle Water Enhancers: Crystal Light vs. MiO

​The invention of bottled water was clearly a product of marketing genius executed so well that Don Draper gladly would've poured those greedy minds a stiff drink. Although that '90s trend implying health and status has been overshadowed by 21st-century trendiness (green! organic! Nalgene bott ... More >>

The "Tornado Alley" Menu: Terrible Timing or Terrible Taste

Courtesy Erin K. Thompson, Seattle Weekly​Mike Seely, former RFT staff writer and now editor of our sister paper Seattle Weekly, passes along this item from the Emerald City: 5 Spot, a restaurant that adopts the cuisine of a different region every few months, is currently featuring the foods of... ... More >>

Cartoons Make Food Taste Better!

Well duh. A study by Matthew Lapierre at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School of Communication indicates that kids say food tastes better when a beloved cartoon character endorses it. Even when they're fed the exact same food without the character endorsement. Kids know that cartoon ... More >>

Eat Your Way Out of the Snow: Seven Snow-Based Recipes

Did you scoff at the storm warnings, shun the overcrowded grocery stores, and post insults on Twitter about just how stupid it is to panic at the impending snowmaggedeon/pocolypse/MG? And do you now find yourself snowbound and eying your dog because he's looking mighty tasty? Don't panic! And plea ... More >>

Ten Lamest Halloween Candies

It's that time of year again. On Sunday evening millions of pint-size Iron Men and Hermiones will fill the streets and ring our doorbells, visions of tooth decay Skittles, Snickers and Hershey's full-size milk chocolate bars dancing in their heads. Yes, folks, it's Halloween, and our collective pl ... More >>

Competitive Eating = Athletics?

Competitive eating might have athletic merit. Why else would participants be so skinny? Or able to invade the stage during a contest? A BBC report looks at the tricks and politics of competitive eating.County officials shut down a small food business in Portland, Oregon, for lacking a business licen ... More >>

Schnucks Allows Concealed Weapons in Stores -- Here's Why You Need Them

Image viaProbably enough guns for a trip to Schnucks​The Post-Dispatch reports today that Schnucks has removed the signs outside its supermarkets banning patrons from carrying concealed weapons. "As the discussion continued, we decided to make the change in policy based on the idea that any custom ... More >>

Show Review Photos Setlist: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros at the Pageant, Monday, June 14

(For a review of openers Dawes, click here.)photos by Keegan HamiltonAlexander "Edward Sharpe" Ebert and Jade Castrinos: at home together.​Alex Ebert looks like the the leader of a cult. The frontman of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros wears a simple white robe with white trousers underneath ... More >>

Drink of the Week: Slutbucket, the Silver Ballroom

bukowski.net​The two of us are giggling like little girls. The drunk to our left is telling the bartender (loudly, unsolicited) how to make something called a Flaming Dr Pepper. "First you take all your flaming liquors...." "What exactly is a 'flaming liquor?'" she asks softly. "Um, cinnamon ... More >>

Drink of the Week: Moët & Chandon White Star

Waldo Jaquith, Wikimedia Commons​Gut Check is thrilled to welcome back one of Riverfront Times' most popular columns, Drink of the Week -- and to introduce its new author, Alicia Lohmar.I had my first cocktail on a trip to Paris with my dad when I was sixteen. We were at a restaurant he called Po ... More >>

"The Most Perfect Player Who Ever Did Live"

Wikimedia CommonsIf you haven't already read Joe Posnaski and Bill James' Sports Illustrated cover story from last week on Albert Pujols, well, what else are you doing on a Monday morning. Working?In what was probably the best piece of writing/analysis to come out of All-Star week, James makes the c ... More >>

A Sneak at the Opera

Fernando de Sousa, Wikimedia Commons Dara Strickland is a leading expert on sneaking food and drink into the movies. She reports on her exploits for Gut Check (from an undisclosed location) every Monday. This week, she snuck into Gut Check International Headquarters on a Wednesday with this missive ... More >>

Is There a Doctor in the House?

Health, in life and film, dominates Cannes.

The Doctor Is Out

Sangria

Lotus, 501 North 15th Street, 314-588-1565.

Freakwater

Saturday, December 17; Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue)

Cape of Good Hope

Chuck Prophet

Tuesday, September 13; Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue)

Buffalo Bill's Orange Blossom Cream Ale

Wild Oats Market, 8823 Ladue Road, Ladue; 314-721-8004

Get Out of My Head!

Earworms bore in and won't let go

The Arcade Fire

Tuesday, November 30; Mojo's

Chi-Chi Man Eye for the Straight Guy

We ponder gays and Beenie Man, review the Rock Bottom Remainders and chat with the Brian Jonestown Massacre

Best Potato Chips

Red Hot Riplets

Afternoon Delight

Minions Cafe's down-home food might be better than Mom's -- but don't tell her we said so

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of July 28, 2004

Talib Kweli and MF Doom

Sunday, May 16; Mississippi Nights

What Have You Consumed That You Most Regret? (Part 2 of 2)

Week of April 28, 2004

Ode to a Chip

Radar Station talks Red Hot Riplets and more with Murphy Lee

Purple Haze

Sekisui, 3559 Arsenal Street, 314-772-0002

Dashboard Confessional

A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar (Vagrant)

Best Martini

The Ritz-Carlton Lobby Lounge

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Spring Cleaning

Here's what's been lurking on Radar Station's desk

Piece of Cake

Atomic Cowboy, 7336 Manchester, 314-645-0608

Best Place for a Kid's Birthday Party

Magic House

Brian Jonestown Massacre with the Honkeys

Saturday, March 2; Hi-Pointe

Side Dish

The latest offering from wine purveyors: the white merlot

Girlfight

Written and directed by Karyn Kusama