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March 2, 2012
Happy Birthday Lou Reed: The Bravest Rock & Roller
Earlier this week, RFT Music celebrated "Country Grammar's" 12th birthday. Here's another reminder of everyone's impending mortality: Lou Reed turns 70 today. The Brooklyn-born rock icon's first seven decades have been, to put it mildly, eventful. He's created some of the most influential - and mos ... More >>
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December 20, 2010
Captain Beefheart in St. Louis -- With Styx?
Frank Xavier WeyerichCaptain Beefheart and Tom "Papa" RayOn Friday, Don Van Vliet, a.k.a. Captain Beefheart, died at the age of 69. Tributes and remembrances have been pouring in since Friday, from a reprint of a 1980 Lester Bangs story on the man to a moving LA Times piece by ex-RFT staffer ... More >>
Film
June 2, 2010
Get Him to the Greek is rude on the outside, sweet in the middle
Frank Xavier WeyerichCaptain Beefheart and Tom "Papa" RayOn Friday, Don Van Vliet, a.k.a. Captain Beefheart, died at the age of 69. Tributes and remembrances have been pouring in since Friday, from a reprint of a 1980 Lester Bangs story on the man to a moving LA Times piece by ex-RFT staffer ... More >>
Film
November 12, 2009
Sinking Ship: Pirate Radio gets a tame U.S. release, but we still love rock 'n' roll
Frank Xavier WeyerichCaptain Beefheart and Tom "Papa" RayOn Friday, Don Van Vliet, a.k.a. Captain Beefheart, died at the age of 69. Tributes and remembrances have been pouring in since Friday, from a reprint of a 1980 Lester Bangs story on the man to a moving LA Times piece by ex-RFT staffer ... More >>
Music
March 18, 2009
The Tracks of His Years: Van Morrison talks about his classic LP Astral Weeks
Frank Xavier WeyerichCaptain Beefheart and Tom "Papa" RayOn Friday, Don Van Vliet, a.k.a. Captain Beefheart, died at the age of 69. Tributes and remembrances have been pouring in since Friday, from a reprint of a 1980 Lester Bangs story on the man to a moving LA Times piece by ex-RFT staffer ... More >>
Music
November 14, 2007
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Nashville singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier embodies the word "intense." And that's a good thing.
News
August 17, 2005
The Other Basement Tapes
"I Drink Sody." "Disco for Drunks." "Pull My Finger." Pearls from the overlooked oeuvre of Bruce Cole and the Screamin' Mee-Mees.
Music
August 3, 2005
Critical Fatwa
Week of August 3, 2005
Music
June 1, 2005
Hype Goggles
What will the beloved bands of '05 look like when the buzz wears off?
Music
May 4, 2005
Magnetic South
We fatwa Magnet, chat up Ken Bethea and wonder what exactly is going on with Todd Rundgren's Web site
Music
February 16, 2005
Mother!
We chat with a lesser-known Danzig, fatwa Rolling Stone and wonder if membership has its privileges
Music
February 4, 2004
Support the Scene
Radar Station surfs the Web instead of going outside
Music
December 17, 2003
Books on Tapes
Lo-tech gift giving is easy with these rock books
Music
December 3, 2003
The Runaways
The Runaways/The Queens of Noise (Cherry Red)
Music
November 26, 2003
The Bastard Sons of Brian Eno
Ambient music lives on in the Darla Bliss Out series
Music
August 27, 2003
So Long, Saller!
Radar Station prepares for a regime change
Film
June 11, 2003
Bemoaning Mahowny
If there was any life to this reality-based drama, the filmmakers seem to have missed it
Music
June 4, 2003
Embarrassment of Riches
If you can't find a show to go to this weekend, it's your own damn fault
Culture
April 9, 2003
Made With Love
Rosanne Cash is the friend who will say, or sing, what you can't
Music
July 10, 2002
The Dishes with the Gentleman Callers
Thursday, July 11; Rocket Bar
Music
January 23, 2002
Paint It Black
Local zine publisher Christina Wojtan crusades on behalf of her passion
Music
January 9, 2002
Cripple Effect
A serendipitous record deal resuscitates one of the Midwest's primo garage acts, the Cripplers
Music
October 31, 2001
Judgment Day
Our intrepid reporter gets herself in a jam
Music
June 13, 2001
Home-Grown
Webster Groves R&B sensation Toya prepares for the big-time
Music
April 25, 2001
Primal Scream
Warp Sessions 1973 presents legendary St. Louis rockers the Screamin' Mee-Mees in all their glory
Music
March 28, 2001
Hall Pass
Looking for influence, significance, development and perpetuation at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Film
September 20, 2000
Almost Famous
Written and directed by Cameron Crowe
Culture
September 13, 2000
A Fan's Notes
After Jerry Maguire, Cameron Crowe comes of age...finally
Music
July 12, 2000
Patti Smith
Thursday, July 13; Mississippi Nights
Music
December 8, 1999
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Taking St. Louis' lead-footed concertgoers to task

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