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Dana Loesch Banned from Piers Morgan's Show After Twitter Quip About London Terror Attack

A senseless murder in London had a far more mundane effect here across the pond yesterday: CNN's Piers Morgan banned Tea Party firebrand and hometown girl Dana Loesch from his show for using the occasion for a pro-NRA tweet. Two suspects hacked a British soldier to death with knives in broad dayli ... More >>

Droll with the Punches: National Theatre Live presents Alan Bennett's People at the Tivoli

Ginger & Rosa reveals young women and a world on the verge

They Might Be Giants Celebrates 25 Years, Releases New Album

This isn't how things are supposed to work. "You're on Fire," the first track off Nanobots, the new They Might Be Giants album, is an urgent, antsy marvel, a disco-glittered pop stomper whose three killer hooks slide over, under, and through each other, all coiled up as tightly as snakes in a cave. ... More >>

Night Slugs Artist MORRI$ Talks Tacos and Defines "Goombawave"

There isn't a lot of down time for MORRI$ these days. The Lawrence, Kansas based producer and DJ has been on a tear lately, with his production work being touted through the UK-based label Night Slugs. If he's not busy with that, he's running Team Bear Club, an artist collective he founded back in 2 ... More >>

St. Louis Hits the Road: Tips From the Many Local Bands that Toured in 2012

Hard times, high gas prices and an ill economy did little to derail local artists from expanding outward in 2012. As a musician, I've never seen so many of my peers crawl out from these red brick buildings to push their River City sounds than in the past 12 months. Many return with invaluable advice ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From December 10 to 16

And now a Public Service Announcement from RFT Music: It's wintertime, folks, and you know what that means: It's cold! And as we all know, in the cold, everything dies. The trees, the bugs, at least one ill-prepared bird I found in my side yard -- and most important for the purposes of this post: t ... More >>

Centuries of Too Muchness: Your past lives probably didn't love Cloud Atlas, either

The Old 97's Return to 1997 at the Pageant: Time Tripping at the Genesis of Alt-Country

Old 97s, with The Travoltas and Rhett Miller (solo) The Pageant Oct. 16, 2012 Music is a funny thing. Like photos or scent, songs have a way of making us remember the past. Late relatives. Swim class. That road trip to Dollywood with a jerk you never should have dated in the first place. Chances ar ... More >>

The Secret History of the St. Louis Post Office and Its Amazing Pneumatic Tube

One hundred years ago, subterranean St. Louis was a fascinating place. There was, of course, the web of caves that stretched from Benton Park north to downtown and east to the Mississippi River with detours into neighborhood basements. Before the Civil War, the cave network may have been one of the ... More >>

The Telescopes' Stephen Lawrie is a Shoegaze Legend; Won't Give Up His Hair Secrets

English space-rock heroes the Telescopes shared both a record label and a scene with bands like the Jesus & Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine, but never shared the acclaim. And though the Telescopes are worshiped by modern noise makers as O.G. shoegazers, its influence hadn't translated into a full ... More >>

The shelf life of Clinton-era nostalgia, tested in Titanic 3D and American Reunion

Madonna is Coming to the Scottrade Center: Pre-Sale and Ticket Information [Update]

Madonna, fresh off a Super Bowl appearance and more aware of how to capitalize than possibly anyone in pop music, has just announced a massive 2012 tour. And just days before Madonna 2012 World Tour goes out in (presumably) a blaze of infinite production value in Miami, she'll make a stop here in St ... More >>

Rex Sinquefield: A Hall of Fame Athlete (WTF?)

Cue the "Rocky" theme song. It's time to celebrate another fictional athlete.​Rex Sinquefield is making his mark in Missouri in more than just politics these days. The gazillionaire best known for shoveling millions of dollars into political campaigns is also one of our state's greatest athletes. ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

The Raincoats and Grass Widow at the Double Door, Chicago, 9/19/11: Review and Setlists

The Raincoats. Photo by Mike Appelstein​The Raincoats | Grass Widow The Double Door September 19, 2011 After three decades of sporadic activity, it's about time the Raincoats played the Midwest. This legendary late '70s/early' 80s London band toured the East and West coasts during its init ... More >>

America's Got Talent Winner Runs for Missouri Office: Eight Musicians He Should Learn From

Neal Boyd's American dream includes serving in Missouri House of Representatives.​Neal E. Boyd of Sikeston has already won lots of American votes. Enough to win the 2008 season of America's Got Talent, when he wowed audiences with his pop opera skills. Before finding reality-show fame, Boyd ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Missouri Congressman Billy Long Equates U.S. Debt to Amy Winehouse's Addictions

Missouri's freshman congressman Billy Long (R - Springfield) stirred up a hornet's nest (or, in this case, a beehive) yesterday when he opined on the death of singer Amy Winehouse. Winehouse had battled drug addictions, though it remains unclear what caused her death Saturday in London. Congressman ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

The Ten Most Effective American Protest Songs

This one doesn't make the cut, unfortunately.​It's Fourth of July weekend, and in the haze of the heat, barbecue, domestic beer, and red-white-and-blue buntings, it's easy to get caught up in ranting-chanting, "USA! USA! USA!" The founding fathers and a lot of musicians might not agree with ... More >>

MOBot Part of International Plot to Digitize Darwin's Library

image via​How do you come up with a scientific theory that will totally rock the world and continue to be debated 150 years later? If you were Charles Darwin, you'd take a long boat ride to the Galápagos Islands and spend lots of time examining the beaks of the local finches, a process he des ... More >>

McDonald's Introduces the UK to Incorrect Tastes of America

burgerbusiness.comMcDonald's brings the U.S.A. to the UK.​ Because mediocre fast-food burgers aren't nearly American enough, UK McDonald's restaurants are in the midst of their annual Great Tastes of America promotion. Each week for five weeks, McDonald's outposts in England and Ireland featur ... More >>

The Trashcan Sinatras' resurgence continues with a new acoustic tour and plenty of give-and-take with its loyal fans

In Memoir, Antonia Fraser Implies St. Louisans Are Baseball-Loving Philistines

Antonia Fraser and Harold Pinter: They were in love, God bless 'em.​Unless you're living under a rock, you've undoubtedly heard about Lady Antonia Fraser's new memoir -- the one about her life with playwright Harold Pinter. These two commenced an affair back in 1975 London, when she was a well-kno ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Franzen Frenzy: Why Couldn't This Have Happened Here?

Catastrophe befell Jonathan Franzen this afternoon at the launch party for Freedom (aka The Greatest Novel Of Our Time) in London: ​ ​ The thief escaped by jumping into the Serpentine in Hyde Park (where, incidentally, Percy Shelley's first wife drowned herself). He or she left a ransom ... More >>

Five Reasons The Rams Will STAY in St. Louis

Ignore Chad's Chicken Little impression. The sky is not falling on fans of the St. Louis Rams.While the franchise has already moved three times (from Cleveland to LA in 1945, from LA to Anaheim in 1979 and to St. Louis in 1995) it is definitely going to stay put this time around. Here's why:

My Name is Rachel Corrie has made waves wherever it goes. Now it's St. Louis' turn.

Foxy Shazam storms the scene with glam

World Cuppage: USA 1 - England 1; Yankee Doodle Culinaria at the Old Post Office Plaza

photos by Keegan HamiltonThe US streaked to a 1-1 draw against England.​"Let's hear it for cloud cover!"That's the cry that drew the second-loudest cheer of the day from St. Louis' American soccer hooligans. It was a sweltering 94 degrees in downtown on Saturday afternoon and the sun beat merciles ... More >>

A Look at the Work of the 5 Architecture Teams in the Running to Redesign the Gateway Archgrounds

Now that the CityArchRiver 2015 group has whittled down to five the number of teams competing to redesign the Gateway Archgrounds, it seemed appropriate to take a peek into everybody's portfolio. Below Daily RFT has collated some images of projects completed elsewhere by each architecture team. St. ... More >>

Interview Outtakes: Hugh Cornwell of the Stranglers Pens His Debut Novel, Makes a DVD, Gives Away His Music for Free

In this week's paper, Jason Toon chatted with Hugh Cornwell of U.K. pub-punk legends the Stranglers. Cornwell is playing tonight at Off Broadway, with local openers Lida Una, in support of his new solo album, Hooverdam. (STL native KRISTEENYOUNG was originally listed as the opener, but is no longer ... More >>

Top Sellers At Area Record Stores for 2009

Who says the record store is dead? Not us here in St. Louis, where both Vintage Vinyl and Euclid Records sold a lot of tunes. Below, please find the top selling albums from both stores, including a separate top vinyl list from VV. Enjoy! Vintage Vinyl: Top CDs ​1. Murphy Lee - You See Me 2. ... More >>

Gateway to the East?

Tone Poem: More harmonious than tumultuous, Bright Star is an ode to John Keats' great love affair

Interview Outtakes: Bobby Long, Playing at the Firebird on Sunday

Dirty Pond Songs, the debut album from English singer-songwriter Bobby Long, is a quiet album, a collection to put on when you're deep in thought or otherwise thinking about life's weightier matters. It's also an album indebted to many of Long's favorites, which he named in a recent RFT interview. ( ... More >>

Mount My Squirrel! Local taxidermist Rick Nadeau has a lot of fun with his "little buddies"

A Stepmother's Love

End of the Journey

Life in Africa during wartime

Heinz Microwaveable Spotted Dick

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Heavenly Discovery

This gelato's so exceptional, it might as well be from another planet

Building a Better Bistro

JaBoni's fills a divine setting with spectacular food