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The Ten Best Shows in St. Louis This Weekend: April 12 to 14

It's spring! It's sunny! It's raining! There's a tornado! It's cold! Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore. Whatever the weather may be this weekend during this typical questionable Midwestern season, the show must go on. Our "Out Every Night" post at the start of the week previewed some shows ... More >>

Tigers to Open SEC Schedule Against 'Bama

The Alabama Crimson Tide, and fans of the same, have had a pretty good 24 hours. A third national championship in four years last night, achieved by stomping an over-hyped Notre Dame team into the turf, and a future that looks to hold preseason number one status for next year as well. No doubt about ... 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 >>

The Music Festival for People Who Hate Music Festivals: Cropped Out Returns this Weekend

Edged out of the public eye, thirty-plus artists will make their pilgrimage to Louisville, Kentucky to converge on the hot button festival of recent years, Cropped Out. A name that calls on imagery of open pastures and farmland, Cropped Out forcibly cuts out the pillars of corporatism present in pop ... More >>

The Americana Music Association 2012 Award Winners Love St. Louis

Earlier tonight, the trophies were doled out in Nashville for the 2012 Americana Music Association Awards and Honors. Winners included the Civil Wars, Gillian Welch and, naturally, Alabama Shakes -- the complete list is below. What struck us about the artists honored was how thoroughly they have b ... More >>

Get to Know Saint Louis Originals

Image via​In recent years, coupons have made a huge comeback for the dining industry, invading every corner of the Internet and encouraging budget-conscious diners to eat out more often. The advent of these lunch and dinner deals has only become a commodity recently, but Saint Louis Originals, ... More >>

St. Louis China Hub Called Infeasible; Won't Deliver Jobs or Flights

Look! Is that a Chinese cargo jet about to land in St. Louis, or just pie in the sky?​Air cargo consultant Michael Webber does not mince words then it comes to questioning the promises tied to the proposed Midwest China Hub at Lambert St. Louis International Airport. Webber argues that the cargo h ... More >>

Murphy Lee and Kyjuan's Freaky Wine, Available at a Schnucks Near You

Murphy Lee and Kyjuan at the Freaky Wine debut last Fall. Courtesy of Freaky Muscato​Murphy Lee and Kyjuan of the St. Lunatics came out with a new Freaky Muscato brand wine, dubbed "Freaky," in December. The pair recently made two appearances at local Schnucks stores promoting product. Though ... More >>

Wash. U. turns its grease into gas, the Cards make a deal, and Lambert dumbs down its signage

Effort to Overturn St. Louis Smoking Ban Would Focus on Casino Exemption

Photo: Jenn SilverbergHannegan lighting up at one of his favorite haunts, Herbies' Vintage '72.​St. Louis' most tireless smoking-ban opponent Bill Hannegan stopped by the Riverfront Times the other day. In so doing, Hannegan hinted how his Keep St. Louis Free plans to topple the ban in the city th ... More >>

Quentin's Final Solution!: In a triumph of his will, Tarantino makes Holocaust revisionism ridiculously fun

Foul Territory: Unreal goes outside the lines during All-Star Week

The First Baseball Game of the Year at Busch Stadium

photo by Keegan HamiltonIt wasn't played by the Cardinals (you'll have to wait till Monday, when the Pirates come to town to see the Redbirds in action) but by the Mizzou and SLU. The Tigers trounced the Billikens 19-6.If a confused spectator had wandered into the stands, there was zero chance of co ... More >>

Outtakes MP3s: "Anarchy in the Ozarks"

In this week's paper, there's a long story about punk and hardcore in the Ozarks, titled "Anarchy in the Ozarks." Below find an excerpt from Ben Westhoff's piece that didn't quite make it into the final draft. Check out more information and music at Gabe Harper's blog, Ozark Punk Rock. MP3: Initial ... More >>

Show Review: Rancid, The Original Sinners and Coliseum at Pop's, Saturday, June 28, 2008

2008 Cardinals Draft Pick Analysis

Cards Blog: A Cautionary Tale for Anthony Reyes

Cards Blog: A Cautionary Tale for Anthony Reyes

Local scientists can predict the far-reaching effects of rumblers through the Earthquake Hazard Mapping Project

Linehan Vouched for Troubled Football Star Jerramy Stevens

Linehan Vouched for Troubled Football Star Jerramy Stevens

Sno Luck

Man is it nice to kick the ol' crapola out of Louisville, Grand Rapids and Roanoke at something!

Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Stands Behind Phoenix New Times and Village Voice Media

Last Night's Show: The Decemberists

Prince of Darkness

A St. Louis company is making a killing off Halloween. Your screams are music to their ears.

Prince Joe waxes poetic about Muhammad Ali

Week of June 28, 2006

Unreal News Challenge 2005!

Time again to take the year-end quiz

The Mad Blogger

Byron Crawford takes no prisoners. Don't screw with him.

Crowe Flies Home

Elizabethtown is a mess, not that its director should care

My Sweet Lore

Oh, those wacky Final Four campuses!

Drop-Kick Gorgeous

Bad timing and institutional racism kept Gary Jackson out of pro wrestling's spotlight. But he's got St. Louis in a hammer lock.

St. Louis International Film Festival

Week of November 10, 2004

Talk This Way

Where's the reality for people trying out for American Idol?

A 'Stache of Evil

Beware the hair

Where's Florissant?

Some Lou denizens feel dissed by Miss USA (but Unreal still loves her!), a Pattonville student is treated criminally, and an 84-year-old grandma praises the Rams in song; plus, we clock local athletes on our gaydar

Strike Three

Managers park semis, regulars get crabby and allegations fly

Gerbergate

Jennifer Joyce contest results, a psychic porn star and perhaps the only Provel-related legal battle in history: Who could ask for anything more? (We've got dirt on Gephardt and the Cards, too, just in case you're greedy.)

Meet the Anarchists

The brouhaha surrounding this year's World Agricultural Forum said a lot about St. Louis. And a lot of what it said wasn't very good.

Steal This Movie

Studios don't get the Upright Citizens, which isn't funny at all

Christina Aguilera

Stripped (RCA)

Christina Aguilera

Stripped (RCA)

Faith and Affirmation

Two premieres take audiences on unique journeys

Judgment at Hookyville

The volunteer jurists running a truancy court for St. Louis get an up-close view of wayward kids, don't-care parents and war-zone schools. It's worse than they thought.

Fine Dining

The Rep Studio serves up an intimate and satisfying Dinner with Friends

Tanya Savory, Stacey Earle and Dave Moore

Thursday, Sept. 7; Ike's Place, Washington University

Visual Aide

He talks his way through theatrical productions -- and fellow theatergoers thank him for it

Christmas in August, a Louisville Slugger Next to the Bed

Can Jennifer Joyce parlay a healthy campaign war chest and family connections into a Democratic nomination for St. Louis circuit attorney?

Forward Past

New art inspired by old times

Letters to the Editor

Published the week of February 16

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