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    March 23, 2012

    Andrew Bird at the Pageant, 3/22/12: Review, Photos and Setlist

    Andrew Bird | Eugene Mirmin The Pageant March 22, 2012 Andrew Bird had a rough day. He didn't offer details or share the wherefore and why. Instead, he performed an impromptu cover of Kermit's ballad about individuality and identity, "It's Not Easy Being Green," at his show last evening at the Page ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    Battle Brain Beverage: Nawgan vs. Brain Toniq

    Gut Check will do anything to get smarter. From eating the recommended amount of fish to keeping our gray matter's precious fatty tissue lubricated to challenging our brainsicles with crossword puzzles and chess, we'll jump at the chance to gain (or, more likely in our case, attempt to preserve) eve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    Six Indie Rock Songs That Sound Like Christian Rock Songs

    Image via.​A plethora of compelling music has come from indie rock's complicated relationship with Christianity: Sufjan Stevens' folk hymns, David Bazan's tormented crises, the Thermals' blasphemous pop punk. These are the polar opposite of today's contemporary Christian rock, with its overt p ... More >>

  • Film

    November 3, 2011

    Stealing from the rich to...oh, whatever. Funny is the message in Tower Heist.

    Image via.​A plethora of compelling music has come from indie rock's complicated relationship with Christianity: Sufjan Stevens' folk hymns, David Bazan's tormented crises, the Thermals' blasphemous pop punk. These are the polar opposite of today's contemporary Christian rock, with its overt p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Now at Wash. U.: A Butter Churning Club?

    The three founding members of WUChurn (l-r), Sean Wang, Jeremy Winer and Zach Kaufman, demonstrate the fine art of butter-making.​One night last spring, three dorm-mates at Washington University had one of those ideas that seems absolutely brilliant if you've been up very late studying: Why no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2011

    A First Look at Lester's in the Central West End

    Ettie Berneking​Nevermind that it took six months of fighting with the city, putting in new dry wall, moving the front door, adding a side extension, expanding the kitchen, redoing the basement and finishing a staircase. As Ian reported yesterday, Lester's Sports Bar and Grill has finally open ... More >>

  • News

    May 5, 2011

    The Get Motivated! tour that barnstormed into St. Louis last week is as American as a get-rich-quick scheme

    Ettie Berneking​Nevermind that it took six months of fighting with the city, putting in new dry wall, moving the front door, adding a side extension, expanding the kitchen, redoing the basement and finishing a staircase. As Ian reported yesterday, Lester's Sports Bar and Grill has finally open ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Mourners Gather for Tearful Homicide Vigil

    ​One by one they walked into the auditorium. Some were somber. Others were chatty. The overwhelming majority were women and children. Nearly all were black. Boxes of tissues were scattered around the room during this April 9 vigil to honor those residents of St. Louis city and county who wer ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 17, 2011

    St. Louis Stage Capsules

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

  • Culture

    February 10, 2011

    Stray Dog mounts Distracted and screws the pooch

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

  • News

    November 18, 2010
  • Film

    October 13, 2010

    The Freakonomics cottage industry multiplies

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Students Protest Speech by Peabody Energy CEO Greg Boyce at Wash U Research Symposium

    Photo by Keegan HamiltonWash U students had a message for Peabody Energy's Greg Boyce at the Symposium for Global Energy Future​Greg Boyce, CEO of Peabody Energy, the world's largest privately held coal company, stepped to a podium Saturday afternoon at Washington University's Symposium on Global ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Review: Johnnie's Jam, Featuring Dona Oxford and Conan O'Brien's musicians, at the Sheldon, Sunday, September 19

    ​Last night at the Sheldon, musicians gathered to pay tribute to the late Johnnie Johnson and his many accomplishments. KSDK's Art Holliday served as the night's master of ceremonies. (The concert served as a fundraiser for his Johnson documentary, Johnnie Be Good.) Holliday began night with a ... More >>

  • News

    July 21, 2010

    A New Arch for a New St. Louis: Let's not just redesign the grounds around the Gateway Arch. Let's go for the whole enchilada!

    ​Last night at the Sheldon, musicians gathered to pay tribute to the late Johnnie Johnson and his many accomplishments. KSDK's Art Holliday served as the night's master of ceremonies. (The concert served as a fundraiser for his Johnson documentary, Johnnie Be Good.) Holliday began night with a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 5, 2010

    In Brief

    ​Last night at the Sheldon, musicians gathered to pay tribute to the late Johnnie Johnson and his many accomplishments. KSDK's Art Holliday served as the night's master of ceremonies. (The concert served as a fundraiser for his Johnson documentary, Johnnie Be Good.) Holliday began night with a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Show Review: VHS or Beta Pop Their Cherokee Cherries, March 25, 2010

    Craig Pfunder and Mark Palgy of electro-rock group VHS or Beta brought their beats last night to 2720 Cherokee, the newly established, stand-alone music and arts venue in the up-and-coming Cherokee Business District. And although unaccompanied by the rest of their band, or the modern guitar licks an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Cherokee Street at Texas Avenue: A Lot of Contention

    On any other empty lot, the delivery last Friday of a heap of compost and pile of mulch would equal one robust mound of "who gives a doodle." Not the case at the southeast corner of Cherokee Street and Texas Avenue, where some are clamoring for a community garden but haven't gotten the nod from the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    Just Counting the Notches

    Unreal's not one to kiss and tell, but our curiosity was aroused when we heard about a spanking-new website called Bedpost. Currently in its beta-testing phase, Bedpost promises to help you track your sex life, like when you do it, who you do it with and, most crucially, how long it lasts. You also ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2009

    St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Gets All Interactive on People

    Interactive Town Hall Meeting at PowellThe Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) got all interactive on patrons at its first-ever "Town Hall Meeting" Tuesday evening at Powell Hall. With HEC-TV broadcasting live, music director David Robertson and president Fred Bronstein breezed through an hour-lon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    Review: Los Campesinos!/Titus Andronicus, The Gargoyle, February 5

    So imagine the scenario: You're sitting around a Lawrence, Kansas coffee shop, blissfully unaware that you're due to play across Missouri on KDHX that very moment. Such was Titus Andronicus' dilemma earlier Wednesday afternoon. It's to Titus Andronicus' credit that they not only made it to KDHX (eve ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 26, 2008

    The Pope of Pork: In tiny towns across Missouri, old-school hog farming stages a comeback — and at tables across the nation, diners rejoice

    So imagine the scenario: You're sitting around a Lawrence, Kansas coffee shop, blissfully unaware that you're due to play across Missouri on KDHX that very moment. Such was Titus Andronicus' dilemma earlier Wednesday afternoon. It's to Titus Andronicus' credit that they not only made it to KDHX (eve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2008

    Convention & Visitors Commission and Unions Release Details of Accord

    So imagine the scenario: You're sitting around a Lawrence, Kansas coffee shop, blissfully unaware that you're due to play across Missouri on KDHX that very moment. Such was Titus Andronicus' dilemma earlier Wednesday afternoon. It's to Titus Andronicus' credit that they not only made it to KDHX (eve ... More >>

  • News

    October 31, 2007

    See Spot Ascend

    Unreal hunts for ghosts, gets right with God and tails Fido into Heaven.

  • News

    May 16, 2007

    Bad Blood

    Ever hear the one about the unions and the convention bureau?

  • News

    April 18, 2007

    The Wine Master

    A St. Louis sommelier strives to be among the best in the world.

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2006

    No to the Code

    A St. Louis sommelier strives to be among the best in the world.

  • Film

    June 7, 2006

    Deep-Sixed

    Hollywood pounces on 6-6-06 with a needless Omen revival

  • Culture

    May 10, 2006

    Opportunity Knocks

    Great performances keep this Door from slamming shut

  • Music

    March 29, 2006

    Kim Chi

    Friday, March 31, 9 p.m. Lemmons (5800 Gravois Avenue)

  • Culture

    January 11, 2006

    Capsule Reviews

    Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

  • News

    February 16, 2005

    Creation Science

    Unreal learns where dinos fit into the Bible, meets a plow-truck innovator and crunches numbers for St. Louis County. Plus: John Goodman makes an appearance in the Local Blog o' the Week!

  • News

    November 17, 2004

    Hide and Seek

    Unreal dons pleather for a BDSM gathering, shows up to the office naked and gets into the mind of chocolate thieves; plus, we want to know why the F we can't see Saving Private Ryan

  • Film

    October 20, 2004

    The Power of Yes

    A pair of political pranksters invent the art of "identity correction"

  • News

    October 13, 2004

    Extreme Makeover

    Rollin Stanley is a hotshot city planner -- which begs the question: What the hell is he doing in St. Louis?

  • News

    November 26, 2003

    Knockin' 'Em Dead

    Here's how the Board of Education could raise money for St. Louis schools: Charge admission to its meetings

  • News

    August 27, 2003

    Slayer

    Could the mayor's uncanny habit of making enemies wreck the charter-reform effort?

  • News

    November 21, 2001

    Board Games

    New school-board members Amy Hilgemann and Rochell Moore wanted to improve public education in St. Louis but ended up suing the district. The gridlock continues, but the schools remain the same.

  • News

    August 22, 2001

    Board Games

    New city school-board president, once a critic of the status quo, launches an investigation of two reformers

  • News

    July 4, 2001

    The Transit Authority

    Bi-State is losing riders and money. Mike McGrath, who has driven a bus for more than a year, thinks he knows what's wrong.

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