Motel 6 Inc.

Yo La Tengo - The Pageant - 1/31/13

While Georgia Hubley sang "Cornelia & Jane," last night at the Pageant I thought about her band's Twitter handle, @therealYLT, and wondered if I expected to see the real Yo La Tengo or my imaginary "best live band ever" version of the group constructed of only the most exciting scraps of its 29-year ... More >>

Rifftrax Skewers Birdemic

Zachary Clampitt Charged After Motel 6 Standoff

Zachary Clampitt, 23, has been charged with resisting arrest, second-degree assault of police and first- and second-degree property damage following an almost four-hour standoff with police yesterday at a south St. Louis County Motel 6 (6500 South Lindbergh Boulevard).

Cardinals Re-Sign Skip Schumaker; Local Columnist Sighs Deeply and Shakes Head

Image Via​I have a piece of advice for anyone out there who has an athletic child. If your child has the choice of playing football or baseball, you push him toward baseball. Given the choice between basketball and baseball, choose baseball. Soccer or baseball? Always baseball. Oh, you say he coul ... More >>

Yo La Tengo at The Blue Note, 6/20/11: Review and Setlist

Photo from a previous show by Kiernan Maletsky​Yo La Tengo The Blue Note June 20, 2011 Should the New Jersey Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ever become a brick-and-mortar reality, Yo La Tengo had better have a wing to rival Springsteen's. For more than a quarter of a century now (and close to 20 y ... More >>

Ronald and Melissa McRoy: St. Louis Couple Found Dead in South County Motel

The couple had been staying here for days.​St. Louis County police have identified the husband and wife found slain yesterday at a Motel 6 on South Lindbergh Avenue just north of Interstate 55. The couple was Ronald, 47, and Melissa McRoy, 30, of the 6900 block of Field Avenue near Carondelet Park ... More >>

28 Cats Rescued From Columbia Motel 6

Columbia's Animal Control rescued 28 cats from a single hotel room in a Motel 6 on Tuesday, June 15, after receiving a complaint from another guest. Inside the room, Animal Control staff found overflowing litter boxes and a tarp covered with piss and shit. The cats, mostly oriental shorthairs betwe ... More >>

Show Review Setlist: Yo La Tengo at the Pageant, Sunday, January 24

Annie ZaleskiIra Kaplan of Yo La Tengo at the Pageant, 1/24/10​ Yo La Tengo fandom is a labor of love. The adventurous diversity which makes the band's albums so captivating also wreaks havoc on its consistency. Never is this more apparent than in the live setting, where the group lives and d ... More >>

Tour Diary: The Blind Eyes

The Blind Eyes are Seth Porter, Kevin Schneider and Matt Picker. They are playing on October 17 at Off Broadway with the Safes, Gentleman Auction House, and Beth Bombara. But last weekend, they trekked to the upper Midwest for a few shows. Porter was kind enough to share what happened. Read below! ... More >>

B-Sides takes a Jazz Journey and says hello to Ne-Yo

Lock 'Em Down, Lock 'Em Up

Did Lock 'Em Down Records exec Dewanzel Singleton lead a well-choreographed double life, or did the DEA finger an innocent man?

Spank You Very (Very!) Much

Here Comes the Ocean

Yo La Tengo creates "The Sounds of Science" at Webster University

The Gang That Couldn't Puke Straight

Bosnian teens steal thousands of hard-earned dollars

Get a Room

Lodging revenues are down since Sept. 11, and that could mean trouble for the arts

Ms. Step

Merline Anderson let Leslie Hamilton prey on STEP's female employees and clients. The social-services agency had to settle a bruising lawsuit, but Anderson's still in charge.