Subject: New York

• In the Beginning ...

  May 19, 1999

• Lottery Winner

  January 6, 1999

• Buyer Beware: Bush and Confessions agree: Go shopping! (Wait, don't.)

  February 11, 2009

• The Egg Man

  October 3, 2007

• The New Pornographers

  September 12, 2007

• The River of Dreams

  April 18, 2007

• St. Louie Chop Suey

  November 15, 2006

• Dance, Piano Man!

  Twyla Tharp plays a stunning game of Twister with the Billy Joel songbook

  May 5, 2004

• Cowboy Him

  A hometown boy's skills on the open range could win him $25K, Mariano Favazza offers a money-back guarantee, and Unreal gets to the seat of the issue at the new ballpark; plus, won't someone from the STL break the marathon-bowling record?

  January 21, 2004

• Fighting the Power

  April 3, 2002

• Letters

  January 31, 2001

• The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 9.1

  ​ Sheila Lukins, co-author of "The Silver Palate" cookbooks, has died. (Epicurious.com)Velveeta thief charged with DWI. (Buffalo News)New York's Major League Baseball stadiums add fresh fruit to their concession stands. (New York Times)Brain sandwich wins Indiana bar "Manliest Restaurant in America" award. (WBBH)American Airlines joins ReCORK America. (Earth911)

  September 1, 2009

• Dinner and a Show: Why do Mexicans whoop it up for mariachi bands?

  October 21, 2009

• A Place to Bury Strangers

  October 21, 2009

• Catch This!

  October 21, 2009

• The Joy of Company

  October 21, 2009

• Eero Saarinen in the Big Apple

  ​The Eero Saarinen exhibit "Shaping the Future" on display earlier this year at Wash. U's Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum is now headed to New York. While St. Louisan like to lay claim to Saarinen for his design of the iconic Gateway Arch, New Yorkers also consider the Finnish architect their own for his creation of the swirling TWA terminal (image below) at JFK Airport. If you missed the Saarinen exhibit in St. Louis and plan to be in the Big Apple this fall and/or winter, make it a point to c

  October 21, 2009

• Chef's Choice: Josh Galliano, Monarch

  Robin WheelerJosh Galliano, executive chef at Monarch​In the summer of 2005, Monarch executive chef Josh Galliano was working at New York's Restaurant Daniel when his girlfriend, Audra, paid him a visit. She wasn't happy with what she saw."She said, 'Okay, A, you look anorexic. You're working too much and not eating anything. B, you're broke. I can't believe you're paying for this apartment. C, your subletter just bailed on you.' August 17th, she said to pack my bags, we were going back. Got b

  October 22, 2009

• Cuts Like a Knife: Lita Ford hasn't lost her edge — metal or otherwise — since stepping away from the spotlight

  October 28, 2009

• Stuffed Up: Readers consider a life without Sudafed and ponder St. Louis' dismal rankings in national polls

  October 28, 2009

• Physician, Heal ... Something

  October 28, 2009

• Book Review: Neil Diamond is Forever by Jon Bream

  Voyageur Press​As Jon Bream emphasizes repeatedly throughout Neil Diamond is Forever: The Illustrated Story of the Man and His Music, Neil Diamond is not hip. That's probably why my parents liked him. Actually that's probably why most people's parents liked him, except for people whose parents ran off to Woodstock and lived on communes and never got over talking about how hip they were. My parents were so unhip, they referred to joints as "marijuana cigarettes" and left the one party they ever

  October 28, 2009

• By the Boards: Dennis Brown on the STL Theater Scene October 29-November 1

  ​This week the Rep opens its Studio Series with Secret Order, a fictional drama that lifts the veil on behind-the-scenes maneuverings at a prestigious Manhattan cancer clinic. In the tradition of the best studio offerings, Bob Clyman's play deals with a series of thought-provoking ethical issues. Our protagonist is a brilliant young cell researcher -- and how often do you see that in the theater these days? For those in search of substantive drama, the three-play Rep Studio Series tends to be

  October 29, 2009

• Planet Walk Goes Up with a Big Bang in the Delmar Loop

  Courtesy of Stephen WalkerWanna know where Saturn stands in relation to the sun, kiddies? Do your astronomy homework in the Delmar Loop!​On a scale of one to 5 billion, where does Uranus stand in relation to the sun? Well, if the sun is the Moonrise Hotel, and "5 billion" is Cicero's Restaurant, Uranus would be parked right at Brandt's Cafe. That's the gist of the new Delmar Loop Planet Walk opening on November 8 with a "Big Bang" party and ribbon-cutting. The interactive walk - a la the Loop'

  October 29, 2009

• One on One: Outtakes from the RFT Interview with John Oates

  In this week's issue, I spoke with Hall & Oates' guitarist and songwriter, John Oates. Oates will be in town on Friday night to play the annual American Mustache Institute 'Stache Bash at the Roberts Orpheum. Mark Maglio​ Despite being clean-shaven for almost 20 years, Oates took some time to reflect on his old hirsute image as well as his band's contribution to the American musical landscape. Unfortunately the dead-tree version of the RFT couldn't contain all the history, wisdom and reco

  October 29, 2009

• Perform Like the SLSO in Your Very Own Bathtub

  Over the weekend, the Saint Louis Symphony gave a preview of Powerful Percussion, the concert it will be performing at Carnegie Hall in New York this season. The highlight of the show was undoubtedly the second number, Tan Dun's Water Concerto for Water Percussion and Orchestra, in which percussionist Colin Currie did some amazing things with water with some surprisingly homely pieces of equipment.colincurrie.netCurrie percussing.​Currie's performance engendered a couple of collective epiphany

  November 2, 2009

• Too Soon: Holiday Music On the Station Formerly Known as The Beat

  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xmas_tree.svg​Well, at least the 24-7 Christmas music didn't start in St. Louis this year until November 1. (Last year, if you remember, it started on October 10, after Movin' 101.1 prepared to flip to sports talk from upbeat music.) But yes, after hip-hop stalwart The Beat (100.3 FM) announced on Friday that it was switching formats, the constant holiday music began in earnest yesterday. Heck, the Halloween candy is still on sale, and we already can't es

  November 2, 2009

• Photos: Best 2009 Halloween Costumes in the USA

  Our sister paper, the Village Voice, has compiled nearly 50 of the best Halloween costumes in the country, comprised of photos shot and published in cities from New York to Seattle, Dallas to Minneapolis. They've been nice enough to share this costume compilation, and you'll find that a few St. Louis costumes made the cut. See photos here.Photo: Calibree PhotographyAt the Exotic Erotic Ball in San Francisco. See more of the best Halloween costumes spotted around the U.S. ​There are horse-fucke

  November 2, 2009

• Former Webster University President in Millionaire Academics Club, Sort Of

  The New York Times reported yesterday that salaries among college presidents rose 5.5 percent in 2007-08 fiscal year. (Hold your rage, for now; they stopped calculating before the beginning of the Great Recession.)  The median compensation for a college president is $627,750, but naturally, some earn more. Much, much more.Near the top of the rankings, at number four, is former Webster University president Richard S. Meyers, who earned $1,429,738 in 2007-08. That's more than $150,000 less th

  November 3, 2009

• There S/he Is! The Miss Gay America Pageant prances into St. Louis — and Unreal drinks it all in like a camel at Hoover Dam

  November 4, 2009

• Ho-Hum's the Word: Secret Order will tax your brain but not your heart

  November 4, 2009

• (City)Garden Spot: Downtown's new cultural gem gets a restaurant to match

  November 4, 2009

• Former BETonSPORTS Executives Will Be Staying Home for Awhile

  ​Gary Kaplan's brother and sister have each been sentenced to house arrest for helping to make the now-defunct BETonSPORTS a billion-dollar offshore sports book.U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson yesterday ordered Neil Kaplan and Lori Kaplan-Multz each to spend ten months on house arrest. Both Kaplans reside on the East Coast, and originally hail from New York. That's where their big brother, Gary Kaplan, got his start in book-making, according to court records, before heading offshore to warme

  November 4, 2009

• Mystery of Forest Park Cannon Solved; Spanish Gun Arrived in St. Louis in 1900

  Ruhrwein and the Spanish cannon.​For the past year, Fred Ruhrwien has waged a lonely crusade to discover the origins of a Spanish cannon in Forest Park. The 80-year-old Ruhrwien works as a volunteer guide at the park, giving walking tours to hundreds of visitors each year. Until last month, Ruhrwien never had much to say about one particular landmark: the copper, green cannon  near Lindell Avenue. Etchings on the gun in Spanish reveal the word "Examinador" and tell that it was forged in 1

  November 4, 2009

• Israeli Locksmith Ring Charged with Fraud; Group Operated in Missouri and Florida

  Question is: Can you keep a locksmith in prison if he doesn't want to be there?​Here's a curious tale coming out of the U.S. Attorney's office in St. Louis. Last week federal investigators charged Eliyahu Barhanun of Creve Coeur and two other men from Florida on federal charges involving a scam of overcharging customers for locksmith services. According to an affidavit (viewable at the end of this post), the men operated and/or worked with Dependable Lock, a company registered in New York but

  November 5, 2009

• Photos: Suck In! The Corsets of Dorothy Jones

  Photo: Egan O'KeefeSee more photos here.​Here's a slideshow of photos from The Other Woman's corset show, held on Sunday at Cheap Trx on South Grand. "The Other Woman" is corset-maker and seamstress Dorothy Jones. Jones got her start as a theatrical patternmaker in New York. She learned how to make corsets while she was living in San Francisco. "I was always a dancer," she says, "but after I had my second child when I was 40, my belly hung out. In a fit of self-loathing, I bought a girdle, but

  November 9, 2009

• Gone Missing: A sheep and fifteen pacifiers. Plus: We revisit a cold case and a cannon in Forest Park

  November 12, 2009

• Drum Headquarters

  November 12, 2009

• Legal Challenge to Smoking Ban Would Be Tough Sell, Say Law Experts

  ​Even before voters in St. Louis County overwhelmingly approved a smoking ban last week, opponents of the ban warned that they might challenge the statute in court.  At a press conference in October, Bill Hannegan of "Vote No on Proposition N" and Keep St. Louis Free said he and others were examining the constitutionality of the ban.While opposed to any law prohibiting smoking, they argue that the the county ordinance is particularly unfair because it exempts casinos and bars that derive

  November 11, 2009

• Drink of the Week: Pastis Plenty, 33 Wine Shop & Tasting Bar

  User "Chriusha," Wikimedia Commons​Supposedly the world is running out of bitters. Not bitter people, mind you, but the cocktail mixer. Specifically, Angostura bitters, those that come in the ubiquitous paper-wrapped bottle with the yellow plastic cap. Just a few years ago, such news wouldn't have attracted much notice. After all, cocktails rarely call for more than a few dashes of bitters, so a bottle would last most bars quite a while. But now that classic cocktails are all the rage, bar pa

  November 11, 2009

• The Morning Brew: Thursday, 11.12

  ​ Kraft is still trying to buy Cadbury while foisting questionable recipes onto the U.S. (The Atlantic, Gawker.com)Middle school food fight leads to 25 arrests. (The New York Times)English breakfast gains popularity in New York. (The Guardian)Canadian cops, Morrissey pelted with beer. (The Waterloo Record, Pollstar.com)

  November 12, 2009

• St. Louis Geezer Buys $100,000 Worth of Bernie Madoff's Jewelry To Teach Daughters A Lesson in Fiscal Responsibility

  Photo of Lester Miller via St. Louis Business Journal​Lester Miller knows a thing or two about being filthy rich. He also knows what its like to be dirt poor. Maybe that's why he's taken such an interest in the rags-to-riches-to-orange-jumpsuit story of Bernie Madoff.Miller, a 77-year-old Ladue resident, grew up in New York in a family of first generation eastern European immigrants. He sold newspapers until he dropped out of high school to become a traveling salesman. At age 23 he moved to St

  November 16, 2009

• Sarah Palin's Book Tour of Bumblefuck U.S.A. Coming to Sam's Club Far From You

  ​If you haven't heard, former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin is out today with her new book Going Rogue. The 432-page tome is already getting some critical reviews from those who say Palin doesn't always get her facts straight in the book.Honestly, though, who cares?! Palin was never about authenticity. She was about spontaneity! Like that time in St. Louis during the VP debate when she casually asked Joe Biden, "Hey, can I call you Joe?" and then used the informality to belittle him.

  November 17, 2009

• Parting Shots: The St. Louis International Film Festival wraps Sunday, but there's still plenty worth checking out

  November 18, 2009

• David Plouffe on the Audacious Presidential Campaign of 2008

  ​ ​During a flight leg in April, [campaign press secretary Robert] Gibbs tried to have a heart-to-heart with Obama. "Are you having any fun at all?" he asked him. "None," Obama flatly replied. "Do you see any way we can make it more fun?" Gibbs replied. "No." So writes President Obama's former campaign manager, David Plouffe, of the joyless dog days that often infuse an arduous campaign, as was the 21-month ordeal that commenced long before the first snowflakes fell in Io

  November 18, 2009

• Drink of the Week: Old Overholt Manhattan on the Rocks, Off Broadway

  Hayford Peirce, Wikimedia Commons​Let's get this out of the way right off the bat: The Manhattan is a Classic Cocktail. If you are a lady wearing a stole and delicate little gloves or a gentleman in a skinny tie and a fedora, fine, but this homage is not for you. It's for my grandpa -- and probably yours, too -- who would be amused, if not bewildered, to find out his drink has become hip. No matter how long-established, the primary appeal of many of these "classic" drinks is novelty. In a few

  November 18, 2009

• Girldrive Author Nona Willis Aronowitz Visits St. Louis This Weekend to Plug Book at Left Bank

  In the fall of 2006, shortly after the death of her mother, the feminist writer and critic Ellen Willis, Nona Willis Aronowitz met up with her friend Emma Bee Bernstein for brunch."I'd been bombarded with my mom's colleagues, friends and students, people who had been influenced by her," Aronowitz remembers. "I had feminism on my mind. Emma had wanderlust. Both of us were stuck in this New York bubble. We wanted to find out what issues were important to women all across the country."courtesy Nona

  November 20, 2009

• Show Review: Elvis Perkins in Dearland and A.A. Bondy at the Gargoyle, Friday, November 20

  REVIEW BY KELSEY WHIPPLE From the looks of things last night at the Gargoyle, Dearland seems like a nice place to be. Transformed by the beards and spirits of upstate New York's Elvis Perkins in Dearland, the midsized crowd experienced what that place sounds like, at the very least -- like the O Brother, Where Art You? soundtrack met Rufus Wainwright and the two got along swimmingly. There might just be hope yet in Elvis's jokes that the band's "dear land" is real. (AA Bondy, last night at the

  November 21, 2009

• Cannonball Re-Run: A screwball crew of gearheads retool the outlaw cross-country car race

  November 25, 2009

• Featured Review: Urban Alchemy/Gordon Matta-Clark

  November 25, 2009