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War on Christmas: The Ten Best Songs for the Fight

The War on Christmas is upon us! Time to take sides! Did you know there was a War on Christmas? There is! Us Godless heathens are burning all the mangers, or at least politely asking that they not be forcibly erected (oh, I said it) in public spaces. But you know what? Fine. You want a War on Chri ... More >>

Is South County Tween Nicole Westbrook the New Rebecca Black?

Remember Rebecca Black? She is the California teenager whose parents paid for their daughter to perform a song called "Friday" in a now-infamous YouTube music video. Black became internet famous overnight, mostly because everyone agreed that it was the worst song they'd ever heard. Black says she cr ... More >>

21 Worst Halloween Candies Of All Time

Gut Check isn't so old that we don't remember the hierarchy of Halloween candy: i.e., good stuff and crap. While neighbors who neglect to buy the best sweets suffer at the hands of t.p.-ing teenagers, Gut Check's house remains unscathed. Stay on the good side of neighborhood ne'er do wells by avoid ... More >>

Fun Size, the teen comedy that's not bad for you

The Rise of Found-Footage Horror: Why the new scary movies don't look like movies at all

Pride and Headdresses: The Disney tale is a favorite, but it's the wardrobe that dazzles most in The Lion King

Ten Music Game DLC Releases That Stirred Up Controversy

It's not hyperbole to say that downloadable content sparked a huge revolution in console video gaming. Expansions prolonged replay value of many titles, especially music games such as Rock Band and Guitar Hero. The Rock Band franchise in particular has produced an impressive amount of downloadable ... More >>

Five Unnervingly Specific Facts About Miranda Cosgrove Wikipedia's SOPA Blackout Kept You From Knowing

​Wikipedia's decision to black out on Wednesday in support of the efforts against SOPA and PIPA hurt a lot of demographics--high schoolers looking for paraphrases to paraphrase, search engine optimizers who kind of hoped Wikipedia would be shut down, people who needed an episode guide for A Mi ... More >>

Best and Worst Halloween Candy Countdown: No. 6

RFT photo​It wasn't all that long ago that Gut Check was donning our finest Disney princess Star Wars character drag outfit and joining the swarms of greedy American children on the hallowed Halloween quest for candy. So we remember well the post-trick-or-treat ritual of sorting the bounty int ... More >>

The Ten Best Things to Do in St. Louis This Weekend: August 19-21

Todd OwyoungThe last time they were here, Blink 182 gave us sex, immature jokes and rock 'n' roll. We're hoping for more of the last one this time. ​This weekend is one for nostalgia. There's the PG-13 excess of the Nickelodeon '90s that comes with a concert fronted by Blink 182 (and shared wi ... More >>

Music Movies: The Five Biggest Flops And Five Biggest Successes

This is the face that launched 1,000 falsettos -- and also our No. 2 entry in the hits category.​Welcome to a new recurring feature on RFT Music. In the next few weeks, we'll be taking a look at the best music movies, from documentaries (Dig!) to movies with earth-shattering soundtracks (Train ... More >>

Jill Sobule embraces the past and soars into the future on a new tour with John Doe

You think the Americans with Disabilities Act has leveled the playing field? Try walking in my shoes.

In Defense of Spaghetti Tacos

image via​Really, there's no defense for spaghetti tacos, a creation that outraged the food blogosphere recently with rants from the New York Times, New York Magazine, the Atlantic and yes, even Gut Check. Spaghetti tacos were introduced on the Nickelodeon show iCarly, where they even got th ... More >>

The childish, funny, 3-D delights of Despicable Me

(100) Days of Summer Movies

Review: Yo Gabba Gabba! Live! at the Fabulous Fox, Sunday, March 21

​The music and styles of a parents' youth inevitably reappear in the music of their small children. Such is the case with Yo Gabba Gabba! Live! There's a Party in My City!. Almost two decades after rave culture's underground beginnings, it's been modified into the colorful, kid-friendly romp w ... More >>

Five Musicians We'd Like to See on Yo Gabba Gabba!

Yo Gabba Gabba! is far more than just Nickelodeon-produced kiddie fodder. It's become a venue for introducing kids to music by Devo, Chromeo, Mates of State, Of Montreal, and so many more. The show's so popular, especially with indie darlings with children, that the show's producers have a surplus o ... More >>

Yo Gabba Gabba!'s co-creator talks about the show's success (and hometown boy DJ Lance Rock)

The Aquabats Are Coming To Town...The Same Day as Yo Gabba Gabba!

Yo Gabba Gabba! is a children's television show on Nickelodeon co-created by Christian Jacobs, who's better known in punk circles as MC Bat Commander of the Aquabats. YGG! is coming to town at the Fabulous Fox on March 21, as we reported a few weeks ago. Just yesterday, the Aquabats announced a Marc ... More >>

Buy: Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy, featuring The National, Thom Yorke, Ben Kweller, Michael Stipe, Dinosaur Jr, more!

myspace.com/markmulcahy​Mark Mulcahy isn't a household name, but he should be. In the '80s, the singer-songwriter fronted Miracle Legion, a Connecticut jangle-pop act that managed to transcend early comparisons to R.E.M. and evolve into a pretty solid original rock band. In the '90s, Miracle Legio ... More >>

Back to the Future: The Pageant hosts four straight days of '90s rock icons

Glenn Branca's Symphony No. 13 (Hallucination City) and 100 Guitars: An Insider's Look

Fair St. Louis/Live on the Levee Announces Its Summer Entertainment Lineup

Face the Nation

We find out what rocked across the country in 2007.

Press Release of the Day

Last Night's Show: Smoosh at the Pageant with Bloc Party, September 14, 2007

Way Out of Sync

Edison Force

Nuts to You

She's the Man fits the bill for teenage drag-king fans

Eat Better, Drink Better and Be Merry

Do it for all the starving actors

Retro Fits

Roll Bounce skates on its 70s vibe

Black Eyed Peas

Saturday, July 2; Fair Saint Louis (Gateway Arch grounds)

The Resurrection of Carl Officer

East St. Louis’ prodigal son is back — but is he the man to save Sin City?

Kids Stewing Indoors?

You have three options

Hip to be SquarePants

There's nothing absurd about the appeal of SpongeBob's first movie

Nice Pussy

A killer cat steals a wonderful movie

Advertised Special!

As seen in the RFT

Cynical Guy

Work and play are the same thing to Marshall Crenshaw

Making the List

What does the National Rifle Association have against the St. Louis Cardinals?

Dora and Her Steam Shovel Are Missing!

Begin the holiday season with classic children's theater (it's fun for big kids, too)

Oh, Barnacles!

SpongeBob SquarePants is just getting started

Film Openings

Week of December 18, 2002

The Little Things Count

McGurk's never disappoints, because it gets the little things right

Film Openings

Week of June 26, 2002

Lazarus, Reborn

Peter Bogdanovich wasn't dead. He was just acting like it.

Small Screen, Big Step

DEJ Productions tries to give "direct-to-video" a good name

Film Openings

Week of February 6, 2002

Film Openings

Week of December 19, 2001

Sun Dance

Sound advice on the summer's hottest concerts

This Week

Highlights from RFT's "Calendar"