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Conflict Zine Returns: Here Are Five Others We'd Like to See Come Back

I was as surprised as anyone when I clicked online and saw the message: there was a new product from an old favorite, now available for download. Given that this was the first such release since 1991, I wanted to check it out immediately. And indeed, I was not disappointed. There was enough of th ... More >>

In Top of the Lake, Peggy Olson Goes to Hell

SXSW 2013: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Spain, Ivan & Alyosha and More: Review and Photos

Kneeling down at the edge of the stage at the big outdoor venue of Stubb's in Austin, Nick Cave cradled a young man's head in his hands and sang his death-filled take on the deathless "Stagger Lee" myth. The jammed-in crowd laughed a little nervously. Cave stared down at the kid, who just kept noddi ... More >>

The Ten Best Shows in St. Louis This Weekend: March 8 to 10

Working for an alt-newsweekly can be pretty damn entertaining. Outside of reporting on the latest in local music, food and news, we get to investigate messed up Craigslist ads gone viral, exchange yo momma style comebacks to St. Louis city haters and even play the occasional pranks on each other (se ... More >>

Red Light Camera Vendor With Ties to Missouri Caught in Chicago Bribery Scandal

Redflex, the Australian firm that operates red light cameras in St. Peters and Wentzville, has lost its contract in Chicago after acknowledging that one of its consultants bribed the bureaucrat in charge of the city's red light program. The company conceded over the weekend that the consultant rece ... More >>

Blowfly, the Original Dirty Rapper Brings Something Long and Hard to the Firebird Tonight

Before South Florida achieved its cocaine cowboy status and notoriety, Miami was known for a vibrant musical community that nurtured nascent Latin fusion sounds, old school soul, funk, R&B and jazz. Miami's historical Overtown district is a shell of its former self but at one point in time, before t ... More >>

CutForBieber Was a 4chan Prank, but in 2013 Pranks and Trends are Basically the Same Thing

Pranks are never more effective than when a prankster finds the precise border between reality and absurdity and just barely steps over it. This week's #CutForBieber trending topic--in which Justin Bieber fans were supposed to be cutting themselves in an attempt to force their ur-boyfriend off marij ... More >>

Schnucks Booze Pro Solves Holiday-Drinking Quandries

A few weeks back, Schnucks unveiled its twenty or so newly minted Certified Specialists of Wine who have earned their CSW certification by passing "a rigorous exam developed by the Society of Wine Educators," which is just dandy. But we wanted to see how one of these CSWs would do handling some se ... More >>

S.S. Coachella Cruise, Day One Highlights

The S.S. Coachella set out to sea rather unceremoniously. There weren't horns, not a streamer in sight, and no one smashed bottles against the body of the ship. By Liz Tracy But we'd all been aboard the Celebrity Silhouette for about four hours at that point, and Father John Misty was launching o ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: Why do Mexicans love ska?

The Ten Most Egregious Tax Loopholes in the U.S.

Throwback Edition: Outback Steakhouse and Point Break

While RFTmusic was youthfully gallivanting in the rain at Loufest last weekend, Gut Check retained its crotchety demeanor, embarking on a dry, indoor miniature film fest with the help of Netlix, Family Video and our BFF, Chuck. It all began after we watched Crazy, Stupid, Love, in which Ryan Gosling ... More >>

J. Gilbert's hooks our taste buds and our nostrils

Gateway to the West Fest Returns - The Full Lineup is Here

Gateway to the West Fest is a St. Louis festival of hardcore punk music that first took place seven years ago at South City's American Czech Center when local hardcore promoter Adam "The Devastator" Greer pooled his contacts from his years of booking shows and brought St. Louis the likes of Outbrea ... More >>

Your Band is Worth Taking Seriously, Money or Not: Just Ask the Union Electric

After three years of shows and an equally accumulating number of seven-inches, St. Louis folk rock group the Union Electric releases its first full length CD Time is Gold. Members Tim Rakel, Glenn Burleigh, Melinda Cooper and Mic Boshans are more than just St. Louis music veterans; they are staples ... More >>

Rockville Residents Embrace Horse Slaughterhouse

While animal-rights activists and are wringing their hands with the prospect of Unified Equine opening the nation's only horse-packaging plant in Missouri, residents of that town are delighted by the news. The Kansas City Star visited Rockville this week and reports a near unified front, with reside ... More >>

Strop in the Name of Love: Opera Theatre's Sweeney Todd thrills and kills

It's a Bug, It's a Pain, It's...Supergonorrhea!

There was much rejoicing last fall when the Center for Disease Control and Prevention released its annual report on sexually-transmitted diseases ranking the prevalence of the disease in U.S. cities and St. Louis came in at number 12. Yes, 12! All the way down from number 1 from the 2007 report. The ... More >>

Who's the Surprisingly Knowledgable Music Fan on Jeopardy's Writing Staff?

Now that Odd Future rapper Earl Sweatshirt is apparently back from Samoa, one of the music world's biggest mysteries is over. This means we can turn our attention to other matters. Such as this: Just who is sneaking all the indie-rock questions into Jeopardy!? In the past month, Jeopardy! contestan ... More >>

St. Louis is Still in Super Bowl XLVI, Even Though the Rams Suck

The Rams may not be taking the field on Sunday at Super Bowl XLVI, but someone from St. Louis will be: Nick Smarrelli, chief operating officer at St. Louis IT firm GadellNet Consulting Services. He'll be helping to escort Madonna on the field for her halftime show, as reported yesterday in an articl ... More >>

Words With Friends Saves Life, Says TV Show

​The online word game Words With Friends can do anything, it seems. Humble the mighty? Check. Bring two lonely souls together? Yup. Make me get a cell phone? No, not yet. But it is being credited with saving a life -- from across the world. Beth Legler of Kansas City, Missouri, had been playing th ... More >>

Standup Iliza Shlesinger: "Yes I Google Myself, and Anybody Who Says They Don't Is a Liar"

iliza.comIliza Shlesinger coming to the Funnybone this weekend!​Iliza Shlesinger's hotness is (1)  undeniable, and (2) irrelevant, because  her comic chops are real: In 2008, at the tender age of 24, she won NBC's Last Comic Standing, and hasn't looked back since. She'll be at the Funnyb ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: What do you get when you cross a Mexi with a...?

'All you really have is the show that night.' An Interview with Marnie Stern

David Torch​Marnie Stern hasn't taken shortcuts. Signed to Kill Rock Stars in early 2007 on the strength of a demo (which saw a cassette release earlier this year), last year's self-titled album served to dispel any lingering notion that she was just a guitar maximalist. Its ten songs laid bar ... More >>

Colin Hay

8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 4. The Old Rock House, 1200 South Seventh Street.

Click Here to Learn Amazing Secret for Reducing Belly Fat!

image viaThe seeds of the bastard poon tree have been proven to reduce belly fat...in rats.​There are amazing secrets for reducing belly fat, some even advertised on this here blog. Daily RFT has never actually clicked on any of those ads, mostly because we're afraid there will be a giant payw ... More >>

Prime 1000 steakhouse is batting a thousand in the loft district

Potential Trade War Over Genetically Modified Crops Revealed by WikiLeaks

A WikiLeaks cable indicates that the U.S. was advised to start a trade war with European Union members who banned genetically modified grains. The Guardian reports that in 2007, France attempted to ban a form of Monsanto's GM corn, leading to ambassador Craig Stapleton asking the U.S. to penalize co ... More >>

Family of Fare: The restaurateuring Schmitz clan breaks out with a bistro in Clayton

Wrote Free

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Ask a Mexican: Special Gracias Edition

St. Louis Art Capsules

Antarctic Sled Dogs (and Ponies) Finally Have Their Day

courtesy 109th Airlift WingSmith (right) in flight.​When Riverfront Times last checked in with Ronnie Smith, the Air Force colonel and poet was working on several projects relating to Antarctica, where he had served for twelve years. (See "Poetry in a Cold Climate", January 20.) Among them was ... More >>

St. Louis Art Caps

Jessican Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Paraguay vs. Spain

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: Friday, June 25 to Sunday, June 27

asarofamily.comTool will play the Family Arena this Saturday​ Friday, June 25 *Michael Bublé, Scottrade Center *Cage the Elephant/22-20s/AutoVaughn, The Pageant *New World Spirits/Gravity Kills/Soul Kiss/The Hunted, Roberts Orpheum Theater *A Cursive Memory, Fubar *Zane Lamprey/Marc Ryan/Stev ... More >>

The World Goblet Round 2: Chile vs. United States

​While scanning the World Cup groups in order to plan our daytime drinking over the next month, Gut Check noticed that most of the great wine-producing nations are represented in the tournament field, including all of those with a reputation for crafting good, value-priced wines. Because Gut C ... More >>

Thrill or Swill: Caught Steen-ing?

While South Africa is no longer entirely unknown as a wine-producing nation, many know it only by the Goats du Roam line of value-priced varietal wines. Those can be decent, despite the punny name, but the country actually has a long wine tradition. The Dutch brought a passion for the grape when th ... More >>

Owl City

8 p.m. Wednesday, May 5. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

SLU Basketball Ends The Longest Season in School History

Image via Rick Majerus, Kwamain Mitchell and Kyle Cassity have SLU's future looking up.​With all the faux-controversies that dogged Billiken basketball this year -- television snafu's, Rick Majerus' canceled radio show, the coach's views on stem-cell research and a dubious Internet rumor ab ... More >>

Thanksgiving Weekend St. Louis Concert Calendar: November 25 to November 29

Wednesday, November 25 *Local H/Kinch/One Lone Car, The Firebird *The Stag Night All-Stars present "The Last Waltz," Off Broadway *Jon Hardy & The Public/Groupthink, The Gramophone *Dogtown Allstars, Broadway Oyster Bar *Jake's Leg, The Pageant *Bockman, The Library *The Makeshift Gentlemen/Oceania ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: June 12 to 14

Friday, June 12 *Twangfest, featuring Andre Williams, Asylum Street Spankers, Jon Hardy & the Public, more, Duck Room *Yowie/Upsilon Acrux/Aleuchatistas, Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center (late) *Peter Brotzmann, Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center (early) *The Northwoods, Off Broadway *Colbie Caillat, Six Fl ... More >>

That bastard: The Mexican explains why Portuguese is a bastard tongue

Roland King Top Shell

Abalone Type Shellfish
$15.95
Global Foods Market
421 N. Kirkwood Road
Kirkwood

How Sweet It Is

Cyrano's is back -- dessert lovers everywhere, rejoice!

Pepper Rally

If you like bar food, you'll love the Pepper

Medium Well

With some extra attention to precision, the new Carmine's Steak House could become the purveyor of some of the best meals in town

Russian Roulette

A visit to Astoria European Cuisine yields mixed but largely enjoyable results