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The Chevy Music Showcase: Finding New Ways to Get Art and Commerce to Work Together

Corporate America is taking an interest more and more in local-level music these days. At present, Chevy is in the midst of its second season of the Chevy Music Showcase, a mini documentary series highlighting eight local bands. Perhaps it's just a way to get into the minds of the music-loving youth ... More >>

Videos: Top Ten TSA Airport Groping Scandals

Last week, footage of Transportation Security Administration officials at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport trying to pat down a three-year-old girl in a wheelchair went viral -- and brought national attention to TSA in St. Louis. Nathan Forck, the father trying to get his family to Disney Wor ... More >>

Ebony Jackson, St. Louis Homicide No. 3: Body Found in Trunk After Her Baby Found Abandoned

Early Friday morning, a baby was found abandoned. Little Donavan Prom was not injured. He'd been left tucked in a car seat in a heated hallway of an apartment complex located in Breckenridge Hills (a small north county municipality). Police soon learned that he and his mother, 30-year-old Ebony Jack ... More >>

Full Circle with The Flaming Lips: 2012 In Review

Editor's Note: The end of 2012 is upon us (also the end of the world, if you believe in that sort of thing), so we thought we'd put a cap on things by sharing some of our personal favorite shows, albums, events and general shenanigans. Join us as we indulge in some navel-gazing! When I write articl ... More >>

Akin Praised, Reviewed Unit of Militia Group He Recently Claimed He Had Nothing to Do With

Updated with response from Akin's spokesperson Rick Tyler. In 1995, a month before the Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people, Todd Akin sent a local militia group what he later called "a courtesy letter." The now-defunct group, the 1st Missouri Volunteers militia, had invited Akin to spea ... More >>

The Old 97's Return to 1997 at the Pageant: Time Tripping at the Genesis of Alt-Country

Old 97s, with The Travoltas and Rhett Miller (solo) The Pageant Oct. 16, 2012 Music is a funny thing. Like photos or scent, songs have a way of making us remember the past. Late relatives. Swim class. That road trip to Dollywood with a jerk you never should have dated in the first place. Chances ar ... More >>

St. Louis is Nation's Seventh Manliest City

What constitutes manliness? Is it merely the presence of certain genitalia and a Y chromosome and the ability to manufacture large quantities of testosterone? Or is it something more complex and metaphysical like, say, knowing how to knot a necktie or possessing an understanding of certain complexit ... More >>

Rescuing the Pets and Stray Cats of Hopeville

Even in Hopeville, there were pets. The stray cats who wandered in found homes, of sorts, with the stray human who had set up camp there. "There aren't any feral cats," says Dawn Blaloch, a volunteer with the St. Louis Area Community Cat Coalition. "They're better socialized than my cats. They're t ... More >>

LouFest Lineup 2012: The Flaming Lips, Girl Talk, Dinosaur Jr., Cotton Mather and More

The LouFest 2012 Lineup is here: the Flaming Lips and Girl Talk get top billing and there's plenty of depth. Dinosaur Jr. and Cotton Mather for you reunion fans. King Tuff, Little Barrie and THEESatisfaction for those looking for new sounds. Cults and Hacienda will act as a musical speedramp to get ... More >>

Anodes Makes Its Debut with a Tour to SXSW

Since late 2011, the members of Anodes haved pulled their time and energy, and this week the group will lay their efforts bare for all to see. Anodes identifies itself as both post-hardcore and emo, two genres that often share similar musical cues and ethics. The group made its debut in St. Louis at ... More >>

Wanna Start a Business? St. Louis is One of the Best Places to Do It

With the recession still in full swing and likely to continue for several more years, it seems like it would be a foolhardy proposition to start up a small business. But there is something infinitely appealing in working for yourself -- particularly since that makes you immune to layoffs. And accord ... More >>

Riddle of Steel Will Play a Reunion Show in February

​After teasing fans about it for five months on the band's facebook page, power trio Riddle of Steel finally confirmed that it will be playing a reunion show at the Firebird on February 18. The show, which is being held in honor of bassist Jimmy Vavak's 40th birthday, will be the group's first ... More >>

Beetle Colonies Eat Flesh Off Human Skulls For The New Flaming Lips Song (Video)

We should have seen this coming, honestly. Earlier this year, the Flaming Lips released an EP on a flash drive embedded in a life size gummy human skull. The band even hand-delivered a few to St. Louis. Then, a couple weeks ago, the Lips released a six-hour song, which you can stream if you've got a ... More >>

Study Suggests St. Louis = Walmart of the U.S.

Greetings from metro St. Louis!​A new study is out comparing St. Louis to 34 other metro areas in the U.S. in everything from cost of living to crime to migration and health. So, how does the St. Louis region stack up? You might compare us to Walmart with it's "Save Money; Live Better" slogan. (We ... More >>

The Dive Poets Recommended Tour Essentials: AAA "Plus," Ramen, Canned Meat and Peanuts

Anna Moffatt and Eric Sargent in Tulsa. Courtesy of the Dive Poets.​Roughly half of St. Louis' finnest fiddlin' folk/Americana outfit, the Dive Poets, took to the road recently -- Jeff York and Renato Durante stayed home with new babies, and Eric Sargent, Karl Eggers and Anna Moffatt comprised ... More >>

Wanda Jackson/Dex Romweber Duo

8 p.m. Sunday, March 27. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Methology 101: Old-school meth labs give way to "shake and bake"

The potentially explosive "shake-and-bake" method is burning its way through meth land

Breaking: Pi's Food Truck En Route to St. Louis

Image via​Pi is about to embrace that hottest of hot food trends, the food truck. The truck, pictured in the Twitter feed above, is en route to St. Louis from Oklahoma City as we speak. Owner Chris Sommers tells me via email that the truck is still several weeks away from being operational. Stay t ... More >>

Extremist Groups Rise 244% Nationwide; Missouri Now Has 10 "Patriot" Brigades

​The Southern Poverty Law Center has released a report suggesting that the number of extremist groups operating in the U.S. grew by 244 percent last year. According to the report, the number of these anti-government movements went from 149 in 2008 to 512 in 2009 -- an addition of 363 new groups in ... More >>

Electro-Industrial Rockers Gravity Kills Working On New Music

After reuniting for a show in 2005 - and playing the occasional gig since then -- '90s electro-industrial-rock darlings Gravity Kills are working on new music. According to vocalist Jeff Scheel, who currently lives in Oklahoma City, the studio collaboration came about after the dissolution of his ... More >>

Local Punks the Humanoids, God Fodder, Suburban Smash Leavin' for Tours

Photo: Nick SchnelleThe Humanoids perform at the Halo Bar during the RFT music showcase back in June. Things may be a little quieter on the local punk scene in the next few weeks as the Humanoids, Suburban Smash and God Fodder all depart Saturday for tours. Suburban Smash and God Fodder pile in ... More >>

St. Louis: The Sixth Manliest City in the U.S.

Combos Snack Food Ranks St. Louis 6th Manliest City in U.S.

www.combos.comCombos, the pretzel-and-processed-cheese food that comprised an unhealthy proportion of my adolescent snacking, has released a new study revealing the 50 "manliest" cities in the country, and St. Louis ranks sixth! It trails only (in order) Nashville, Charlotte, Oklahoma City, Cincinna ... More >>

Combos Snack Food Ranks St. Louis 6th Manliest City in U.S.

www.combos.comCross-posted at Gut Check.Combos, the pretzel-and-processed-cheese food that comprised an unhealthy proportion of my adolescent snacking, has released a new study revealing the 50 "manliest" cities in the country, and St. Louis ranks sixth! It trails only (in order) Nashville, Charlot ... More >>

Martian Chronicles: Wayne Coyne and Kliph Scurlock discuss the Flaming Lips' fantastical film freakout, Christmas on Mars

What's Eating Peter?

Better get a big can of Raid

Outtakes: John Vanderslice

Kings of Leon

7 p.m. Thursday, September 7. Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois).

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Bug in the Ointment

Off-Ramp's new production leads to copious head-scratching

Defying Gravity

Gravity Kills celebrates its career with a reunion gig

That's Amore

La Pizza is the marvelous neighborhood pizza place we've all been waiting for

Minty Fresh

The Starlight Mints want to be more than just that other band from Oklahoma

Waves of Fascination

Shortwave radio: Where the lunatic fringe lives, breathes and flourishes

Last Rites

Ghouls and grief along the Columbia debris trail

Lip Service

Steven Drozd talks about a decade's worth of weirdness with the Flaming Lips

Mystery Spot

As much a cultural as a theatrical phenomenon, The Vagina Monologues arrives to examine the power and meaning of a word

Urban Chic

Sqwires proves just how cosmopolitan St. Louis can be

Patriot Games

With a distant war, a vague enemy and no access, local media are left waving the flag

All God's Children

When terrorists breed hatred among us, they've already won the war

The Fire This Time

Rilla Askew penetrates the decades of silence surrounding the Tulsa race riot of 1921 in her novel Fire in Beulah

The Eternal Moan

Steeling a moment with Overland country-music legend DeWitt Scott Sr.

Miss-ed Opportunity

Commerce may have thrown a wet blanket on the block party planned for the new federal courthouse by artist Mary Miss

Never the Sinner

By John Logan (New Jewish Theatre)

BRAIN SCANNING

Letters to the Editor

News of the Weird

Listening Post