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Humberto Quintero "Slanty-Eye"-Bombs Bruce Chen Interview

The Kansas City Royals not only lost their weekend series against the Pirates, they gave up a little dignity as well. During his interview with Fox at the bottom of the fourth inning on Saturday, pitcher Bruce Chen was being mocked in the background by his fellow teammates. It was mostly harmless h ... More >>

The Conformists' Mike Benker: "I Will Do it With Gusto Two More Times. Be There or Miss the Boat Forever."

Chris Muether​Since 1996, The Conformists has been making music that has confounded the brain and put terror into the heart. Full of kinetic odd-timing, a calculated exercise in repetition, and disjointed melody, its music remains challenging and fresh. Sure to make any fan of U.S. Maple or Sh ... More >>

Sunday Times: Go to St. Louis to Drink Budweiser

​Question: What do Madrid, L.A., St. Louis, Taboga Island, Panama and Chicago have in common? Answer: They all were featured destinations on the front page of the travel section of yesterday's New York Times. And what's the No. 1 draw St. Louis offers for those affluent, urbane, Sunday Times ... More >>

Devon Alexander To Fight In St. Charles as Family Arena Plays Host to Don King Event

Alexander returns to his "hometown" June 25.​What a difference a loss makes. Last time Devon Alexander fought in his hometown of St. Louis was in August 2010. Back then, Alexander was the undefeated, junior welterweight champion and the main event in a full night of boxing put on by promoter Don K ... More >>

Leon Redbone

8:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 25. The Old Rock House, 1200 South Seventh Street.

Cher Hughes: St. Louis Woman Murdered in Panama Subject of Dateline Episode

Friends recall Cher Hughes as a loving, free-spirit. ​Remember the story of Cher (Cheryl) Hughes -- the St. Louis woman whose body was found lying in a shallow grave in Panama earlier this year? Hughes had moved to Bocas del Toro, a small island off the coast of Panama, a decade ago with her boyfr ... More >>

Man Accused of Killing St. Louis Woman in Nicaragua May Be Criminal From TV Show

amw.comWilliam Holbert, or is it William Cortez?​The suspect arrested for killing St. Louis native Cheryl Lynn Hughes in Nicaragua told authorities in Central America that his name is actually William Dathan Holbert -- a U.S. citizen featured on the show America's Most Wanted for fraud, car theft ... More >>

A Heated Deposition Turns the South Butt Case Into One Giant "Clusterf@#k"

​Remember how The South Butt LLC -- a Mizzou freshman's apparel company that's getting sued by The North Face for trademark infringement - has that motto, "Never Stop Relaxing!"? Well, on Friday, the student's father, Jim Winkelmann Sr., stopped relaxing. Eighteen minutes into a deposition held by ... More >>

Show Review: Jumbling Towers, the Hibernauts, ...music video? and Exercise at the Firebird, Friday, September 11

BY BOB MCMAHON After a seemingly interminable hiatus, Jumbling Towers made its long-awaited return to the stage last night with a powerful, if occasionally shaky, reminder of why it's one of St. Louis's best indie-rock bands. Not playing a show in about a year left the quartet with some rust to dis ... More >>

Homespun: Exercise, Grandma's House

In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviewed Exercise's new CD, Grandma's House. He had this to say: Rising from the ashes of lovable spazz-pop band Berlin Whale, Exercise takes a more spacious, meandering view of the pop song on its full-length debut, Grandma's House. The herky-jerky vibrati ... More >>

Homespun: Exercise

Grandma's House
(self-release)

Drink of the Week: Citrus Plunge

Bruno's American Grill
2652 Hampton Avenue
314-769-9331

Valient Thorr

9 p.m. Sunday, June 20. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street

Show Review: Van Halen at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, April 26 Setlist

What You Missed: Alicia Keys, Van Halen, Big Black and more.

Restaurant Tidbit: Tin Can Tavern & Grille

Tin Can Tavern's Downtown Location is Now Open

The Greater St. Louis Hispanic Festival: Que Delicioso

Summer Turns to High

Magnolia Summer explores the weightier side of life

The Truck Stops Here

Davie Metzger hopes his rig is bound for glory

Dawn of the Diaz

Bill Haas trumps other Blog o' the Week possibilities, a white supremacy group loses its power (literally), and we wonder if Hotel Rwanda is OK for kids; plus, everybody loves Einar!

A Lesson in Assault Rifles, Part 2

(backstage at a wrestling match, South Broadway Athletic Club)

Flower Power

Nearly 900 botanists are working to chronicle our biological heritage. And boy are they a wacky bunch.

U.S.A-holes

Team America takes no prisoners and spares no swear words

Letters

Week of July 28, 2004

Letters

Week of July 21, 2004

Sounds Around Town

Week of July 21, 2004

Sounds Around Town

Week of June 16, 2004

Taking Office

Bingenheimer and Hickenlooper discuss their rockin' doc, Mayor of the Sunset Strip

Sounds Around Town

Week of March 17, 2004

Letters

Week of March 10, 2004

Sounds Around Town

Week of February 18, 2004

Sounds Around Town

Week of February 4, 2004

Sounds Around Town

Week of November 12, 2003

Sounds Around Town

Week of October 22, 2003

Those Were the Days

An entertaining look back at Gaslight Square, and a dated take on 9/11

9/11 Memorial in a Pub

Barfly does The Guys

Sounds Around Town

Week of May 14, 2003

Sounds Around Town

Week of March 19, 2003

Sounds Around Town

Week of January 29, 2003

New Bands From Old

Or "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Ignore Audioslave"

Sounds Around Town

Week of December 4, 2002

Please Plea Me

A primer on the punk-rock tour of the season

Sounds Around Town

Week of September 4, 2002

Sounds Around Town

Week of August 21, 2002

Sounds Around Town

Week of March 20, 2002

Sounds Around Town

Week of December 12, 2001

Best Ethnic Radio Show

Sabados Tropicales, KDHX (88.1 FM)

Spies Unlike Us

Boorman and Le Carré bombard Panama with lies and lust but only a modicum of laughter

Fiesta, Then Siesta

Ay caramba! Union Station's Latin American Festival promises fun, food and frenzied footwork