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People Bitching About LouFest: Presented to You by the Internet

This week's LouFest lineup announcement has stirred up a lot of conversation in the city of St. Louis. The festival's new partnership with C3 Presents has served as a lightning rod of sorts: There are those who are excited about the veteran production company's ability to draw some big names, and th ... More >>

Is St. Louis County Going to Charge Commercial Photographers Who Shoot in Their Parks?

Can St. Louis County officials charge photographers for taking pictures in their parks? That question was raised this week when someone posted a photo on Reddit of a new sign in a St. Louis County park that reads in all caps: "Professional photographers are required to obtain a commercial photogra ... More >>

St. Louis Fifty Years Ago: How Engineers Marketed The City To Outsiders (VIDEO)

Here at Daily RFT, we like to take a trip down memory lane every once in awhile, and this week a video is making the rounds that takes viewers right to the streets of St. Louis in 1963. Recently posted on Reddit -- but uploaded to YouTube a few years ago -- the video comes from Bill Kendall, a retir ... More >>

"Moo Cow" Is An Actual Wanted Criminal Whose Name Is On Missouri, Illinois Billboards

The cow got out of the barn. A criminal suspect who has the unfortunate nickname of "Moo Cow" has the even greater misfortune of having drivers throughout Illinois and Missouri see his baby-talk street name plastered on billboards calling for his arrest. But that's the price 24-year-old "John L. H ... More >>

Chelsea Welch, Fired Applebee's Waitress, Talks Unemployment; Applebee's PR Melts Down

After Pastor Alois Bell left the message "I give God 10% Why do you get 18" on a credit card slip for her waitress, another server named Chelsea Welch posted a picture of it on Reddit. Outraged internet sleuths managed to decipher Bell's name and outed her online. But by exposing Bell, web vigilant ... More >>

Will Ferrell's Guerrilla Old Milwaukee Ad Campaign Strikes Again

For the second consecutive Super Bowl, residents of a very, very, very select number of far-flung towns across America saw a surreal, low-budget commercial for Old Milwaukee beer starring Will Ferrell. It was even more surreal than last year's -- and, yes, even more surreal than the Old Milwaukee ad ... More >>

St. Louis Pastor Asks Why Server Deserves Bigger Tip Than God on Receipt

The message a local pastor left in lieu of tip has been setting the internet afire all week. Pastor Alois Bell went to Applebee's last Friday night with her congregation. She was apparently so full of the holy spirit that she shared some with their server after seeing the table had been automatical ... More >>

2013 RFT Web Awards

2013 RFT Web Awards Winners

It's been said that employees engaging in social media while at work cost the U.S. economy $650 billion a year in lost productivity. That's $4,452 per company, and it doesn't even factor in the economic losses from plain, old Web surfing. Throw that into the mix, and good lordy: No wonder the econom ... More >>

Porn Stars Come To -- Not At -- Wash. U.

With tuition at Washington University about to rise above the $44,000 mark, including a mandatory student activities fee of $441, you'd think that the organizers of the annual Sex Week would have the bank to finance the visit of any porn star they want. Alas, you'd be wrong. Negotiations broke dow ... More >>

Misspellin' Missouri Newlyweds and Other Amazing Photos From St. Louis Reddit

For the last, oh, three months or so, Daily RFT has been sitting on two photos we noticed on St. Louis Reddit, the subreddit for locals who want to celebrate and/or mock St. Louis and the great state in which we live. We decided that, per the rule of threes, we would not share these photos until a t ... More >>

Rage Against the Machinima: As YouTube becomes increasingly wealthy, its stars and the networks who contract with them battle for money and creative control

Student Startup Madness: Local Collegians Compete to Be Next Mark Zuckerberg

Many people come up with the dumbest ideas of their lives during college. But, as Sean Branagan, director of the Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at Syracuse University, observes, some pretty good ideas have come from college students, too: Facebook, FedEx, Dell computers, Google, Reddit, t ... More >>

Craigslist Man Seeking "Adventurous Woman for Live-In Secretary/Personal Assistant" Speaks

Mayhaps you have seen the following Craigslist ad floating around social media: "seeking an adventurous woman for live in secretary/ personal assistant - m4w - 25 (soulard)." "I'm a local aspireing entrapanuer seeking a woman that is adventurous, intelligent, attractive and well spoken to be my liv ... More >>

A Haunting on Cherokee Street: What's Up With Those Flashing Windows?

Passersby could be forgiven for thinking there's something a little spooky going on at the corner of Cherokee and Jefferson streets. Every night for the last year and a half, the windows of the building on the southwest corner light up in different colors, changing much too quickly to be the work of ... More >>

Thrift Store Launches Titillating Ad Campaign

We agree with the person who posted this on Reddit: That the thrift store Your Dress or Mine at 3148 Morganford in the Tower Grove South neighborhood, may want to "rethink" this sign:Or maybe they don't!

[VIDEO] Ride of the Century Video Goes Viral

This clip of a Ride of the Century 2012 motorcyclist breaking through a roadblock is now on the front page of Reddit. And it's blowin' up. Check it.

Post-Apocalyptic Portraits of the Abandoned Forest Park Hospital [PHOTOS]

When Nick Zulauf arrived at Forest Park Hospital -- closed since May 2011 -- he says he saw a lone police officer at the entrance, seemingly there to keep out the riffraff. Zulauf says he asked if it would be alright to take some pictures of the otherwise abandoned 567,000-square-foot building, an ... More >>

Executive Inn in Belleville is Apparently the Worst Hotel Ever

A hotel in Belleville is making a name for itself in the national press -- unfortunately, it's for being nightmarishly awful. That's according to dozens of guests who spent a night at the Executive Inn and lived to complain about it. Of 22 reviews on the site Trip Advisor (with names like "If you w ... More >>

The North Face Asks Federal Judge to Sanction St. Louis-Based Firm, "The Butt Face"

The North Face is fed up -- once again -- with St. Louis businessman Jim Winkelmann and his college-age son, Jimmy. Back on April 14, 2010, after much media hoopla, the outdoor apparel giant settled its federal lawsuit against the Winkelmanns, who conceded that their cheeky little company, The South ... More >>

Taco Bell Test Markets MTN Dew A.M. Breakfast Cocktail, Gut Check Proposes Ten Alternatives

This week, Reddit reported that select Taco Bell locations are test marketing a new breakfast cocktail comprised of one part orange juice, one part Mountain Dew. Dubbed "MTN Dew A.M.," the drink is described as a "mixology" of the two beverages, proving that Taco Bell has no idea what "mixology" mea ... More >>

SOPA Protests Keep Kids From Researching SummerSlam

​Attention, high school students: You have to read the book now. Tonight at midnight, Wikipedia shuts down for 24 hours to protest both House Bill 3261, more commonly known as the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and its related bill in the Senate, the PROTECT IP ACT (PIPA). SOPA and PIPA have raise ... More >>

David Freese: Two of the Cardinals Best Players

Are we hallucinating, or is something not right in this screen shot from ESPN.com yesterday?​H//T Reddit

Prince Ea On The Minor Explosion Of His "Backwards Rappers" Video

Image via​In the little over a week since its August 8 release, the video for Prince Ea's "Backwards Rappers" has gone moderately viral. By that, we mean that is has garnered attention in the right places -- CBS News, the Huffington Post, Reddit -- and from the right people -- Sage Francis, Br ... More >>

The Meat Muse: Seven Works of Art Rendered in Meat

Some theorists think that, as he neared the end of his life, screen legend Marlon Brando turned from human flesh into bacon. In this instance, he's just outlined in it. reddit.comThe Hogfather​ Reddit user siskoeva posted the photo, stating that her mother made it for a friend's 50th birthday. ... More >>

The Olive Garden's Tuscan Cooking "School" Is Real -- And So Is This Review

​Credit Eater with digging up this gem, a Reddit Q & A with an ex-manager at the Olive Garden. In it, the ex-manager reveals that there truly is an Olive Garden Culinary Institute of Tuscany, the existence of which has been the target of  much disbelief and derision.If you have a very gen ... More >>

St. Louis Ranked No. 24 in List of Social Media Cities

St. Louis: Average tweety birds.​We're generally pretty skeptical of the endless number of lists ranking U.S. cities on everything from street crime to tipping servers at restaurants. That said, the list out this week from Men's Health seems somewhat scientific. Editors at the magazine compiled th ... More >>

[UPDATE] Webster University: Snarky Parking Sign Greeted with Even Snarkier Response

reddit.comClick image for larger view.​Update: Gary Gottlieb explains why he put the initial "Is It Worth It?" sign on the parking spot.A picture snapped in a parking lot at Webster University is quickly making the rounds on the Internet. As of this writing the photo -- depicting a reserved parkin ... More >>

Digg, Digging, Dugg

If you're a social media person, then you probably know that the popular social bookmarking website Digg recently relaunched. Branded Digg Version 4, this new incarnation unleashed some radical changes on its users. Unfortunately, this transformation was not greeted with open arms. Many of Digg's l ... More >>

A Note From an Anonymous Bartender

File under Dive Bars. A misspelling aside, this bartender has a salient message behind his point -- personal responsibility is key.Via Reddit​

The Top Ten Pannus Photos on the Internet!

In honor of Jane Doe v. V. Leroy Young, et al., a.k.a the Case That Will Not Die, Unreal presents ...The Top Ten Pannus Photos on the Internet!But first we'd like to take a moment to point out that in his polemic yesterday about the plaintiff's Motion for a New Trial, Riverf ... More >>