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Slang and Jargon

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Karaoke at Mangia Italiano Ends Tonight

    After a three-year stint, Mangia Italiano's Monday night karaoke extravaganza (known colloquially as "Mangioke") is bidding adieu after tonight's session. The night is the stuff of legend; countless denizens of the South-side converged to drink away the pain associated with the start of the week. Wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2010

    Show Review Setlist: Gaslight Anthem, Chamberlain and Tim Barry at Pop's, July 16, 2010

    Nigel CraneThe Gaslight Anthem​New Jersey's Gaslight Anthem has made great strides in the past few years. It's gone from trekking around the country in a beat-up van, to cruising in style in a full-blown tour bus. It's gone from moving modest units on a small punk label (XOXO Records), to cra ... More >>

  • Music

    July 14, 2010

    The Gaslight Anthem's Jersey-born American slang is finally resonating all over the globe

    Nigel CraneThe Gaslight Anthem​New Jersey's Gaslight Anthem has made great strides in the past few years. It's gone from trekking around the country in a beat-up van, to cruising in style in a full-blown tour bus. It's gone from moving modest units on a small punk label (XOXO Records), to cra ... More >>

  • Music

    June 30, 2010

    Vans Warped Tour

    7 p.m. Monday, July 5. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Diana Horner's Country Hip-Hop Dancing: The New Craze Sweeping the Nation(?)

    So, Katy Perry tweeted the following video at Taylor Swift earlier today. It's a whole treatise on country hip-hop dancing, colloquially known as "cowboy hip-hop." I'm not sure what's better: the new-age flute on the video's soundtrack, the fashion -- spandex bike shorts under jean shorts, classiqu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of June 14, 2010

    * = coming to town, = local act Gaslight Anthem's American Slang​Vintage Vinyl 1. Drake---Thank Me Later 2. Nas & Damian Marley---Distant Relatives 3. Black Keys---Brothers 4. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers---Mojo* 5. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals---Grace Potter & The Nocturnals 6. Gaslight A ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2010

    Ask a Mexican: Special Summer Edicion

    * = coming to town, = local act Gaslight Anthem's American Slang​Vintage Vinyl 1. Drake---Thank Me Later 2. Nas & Damian Marley---Distant Relatives 3. Black Keys---Brothers 4. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers---Mojo* 5. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals---Grace Potter & The Nocturnals 6. Gaslight A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Tonight In Ear-Bleeding: Slang, Mind Eraser, Migraine and Ecoli at Fubar

    If you're looking for ear-splitting hardcore tonight, look no further than Fubar (3108 Locust Street) in Midtown when bands from California, Boston and Japan take the stage floor on the lounge side of the venue. Mind Eraser, which has played St. Louis three times in the past (all in basements, her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    Introducing "Ask Certified Sex Therapist Darcy Luadzers"

    ​Here at Riverfront Times we've accumulated many books over the years. It ain't voluntarily. People send us this shit. And most of it is shit. But every now and then, we find a real gem -- or two! Specifically, we find Virgin Sex for Guys and Virgin Sex for Girls, both written by AASECT Certified ... More >>

  • Music

    December 2, 2009

    The Greasers Lunchbox Tenth Anniversary Celebration

    8 p.m. Saturday, December 5. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

  • Music

    October 14, 2009

    Mike Doughty

    p.m. Sunday, October 18. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

  • Music

    September 30, 2009

    St. Vincent

    8:30 p.m. Thursday, October 1. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2009

    Tour Diary: Spelling Bee. Show One

    Joseph Hess from the band Spelling Bee wrote in to say that Internet issues and time have slowed the band's ability to send us tour missives. Instead, his friend Mitch Gilliam -- in the band Only the Bugman -- penned the following account of the tour's first show. And don't worry -- Hess promises a ... More >>

  • News

    May 13, 2009

    ¡Ask A Mexican!: Wanna unevenly hang? The Mexican breaks down the verb "chingar."

    Joseph Hess from the band Spelling Bee wrote in to say that Internet issues and time have slowed the band's ability to send us tour missives. Instead, his friend Mitch Gilliam -- in the band Only the Bugman -- penned the following account of the tour's first show. And don't worry -- Hess promises a ... More >>

  • Music

    February 11, 2009

    Mark Olson/Gary Louris

    9 p.m. Tuesday, February 17. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

  • News

    July 18, 2007

    Potter Mouth

    Unreal behaves like the consummate Muggle, examines a possible correlation between geography and fidelity and plucks a bitter blogger from the 'osphere.

  • News

    December 20, 2006

    How did the most macho of words get emasculated?

    Week of December 21, 2006

  • Calendar

    October 18, 2006

    Literacy Is Not Trivial

    Week of December 21, 2006

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