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Pazz & Jop Results Are In! See this Year's Winners, Read Advice from St. Louis Artists

The Village Voice's annual critic's-list-to-end-all-critic's-lists, the venerable Pazz & Jop issue, is now in circulation. Each year the Voice polls hundreds of music critics in an effort to provide the most comprehensive list possible of the former year's most critically-acclaimed music. In additio ... More >>

Riverfront Times Has Been Sold; We're No Longer Connected to Backpage.com

The RFT has a new corporate owner, dear readers: Voice Media Group (a.k.a., VMG National). And that means we've severed our ties with Backpage.com, a classifieds site with a controversial "adult" section.  But our content shall remain unchanged! Last night, the move was explained by our former ... More >>

National Association of Black Journalists Recognizes RFT

The National Association of Black Journalists recently announced the winners of its 2012 media awards, with Riverfront Times earning recognition for its investigative, feature and sports reporting.Former RFT staffer John H. Tucker won "Best News Feature" for his story "Knockout King" about the stree ... More >>

The Night After Cancellation, EDC Closes Fest With Massive Turnout

See also: EDC Vegas Pulls Plug on Music Due to High Winds Organizers of the second annual Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas declared the three-day party a success , despite high-winds that cut its marquee night short on Saturday. Promoters say a whopping 115,000 people were in attendance on the ... More >>

Freedom Under Fire: A Village Voice Media Special Report

The Role Mexican Food Plays in the Immigration Debate

Jim Crow's Alive and Well in 2012

Seven Sins: A True Crime Anthology Torn from our Headlines

Every week writers for Riverfront Times and our parent company, Village Voice Media, produce elegant magazine-style feature writing--a gritty portion of which comes in the form of true-crime stories. Now VVM has collected some of its best recent true-crime yarns into an ebook: Seven Sins: A True Cri ... More >>

The Worst Moments from SXSW 2012

The last few days, Village Voice Media's indefatigable music staff has been regaling you with stories of the best from SXSW 2012. In the midst of these discoveries, we've been culling another list: the worst shit. The acts that ranged from huge bore-fests to downright lame. Below, you'll find our cr ... More >>

Alert: SXSW Coverage Ahead

"What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area." -- Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all of the above building ... More >>

Olive Garden Reviewer Marilyn Hagerty Doesn't Have Time for Your Scorn [Updated]

Meet Marilyn Hagerty. She writes the "Eatbeat" column for the Grand Forks, North Dakota, Herald. Yesterday, she reviewed Grand Forks' new, eagerly awaited Olive Garden. Because the internet is a terrible creature fueled by snark (guilty, guilty, guilty), this review went viral. No less a food-media ... More >>

Pazz & Jop 2011 is Live

The Village Voice has been running the definitive music critic's year-end poll for 39 years now, and its results are live. Your winners: tUnE-yArDs w h o k i l l unseats Kanye West in the album category and Adele continues to trample all over everything in the singles department. Go look at the comp ... More >>

iTunes Store, Wired Praise "Best Of" App

​Allow us to pat ourselves on the back for just a sec' after iTunes just named our "Best of" iPhone app as one of its five best travel apps of the year in its "Rewind" list. Wired also gave the app praise, writing that it's "what Yelp would be if only the cool kids could post reviews" and "provide ... More >>

Lost Boys: New research demolishes the stereotype of the underage sex worker — and sparks an outbreak of denial among child-sex-trafficking alarmists nationwide

Village Voice Media Responds to Clergy

Today 36 clergy affixed their names to a paid ad and open letter to Riverfront Times' parent company Village Voice Media and the classified ad site Backpage.com. The full-page ad was published in the New York Times. The religious coalition demanded that we close down our legal, adult classifieds. ... More >>

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit vs. Backpage.com

​A federal judge in St. Louis on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed last year against Riverfront Times' parent company, Village Voice Media Holdings, and its online classified site, backpage.com.The suit, filed on behalf of an unidentified 14-year-old girl, alleged that the company and its classifie ... More >>

Amber Lyon, CNN Reporter and Native St. Louisan, Blasted by Village Voice Media

RFT's parent company is taking on native St. Louisan CNN reporter, Amber Lyon​Remember when CNN reporter Amber Lyon "ambushed" Craigslist founder Craig Newmark last year? Craigslist was under fire for the racy ads in its "Adult Services" section, which critics claimed weren't properly screened to ... More >>

Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore Spout Bogus Stats About Underage Sex Trafficking

"Real Men Get Their Facts Straight"​If ever there were a cause that every single right-thinking person on the planet would line up to rally around, it'd be underage sex trafficking. So it's no big surprise that Hollywood celebs would get in on the action. With their nonprofit, the DNA Foundat ... More >>

Check Out Our Brand New Best Of iPhone App

​Of course you know about our annual Best Of issue -- the RFT's guide to finding the best of everything in St. Louis. But what you may not know is that there's an app for that. With the brand-new Best Of app from Village Voice Media, you can read up on (and get location info for) all those hi ... More >>

Check Out the RFT's New Best Of iPhone App

​Of course you know about our annual Best Of issue -- the RFT's guide to finding the best of everything in St. Louis. But what you may not know is that there's an app for that. With the brand-new Best Of app from Village Voice Media, you can read up on (and get location info for) all those hi ... More >>

Check Out The Brand New Best Of iPhone App

​Of course you know about our annual Best Of issue -- the RFT's guide to finding the best of everything in St. Louis. But what you may not know is that there's an app for that. With the brand-new Best Of app from Village Voice Media, you can read up on (and get location info for) all those hi ... More >>

Scenes From Last Night's Village Voice/Frank 151 SXSW Showdown Featuring Wu-Tang, Erykah Badu, Yelawolf and More

Shannon CottrellThe Wu-Tang Clan​ Last night, people packed into the Austin Music Hall for the 2011 Village Voice and Frank 151 Showdown at SXSW. With performances from Yelawolf, Fishbone, Wild Flag, Wu-Tang and others, it was a wild night of music and mayhem. Jump over to the Houston Press ... More >>

Ms. Lauryn Hill Doors Time Moved to 9 p.m. Start Time? Well...

Santiago Felipe/Village VoiceMs. Lauryn Hill on January 3, 2011 in NYC​Doors for the Ms. Lauryn Hill show at the Pageant on January 16 were moved to 9 p.m. late yesterday. The reserved balcony is sold out, and as of yesterday, very few $53 general admission tickets were available. What's missi ... More >>

Return to Sender: What would comprehensive immigration reform look like if the feds got moving?

Where are WikiLeaks' Media Friends? [Updated]

​Updated, click here: WikiLeaks Betrayed by MediaWhere are the First Amendment's establishment warriors as government-spooked businesses try to shut down WikiLeaks? Hackers with computers, not hacks with press passes, have been the first line of resistance. More to come.By Michael LaceyExecutive ... More >>

OK Go Video "Last Leaf" Is Toast

Via Fork in the Road, the food blog of our sister paper Village Voice, comes the latest music video from those innovative fellas in OK Go (the treadmill video, the one with the dogs, etc.), which features stop-motion animation made with toasted white bread. Pretty cool, even with the sound off.

Happy Hour in St. Louis? There's an App for That.

Missourian Columnist Gushes Over RFT, Village Voice Media

​Self-flattery alert! Okay, we know how much fun it is to rag on the Riverfront Times, complaining how we're not like the newspaper of old. Well, yeah. But you know, as the song goes, "the times (or was it the Times?) they are a changing." This morning, David Rosman, a columnist with the Columbia ... More >>

RFT Parent Company Responds to Child-Prostitution Lawsuit Against Backpage.com

​This past Friday brought news that a Clayton attorney had filed suit against backpage.com, claiming the website knowingly allowed Latasha Jewell McFarland to pimp out a fourteen-year-old runaway as a prostitute. McFarland pleaded guilty earlier this month in federal court and is awaiting sentenci ... More >>

This Town Ain't Big Enough For Two Best of St. Louises

There can be only one.​Every fall, as you, our devoted readers, surely know, Riverfront Times puts out a massive Best of St. Louis issue that contains more than 400 listings for the best stuff in St. Louis.Earlier this summer, Max Bemberg, Ben DeMeyer and Alex Luft, a trio of St. Louisans, decided ... More >>

St. Charles County Council Endorses Arizona's Immigration Law, Pisses Into the Wind

Image SourceWhen you gotta go, you gotta go.​The St. Charles County Council voted 6-1 Monday night to approve a "nonbinding resolution" that endorses Arizona's harsh new immigration law and calls on the Missouri legislature to enact a similar measure.Mark Schlinkmann had the scoop yesterday aftern ... More >>

An Opportunity to Stand Up

Village Voice Media underwrites an ACLU lawsuit against the state of Arizona

Toyota Recall Follows Village Voice Investigation Into Vehicle Acceleration Risks

April's cover detailing acceleration issues in the Toyota Prius.​Toyota yesterday announced that it would halt the sale of eight models of cars and trucks and recall some 2.3 million vehicles to correct sticking accelerator pedals. Yesterday's announcement follows a somewhat similar recall last fa ... More >>

The year's 10 best movies and more: 2009 in film!

The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 12.1

​ Two-thirds of broiler chickens from grocery stores carry campylobacter or salmonella. (ABC News)New Julie Powell memoir features butchering, extra-martial affairs, and S&M.  (The Village Voice)Boutique distilleries a hit in Chicago. (The New York Times)Mother makes Thanksgiving di ... More >>

Photos: Best 2009 Halloween Costumes in the USA

Our sister paper, the Village Voice, has compiled nearly 50 of the best Halloween costumes in the country, comprised of photos shot and published in cities from New York to Seattle, Dallas to Minneapolis. They've been nice enough to share this costume compilation, and you'll find that a few St. Loui ... More >>

Breaking: Ruth Reichl Cancels St. Louis Visit

​Perhaps unsurprisingly, given yesterday's news that Gourmet would cease publication after its November issue, editor-in-chief and general food-world luminary Ruth Reichl has canceled her visit to St. Louis this week. Reichl was to talk and sign books at an event sponsored by Left Bank Books on Th ... More >>

More Michael Jackson Coverage: Funky Butt Brass Band Covers "I Want You Back," Old Village Voice Stories, Filipino Prisoners Pay Tribute to MJ, Etc.

The Michael Jackson tributes continue rolling in, both locally and nationally.*The Village Voice raided its archives and typed up a bunch of stories about MJ and the Jackson 5, which can be found here.*My colleagues in Houston and Nashville weighed in on memories involving MJ with Mick Jagger and E ... More >>

Video: Sonic Youth on Jimmy Fallon, "No Way" Thurston Moore's Too-Hot-for-TV T-shirt!

Thanks to the Village Voice, who posted this video of Sonic Youth performing last night on Jimmy Fallon's show and debunked the totally too-hot-for-TV shirt Thurston Moore was rocking. (Confidential to Kim Gordon: I love your dress.) Everyone beyond stoked yet for the band's July 17 show under the A ... More >>

Exclusive: E-Mail from Crewmember of Maersk Describes Mistakes by Somali Pirates

M/V Maersk Alabama Richard Phillips, on right.The crew of the M/V Maersk Alabama acted quickly to take control of key areas of the vessel after Somali pirates attacked on April 8, according to a crewmember's account obtained by the Village Voice. Read the full story over at the Village Voice.Read th ... More >>

John Roderick's Missing a Tooth, But Gaining Journalism Skills

Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Arcade Fire Chat about Year-End Poll Results

VVM Film Writer Nathan Lee on the Death of Heath Ledger

Charges Against Lacey, Larkin, New Times Dismissed

Village Voice Media Honchos Arrested in Phoenix

Puerto Muerto with Fred's Variety Group

Friday, June 14; Lemmon's Basement Bar

Sugar, Sugar

A new book about bubblegum bands provides more than empty calories

Outkast with Ludacris

Monday, March 19; Pageant.

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