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What Is a Movie Critic's Job in the Summer of Comic Books? A Discussion

2 Days in New York Is Rom-Competent

Obscurity Sucks

There is no conversation about music that is less interesting than one party talking about a band/album/song/genre that the other has never heard of or heard. Obscurity is a necessary evil when dealing with music, particularly for those constantly seeking a new aural thrill. But taking pride in obsc ... More >>

EDC 2012: House Music Beef With DJ Sneak Plays Out in Steve Angello's DJ Set

In early spring, a Twitter beef erupted between DJ Sneak, a Chicago house music legend, and Steve Angello, one-third of the DJ supergroup Swedish House Mafia. Sneak called SHM's music "fake shit" and said they "do not play house music" -- as in, real house music. On Friday, in front of a huge crow ... More >>

Is Civil Disobedience the Answer to Immigration Debate?

Supreme Court Decision on Arizona Will Divide Nation

The Best of SXSW Music: Friday 3/16/2012

If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music editors have selected t ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Thursday 3/15/2012

If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music e ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Wednesday 3/14/2012

​If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving musi ... More >>

CNN Reporter Amber Lyon Focus of Village Voice Takedown

Two Plead Guilty to Prostituting 16-Year-Old Girl Throughout Midwest

​A Minneapolis pimp and his female associate entered guilty pleas yesterday in St. Louis  involving their transportation and prostitution of a minor. According to the facts filed with the court, Jane Doe met Maurice Alexander and Latoshia Norris in the Minneapolis area circa May 2010. Do ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Leaf It Alone: What can be done to stop the thievery of agave leaves?

Matthew Dear Coming to the Koken Art Factory

Puja Patel/Village VoiceMatthew Dear in Brooklyn, 11/24/10​This is a good one, folks: Ghostly International label anchor/co-founder Matthew Dear is doing a show at the Koken Art Factory on Saturday, January 29. (According to his booking agent, it's a full-band show, not just a DJ set.) Dear is ... More >>

KITTIES!! Your Daily Dose of Adorable News

image viaCats are super.​Cat Friday. Caturday. Click-bait. Whatever you want to call it, it's time for a little bit of news about cats.(Really, it's Friday afternoon within minutes of quitting time...what else are you doing?)A little paper called The New York Times published a story with a surpris ... More >>

Make Your Own Person With Food!

image viaI said bundt cake, not butt cake!​Remember the Halloweens of yore? The haunted house in your best friend's basement, where her overbearing dad delighted in cramming your hand into a bowl of peeled grapes while trumpeting, "Oh no! It's a bowl of eyeballs!," causing you to piss your pan ... More >>

How Can KFC Top the Double Down? Not the Skinwich

Image viaThe Colonel wants to skin you.​There was much hand-wringing and teeth-gnashing about the imminent food apocalypse when KFC introduced the Double Down, a "sandwich" of bacon, cheese and the "Colonel's Sauce" between two fried chicken breast pieces instead of bread.(The result, Gut Check di ... More >>

Twain's Feast Reading and Book-Signing Tonight

​Sorry for the late notice on this, but if you've ever wondered how the diet of 19th-century America -- or, specifically, of famed author Mark Twain -- differed from contemporary cuisine, then visit Pudd'nhead Books in Webster Groves (37 South Old Orchard Avenue; 314-918-1069) at 7 p.m. this eveni ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: Special Arizona Buycott Edition

RFT Founder Ray Hartmann to Speak at Missouri NORML Conference on Saturday

Ray Hartmann at the University of Missouri, his alma mater​If you see smoke wafting out of the Randall Building at 3022A Cherokee Street on Saturday don't call the fire department. It's probably harmless.The Missouri chapter of NORML -- the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Law -- ... More >>

Alex Trebek Thinks I'm a Filthy Slut?

screencap viaLindsay Eanet. Aspiring music journalist.​University of Missouri senior Lindsay Eanet is currently competing on the Jeopardy!" College Championship. (Wash U student Nick Yozamp is also in the same competition.) A journalism major, she told the Columbia Tribune that being on the sh ... More >>

Review Recaps: The 10 Movies Nominated for Best Picture, and Our Take on Them

Didn't get around to seeing all ten films nominated this year for Best Picture? No worries. Fake-it-til-you-make-it with these review snippets of the nominees, by our very own Basterds: the film critics of Village Voice Media.J. Hoberman writes of Avatar that it "is a technological wonder, fifteen y ... More >>

Animal Collective Once Played at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center

Electronic musician Raglani has been keeping busy in non-performance ways lately: He's been uploading video after video of vintage St. Louis performance videos to a Vimeo account. The result is a treasure trove of experimental, noise, punk and indie videos: The collection features acts such as Hair ... More >>

Blown to Peaces: Weather Underground leaders claimed their bombings were devised to avoid bloodshed. But FBI agents suspect the radical '70s group killed a cop in the name of revolution.

Exploring the Wonder-filled World of Anthropomorphic Taxidermy

Rick Nadeau's squirrels, featured in this week's cover story, are just an entry into the wonderful world of anthropomorphic taxidermy.Tia Resleure's site, A Case of Curiosities, is the most complete source of information about the Victorian tableau-artist Walter Potter. Resleure also has photos of s ... More >>

Julie & Julia, the RFT Review

​As you are probably aware, Julie & Julia, the Nora Ephron film, starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams, inspired by the lives of super-chef Julia Child and the blogger she inspired, Julie Powell, opens in St. Louis this weekend. Robert Wilonsky reviewed Julie & Julia for Riverfront Times and ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Sonic Youth, Chris Isaak, Pitchfork Music Festival and Beach Bodies

It was a music-heavy weekend, and here's what you might have missed.Sonic Youth at the ArchPhoto: Todd OwyoungIndie rock godfathers, and godmothers, Sonic Youth played a free show under the Arch on Friday. See more photos.Music editor Annie Zaleski called this show on Friday "one of the best concert ... More >>

R.I.P. Michael Jackson, 1958-2009

Although TMZ.com reported this news quite a bit ago, the Los Angeles Times just confirmed via sources that the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, has died at the age of 50. Jackson reportedly went into cardiac arrest earlier today and was rushed to the hospital. CNN and the LAT report ... More >>

GOP Gone Wild! Silent Majority Gets Loud at "Tea Party" Under the Gateway Arch

A few months ago, presidential hopeful Barack Obama drew 100,000 supporters to the Gateway Arch. On Friday morning, President Obama's opponents followed suit, drawing a few hundred critics of the federal government's economic stimulus package.At the rally, the president was referred to as a terroris ... More >>

Guantánamo's Final Days: America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and jihad looms

We made you a mixtape! 2008: The year in music.

The Year in Music: 2008's Top Ten Pop Songs

In the RFT that's coming out later this week, our music writers will weigh in on what they liked -- and didn't like -- about music in the year 2008. Various writers from around the Village Voice Media chain also weighed in on their jams, lists we'll be rolling out over the next week or so. Here's a ... More >>

Album Review: R.E.M.'s Murmur at 25

[R.E.M. released a deluxe, 25th anniversary edition of its debut album, Murmur, today. The two-disc set contains the original album remastered from original tapes and a live concert bootleg from Larry's Hideaway in Toronto from that era. Co-producer Don Dixon will be on my KDHX radio show on Mo ... More >>

Cannes Class of 2008: A jury divided unites around Laurent Cantet's schoolhouse drama

Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaios Home Address

Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Home Address

Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

A Family Adrift

The Squid and the Whale finds moments of joy amid the bitterness of divorce

Letters

Week of February 9, 2005

Two of a Kind

Fans of rootsy rock are forced to choose between two promising shows

Chained Melodies

The merger of St. Louis-based Streetside Records with CD World may come at a price.

Chew on This

Chefs and musicians collaborate on a delicious piece of performance art

Raising the Ceiling

The Tin Ceiling looks for ways to thrive, not just survive

Dancers on Film

Photographer Lois Greenfield specializes in capturing flight

Alejandro Escovedo with Jason Ringenberg and Rodeo Soul

Friday, June 29; Off Broadway

Getting Slammied

Tidbits from an exhaustive (and exhausting) tour of the Slammies Showcase

The Pleasure Principle

Robert Christgau's Consumer Guide rates the music of the '90s.

Radar Station

Grandpa's Ghost baffles New York listeners.

D'Angelo with Dead Prez

Thursday, April 20; Fox Theatre

Sound Checks