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  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Philip Glass Makes You Look Old

    The classical music of 75-year-old Philip Glass occupies an unlikely place in pop culture. It still attracts the same age group it did when the composer first performed his minimalist works more than 40 years ago. This audience is ever present for the renowned artist's recent performance at the Ka ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    The Six Best Chain Restaurants in St. Louis

    Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this Gut Check series, we are chewing our way through notable runners up in a number of categories. To see hundreds more winners and finalists a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2012

    Wayne's World

    Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this Gut Check series, we are chewing our way through notable runners up in a number of categories. To see hundreds more winners and finalists a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2011

    Glen Campbell at the Bezemes Family Theater, 9/9/11: Review and Setlist

    Roy Kasten​Glen Campbell The Bezemes Family Theater at the J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts September 9, 2011 The sound sailed out across the theatre. It was the last note of the last song of the last encore for the last show in St. Louis (St. Charles to be exact). That was it for Glen Camp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    The Nine Most Bizzare Moments In Juggalo History

    image via​Last week, as they do once a year, fans of Detroit hip-hop duo Insane Clown Posse converged on Cave-in-Rock, Illinois (160 miles southeast of St. Louis) for the Gathering of the Juggalos. It's a time when fans of the band and their Psychopathic Records label mates convene for music, ... More >>

  • News

    July 7, 2011

    Not Just Del Taco: Readers remember the restaurants we shuttered, the hoops they wore

    image via​Last week, as they do once a year, fans of Detroit hip-hop duo Insane Clown Posse converged on Cave-in-Rock, Illinois (160 miles southeast of St. Louis) for the Gathering of the Juggalos. It's a time when fans of the band and their Psychopathic Records label mates convene for music, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Post of the Month: "New Age of Crave": White Castle Introduces New Breakfast -- and New Direction!

    Gut Check is constantly working to bring the latest food news to our readers. As a result, we do a lot of blogging. In an effort to draw attention to great posts that may have otherwise been lost in the blogosphere (and to recognize our hard-working writers), we present Post of the Month. Katie M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2011

    SXSW Days 3 and 4: Dum Dum Girls, Joy Formidable, La Sera, The Vaccines, Josh Ritter, Lucinda Williams, Venice Is Sinking, Eli "Paperboy" Reed, Asobi Seksu, Hurray For the Riff Raff and Twangfest Party, Friday, March 18 and Saturday, March 19

    Dana PlonkaLa Sera at Waterloo Records​At the end of the final night at South By Southwest 2011, I walked down 6th Street, a scene you can surely picture without my assistance. But I have this press badge to earn, so: By 1 a.m. on Saturday night / Sunday morning, downtown Austin was a zombie m ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 10, 2011

    Jimmy Webb

    Dana PlonkaLa Sera at Waterloo Records​At the end of the final night at South By Southwest 2011, I walked down 6th Street, a scene you can surely picture without my assistance. But I have this press badge to earn, so: By 1 a.m. on Saturday night / Sunday morning, downtown Austin was a zombie m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Corle 2 Da's Guide to St. Louis Restaurants

    For several days now, Gut Check International Headquarters has been grooving to the beat of "So St. Louis" by Corle 2 Da. A (NSFW!) lyrical celebration of everything St. Louis -- including Riverfront Times! -- it's pretty much the best thing ever this week.What makes the video especially awesome are ... More >>

  • News

    September 8, 2010

    Abortion activists have a new target: men

    For several days now, Gut Check International Headquarters has been grooving to the beat of "So St. Louis" by Corle 2 Da. A (NSFW!) lyrical celebration of everything St. Louis -- including Riverfront Times! -- it's pretty much the best thing ever this week.What makes the video especially awesome are ... More >>

  • Film

    June 23, 2010

    Tom Cruise, please stop talking

    For several days now, Gut Check International Headquarters has been grooving to the beat of "So St. Louis" by Corle 2 Da. A (NSFW!) lyrical celebration of everything St. Louis -- including Riverfront Times! -- it's pretty much the best thing ever this week.What makes the video especially awesome are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Last Collector Standing: Best-Selling Author Scott Phillips Dreams About Vinyl, Writes While Listening to Michael Nyman and Yo La Tengo

    Jon Scorfina​Scott Phillips is the national best-selling author of the novels The Ice Harvest and The Walkaway; his newest book is the Western-tinged, black comedy Cottonwood. He's also a vinyl collector who has recurring dreams of shifting through bin after bin of lost music in an imaginary r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Show Review: Freedy Johnston at Off Broadway, Thursday, February 11

    Chris CarrollFreedy Johnston​What becomes of the one-hit wonder? In the case of Freedy Johnston, whose 1994 song "Bad Reputation" was a bittersweet slice of acoustic alternative rock back when that was a viable genre, it appears that you simply keep writing good, catchy, heartfelt songs regard ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    The Morning Brew: Thursday, 11.19

    ​ Despite E. coli outbreaks, meat companies aren't required to test ground beef. (The Atlantic)Wichita loves its salad. (Wichita Eagle)Iowa might ban Everclear. (KCCI - Des Moines)A rendition of Bach's Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, the cantata about coffee, nuptials and dirty deals. It's a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    St. Louis: Bigger than Tampa, Smaller than Wichita

    flickr.com/photos/chrism70Wichita, a true metropolis.The U.S. Census Bureau today released its population estimates for 2008. According to the estimate, the population of St. Louis declined for the first time in four years with the bureau estimating that 354,361 people lived in the city in 2008 -- d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    SXSW Report: Saturday with PJ Harvey and Beyonce's Little Sister, Friday with New York Dolls and Camera Obscura

    Where to begin? I should start with the ornamental comb, like three white gleaming stakes from some Gnostic purification ritual, holding a jet-black stack of hair atop the fiery head of Polly Jean Harvey. She's never wanted for making an impression. Wrapped in white, backed by a hard avant-garde blu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2008

    The Raveonettes, Land of Talk, Jens Lekman at SXSW

    Where to begin? I should start with the ornamental comb, like three white gleaming stakes from some Gnostic purification ritual, holding a jet-black stack of hair atop the fiery head of Polly Jean Harvey. She's never wanted for making an impression. Wrapped in white, backed by a hard avant-garde blu ... More >>

  • Music

    February 21, 2007

    The Linemen emerge as the best straight-shooting country band in town.

    (And please don't call 'em "honky-tonk.")

  • Film

    August 23, 2006

    Training Day

    Feel-good football tale scores with charm and sincerity.

  • Music

    August 23, 2006

    Beep Beep, Yeah!

    B-Sides explores the van woes of Cars Can Be Blue, talks to Split Lip Rayfield's Kirk Rundstrom about conquering cancer for one last tour and downloads some screaming Sleater-Kinney.

  • Film

    November 23, 2005

    Common Cold

    Harold Ramis' Ice Harvest is just a reheated Christmas caper

  • Music

    January 12, 2005

    Verboten!

    We ban rock cliches, fatwa Eric Clapton and read up on music nerds

  • News

    October 20, 2004

    Geeks Gone Wild

    If you can't get laid at a science-fiction convention, you can't get laid!

  • Music

    March 10, 2004

    Dylan Friends

    In which Radar Station meets some folks who kinda like Bob Dylan

  • News

    February 25, 2004

    Another Steakout

    Don't let the Lou become the sole property of Bloosiers; plus, we try to go on a wholesome date (to Mel's new movie, perhaps?), visit one of the few remaining typewriter stores, learn a thing or two about balls and make some super suggestions for Lambert

  • Music

    February 11, 2004

    American Band

    Tight melodies, true grit, a love of hair metal: The Doxies have it all

  • News

    December 11, 2002

    Truth or Derek

    "Dangerous" Derek McQuinn sold his soul for a piece of the Gold Exchange

  • Music

    July 31, 2002

    Sounds Around Town

    Week of July 31, 2002

  • Music

    July 24, 2002

    Whoa, Nelly!

    Sick of the St. Louis superstar's coverage in our pages? Let us know.

  • Music

    July 17, 2002

    Sounds Around Town

    Week of July 17, 2002

  • News

    February 27, 2002

    Nasty Boys

    The women screwed by Rent-A-Center are threatening to take the company to the cleaners. But Ernie Talley and the rest of his Texas bubbas are trying to have the last laugh.

  • Calendar

    January 2, 2002

    Blue Christmas

    Neophyte novelist Scott Phillips raises holiday hell

  • Music

    December 26, 2001

    List-omania

    RFT music geeks pick the best recordings of 2001

  • News

    August 8, 2001

    Fine Print

    Unhappy customers say a dealer's arbitration clause turned into a license to steal

  • Film

    May 17, 2000

    The Big Kahuna

    Directed by John Swanbeck

  • News

    June 23, 1999

    Feature

    Directed by John Swanbeck

  • News

    May 12, 1999

    The Conviction of Tim Dreste

    Tim Dreste's journey from Christian missionary to anti-abortion racketeer cost him a $6 million federal fine for his role in threatening to "kill, assault or do bodily harm" to abortion providers. But he isn't about to stop his crusade.

  • Calendar

    February 10, 1999

    This Week

    Tim Dreste's journey from Christian missionary to anti-abortion racketeer cost him a $6 million federal fine for his role in threatening to "kill, assault or do bodily harm" to abortion providers. But he isn't about to stop his crusade.

  • News

    January 20, 1999

    News of the Weird

    Tim Dreste's journey from Christian missionary to anti-abortion racketeer cost him a $6 million federal fine for his role in threatening to "kill, assault or do bodily harm" to abortion providers. But he isn't about to stop his crusade.

  • Calendar

    January 6, 1999

    This Week

    Tim Dreste's journey from Christian missionary to anti-abortion racketeer cost him a $6 million federal fine for his role in threatening to "kill, assault or do bodily harm" to abortion providers. But he isn't about to stop his crusade.

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