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Fat Lady Sings: Karaoke Columnist Hopes You've Had the Time of Your Life

Karaoke can be a dangerous endeavor. What can you sing that won't make friends shun you? How can you go balls-out during your next performance? Each week in "Ask a Karaoke Host," RFT Music writer and professional karaoke host Allison Babka answers your burning questions about maximizing your melodio ... More >>

Tammy Baggio Accused of Really Elaborate Sam's Club Theft Scheme In Seven States

It would appear that Tammy Baggio, 39, had a pretty clever scheme to make money off of Sam's Club stores throughout the Midwest, involving switched containers, pet products and eBay. It was, however, not quite clever enough to last very long. So say the federal authorities that have formally accus ... More >>

The Electric Pencil: A long-lost cache of sketches by a state mental hospital inmate finally yields up some of its secrets

Devil's Wine Box: Missouri's tie to The Possession

A Humble Suggestion for the Replacing of Decorative Plates on Busch Stadium

ebay.comPlates like this abound online. Perhaps the Cardinals could pick up similar trinkets from all 27 cities with MLB teams?​So you've heard the news. How could you not?! It's the biggest story of the week year century history of St. Louis. On Monday a decorative steel plate fell off the exteri ... More >>

RFT Showcase 2011: Highlights (Part Two)

Pretty Little Empire. Photo by Steve Truesdell.​Ed: The RFT Music Showcase was Saturday. It was hot, it was crowded and you would have needed to be in ten places as once to see all the good stuff. Among those who tried was Diana Benanti -- she brings you part two of her highlights below. Read ... More >>

Back from the Undead: Happy 100th to homegrown horror icon Vincent Price

Auction for S.S. Admiral on eBay Ends in Six Days; Make Your Offer Now!

Can't believe this thing already has 16 bids on eBay in just 24 hours.Click for larger image.​If it doesn't sell online, it looks like there's another auction on Wednesday of next week. H/T: Punching Kitty. Related Content: After 70 Years on St. Louis Riverfront, Fate of S.S. Admiral Could be Deci ... More >>

Last Collector Standing: Webster University's Andrew Allen Smith on Combining Record Collections with His Girlfriend, Movie Soundtracks and the Pixies

(The number of chain-record stores nationwide has dwindled. However, St. Louis has become an unlikely safe haven for indie record shops -- and for DJs who prefer to spin the black circle instead of scrolling their iPods. In this weekly column, we'll focus on personal portraits of St. Louis' record a ... More >>

The St. Louis Record Collectors Show continues to thrive after 30-plus years

St. Louis Hairdresser Who Found New Moon Script in Dumpster is Selling Plunder on eBay

Courtesy of Albert WatkinsRay in Hollywood last fall for the New Moon premiere.​Remember Casey Ray? The luckiest Dumpster-diver ever? Her story just keeps on going. Sort of like the Twilight saga. Now she's auctioning off her autographed New Moon script on eBay. Bidding starts at $10,000. (For ... More >>

British Woman Gets Savior-Fresh Breath!

In the latest case of pareidolia -- a funny little trick of the brain that places important, often religious, symbolism on regular items -- a British woman claims that a piece of chewed gum she stuck on her mantel turned into the image of Christ. On Good Friday, even! www.telegraph.co.uk​T ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Friday, 1.8

​ Florida citrus-growers fight to save crops from cold. (Bloomberg)The throwback to cane sugar-sweetened soda doesn't make much health difference. (Los Angeles Times)Frozen pizza sales rise. (Minneapolis St. Paul Star-Tribune)Coffee shops are incognito Starbucks. (CNN.com)Potatoes sporting h ... More >>

Chasing Pablo: For old-school art pickers, the thrill is fading — and so's the payoff

Christmas Ornament Features Albert Pujols Bracing for Tremendous Bowel Movement

The eBay advertisement states that the ornament is of Pujols "fielding" a play at first base. But c'mon, what's it look like he's doing? ​P.S. A tip of the toilet seat to First Cuts.

The Morning Brew: Friday, 10.16

​ Ethiopian agronomist wins World Food Prize. (USA Today)Thinning a suburban deer herd means meat for the needy. (Kansas City Star)Do you need 76 tons of frozen British fruit pies? Check Ebay. (UPI)Hipster demand drives Pabst Blue Ribbon prices. (NBC Los Angeles)Some highlights from the New ... More >>

FBI on Online Auction Fraud: Don't Let it Happen to You!

flickr.com/photos/jusumCan't you imagine this headline getting read in a sonorous voice? Maybe even by McGruff? Anyway, our friends at the FBI are always eager to help us out, which is why they've sent out this press release about how to avoid online auction fraud. Now if only they could tell us how ... More >>

Twangfest Auction Rolls On, Fest Starts Tonight With Alejandro Escovedo at the Pageant

Twangfest 13 starts tonight at the Pageant with Amy Lavere, Hot Club of Cowtown and Alejandro Escovedo, but the Twangfest eBay Auction, an annual charity event for KDHX Community Media, has been rolling for a week, with many items ending this afternoon. Lots of cool and rare music stuff. Check it ou ... More >>

An Open Letter to Smashing Pumpkins Collectors

Dear Smashing Pumpkins collectors,Why do you keep emailing me, asking if I'm selling my Zeitgeist promo CD? I'm genuinely curious about these queries, which I assume are stemming from my review of the album. For starters, it's mad illegal; my copy is a record-label-issued, numbered and watermar ... More >>

Wednesday, March 18: Morning's Newz

A man in southwestern Illinois is blaming the sleeping pill Ambien for a recent brush with the law. The man says he took the drug and the next thing he remembered was waking up in a jail cell where police charged him with attempting to break into a home and resisting arrest. The man aptly calls his ... More >>

The Buck Stops Here: Town & Country Makes It Open Season on Deer

Octavio DiazAfter more than a year of debate, the Town & Country Board of Alderman approved last night a plan to decrease its deer population. The issue has prompted sharp debates at city hall between people who enjoy the deer and those who eye the creatures as a nuisance. In November, an angry ... More >>

Satisfy Your Inner Caveman in Unusual Festus Home

eBayHave you seen the curious local home for sale on eBay? The property is built inside one of the old sand mines that run along the Mississippi River south of St. Louis in Jefferson County.According to the description on eBay, the owners are behind on the balloon note they used to finance the proje ... More >>

Buy This Ass-Kickin' Limo for Only $12 Grand (So Far)

In Warrenton, Missouri, about an hour outside St. Louis, a hoosier torch is about to be passed. The old Interstate Batteries Limousine is for sale. With seven days to go as of this writing, the 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix GT is going for $11,500. And where can you buy it? Ebay, of course. It's been feat ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 12.30

In today's news: More on Mexico and U.S. meat, prosecco and Burger King's meat cologne sells out.

How Much is a U.S. Senate Seat Worth? You Decide! (Updated)

From the "That Didn't Take Long" department of political humor, an eBay listing for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-Elect Obama and allegedly shopped around by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Bidding started at 99 cents and, as of this writing, has reached $51. Bidders, note: Free shi ... More >>

Vintage Vinyl Sells Rare Punk Seven-Inch LPs on eBay

While browsing at Vintage Vinyl yesterday, I found out that the store recently bought a collection of records from somebody. This buy was a bit different than others, however. For starters, clerks found a whole ton of old photos of rock stars like Blondie and the Damned just hanging out -- like, qua ... More >>

Extra! Extra! Post-Dispatch Sells Out!

Happy 808 Day!

The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 3.25

The Cheeseburger in a Can Taste Test

Go-Go's Guitarist Jane Wiedlin: Outtakes from the Interview and MP3s

Cape Girardeau Artist Took Michael Vick to the Dogs

Cape Girardeau Artist Took Michael Vick to the Dogs

Thanks for the Memories

Bookworms bore through "Steal Das Book"

R.I.P. Eddie Fisher, Legendary St. Louis Jazz Guitarist

Ballsy

A pair of local entrepreneurs has a Barry Bonds home run ball for sale, but so far they're going down swinging.

A Star Is Born

B-Sides explores whether actors can really sing, downloads some Pixies goodness and has some devilish words for Bleeding Through

We Want the Funk

Underrated local talent Eddie Fisher finally sees his work released on CD, while KWUR celebrates its own week

Fantasy Is Reality

U2

Wednesday, December 14; the Savvis Center (South 14th Street and Clark Avenue)

Exercise Is Like Opium

Unreal visits an anger-management expert. Then, feeling better, we scan the Bargain Box for a money-maker (note: not for shaking) and talk about psychiatrist-patient luv with a Scientologist (oops). Plus: the local blog of an alleged killer.

Ooh, Posters!

Webster Film Series thins its collection

Don't Fret!

New Pro Arte is fingerpicking good

Best Place to Buy Back Issues of Playboy

A-1 Books

What Do You Think You're the Patron Saint Of?

Week of August 20, 2003

Cheap Shots

Rick Nielsen is not content to pull his old hat tricks anymore

Best Store for Used CDs or Vinyl

Vintage Vinyl

Best of "Street Talk" 2001

Week of December 26, 2001

What Was Your Entrepreneurial Idea That You Never Followed Through On? (Part 1 of 2)

Week of May 2-8, 2001

Which Cybercrime Activity Worries You Most?