Vol. 23, No. 42
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
When a nightclub switched to hip-hop, Laclede's Landing and the city clamped down. The fans don't fit in with the plans.
By Bruce Rushton
OF VOYEURS AND LAWYERS
How the manager of a plumbing-supply company got a little too interested in the female employees' plumbing
By Jeannette Batz
ORPHANED SCHOOLS
Despite being threatened with loss of accreditation, it's business as usual in St. Louis' beleaguered public schools
By D.J. Wilson
THE NBA HAS THE ANSWER
How long before Bill and Nancy Laurie move their newly purchased Grizzlies from Vancouver to Our Town?
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF A WALGREENS KIND
The newest rumors regarding the Drugstore that Ate St. Louis
How Will You Care for Your Parents in Their Dotage?
dotage n. imbecility of mind (Webster's Home, School and Office Dictionary, 1937)
By Wm. Stage
SINFUL IN ST. LOUIS
Billy Graham has watched us go to hell for generations
By Ray Hartmann
BUMP-BUMP IN THE NIGHT
Superstar DJ Carl Cox moves the masses with his inspired beat-matching
By Randall Roberts
HIGHWAY TO HELL
Rock & roll is alive and well in St. Louis, living in sin with the Highway Matrons
By Paul Friswold
ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT
The young rockers of Sullen give the lie to their name with an agreeable stage presence and nearly perfect songs
SATAN NEEDS A BATH
Apocalyptic nonsense smites downtown clubs
WASHINGTON WALTZ
Loft District clubs set their booking sights high
HANDSOME BOY MODELING SCHOOL
So ... How's Your Girl? (Tommy Boy)
HUGO MONTENEGRO AND HIS ORCHESTRA
All-Time Greatest Movie Themes and Schemes (RCA)
By Jordan Oakes
Agnostic Front
Friday, Oct. 22; Galaxy
Hang Ups
Friday, Oct. 22; Side Door
Continental Drifters
Saturday, Oct. 23; Blueberry Hill's Duck Room
By Steve Pick
STAR TREK
Our reviewer and her intrepid pals navigate Vietnam Star's gargantuan menu
By Jill Posey-Smith
SHELL GAME
How your breakfast eggs made the grade
BRINGING OUT THE DEAD
Directed by Martin Scorsese
By Gregory Weinkauf
CRAZY IN ALABAMA
Directed by Antonio Banderas
By Luke Y. Thompson
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS
Written and directed by Alan Rudolph
BOUND AND DETERMINED
Art imitates corporate life in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance
By James A. Duffy
LOOKING A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH
How Laumeier Sculpture Park director Beej Nierengarten-Smith's art collection traveled to New Mexico -- on Laumeier's dime
By Eddie Silva
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
By William Shakespeare (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)
By Harry Weber
WHEN ALL'S SAID AND DONNE
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis weaves poetry and modern medicine in Wit
By Sally Cragin
MY ONE GOOD NERVE: A VISIT WITH RUBY DEE
By Ruby Dee (St. Louis Black Repertory Company)
FAG/HAG
By Kate Nugent and Joe Salvatore (Alternate Currents/Direct Currents Series)