Vol. 25, No. 20
The 2001 RFT Slammies
Homeboy superstar Nelly tops the list of readers' favorite local musicians
By Paul Friswold, Matt Harnish, Roy Kasten, Terry Perkins, Steve Pick, Randall Roberts, René Spencer Saller and Jason Toon
Black and Blue
The conflicting versions of the shooting by police of a teenager widen the rift between cops and African-Americans
By Safir Ahmed
Base Motives
Well-heeled cities and developers keep TIF reform at bay
By D.J. Wilson
Letters
Week of May 16, 2001
What Would You Do if the Blues Brought Home Stanley?
By Wm. Stage
The Media Go to Pot
How news outlets blew the medical-marijuana story
By Ray Hartmann
We Like Ike
The true confessions of über-pimp, badass mother and rock & roll legend Ike Turner
By Daniel Durchholz
Apples in Stereo, the Golden Spiderz and the Fantasy Four
Saturday, May 19; Rocket Bar
By Matt Harnish
Rex Hobart and the Misery Boys
Saturday, May 19; Frederick's Music Lounge
By Roy Kasten
Freddy Cole
Wednesday-Saturday, May 16-19; Bistro Europa.
By Terry Perkins
Autechre
Peel Session 2 (Warp)
By Dan Kelley
Various Artists
Hypercity: Mixed by Andrew Weatherall (Force Tracks)
By Randall Roberts
Cupples Therapy
Despite its glorious setting in the Westin St. Louis at Cupples Station, the new Clark Street Grill needs help
By Melissa Martin
Side Dish
These are salad days for local chefs
Under Ogre
Shrek offers an amusing, if empty, fractured fairytale
By Robert Wilonsky
Kong Reads His Poetry
William Trowbridge, deprived of pop culture as a child, infuses his work with it as an adult
By Byron Kerman
Maverick Steps
Paul Taylor, at 70, is still exploring the dance frontier
By Eddie Silva
Hooray for Homeys
The St. Louis Walk of Fame honors five more worthy inductees
In Cold Blood
Novelist James Ellroy reshapes America's ugly history in his own image
