Vol. 26, No. 30
Serial Tiller
When it comes to ripping people off, John Tiller and the Civil Rights Legal Defense Team just keep going and going
By Bruce Rushton
Crime Story
Ghost letter from a powerbroker teaches Slay the perils of using the bully pulpit
By Jim Nesbitt
Wrecking Ball
The developer wants to raze it; the landlord wants to save it; the tenant just wants help
By D.J. Wilson
Have You Ever Flushed Anything Inappropriate Down the Toilet?
Week of July 24, 2002
By Wm. Stage
Sticks, Stones and Stanze
Basement Banned
The Man be damned: 2 Keys proves the kids can do for themselves
By Jon Varner
Lip Service
Steven Drozd talks about a decade's worth of weirdness with the Flaming Lips
By Daniel Durchholz
Whoa, Nelly!
Sick of the St. Louis superstar's coverage in our pages? Let us know.
By René Spencer Saller
Julia Fordham
Saturday, July 27; Blueberry Hill's Duck Room
Dwight Twilley with Bob Reuter and Kamikaze Cowboy
Wednesday, July 31; Creepy Crawl
By Terry Perkins
Cee-Lo Green
Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections (Arista)
By David Cantwell
Flaming Lips
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Warner Bros.)
By Zac Crain
Bob Marley and the Wailers
The Complete Upsetter Singles 1970-1972 Plus Dubs (Purple Pyramid)
By John Darnielle
The Pixies
Pixies (Spinart)
By Maya Singer
Sounds Around Town
Pepper Rally
If you like bar food, you'll love the Pepper
By Jill Posey-Smith
Fish Tale
Like escolar? This, too, shall pass -- faster than you think
Steppin' Out
A boy desires his stepmom in the digital video Tadpole
By Luke Y. Thompson
Powers Off
In Goldmember, Myers' mojo is running low
By Gregory Weinkauf
Film Openings
Series/Festivals
Family Matters
The St. Louis Art Museum's Gentileschi exhibition captures the artistic relationship between a father and his daughter
By Ivy Schroeder
Passing Gaslight
A new documentary remembers a time when St. Louis was hip
By Byron Kerman
SLU of Despond
And Biondi's sculpture park is ugly, too
By Eddie Silva
Dirty Pool
Revelers at Mighty Mud Mania are as happy as pigs in slop