Vol. 27, No. 18
Rats!
Mark Ritter knows he'll never get rid of all the rats in St. Louis -- but as long as he gets the ones he's after, that's all right with him
By Matthew Everett
No Such Thing as a Free Throw
When a squad of St. Louis Rams plays ball for a local church, everybody benefits
By Mike Seely
Watch This
Netflix.com fills the gap left by the demise of St. Louis' best video stores
By Randall Roberts
Would the War Have Happened If George W. Bush Had Not Been Chosen President?
Week of April 30, 2003
By Wm. Stage
Ragged Blade Cuts Back
Love Is the Drug
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists combine record-geek allusiveness with heartfelt personal politics
By Jason Toon
Ween's World
In the postmodern style of the times, Ween has found its niche by having no niche at all
By Jordan Harper
Wild Is the Wind
The fierce and uncompromising Nina Simone could never be contained
By Roy Kasten
Spring Cleaning
Here's what's been lurking on Radar Station's desk
By René Spencer Saller
Fred Eaglesmith
Thursday, May 1; Off Broadway
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Queens of the Stone Age and the Mars Volta
Wednesday, May 7; Savvis Center
By Daniel Durchholz
Hayseed Dixie
Thursday, May 1; Blueberry Hill's Duck Room
By Jess Minnen
Ibrahim Ferrer
Buenos Hermanos (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
By Bob Tarte
Spiritualized
The Complete Works, Volume One (Arista)
By Mikael Wood
Placebo
Sleeping With Ghosts (Hut/Astralwerks)
By Erik Alan Carlson
Sounds Around Town
A Fine How-Do-You-Do
Restaurateur Jean Donnelly makes a tasteful homecoming
By Rose Martelli
Orange Cosmopolitan
Sidney Street Cafe, 2000 Sidney Street, 314-771-5777
Violent Femmes
Tender-hearted mutants kick significant keister in X2: X-Men United
By Gregory Weinkauf
Busy Miss Lizzie
Duff rides her popular TV series to Rome and the big screen
By Jean Oppenheimer
Film Openings
Series/Festivals
Tricked by the Script
Uneven play bedevils Black Rep's Robert Johnson
By Deanna Jent
Quantum Jeep
Female four-wheel-drive aficionados make tracks to monthly meeting
By Alison Sieloff
Of Boobs and Blood
Troma's Lloyd Kaufman has guts, all over the floor
By Robert Wilonsky
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
Cardboard Miracles
In his new collection of poems, David Clewell hails the power of simple belief
Putting the Art Back in Party
ACT ONE plays on Washington Avenue
By Tom R. Arterburn, Paul Friswold and Thomas R. Raber
Painting While Intoxicated
Plein air party in Augusta
By Byron Kerman and Mike Seely
Circus Freaks
Who let the Shriners out?
By Byron Kerman and Rose Martelli
To Beehive or Not to Beehive
Cough it up at Hairball
By Paul Friswold, Byron Kerman and Alison Sieloff
Story Time
Oldest performing art strikes again
By Paul Friswold, Byron Kerman and Rose Martelli
