Vol. 27, No. 41
The Greening of McRee Town
There was nothing wrong with the Missouri Botanical Garden's downtrodden neighbor to the north that a bulldozer couldn't fix
By Shelley Smithson
The Case of the Vanishing Videotape
A workhouse inmate claims he was wrongly beaten, and city officials scramble to get their stories straight
By Bruce Rushton
Can You Get a Witness?
Right makes might: Washington University's other newspaper
By Ben Westhoff
Gerbergate
Jennifer Joyce contest results, a psychic porn star and perhaps the only Provel-related legal battle in history: Who could ask for anything more? (We've got dirt on Gephardt and the Cards, too, just in case you're greedy.)
What Sort of Tricks Do You Like to Play on People?
Week of October 8, 2003
By Wm. Stage
Letters
Lost in Paradise
Grandaddy is California nightmarin'
Gone but Not Forgotten
The dark legend of GG Allin still drives the Murder Junkies
By Jordan Harper
Allison Moorer
Wednesday, October 8; Blueberry Hill's Duck Room
By Steve Pick
Slayer
Sunday, October 12; the Pageant
By John Goddard
Roger Wallace
Thursday, October 9; Off Broadway
By Roy Kasten
Murphy Lee
Murphy's Law (Universal)
Stereolab
Instant 0 in the Universe (Elektra)
By Erik Alan Carlson
Various Artists
Party Monster (TVT Records)
Dashboard Confessional
A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar (Vagrant)
By Eric Eyl
Sounds Around Town
K by Me
Kitchen K combines an ambitious menu with a stunning space -- and pulls it all off beautifully
By Rose Martelli
Pimp Juice
Fillmore Street Brewing Company, 1835 Beltway Drive, 314-640-2455
By Randall Roberts
A Ball, Screwed
The Coens make a '40s comedy with a Cary named Clooney
By Robert Wilonsky
Half Great
Kill Bill is missing something -- like, oh, a proper ending
A Slice o' Hell
Don't Tempt Me with this teasing battle for one man's soul
Film Openings
Series/Festivals
Guitartist
William Kanengiser is a lot more than just Ralph Macchio's hands
By Paul Friswold
Two Guys Walk Into a Bar
Picasso and Einstein meet in Steve Martin's mind
By Deanna Jent
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
Golden Shower of Advice
Dan Savage will be happy to field your kinky queries this Monday at Left Bank
No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn
Lethem heads home, again
By Mark Dischinger, Paul Friswold and Byron Kerman
The Crotchety Scotch
They're nae bad, lad
By Byron Kerman and Jason Toon
Puppets Ripped My Flesh!
But they were awfully cute
By Paul Friswold and John Goddard
Stamp Collecting
It's not for the solitary
By Niles Baranowski, Ivy Cooper and Byron Kerman
NPR's Sleeper Awakens
Michael Feldman does the Blanche
By Paul Friswold, Guy Gray, Byron Kerman and Ben Westhoff