Vol. 29, No. 1
Eat More Beaver
Missourians have a healthy appetite for wild game meat. Some say raccoon tastes better than roast beef.
By Chad Garrison
C-Mobile
Christopher Young gives "Loop rats" legal advice -- at a deep discount
By Ben Westhoff
Oh, Brio!
Unreal enjoys seasonal cocktails with lovely divorcees, learns of a new no-tolerance policy at a local elementary school and shares a make-out queen's Blog o' the Week; plus, how does Bryan Burwell really feel?
A Lesson in Assault Rifles
(Backstage at a wrestling match, South Broadway Athletic Club)
By Timothy Lane
Letters
Week of January 5, 2005
Four-Way Tie
Red Eyed Driver crosses the finish line with some of the most compelling new rock in town
By John Goddard
Dead First
We rank musical deaths, embrace Failure and remember the Old School
By John Goddard and John Nova Lomax
Selling Out 101
Instant stardom or your money back
By Jordan Harper
The Saps
Friday, January 7; Frederick's Music Lounge
Stroke 9
Friday, January 7; Mississippi Nights
Ska Fest II
Saturday, January 8; Creepy Crawl
Agnostic Front, opening for Hatebreed
Sunday, January 9; Pop's
By Paul Friswold
Double Exposure
The Billy Goat and Frazer's give diners more of what they love
By Michael Renner
Rob Roy
The Mahogany Grille & Lounge at the Omni Majestic Hotel, 1019 Pine Street, 314-436-2355
By Mike Seely
Mute Button
Michael Keaton hears dead people living in White Noise
By Robert Wilonsky
Blind Phyllis
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
Film Openings
Week of January 5, 2004
Current Shows
Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene
Up Beat
Linear narratives are for chumps. Expand your horizons with William S. Burroughs' Towers Open Fire.
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
By Paul Friswold and Alison Sieloff
Hot to Trot
The Globetrotters bring their incredible hoops skills to the Savvis
By Alex Weir
Tiny Trains
Big show
By Alison Sieloff and Paul Friswold
The Old Man and the B.S.
A fishing tale full of crappie
By Kristie McClanahan and Paul Friswold
King Me
It's his birthday
By Amy Helms, Jedidiah Ayres and Alison Sieloff
Social Change
And civil rights
By Paul Friswold, Rose Martelli and Jason Toon
