Vol. 30, No. 56
Monster Next Door?
From Webster Groves High to Imos Pizza to a cheap apartment in a forlorn corner of Kirkwood. For years Michael Devlin was all but invisible. Now hes Public Enemy No. 1.
By Malcolm Gay
Dream Weaver
By Tom Finkel
Unreal's Local Blog o' the Week
2007 RFT DJ Spin-off
By Annie Zaleski
Tuft Call
Manic Monday
Not Unless They's Nekkid
The Tango Effect
Two local researchers believe they may have found a new treatment for Parkinson's disease.
By Randall Roberts
Mr. Prince Goes to Washington
On Point
These Boots Are Made for Publishing
By Brooke Foster
Unreal Nose News
Congrats to our News Challenge winners! Come forward and collect your booty!
The Burning Baby
(Liluma, Central West End)
By Timothy Lane
"Gabe works his ass off, sleeps like two hours a night and still wants to hang out after a set at Halo."
Week of January 25, 2007
Are Mexicans usually drunk by eight in the morning?
Hey, Joe, what do you think about the troop surge?
By Prince Joe Henry
The Final Jam
R.I.P. Mississippi Nights
The lights go out at a fabled club but only after one hell of a party.
By Roy Kasten and Annie Zaleski
Introducing Homespun
Homespun: J Boozer
Pissing Life Away (Way Too Dangerous Records)
By Christian Schaeffer
Cross Canadian Ragweed
8 p.m. Thursday, January 25. VooDoo Lounge at Harrah's Casino (777 Casino Center Drive, Maryland Heights).
By Roy Kasten
Agent Orange
7 p.m. Thursday, January 25. Creepy Crawl (3524 Washington Boulevard).
By Jonah Bayer
Redman
9 p.m. Thursday, January 25. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City).
By Dan LeRoy
Cheap Trick
8 p.m. Saturday, January 27. Family Arena (2002 Arena Parkway, St. Charles).
By Jaime Lees
The Randies
9 p.m. Monday, January 29. Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue).
Destruction
7 p.m. Tuesday, January 30. Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois)/
By Paul Friswold
Shiny Toy Guns
7 p.m. Wednesday, January 31. Creepy Crawl (3524 Washington Boulevard).
Vega4/Augustana
9 p.m. Friday, January 26. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City).
Local Motion: Riddle of Steel
11 p.m. Thursday, January 25. Mangia Italiano (3145 South Grand Boulevard).
Ron Sexsmith
Time Being (Ironworks)
Various Artists
Dreamgirls soundtrack (Sony)
Sloan
Never Hear The End Of It (Yep Roc)
By Roy Zimmerman
Erin McKeown
Sing You Sinners (Nettwerk)
By Lee Zimmerman
Pacific Rimshot
Oishi offers Japanese cooking as performance art
By Ian Froeb
The Gold Standard Cosmopolitan
Mandarin, 44 Maryland Plaza, 314-367-4447.
Review Preview: Oishi Japanese Steak House & Sushi Bar
Tip o' the Cap: Chipotle
Small Plates, Monday, 1/29
Top Ramen (Chicken Vegetable Flavor)
$0.23Grand Supermarket2700 South Grand Boulevard
Classic Coke
Cocaine Cowboys
Ace Up His Sleeve
Joe Carnahan's overly slick, heavily edited dark comedy works despite itself.
By J. Hoberman
Old Man's Still Got It
Peter O'Toole gets randy with this starring role, his first in years.
By Jim Ridley
Dr. Feelgood
You're not a doctor, but Trauma Center lets you play one on TV.
Film Openings
Sounds Like Beckett
Mr. Gass' New Museum
By Mark Dischinger
Scotch Eggs Kilt Him
By Mr. Night
Living, Loving and Lying
By Alison Sieloff
Ice: Not Just for Jewelry
By Ms. Day
Cirque du Cycle!
By Anna Teekell Hays
Can't, Won't, Don't Stop?
Is misogyny in rap permanent?
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Light Up Your Life
By Amy Helms
Are You Experienced?
Get Down, Robin
Go 'head, get down
Take A Number
Number one: The Rep picks a winner for its Studio series.
By Dennis Brown
High Beam
Actress Christine Andreas brings firsthand experience to The Light in the Piazza.
Capsule Reviews
Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater
By Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent