Vol. 30, No. 12
Ron Reichard's Sentimental Journey
This St. Louis crooner plays old tunes for old folks.
Unreal's Local Blog O' the Week
By Tom Finkel
Thong Bandit
A Bridgeton intruder has women's panties in a knot.
By Kristen Hinman
Go! 3/23-3/25
By Brooke Foster
Unreal spends time with lovely Swedish...bridge players.
Then, one reader takes the St. Louis Public Library to task, while another brings home a tasty bowl of spicy bull penis.
Old Joe
(Union Station, Downtown)
By Timothy Lane
"The article makes everyone in Valley Park, save a select few, look like huge hoosiers.
"I read the article and instead of thinking, 'Wow, that's awful,' I thought, 'Hey, she's attacking us!'"
Joe weighs in on the Valley Park controversy.
(And Mayor Whitteaker doesn't come out looking too good.)
By Prince Joe Henry
Tired of the same old bars? Try this handy-dandy guide to some new (and not-so-new) nightlife hotspots.
We've even included a key!
By Jaime Lees and Annie Zaleski
Happy Happy Birthday to Bunnygrunt
By Annie Zaleski
Still More SXSW Coverage, Part Two
South by Southwest by Annie
Check out our exhaustive recap of Austin's indie-rock fest.
Stooges: The SXSW Interview
Still More SXSW Coverage
This Just In: Tuesday, March 20
B-Sides talks to Silos frontman Walter Salas-Humara about his strangest gig ever.
And bluesy British songwriter James Hunter clarifies why his eyes aren't as blue as one might think.
By Rob Trucks and Roy Kasten
Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers
9 p.m. Friday, March 23. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City).
By Roy Kasten
C-Rayz Walz / DJ Crucial / Jia Davis
9 p.m. Friday, March 23. Off Broadway, (3509 Lemp Avenue)
By Dan LeRoy
Relient K
8 p.m. Saturday, March 24. Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard).
By Julie Seabaugh
The Fake Fictions
8 p.m. Saturday, March 24. Schlafly Tap Room (2100 Locust Street).
By Mike Appelstein
Satoshi Tomiie
9 p.m. Saturday, March 24. Dante's (3221 Olive Street).
By Alison Sieloff
De Novo Dahl
9 p.m. Saturday, March 24. The Billiken Club at Saint Louis University (20 North Grand Boulevard).
By Tracy Moore
Howling Hex
9 p.m. Wednesday, March 28. Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue).
By Megan Metzger
Sondre Lerche
Phantom Punch (Astralwerks)
By Richard Gintowt
Hella
There's No 666 in Outer Space (Ipecac)
By David Downs
El-P
I'll Sleep When You're Dead (Definitive Jux)
By Andrew Friedman
Belinda Carlisle
Voila (Rykodisc)
By D.X. Ferris
Vietnam Star Turn
What do you get when a new Vietnamese restaurant replaces an old Vietnamese restaurant?
By Ian Froeb
Framboise Manhattan
Franco, 1535 South Eighth Street, 314-436-2500.
By Randall Roberts
The Burger Chronicles: O'Connell's
Review Preview: Kim Son Vietnamese Bistro
Margarita Orejas En Vinagre Y Vegetales
$3.50 Hand-delivered by Barry Drucker
By Malcolm Gay
Diamonds in the Rough
Blood Diamond
By Robert Wilonsky and Jordan Harper
Who better to save America than an armed Mark Wahlberg? Seriously.
Shooter
By Scott Foundas
Out of Africa
Selections from this year's African Film Festival.
Hell on Wheels
Ghost Rider will drive you up the wall.
By Chris Ward
Film Openings
Week of March 22, 2007
Our top DVD picks for the week of March 22.
Meatout!
No Meat, So Chic
By Ms. Day
The Game Is Afootlights
By Paul Friswold
Flocka Alpaca
Straight to Video
By James Weber
They’ve Got Spirit
That Lecture Is Poison
For RFT theater critic Dennis Brown, this week is Girls! Girls! Girls!
Women's Minyan and Woman Before a Glass arrive in St. Louis.
By Dennis Brown
Closer Than Ever offers proof that you can succeed by not trying too hard.
Sometimes there's nothing more satisfying than a good revue.
Hamlet in Extremis
At the eleventh hour, a director is forced to assume the title role.
Capsule Reviews
Dennis Brown, Paul Friswold and Deanna Jent suss out local theater
By Dennis Brown, Paul Friswold and Deanna Jent
