Vol. 32, No. 41
Abracadabra: St. Louis has become a flourishing place for magicians
By Matt Kasper
Jocketty on "Most Embarrassing" List
By Nick Lucchesi
Violent Attack at Homeless Shelter Has Critics on the Offensive
Wash. U Student Launches Sarah Palin Limerick Blog
Why Kimbo Slice Matters to the Future of Sports
By Aaron Schafer
Haslett on Incognito: "What is wrong with this mother******?"
Prediction: Dodgers Win Pennant in Five Games
Why Oh Why Don't They Call it "The Lee EnterPrizes"?
St. Louis Women's Professional Soccer Team Now Has Enough Players to Play an Actual Game
By Tom Finkel
Stop Procrastinating. Here's How to Register to Vote.
Go! St. Louis Weekend Calendar, October 10-12
George Kissell, 1994: Ten minutes with a Legend
St. Louis Sign: Construction Career Day?
By Annie Zaleski
Two of a Kind: Clayton High grad Sean Quinn and poker buddy/baseball stat head Nate Silver crunch the Electoral College numbers on FiveThirtyEight.com
By Ian Froeb
Nomar Back in Spotlight for NLCS
Joe Biden Surprises Missouri Bookstore Employees
Palin vs. Biden Vice Presidential Debate at Washington University : The Music Video
OMG, Cell Phone Turns Twenty-Five
Vote Right Now!
Undecided Voters Are Stupid, Some are Cubs Fans, Jokes Daily Show
Baseball Card of the Week: Joe Torre in 1966
Deathmobile Barely Survives Race
Last Night: Fashionable and Undecided, Voters Sound Off
The Mustache Awards are Coming to St. Louis
Unreal shops for a wedding dress for Bristol Palin, contemplates Man Junk
Readers dissect the Veep hopefuls, Tom Schlafly raises a glass to St. Lou
Leon celebrates Star Clipper's twentieth anniversary
By Kevin Huizenga
Ask A Mexican!: Special recap edition
The Cover of the October 9 Print Edition
Show Review + Photos: The Kooks and the Whigs at the Pageant, Tuesday, October 7
Second Spin: Oak Ridge Boys, Bobbie Sue
The Bureau Playing Last Show on Saturday, October 11 at Bluebird
Little Joy (Side Project of Fabrizio Moretti from the Strokes) at the Duck Room, Saturday, November 22
Of Great and Mortal Men on NPR Music, Magnolia Summer Song Featured
Too Soon: Christmas Music on Moving' 101.1 FM
Free Music: The Pragmatic's Debut Single, "Circles"
Interview Outtakes: Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie
Euclid Records Garage Sale, This Saturday and Sunday!
The Wedge: Grand Opening Postponed
Review + Photos + Setlist: Death Cab for Cutie and Fleet Foxes at the Fabulous Fox Theatre, St. Louis, Monday, October 13
St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar, October 10-12
Nelly Guest Stars on CSI:NY Tomorrow, October 8
The Wedge Opens Friday, October 17, With Gold Tooth, DJ Elemental Child
That One Was "Cold as Ice"
Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes Speaks: A Sneak Preview of the Band's Tour
'90s Hip-Hop Jam of the Week: Toni Braxton, "You're Making Me High"
The Faint at the Pageant, Friday, December 12
Hump Day Slow Jam of the Week: Lou Rawls, "You'll Never Find a Love Like Mine"
Interview: Kai Huang, CEO of RedOctane, a.k.a. The Company Behind Guitar Hero
Hum Reunites for Chicago New Year's Eve Gig With Life and Times; Also, Matt Talbott Talks about Centaur
The Trade: Closed
SNL's Andy Samberg + Kooks Vocalist Luke Pritchard = Separated at Birth
Craigslist Post of the Year: The Situation 'On the Ground,' Music and $ (St. Louis)
ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Visits Beale on Broadway
Show Review + Photos: Robert Pollard and the Boston Spaceships, the High Strung at the Bluebird, October 10, 2008
On tour for Narrow Stairs, Chris Walla and Death Cab for Cutie bring musical gems and political smarts to the Fabulous Fox
The blues documentary M for Mississippi premieres this weekend, has St. Louis roots, while Black Spade sibling Tef Poe steps out from his brother's shadow with a new album, label and mixtape
By Calvin Cox and Dean C. Minderman
Sole and the Skyrider Band
8:30 p.m. Thursday, October 9. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.
By Dan LeRoy
Nick Oliveri
10 p.m. Friday, October 10. The Trade, 3515 Chouteau Avenue.
By Jaime Lees
Supersuckers
8 p.m. Friday, October 10. Deluxe, 2733 Sutton Boulevard, Maplewood
By Gray, Chris
Robert Pollard's Boston Spaceships
8 p.m. Friday, October 10. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.
By Christian Schaeffer
Sian Alice Group/A Place to Bury Strangers
9 p.m. Saturday, October 11. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.
Baroness/Opeth/High on Fire
7:30 p.m. Monday, October 13. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard
By Phil Freeman
Maxwell
8 p.m. Wednesday, October 15. The Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard
By Kristy Wendt
David Vandervelde
9 p.m. Wednesday, October 15. Billiken Club, in the Busch Student Center on the campus of Saint Louis University, 20 North Grand Boulevard.
By Roy Kasten
The Safes
9 p.m. Saturday, October 11. Lemmons, 5800 Gravois Avenue
By Shae Moseley
Splitface and June 16th
Raydeeohh (self-released)
MP3 Weekender: Supersuckers, Robert Pollard's Boston Spaceships, The Safes
The Kooks and the Whigs, Tonight at Vintage Vinyl and the Pageant!
Big Muddy Records Launches Blues Revues, All-Purpose Cooking Sauce, Rum Drum Ramblers EP
Fleet Foxes: Opening for Death Cab for Cutie Tonight at the Fabulous Fox!
Roll 'Er Derby: Ian's quest for sushi domination continues with Mizu and Ki
Review Preview: Mizu & Ki Sushi
The Morning Brew: Monday, 10.13
The New York Times Magazine's Food Issue
Your Weekly St. Louis Food Blog Digest
The Dish: Boylan's Natural Cane Cola
Bacon as Political Message: Improper, but Kinda Funny
The Morning Brew: Friday, 10.10
Beer School: Week 1
The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 10.8
The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 10.7
In This Week's Issue: Mizu & Ki Sushi
Tonight: Kettles & Keg Chili & Salsa Cook-Off
The Morning Brew: Thursday, 10.9
Lies We Can Believe In: Ridley Scott's latest is the post 9/11, tech-savvy terror thriller we deserve
By Scott Foundas
Fill in the Blanks
Let's do this by the numbers
By Paul Friswold
There Will Be Blood
And singing
Project: Concert
Chamber music gets a makeover
By Amy George
Get Your Read On
The written word goes huge
By Alex Weir
Feelin' Hot, Hot, Hot
And a little chili
By Alison Sieloff
Pet Fete
People will dig it, too!
Look Back in Awe
Retrospection is a bitch
Orange You Glad You Know Julius?
Mr. Hunter, on the record
Waters Under the Bridge?
No, he's at Laumeier and the Sheldon!
By Nicole Beckert
Something Old, Something New
The Caucasian Persuasion
White people, how and why
Fall Into Liquid Style
Jaw-Dropping and Awe-Inspiring
Wow. Just wow.
Raising a Racket
Tennis is back!
By Anna Teekell Hays
Artica Resurrected
Welcome to the New World
BYO Goggles
Truth is stranger than science fiction
By Mark Fischer
Mmmm, October
Eating good in Maeystown
Last Night: Project: Design! at Contemporary Art Museum
Over the Weekend: Robert Pollard of Guided By Voices, The Darkness
R.I.P. Hydeware Theatre
Waters, Waters Everywhere: Filmmaker John Waters is all over St. Louis but not where you might expect to find him
Built to Suit: Renowned set designer John Ezell never met a play he didn't like
By Dennis Brown
The Songs Remain the Same: A cast of Webster students revues Jacques Brel
Free Tickets! Free Night of Theater is just what it says.
St. Louis Stage Capsules
Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene
By Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold