Vol. 23, No. 15
City Limits
A coalition of St. Louis mayors looking to change the city's charter finds the going rough
By D.J. Wilson
Good Cop, Good Cop
Tom O'Connor puts away rapists, killers and thieves.
By Jeannette Batz
Frank Moskus (1920-1998)
By Wm. Stage
News Real
By Safir Ahmed, Richard Byrne and Thomas Crone
Barn Razing
Sparing an angelic intervention or an infusion of cash, the Arena is not long for this world
Sleeping with the Enemy
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is finding common cause with some local television newscasts.
By Richard Byrne
Inhumane Society
St. Louis scores failing grades on a report card of compliance with the U.N.'s Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Tom's Tidbits
By Thomas R. Raber
News of the Weird
By Chuck Shepherd
King Nostalgia
Itchin' for Hitchin'
Letters to the Editor
The Arena Isn't the Only One Dying
The city sells a piece of its soul for an office park
By Ray Hartmann
Sound Checks
By Dunkor Imani, Roy Kasten and Randall Roberts
Buggin' Up
By Randall Roberts
Heroic Couplings
By Cliff Froehlich
A Post-Poster World
It's the power of the music, not cartoonish surface appearances, that makes for a music hero, say the local young folk we polled
By Chris King
Still Raining, Still Dreaming: A Brief Remembrance of Jimi Hendrix
By Gerald Early
Frank Zappa
By Daniel Durchholz
Big Star
By Jordan Oakes
The Rolling Stones
By René Spencer Saller
Bruce Springsteen
The Byrds
By Terry Perkins
Howe Gelb
Guitar-Playing Boyfriends
By Jill Posey-Smith
What bands got you into music in the first place and keep you going?
All That Jazz
There's live jazz in St. Louis -- you just have to know where to look for it
One for the Ages
With son Bob at his side, multi-instrumentalist Bill Row continues a lifetime of making music for the people.
By Thomas Crone
The Winners of the 1998 Slammies Music Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award
RFT Reader Picks
Best Electric Guitarist: John Horton
By Roy Kasten
Best Acoustic Guitarist: Tom Hall
Best Drummer: Patrick Hawley
Best Horn Player: Willie Akins
Best Harp Player: Sandy Weltman
Best Pianist: Ptah Williams
Best Bassist: Michael Prokopf
Local Time
By Thomas Crone and Randall Roberts
It's a Beautiful Day
By Joe Bonwich
Psychoanalysis
By Robert Hunt
Pain Killer
By Eddie Silva
This Week
Going Underground
Short Seen
By Bob Wilcox
Spirits in the Night
By Mike Isaacson, Bob Wilcox and Harry Weber
