Vol. 27, No. 9
Home Girl
How does Jessica Dana get away with the things she says on the radio?
By Randall Roberts
Class War
Marty Rochester wages war against the dumbing-down of public education -- even in the best of schools
By Jeannette Batz
A Matter of Honor
Vets call on the military's top brass not to fight
Weather Vane
Gephardt tries to reinvent himself -- again
By D.J. Wilson
Does It Bother You That We're on Color-Coded Alerts?
Week of February 26, 2003
By Wm. Stage
Taken and Shaken
Spector of Death
Is Phil Spector mad, a genius or a murder suspect with decades of preparation? Read our results!
By Serene Dominic
Shortwaving Radio
Proposed legislation by the U.S. Senate aims to deter the spreading radio empire. Good luck.
By Chris Parker
A Bug in Your Ear
The call of Ring, Cicada is persuasive indeed
By René Spencer Saller
Puerto Muerto
Saturday, March 1; Creepy Crawl
By Patricia Brooke
Corey Saathoff and the Brain Regiment with Anamude and Melody Den
Friday, February 28; Commonspace (615 North Grand)
By Steve Pick
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Friday, February 28; St. Louis Casa Loma Ballroom
By Daniel Durchholz
Benzino
Redemption (Elektra)
By Geoff Harkness
Summer at Shatter Creek
Summer at Shatter Creek (Absolutely Kosher)
By Dan Strachota
Manic Street Preachers
Forever Delayed: The Greatest Hits (Sony)
By Jason Toon
Sounds Around Town
Viva Vito's
SLU expansion couldn't keep a good restaurant down
By Michael Renner
Sangria Jarra
Barcelona, 34 North Central, 314-863-9909
Rockin' the Cradle
DMX and Jet Li get down 2 Grave business
By Gregory Weinkauf
Max Factors
Writer/director Menno Meyjes asks: Would Jew help Hitler?
Film Openings
Series/Festivals
DIY or Die
The St. Louis Independent Media Center makes its own fun to raise its own funds
By Byron Kerman
A Matter of Timing
Why was Dox Thrash ignored -- until now?
By Ivy Cooper
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
A Musical Miracle
Violet heralds the emergence of an exciting new theater composer
By Dennis Brown
The Lady Mae
For West, it was all about appearances and control
By Deanna Jent
Unilateral Offensives
War or sex? Choose one, say the women of the Lysistrata Project
Steal This Movie
Studios don't get the Upright Citizens, which isn't funny at all
By Robert Wilonsky
