Vol. 27, No. 37
Tailspin
Lambert's billion-dollar expansion hangs on a wing and a prayer: The numbers no longer add up
By Bruce Rushton
Burnt to a Crispus
A monument to an African-American symbol of U.S. independence? Don J. Smith asks (but not very politely): Why not?
By Ben Westhoff
Spin in the No-Spin Zone
Some folks deserve our congratulations (kisses, Wash. U.!), some our patronage (we love Don Bellon's beautiful, found-object-filled deli) and still others our furrowed brow (hijinx on Bill O'Reilly's Web site: wha'?)
The Afterlife: What Might It Be Like?
Week of September 10, 2003
By Wm. Stage
Letters
Southern Gothic
The Drive-By Truckers are bruised, battered and almost famous
By Matthew Everett
Can't We All Just Get Along?
The Flo Fanatics meld gangsta lyrics and noise-rock productions
By Erik Alan Carlson
Spookie Daly Pride
Saturday, September 13; Cicero's
By John Goddard
Willie Nelson
Friday, September 12; Pageant
By Dean C. Minderman
Dropkick Murphys
Tuesday, September 16; Mississippi Nights
By Jason Toon
Bonobo
Dial M for Monkey (Ninja Tune)
By Garrett Kamps
Kenna
New Sacred Cow (Columbia/Sony)
Mink Lungs
I'll Take It (Arena Rock Recording Company)
By John La Briola
Sounds Around Town
That's Amore
La Pizza is the marvelous neighborhood pizza place we've all been waiting for
By Michael Renner
Club 'Cello
Nik's Wine Bar, 307 Belt Avenue, 314-454-0403
By Randall Roberts
Con Heir
In Matchstick Men, a father meets his daughter and sets a paper moon ablaze
By Robert Wilonsky
Twist of Fate
This Bob Dylan movie is as inscrutable as Bob Dylan music
Pirates of the Refried Bean
In Once Upon a Time in Mexico, the outlaw Johnny Depp saves the day
By Luke Y. Thompson
Film Openings
Series/Festivals
General Cho: Not Chicken
The fabulous Margaret Cho brings her one-woman wit-fest to the American Theater
By Rose Martelli
Goodbye, Colonus
Confusion and a cranky sound system undermine an innovative Oedipus
By Deanna Jent
Gimme Miklat
The New Jewish Theater aims for O'Neill but delivers M*A*S*H
By Dennis Brown
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
Tripping on the Open Road
Miles Swain's admirable first feature explores gay relationships with equal amounts of insight and heart
By Cathy Cohn
I Love the '80s
The neglected Fontbonne Film Series
By Mark Dischinger, Robert Hunt, Byron Kerman and Ben Westhoff
Tkachuk vs. MacInnis
Blues' internal squabbles
By Paul Friswold and Byron Kerman
Party With Arthur!
(The aardvark, not the drunk)
By Paul Friswold and John Goddard
See It, Then Read It
Stone Reader, a movie for book people
By Niles Baranowski, Paul Friswold, Ian Froeb and Byron Kerman
9/11 Memorial in a Pub
Barfly does The Guys
By Guy Gray, Byron Kerman and Rose Martelli
