Vol. 28, No. 21
All the Jail's a Stage
Missouri inmates are performing tales of murder, greed and insanity -- and learning how to leave their old lives behind
By Shelley Smithson
Name That Spud
Will the real Lavell Webb please stand up?
By Randall Roberts
Who's the Daddy?
Unreal dials a naughty number (hey, we were duped!), cheers on a local strongman and borrows a page from the Post-Dispatch; plus, Bill Haas signs on as Unreal Advice Columnist
What's the Most Impulsive Thing You've Ever Done with a Credit Card?
Week of May 26, 2004
By Wm. Stage
This Charming Man
Why Morrissey is newly hip among bands that sound nothing like him
By Annie Zaleski
The Factsheet
DOA comes from Straight Outta Nowhere
By Jordan Harper
How to Beat Beat Fest
The intrepid clubgoer's guide to Wash. Ave. success
Music to Chew To
Just who plays RibFest, anyway?
By Jason Toon
Queer Eye for the Country Guy
Cowboy crooners are putting some metro-sex into their rural images
By John Nova Lomax
I Love a Parade
Radar Station hitches a ride with great big rappers
Maritime
Tuesday, June 1; the Rocket Bar
By Jess Minnen
Dale Watson
Saturday, May 29; Off Broadway
By Roy Kasten
Shedding
Thursday, May 27; Dressel's
By John Goddard
The Streets
A Grand Don't Come for Free (Vice)
By Mike Seely
Ben Kweller
On My Way (ATO)
By Rob Trucks
The Real Tuesday Weld
I, Lucifer (Six Degrees)
By Dan Strachota
D12
D12 World (Shady Records)
By Geoff Harkness
The Descendents
Cool to be You (Fat Wreck Chords)
By Zac Crain
Sounds Around Town
Stoners
The Rose Garden offers up a tasty gimmick
By Michael Renner
Sangria Blanca
Cardwell's at the Plaza, 94 Plaza Frontenac, 314-997-8885
Weirdest Movie in the World
Nobody does nostalgic melodrama like Guy Maddin
By Melissa Levine
Straight to Helen
Hudson's a bad mother -- and sister -- in this pat parenthood tale
By Robert Wilonsky
Film Openings
Week of May 2004
Current Shows
Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene
Let's Get Busy
Richard Scarry's books come to life at the Magic House
By Paul Friswold
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
Lust in Translation
The Opera Theatre warms up with a sexy Carmen
By Lew Prince
A Memorial Day to Remember
Let your Monday off involve huffin', puffin' and scarfin'
By Rose Martelli
Race for the Prize
Urban Challenge demands intelligence
By Paul Friswold, Alison Sieloff and Jason Toon
Lewis & Clark & Car
Leaving St. Louis
By Paul Friswold, John Goddard, Alison Sieloff and Jason Toon
Quiet, Shakespeare
Let the music do the talking
By Jedidiah Ayres, Paul Friswold and Alison Sieloff
Caribbean Rhythms
Black dance is for everybody
By Paul Friswold, R.L. Nave and Alison Sieloff
Intro
You Gotta Be There
A dozen things you just can't miss this summer
By Mark Dischinger
Chilling Out
From pool-sneaking to nudist camps, we offer cool ways to beat the heat
Born to Scoot
For the St. Louis Scooterists, there's no better season than summer
The Bands of Summer
Here are ten hot, not-to-miss local acts
By Niles Baranowski
Past Time
Vintage ballplayers know their history, and they're repeating it
By R.L. Nave
Summer Film Previews
Our critics enter the summer-movie fray
By Luke Y. Thompson and Gregory Weinkauf
