Vol. 28, No. 29
Star Flack
Publicist extraordinaire Jane Higgins has put St. Louis hip-hop on the map
By Chad Garrison
Damn Tall
Unreal chats with some lovely ladies and gets the scoop from Jay Farrar-endorsed candidate Mark Smith (who's perfectly lovely too); plus, Bill Haas gets a love letter and Unreal heads to court
Highway Robbery
Beware of auto-transport companies that promise safe and timely delivery of your car
By Malcolm Gay
Is Saddam Guilty?
Week of July 21-27, 2004
By Wm. Stage
Letters
Week of July 21, 2004
The Great Debate
We struggle with that most serious of questions: Roth or Hagar?
By Paul Friswold and Mike Seely
Why Lollapalooza Died
We explore campaign theme songs, examine the death of Lollapalooza and get down verbally with Paul Oakenfold
By Jason Bracelin, Chad Garrison and Alison Sieloff
Just Like Hendrix
Rush -- quite possibly the whitest band on earth -- has a surprising number of black fans
By Craig D. Lindsey
Welcome to the Jungle
Radar Station learns what happens when you mess with Axl
By Jordan Harper
My Chemical Romance
Thursday, July 22; Creepy Crawl
By Erik Alan Carlson
Hanson
Sunday, July 25; the Pageant
By Julie Seabaugh
Steel Pulse
Saturday, July 24; Gateway Arch Stage, St. Louis Riverfront
By Jason Toon
Xiu Xiu
Monday, July 26; Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center
Jolie Holland
Wednesday, July 28; Off Broadway
By Roy Kasten
Quick Picks
The Hives
Tyrannosaurus Hives (Interscope)
By Rachel Devitt
Neurosis
The Eye of Every Storm (Neurot Recordings)
By Guy Gray
Goodie Mob
One Monkey Don't Stop the Show (Koch)
By Dan LeRoy
Various Artists
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Universal)
By Nathan Dinsdale
The Roots
The Tipping Point (Geffen)
By Mosi Reeves
Frank Sinatra
Young Blue Eyes: Birth of a Crooner Bluebird (RCA)
By Mark Keresman
Sounds Around Town
Cheesy It Ain't
Espino's joins the upper echelon of Mexican restaurants in St. Louis
By Michael Renner
Black Martini
Moxy, 4584 Laclede Avenue, 314-361-4848
By Randall Roberts
The Company Line
A new film denouncing corporate ruthlessness could use some downsizing of its own
By Melissa Levine
Meow Mixed
Catwoman prompts both purrs and hisses
By Gregory Weinkauf
Film Openings
Series/Festivals
Current Shows
Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene
Universal Appeal
The UniverSoul Circus redefines big-top entertainment
By Rose Martelli
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
Blond Venus
Hedwig and the Angry Inch is rooted in Plato, but it still rocks
By Dennis Brown
Boring Breakfast
This witless, low-cal production disappoints
If You Can Dodge a Wrench...
What are all the cool kids doing? That's right: playing dodgeball.
Very Punny
American history gets its comeuppance in this hit-or-miss comedy
By Deanna Jent
Ethnicity
Is back! Back in the city!
By Paul Friswold, John Goddard and Alison Sieloff
The U.S. Senior Open in St. Louis?
It's a Cinderella story
By Paul Friswold, Guy Gray and Amy Helms
Bush Whacking
With humor and a hat
By Paul Friswold, Alison Sieloff and Jason Toon
Live, from Canada
It's the Big Show at the Commonspace
By Paul Friswold and Alison Sieloff