Vol. 28, No. 36
Song of the STL
On Saturday, September 4, we tuned in to local musical frequencies in their vast and varied incarnations. What we heard, all day and all night:
As Warson Woods Turns
Is the police chief an embezzler? Or do the mayor and his wife dabble in two-bit corruption?
By Ellis E. Conklin
Look! A Freeway!
Unreal checks out the Lou from a fast-moving tour bus, learns the essentials of RV'ing and eats waaay too many Chilitos
If You Had to Give Up Caffeine or Alcohol for the Rest of Your Life, Which Would You Choose?
Week of September 8, 2004
By Wm. Stage
Letters
Rock Thee House
Thee Lordly Serpents mix garage rock with (gasp!) actual songwriting
By Jason Toon
Finding Your Religion
Pick your personal Jesus, plus three questions for a pop princess and the poetry of heavy metal
By John Nova Lomax and Ben Westhoff
All Oddz on Me
Think you know who killed 2Pac? Wanna bet?
By Jordan Harper
The Killers
Monday, September 13; Mississippi Nights
By Michael Roberts
Fourplay
Monday, September 13; the Pageant
By Dean C. Minderman
Sloan
Tuesday, September 14; the Gargoyle at Washington University
By Chris Parker
Calexico, with Wilco
Wednesday, September 15; the Fox Theatre
By Guy Gray
Sounds Around Town
Always on Sunday
Brunch to your heart's content at Nadoz, 609 and La Dolce Via
By Rose Martelli
Charbay Blood Orange Vodka
Sub Zero Vodka Bar, 308 N. Euclid Avenue, 314-367-1200
By Randall Roberts
Banzai Beat
Takeshi Kitano masterfully revives the legend of Zatôichi
By Gregory Weinkauf
Live Baby Live
Danny Deckchair sends an upbeat message from Down Under
Film Openings
Series/Festivals
ECHO of the Revolution
The witty, wise Marat/Sade: No election year would be complete without it
By Dennis Brown
Current Shows
Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
By Paul Friswold and Alison Sieloff
Seasoned to Taste
Steven Woolf dishes on the Rep's repertoire
Our Contemporary
Help the Contemporary Art Museum celebrate its first anniversary in style
By Mark Dischinger
South Side of Heaven
Anna Kuperberg's photos of home
By Paul Friswold, Alison Sieloff and Alex Weir
Bring 'Em Back Alive
Naturalists scour Forest Park for signs of life
By Mia York, Alison Sieloff, Jedidiah Ayres and Guy Gray
Art v. Art
Two art fairs, no waiting
By Paul Friswold and Jason Toon
Don't Fret!
New Pro Arte is fingerpicking good
By Amy Helms, Alison Sieloff and Jason Toon