Vol. 29, No. 5
Unreal Presents Soulard Mardi Gras Bingo
Just in time for Tubby Tuesday revelry!
A Fine Time
That five-year-old parking ticket could get you towed
By Randall Roberts
Have You No Decency?
A Chesterfield media-watch group undertakes a smut-smiting campaign
By Chad Garrison
Burnt Offering
Did the Post-Dispatch try to buy itself?
Dawn of the Diaz
Bill Haas trumps other Blog o' the Week possibilities, a white supremacy group loses its power (literally), and we wonder if Hotel Rwanda is OK for kids; plus, everybody loves Einar!
Letters
Week of February 2, 2005
Casino Fun House
(Friday night, President Casino)
By Timothy Lane
Get Out of My Head!
Earworms bore in and won't let go
By Jordan Harper
Genre Mash-Up
We look for a home for Hem, weigh Soulard against folk music and visit the Old School
By Jess Minnen and Christian Schaeffer
Anatomy of a Buzz
Berry's time in the trenches is starting to pay off
Kevin Mahogany
Wednesday, February 2, through Saturday, February 5; Jazz at the Bistro (3536 Washington Avenue)
By Dean C. Minderman
Los Lobos
Thursday, February 3; VooDoo Lounge in Harrah's Casino (777 Casino Center Drive, Maryland Heights)
Quick Picks
Destroyer
Notorious Lightning and Other Works (Merge)
By Christian Schaeffer
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Worlds Apart (Interscope)
By Annie Zaleski
Miles to Miles
Jason Miles (Narada Jazz)
Going Deutsch
The Gast Haus sparkles on sleepy Chouteau, but the food's not so enchanting
By Rose Martelli
Chantico
Starbucks, 521 Olive Street, 314-231-2150
Color Bland
South Korea's first anime feature is beautiful, but not much more
By Robert Wilonsky
The Story of Us (1999)
Behold the Pfeiffer factor
By Mike Seely
Film Openings
Series/Festivals
Troy Boy Toy
Wash. U. students mount The Trojan Women
By Deanna Jent
Pardi, Brah!
Ms. Day educates Mr. Night on the finer points of Soulard Mardi Gras 2005
By Alison Sieloff and Mr. Night
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
By Paul Friswold and Alison Sieloff
Major League
The Alton Little Theater swings for the Fences
By Dennis Brown
Capsule Reviews
Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater
Quiet Spaces
Constantin Brancusi and Richard Serra converse at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts
By Paul Friswold
Current Shows
Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene
Possessed to Create
CAMP builds a party
By Jedidiah Ayres, John Goddard, Amy Helms and Alison Sieloff
Super-wha'?
Super alternatives
By Mark Dischinger and Paul Friswold
Livin' at the Movies
Amos Vogel and Cinema 16
Rarely Heard Music
Can be ghostly
By Mark Dischinger, Paul Friswold, Guy Gray and Alison Sieloff
Mardi Gras Listings
