Vol. 29, No. 11
Something Fishy
A bubbling demand for Missouri caviar spawns cutthroat competition.
By Kristen Hinman
Got a Minute?
Save the Children wants you
By Mike Seely
Kremated
Charlie Foxman gets tough on lard-asses, Unreal learns to network, and Mayor Slay takes credit for the sunrise. Special bonus: an illustrated Local Blog o' the Week.
Bennie Smith
(Saturday night, BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups)
By Timothy Lane
Post Mortem Postmortem
Letters from the issue of Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Thirsty Like the Wolf
Drinking games, zombies, pompadours and fire: the wonderful world of Guitar Wolf
By Jason Toon
Papal Bull
We introduce the highly scientific Marsalis Apostasy Index, teach you how to make your own Irish songs and discover the soundtrack to a vasectomy
By Jordan Harper, Kristie McClanahan and Dean C. Minderman
Alicia Keys
Wednesday, March 23; the Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard
By Serene Dominic
The Black Diamond Heavies
Saturday, March 19; Frederick's Music Lounge, 4454 Chippewa Street
By Roy Kasten
Pit er Pat
Saturday, March 19; the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue
By Guy Gray
Hella and Yowie
Sunday, March 20; the Creepy Crawl, 412 North Tucker Boulevard
By Paul Friswold
Nora O'Connor
Wednesday, March 23; Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue
By Steve Pick
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem (DFA/Capitol)
By Andrew Friedman
50 Cent
The Massacre (Shady/Aftermath)
The Back Burner
Restaurant August is a super-fancy bummer
By Rose Martelli
Boulevard Irish Ale
Carondelet Grill, 8000 Carondelet Avenue, Clayton; 314-721-7001
By Randall Roberts
Ghost and the Machine
The Ring Two kills off logic to justify its existence
By Luke Y. Thompson
Death Warmed Over Again
A family's crisis feels a bit too familiar in Imaginary Heroes
By Bill Gallo
Twin Peaks, Episodes 15-19 (1990-91)
Pug Ugly
With Chesapeake, HotCity fetches doggerel
By Dennis Brown
Incredible Egg Hunts
Peep this: Easter eggs for big kids!
By Alison Sieloff
Toon It Up
Disney's On the Record
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
Week of March 16, 2005
By Paul Friswold and Alison Sieloff
Capsule Reviews
Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater
Cherokee Uprising
Brad Hodge's Neshui Publishing adds life, color and music to our part of the world
Current Shows
Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene
Chicago Style
The Contemporary Women Artist Exhibition
By Paul Friswold, Amy Helms, Rose Martelli and Alex Weir
These Are the Wurst of Times
And that's the best of times
By Paul Friswold, Alison Sieloff and Jason Toon
Superfantastic Four
CAMStL does even more
By Mark Dischinger, Kristie McClanahan, Alison Sieloff and Alex Weir
Eight Is Great!
GLBTAwesome
By Paul Friswold, Alison Sieloff and Brooke Foster