Vol. 29, No. 33
The Other Basement Tapes
"I Drink Sody." "Disco for Drunks." "Pull My Finger." Pearls from the overlooked oeuvre of Bruce Cole and the Screamin' Mee-Mees.
By Randall Roberts
The Truck Stops Here
Davie Metzger hopes his rig is bound for glory
By Mike Seely
Bench the Billiken
Unreal seeks divine inspiration at the Pulpit Masters audition and laments the pending prohibition of the SLU Billiken. Plus, our newest feature: Somebody Buy my Crap!
The Opportunist
(J. Buck's, Clayton)
By Timothy Lane
Letters
Week of August 17, 2005
Ask a Negro Leaguer
By Prince Joe Henry
Coping Mechanism
Citizen Cope turns hip-hop on its tail
By John Nova Lomax
Fightin' Femmes
We duel with Gretchen Wilson and Kelly Clarkson, get home-cooking tips from the stars and delve into Omarion's psyche
By Andrew Miller and Christian Schaeffer
Critical Fatwa
The Sun
By Ayatollah of Rock
The Soviettes
LP III (Fat Wreck Chords)
By Andrea Noble
Koufax
Hard Times Are in Fashion (Doghouse)
By Christian Schaeffer
Orange Juice
The Glasgow School (Domino)
By Dan Strachota
Minotaur Shock
Maritime (4AD/Beggars)
By J. Edward Keyes
Björk
Drawing Restraint 9 (One Little Indian)
By Rossiter Drake
John Vanderslice
Pixel Revolt (Barsuk)
The Narrator
Wednesday, August 17; Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center (3301 Lemp Avenue)
By Guy Gray
Pelican
Friday, August 19; Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)
By Rich Sharp
Li'l Cap'n Travis and Magnolia Summer
Friday, August 19; Frederick's Music Lounge (4454 Chippewa Street)
Thunderbirds Are Now! and Rahim
Sunday, August 21; the Hi-Pointe (1001 McCausland Avenue)
Loretta Lynn
Sunday, August 21; Harrah's Casino and Hotel Outdoor Stage (777 Casino Center Drive, Maryland Heights)
By Roy Kasten
The Orange Peels
Tuesday, August 23; Way Out Club (2525 South Jefferson Avenue)
By Mike Appelstein
The Briefs
Tuesday, August 23; Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)
Déjà Q's
Spyglass on the Park takes over an impressive space, but the menu doesn't aim for grandeur
By Rose Martelli
La Fin du Monde
Saleem's, 6501 Delmar Boulevard, University City; 314-721-7947
Cherry on Top
The 40-Year-Old Virgin gets a heart-on while telling wonderfully dirty jokes
By Robert Wilonsky
Aw Nuts
The lunatics have taken over the Asylum, and theyre very horny
Art of Rebellion
The Edukators terrorize the rich by...rearranging their furniture
By Luke Y. Thompson
Bird Droppings
Disney's Valiant effort never leaves the hangar
By Jean Oppenheimer
Grizzly Fate
He loved filming bears in the wild. The bears had other plans.
Flight Risk
Wes Craven takes a cue from Hitchcock aboard the Red Eye
Police Academy (1984)
Kim Catrall: America's sweetheart?
Film Openings
Current Shows
Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene
By Ivy Cooper
Meal Ticket
Downtown Restaurant Week is so yummy, you'll want to dine out six nights in a row
By Ian Froeb
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
By Paul Friswold and Alison Sieloff
Chilly Willy
The Winter's Tale will leave you cold
By Dennis Brown
Steely Din
Reeling from The Last Five Years
By Deanna Jent
Reel Good Cult
Forget the multiplex -- head to the Tivoli for true cinematic fun
By Paul Friswold
Capsule Reviews
Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater
Midnight Express
Ramble on till the break of dawn
By Paul Friswold, Alison Sieloff and Jordan Harper
Air Craft
Tiny planes, big fun
By Mark Fischer and Kristie McClanahan
Fab Fabrics
Material Art
By Paul Friswold, Amy Helms and Alison Sieloff
An Artist of Blues
At the Art Museum
By Paul Friswold, Alison Sieloff and Alex Weir
