Vol. 29, No. 35
Ozark Orgy
The naked truth about Missouri's backwater Sodom and Gomorrah
By Chad Garrison
Hire Education
Do members of the St. Louis Newspaper Guild read the Post-Dispatch?
By Malcolm Gay
It's Homework Time!
Unreal unleashes the power of the homework shirt, contemplates continuing education and meets two ladies who are looking to share a man. Plus, a local blogger gets his potato-pancake-and-Tilt-O-Puke fix at Strassenfest.
Letters
Week of August 31, 2005
Not Really There
(1860's Hard Shell Café & Bar, Soulard)
By Timothy Lane
Ask a Negro Leaguer
By Prince Joe Henry
Cold as Ice
Two St. Louis rappers deconstruct an early-'90s classic
By Ben Westhoff
Late to the Game
Kanye West tries to live up to the hype -- and nearly succeeds
By Dan LeRoy
Beat Happenings
By Kristyn Pomranz
Critical Fatwa
By Ayatollah of Rock
Kick out the Jams
Get ready for the "Ram Jam"
By Annie Zaleski
You've Got a Friend
We catch up with the Gentleman Callers, find out what Ron Jeremy has to do with school and examine how much James Taylor really sucks
By Andrew Miller, Julie Seabaugh and Jason Toon
Death Cab for Cutie
Plans (Atlantic)
Cursive
The Difference Between Houses and Homes (Saddle Creek)
By Christian Schaeffer
Weird War
Illuminated by the Light (Drag City)
By Rachel Devitt
ODB
A Son Unique (Def Jam)
By Rossiter Drake
Sparland | Building Rome
Invasion | Something Left of Nothing
By Andrew Miller
Curl Up and Die
Thursday, September 1; the Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)
SeepeopleS
Thursday, September 1; Cicero's (6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City)
Chris Mills and the New Miserable Bastards
Friday, September 2; Frederick's Music Lounge (4454 Chippewa Street)
By Brooke Foster
Kelly Joe Phelps
Friday, September 2; Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue)
By Roy Kasten
Bobby Conn & the Glass Gypsies
Saturday, September 3; the Hi-Pointe (1001 McCausland Avenue)
By Rich Sharp
The Big Muddy Blues Festival
Saturday and Sunday, September 3 and 4; Laclede's Landing (First and Lucas streets)
By Dean C. Minderman
Parlor Game
The St. Louis Pizza Haus proves that even when pizza's kinda bad, it's still pretty good
By Rose Martelli
Rusty Nail
The iBar at Harrah's Casino, 777 Casino Center Drive, Maryland Heights; 314-770-8100
By Randall Roberts
Low Yield
The Constant Gardener ripens into a distasteful thriller
By Melissa Levine
Assault 'N' Prepper
A reckless cop goes undercover as the Underclassman
By Luke Y. Thompson
Southern Discomfort
A transplanted son revisits his Carolina roots in the ambitious drama Junebug
By Bill Gallo
Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)
Phyllis finds an old movie she actually likes!
By Mike Seely
Film Openings
Current Shows
Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene
Opa and Kampai!
Cover your cultural bases at the Japanese Festival and the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Festival
By Alison Sieloff
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
By Paul Friswold and Alison Sieloff
Will on Art Hill
The Shakespeare Festival turns five
By Dennis Brown
Capsule Reviews
Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater
Prints Charming
Shaw's Gallery's Paper Cuts and Track Marks showcases the ephemeral beauty of poster design
By Paul Friswold
Beat Beholden
Beat Fest brings it
Look! Up in the Sky!
Air fair, mon frère
By Ian Froeb, Amy Helms, Alison Sieloff and Christine Whitney
Black Ball
The National Pastime in Black and White
By Brooke Foster, Paul Friswold, Kristie McClanahan and Alison Sieloff
The French Have a Word for It
Dangereuses
By Paul Friswold and Kristyn Pomranz