Vol. 30, No. 12
Ace of Spaides
This St. Louis rapper thinks he's got a winning hand to play
By Ben Westhoff
Bracketology
Two SLU professors say theyve solved the worlds most challenging math problem: your office NCAA pool
By Chad Garrison
Head Cheesed
Unreal longs for the sexual adventures a Gravitizer can provide -- but, uh, not tonight; we have a migraine. Plus, more fun with Scientologists!
Tiny's Dilemma
(Private Residence, University City)
By Timothy Lane
Letters Column
Week of March 23, 2006
Ask a Negro Leaguer Column
By Prince Joe Henry
Hello, Moon
Gather 'round, children we have a story to tell about some new indie rock for kids
By Brooke Foster
Don't Mess with Texas
A dispatch from SXSW
By Annie Zaleski
A Bigger Fish to Fry
B-Sides attends a local radio station's Lenten fish fry, explores why a local jazz TV program didn't get off the ground and recommends this week's primo download
By Kristie McClanahan, Dean C. Minderman and Andy Vihstadt
Beat Happenings
Music news you can use
By Kristyn Pomranz
Tom Russell
Friday, March 24 at 8:30 p.m. Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue).
By Andrew Marcus
Zolar-X
Saturday, March 25. Way Out Club (2525 South Jefferson Avenue).
By Mike Appelstein
Toni Braxton
Sunday, March 26 at 8 p.m. The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard).
By Toriano L. Porter
Adrian Belew
Sunday, March 26 at 8 p.m. Blueberry Hill (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City).
By Christian Schaeffer
Frog Holler
Wednesday, March 29, 8 p.m. Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue).
By Roy Kasten
Reggie and the Full Effect
Wednesday, March 29, 8 p.m. Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois).
By Andrew Miller
The Slip
Wednesday, March 29 at 9 p.m. Cicero's (6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City).
By Chris Blose
Local Motion: Red Eyed Driver
Saturday, March 25 at 11 p.m. Mangia Italiano (3145 South Grand Boulevard).
Also Playing: New London Fire
Loose Fur
Born Again in the U.S.A.(Drag City)
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Half-Handed Cloud
Halos & Lassos (Asthmatic Kitty)
By Lee Zimmerman
Stephin Merritt
Showtunes (Nonesuch)
Home Away from Home
Gonna miss Rossino’s when it closes up shop? Failoni’s will get you through.
By Rose Martelli
Frozen Strawberry Margarita
El Mariachi, 1934 Zumbehl Road, St. Charles; 636-946-7600.
By Randall Roberts
Now You See Them
By Melissa Levine, Luke Y. Thompson, Michael Atkinson and Jordan Harper
It's a Crime
Spike Lee's Inside Man plots the heist of your moviegoing dollars
By Michael Atkinson
Out of Africa
By Brooke Foster and Julie Seabaugh
Sonic Bust
Sega's Hedgehog goes back to the grind . . . yawn.
By Chris Ward
Our top DVD picks for the week of March 21
Thugs & Kisses
A South African street fighter finds new life in the wrenching redemption tale Tsotsi
By Jean Oppenheimer
Dust to Dust
Robert Towne's homage to a struggling writer is something of a struggle itself
By Robert Wilonsky
Suspended Sentence
After Innocence probes life after a wrongful conviction
By Melissa Levine
Film Openings
Hot for Teacher
By Alison Sieloff
World Beat
By Ian Froeb
You'd Better Run
To Art & Sole
By Kristie McClanahan
Carpe Lupus
By Amy Helms
Sausage Envy
The best of the wurst
By Mark Fischer
Dare to Care
About teddy bears
On Target
Much like AIDS, Before It Hits Home is still deadly after all these years
By Deanna Jent
Free for a Dance?
Catwalking for Cats and Dogs
By Alex Weir
Sleeper
The Rep plays it safe and snoozy with Witness for the Prosecution
By Dennis Brown
Freeze Dry
The Iceman Cometh. And cometh. And cometh.
Capsule Reviews
Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater
By Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent
Current Shows
Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene
By Ivy Cooper
