Vol. 30, No. 19
Running on Empty
Truck firms are so desperate for drivers that just about anybody can get behind the wheel
By Ben Westhoff
Soup, Sandwich and Censorship
"Questionable" material is filtered off the menu at Saint Louis Bread Co.
By Kristen Hinman
Bean Crud
Unreal gets a headache over potential Botoxing. Plus, we put our carnivorous tendencies aside to pen an anti-meat poem.
Now On Sale!
Bryan!
By Timothy Lane
Letters Column
Week of May 10, 2006
Ask a Negro Leaguer Column
Week of May 9, 2006
By Prince Joe Henry
Summer Turns to High
Magnolia Summer explores the weightier side of life
By Annie Zaleski
Starr-gazing
Get ready for the summer of Ruka Puff
Obscurity Knocks
CD Baby's weird and wacky Missouri musicians, "Yo! RFT Raps" talks to inBox magazine's svengali, and the Raconteurs star in this week's Download
By Roy Kasten, Andy Vihstadt and Ben Westhoff
Beat Happenings
Music news you can use
By Kristyn Pomranz
Roy Clark
Thursday, May 11, at 7 and 9 p.m. Ameristar Casino's Bottleneck Blues Bar (1260 South Main Street, St. Charles)
By Julie Seabaugh
The Lashes
Thursday, May 11, at 8 p.m. Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street)
By Michael Alan Goldberg
The High Violets
Thursday, May 11, at 9 p.m. Three-1-Three (20 Mascoutah Avenue, Belleville, Illinois)
The Tim Carroll Band
Friday, May 12, at 9 p.m. Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue)
By Roy Kasten
Modern Life Is War/Spanish Bombs
Saturday, May 13, at 8 p.m. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center (3301 Lemp Avenue)
By Kami Arnold
Minmae
Saturday, May 13, at 9 p.m. Lemmons (5800 Gravois Avenue)
By Andrew Miller
Local Motion: Joe Stickley's Blue Print
Friday, May 12, at 8 p.m. The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard)
Mates of State
Bring It Back (Barsuk)
Tweezy
Check It or Respect It (Masco)
By Toriano L. Porter
The Stills
Without Feathers (Vice)
By Jonah Bayer
Rainer Maria
Catastrophe Keeps Us Together (Grunion)
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam (J)
By Sam Machkovech
Islands
Return to the Sea (Equator)
By Frances Reade
Mobb Deep
Blood Money (Interscope)
By Dan LeRoy
Meat the Family
Rose explains her beef with Ruth's Chris
By Rose Martelli
Knorr Lipton Fiesta Sides Nacho Pasta: Rotini Pasta Smothered in a Nacho Cheddar Cheese Sauce
$1.00
Schnucks
6600 Clayton Road, Richmond Heights
By Malcolm Gay
Cucumber martini
Zoe's Pan-Asian Cafe, 4753 McPherson Avenue; 314-361-0013.
By Kristie McClanahan
Keep It Down!
Beauty at Buchenwald
By Robert Wilonsky and Jordan Harper
Inside the Lines
Art School Confidential imitates life, just not the good parts
By Robert Wilonsky
Barred Bard
Who knew Shakespeare was so good at rehabilitation?
By Luke Y. Thompson
Beat Down
This DJ simulator is nothing to rave about.
By Chris Ward
Our top DVD picks for the week of May 9.
Charlie & the Shoe Factory
Kinky Boots is a bit of a drag, but its star keeps on shining
That Stinking Feeling
Poseidon's second voyage yields a brand-new disaster
By Michael Atkinson
Unamerican Dream
Goal! follows an immigrant's pursuit of a European fantasy
By Bill Gallo
Film Openings
Opportunity Knocks
Great performances keep this Door from slamming shut
By Dennis Brown
Physician Heals Himself
By Paul Friswold
Oh, Fair Mother
By Guy Gray
Night Moves
By Christine Whitney
Give Me Beer and Give Me Draught
Song of the South
By Alison Sieloff
The Bangin' Big Beats
Hoo Doo?
You and your mom do
By Ms. Day
Act I, Scene I
This could be the start of something big
Child's Play
Want to build a strong theater community? Start with the kids.
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
