Vol. 30, No. 30
What If . . .
A cadre of Missourians stand at the vanguard of the 9/11 "truth movement." Just don't call them conspiracy theorists.
By Ben Westhoff
The Clown Priest
St. Louis Carl Kabat is back in the home he knows best -- a prison cell
Back on the Prowl
A well-publicized catfight comes to an end (for now)
By Chad Garrison
Free Falling
A man and his bride-to-be are mistaken for, um, something less savory, and a local-girl-gone-Hollywood makes our Blog o' the Week. Plus: Where have all the good terrorist targets gone?
Piano Player
(Hyatt Regency Hotel Bar, Union Station)
By Timothy Lane
"Even I can see the blatant, secular, progressive thrust at trying to promote a gay day at a Cardinals game by putting a rainbow Cardinals logo and teaser headline on the cover...."
Week of July 26, 2006
Does the Mexican have an opinion of Mexican politics?
Week of July 27, 2006
Joe weighs in on MySpace and body fat
By Prince Joe Henry
Bee True
From wowing locals to impressing P. Diddy, rapper Rebecca "Bee" Plasencia is on her way
Fiesta, Forever
We're having a music awards party, and everyone's invited!
By Annie Zaleski
Sisters of Mercy
B-Sides intercepts a Ryan Adams IM, gets ghoulish with AFI and downloads pop gems with Little Hits
By Andrew Miller, Julie Seabaugh and Annie Zaleski
Beat Happenings
Music news you can use
By Julie Seabaugh
The Roots / Talib Kweli / the Pharcyde
Doors at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 27. The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard).
By Andrew Miller
Peter Rowan
8 p.m. Thursday, July 27. VooDoo Lounge at Harrah's Casino (777 Casino Drive, Maryland Heights).
By Roy Kasten
Rancid
8 p.m. Friday, July 28 and Saturday, July 29. Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street).
Lyle Lovett
7 p.m. Friday, July 28. Overlook Stage (Sullivan Boulevard, on the Arch Grounds).
By Christian Schaeffer
Big Sandy and the Fly-Rite Boys
9 p.m. Friday, July 28. Beale on Broadway (701 South Broadway).
The Ditty Bops
8 p.m. Friday, July 28. Mad Art Gallery (2727 South 12th Street).
Silver Jews / Jennifer O'Connor
9 p.m. Friday, July 28. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City).
By Randall Roberts
Behemoth
2 p.m. Wednesday, August 2. Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois).
By Paul Friswold
Number Crunch
Give us Five!
By Rose Martelli
Shandy
Schlafly Bottleworks, 7260 Southwest Avenue, Maplewood; 314-241-2337.
Juanita's Foods Hot & Spicy Menudo
$1.00 Pete's Shur-Sav Market 6633 Vernon Avenue University City
By Malcolm Gay
Eating for Two
By Jim Ridley, Jordan Harper and Robert Wilonsky
Undercover of the Night
Violent shoot-outs and dangerous love in Manns visceral cop series update
By Scott Foundas
Over Your Head
Over G Fighters: Only slightly easier than real flying.
Missouri Representin'!
Grass-roots politician Jeff Smith hits the silver screen
Our top DVD picks for the week of July 27
London Fog
Woody Allen wanders through Scoop
By Bill Gallo
The Metamorphosis
Boy turns bug in redemptive kiddie-lit adaptation
By Robert Wilonsky
Film Openings
The House That Josephine Built
And other images
By Alison Sieloff
Seuss on the Loose
By Kristyn Pomranz
When There's Entertainment
There's hope
Lofty Cocktails
Low prices
The Kingdom of Clue
Is at hand
Five: That's a Fun Age
Reap What You Sow
The Birth of Le Jazz Hot
By Alex Weir
Not Brain-Powered,
Music-powered
Rolling with Laughter
Basic White
Snow business like show business: White Christmas at the Muny
By Dennis Brown
Cannonball!
St. Louis Shakespeare doesnt quite dive deep enough into Metamorphoses
By Deanna Jent
Capsule Reviews
Dennis Brown, Deanna Jent and Lew Prince suss out local theater
By Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent