Vol. 30, No. 36
Flick Freaks
Mark Bluestein and Jason Harris hope to turn St. Louis cinema buffs on to their irreverent talk show
By Randall Roberts
Summer Bummer
Foreign students working at Six Flags say they were misled about their job, salary and accommodations.
By Kristen Hinman
Overheard
Let's raise a toast to mathematicians! Plus: Wedding tips for pretty much everybody.
The Story of Stagger Lee (Part One)
St. Louis, MO. 1895.
By Timothy Lane
"You guys and your hatred for George Bush is sometimes hard to believe."
Week of September 7, 2006
Where can a guy get some cheap immigrant labor?
Joe digs up good advice in the Good Book.
By Prince Joe Henry
RFT 2006 Music Showcase
Bigger, better, and more dang fun than ever
By Annie Zaleski
Music Showcase Schedule
The complete low-down on this year's nominated acts
By Brooke Foster, Malcolm Gay, Roy Kasten, Jaime Lees, Kristie McClanahan, Andrew Miller, Dean C. Minderman, Kristyn Pomranz, Christian Schaeffer, Ben Westhoff and Annie Zaleski
Get Happy!!
It's the tears of a clown for the Minus 5's Scott McCaughey.
By Rob Trucks
Living in Oblivion
Neither meeting Sonic Youth nor covering seminal '80s songs fazes Grant-Lee Phillips.
By Dan LeRoy
He Bangs the Drums
Wilco's drummer beats a retreat on his solo disc.
Pointe Blank
The Hi-Pointe closes, but its legacy lives on.
Beat Happenings
Music news you can use
By Kristyn Pomranz
Queensrÿche
8 p.m. Thursday, September 7. The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard).
By Chris Glenn
Bo Diddley
9:30 p.m. Thursday, September 7. Harrah's VooDoo Café and Lounge (777 Casino Center Drive, Maryland Heights).
By Dean C. Minderman
Kings of Leon
7 p.m. Thursday, September 7. Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois).
Howling Hex
9 p.m. Saturday, September 9. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City).
By Roy Kasten
Daughters
7:30 p.m. Sunday, September 10. Creepy Crawl (3524 Washington Boulevard).
By Kami Arnold
Zao
7 p.m. Monday, September 11. Creepy Crawl (3524 Washington Boulevard).
By Jonah Bayer
TOCO Fest
Friday and Saturday, September 8 and 9. Bearcat Getaway Campground (Lesterville, Missouri).
Also Playing: Forget Cassettes
Clubs Editor
part-time (25 to 30 hours a week) clubs editor
By Tom Finkel
Ready, Set?
Lafayette Square gets a brand-new bistro -- or does it?
By Ian Froeb
The Sultan
Aya Sofia, 6671 Chippewa Street, St. Louis; 314-645-9919.
By Kristie McClanahan
Quorn Meat-Free and Soy-Free Nuggets
$3.99 Whole Foods Market 1601 Brentwood Boulevard Brentwood 63144
Detective Comics
A showbiz noir investigates TV Supermans real-life tragedy.
By J. Hoberman
Necessary Evil
United 93
By Robert Wilonsky and Jordan Harper
Grateful Dead
Dead Rising's zombies will eat your brain -- and your free time.
By Gary Hodges
Film Openings
Our top DVD picks for the week of September 5:
Bowwow Wow Yippee-Yo, Yippee-Yay
By Alison Sieloff
Little Festival on the Prairie
By Amy Helms
We Throw Rocks
Can You Feel the Love?
By Mr. Night
Aces High
By Paul Friswold
Hammy, Can You Hear Me?
Let's Hear It for Homegrown
Actually, They Know They Can Dance
Did You Hear a Trolley?
By Mark Dischinger
Support for the Arts?
It's in the sauce
By Mark Fischer
If the Silver Pieces Number 30, You Know He's Dirty
Fit for Print
By Anna Teekell Hays
The Line Forms Here
Seldom Scene
Bubble, bubble, Troilus means trouble.
By Deanna Jent
A Star Is Bored
Matt & Ben & J.D. & $$
By Dennis Brown
Spanorama
A new installation does justice to the functional beauty of the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge
By Robert Duffy