Vol. 30, No. 17
Chinatown Confidential
The Chiu Chow cuisine of Meng Lei.
By Randall Roberts
Skip Looks Pissed
By Brooke Foster
Loop Chained
The arrival of Noodles & Company and Chipotle has some Delmar business owners wondering where it will end.
By Ellis E. Conklin
Josh Hancock, 1978 - 2007
By Tom Finkel
Rolling Stone Alone (In a Field Somewhere)
Spitballin' Major League Chew
Butt Out
Battle of the 'Roid Titans: Bonds vs. McGwire
Mike Seely's Date with Destiny
River Front Times Wins Again!
(The horse, not the paper.)
The Story of Stagger Lee
Part Eight (St. Louis, MO. 1895)
By Timothy Lane
The "Loyalty" of Jermaine Andre
The sensei's ex-girlfriend has some fighting words.
What's Chris Duncan Dry-Humping This Week?
Ask a Mexican a Question, Get a Book of Answers
Now you can snuggle up with the Mexican before bed!
Don Imus, Slander and the American Way
Racism takes many forms, some more obvious than others.
By Prince Joe Henry
Crowd Control
John Vanderslice gets by with a little help from his friends both live and in the studio.
By Christian Schaeffer
Triple Play
By Annie Zaleski
Blonde Ambition
Electric Six vocalist Dick Valentine finds himself beloved by fratboys. Plus, two fearless writers review the Rod Stewart concert experience.
By Olivia Flores Alvarez, Monica Fuentes, Andrea Noble and Andy Vihstadt
Weekend Round-Up: Special LaPush edition
Weekend Round-Up!
Clap Your Hands Say Aww
Outtakes: John Vanderslice
Homespun: Strawfoot
Chasing Locusts (self-released)
Death Ships
9 p.m. Thursday, April 26. Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue).
By Roy Kasten
Maria Muldaur
9 p.m. Friday, April 27. Lucas School House (1220 Allen Avenue).
Lacuna Coil / Shadows Fall
8 p.m. Tuesday, May 1. The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard).
By Andrew Miller
Gore Gore Girls
9 p.m. Tuesday, May 1. Atomic Cowboy (4140 Manchester Avenue).
By Jason Toon
M. Ward / Norah Jones
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 2. Fox Theatre (527 North Grand Boulevard).
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
8 p.m. Wednesday, May 2. The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard).
By Ian Froeb
Tyrese
9 p.m. Wednesday, May 2. Society (316 South 21st Street).
By Toriano L. Porter
Timbaland
Timbaland Presents Shock Value (Blackground/Interscope)
By Michael Roberts
Mary Weiss
Dangerous Game (Norton Records)
By Kurt B. Reighley
Kings of Leon
Because of the Times (RCA)
By Ed Masley
Superb Tuscan
Just like Mama used to make — if Mama wore a tuxedo and ran a restaurant in Affton.
Tip o' the Cap: Banh Mi So #1 -- Saigon Gourmet
Irish Bridge Bomb
Pat's Bar & Grill, 6400 Oakland Avenue; 314-647-6553.
By Kristie McClanahan
"Original" Choco-fudge Mallow Sundae
Provenance Unknown (liberated by a concerned parent from his son's Easter basket)
By Malcolm Gay
Nature's Horror Films
By Jordan Harper and Robert Wilonsky
The Popcorn King
Rush Hour 3 director Brett Ratner has been called a fauxteur, a womanizer and, worse, over budget. Why you should take him seriously anyway.
By Scott Foundas
The Super Fun of It
By Nathan Lee
Keeping the Meter Running
Taxi Driver: Collector's Edition
By Jim Ridley, Jordan Harper and Robert Wilonsky
Saying Goodbye To Two Giants of Cinema
By J. Hoberman
Our top DVD picks for the week of April 26.
Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:
Here, Mike! Sit! Good Boy!
Mike White's low-key directorial debut makes nice while slyly nipping at suburban America.
By Rob Nelson
This Is Madness
PSP players, tonight you game in hell.
By Gary Hodges
Austin's Powers
Stone Cold is hot, but The Condemned's hypocrisy is not.
By Luke Y. Thompson
Fill in the Blank
Picross DS proves there's life after Sudoku.
Rachel Stein, Showgirl
Back home in Holland, Paul Verhoeven uses his basic instincts to craft a slick Holocaust thriller
Film Openings
Week of April 26, 2007
Write of Passage
By Alison Sieloff
Pot, Luck=Winner!
By Mark Fischer
She Is the Very Model of a Modern Vegan Lesbian
By Paul Friswold
Southern Hospitality
“On the right side of the dirt”
Plan 9 Is A-1
Magic Smoking Monkey carves up Ed Wood.
Accounting for Taste
By Ms. Day
Putting the “We” in “Zimbabwe”
Flying on Your Motorcycle...
The Lure of Sculpture
The Original Girl Gone Wild
Here They Come Now
Super Hero Senses, Tingling!
By Mr. Night
Knives Out
Sine Quay Non
Fake It
HotCity, Cold Clockwork Orange
Ticktock, what a crock.
By Dennis Brown
Capsule Reviews
Dennis Brown, Paul Friswold and Deanna Jent suss out local theater
By Dennis Brown, Paul Friswold and Deanna Jent
