Vol. 30, No. 30
Buzzkill
See all those little suckers? Did you know that they're an invasive species and a linchpin of modern agriculture? That they're dying off by the million and no one's sure why?
By Malcolm Gay
Hits Galore
Baseball blogs make a successful pitch for legitimacy.
By Keegan Hamilton
Harry Potter: The Madness Continues
By Ian Froeb
What's Wrong with This Picture?
By Annie Zaleski
In His Life There's Been Heartache and Pain
By Tom Finkel
Rick Ankiel: Still a Wild Man!
What's Chris Duncan Dry-Humping This Week?
No Ike Turner Day in St. Louis: What's Truth Got to Do With It?
What's Cooking in This Week's Issue
This Week in Gut Check
Beer, Guns and Big Bird
Unreal gets down to brass tacks with the NRA, Anheuser-Busch and Big Bird, shares an intimate Keith Urban moment and cries bloody Murder.
Highway Hell
Joe Edwards gives the Munchkin his due.
Goya's Ghost (Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, First Friday)
The beautiful people. You've seen them. But have you seen the ghost of Goya floating among them?
By Timothy Lane
Sayonara, Sinaloa!
Old (drug) habits die hard.
Justice Denied
Jellyman asks for an update on the pension Prince Joe never got.
By Prince Joe Henry
Streaming Weasel
Ben Weasel gets digi with it.
By Jason Budjinski
Foam: Yet Another New St. Louis Venue
Weekend Concert Round-up: July 27-29
What’s in Pandora’s box? The RIAA, Journey and Karl Marx, among others.
2 Cents Plain: Still Another New St. Louis Venue
Off Broadway: Non-Smoking as of September 1
Ludo + YouTube + Los Angeles = You're Awful, I Love You
St. Louis Concert Calendar: July 25, 2007
Separated at Birth: Of Montreal and the Moody Blues?
Still Precious After All These Years
B-Sides gets real with our favorite Pretender and theSTART's Aimee Echo.
By D.X. Ferris and Annie Zaleski
Alina Simone, Live at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, July 23
No Ike Turner Day in St. Louis: But What's Truth Got to Do With It?
Gentleman Auction House Recording an Album at Silver Sonya Studios
theSTART at the Creepy Crawl, July 30: Bonus Interview footage
Building a Better Blog
Now with new venues! New shows! New beefs!
The Ottomen
Back to the Past (Ottomen Empire)
By Christian Schaeffer
JoJo
7 p.m. Thursday, July 26. Old Glory Amphitheatre, Six Flags, Eureka.
By Kristyn Pomranz
Steel Pulse
8 p.m. Friday, July 27. Budweiser Main Stage, on the Arch grounds, as part of Live on the Levee.
By Roy Kasten
Musiq Soulchild/ Chrisette Michele
8 p.m. Saturday, July 28. Budweiser Main Stage, on the Arch grounds, as part of Live on the Levee.
By Dan LeRoy
Manchester Orchestra
9 p.m. Saturday, July 28. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.
By Jonah Bayer
Kenny Loggins
7 p.m. Sunday, July 29. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.
Ladybug Transistor/ Bound Stems
8 p.m. Sunday, July 29. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.
By Mike Appelstein
Interpol
8 p.m. Wednesday, August 1. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Little Italy
Italian tapas: A new taste sensation, or just another mixed metaphor?
Whole Foods, FTC Ready to Lock Horns
Small Plates: Wednesday, 7/25
China Syndrome
In This Week's Issue
Aquafina to be Labeled as Tap Water
Cheesesteak Quest: Penn Station
Summer Sunday Tomato Madness
Gut Check Goes Ker-Plooey
Reminder: Art of Food
Reminder: Summer Wine Dinner Series
House of India Update
Lakeside Lemonade
The Boathouse 6101 Government Drive (in Forest Park) 314-367-2224.
By Kristie McClanahan
Small Plates: Friday, 7/27
Review Preview: La Gra Italian Tapas
New Microbrewery?
Small Plates: Tuesday, 7/24
Small Plates: Thursday, 7/26
Reviewing Reviews
Small Plates: Monday, 7/30
Reader Review of the Week on Hiatus
Cardboard Shipping Box
no cost (Received as packaging from Amazon.com)
It Doesn't Suck!
Breathe easy, Simpsons fans.
By Frank Houston
Chow Time Again
Hard Boiled: Two-Disc Ultimate Edition
By Jim Ridley and Robert Wilonsky
Light Dining
No Reservations is sweet and savory fare. Without the foam.
By Robert Wilonsky
Mechanical Bull
A few more changes would've helped Transformers.
By Chris Ward
Sing a Song of Pizza
By Alison Sieloff
Iron out the Links
By Ms. Day
ARK Angels
By Jeanette Kozlowski
St. Louis Is Drag City
By Paul Friswold
Get-in-Shape Girl!
Same Olde
Is Act Inc. up to a Load of Mischief?
By Dennis Brown
Lets Revue
By Brooke Foster
Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
By Matthew Everett
Island Vacation
Totally Exposed
Small Kahunas Need not Apply
Funny Business
By James Weber
Potter Mania Continues!
By Nicole Beckert
Whats Your Rush?
Just Desserts
Flower Power
Cleaving Together
Feel That Organ!
Night Moves
Risqu business: The Pajama Game never goes out of style.
Kill Joy
St. Louis Shakespeare nails Othello.
St. Louis Stage Capsules
Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene.