2009 Unreal News Challenge
By Dan Zettwoch
Vol. 33, No. 53
St. Louis: Ten Dumbest Crimes of 2009
By Kristen Hinman
Euphoric Recoil: Shooting an Uzi 9 "Meeluhmeetah" at Bull's Eye on Manchester
By Matt Blickenstaff
Awful Breakup: Teen Charged in Neck-Slashing Death of Tyra Whittaker, 18
By Nick Lucchesi
Carrie Shaw, St. Louis Homicide No. 3: Shot in Vehicle After Alleged Drug Deal
By Chad Garrison
St. Louis Drops Too Spots In National Litteracy Rankings. Unreal Cries Out for New National Contests.
By Unreal
Wash U. Aims for the Moon by 2019
By Aimee Levitt
Conversation Killer: The Pantagraph of Bloomington, IL Suspends Reader Comments
By Nicholas Phillips
Atheist Organization Promises to Take Care of Your Pet Post-Rapture
The Most Momentous Moments of the Aughts: The Cardinals
By Aaron Schafer
Top 10 St. Louis New Year's Eve Parties Over $75 for 2009
Midwest Lawmakers Carp All Over Each Other In Invasive Species Fight
By Keegan Hamilton
Can Certified Sex Therapist Darcy Luadzers Get a Daily RFT Reader Off?
Confirmed: The Numbers in the Nelly Break-In Don't Add Up
Somewhere Joe Buck is Smiling
Early Voting in Missouri: Easy Work Done, Now Who Wants to Gather Signatures?
A Year of Masturbating Clowns, Stalkers and Rat-tails: Best Missed Connections 2009
Leibman Bids Farewell to Left Bank Books, St. Louis
Amazing Facts & Beyond: Stuff Falling on New Year's
Old Missouri State Pen Now Proposed Site for Shops, Offices, Prison Museum
Southern Illinois Sheriff Jailed for Drug Dealing, Now Accused of Murder For Hire Plot
St. Louis: Ten Ghastliest Crimes of 2009
Dumb and Dumber: Two Rams Fans Fall From Stands While Fighting Over Used Sneaker
St. Louis' 2009 Newsmakers: Mayor Slay Buries the Lede
News from the Far Right: Taitz Tells Patriots to Take Up Arms; Davis Might Run for Senate
Ain't No Party Like a Patriot Party, Because a Patriot Party ... Involves "Celebrity Readings of the Bill of Rights"
Well Red: Readers debate the effectiveness of traffic-light cameras and the fate of taggers
¡Ask a Mexican: Special Year-End Edicion
The Cover of the December 31 Print Edition
Show Review + Photos: Pale Divine at the Pageant, Tuesday, December 29
By Robin Wheeler
St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: Thursday, December 31 to Sunday, January 3
By Annie Zaleski
Protesters Will Get Gaga for Lady Gaga Before Her January 7 St. Louis Concert at the Fox Theatre
Show Review + Setlist: Electric Six at the Firebird, December 30
By Bob Mcmahon
Photos: St. Louis New Year's Eve Parties at Off Broadway, Home Nightclub and the Skatium
Interview: Dick Valentine of Electric Six, Playing at the Firebird Tonight
Pale Divine: What Have They Been Up to in 2009?
The News and Reviews You (Might) Have Missed in the Holiday Haze
The Billiken Club Announces Initial Spring Shows: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Pattern Is Movement, more!
St. Louis Concert Announcements: Week Of December 29
By Shae Moseley
Reminder: The RFT Is Hiring!
The Westboro Baptist Church Does Lady Gaga Karaoke: "Yeah, You Just Got Your Whorish Face"
Hype Machine: The ten most overrated albums of the decade
By Annie Zaleski and Roy Kasten
Native/La Dispute
8 p.m. Thursday, December 31. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue.
By Scott Heisel
Cowboy Mouth
8 p.m. Thursday, December 31. The VooDoo Lounge at Harrah's Casino, 777 Casino Center Drive, Maryland Heights.
Sponge
7 p.m. Thursday, December 31. Fubar, 3108 Locust.
Bobby Bare Jr.
9 p.m. Friday, January 1. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.
By Roy Kasten
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
8 p.m. Saturday, January 2. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.
By Christian Schaeffer
The Bad Plus
8:30 p.m. and 10:15 p.m., Wednesday, January 6, through Saturday, January 9, at Jazz at the Bistro, 3536 Washington Boulevard.
By Dean C. Minderman
Interview + MP3: Star & Micey, Playing at Cicero's and MoKaBe's This Week!
All for Aughts: Let's count down the best local restaurant openings of the decade!
By Ian Froeb
Happy New Year from Gut Check
The Ten Most Important St. Louis Restaurant Openings of the Aughts #4: Taste by Niche (2009)
The Ten Most Important St. Louis Restaurant Openings of the Aughts #3: An American Place (2004)
The Morning Brew: Monday, 1.4
The Noble Writ's Under-$20 Sparkling Wine Shootout!
By Dave Nelson
Drink of the Week: Hot Chocolate at Bittersweet Bakery, Kakao and Rue Lafayette
By Alicia Lohmar
FoodWire: Asbestos Shutters Lampert's Plush Pig Barbeque
2009 in Review: September
2009 in Review: November
The Beertender Looks Back on 2009
By Matthew Thenhaus
The Novice Foodie's Homemade Cheese Snacks
By Kelli Best-Oliver
The Ten Most Important St. Louis Restaurant Openings of the Aughts #2: Monarch (2003)
Gut Check's Swag Bag: Seagram's 7 Dark Honey
The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 12.30
The $750 Cupcake, or Everything You Hated About the Aughts Is Still Available
Throwback of the House: Resolve to Make 2010 Miserable with Soup of Oat Flakes
2009 in Review: December
FoodWire: Central West End Companion Closes
FoodWire: Breakfast at the U, Lunch at Pi and the Shaved Duck
A Table for How Many? at Lafayette Fire Company No. 1
By Stefani Pollack
The Ten Most Important St. Louis Restaurant Openings of the Aughts #1: Niche (2005)
Farmer's Market Share: Baked Eggs with Tomato and Prosciutto
By Alissa Nelson
The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 12.29
The Year in Dive Bombing
Review Preview: The Post Sports Bar & Grill
2009 in Review: October
Eastwood on the Pitch: 79 at the turn of a very prolific decade, Clint tackles Mandela and the Hereafter
By Scott Foundas
Light Show
By Paul Friswold
Many Layers of Turkey
The Value of Batman
By Mark Fischer
(Almost) Silent Night
By Ms. Day
Do Clothes Make the Man?
A Little Bit of Something for Everyone
Skate Out Early
Deep-Dish Dirty Deeds
Bask in the Mask
By Alison Sieloff
First Night River Bend
You Don't Know Unless You Go
Macguffin on a McBudget
Reach the Breaking Point
Mousterpieces
FIRST!
This is the Last Night, and the First Night
Nominate Unreal for Missouri Poet Laureate!
Columbia Pictures Releases Trailer for The Bounty Hunter on Betacam, Really, Really Doesn't Want You to See It
Featured Review: Pulled
By Jessica Baran
Exeunt: Dennis wraps up a tidy 2009 in local theater
By Dennis Brown
St. Louis Art Capsules
Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene
