Vol. 36, No. 17
Amazing Facts and Beyond! Jellyfish
By Kevin Huizenga
Lance Lynn Stays Hot
By Aaron Schafer
Granite City Shootout Case Involving Off-Duty St. Louis Cop Settled
By John H. Tucker
Kansas City Gets High-Tech Gunshot Detector -- Where's Ours?
By Paul Friswold
Yea or Nay: Should St. Louis City Reduce the Number of Aldermen?
Angela Halliday Case Gears up for Potential Trial
Missouri Psychologist Lobbies for Health Insurance Coverage for Eating Disorders
St. Louis Ranks Among Most Fashionable Cities in U.S.
By Aimee Levitt
The Blues Dig Themselves Into a Hole -- Again
NFL Draft Round 1:The Rams Trade Down, Load Up on Picks
Rebecca Steiner Has A Nose for Trouble
Allen Craig to Return Tonight
Belligerent Piano: Episode Eighty-Eight
By Timothy Lane
Open Letter to a Traffic-Jammin' Beauty
By Nicholas Phillips
Saturday Evening's Hail Storm, with Narration
MetroLink Employee Wanted Government to Examine Shoddy Construction
By Chad Garrison
D-Day St. Louis: Rams Have Delivered their Dome Proposal, CVC Issues Statement
St. Louis Air: Still Polluted, But Showing Improvement
Ronnie Roberts Jr.: St. Louis Homicide No. 30; Shot Inside Baden Home
Kenneth Rodgers Charged in Fatal Crash with Metro Bus
The Rams' Draft Options: Who Does The Team Take First Tonight?
St. Louis Blues Go Full Wonka, Hide Free Playoff Tickets for You to Find
In Defense of KSDK's Julie Tristan and Her David Freese Interview
Opposition Mounts to Missouri's "Don't Say Gay" Bill for Schools
Mountain Lion Spotted in Northern Missouri, 13th Cougar Verified in Past Year
Albert Pujols: Still Great, But Not the Same Guy
Ken Hitchcock Nominated for Jack Adams Award
Russell Deon Anderson: St. Louis Homicide No. 32; Stabbed in the Chest
Giant Dragonfly Attacks Truck on South Side
Lee Enterprises Defers Pension Payments to Employees
Coin-Roll Scam That Rocked Maplewood Has Medieval Roots
KMOV Betrays Anti-Gun Liberal Media Conspiracy with Positive Gun Story
St. Louis Called Cheap, Also Fun and a Good Time
Tamara Favazza Wins $5.77 Million vs. Girls Gone Wild, But Will She Get It?
Joseph Millard Arrested on Child Pornography Charges
Kevin Banks: St. Louis Homicide No. 31; Shot After an Altercation
The Blues Get Embarrassed at Home
Death and Taxes: Where Your Money Goes, In One-to-Ten Percent Increments
By Gail Dixon and Aimee Levitt
Branson Invites You to "Come On Down"
Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List
Till the Levee Tokes: Pot Plants Growing on New Madrid Levee
Clair de Lune: Jetta Carleton's Other Lost Novel
Billy Little: Pastor and Pyschologist Accused of Dusty Sex Scandal
US Marine from St. Charles Gets Super Intense Dissing the Wars and Obamney
It's St. Louis Blues Day, And Actual Useful Hockey Information
Adam Wainwright Pushes the Panic Back
Tessa Vanvlerah: Two Life Sentences for Allowing Kenneth Kyle to Have Sex with Infant Daughter
The Cover of the April 26 Print Edition
By Albert Samaha
Van Halen at the Scottrade Center: Fan Photo Essay and David Lee Roth vs. Sammy Hagar Debate
By Michael Dauphin
Win Tickets to Sound Advice 2: Promotions & Publicity
By Kiernan Maletsky
Tia Fuller on Backing Beyoncé and Her Fourth Album Angelic Warrior
By Dean C. Minderman
The Glee Treatment: "Fuck That Shit" and Five Other Rejections From Bands
By Jason Rosenbaum
Five Things Like 'Glee' Gotye Must Erase From The 'Somebody That I Used To Know' Wikipedia Page
By Dan Moore
JD McPherson at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 4/26/12: Recap
By Roy Kasten
The Black Keys and Arctic Monkeys at Chaifetz Arena, 4/27/12: Review, Photos and Setlist
By Bob Mcmahon
Pierced Arrows at the Gramophone, 4/24/12: Review
By Mike Appelstein
Nicki Minaj Coming to Peabody Opera House
By Daniel Hill
Slaughterhouse at Old Rock House, 5/25/12
By Calvin Cox
Ray Wylie Hubbard on the Grifter Blues, Songwriting and Ringo Starr
Chuck Berry Unleashed First LP - After School Session - 55 Years Ago
Yo Banga's Rising Rap Career and Complicated Relationship with Gangs
Out Every Night: The Best Shows From April 30 to May 6
The Ten Best Shows In St. Louis This Weekend: April 27 to 29
Electronic/Dance: Meet the 2012 RFT Music Award Nominees
By RFT Music
Parisian Captures the Human in the Machine with Those Emotions Ran High
The Telescopes' Stephen Lawrie is a Shoegaze Legend; Won't Give Up His Hair Secrets
By Jaime Lees
A Tribute to R.E.M. and 88.1 KDHX Benefit: Review, Setlist and Photo
Shattermask Lead Singer Brian Dotson Wanted for Five Counts of Statutory Rape and Sodomy [Update]
Fiona Apple's Comeback Tide Rises with Release of "Every Single Night"
Florence + the Machine at the Peabody, 4/29/12: Review, Photos, Setlist
By Kholood Eid
Navigator's Curtis Tinsley Talks About Swan Song Burial @ Sea: Listen Now
By Blair Stiles
Sublime with Rome, Buddy Guy, Pretty Little Empire and More in This Week's New Show Announcements
St. Louis Concert Calendar: New, Improved, Sometimes Tattooed
Off Broadway Hosting All-Star Ramble for Levon Helm
Mother Nature's Wrath Fails to Fell Firebrand
Win Tickets for Portugal. the Man at the Pageant
Tupac Shakur is Still Alive
By Tef Poe
Six Best Songs About Work For May Day
By Ryan Wasoba
Rapper's Sheet: Gang life inspired Yo Banga's music. Now it threatens to derail his career.
By Tony D'Souza and Albert Samaha
Baroness
8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.
The Lumineers
9 p.m. Saturday, April 28. The Duck Room at Blueberry Hill, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.
Portugal. the Man
8 p.m. Sunday, April 29. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.
M83
8 p.m. Wednesday, May 2. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.
By Christian Schaeffer
Homespun: Plastic News
Sore Eyes soundcloud.com/le-lune
Kool & the Gang proves a successful, if unlikely, opener for Van Halen
Ray Wylie Hubbard
7 p.m. Saturday, April 28. The Old Rock House, 1200 South Seventh Street.
Oh, Mickey's: 'Cue so fine, it blows food critic's mind
By Ian Froeb
April 2012 Openings & Closings
Burger King Goes Cage-Free, Man Makes McDonald's Mummy
T.G.I. Friday's Inevitably Ruins Korean Tacos for the Rest of Us
Guess Where I'm Eating this Cupcake and Win $25 to Flaco's Cocina [Updated]!
By Liz Miller
Wendy's Adds Poutine to Canadian Menus Nationwide, Argues It's Canada's National Dish
By Deborah Hyland
The Veggielante Visits Foundation Grounds
By Rease Kirchner
Cheesy Bites Pizza, Cheeseburger Stuffed Crust Pizza and Other Pizza Hut Horrors
Araka Is Not Closing, OK?
Traditional Candies at St. Louis Sweet Shop Landmark Merbs Candies
The Veggielante Muses On The "Fuck You, Broccoli" Blog
Devi Gurung States of Everest Cafe
Hide the Purell, Mom: Kids Getting Smashed on Hand Sanitizer
Review Preview: Crushed Red
Poll Results: Thumbs Up for Oreo Mother's Milk Ad [NSFW]
Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: April 27-29
By Mabel Suen
Tidbits from Pint Size Bakery & Coffee, Oceano Bistro
2012 St. Louis Food Blogger Bake Sale April 28 at Sappington Farmers' Market
The Nine Best Wine Bars in St. Louis
By Gut Check
Dining Out For Life: Which St. Louis Restaurants Have the Biggest Hearts?
Tidbits from Old Town Donuts, the Sweet Divine
Survey Finds Busch Stadium Food, Drink Prices Above MLB Average
Lil' Mickey's Memphis Barbeque: Review + Slideshow
Govinda's Vegetarian Cuisine Temporarily Closed
Food Trucks' Next Frontier? The 20th Floor
St. Louis Food Blog Digest, 4.22-4.28
Jamaica Jerked Chicken at De Palm Tree and Marley
First Look: Joe's Chili Bowl
By Evan C. Jones
A couple struggles with weather, relationship in The Five-Year Engagement
By Melissa Anderson
Documenting Dreams
By Mark Fischer
Chasing Tales
Witchy Kitty
By Nicole Beckert
Like a Fox
By Chrissy Wilmes
Through the Rainbow
Laugh Out Loud
Slow Art Day
Feels Like the First Time
By Alison Sieloff
Taco Takeover
Don't Stop Believin'
Crazy Little Huey
Food, Glorious Food
Wednesday Night Out
Shake the Blues
Acis and Galatea
Shakespeare in the Streets
Paul French
Chris Kahler
By Jessica Baran
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
Instant Pop Art
By Alex Weir
Dance with the Devil
Flashdance
The Foreigner
Avengers Movie Marathon: Your Super Power Better Be an Invincible Tuchus
RFT Spring Arts Guide 2012: Theater
By RFT Writers
The RFT Spring Arts Guide: 2012 Edition
RFT Spring Arts Guide 2012: Visual Arts
RFT Spring Arts Guide 2012: Music
RFT Spring Arts Guide 2012: Dance
World War II memoir Conversations with an Executioner is all talk, no action
By Dennis Brown
Icing on the Kook: Mustard Seed presents a Winter's Tale for our times